Great Lawyer

Chapter 381 Nine Updates
In the imperial study room, several cabinet elders, Wu Wenjun, Qi Daiqing and Shen Daoru were all there.

King Gui and Du Jiuyan entered together.

After everyone came and went to salute, Zhao Yu looked at Du Jiuyan, "Du Jiuyan, the Yanjing case has been closed just now. You lost this competition."

"Are you going to admit defeat?" It was a pity for Zhao Yu, he thought Du Jiuyan would win.

Ren Yanhui and Wu Wenjun looked at each other.

"Congratulations, Mr. Shen," Du Jiuyan and Shen Daoru clasped their hands together, "Jiuyan is convinced by his high ability and speed."

Shen Daoru was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Du's case is very difficult this time. It is really a fluke for Shen to win."

"Be polite." Du Jiuyan said with a smile.

Everyone looked at her, but they didn't expect her to be very personable, and she was not rude when she lost, and she didn't find any reason to say that her case was too difficult.

Lu Zhangzhi looked at Du Jiuyan with a smile in his eyes. He was surprised that this kid didn't visit him after he came to the capital, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the corruption case was committed by her and King Gui. Ascertained.

She didn't come to him, it should be to avoid suspicion.

Still a careful child.

If the Holy Majesty really wanted to take away his position as president this time, he would definitely do something for her.

"Although we lost the competition, Mr. Du will continue to investigate and close the case?" Wu Wenjun asked.

"What Master Wu said is true." Du Jiuyan glanced at Wu Wenjun, then handed over to Zhao Yu, and said, "You gave us ten days, and now it's only five days. Although the students lost, they still want to settle this case." Find out."

"Things can't be left halfway. Please allow the students to investigate this case."

Zhao Yu just laughed, nodded and said, "Okay, then you can continue to investigate the case, and talk about other things in five days."

Du Jiu said that the salute should be done, and then he turned around and handed over to Shen Daoru, "Mr. Shen, please wait for another five days."

"It doesn't matter." Shen Daoru said: "Mr. Du has a beginning and an end, which is admirable."

Du Jiuyan smiled politely.

……

In the capital, when Zhang Santong was convicted, everyone knew that Du Jiuyan had lost.

Everyone is guessing whether the Holy Majesty will really remove the Southwest.

In the palace, everyone was sitting in the flower hall, all frowning.I found Lu Chao, but he was already dead. There was a breakthrough in the case, but the two biggest problems were not resolved.

The identity of the deceased, and the scene of the first crime.

"Did you gain anything from going to Lu Chao's house yesterday?" the cripple asked.

Du Jiuyan replied: "His elder brother said that Lu Chao has no serious errands, but he doesn't know what to do. Lu Chao won't tell him, but he will give him two taels of silver every month to support the bedridden family. from the old mother."

"After he was beheaded, when his elder brother was packing things in Lu Chao's room, he found the 4000 taels of silver note that he had pressed at the bottom of the box. There was also a letter in the silver note, saying that the money was left for them. I hope my brother can take care of it. Be filial to your mother and take care of her for a hundred years."

"Quite filial." Dou Rongxing said: "Such a filial person is generally not too bad. Why was he so cruel when he killed Gao Pan? It was just a quarrel."

King Gui said: "The location of the murder is also very interesting. Gao Pan died in a deep dead end. If it wasn't for an appointment to talk about things in a place where people can't see, who would meet in that place?"

"Meet to pee in a dead end?" Dou Rongxing asked.

More than a dozen people cast contemptuous glances at him together, and Song Jiyi said in disgust: "Wu, wu, wu for reading, reading, reading!"

"I was wrong, everyone!" Dou Rongxing clasped his fists.

King Gui said: "I think it's two people meeting there to talk about something or have a fight. But Gao Pan has no wounds on his body, and when Lu Chao confessed, he didn't mention the fight between the two."

"Then," King Gui sternly knocked on the table, "He and Lu Chao had only met once, what did the two of them do in the alley? What did they talk about, and why did Lu Chao kill him?"

Everyone frowned tightly.

Du Jiuyan was drinking tea, his eyes suddenly lit up, looked at King Gui, and said loudly: "My lord, you are right!"

She was so loud that she startled everyone.

Du Jiuyan stood up excitedly and walked back and forth.

"Ninth brother, did you think of anything?" Dou Rongxing asked.

Du Jiuyan stopped and looked at the crowd, and said, "I always thought the case of Gao Pan's murder was weird, but I couldn't figure out what it was. The prince's analysis just now was very correct."

"The motive for the murder! If the two people just met to form an enmity, then Gao Pan and Lu Chao would definitely have a fight when they met in the deep alley. According to the case records, the deceased Gao Pan was not a cowardly person, otherwise he would not have been with Lu Chao. There was a lot of noise and even physical violence in front of Yubaolou."

"It doesn't make sense." Du Jiuyan said.

Du Jiuyan voted for King Gui that you are very good, and I appreciate your sight very much.

