Chapter 605: Mysterious Case in Jinling (I)
Logically speaking, since it was a private banquet held by Wang Ren and Sun Shaozong was a military general passing by, he had no right to interrogate local cases at all.
Then why would the case be brought to court for trial when all is well?
It turned out that when the banquet was in full swing, a servant from the palace suddenly came to report that an elderly couple was kneeling in front of the palace gate and crying out for justice.
When Wang Ren heard this, he felt very disappointed.
Just as he was about to order his servants to drive the couple away, Sun Shaozong, for the sake of his reputation, quickly spoke in an official tone, saying that he was just a passing official and could not interfere in local cases.
If the couple really had suffered some serious injustice, they might as well go to the Jiangning County Government or the Jinling Prefecture Government to file a complaint.
Unexpectedly, the man who reported the case said with a bitter face after hearing this: "I have said this to them before, but they said that this case cannot be investigated thoroughly unless you personally take action, and they also said..."
"What else?"
"They also said that the person who died suddenly was actually Lord Sun's niece!"
After hearing this, Sun Shaozong felt that the couple was both absurd and annoying - last year Jia Yingchun gave him a "nephew", but she never had a niece?
At this moment, Sun Shaoxu's face suddenly changed, and he looked so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.
Sun Shaozong's heart moved, and he thought to himself, could it be that something went wrong with one of his cousins from the Nanzong side?
Sure enough, after just a few words of probing, Sun Shaoxu told the whole story like a bamboo tube pouring beans .
This story has to start from half a year ago.
However, the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Nan clan married the eldest son of the Liu family, a wealthy family in Jinling City, several years ago. Since both parties were from scholarly families and officials, they were considered a perfect match .
Who would have thought that the daughter of the Sun family had been married for five years but still had no children.
Just at this time, a maid who had slept with Master Liu several times suddenly became pregnant.
Everyone in the Liu family was overjoyed, but Sun insisted that the child in the maid's belly was an illegitimate child born through adultery. In the end, she forced the maid to commit suicide by jumping into a well, resulting in two deaths.
Naturally, everyone in the Liu family was indignant about this, and a rift developed between the couple, who would quarrel from time to time.
Although the Sun family had more people and more power than the Liu family, the Sun family was ultimately not in the right in this matter, so they did not feel comfortable standing up for their daughter.
Originally, they had hoped that with time, the rift between them would be healed. If they still couldn't have children by then, at most Sun would come forward and help Master Liu take in two concubines.
Who would have thought that just two months ago, Sun suddenly died!
At first, Master Liu wanted to cover up the truth, but when the Sun family members came to his door, they revealed that the Sun family was first annihilated and then killed.
Later, the county government conducted an investigation and confirmed that before and after the incident, only Master Liu was in the main hall in the backyard, and he was drunk. Therefore, they concluded that Master Liu had an argument with his wife after drinking and killed Sun in anger.
Mr. Liu denied it vehemently at first, but when he was tortured he admitted that he was drunk at the time and did not remember what he had done.
Thus, the case was concluded and Master Liu was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.
But Mr. Liu's parents refused to give up and kept crying out for justice, insisting that their son was made a scapegoat for the real murderer.
Hearing this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but ask, "They are crying out for justice for their son, but do they have any evidence?"
"this……"
Sun Shaoxu hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "According to what Liu Changfeng said, the relationship between my second sister and her husband had already been resolved. His servants also said so. But the little bastard was drunk at the time, and he might have remembered his original hatred, so he accidentally killed my second sister."
In other words, the Liu family actually did not have any solid evidence to clear Mr. Liu of the charges.
There is no way to test DNA right now, and Sun has been dead for two months. According to the current weather, the body is likely to have rotted away...
In short, it will take a lot of .
And this time when he passed through Jinling, although he had already decided to stay with Nanzong Pan Heng for two or three days, he could not delay too long.
Just as he was hesitating, Wang Ren, who had just shouted to drive away Liu Changfeng and his wife, said that since the case involved the younger generation of the Sun family, it must be investigated thoroughly.
Just by looking at this guy's face, you can tell that he just wants to watch the fun.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong ignored him and asked Sun Shaoxu seriously, "I wonder what Third Brother thinks?"
If the Southern Sect had already determined that Young Master Liu was the murderer, Sun Shaozong would be in a difficult position if he continued to make a fuss about investigating the matter.
Sun Shaoxu was in a dilemma for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "It would be great if Thirteenth Brother could investigate the case himself. If it is indeed that little beast who did it, the Liu family will be convinced; if it is really someone else who committed the crime, Second Sister will be vindicated!"
