Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 47

"Enough!" Qiu Yongnian jumped up from his seat, pointed at Xu Zun and shouted, "Xu Zun, I've done my best to you, don't be ignorant.

"Those who worked in the county government were indeed instructed by Mr. Qiu, but Mr. Qiu acted according to the rules. They all had legal procedures and agreed to the recruitment conditions of the county government.

"As for their background, it has nothing to do with Qiu.

"A large part of them were introduced by the chief bookkeeper Liu Zhang, and I don't know the details of those people.

"Furthermore, Xinye County has such a large population, how suspicious are there a few more foreigners coming to do business? Why do you have to get in touch with me?

"Also, your statement about the carriage is also pure nonsense, based on imagination, according to what you say, it means that our Xinye county government has become a stronghold of criminals, right?

"My lord!" He turned to Cai Kun and said excitedly, "Xu Zun has no law in his eyes, slanders the court officials, has a vicious heart, and his heart can be punished. Please make the decision for me, my lord!"

"Hmm..." Cai Kun, who hadn't spoken for a long time, nodded slightly, pointed to those household registration books and said to Xu Zun, "Xu Zun, what he said is right, these household registration books alone can't explain anything at all! You still have Is there no stronger evidence?"

"Yes," Xu Zun said, "It was just a small warm-up just now, and what follows is the real big show!"

"You...let me tell you what's good about you?" Cai Kun took a heavy breath and blamed, "Since you still have evidence, why don't you go straight to the point and prove it to us?"

"Not good!" Xu Zun said casually, seriously, "If you don't warm up, I'm afraid what I'll say next will scare you!"

"You..." Cai Kun frowned, picked up the teacup next to him angrily and said, "Okay, then you can continue!"

After finishing speaking, he pretended to be leisurely and sipped his tea, but he was really anxious inside.

However, Cai Kun's words were undoubtedly tantamount to acquiescing to Xu Zun, and Qiu Yongnian's forehead suddenly broke out in cold sweat, neither sitting nor standing, looked extremely awkward.

"Magistrate Qiu," Xu Zun turned to Qiu Yongnian again, launching his new attack, "Do you still remember the two corpses Mr. Cai showed you at the beginning of the promotion?

"Last night, a group of four of them sneaked into the Yizhuang with oil barrels, intending to burn the four corpses stored in the Yizhuang.

"Fortunately, I had predicted it a long time ago, and let Master Cai ambush the guards in advance, and captured them on the spot.

"Unfortunately, Liang San and Cheng Wen committed suicide by taking poison on the spot, and only the other two were captured alive in the end!
"Lord Cai, am I right?" Xu Zun raised his head and asked.

Cai Kun, who was tasting tea, almost spit out the tea, hurriedly pressed the lid of the cup, nodded and admitted:
"Yes, this is indeed the case. The other two are undergoing interrogation. They will definitely be recruited in a short time!"

what?
Oh?
Hearing the conversation between Xu Zun and Cai Kun, the scene was confused.

No one could understand that Xu Zun and Cai Kun actually sang together, how could this be the scene of the trial?
If it wasn't for Xu Zun wearing handcuffs and shackles, he would have thought he was the presiding judge!
"Magistrate Qiu," Xu Zun said to Qiu Yongnian with a look of satisfaction, "Unexpected, right? In fact, there are no guerrilla generals in Gunan County at all, and there are no Eastern Palace guards who can recognize assassins.

"All of this is a set up for you by Master Cai and I!

"You really fell for it! Hmph," Xu Zun rubbed his palm, "You have designed me so many times, and I finally paid you back once. How is it, how does it feel?"

Hearing Xu Zun's words, everyone couldn't understand more.

However, no one noticed that Qiu Yongnian's body was shaking uncontrollably.

"Xu Zun," Qiu Yongnian forced his shock, gritted his teeth and said, "I can't understand what you said."

"Yes," Li Yan, the governor, couldn't help but said, "Xu Zun, he doesn't understand, and I don't understand either.

