Daming King of Punishment

The Baobu quickly echoed: "That's right, well said! Only in this way can it make sense. Of course, Mr. Situ won't just hear any movement in the maid's room, he has to take care of it, and everything else can wait until later." Inquire again during the next day, only things like a tryst between a man and a woman need to be investigated immediately."

Song Wuya went on to say: "After the murderer hit Mr. Situ, he guarded the two corpses in the dark in the room, and dared not go back to his own room. Because the murderer's own room is outside the east wing, as long as he comes from the front yard When you come out of the East Wing, whether you want to go back to the West Wing or the backyard, you have to pass through the nave sitting in the middle of the East and West Wings, and you will be discovered by Miss Situ who is sitting there to settle accounts. As long as he is found, he will be suspected of murder He will definitely be unable to escape. So, he had no choice but to wait until Miss Situ went back to the backyard boudoir to rest after finishing the accounts, and then went back quietly. Unexpectedly, Miss Situ did not finish the accounts for a long time, but I came from the He ran out of his own room in the West Wing, passed the central hall to the East Wing, and wanted to secretly call open the door of Xiao Zhen's room..."

Situ Wen snorted coldly, and said, "Tell me yourself, what are you doing in the middle of the night calling a maidservant's door?"

Song Wuya was a little embarrassed, and said with a sneer: "Miss Situ, why do you ask knowingly? Didn't you already see it just now? The flowers in Xiaozhen's room are all from my yard, so I brought them here and gave them to her Yes. She and I...cough, we were friends before that in private. I went to call her door in the middle of the night, so I naturally wanted to have a tryst with her. "

Magistrate Situ frowned and said: "When you were first interrogated, you also claimed to have had an affair with Xiaozhen, so it was not rape and murder. However, you couldn't produce any evidence that could prove that you had an affair with her. And tokens. No one in the house has noticed that you two are good friends, so they didn't believe your statement."

Song Wuya said: "There are no signs and tokens, but there is evidence." Turning his head to look at Butler Liang, he asked, "Butler Liang, when you inspected the scene just now, you said that Xiaozhen's cabinet was often plugged in before. Huazhi, is there such a thing?"

Steward Liang said, "Yes, yes, there is such a thing."

Song Wuya nodded his thanks to him, and then said: "We must pay attention to the position of this vase: Xiaozhen is a woman, not very tall, but the vase for flower arrangement has been placed on the top of such a high cabinet, it is very uncomfortable. It is convenient and unreasonable, unless there is a tall man who often breaks flower branches and puts them in tall vases for her. If a man often goes to a woman's room to cut flowers and arrange flowers, then naturally it is an affair, so there is no It would be rape."

The county magistrate Situ and the police officer couldn't help but nodded, but Situ Wen's face was covered with frost, full of anger.

Song Wuya continued: "In addition to being tall, this man must also be able to come and go freely in the mansion, so that it is convenient for cheating and trysts, and the vases in Xiaozhen's room are often filled with flowers. Most of the mansions are There are only two women and men, Master Situ and Steward Liang. Naturally, Master Situ would not break branches and arrange flowers for a humble maidservant. Butler Liang is already old, and I am afraid that he does not have the leisure and elegance to please girls. Steward Liang , am I right?"

Steward Liang was sweating immediately, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I am already old, how can I do such a thing? Besides, I am short and not tall at all."

Song Wuya smiled and said: "It's just a casual joke, don't mind it." After a pause, he continued: "In other words, people who are tall, young men who fit the above three criteria ..."

Speaking of this, he pointed at his nose and said with a smile, "Needless to say, this person can only be me! I am tall, young, and not ugly, and I can come and go here freely. So, Of course I don't need to rape..."

Situ Wen was furious, picked up the tea bowl in hand, and poured hot tea on his face.

Chapter 10 Cleared of suspicion

?Chapter 10 cleared of suspicion

"You bastard who is not angry is still so proud!" Situ Wen's pretty face was flushed with anger, and she said bitterly: "Shameless, disgusting!"

Song Wuya felt very helpless, having an affair with a maid was not something he had done at all, what he was proud of was only his own reasoning, how could he be regarded as shameless, shameless?

As the elder of the two, County Magistrate Situ couldn't stand it any longer. Could his niece treat her husband like this?What are the three obediences that women should abide by?Besides, as a man, messing around with a maidservant is not a big deal.If that maidservant, Xiao Zhen, did not die, sooner or later she would be Song Wuya's liaison girl.

