[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

The watchman, the Yexiang man, and the brothel man, these three people do business at night, so it's not surprising to ask them to testify.

"My lord, these three people all witnessed Jia She's plot to kill Sister Sister. Your lord can ask them one by one." Xu Genqing said.

Zhang Huan paused for a moment. He looked at the three people kneeling below, thoughtful in his heart. The Xu family's father and son's move was indeed unexpected. They caught everyone by surprise. For some reason, Zhang Huan was a little curious about what Jia Amnesty would do. how to respond.

He glanced at Jia She, who was sizing up the three of them with eyes full of thought, but not of fear.

Zhang Heng couldn't help but secretly nodded in his heart.

Ask yourself, if you change his situation in Jia She, you can't do better than him.

Zhang Heng pulled away from his thoughts, and looked at the three kneeling down with a sullen face, "Lai San, come forward."

Lai San's body trembled, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he walked forward on his knees.

"Lai San, I want to ask you, Mr. Xu said that you witnessed Jia She's plot to murder someone. Is this true or not?" Zhang Heng asked.

Lai San stammered and said: "Damn, of course it is true, the young one was on the way to make watch, and when he was not far from Xu Shangshu's mansion, he saw him." Lai San pointed at Jia She, and continued: "I ran out from Xu Shangshu's side door, and my body was still covered in blood."

"Oh, are you sure you really see that the person is him?" Zhang Heng asked back.

Lai San nodded again and again, "I dare not lie, this is absolutely true, I did witness it with my own eyes, and I didn't know what happened at that time, although I was surprised in my heart, I didn't dare to make a fuss until the next day After Tian heard about this, he dared to go to Mr. Xu and tell him about it."

Jia Amnesty paid attention to his eyes unobtrusively, saw that although he spoke intermittently, but his eyes did not appear to wander, he knew that what this person said was true, he had indeed seen the situation where Yuan Shen was scared and fled.

"What about you, old dog Bai, what did you see?" Zhang Heng asked, looking at the old dog who shrank his head aside.

The old white dog shrank his head, and said: "Master, the younger one pours Yexiang, others work during the day, and the younger one wakes up to work in the middle of the night. That night, the younger one is going to send those Yexiangs outside the city as usual. Go, on the way, I happened to bump into this, this man running furtively on the road, the little one happened to have seen this man a few times, and recognized him as the young master of the Rongguo Mansion, so I took a few more glances, and afterward I know he did that!"

Xu Chengsong showed a sad look on the side.

Xu Gen stared at Jia She with a cold face, his face was filled with the look of wanting to kill and then quickly, "Jia She, what you said about Luliu just now is not enough evidence, now that there are two people like you, how can you still say that?" How to say it?"

Zuo Cai thought to himself, although this Xu Genqing is unreasonable, but the pure heart of pity for the concubine is admirable.

Therefore, Zuo Cai couldn't help but speak for Xu Genqing: "Jia Amnesty, now that the matter has come to an end, I advise you not to deny it, just plead guilty early."

Hearing this, Xu Genqing was overjoyed, and with a sad look on his face, he bowed to Zuo Taichang, "Xiao Min thanked Mr. Zuo on behalf of my sister."

"There's no need to be too polite." The left judge waved his hand.

Bai Shangen saw that even the left judge was standing on their side, he was secretly happy, the matter is [-]% completed, His Majesty ordered the three justices to handle the matter, although Zhang Heng is in charge, but if both of them conclude that Jia Amnesty is guilty, Zhang Heng even wants to sentence him Jia Amnesty is not guilty, he himself has to weigh the consequences of doing so.

"Jia She, why don't you plead guilty quickly! Tell me about the process of your murder!" Bai Shangen patted the gavel and glared at Jia She.

Tu Yuan has a benevolent heart, but he has been obsessed with it since he was a child, and he is also aware of those things in the officialdom.

Originally, Zhang Heng and Bai Shangen were facing each other, and the left judge was neutral and impartial. Jia She still had little chance of winning. Now that even the left judge was leaning towards Bai Shangen, Jia She's chance of winning was even less.

Tu Yuan broke into a cold sweat for Jia She in his heart.

"Lord Zuo and Lord Bai, please stay safe and don't be impatient." Jia She said calmly, his eyes were calm, and there was no trace of panic in his tone, "I don't think there will be any part of what these two people said. Fake."

"In that case, you have pleaded guilty! Come here!" Hearing this, Bai Shangen couldn't wait to interrupt Jia She's words.

With a loud cry, he ordered someone to chain Jia She up.

"Wait a minute, Master Bai." Jia She said, "Xiaomin hasn't finished talking yet, what is Master Bai doing in such a hurry?"

Bai Shangen snorted, and was about to reprimand him.

But I heard Tu Yuan, who had been watching silently all this time, say: "Lord Bai, let him finish his sentence."

Bai Shangen's face froze, he saluted Tu Yuan respectfully, said yes, and sat down full of resentment.

The night has many dreams, and things have changed for a long time. He wanted to make a quick cut to convict Jia She, but he was caught off guard by Tu Yuan who killed him.

"Continue." Tu Yuan smiled gently at Jia She.

Jia She thanked him, and then said: "Xiaomin just said that what these two said is true, but the blood stains on my body may not prove that I am the murderer. Just now Xiaomin also said that when Xiaomin woke up, You don't know where you are, and you can be forgiven for getting blood on your body without knowing it. So this testimony is useless."

"Since their testimony is useless, the testimony of the slave family must be of some use." Jiaojiao Didi's voice sounded.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and following the voice, it was the girl Qingyan from Hongxianglou brought by Xu Genqing who was speaking.

Qingyan smiled gracefully, twisted her waist, and covered her face with a handkerchief, "Oh, the adults are so embarrassing to me."

Zhang Heng frowned, "What a trifle in court! If you continue to act like this, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Seeing that her tricks were not working well, Qing Yan quickly put away the coquettish smile on her face, and sat down seriously, "I know I was wrong."

"Wu Na girl, what did you mean by that just now?" Bai Shangen asked eagerly.

Qing Yan rolled her eyes on him, and said with a charming smile: "Naturally what I mean is that I can prove that the daughter of the Xu family was indeed killed by Young Master Jia."