People always think I'm a broken sleeve

After Gao An and Xiao Er were dragged down by the yamen servants, only the singing girl and the shopkeeper were left kneeling in the hall.

At this time, no one in the yamen spoke.

No one dared to speak.

The atmosphere was tense and suffocating.

The shopkeeper was so nervous that her palms were sweating because of the tense atmosphere, she lowered her head, feeling more and more weak in her heart.

Because of lying, the shopkeeper did not dare to raise his head to look at Su Bian's face, but at this moment, Su Bian said with a cold face, "Raise your head and look at my face.

"

The shopkeeper shook his body, followed Su Bian's words, and slowly raised his head.

After the shopkeeper raised his head, Su Bian continued, "Now let's describe the 'real' incident that day."

The shopkeeper secretly glanced at the lawyer who was standing calmly in the yamen, and said yes tremblingly.

According to what the lawyer asked her to memorize yesterday, the shopkeeper slowly opened his mouth and said: "The case... on the morning of the incident, Mr. Huo and Mr. Gao went to the shop to have wine together. The two Mr.

Eight jars of wine went upstairs.After the two young masters finished drinking, about... about Weishi, the two young masters went downstairs drunk, still talking inarticulately where they were going to have fun.

Nu... The slave family saw that the two young masters were drunk and walking upside down, and the slave family was afraid that something would happen... So, they sent a small second to inform Gao's mansion to come and pick up the two young masters.

government.Then, the slave family asked another junior to greet the young master, don't let the two young masters bump into each other.

After Xiao Er went out, the slave family stayed in the shop and continued to greet customers.Unexpectedly, after a while, Xiao Er suddenly ran into the store in a panic, shouting "Kill, kill, kill" in a crazy manner.

There are people... The customers in the store heard this, and all ran away in fright.

There were no customers in the store, and the slave family was also idle.So I ran outside the store to check the situation...then...then I saw her holding something in her arms with a happy face, her Huaner

Just like that, she lost her breath and lay in front of her. She didn't respond as if she didn't see it.

Nu... The Nu family immediately wanted to report to the official, but was stopped by her.She said that as long as she didn't report to the official, she would give the slave family 20 taels of silver... But the slave family didn't care about the 20 taels of silver.

Indifferent... So, he took out these two bank notes from his bosom, and told the slave family that she would report to the official later, and then as long as she was in the hall, she would send this life to Mr. Huo.

Pushing on him, then these two bank notes found from Mr. Huo belong to the slave family...

The servant couldn't resist the temptation for a while, so..."

The singing girl at the side looked at the shopkeeper with a dull expression, and said in disbelief: "Shopkeeper, I have no grievances with you, why did you frame me!"

The shopkeeper turned a deaf ear and said nothing.

Immediately afterwards, the singing girl turned her eyes to Su Bian who was at the desk, and cried, "My lord! I really don't have any! I would never dare to search Mr. Huo's body. I am wronged."

In vain, I hope my lord will see clearly—"

The singing girl kowtowed vigorously to Su Bian, when Su Bian suddenly noticed something.

Su Bian asked: "Last time in class, you clearly said that Huo Zun left with Gao An with blood on his hands, why didn't you mention it this time?"

The shopkeeper stammered: "Then...that's my mistake..."

Su Bian mocked: "The shopkeeper didn't drink alcohol that day, and he didn't reach the level of old-sightedness. You can read it wrong. The shopkeeper really has good eyesight."

Su Bian's words were full of irony, and the shopkeeper's back was dripping with cold sweat. After struggling for words for a while, he found an excuse and reluctantly replied: "The sun was shining brightly that day, and the slave's house was dazzled by the sun for a while.

I lost my eyes, so... just, I saw the wrong eyes. "

Su Bian was expressionless, and asked again, "You said she went to report to the official, and then gave you 2000 taels of silver to tell you to lie to the official in the hall...but if she really killed someone, and stole

Huo Zun's money, why don't you just take these few thousand taels of silver and find a place to live incognito, why bother to give you 2000 taels of silver for nothing? "

The lawyer only expected that Su Bian would interrogate every detail in the statement, but he never expected that Su Bian would actually ask why the singing girl didn't run away after taking the money, but instead wanted to save her money.

The murder case was pushed to Huo Zun's body, and he came to report to the official... an unexpected question.

The shopkeeper was short of words in an instant, and his words were condensed.

The mind of the lawyer on the side couldn't help but go blank for a moment.

Probably because all the minds were focused on the "process" and "reason" of how the singing girl killed her son, so the lawyer alone ignored the reason why she didn't take the money and run away.

However, he was the number one lawyer in Huaizhou, and after a while, he quickly recovered from his stunned state.

