commoner pretty detective

Chapter 16 The Case
The vendor took out a stool for Wu Yan to sit down, and said, "That's fine, anyway, there's no business now, so I'll tell you the whole story. This happened three months ago. One day three months ago, the city's eastern suburbs Luo Yuanwai from Luojia Village suddenly ran to the yamen early in the morning to sue A Niu, saying that he had stolen Miss Luo's jewelry and money and killed Lin San.

"Have you heard of Luo Yuanwai? He is a well-known big family in the east of the city. When he came to report the case, Mr. Liu naturally took it seriously. He immediately sent someone to A Niu's house. A Niu was still lying on the bed and sleeping soundly. After searching at Niu's house, he found a package next to A Niu's pillow without any effort, which contained Miss Luo's lost property.

"A Niu was escorted to the prefect's yamen by the yamen servants, witnesses were all present, and even Lin San's body was carried to the court. It turned out that A Niu's house was near Luojia Village, and he had to go through the backyard of the Luo Mansion every day when he went up the mountain to cut firewood. You can see Miss Luo's boudoir from outside the wall. It may be that she suddenly got greedy that day, and took advantage of the darkness to touch Miss Luo's boudoir. He watched it every day, so he was naturally familiar with the situation and stole the property with ease.

"Who knows that people are not as good as heaven. As soon as he climbed out of the wall, he happened to bump into Lin San who was passing by. Lin San saw a person jumping out of the wall for no reason with a package on his back, so he opened his throat and shouted. A Niu urgent In order to stop Lin San's mouth, the two started to fight. During the scuffle, A Niu pushed Lin San to the ground, and the back of Lin San's head hit a sharp rock, thus killing him.

"The second housekeeper of the Luo Mansion heard the yelling, and saw Ah Niu pushing Lin San to the ground through the crack of the back door, and then fled. A passing villager also saw it. But both of them were scared stupid at the time I didn't expect to catch A Niu. When they recovered and looked at Lin San, Lin San was already out of breath."

Wu Yan kept listening intently with her eyes wide open, and only then said: "The whole process is very detailed, as if she saw it with her own eyes. Uncle, are these all confessed by Ah Niu himself?"

"No, some were confessed by witnesses, and some were speculated by Luo Yuanwai, but Ah Niu admitted them all."

"From your description at the beginning, Ah Niu doesn't seem like a person who values ​​money very much."

"Isn't it? I still can't believe that Ah Niu really did those things. But there are all the witnesses and material evidence, and Ah Niu himself admitted it. People can't help but believe it. Ah Niu himself doesn't value money, but his family There is also an old lady, Ah Niu is very filial, maybe he wants his mother to live a good life, who knows for sure."

"I just heard those people mention beating boards. Does Mr. Liu often beat people with boards? Could it be a form of torture?" It seems that the ancients beat people to pieces at every turn when trying cases. .

"It's common for Mr. Liu to beat others when trying cases, and sometimes he uses heavy punishments. In fact, it's the same for anyone who tries a case. Some people refuse to recruit after all the evidence is in front of them. How can they do it? The strange thing is that there is no such thing as this case. With the torture, Ah Niu confessed all without even being hit by the board, maybe he himself knew that he couldn't deny it."

"And no one threatened him?"

"No. I also went to see the trial last time. At the beginning, Ah Niu looked angry, but when he saw Lin San's body, he seemed to be stupid. He nodded when asked him anything. I asked him to paint and he also painted, and he only said one sentence from the beginning to the end, he died, I didn't mean it."

"That's strange. Could he be insane?"

"No. Before the interrogation was over and he was taken to the prison, his mother rushed up to him and said, Ah Niu, you didn't do it. You go and tell the magistrate that you were wronged. But Ah Niu calmly told his mother Mother, I am not wronged, I didn't kill him on purpose, but I have nothing to say, but mother, the child is not filial, and I can no longer serve you in the future. Poor mother, I have been running to the Yamen every day for the past three months Crying for grievances, my eyes are almost blinded from crying."

"Is the Yamen just around the corner?"

"Yes, it will be there as soon as you turn the corner."

Wu Yan stood up: "Thank you, uncle."

The vendor sighed and continued with his business.

She didn't see the figures of those two people, and she didn't know where they hid. Of course, she didn't think she was lucky to get rid of the surveillance.Too lazy to care about them, Wu Yan strolled towards the yamen.

(End of this chapter)