The next morning, County Magistrate Kang wanted to go to the hall to try the murder case of Zhao's family in Huangyan Village sent back to the prefecture for retrial. Xiao Jiading had never seen an ancient hall, except for movies and TV. He didn't know if this was the case in reality, so he got up early and went to the lobby to see the environment, which was similar to those in movies and TV. Now that no one has come, he wants to ask, but no one can ask. So he decided to go for breakfast first.

There is no breakfast in the restaurant in the yamen, so you can only eat outside.

What he went to was naturally the snack shop at the Loulan girl’s house.

When I arrived at the door of the snack shop, I saw a long queue, and many people were waiting to buy breakfast. And the people who bought breakfast happily took it out, and it turned out to be a kebab!

This thing can also be used as breakfast? Of course, Xiao Jiading, a person from modern society, does not want to eat such greasy things early in the morning. However, he can understand that the Tang Dynasty people must have been very novel when they ate this kind of cumin mutton for the first time, so they all came to buy it, and even ate it as breakfast. Xiao Jiading was very happy to see that he taught Loulan girl cumin mutton so popular.

Miss Loulan, who was grilling lamb skewers at the door, saw him, quickly put the lamb skewers down, came out, and said happily: "Brother Xiao, you are here!"

"Well, I'll have breakfast, but I don't eat mutton skewers. I still eat bun porridge."

"Okay, please come in quickly! The mutton skewers you taught me are very popular. I was busy until midnight yesterday, and many people came to eat them. I came here early this morning and queued up to buy them..."

As soon as he said this, the people in the queue were already shouting impatiently: "Hey! Hurry up, lamb skewers! We are still waiting."

"Here you come!" Loulan agreed, first welcomed Xiao Jiading into the house before going to grill the lamb kebabs.

Yu Gui came over in the room, nodded and bowed, welcomed Xiao Jiading into the inner room, and sat down, and personally served buns and porridge.

Xiao Jiading just came to fill his stomach. After eating, he took out his purse and had to pay the bill, but Yu Gui refused to accept it. He said that Xiao Jiading taught their mutton kebabs and made a lot of money. This was a way to make money for them. How could he ask for his money? Xiao Jiading insisted that if he opened the business, he would not be exempted from the order, otherwise he would make any money. If he didn't accept it, he would not come next time. So Yu Gui had to accept it.

When Xiao Jiading left, he saw Loulan being busy at the door, so he just smiled, waved at her, and left.

When he returned to the yamen, a clerk had already arrived. The clerk in the criminal room who was responsible for recording this case saw Xiao Jiading coming and hurried over to salute.

Xiao Jiading asked him about some things about his promotion to the church. The clerk told him. According to the clerk, he, the county magistrate, had to participate in the whole process, but during the entire promotion to the church, he only acted as the county magistrate's consultant and helped deal with some legal issues.

After Xiao Jiading figured it out, he went to the signing house and waited for Magistrate Kang.

After a while, County Magistrate Deng came, saying that it was all the witnesses, the victim's family, and the defendant were already in place. There were many people listening. As they were talking, County Magistrate Kang came. County Magistrate Deng reported to him. County Magistrate Kang nodded and ordered to be promoted to the court.

Xiao Jiading followed County Magistrate Kang to the back door of the lobby, bypassed the screen, and entered the lobby. The yamen runners shouted in unison, "Magnificent!" At the same time, they used the water and fire sticks in their hands to pounce on the ground, making a sound, which was very spectacular.

County Magistrate Kang sat down after several cases in the warm-up hall, and his voice stopped. Xiao Jiading stood behind County Magistrate Kang and looked at the situation in the lobby curiously. Many ordinary people stood in the open space outside the lobby and watched the excitement, and no one dared to speak casually.

County Magistrate Kang said: "It is said to be the defendant!"

Several yamen runners took the criminal Zhao, who was carrying heavy shackles, to the lobby and knelt down in front of several cases.

When Xiao Jiading looked carefully, his eyes lit up. Zhao was actually a little beauty. Maybe because of years of hard work, she was relatively strong, but not the kind of farmer who was thick, but was very well-proportioned and well-behaved, with breasts and slender waists, picturesque eyebrows, a little dark skin, but she showed a very healthy color. Wearing heavy shackles, she looked particularly pity.

County Magistrate Kang had already interrogated once before, but since the case was sent back for retrial, he had to interrogate again, and then said in a deep voice: "My wife, Zhao, do you know that you are guilty?"

An unexpected thing happened. The Zhao family, who was kneeling on the ground, actually cried and said, "The civilian woman is wronged! That child was not killed by the civilian woman. The civilian woman is wronged. Please ask the master to take charge."

County Magistrate Kang did not expect that after being sent back for retrial, the criminal would actually redeem his confession. He was furious and slapped the aggro heavily and roared: "You are a foolish woman! The last time he confessed, he redeemed this time, and it was clearly intended to escape the blame, tease the county, and come! He was sentenced!"

