Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 182 Solving the case at a glance [Third update, debt repayment 5]

Chen Zhi's suggestion took Zhou Tian a while to understand.

"Nephew, what do you mean, you want me to solve the backlog of cases one by one? To prove my ability?" Zhou Tian asked carefully, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not, you don't know, those The case is so complicated that many of the cases are difficult to sort out.”

The position of a wanderer in the countryside is mainly responsible for inspections and does not actually have the responsibility to resolve cases. However, as the aristocratic family grows, the rural bureaucracy shrinks. In order to serve the wealthy family, the functions of small officials become more complicated so that they can work for the aristocratic family.

Youyou had more contact with rural people. In order to save manpower, he gradually gained the power to make decisions on the fly. He could contact some people to inform them. If he could not make a decision on the spot, he would report it to the police for future review. If there was no response, or he had not If solved, a backlog will form.

Knowing Zhou Tian's worries, Chen Zhi said: "Some people use this as an excuse to remove Uncle Zhou from his position. It is the simplest and most direct way to solve the case. Even if someone wants to make a fuss afterwards, , and there is no way to start.”

Zhou Tian smiled bitterly: "Having said that, the key point is that not only the current case, there are also many old cases that they have brought out for criticism. There are so many of these cases, there are not three hundred but two hundred. It is impossible to solve them." broken, what to do?"

Chen Zhi's eyes lit up, but he still said calmly: "Go and take a look first before talking."

Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Zhou Tian stopped insisting. After all, he had something to ask for. Since Chen Zhi had come up with such an idea, it was difficult to reject it directly, so he thought of taking Chen Zhi to see the situation first and understand what was going on. Difficulties, if you can retreat from them, it will be convenient to persuade you again, and you can also ask for another wave of favors.

After the agreement, the two of them stopped staying at Zhou's house and went directly to the place where the files were stored.

The little book boy Chen Wu also followed, but as he walked, he became confused.

"Then the censor Yu Liang is just investigating the case. The young master has a bad relationship with him. The other party will not let it go, and the young master will not let go. Is it because he wants to suppress that person in the investigation? So he came to Zhou Tian this time? But that Yu Liang investigated This is a major and important case, related to the court and the nobles. The young master is looking for Zhou Tian just for a casual visit, and the case involved is nothing more than a rural dispute. It is not even comparable to the case of the Bai family, how can he compare with Yu Liang? "

Chen Wu had been with Chen Zhi for so long, and many times he couldn't see Chen Zhi's purpose, but he knew that Chen Zhi would not do things without aim.

"Forget it, maybe there will be some unexpected changes in the end."

After thinking about it, he simply put down his thoughts and followed with peace of mind.

The place where the records of Youyou are kept is actually still in the county government office, handled by Qiangfu.

Qiangfu is responsible for the litigation and taxation of a township, which is a very influential position. The Qiangfu of Zhoutian Township was replaced just before the New Year. His name is Hu Yong. As his name suggests, he is a mediocre man. Since then, in line with the creed of not offending anyone, I have been polite to everyone.

When Chen Zhi and Zhou Tian went over, the Qiangfu did not stop Chen Zhi by saying that he was just waiting for help. After all, Hu Yong also knew Chen Zhi's reputation, so he cooperated.

With the green light all the way, Chen Zhi quickly arrived at the Volume Collection Hall.

This library is divided into several rooms. You can see someone guarding the innermost room, which is where the county government's official documents are stored.

The book involves many things, including transcripts of confessions and confessions, records of court proceedings, and even investigative handwriting. It is a real case file and an important file.

When Bai Qing went to court, the clerk Luo Qian was responsible for recording the love letter. The entire case process was recorded in it. The love letter was of great significance to the local yamen, so there were Zaoli to guard it and change it on time. Post.

Chen Zhi's target was not this one, but the one outside.

This volume library is very large, with rows of bookshelves, but the books and files on the shelves are scattered, most of them are placed randomly, and few people organize them.