The lawyer stepped forward and said, "My lord, I have an opinion on this."

Su Bian looked at him from behind the curtain.

The lawyer continued: "Your Excellency is wise and powerful. If she knows that a murder case has occurred in the county, she will definitely send someone to investigate. She is a weak woman. Even if she runs away, where can she go?

For example, if you report to the official, you can directly push it to Mr. Huo, and after you have completely separated yourself, you can really have no worries. "

At the end of the lawyer's words, the singing girl wanted to refute, but when she opened her mouth, she found that there was no way to refute except to say that I didn't have one.

The woman who sang had chest tightness and shortness of breath, she was so sad that she spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

The shopkeeper on the side couldn't bear to close his eyes.

The lawyer glanced at the singer who had no way to argue, and then looked away indifferently.

He is the number one lawyer in Huaizhou, as long as he wants to splash dirty water, no one will be able to clear his charges——

There are no flaws in the testimony, no loopholes at all.

Perfect and seamless.

But on the contrary, it was precisely because of this that Su Bian was more able to conclude that the shopkeeper kneeling in the hall was lying.

But the problem is - there is no evidence.

Su Bian said with a sullen face, "Take the shopkeeper down, and bring the waiter up to the hall."

The yamen servant said: "Yes, my lord."

After the shopkeeper was dragged out of the hall by the yamen servants, Xiaoer was brought to the hall again.

The shop clerk knelt on the ground, swallowed in fear, and kept trembling.

Su Bian stared at him, "raise your head and look at me."

The shop clerk slowly raised his head, seeing Su Bian's expressionless and indifferent face, he was so frightened that his legs wet.

A fishy smell came from the shop waiter, and Yan Ruyu, who was standing beside Su Bian, couldn't help pinching her nose in disgust.

On the other hand, Su Bian remained expressionless. He opened his lips and got straight to the point, "Speak."

The shop clerk answered yes tremblingly.

The waiter in the shop said: "That day the shopkeeper asked Xiao to go and see the two young masters..."

The waiter just opened his mouth, but was cut off by Su Bian in a cold voice, "What I said is everything."

The waiter suddenly trembled, and was so frightened that he couldn't speak, "Yes... yes... my lord."

Su Bian looked awe-inspiring.

Yan Ruyu on the side insisted on the brush, listened with pricked ears, and prepared to record the next confession of the waiter.

The waiter in the shop said: "... Mr. Huo and Mr. Gao arrived together that day. The younger one went up to say hello and asked the two gentlemen what they would like to order. Mr. Huo thought it was too noisy downstairs, so Mr. Gao ordered

Asked for an upper room.

When the younger one was about to take the two young masters upstairs, the singing girl bumped into Young Master Huo for some reason.Mr. Huo is kind-hearted and doesn't care about her, but she still wants to give Huo

The young master kowtowed and apologized. When the child saw it, he ran into the shop and begged for mercy to Young Master Huo along with his mother.

The little one was afraid of affecting the business of the store, so I wanted to drive him away..."

Speaking of this, Su Bian suddenly cut him off, "Zhai has a kind heart? Why didn't I see it?"

When the case was tried that day, he was arrogant and domineering, as if he was so proud of having a magistrate's father, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see the words 'Zhaixinrenhou'.

Su Bian asked back in a cold voice, the waiter in the hall was trembling tremblingly and dared not say anything.

Su Bian's words were full of irony, and Huo Chengyao, who sat beside him and hadn't said a word, snorted, and couldn't help but said, "Master Zhuang only saw Zun'er two or three times.

If Mr. Zhuang wants to have a deep friendship with Zun'er, the official, if you stay with him for a few more days, Mr. Zhuang will be able to see that Zun'er has a kind heart. "

Su Bian said with a blank expression: "Thank you for your love, magistrate, but I have no intention of becoming a close friend with your son."

Huo Chengyao looked at the obvious disgust on Su Bian's face, and couldn't help being annoyed, he slapped his chair and said angrily, "Zhuang Duxin, you—"

Su Bian's face remained unchanged, "Master Zhifu, I'm going to try the case, please be quiet, Mr. Prefect."

Huo Chengyao has been the magistrate for so many years, when was he ever treated like this, his face flushed with anger.

Su Bian ignored it and turned his gaze back to the waiter in the shop under the hall, "Continue talking."

The waiter in the shop continued in a low voice: "Later, Mr. Gao persuaded the younger one, saying that it was only a trivial matter, so why bother to make a big fuss. It is a serious matter to bring them upstairs first, there is no need for a girl

Wasting effort on...