"Wen'er, no matter how ineffective he is, he will always be your fiancé-in-law. How can you humiliate him in public like this? Since your father is not here, I will discipline you from now on. I will not allow you to mess around like this again. It is inappropriate! "

Situ County Magistrate's words were a bit harsh, Situ Wen didn't dare to contradict her, her two pink hands were tightly clenched into fists, feeling even more angry at Song Wuya in her heart.

Magistrate Situ turned to comfort Song Wuya and said, "As long as you reform yourselves in the future and work hard, Wen'er will not be able to bully you. If she behaves willfully in the future, you can tell me and I will teach her a lesson for you!"

"Thank you sir."

Song Wuya tried his best to show a surprised and grateful expression on his face, but he was not happy at all. He thought that unless you help me to the end and tie your grumpy and beautiful niece to my bed, otherwise I will There is absolutely no play with her.

"You call Xiao Zhen's door at night, and then what?" County Magistrate Situ asked Song Wuya to continue talking about the case.

"I actually came to call Xiaozhen's door. The murderer didn't expect it. Naturally, he didn't dare to open the door. There were two corpses in the room. He probably had no choice but to hold his breath and pretend that the people inside had fallen asleep. He hoped that I would not open the door and go away by myself. But, cough, probably because I was too lustful and kept barking at the door. The murderer came up with a way to frame the blame in his desperation. He used the thin quilt on the bed Wrapped the carp inkstone that had been used as a murder weapon once before, when he opened the door, he attacked me in the dark like he did when he suddenly attacked Mr. Situ, and knocked me out. The posture of the cabinet. Then I took off the vase on the cabinet, poured some of the water on me, then took the inkstone out of the thin quilt, wrapped the vase in it, smashed it on the ground, and finally put the water inside Fragments of broken porcelain fell around my body, creating the illusion that I knocked down the vase in a panic after the murder, and then knocked myself unconscious. The large ink stains and broken porcelain slag on the quilt are enough to show that I The inference is justified."

"Wonderful, wonderful!" After listening to Song Wuya's deduction, Magistrate Situ stared blankly for a long time before recalling it, and couldn't help admiring: "Your inferences from the front to the back are perfectly cohesive and reasonable. The attention to detail is far inferior to the decades-old prison guards, I admire you!"

Of course, admiration cannot be in vain, you have to show something, the county magistrate Situ immediately ordered: "Take the shackles for Nephew Song Xian!" Bao Bao quickly took out the key that he carried with him, and released Song Wuya's shackles and handcuffs down.

"Nephew Song Xian, you have been wronged this time." County Magistrate Situ said soothingly, "I almost blamed you by mistake."

If in modern times, if someone wronged him and said "I've wronged you" and it's over, Song Wuya would definitely slap him in the face.But in this Ming Dynasty, it is only natural for the government to wrong the grassroots people at will, and they should be grateful if they can be cleared of their crimes.It was quite rare for the county magistrate Situ to say that, and it was because of his elder brother Situ Jian that he would be polite.As for the state compensation for being in an unjust prison, and any mental damage fees, don't even think about it.

Song Wuya is also a sensible person, he said to the county magistrate Situ: "Thank you sir, it's all because of my poor behavior in the past, which caused trouble to my upper body, I will definitely repent and start a new life in the future."

After the two of them finished their courtesies, Song Wuya said: "My lord, please send someone to arrest and bring to justice the four guests who stayed overnight the night of the incident. The murderer must be one of them. Since they are all locals with names and surnames, Presumably it will not be troublesome to arrest people."

The magistrate of Situ laughed triumphantly, and said, "You don't need to ask me about this matter, the people who are going to arrest them have already set out on the road. It's just that the journey is a bit far away, and they should be able to bring them tonight."

Song Wuya was startled, and quickly asked, "My lord, when did you arrange this matter?"

Nianxu, the county magistrate of Situ, smiled and said: "Early after the investigation of the murder scene, I have quietly given orders. I am not that slow in my actions. I don't have to wait for you to lift the lid before putting rice in the pot." Well, since the case is suspicious, the murderer is not you, but other guests."

"Your Excellency is wise!" Song Wuya casually flattered him that he didn't need money, and felt that the county magistrate was not that stupid.

Magistrate Situ said: "I hope you can help me interrogate the suspect later."

