female catcher

Chapter 40
On the morning of February [-]th in the first year of Jingxi, the big drum at the gate of Xijing government office was knocked loudly, and the sound of thump, thud, thump attracted many people nearby.

The officer ran out in a hurry, seeing Jiang Xiyuan, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed, "Oh, Mr. Jiang, what are you doing? You don't knock, the younger ones go ask Mr. Feng. My lord, don't knock, don't knock. "

Jiang Xiyuan waited until the people gathered in the yamen of the mansion were almost gone before stopping, and said in a loud voice: "Go and report to Master Feng, and say that Jiang Xiyuan, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, beat the drum and complained for Li Erping, the handyman of the Shihua Pavilion, and please go up to the court immediately to try the case! "

When the onlookers heard Li Erping's name, they shouted with a bang, rushing forward.The official's forehead was sweating, but he couldn't say that he couldn't beat Jiang Xiyuan, so he left behind the noise at the door and ran away.

Ma Qingquan was tied up with a rope by Liu Qi and stood aside, with his head down and a dull expression.

At the beginning of Xia, he looked back at the crowd and said to Jiang Xiyuan in a low voice, "Your Excellency is wise, this is a good show."

"It's alright."

The official came out of the yamen again, "Master Jiang, please come inside, please come inside."

When Feng Buyun heard that Jiang Xiyuan had come to beat drums to protest his grievances, he was so depressed that he sat on a chair in a daze and couldn't respond.The master at the side stepped forward and said: "My lord, don't panic, they are complaining for Li Erping, and they are not suing your lord for murder. Isn't there a few unjust cases allowed in this world?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes." Feng Buyun came back to his senses, corrected his official uniform and gave himself a little bit of self-improvement, "Ascension!"

Several people entered the court in early Xia, and Liu Qi knelt down Ma Qingquan on the ground.Feng Buyun cupped his hands to Jiang Xiyuan, glanced at Xia Chu with a frown, "Who is this? Why don't the superiors kneel in the courtroom?"

Liu Qi stepped forward and whispered in Xia Chu's ear, "Brother Xia, kneel down first."

"Why? I didn't break the law. Didn't you also kneel?"

"Both the young master and I have achieved fame, so there's no need to kneel down. You don't."

Xia Chu hesitated for a while with a dark face, bent his knees, and then reluctantly knelt down.

"Master Jiang, why are you beating drums in front of the Yamen today?"

Jiang Xiyuan cupped his hands, "For the case of Gong Yuanhe being killed in the Shihua Pavilion on the sixth night of February. The officials have captured the real culprit, and now they are escorting the culprit to the government office. Lord Feng, please examine it carefully."

"Oh." Feng Buyun nodded, "The case was closed a few days ago, the murder weapon was recovered, and the criminal has confessed to the charge. Why, Mr. Jiang thinks there is a problem?"

Jiang Xiyuan smiled, "That's right, Xiaguan and Master Feng also said that Xiaguan happened to be in the planting flower shop on the night of the incident, and the situation and suspicious points of the case are quite clear to Xiaguan, if Master Feng needs help, just say so. But Sir, you didn’t come to look for Xiaguan, so Xiaguan had no choice but to look for Sir.”

"Hehe, I am not a good official, but I am also familiar with the law. Naturally, I know that to decide a case, we need to obtain evidence and confession, and we need to get the criminal's confession and charge. Of course, Mr. Jiang knows it as an official in the Criminal Department. I don't know where the so-called doubts come from?"

Jiang Xiyuan pondered for a while, "It's complicated to say, I'm afraid that adults won't understand."

Feng Buyun raised his beard angrily, "Then what does Lord Jiang mean?"

Jiang Xiyuan pointed to Ma Qingquan, "The real culprit is here, so it's better to interrogate him first. If he is the real culprit, it can prove that Li Erping was wronged, so there is no need for any doubts. Do you think so?"

Feng Buyun cringed in his heart, he didn't want to interrogate from the bottom of his heart, but it was impossible not to interrogate, so he had to drop the gavel lightly, "Then interrogate."

(End of this chapter)