So the younger one took the two young masters upstairs, and when they got to the room, Mr. Gao ordered some side dishes, and Mr. Huo ordered eight jars of wine.After ordering, the young one went downstairs and reported to the cook for two

The dishes ordered by the son.After the cook finished the dishes, the younger one brought it to the two gentlemen... After that, the younger one went to greet the other guests...

About Weishi, the two young masters finished drinking and went downstairs drunk. The shopkeeper saw that the two young masters were worried, so he asked the younger one to go out and say hello, don't let the two young masters knock you down.

Where did you hit...

Unexpectedly, just after the little one left the store, the singing girl suddenly ran out, followed Mr. Huo, and asked Mr. Huo if there were any maids in his house... The little boy saw his

Mother, without even thinking about it, she wanted to wrap her up and let her hug her. Impatiently, she raised her foot and kicked the little boy, but who knows, the kick happened to hit the boy's head against the pillar...

After the little boy died, she panicked and suddenly took out 20 taels of silver from her bosom and gave it to the little boy, saying don't tell anyone.The little one couldn't resist the temptation, so he took it..."

Su Bian said with a sullen face, "The 20 taels are there?"

The shop clerk hurriedly took out a small purse from his pocket.

Yan Ruyu on the side was about to step forward and take it without thinking, but was stopped by Su Bian raising his hand.

Su Bian said expressionlessly, "No need."

Normally, if an ordinary person accepts this black-hearted money related to a human life, how could he dare to keep it close to him.

Even if you carry it with you, it is impossible to carry all the 20 taels of silver with you.It costs less than 20 taels of silver to go out on the street on weekdays, which is the next best thing.

If all of them were stolen by thieves, the gains outweigh the losses.

So, it was clearly prepared.

These 'testimonies' were obviously memorized, and even if he asked them to repeat the testimony again, it was impossible to find any mistakes.

Su Bian pressed his temples and said, "Take it down and pass it on to Gao An."

The waiter was taken away.

Seeing that Su Bian had tried for a long time and found nothing, the lawyer at the side couldn't help but smile triumphantly.

... so what if you have the ability?

——Still can't beat him.

After Xiao Er was taken away, Gao An returned to the hall again.

Su Bian looked at Gao An, said little, "Master Gao, let's start."

Gao An lowered his head, and said slowly: "Brother Huo and I went to the Chunfeng Restaurant to drink together on the day of the incident. When we arrived at the restaurant, Brother Huo thought the lobby on the first floor was too noisy, so I asked Xiao Er to ask for it."

Got an upper room..."

——Exactly the same testimony as the previous two.

Before Gao An could finish speaking, Su Bian interrupted him impatiently.

Su Bian said: "When you and Huo Zun went upstairs, did Huo Zun fight against the singing girl?"

Gao An was silent for two seconds, "...never."

Su Bian asked again: "Then Huo Zun did anything to that child?"

Gao An continued to answer: "...never."

When Gao An answered, he didn't dare to look at Su Bian's face at all, it was obviously not a lie but what.

Su Bian's face darkened instantly.

Then, Su Bian threw the gavel on the desk, "Bring Huo Zun up."

The yamen servant said respectfully: "Yes, my lord."

Huo Zun, who was wearing a prison uniform, was quickly brought into the hall.

Huo Zun walked into the lobby of the yamen, raised his eyes and saw Huo Chengyao sitting in the yamen calmly, raised his eyebrows involuntarily, and subconsciously looked in Su Bian's direction.

Seeing that the latter's complexion was dark and his thin lips were slightly pursed, after seeing that he was already a little unhappy, Huo Zun smiled as if he had expected it: "My lord, I have already said that I have no

It's a crime, but adults don't believe it. "

After finishing speaking, he sighed tut-tut, as if mocking Su Bian for his stupidity.

Su Bian said with a cold face, "Shut up."

Hearing this, Huo Zun raised his eyebrows, not paying attention.

Su Bian said: "If I ask a question, you can answer it honestly."

Huo Zun chuckled, "Yes, my lord~"

Su Bian asked: "Did you ever do anything to the singing girl that day?"

Huo Zun didn't even think about it, "Never."

The singing girl at the side widened her eyes when she heard the words.

Su Bian asked again, "How many taels of silver did you bring on the day the incident happened?"

After Huo Zun listened, his voice paused, he couldn't figure out why Su Bian would suddenly ask this inexplicable question.

Su Bian immediately asked back: "Can't answer?"

Huo Zun didn't show his face, and said casually: "Then the Japanese gentleman drank too much, how can he remember so clearly. Let me think about it."

At this moment, Huo Chengyao, who was sitting beside him, suddenly coughed twice.

