Chapter 86: Going to the court
Lin Bouchu was quickly brought up. He was wearing brocade clothes and looked extremely expensive. But when he saw this magnificent momentum of the palace, his face was surprised.
However, after seeing the King's Bookkeeper in the hall and Lin Yu under the hall, seeing that they nodded to him indifferently, Lin Banthu also felt confident and breathed a sigh of relief.
After being played by Li Yi and Chu Ping yesterday, although he was not smart, he realized something was wrong afterwards. With his loud shouts and strong requests, he finally met Wang Zhuzhu and his father Lin Yu.
After hearing from the headmaster Wang that Li Yi was here to prove his innocence, he then understood why no one responded to his throat.
It's simply abominable, dare to play tricks on me like this!
When he walked into the lobby, Lin Bushu happened to notice Li Yi and Chu Ping beside him, and immediately cursed: "Master! When I go out, I will see how I deal with you!"
Li Yi pursed his lips and refused to comment. He naturally didn't take a small role like Lin Bushu seriously. What he was thinking about now was the doubt that he had not yet solved - the motive for the crime.
"Take the suspect Lin Boushu here!" The officer pressed Lin Boushu to the lobby and then stepped down.
When Lin Broadshu saw Xue Cong, he became even more angry and became more angry. He became more angry and his hair and beard trembled.
Before, he was very respectful to Xue Cong because of his father's instructions. But who would have thought that this guy dug a pit and buried himself in the soil, causing himself to suffer from prison.
"Okay, Xue Cong, I treat you as a friend, you bullied me like this!" Lin Bishu roared, gritting his teeth with hatred.
Xue Cong's face turned cold and said, "How can I bully you? You steal my jade pendant and defile me and kill people. I deserve to call me the word "friend"?"
"You are slandering! My thief, I clearly fell asleep and did nothing!" Lin Bushu shouted injustice.
Hearing the noise in the hall, County Magistrate Han looked a little ugly. He patted the gavel and shouted, "Silent, who dares to roar in the court!"
Xue Cong shook the folding fan, and glanced at Lin Daishu's eyes as if he was looking at a dead person.
Lin Broadshu wanted to curse a few more words, but when he saw his father telling him a quiet gesture, he immediately fell silent.
Seeing that the two of them were quite aware, County Magistrate Han asked Lin Boushu and said, "Life Lin Boushu, Xue Cong sued you for murdering Yu Lu, stealing jade pendants, and falsely accusing a good person. Do you admit your guilt?"
Lin Bouchu's eyes were as if they were bronze bells: "Sir, I'm wronged! I don't admit it, I'll definitely refuse!"
County Magistrate Han asked Xue Cong again: "Student Xue Cong, do you sue Lin Daishu, is there any evidence?"
Xue Cong shook his folding fan and chuckled, "Evidence? Sir, on the night of the incident, Yu Lu's maid and the thugs from Miaoyu Pavilion could testify. When they entered the room, Miss Yu Lu lay on the ground with a slander, while Lin Biaoshu sat aside with blood stains on his hands."
"Oh?" County Magistrate Han looked at Zhao County Wei, and Zhao County Wei nodded.
County Magistrate Han was a little surprised. If this was the case, what else could be tried? Wasn’t this the one who was arrested on the spot?
County Magistrate Han looked at Lin Bushu: "Student Lin Bushu, do you have any objections to this?"
Lin Bushu widened his eyes and cried out for grievances: "Unforgivable! Unforgivable! When I entered the room, Yulu didn't come at all. I didn't know why I fell asleep for a while, and when I woke up, she was already dead!"
Xue Cong sneered: "Then how do you explain the blood on your hands?"
"I...I don't know!" Lin Bushu couldn't argue, "But what about the close-fitting jade pendant you left there?"
Xue Cong said: "Of course you stole it and then framed me with dirt!"
"You! Nonsense!"
Seeing that the two of them were about to insult each other again, County Magistrate Han asked Xiang Zhuzhu and County Magistrate Zhao: "What do you think of this?"
The Wang Zhubu naturally helped Lin Daishu: "Sir, it is said that Xue Cong has always loved his close-fitting jade pendant very much, and he almost never takes it off. Others can't get it easily. The official feels that this matter is doubtful."
"Ah..." County Magistrate Han said nothing. Wang Zhubu's words were completely slapped. It is true that the jade pendant is close to his body, but it is not sticky to his body. Who would have realized it for a while if he lost it?
Zhao County Magistrate thought for a while, thinking of the scars behind Xue Cong who had reported to him by Yun Zhaozhao, and replied: "Mr. Han, the deceased has the flesh and blood of the murderer who is struggling in his nails. The subordinate officials suggested that the two of them take off their clothes and see if there are any scars on their bodies to prove their innocence."
"Oh? There is something else?" County Magistrate Han was overjoyed and said, "You two are willing to take off your clothes and prove your innocence?"
"I don't want to!"
Unexpectedly, the two of them said in unison.
Xue Cong naturally felt guilty and Lin was uncomfortable, so he wanted to be faced.