Tsk~
Since Sun Shaoxu said so, I'm afraid we can only try our best to find out the truth.
Sun Shaozong had made up his mind. He originally wanted to take Liu Changfeng and his wife to the county government office to ask Magistrate Li to re-examine the case, and then he would attend the trial as a relative .
Unexpectedly, Wang Ren stopped him and ordered people to invite Magistrate Li, the coroner and the police officers to his home so that Sun Shaozong could find out the truth on the spot.
To put it bluntly, this guy is just too lazy to move around.
Since Wang Ren took the initiative to take on this task, Sun Shaozong did not deliberately refuse, so the case was going to be tried in the hall.
When it comes to the Wang family in Jinling City, they can really get whatever they want!
In less than half an hour, all the people involved in the case, physical evidence, witnesses, files, and the criminal Liu Yiqing himself were basically gathered in the front hall of the palace.
The leader was naturally Jiangning County Magistrate Li Mou.
After County Magistrate Li entered the room, he saw Sun Shaozong and others still sitting around the dining table. He did not even dare to step forward to greet them. He just stood silently beside the housekeeper with his head bowed.
Wang Ren was too lazy to even look at him any longer. After asking how many people had not arrived yet, he kept inviting Sun Shaozong to drink and eat.
Although Sun Shaozong was not as arrogant as Wang Ren, given his current status, he would not try to be polite to a small seventh-rank county magistrate.
So he just turned slightly, facing Magistrate Li, and asked in an official tone: "Does your Highness know why Wang Yanei and I asked you to come here?"
“I know, I know!”
Magistrate Li hurried forward a few steps, bowed and said with a smile: "I have not been strict in my judgment of the case, and there are many omissions. I hope you will correct me."
As he spoke, he took the file from the master's hand and held it in front of Sun Shaozong with both hands: "This is the file on the murder of Miss Sun. Please take a look at it."
Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to take it in his hand. He lowered his voice and said, "Originally, I should not have interfered with your Jiangning County case. However, the victim is a younger generation in my family, and there seems to be something unclear about the case..."
"I understand, I understand!"
Magistrate Li said hurriedly, "In fact, I also feel that there is something wrong with this case. I heard that you happened to be passing through, so I thought of asking you to make a clear judgment. Please do not refuse."
"Well, in that case, I will overstep my authority for once."
Sun Shaozong sighed, then took the file in his hand - although as the victim, it was normal for him to inquire about the case, but it was always better to have more insurance.
After roughly scanning the file, I found that Li Mou's investigation was quite meticulous. At least the events before and after the crime were recorded in great detail.
The crime happened on the seventh day of June, an evening with drizzling rain.
The two head maids of the Liu Mansion, Shuxuan and Muqin, went to the main hall in the backyard together because they had something to report to Sun.
As a result, they did not find any trace of Sun. The two were about to look for her somewhere else, but Liu Yiqing, who had gone out for a banquet, returned home drunk.
After the two maids helped Liu Yiqing into the bedroom to rest, they remembered Xia Yi who had committed suicide by jumping into a well not long ago, and hurriedly left the main room.
After that, the two of them searched in the backyard for about a quarter of an hour, but still failed to run into Sun.
Because they were worried that no one would be there to take care of Liu Yiqing and that he might cause more trouble, the two of them hurried back to the main room.
Who knew that when he entered the bedroom, he found Sun naked, tied to the screen with several silk scarves, with several hideous wounds on her chest, and blood all over the floor.
At that time, the two of them screamed desperately, and then woke up Liu Yiqing who was holding the candlestick.
Afterwards, the coroner found traces of sexual intercourse and solidified semen in Sun's private parts, and confirmed that the wound on her chest was caused by the candlestick.
Seeing this, it seems that the evidence is conclusive.
But there are still many doubts in this case.
First of all, looking at Liu Yiqing's body, except for some blood on his hand holding the candlestick, no blood was found on other parts of his body.
Secondly, some skin fragments were found between Sun’s fingers, but there were no wounds on Liu Yiqing’s body.
Thirdly, it is the relationship issue between husband and wife.
According to the servants in the mansion, the couple had reconciled their past grievances half a month ago - it was said that the opportunity for reconciliation was because Sun bought an authentic painting of Yan Zhenqing through her parents' family and promised to take a concubine for Liu Yiqing before the end of the year.
well!
It's a pity that more than two months have passed. Otherwise, a personal inspection of the scene would have been able to resolve many doubts or discover more suspicious points.
Right now...
I can only read this file carefully several times and then ask the parties involved to find out the situation.
