Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 477

Chapter 477

Daughter-in-law murders mother-in-law?

Although the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been a family problem, it seldom gets to this point unless there are any conflicts of interest.

And in the Confucian era of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was even more rare. Xu Zhiqian had been with Xu Zun for so long, but she had never heard of such a thing, because if it was true, it would definitely be a ten heinous crime.

Everyone was very curious, Ma Xiaoyi originally wanted to call the two firewood husbands and ask why, but Zhang Fei stopped them, because they didn't want to speak, forcing them to speak, might get wrong information instead.

And this kind of thing must be known to everyone, it is better to go to a tea shop or tavern to find out.

After walking five miles, I came to the tea shop at the intersection to take a rest and inquire about it by the way.

"Ya Nei, third brother, the villain has already inquired clearly."

Taozi came to the carriage and said to Cao Dongdong and Zhang Fei.

"What's going on?" Ma Xiaoyi asked anxiously.

Taozi said: "The man who was crying by the river just now is named Wu Lei. He is a farmer in the nearby Gui Township. His father has passed away long ago. He is the only son in the family. He married his wife Zhang and gave birth to a pair of children. , In addition, there is an old mother who is paralyzed on the bed. But half a month ago, someone on the other side of the river saw his wife, Mrs. Zhang, pushing Mother Wu to the river, and then pushed Mother Wu into the river."

Gao Wenyin couldn't help being shocked: "There is such a vicious woman in the world?"

Ma Xiaoyi hurriedly asked: "Why did his wife murder his mother, and what enmity do they have?"

Xu Zhiqian sighed softly: "There is no filial son in front of this long-term hospital bed."

Taozi hurriedly said: "Mrs. Zhang's words are not entirely correct. Wu Lei is really a well-known filial son. His mother has been paralyzed in bed for eight years, but Wu Lei has no complaints. He takes care of everything meticulously, but when he has free time, he often goes out to play with his mother on his back."

Gao Wenyin nodded lightly and said, "No wonder he cried so sad just now."

Saying that, she sighed sadly again.

But Li Si said angrily: "But it's a pity that I met such a cruel wife and married such a cruel wife."

Zhang Fei glanced at Li Si, knowing that he thought of his ex-wife again.

Taozi shook his head and said: "That's not true, Mrs. Zhang is also a well-known good wife. After all, Wu Lei has to go to work in the fields every day to earn money to support the family. Mrs. Zhang is busy with all the family affairs, and so is the one who really serves Mrs. Wu." Mrs. Zhang, even the doctor who treated Wu's mother said that if Mrs. Zhang hadn't taken care of Wu's mother in every possible way, Wu's mother probably wouldn't have lived so long."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Snapped!

Suddenly, he slapped Taozi directly on the back of the head.

"Ouch!"

Taozi covered his head with his hands, and when he looked back, he saw Cao Dongdong glaring at him.

"Taozi, since when did you learn how to play tricks and tell the result directly, you are really anxious to death in this yamen."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Taozi covered his head and nodded aggrievedly, "The result is that Mrs. Zhang pleaded guilty immediately after being arrested, and was sentenced to death."

"Hey!"

Cao Dongdong raised his hand again.

Taozi subconsciously jumped to the side, crying, "Don't fight in the yamen, this... this is the result."

Cao Dongdong excitedly said: "I'm asking you, since Mrs. Zhang is so good, why did you murder my mother? Isn't this inconsistent?"

Tao Zi said: "The government said that the Zhang family admitted that Wu Lei's mother was a drag on their family, but even the villagers around here don't quite believe it."

"This is really strange." Ma Xiaoyi rolled his eyes, and said to Zhang Fei: "Third brother, I think Mrs. Zhang must have a grievance, why don't you go to fight for her?"

Zhang Fei glanced at him angrily, and said, "I'm the chief judge now, not Da Erbi."

"Yes!" Ma Xiaoyi said even more excitedly: "Third brother, you are now the chief judge, that would be great, you can try the case again."

Fu Shichun smiled and said: "Interesting! Interesting! Youdao is the third fire for a new official to take office. Zhang San, why don't you use this case to make the first fire."

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly said: "How can we retrial casually, we have to see if there are any doubts, and at the same time we have to find evidence before we can retrial."

Zhang Fei glanced at Xu Zhiqian, and smiled secretly, "Let's go on our way first, and we'll talk about it when we get to Hezhong Mansion."

Since the attack, he lost all thoughts of traveling in mountains and rivers, and was unhappy on the road. Now Zhang Fei just wanted to rush to Hezhong Mansion as soon as possible.

After another half day, they finally saw the city wall of Hezhong Mansion.

Li Si suddenly said: "Third Brother, it seems to be Cai Second Brother and the others."

Zhang Fei immediately got out of the carriage and looked up, but saw four young men standing under the big tree in front of the city gate.

When the four young men saw the group of them, they immediately walked over here.

It was Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Shangguan Jun, and Ye Zuqia.

The four of them set off half a month earlier than Zhang Fei to lead the charge for the teacher, but they have been here for more than [-] days.

After a while, the four of them came to the carriage, and Zhang Fei also got off the carriage.

"The student has met the teacher."

The four of them saluted respectfully.

For Zhang Fei, they are still very, very convinced. Just kidding, they are also the first generation of the legal system.

"Ah."