Just kidding, he was regarded as a great humiliation by Li Yi and Chu Ping yesterday. If he had stripped naked in front of so many people, would the Lin family still have the face?
The heir of a big family was stripped of their clothes in the court and could spread throughout Pingji County in less than three days. How could the Lin family stay in Pingji County?
Not to mention that Lin Bushu doesn’t want to, even Lin Yu doesn’t want to.
"What should I do?" County Magistrate Han was numb again.
The king's eyes turned and replied: "Sir, they are unwilling to be in person, mostly because of their face problems. Why not send one servant to each and bring these two people to the hall and take them to privately see their injuries?"
County Magistrate Han nodded and asked again.
This time, Xue Cong was still unwilling to do so, but Lin Boushu agreed. As long as he did not strip naked in public, Lin Boushu could still tolerate it.
County Magistrate Han was helpless against Xue Cong. Originally, Xue Cong was not a suspect. You can't forcefully strip the plaintiff's clothes, right? There is no reason.
The Wang Zhubu smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as we can prove that Lin Banthu is innocent, isn't that enough?"
All he wanted was Lin Bushu's acquittal. As for whether Xue Cong could be convicted, he didn't care at all.
County Magistrate Han was also very satisfied with this, but he didn't want to offend anyone. If he could prove Lin Boushu's innocence and resolve the matter, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
So he ordered someone to take Lin Boushu down.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Seeing that they were doing this, Xue Cong nodded to Hu Yan, a man in white masked man on the side. Hu Yan turned around and left, jumped a few times, and flew into the back yamen.
Seeing that County Magistrate Han fooled the criminal case, County Magistrate Zhao shook his head and sighed softly: "The courage of our county magistrate is much worse than that of his former County Magistrate He..."
It happened that Li Yi walked to Zhao County Weiwei at this time and heard this sentence, his figure couldn't help but be in a state of mind.
County Magistrate He? It seems that in the salt story told by Mr. Shaobing, the county magistrate who fell off a horse and died while drunk was his surname He.
Li Yi asked in a low voice: "Mr. County Magistrate, are you very familiar with the former County Magistrate He?"
Zhao County Wei was startled by Li Yi's voice. Seeing that the others around him did not hear him, he breathed a sigh of relief: "After a period of time, that person is really not afraid of power and hates evil. Our current county magistrate is, haha, it's just a face-to-face."
Li Yi asked again: "Is that adult's death really a drunken fallen off a horse?"
County Magistrate Zhao's eyes suddenly shrank, he sneered, looked at the Wang Zhuzhu opposite and Lin Yu sitting below, and laughed: "Drunk and fall off a horse? County Magistrate He doesn't drink any wine, and he also rides on a carriage when traveling!"
Li Yi suddenly realized that he suddenly remembered the lame beggar and asked, "Sir, what kind of relatives does County Magistrate He have in his life? How old is it?"
"What do you ask about this?" Zhao County Wei was a little confused, but he still said to Li Yi happily, "He still has one son and one daughter, the eldest son is Kuan and the youngest daughter is Hui. Since the death of He County Magistrate He, the two of them have been taken away from Pingji County by his mother. This official has not seen him for a long time."
"Is there a son and a daughter?" Li Yi pursed his lips, "Maybe, I understand what the motive is."
"What motive is the crime?" Zhao County Wei said to Li Yi, "Don't worry about this for now. What should you do if Captain Yun trespasses the Xue Mansion? Although I want to protect you, Xue Cong is taking a serious lawsuit, but I am not easy to take action."
Li Yi smiled softly: "Sir, don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it. At that time, he will steal chickens and lose some rice!"
Next, County Magistrate Han began to interrogate Lin Yu for inciting beggars to make trouble for the Xue Mansion.
Lin Yu was summoned to court, and Lin Yu naturally refused to admit what Xue Cong said.
Even after he came to court, his nose was not the nose, and his eyes were not the eyes, which gave Han a ugly look.
County Magistrate Han was very angry, but he had no choice but to do anything to him. He almost turned over with anger and made the Wang Zhuan beside him laugh.
As a result, Xue Cong could not provide direct and favorable evidence to prove that Lin Yu was doing it. After pestering for a while, County Magistrate Han asked Lin Yu to retreat, and the matter was left unresolved.
Then, County Magistrate Han compared the lawsuit and discussed the incident of Yun Zhaozhao and Li Yi trespassing the Xue Mansion and injuring Xue Cong.
"That, Li Ye Yi's, has it been reported?" County Magistrate Han asked the officers under Xiangtang.
Because of Diao Nan, most of the servants here have met Li Yi and subconsciously looked at him.
Li Yi shook his sleeves, walked straight up, and bowed with his fists.
In fact, it is not like movies and TV dramas, when civilians need to kneel down when they see officials. In the Song Dynasty, not only scholars and scholars do not need to kneel down when they see officials, but even when they see officials in vain, they do not need to kneel down when they see officials. When encountering lawsuits, they just need to go straight forward and say straight.
