Chapter 407 Buddy
Su Qingqing slowly stood up, holding the account book and waving it in front of the Ji family couple, and said with a smile: "Your son is suspected of two cases, but these two cases involve human lives. They are not ordinary cases. We need to investigate and collect evidence. In my opinion, during the investigation and evidence collection process, your son will be detained and imprisoned for the time being. Is that okay?"
The queen spoke to them in a solicitous tone.
Ji Changming's father immediately sensed the pit in these words and kowtowed quickly, "I beg the Queen to make the decision for me and my son."
He didn't say yes or no, he just wanted to make the decision and didn't accept Su Qingqing's suggestion at all.
Mo Duo next to him said: "Why should he be temporarily imprisoned? Isn't my case a foregone conclusion? Has the mutual protection between you officials and businessmen reached this point?
For such an obvious case, even if we cannot make a conclusion now, we can always go and collect evidence now, so why not?
His case of raping a woman has nothing to do with me, and the trial of the case has nothing to do with me. But in my case, I don't agree to be imprisoned pending trial. Why?
Why did he tease the person I was supporting with my money? Why did he poison me? Why don’t you give me an explanation?”
Faced with Mo Duo's aggressive questioning, Su Qingqing said nothing and turned to look at Lu Yun.
Lu Yun couldn't figure out what Su Qingqing meant, but his intuition told him that if he followed Su Qingqing's idea and put him in jail for the time being, Su Qingqing must have a backup plan, and he was already under someone else's control. It would be difficult for him to regain the initiative in this passive position.
But if you don’t follow Su Qingqing’s path.
Lu Yun looked at Mo Duo who was kneeling on the ground, then moved his gaze to the mother of Hongxiu Tower, and finally said to Su Qingqing: "Queen, at present, the poisoning is indeed obvious . If we put this case on hold for the time being, I am afraid that the best time for the trial will be delayed."
Su Qingqing raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I am not as experienced as Lord Lu, so I will leave it to Lord Lu to make the decision."
After saying that, she returned to her previous seat holding the account book, staring at it without raising her eyelids, with a leisurely attitude. No one could tell what she wanted to do.
Ji Changming's father and mother looked at the account book, fearing that there was really something in it.
Su Qingqing sat down, and Lu Yun slammed the gavel and said to Hongxiulou's mother: "What happened in Chunxiangfang at that time? Tell me!"
The mother of Hongxiulou said, "I took Miss Jiaojiao to choose clothes, and Mr. Mo did go with them. When they got there, they found that the young master of the Ji family was also there. Mr. Mo was unhappy at the time and said he wanted to choose another store. But Miss Jiaojiao said that since they were already here, she liked a set of clothes in the store and wanted to buy it.
Uncle Mo doted on Miss Jiaojiao, so he didn't say much. He found a chair and sat next to her, waiting to pay.
At this time, the waiter from Chunxiangfang brought a cup of tea to Uncle Mo. When Uncle Mo was about to drink the tea, a cat suddenly came in from outside and jumped onto the table.
The tea was spilled, and the cat licked the water and died on the spot."
Lu Yun grasped the main information, "In other words, this tea was not brought up by Ji Changming?"
Hongxiulou's mother shook her head, "No."
Mo Duo said, "I have no grudge against that young man. It's impossible that he wanted to poison me."
Lu Yun ignored Mo Duo and clapped his hands and said, "Bring people!"
The young man from Chunxiangfang was quickly detained by the yamen runners. Before he even reached the court, his legs and feet became weak and he collapsed. He was practically dragged all the way up, and when he arrived at the court, he collapsed on the ground and couldn't even kneel up.
Lu Yun slammed the gavel and asked, "You are so bold and unruly. You poisoned the guests. Do you admit your guilt?"
The young man was probably really frightened, and shook his head tremblingly, "I don't have any!"
Lu Yun gave the order directly, "Come here, torture me. The evidence is irrefutable, and you still want to deny it? I will give everyone an explanation today ."
The bailiffs came up with torture instruments, and the young man's ten fingers were inserted into the middle of the bamboo stick.
Without even going through the preparation stage, the bailiffs simply pulled the ropes on the left and right sides of the torture instrument to tighten the bamboo stick.
The young man curled up in pain.
Su Qingqing sat there, still staring at the account book in her hand.
The young man couldn't bear the pain, and he didn't know if it was the pain that gave him courage or something else, but he burst into tears, "Sir, please enforce the law impartially. Before I was brought here, did you also use this kind of punishment to interrogate our young master?"
Lu Yun angrily scolded, "Ji Changming has been beaten to death, how can you use the torture instruments? And you, the one who served the tea, you are the one who is most likely to be close to the murderer!"
The young man curled up into a ball in pain, "Yes, I am the person closest to the murderer. It was our young master who asked me to poison him!"
His scream caused the people watching outside to panic.
Lu Yun looked at the young man in disbelief, and then went to look at Ji Changming's parents.
What's going on?
I brought the person in front of you, and you failed to intimidate him?
The young man seemed to be frightened to death. He howled in pain, not giving the Ji family and Lu Yun any chance to speak. He shouted, "My young master gave me a medicine bag and asked me to pour it into the tea to poison the man who was trying to steal his woman.
The young master has my indenture in his hand, and my sister is also serving him. Your Excellency is wise, and I dare not disobey you. If I don’t obey you, our young master will definitely beat me to death like he beat our last shopkeeper to death.”
boom!
Before one wave subsides, another wave rises.
The young man's words were like a bundle of black gunpowder, directly exploding the discussions outside.
Lu Yun sat there in amazement, and for a moment he had the urge to jump down and cover his mouth.
The bailiff who was torturing the young man could not help but stop.
The young man was able to catch his breath and collapsed on the ground. Beads of sweat dripped down his forehead. He gasped for breath and said, "My Lord, I really had no choice."
Lu Yun glared at him. "Nonsense! You are just a clerk in Chunxiangfang, not a servant of the Ji family. How can you get a contract to sell yourself?"
The waiter said, "Yes, I am just a waiter, not a servant. Why did our young master make a contract for me to sell my body? Why did you ask me? Shouldn't you ask the young master or Master Ji?"
I'm just a small worker. I work just to earn money to support my family. Why did you force me to sign a contract to sell myself?
And my sister, she is only thirteen, she has been promised to someone, and she was waiting to get married after she reached the age of 15, why did the young master just snatch her away, and even after snatching her away he didn’t treat her well, my sister has been wounded every day . "