"Why did those people go to Yizhuang to burn the corpses? What's the point of doing so? Why do you say that this matter has something to do with Magistrate Qiu?"

Li Yan's question was also a question of everyone present.

Even Cai Kun, the leader of the Neiwei Pavilion, leaned out half of his body, looking eager to know the answer.

"The reason why Qiu Yongnian sent people to the Yizhuang to burn the corpses," Xu Zun said, "is not because he wanted to burn all of them, but because he wanted to burn one of them."

As he spoke, he stepped up to the four corpses lying flat in the courtroom, and with a swish, he lifted the white cloth of one of the corpses.

Under the white cloth, the body of the Taoist priest suddenly appeared.

The Taoist uniform on the corpse had already faded, the face was distorted and hideous, and serious decay had already appeared.

The strong stench of corpses came out, making all the officials cover their mouths and noses tightly.

"Xu Zun, don't talk nonsense," Qiu Yongnian reprimanded, "Why do you say I sent someone there?"

"Yes, Xu Zun," Cai Kun, who was seated in the front seat, reminded, "Although I deliberately played a trick in front of Magistrate Qiu, and then something happened to Yizhuang, but you can't just talk nonsense!"

"This..." Qiu Yongnian's complexion turned black, and cold sweat broke out on his cheeks.

Cai Kun's words are obviously insinuating.

"Xu Zun, get down to business," Cai Kun urged, "Tell me quickly, why did they insist on burning the Taoist priest's corpse?"

"The answer is simple," Xu Zun said, pointing to the corpse, "This man is not a Japanese assassin at all!"

"what?"

"what?"

"No way?"

All the officials present left their seats and leaned out, with deep puzzlement in their eyes.

"Isn't it a Japanese assassin?" Cai Kun frowned and thought, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Look, my lord," Xu Zun stretched out his hand and grabbed one of the Taoist priest's legs, pointing to the stitched toes and said, "The sides of his toes are swollen, it's obvious that the stitches haven't healed yet.

"Look at the abscess still leaking from the thread hole used for stitching, which shows that the stitches were hastily removed before his toe healed..."

"Oh, I see!" Cai Kun has already understood, "The assassination happened 11 years ago. If the injury on his foot was caused by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he should have recovered a long time ago!"

"Ah?" Li Yan's eyes widened, "So...this Taoist priest is not an assassin?"

After Li Yan finished speaking, he suddenly felt much more at ease in his heart.

If this Taoist priest is really not a Japanese assassin, doesn't that mean that the iron coffin case has nothing to do with the assassination of the Empress Dowager, so they don't have to be implicated in Tangzhou Prefecture?
"It's not just the toe injury, all the injuries on his body are new!" Xu Zun said, "It won't last more than a year at the earliest."

"Eh? No, no!" Unexpectedly, Chen Taiji suddenly objected, "Xu Zun, I have been in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for many years, and I have examined countless corpses. Only by the degree of wound healing, I can only distinguish new injuries within a few months.

"Unless it is a minor, an injury that has healed for a year is indistinguishable from an old injury.

"Also, our Ministry of Criminal Justice is not a medical clinic, how can we be careful to stitch up prisoners?" He pointed at the corpse, "His toes may be caused by infection from old wounds that have not healed, and it cannot be concluded that they must be new wounds."

Hearing Chen Taiji's words, everyone nodded.

As the censor of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Chen Taiji is not only proficient in autopsy, but also authoritative.

If he couldn't tell the difference, how could Xu Zun tell the difference?

So, everyone turned their curious eyes to Xu Zun, wanting to see what Xu Zun had to say?
"Chen Yushi," who knows, Xu Zun said after thinking for a few seconds, "if I can't prove that the deceased's body was injured within a year, then can't you also prove that these injuries were all from 11 years ago? hurt?"

"This?" Chen Taiji pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"If that's the case, then we're even," Xu Zun said happily, "Let's move on to the next topic!"

(End of this chapter)