"This is where several rural files and documents are stored. If you want to review the lawsuit, you must first select the files here, write them and submit them. There are tables and chairs over there where you can sit and read." Zhou Tian introduced briefly. After a moment, "The files that have been closed and resolved are at the innermost. The ones on the outer few bookshelves are those that were difficult to determine at the time. If you want to file a lawsuit, you must give a charter. Only with the consent of the prison envoy and other superiors can the file be requested. out, continue processing."

This process is similar to the rules I implemented in the military and Xiaopei in my previous life.

Chen Zhi silently said in his heart, scanning the rows of bookshelves, pulling out one or two books to check, his brows gradually furrowed, and he discovered the problem.

Due to Chen Zhi's participation in his previous life, the case trial process in this era was relatively complete. However, due to the lack of personnel composition and professional division, new contradictions and problems were born. The process became cumbersome, causing the people below to be too lazy to handle it. Some complicated cases will be archived directly through the process.

"How's it going? The files here are not as good as the records of the county government clerk, but they have also recorded the process and details. There are not many omissions, my dear nephew..." Zhou Tian was still talking, trying to use the files, The complexity of the love letter persuaded Chen Zhi to give up his idea and go back to the back door.

But before he finished speaking, Chen Zhi jumped out: "There is something wrong with this confessor. This person is quite suspicious of this murder case."

"...So don't waste your energy on this...Huh? What did you say?" Zhou Tian stopped suddenly, then looked at Chen Zhi with a puzzled look on his face, and asked again, "Nephew, what did you say about the confessor?" ?Suspicion?"

"That's the confession recorded in this love book," Chen Zhi pointed to the file in his hand, "According to the confession, the real murderer will definitely not be found."

The love book in Chen Zhi's hand records the death of a rural farmer. It does not involve a wealthy family, and there are not many clues. Therefore, it was not included in the county government archives, but is placed here.

The love book records the confessions of several relatives of the deceased farmer. One of them is particularly important, the cousin of the deceased, who discovered the farmer's body.

At the same time, it is also clearly recorded that there are traces of strangulation on the neck of the corpse, which is also the cause of death, as well as some descriptions of the crime scene.After Zhou Tian was stunned, he came over and took a look. He was still confused and asked, "Is there anything wrong with it? I don't think there is anything wrong with what you said."

"There is something wrong with the narrative of the person who discovered the body," Chen Zhi narrowed his eyes and explained, "According to what he said, his cousin had a cold three days ago. He was so weak that he lay ill at home and was strangled to death. , no one saw the murderer, and he also said that there were signs of struggle at the scene, and that was the problem."

"Nothing wrong." Zhou Tian suddenly looked puzzled, thinking that Chen Zhi didn't understand the logic and wanted to educate him, "If a person is strangled by the neck, he will struggle desperately, and he will definitely be in trouble. Traces were left at the scene.”

"That's a normal situation," Chen Zhi shook his head and pointed to a sentence in the book of love. "According to the book of love, the deceased was not only tortured by illness, but also relatively thin. Such a person would not be able to do anything if the back of his neck was strangled. He didn't have much strength to resist, and judging from the description in the book, the other party also used tools such as ropes, which could perfectly wrap around the neck without leaving any gaps. Once the meridians in the neck were pressed, the flow of vitality would be hindered, which would cause People are in a trance, and will soon become unconscious, let alone struggle, so this trace of struggle is very suspicious..."

When Chen Zhi said it, it was both meridians and vitality. It sounded a bit mysterious, but in fact, he was just describing it in the language understood by this era.

In fact, he is very clear that the principle of strangulation is not to suffocate people to death by blocking the airway, but to kill by compressing the arteries in the neck. The carotid arteries are responsible for blood transfusion to the brain, and nearly [-]% of the blood passes through here. , once the carotid artery is compressed and the blood and oxygen supply to the brain is insufficient, consciousness will be lost and death will occur.