King Gui raised his brows high, showing an air of superiority.Du Jiuyan felt that if he had a tail, it would be raised high at this moment, turning into a windmill.

"Then," the lame man looked at her, "Even if Lu Chao was wronged in Gao Pan's case, what does it have to do with the case you want to investigate?"

Du Jiuyan sat down again, and said: "Now we have encountered a bottleneck. The identity of the female corpse and the fact that there is no first murder scene, there is no third party in this case, and the only breakthrough is Lu Chao's death."

"However, everyone still remember, when we first analyzed, who was the female corpse?"

Yan Tong replied: "A concubine from a rich family or a wealthy family!"

King Gui also went to investigate the children of the aristocratic family in Beijing.

However, nothing was gained. None of the few people he suspected had wives and concubines, and even if they did, there were only one or two.

"Lu Chao is related to Gao Pan's death. Lu Chao is also related to the female corpse, but I don't think he is the direct murderer."

Lu Chao is just a small character who takes the scapegoat.

Everyone got a little excited, Xu Ziyu stood up, and said: "Then... Then Lu Chao's life and death are not really important now, we just need to follow the line of Lu Chao's investigation, right?"

Du Jiuyan nodded.

"Check!" Du Jiuyan looked at King Gui and the lame man, "I have to ask you two again for this matter."

King Gui and the cripple looked at each other, King Gui said: "It's a trivial matter." After saying that, he called Gu Qingshan to explain a few words, Gu Qingshan should go away.

"Do you still need me?" asked the lame man.

"I have a bold idea." Du Jiuyan looked at the crowd and said, "Suppose Gao Pan's death wasn't an accidental quarrel?"

Everyone is puzzled.

"Suppose, Gao Pan and the people behind Lu Chao have other hatreds?"

"Could it be the hatred of taking his wife?" Du Jiuyan said: "This is just a guess, so the lame man went to check Gao Pan to see if he has a wife and where did his wife go."

The dossier indicated that Gao Pan was alone, without parents or wife.

But he is such an old man, it's hard to justify not getting married.

"You take the portrait of the female corpse."

"Okay!" said the lame man, "I'll go now."

The cripple and Gu Qingshan went out one after another, and everyone waited for them at home, but they waited until the next morning, and the cripple came back first, and they stayed up all night.

"Have you gone to another place?" Du Jiuyan served tea to the lame man.

The lame man nodded, took a sip of tea, and said, "But the trip was not in vain."

Everyone looked at him expectantly, and the lame man said: "Gao Pan is from Baoding. He got married six years ago, and at the end of the year before last, he and his wife, Yao Shi, went to the capital to play together. Half a month later, he returned to Baoding alone. at home."

"I took out the portrait of the female corpse," the cripple paused, and everyone's hearts were pounding. "Gao Pan's relatives recognized the female corpse as Gao Pan's wife, Yao Shi!"

"Gao Pan told the public that Mrs. Yao lived in the home of Sister Handkerchief Jiao."

Du Jiuyan smiled.

"After Gao Pan came home, did he have a lot more money?"

The lame man looked at Du Jiuyan and nodded, "Gao Pan built a house after returning home, and his relatives thought he earned money from a big business outside."

"He, he, he sold, sold, sold his wife, daughter-in-law?" Song Jiyi asked.

The lame man nodded, "It should be so."

"Infuriating!" Dou Rongxing said: "We can't marry a daughter-in-law, how can he still sell a daughter-in-law."

Song Jiyi nodded aggrieved.

More than a dozen bachelors nodded together, and Du Jiuyan laughed angrily, "That's because you are cowardly. After this case is over and we return to Shaoyang, we will start the marriage."

"Thinking about my daughter-in-law is crazy." Du Jiuyan said.

Song Jiyi's eyes brightened, "Okay, okay!" He wanted a daughter-in-law, but he was afraid of having a daughter-in-law.

"Back to the topic." King Gui glared at Du Jiuyan with displeasure. If she dared to say that she would go back to Shaoyang to marry a wife, he would tie her up and lock her up in the palace.

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"His daughter-in-law was leased to Lu Chao as the master." Du Jiuyan said: "Gao Pan came to the capital again and found that Mrs. Yao was dead. Instead of going to the Yamen to identify the body, he threatened the murderer to extort money."

"So, the murderer kept on doing nothing, and silenced Gao Pan."

"That's why the two cases are separated by only 20 days." Du Jiuyan said.

After she finished speaking, everyone started clapping their hands, excited.

"Just wait for Gu Qingshan to come back now." King Gui said: "See what he has gained."

Du Jiuyan nodded and looked at the lame man, "You haven't slept all night, go and rest for a while."

He ran back and forth from Baoding yesterday afternoon to now, so he must be very tired.

"Well, call me if you need something." The lame man went back to his room to rest.

As soon as he left, Gu Qingshan came back in a hurry, "My lord, Mr. Du."

(End of this chapter)