Li Yi was summoned for a while, but he did not see Yun Zhaozhao, his accomplice, coming. He looked at Yun Zhaozhao in confusion and found that there was a middle-aged man with a big belly standing beside Yun Zhaozhao.
The middle-aged man dressed simply, but there was a sharp look in his eyebrows and eyes, and he was not angry and could do so.
Li Yi immediately realized that this person was the one above Yun Zhaozhao.
Just now, County Magistrate Han saw Zhang Yun beside Yun Zhaozhao, and then he directly omitted Yun Zhaozhao's name. It's better to have more things than to have less. Anyway, as long as someone takes the blame, it doesn't matter how many people take it.
"Are you Li Yi?" County Magistrate Han looked at Li Yi in front of him, snorted, and put on an airs.
Finally, I can meet someone who has no background and can bully...
"The grass-roots are Li Yi." Li Yi replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Xue Cong sued you for trespassing into the private residence and maliciously hurting people. Do you admit it?"
Li Yi sneered: "The people of the grass don't recognize it."
Before County Magistrate Han asked him, Xue Cong asked Li Yi: "So, how should you explain this thing?"
After saying that, he gestured to a servant to throw a boot into the hall, Yun Zhaozhao's boots.
Li Yi covered his nose and smiled, "I wonder if Brother Xue Cong threw this item in the court and let it smell the adults. Is it impolite to be punished for contempt of the court?"
The others were not angry yet, and Yun Zhaozhao stomped his feet in anger. Who said my boots were smelly? You have never smelled it before!
Seeing that although Yun Zhaozhao wanted to rush forward and twist Li Yi's neck, Zhang Yun could not help but examine Li Yi seriously.
Only a moment later, he shook his head. If he was just a white man, he would not deserve it.
Xue Cong sneered: "Haha, you and the Captain Yun broke into our mansion and lost this boot. Don't you want to admit it?"
Li Yi was puzzled: "I broke into your mansion with Captain Yun and I lost a boot? Haha, let alone the stupid person who threw down his shoes. How dare Brother Xue prove that this boot was from Captain Yun?"
Xue Cong said: "Everyone in my house saw it!"
Li Yi said: "It's such a coincidence that I happened to be having dinner at home, and my family saw it."
Xue Cong snorted: "Your family naturally protects you, how can you tell the truth?"
Li Yi asked back, "Then won't everyone in your house favor you and tell lies?"
Just talking about words, Xue Cong would not be Li Yi's opponent. After several rounds of confrontation, Xue Cong was unable to win.
County Magistrate Han was bored, and Li Yi was just a little bit of it. Then he slapped the arbor and shouted: "Since there is this boot to testify, then Li Yi should not be faked when he trespassed into the Xue Mansion. Come on, take Li Yi down and beat the thirty-plus boards again!"
The two crew members received the order and immediately separated two people, threatening Li Yi to go out for punishment.
Xue Cong shook the folding fan and smiled wildly. This is the pleasure of power...
However, at this moment, three voices sounded together.
"Slow down!" Zhao County Magistrate raised his hand and shouted.
"Stop!" Yun Zhaozhao also shouted.
"Unforgivable!" Chu Ping shouted the loudest.
Li Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Instead of retreating, he took a step forward and showed the momentum of asking the criminals in his previous life: "I wonder if the county magistrate, do you want to use beating me to calm down the situation, or do you want to punish the criminals and uphold justice!?"
Seeing Li Yi's cold eyebrows and his eyes were like a knife, like a tiger going down the mountain, County Magistrate Han was really scared for a moment.
"I... As a parent, I will naturally uphold justice for the people!"
After all, County Magistrate Han was also a county magistrate who had been a county magistrate for many years. Although he was frightened for a while, when he looked at Mantang's eyes several times, he quickly raised his momentum.
"Okay!" Li Yi said loudly, "Since lord is upholding justice for the people, I dare to ask, Xue Cong convicts me with a boot, and he thinks it is OK.
Then, Xue Cong left the jade pendant on the body of Miss Yulu, and the adults could also think that it was lost when Xue Cong killed someone. Caomin asked the adults to take down Xue Cong and Ming Zhengpai punishment!"
"Ah...ah...ah......" County Magistrate Han wiped his sweat and didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. The momentum he had just raised was like a pierced balloon suddenly leaked.
"What a sharp mouth!" Xue Cong never expected Li Yi to borrow this boot to hit him. He said angrily, "The jade pendant is a jade pendant, I am me, how can I compare?"
Li Yi laughed: "What a great person is not comparable! Boots are boots, I am me. Since the boots are lost in the Xue Mansion, then the boots are trespassing into the private mansion and hurting you! Brother Xue, can you not even beat a boot?"
"Puchi." Yun Zhaozhao, who had a low laugh, suddenly burst out laughing. Seeing Zhang Yun look, she covered her lips embarrassedly.
Li Yi was unwilling to forgive him, so he immediately bowed to the Han County Magistrate: "This boot broke into the Xue Mansion and injured Brother Xue Cong. It is a very evil crime!
Chapter completed!