Huo Zun instantly understood, "It's more than 2000 taels of silver."

Su Bian said in a deep voice, "How much is it?"

Huo Zun shrugged his shoulders with an innocent face, "How can I remember that little money?"

Su Bian's face turned cold instantly.

All the testimonies fit perfectly and seamlessly.

——Can't find any flaws.

Su Bian turned his attention to the singer, and asked, "Do you have an argument?"

The singing woman cried: "My family is wronged! It's too late for my family to love Huan'er, so how could I kick him? My family has never been, let alone dared to be a housekeeper in Huo's house."

Thoughts—"

The lawyer at the side suddenly asked, "Is that boy your own?"

The singing girl cried, "No...not..."

Just when the singing girl was about to say that although she was not her own, she was no different from her own, the lawyer didn't give her a chance at all, and turned her head to look at Su Bian.

The lawyer cupped his hands and said, "My lord, now the answer is completely obvious."

Su Bian looked up at the lawyer expressionlessly.

The lawyer continued: "On the day when the incident happened, the vicious singing woman saw Mr. Huo's extraordinary aura, so she must not be an ordinary person, so she used the pretext of accidentally bumping into her to try to arouse Huo

Son's attention.Unexpectedly, Mr. Huo has a kind heart and doesn't care about her at all.

Later, the vicious female singer still didn't give up. After seeing Mr. Huo leaving the restaurant drunk, she thought that she finally had a chance, so she left the customer directly and ran out of the restaurant

.In the end, while we were pestering Mr. Huo, he even accidentally kicked the picked child onto the pillar and killed him.

Later, in order to silence the shopkeeper and Xiaoer, she gave the shopkeeper and Xiaoer respectively the more than 2000 taels of silver she sneaked from Mr. Huo.

What happened after that... adults will know everything. "

When the lawyer was at the Spring Breeze Restaurant, he told the shopkeeper and Xiao Er that he wanted to blackmail Huo Zun, and in the end he brutally smashed the boy with his head on the stone pillar to death.but after finishing

That night, the lawyer discovered many loopholes that could be tried.

So that night, the lawyer stayed up all night writing the testimony of the three people until he could not find any flaws in it, then delivered the three pieces of paper to the hands of the three people, and then ordered them to be sent to the three people overnight.

Write down.

——As the number one lawyer in Huaizhou, he does not allow any failures in his life.

The lawyer's testimony was impeccable and irrefutable.

The singing girl kneeling in the hall couldn't say anything other than crying that she didn't have one.

Su Bian in the hall was sullen and did not speak.

Huo Chengyao, who was sitting on the side, said slowly: "Now there are all the witnesses and material evidence, and all the testimony of the witnesses are all consistent...Master Zhuang, can you let him go now?"

With a cold face, Su Bian suddenly stood up from the desk, "Master Zhifu, what's the matter? Wait for the county chief to sort out all the testimonies, and he will release him tomorrow."

Yan Ruyu, who was beside Su Bian, understood instantly, and cooperated, "Tomorrow, the Japanese master will finish sorting out the testimony. Before that, I hope the magistrate will not be in a hurry."

Su Bian picked up the gavel, "Back the hall!"

Su Bian turned and left with a dark face, and Yan Ruyu hurriedly followed behind him.

Huo Zun was also taken back to prison by the yamen servant.

As soon as Su Bian left, the lawyer frowned and said unhappily, "How unreasonable is this? The county magistrate is unwilling to let him go even though the case has been overturned."

Huo Chengyao snorted, disapproving, "Even if he refuses to let him go, he will have to let him go tomorrow sooner or later."

The lawyer who had an inexplicable feeling of foreboding hesitated, "But my lord..."

Huo Chengyao saw his worry, waved his hands and said, "However, if we shut it down for another half a day, the magistrate will not be able to make any splashes. It's still...the first lawyer in Huaizhou,

Are you questioning your abilities? "

The lawyer raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, bowed his hands and said, "I'm worrying too much."

The lawyer didn't speak any more, Huo Chengyao turned his eyes to Gao An who was aside, and said slowly, "Thank you, Mr. Gao, today."

Gao An was silent for two seconds before replying, "This is what the grassroots should do."

Huo Chengyao said with a smile: "This official is a person who knows how to repay you. Today, Mr. Gao's kindness to Zun'er will be repaid tomorrow."

Gao An said: "...my lord is serious. Caomin and brother Huo are best friends. For brother Huo, even if lord doesn't say anything, Caomin will... do this."

Huo Chengyao smiled gratifiedly.

Gao An lowered his eyes, and he didn't dare to look at the singing girl beside him who had fainted from crying.