Chapter 407: Mystery of murdering husband (Part 1)
Shuntian Prefecture, the main hall of the Criminal Law Department.
“Uh~ah!”
After a loud yawn, Sun Shaozong picked up the pen with sleepy eyes and was about to write on the document, but suddenly he forgot what comments to write.
When he thought hard and finally recalled some clues, he heard a dripping sound and the thick ink had already fallen on the document.
Oops!
Sun Shaozong hurriedly took a soft cloth to dip it. Fortunately, the ink he used was of the best Hui ink, which did not disperse on the paper. After the ink was absorbed by the soft cloth, only a chess piece-sized ink stain was left, and the original words on the document were not smeared.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong felt a little relieved, but he really had no intention of continuing to review the documents, so he washed the wolf-hair brush, put it on the mountain-shaped pen holder, walked to the window, scooped up clean water from the copper basin, and rubbed his square face vigorously several times.
Only then did he finally cheer up.
Alas~
I have been so lustful these past few days that I have really overindulged myself!
It seems that I have to be more restrained, otherwise if there is any mistake in work, it will be no joke.
Then again, You Erjie was indeed a natural beauty. Her tall, voluptuous, snow-white body seemed to be tailor-made for a man. Every time she did that, Sun Shaozong felt so comfortable that he couldn't help himself.
Moreover, she was willing to comply with all kinds of tricks, and loved to cling to others and initiate battles. She was not shy like other women at all. Therefore, in recent days, Sun Shaozong had rarely been able to get a good night's sleep.
In addition, he had to take time out to "comfort" Ruan Rong. The excitement and pain involved were too much to be told to outsiders.
Fortunately, Jia Yingchun had already found out that she was pregnant, otherwise her adopted eldest brother would have urged her to "sow seeds" every day, and even a strong body would have been unable to bear it.
"uncle."
Just as I was thinking about something else, I heard Sun Chengye reporting from outside: "The notice for the trial implementation of the beggars' baojia system has been written. Would you like to take a look at it first?"
"Come in."
Sun Shaozong walked forward and opened the door, took the notice, glanced at it quickly, and shook his head, saying, "It's better to make the wording more straightforward. How many beggars can understand such a flowery wording?"
Sun Chengye hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll go and draft another one."
"No need."
Sun Shaozong said, "First, post this notice outside the mansion gate, and then prepare another one that is straightforward and simple, let the yamen runners in the mansion memorize it, and then call those beggars to read it directly."
After Sun Chengye agreed and went out to take charge of posting the notice, Sun Shaozong sat back behind the desk, ready to continue approving official documents.
Who knew that just as he dipped the ink and was about to pick up the pen to write, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps approaching from afar, and then he heard Qiu Yunfei yelling in a gruff voice: "This damn heaven, it's really going to kill me with the heat! Master Sun, I have already taken people to investigate the murder case of her husband this morning, and it was indeed that woman who killed him."
"Because her husband had been away for four years, this woman had fallen in love with a handsome scholar. She was originally planning to marry him and take the family property with her, but her husband suddenly came back and ruined her plan."
"So the couple has always been at odds, quarreling every three days and fighting every two days. It's not the first time they've resorted to knife fighting."
"But this time, I didn't know what happened during the struggle, and I ended up cutting the man's throat with my knife, killing him instantly."
"The case is simple and clear, and she admitted that she killed him. But I don't know what's wrong with this woman. She insisted that the deceased was not her husband."
"Now the man's relatives have all followed and are making a lot of noise in front of the mansion, saying that they want you to kill her to appease the public anger."
Sun Shaozong heard everything inside, so he simply put down his wolf-hair brush, stood up and went to the hall outside. He reached out to Qiu Yunfei to ask for the on-site investigation record, but saw that it was densely written, with more than ten pages of records.
From the first person who discovered the incident to the people who reported it to the police, from the neighbors to the relatives and friends of both parties, and even the rumored "adulterer", they were all carefully questioned.
"Not bad."
Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "You have been doing your job more and more like a real person recently."
Although it was not a serious compliment, Qiu Yunfei was still delighted to get the affirmation from Sun Shaozong, and was about to brag about it.
