Chapter 040: Conclusive Evidence
"Stop right there, put that woman down!"
The men and women who were carrying a bamboo basket were marching through the streets in a heroic and vigorous manner when they suddenly heard this deafening roar. Some of them stopped obediently, some continued to move forward by inertia, and some retreated in panic. The whole team was immediately in chaos.
Inevitably, there were people who had their feet stepped on, their buttocks bumped, their breasts touched, and they were all yelling and cursing at each other, it was like a boiling pot - and Sun Shaozong, the instigator, was left aside by them.
But among these many people, there was naturally the one with a sharp eye and brow. When he saw Sun Shaozong driving a luxurious BMW and being accompanied by maids and strong servants, he knew that he was not a man of low status.
So one of the fifty-year-old men shouted, "Stop arguing, and be quiet!"
This old man must have some prestige among the neighbors. As soon as he came out, the men and women behind him gradually quieted down.
After the chaos behind him was completely suppressed , the old man came to the front of the carriage, tilted his shoulder and bowed his hands flatteringly and asked: "Sir, I wonder if you called us to wait, but do you have any advice for me?"
From the tone of his voice, it seems like he has read a few years of education.
Sun Shaozong just jumped out of the carriage at this time. His iron tower-like body immediately frightened everyone and made them shrink back a little.
He stared down at the old man with an eagle-like gaze, sneering, "In broad daylight, you dare to set up a private court and take human lives. Do you really think there is no law?!"
Although the old man had some knowledge, how could he withstand Sun Shaozong's oppressive gaze?
It's almost as if his spine was weak and his body was bent like a shrimp. He kept hesitating for a long time and couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Someone in the back protested: "What do you mean by taking human life lightly? We caught the murderer red-handed! This unfaithful woman murdered her husband, shouldn't she be put in a pig cage?!"
As soon as these words came out, the morale of the other side was immediately boosted, and several people immediately huddled in the crowd and shouted in strange voices:
"Yes, we caught the man red-handed!"
"Killing someone means paying with your life, not to mention that this vicious woman murdered her own husband!"
"You are just a piece of shit, why do you care about our private affairs?!"
In feudal society, clan lynching and national laws can be said to go hand in hand. Especially for cases that occurred within families, the public often handled them on their own without going through a government trial. As long as no one spoke out about it afterwards, the local government would often turn a blind eye.
It is for this reason that they dare to clamor so confidently.
After being scolded by all these people, Sun Shaozong was about to open his mouth to explain, but his groom appeared from the side, waving his whip and cursing: "My master is the criminal judge of Shuntian Prefecture. You idiots dare to use private punishment in front of him. Are you trying to rebel?!"
With just this curse, dozens of people on the opposite side suddenly became silent. On the long street, the only sound was the muffled groaning of the woman in the bamboo cage.
After a while, the old man in the lead asked tremblingly: "Old... Could it be that the master is the 'divine judge Sun Tongpan'?!"
Tsk~
In modern times, he solved countless major cases, but no one called him a detective. Unexpectedly, in this world of the Red Mansion, he got the nickname "God-like Detective Sun Tongpan" just after solving a mere naked corpse case.
Speaking of which...
This nickname sounds pretty good!
Sun Shaozong suppressed his inner joy and nodded calmly: "Yes, it is me."
Plop~
Before he finished speaking, the dozens of people in front of him all became shorter!
The old man in the lead prostrated himself, saying in great fear, "We didn't know that you were in front of us, so we spoke rudely. Please forgive us, Master!"
The people behind him also begged for mercy:
"Master, spare my life!"
"Master, we are doing this just to defend our brother Zhang... We would never dare to offend the magistrate!"
If it were in modern society, even if he was a national leader, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to scare so many people to their knees and beg for mercy with just a name!
For the people, this is absolutely a great sorrow.
But for officials...
It’s really nice to feel respected!
Although he had been educated by the Party for many years, Sun Shaozong still inevitably developed a sense of accomplishment - compared with those predecessors who, after traveling through time, preached equality everywhere and strictly ordered others not to kneel to them, his ideological awareness was indeed too low.
However, Sun Shaozong had no intention of "correcting" it for the time being, and instead seemed to be happy with it.
He didn't even think about asking those men and women to stand up first. He pointed at the woman in the bamboo cage and asked condescendingly: "You just said that she murdered her husband and was caught red-handed - is it possible that someone saw her kill her husband with their own eyes?"
"this……"
The old man hesitated for a moment, then lay on the ground and looked back at a disheveled man behind him.
The man was originally timid, but under the pressure of his eyes, he had no choice but to crawl forward a few steps and stammered, "Reply...Reporting to the judge, although I didn't see my brother being killed by her with my own eyes, it was almost the same as seeing it !"
As he spoke, he gesticulated and recounted what had happened.
It turned out that this guy's name was Zhang Dalong, and he and the deceased Zhang Erhu were brothers from the same mother.
The two brothers lived in the same alley, separated only by a low wall.
Last year, Zhang Erhu went abroad with his business and was away from home for more than half a year. His wife Li took the opportunity to hook up and spread many rumors.
After Zhang Erhu returned home, he naturally refused to give up with her, so in the past few months, the couple often fought at home.
In the evening, Zhang Dalong was bored and chatting with his wife on the kang, when he heard a fierce quarrel coming from the next door - because Zhang Erhu and his wife had been quarreling for many times, and the more someone tried to persuade them, the more intense the quarrel became, so the two of them were too lazy to try to persuade them.
Not long after, the noise next door quieted down, and Zhang Dalong and his wife stopped taking it seriously.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from next door, followed by the sound of someone breaking open the door and running away!
Zhang Dalong and his wife were startled. They quickly put on their clothes and rushed out the door, only to see Zhang Erhu's wife, Li, running wildly in the alley with blood on her hands.
Zhang Dalong stopped Li and asked what had happened. Li said that Zhang Erhu was killed and she was about to catch the murderer!
Zhang Dalong hurried to the next door and found his brother lying in the yard with a pointed kitchen knife stuck in his heart!
At this point, Zhang Dalong stopped stuttering and raised his head angrily, "There was only this evil woman in the alley, how could there be a real murderer?! Besides, I heard her and Erhu quarreling and fighting with my own ears, and the kitchen knife was something she used every day. It is obvious that this evil woman was resentful and killed my brother with her hands, and she wanted to put the blame on others!"
The old man who led the group also chimed in, "Master, Li keeps saying that someone else killed her, but she can't even say if the murderer is a man or a woman, old or young. How else can this be but evasion?"
This does sound like there is some solid evidence.
But thinking of Li's unwilling and angry look, Sun Shaozong felt that she did not look like someone who had just killed her husband.
So after a little hesitation, he had the woman taken out of the bamboo cage and carried to his side.
"Master, Master! I am innocent!"
As soon as the towel in Li's mouth was pulled out, she raised her head and shouted out her injustice.
Sun Shaozong was invigorated upon hearing this, and hurriedly asked, "What grievance have you suffered? Tell me quickly!"
Unexpectedly, the woman replied, "I didn't steal any man. I really didn't steal any man! It was others who falsely accused me!"
Speechless...
It seems that this woman is also a scoundrel. At this time, why is she still entangled in stealing men? Isn't the most important thing right now to prove that she didn't murder her husband? !