Soon, the yamen runners came up and put a finger on Zhao, which is a torture instrument composed of several wooden sticks. They were put on the joints of the criminal's fingers and tightened them hard to clamp the criminal's fingers. In severe cases, they could even crush the joints of the criminal's fingers!

As soon as the punishment was put on, Zhao could not resist it and screamed: "The civilian woman pleaded guilty..."

County Magistrate Kang waved his hand and stopped, saying, "You can tell me the murder in detail!"

Zhao said the story, which was roughly similar to his previous confession.

After Zhao finished telling the story, County Magistrate Kang nodded without asking any more questions, saying, "Take the sinner down and tell the mother of the deceased Tong!"

Soon, the victim's mother, Tong, was taken to the lobby and kneeled on the ground.

County Magistrate Kang said: "Tell me what happened to your son being killed and what you know!"

Tong's answer surprised Xiao Jiading again. She just said that her son had disappeared and found the body, and did not think about the last time she broke into Zhao's affair with someone. County Magistrate Kang also felt strange and asked, "Do you know why Zhao wanted to kill your child?"

"The civilian woman doesn't know."

"Didn't you say that you broke the affair between Zhao and someone? I guess she holds a grudge?"

Tong lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It was very dark at that time, and I couldn't see clearly. Last time I guessed..."

"I guessed?" County Magistrate Kang frowned and said, "How did you guess?"

"I saw a black shadow shaking, and I didn't know if it was a human. After I saw her, I guessed that she was having an affair with someone. In fact, I didn't see clearly whether the black shadow was a human."

County Magistrate Kang slapped the agglomeration and said, "Then why did you say that you saw a man last time? But you just didn't see who it was?"

"After thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not very similar to a person, but it seemed like a shadow of a tree."

"Tree Shadow?"

"Well, there are a few trees next to it."

County Magistrate Kang asked over and over again, and Tong insisted that he had read it wrong. He said it casually without thinking about it clearly last time. Now he felt that this should not be done, so he told the truth.

County Magistrate Kang's face looked ugly. Although Tong broke through Zhao's affair, although he did not recognize him in the end, it at least had a great impact on him. But now, Tong actually said that he could not be sure that it was a personal figure, and it might be the shadow of a big tree, which confused him. The confirmation of his heart caused great fluctuations.

Xiao Jiading also found it very strange because he had carefully read the transcript of Tong's testimony, which was clearly stated. Tong saw a man having a peace with Zhao in the wilderness, and she screamed, and the man ran away naked. She didn't see who it was. Judging from this testimony, it was undoubtedly a man. However, now she said she did not see clearly whether he was a human. It was very likely that he was a tree's shadow!

County Magistrate Kang picked up the gavel. Xiao Jiading knew that he wanted to send an order to take the witness Tong down, but there was an important detail before he could ask, so he coughed gently. This was Zhiyi's secret code, indicating that Zhiyi had something to remind the county magistrate. So County Magistrate Kang turned around and looked at him.

Xiao Jiading stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Why is Zhao alone in the wilderness without wearing a skirt?"

County Magistrate Kang's eyes lit up, yes! He immediately turned his head and asked Tong, "Last time, you said, after you saw that man ran away, you went over and saw Zhao Shi'er naked, holding her pants ready to wear. Is that true?"

Tong said: "No, when I went over, she was carrying her pants and trousers. Maybe she was squatting there just now, shitting out."

shit?

I said before that I was looking for pants with my lower body naked, but now I said that I was holding my pants and tying my trousers! This is not the same thing at all!

County Magistrate Kang stared at Tong in shock, and then looked back at Xiao Jiading. Xiao Jiading was also stunned. Unexpectedly, Tong Shi'er actually denied the fact that she had seen Zhao's affair with others before, saying that she had seen Zhao shit there and lifted her pants. If so, the important evidence of the murder motive would be erased! It completely shakes his heart and is convinced!

County Magistrate Kang was stunned for a long time before he ordered Tong to take him down. The witness villager Li Laosan, who saw Zhao squatting down by the stinky ditch where the head was discovered, called up.

After Li Laosan knelt down, County Magistrate Kang said: "Tell me again what happened when you saw Zhao in the ditch where the head was hiding!"

The Li Laosan wiped his forehead and sweated coldly, saying, "Little..., the young man didn't see clearly that the person was Zhao."

County Magistrate Kang's eyes immediately widened, and he slapped the awestruck and said, "Bold! Didn't you say last time that you saw that person is Zhao? You even called her, but she didn't agree. Did you leave in a hurry? Then you said no?"

Li Laosan hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The last time I said that, it was just because the man was wearing a little like Zhao's clothes, but in fact I didn't see her face clearly. I was guessing it. I thought about it carefully these days, and it must be that I guessed wrong, otherwise, why did I tell her she ignore me? The villain said nonsense last time, relying on guessing, it was the villain's wrong. Please forgive me."
Chapter completed!