Zhang Fei nodded and asked with concern, "Are you all okay?"

The four nodded, and the Shangguan said with concern: "I heard that Teacher was assassinated in your Pinglu County?"

Zhang Fei hummed, and asked back: "Don't you have any?"

The four looked at each other and shook their heads.

Zhang Fei sighed: "This is really unfair!"

All four of them smiled awkwardly.

But they are also used to Zhang Fei's teasing.

Cai Jing suddenly asked: "Dare to ask the teacher, can you find out who did it?"

Zhang Fei shook his head, "Pinglu County is investigating now, but there is no result yet."

Cai Jingdao: "The students probably did it by some people in the capital."

Zhang Fei looked sideways at Cai Jing, "What do you think?"

Cai Jingdao: "Students think that those who can easily buy murderers in other state capitals must be those officials who have been traveling all year round. Generally, county magistrates don't know these people. Therefore, they are either generals or people from the Transit Department. And there is a big enmity with the teacher."

Cai Bian whispered: "Brother, if you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense."

Cai Jing hummed: "This is not in the courtroom. The teacher is in danger. I will analyze it for the teacher. Why not?"

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Your analysis makes sense, but you still have to find evidence, let's go, let's go to the city first."

Ye Zuqia said: "Teacher, our imperial court is not in the city."

Zhang Fei asked, "Where is that?"

Ye Zuqia said, "It's in the southeastern suburbs."

"In the suburbs?"

Zhang Fei said: "That's so inconvenient."

Ye Zuqia said: "It's just on the edge of the city, only two or three miles away."

You must know that the official office of the imperial court was the emperor's palace before, and the emperor's palace is generally not located in the city, but is located on the edge of the city, which is convenient but not noisy.

The group then turned and headed southeast.

Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi couldn't bear it for a long time, they asked for the address, they rode a horse and went ahead, there would be no more assassins nearby.

Zhang Fei walked with Cai Jing and the others while asking them what they had gained.

The result is almost nothing.

After all, they are just rookies who have just entered the official position, and this official position is also a ninth-rank official, and basically no one will talk to them.

They are not familiar with the place, and they dare not inquire about it.

For more than 20 days, they were just doing decorations in the official office.

Because the predecessor of the imperial court was a palace, and now it is an official office, many of the specifications need to be revised, otherwise, there will be suspicion of usurpation.

Zhang Fei asked again: "That's right! General Zhong and Prefect Lu are here."

"We just went to inquire today, but we haven't heard anything about them." Cai Bian shook his head.

"not yet!"

Zhang Fei couldn't help frowning and said: "If I knew it earlier, I would have come later."

He was already slow enough, how could he know that the other party was even slower than him, and he didn't show his anger when he came up, he felt a little aggrieved!

Cai Jing suddenly said: "If it were me, I would come later."

Zhang Fei asked: "How do you say that?"

Cai Jingdao: "They don't know the teacher, and they don't know our public prosecutor's law. They will inevitably be afraid, especially when old cases are retried, there are often reasons. If the teacher first establishes the public prosecutor's law here, they will also feel scared. Bottom."

He really deserves to be a treacherous official who has left his name in history, and he is really good at calculating!Zhang Fei smiled and nodded quietly, "This is really one foot high, and the devil is one foot high!"

As he said that, he seemed to think of something again, "By the way, is Chief Prosecutor Su here?"

Ye Zuqia said: "Prosecutor Su is one step ahead of us and has been busy building the procuratorate, but without the imperial court and the police station, the procuratorate alone is not enough."

Shangguan Jun suddenly said: "The last time I went to inquire about the teacher's news, I ran into Chief Prosecutor Su near Gui Township."

"Gui Township?"

Xu Zhiqian in the city lifted the curtain of the car and asked, "Is Chief Prosecutor Su investigating the murder of the mother in Guixiang?"

Ye Zucha was surprised and said, "Master also knows about this?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly, "I heard about it on the road."

Shangguan Jun replied: "Returning to the teacher's wife, we also guessed like this at the time, but Chief Prosecutor Su did not mention this matter to us."

Cai Jing pretended to be self-conscious and sighed: "I hope Chief Prosecutor Su is not investigating this case."

Zhang Fei glanced at Cai Jing and said, "How do you say that?"

"Oh."

Cai Jing pretended to come back to his senses, and said: "There are witnesses in this case, and Mrs. Zhang has already admitted it personally. More importantly, this case was handed over to Cai Zhifu, who personally sentenced him to death. If the procuratorate again What will Prefect Cai think if a lawsuit is filed, regardless of success or failure, this is probably not very good."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Cai Jing, you are so smart that you were so confused for a while!"

Cai Jing hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I hope the teacher will teach you."

Zhang Fei said: "Anyone's alms and begging are not enough for our imperial court to gain a foothold here. Only by showing that it is better than the existing judicial system can it be convincing."

Cai Bian nodded and said, "The teacher is right."

As he said that, he glanced at his elder brother again in displeasure. Although he was a real brother, he really didn't like Cai Jing's sneaky and slippery character.

Cai Jing hurriedly explained: "The students are just worried that if we retrial, but the result is not different from the previous verdict, the prefect Cai and the local county lieutenant and other officials will behave like men. We deliberately want to give them a blow, this!"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Of course, if the procuratorate can't find enough evidence, I will naturally not force a retrial."

(End of this chapter)