Song Wuya quickly saluted and said, "I am willing to help you."

Situ County Magistrate said: "I think the suspect will be arrested soon, let's go back to the yamen first."

Thinking of the possibility of being surrounded and beaten on the road again, Song Wuya panicked and said hurriedly: "My lord, in my opinion, it would be more appropriate to bring the criminal here for interrogation. Interrogation at the murder scene The suspect, the psychological pressure on the suspect is greater, and it is easier to confess and plead guilty.”

"Psychological pressure?" County magistrate Situ half-understood, nodded thoughtfully and said, "That's a good idea, interesting, and reasonable. It's just that this place is not a court, and all the necessary interrogation equipment is not available. It should be How to judge?"

"What interrogation equipment?" Song Wuya couldn't understand, so, isn't the equipment for interrogating suspects just a table and a chair?I have been a criminal police officer for ten years, and I have interrogated more prisoners than the county magistrate has ever seen. I have never heard of any professional equipment for interrogation, unless there was a high-end polygraph in the Ming Dynasty.

Situ County laughed dryly and stopped answering.

Song Wuya turned his questioning gaze to the police officer who was sitting at the bottom.

Baobu quickly gave Song Wuya a look of contempt for laymen, and explained on behalf of the county magistrate, "Master Song, how can there be a trial without torture tools? There are no gongs, sticks, bamboo sticks, Iron, how to judge the law? This is Master Situ's house, if you use a stick here and make blood and flesh fly all over the ground, what's the matter?"

There are so many instruments of torture!Song Wuya gasped when he heard that, would the government not try the case without punishment?If you think about it, isn't your unjust case also the result of each instrument of torture?Punishment is fine, and this is a legitimate method allowed by the Ming law, but the county magistrate wants to hide it, pretending to be unpredictable.

"My lord, I will interrogate the suspect later. I guarantee that I don't need any instruments of torture, and I can also teach the murderer to bow his head and plead guilty." Song Wuya wanted to show off his skills, and he didn't want to bring about another unjust, false and wrongful case. Things took over.

Magistrate Situ applauded and said: "Good! Extorting a confession by torture is not only against the peace of heaven, but also easy to cause unjust cases. I am not ignorant, but just helpless. If you can make the criminals bow their heads and plead guilty without using the torture tools, it would be great. .”

"Yes, I will do my best!"

Song Wuya agreed with all his mouth, but he was secretly calculating in his heart, if the murderer refused to admit to death even if the evidence was convincing, then he would have to resort to 01:30 tricks.It is difficult to completely avoid such things as torture in modern times, let alone in this Ming Dynasty?In the years when I was a criminal policeman in my previous life, under the pressure of "the murder case must be solved", I would occasionally do it when I had to.

As for how to make a person speak, Song Wuya is confident that he knows a hundred methods, 99 of which only require a pair of hands, so how can there be any instruments of torture?This is too young to judge people. I only said that I don’t need torture tools, but I didn’t say that I can’t use torture...

After more than an hour, the officials sent the four suspects to Situ's mansion and stood around in the living room.These four people are Mr. Jiang Sixing, Mr. Mo Yisan, Mr. Li Mingli, and Mr. Jin Shoujin.

The two sons Jiang and Mo are both scholars in their early twenties. They were enlightened by Situ Jian when they were young, and they can be regarded as his disciples. They also have good contacts on weekdays. Staying in the mansion at night, so there is naturally a suspicion of murder.

The other two were older. Mr. Li Ming Li was in his 40s, and his thin face was full of unconcealable fear. He was a friend who had a lot of contacts with Situ Jian, and he also stayed in the mansion that night. Of course, there is no escape from suspicion.Jin Shounian was in his thirties, wearing a Dongpo hat, dressed like a wealthy businessman, with a fat and white face on his thick and short neck, he looked kind and friendly, and he didn't seem like he would commit murder Master.

Song Wuya's sharp eyes swept over the faces of the four suspects. None of them looked wretched and suspicious, and none of them had the words "corpse murderer" written on their foreheads.

Who is the murderer?

Chapter 11 The Five Suspects

?Chapter 11 five suspects

There is no gavel here, so County Magistrate Situ slapped the coffee table and shouted: "Who is in the hall, please report their names one by one!"

Standing on the leftmost side of the hall, a young scholar with a horse face stepped forward to salute first, and said in a loud voice, "Wan Sheng Jiang Sixing, I have met the county lord."