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and ordered without question: "Since the victim has followed us, and this is a murder case for the murder of her husband, let's have a trial first - go and gather all the witnesses, and I will go to court at 1:00 p.m. to question the case!"
After Qiu Yunfei took the order, Sun Shaozong carefully reviewed the survey record from beginning to end twice.
At first glance, there is nothing strange about this case.
The deceased's surname was Song, his given name was Changgeng, he was 26 years old, his parents died early and he had no children. His family ran a tea shop of moderate size. Four years ago, he took a young assistant to the south to purchase tea, but there has been no news of him since then.
After a long time, his wife, Xu, believed that he died outside, so half a year ago, with the help of a neighbor, she met a nearby scholar named Zhou Yuansheng.
Because the scholar was very handsome and had achieved honors, after meeting him a few times, Xu fell in love with him and prepared to marry into the Zhou family with the house and shops left by Song Changgeng.
Unexpectedly, just when the two began to prepare for the wedding, Song Changgeng suddenly returned home, saying that he had met with a disaster outside and contracted a serious illness. It took him several years to recover.
As a result, the marriage between Xu and Mr. Zhou naturally fell through. Song Changgeng even gathered two cousins from his uncle's family, and went to Mr. Zhou's house and beat him up on the charge of seducing someone else's wife.
With all these causes and consequences, Xu and Song Changgeng had a grudge in their hearts and would quarrel from time to time.
The two of them quarreled again this morning. Song Changgeng said he wanted to divorce Xu and make her leave the house. Xu was indignant and picked up a kitchen knife to threaten him with death.
Unexpectedly, during the scuffle, the kitchen knife accidentally cut off Song Changgeng's neck, causing him to die on the spot.
Because the beggar Hong Jiu happened to hear what happened, Xu had no choice but to confess to murdering her husband, so there was nothing worthy of verification or questioning in this part of the case.
The only strange thing is that Xu insisted that the deceased was an impostor and not the real Song Changgeng.
However, this was strongly refuted by Song Changgeng's uncle, who believed that she had made up such a ridiculous lie in order to reduce her crime.
but……
If you really want to make up a lie to get away with it, you shouldn't use such a bizarre excuse, right?
Sun Shaozong looked at the survey record and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Let me explain this on two sides.
However, Hong Jiu, who happened to be involved in a murder case, was also brought to Shuntian Prefecture as an eyewitness.
Also, Qiu Yunfei saw that Xu was a beggar with no background and was afraid that he would disappear if he was not careful, so he ordered his men to temporarily detain him and Xu in the lobby.
Hong Jiuchu was frightened to such an extent that his whole body went limp. He knelt in the hall and dared not even breathe.
But after kneeling for more than half an hour, it was already past mealtime and his stomach was growling with hunger, but still no one came to check on him. Hong Jiu could no longer kneel.
He glanced around stealthily and saw that the bailiffs were all outside and no one was paying attention to him. He simply leaned over and sat on the ground, rubbing his knees with a grimace.
After rubbing his knees for a while and finding that no one interfered, he became bolder. While rubbing his knees, he glanced at Xu who was not far away.
Xu was seen kneeling on the ground in a daze, her skirt torn to tatters by the Song family's relatives, revealing half of her porcelain-like arm, but she didn't even think of covering it up.
Tsk tsk~
What a fair and lovely beautiful lady, how could she have the heart to murder her husband?
Hong Jiu stared at the white porcelain arm, drooling for a long time, but suddenly found that Xu's cherry lips were constantly opening and closing.
What is she mumbling about?
Hong Jiu couldn't help being curious, so he carefully moved closer to Xu and listened for a long time before he finally made out that what Xu kept repeating were "He's not my husband" and "He's not Song Changgeng".
How can she still say this now?
Hong Jiu was speechless at first, but after taking a closer look at Xu's appearance, it didn't seem like she was lying - Hong Jiu had always been quite proud of his ability to read people's expressions. If he couldn't tell the difference between a person's facial expressions and his features, then even the most clever of mouths would be like a rootless duckweed, unable to scratch other people's itch .
But if she wasn't lying, then...
The dead man was really not her husband? !