If it is true as stated in the file, the murderer strangled his neck with a rope, leaving almost no gaps or dead ends. If the person being strangled was strong and could still struggle, there would be traces of struggle. However, the deceased was bedridden, physically weak, and suffering from illnesses. , once you are strangled, you will lose consciousness quickly, where can you still struggle?

There are already holes in this seemingly simple description.

"There is something wrong with what the deceased's cousin said."

Zhou Tian also realized that something was wrong, and quickly asked someone to write a charter and send it over.

When the superiors heard that Chen Zhi was interfering, they did not dare to neglect, completed the approval with high efficiency, and arrested the cousin that afternoon.

At this time, several months had passed since the incident. The cousin had already inherited his cousin's property and his living standard had improved significantly. However, he became increasingly uneasy. Suddenly, Zaoli came to the door and was taken back to the Yamen. Threatened, he soon confessed.

"What a heartless beast. He murders his relatives just to make some money for his family!"

When everything came to light, Zhou Tian was filled with emotion, and then he was surprised that Chen Zhi had grasped the key after just one glance. He couldn't help but re-evaluate, could it be that his professional level was not as good as this one?
After thinking about it, I wanted to explore the meaning behind Yi Er with Chen Zhi, but I didn't expect that the latter was not interested.

What they didn't know was that the reasoning works of later generations of the New Socialist School all followed this theory. Every time a prisoner confessed, he had to reveal his true feelings. Chen Zhi had long been immune to this practice.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen. I will show my gratitude to Mr. Chen!"

"Young Master is aware of everything. This case has been open for so long, but Young Master solved it as soon as he came."

"Yes, it helped a lot."

Even the prison history officer, prison gate chief, etc. were surprised by Chen Zhi's efficiency and came over to express his gratitude one by one. However, while they were saying thank you, their faces were somewhat suspicious, because according to the report below, this person was just I took a look at the file, said a few words, asked someone to bring the person, and then solved the case directly. It was too mysterious.

How powerful is it to solve a case at a glance?
Eighty percent of it is an exaggeration, but the ability is definitely there.

They all know Chen Zhi's reputation. Even Wang Mi can talk to Wang Mi, so it's nothing to come over to solve a case on a whim. In addition, there are rumors about him and Yu Liang, which are also involved in the case.

After thinking about it, several people suddenly felt that this might be a trouble, so they quickly made this person happy and sent him away.

The chief of the prison gate still complained about Zhou Tian. You said that you, Zhou Tian, ​​brought such a person here for your own personal benefit. It was too illogical to see the overall situation. It was just that it was difficult to reprimand Chen Zhi in person, but the look in his eyes made Zhou Tian feel a little bit. disturbed.

Chen Zhi knew very well that he really wanted to solve this case, and these people could solve it with some effort, but because rewards and punishments were ineffective, they had no motivation, and there was not much money, so they put it on the shelf.

"It doesn't matter whether it's a big family, a small family, or a private family, it's all the same. Money and silk move people's hearts, and relatives turn against each other. There's nothing surprising. It won't change even after a thousand years. Uncle Zhou, the top priority is to continue to handle the case..." He said , Chen Zhi's eyes swept across the entire archives library, crossing over each archive.

"Just relying on these ordinary cases to solve one or two cannot achieve my goal at all. If I want to make a big splash, I have to put in some effort. Two or three cases are simply not enough."

Thinking like this, he asked someone to take out more than a dozen love books and read them one by one.

But Zhou Tian, ​​Prison History, and the Prison Gate Pavilion Chief looked at each other.

You've solved the case, aren't you satisfied?
Soon, the news that Chen Zhiguanshu had solved the case reached Yu Liang's ears, which immediately made the imperial censor smile contemptuously.

At this time, Yu Liang was drinking tea with everyone in Wobinglou.

When Wei Ou and others heard the news, they were also shocked, and then laughed.

"Do you dare to love him, Chen Zhi, do you really want to compete with Yushi in trial? But... But you can't choose rural disputes, this style is too low, and there is no comparison at all."

(End of this chapter)