Chapter 233: Chen Wu in the night trial
Chapter 233 Night Trial Chen Wu
Out of the post house, Chu Nanzhi led Li Ce and several government officials to the Haikang county government office.
Hu Maoxi had just finished interrogating the Dongsang people, Chen Si, and Hai Kangyan, when he saw Chu Nanzhi, he walked up to him with a tired face.
Chu Nanzhi looked at his exhausted appearance, and first asked with concern: "Has Mr. Hu eaten?"
"Um."
Hu Maoxi nodded with a stiff face, and then scolded angrily with his mouth puckered: "Tan Miao, this **** really mispaid the trust of the official, but I still recommended him in front of Brother Lin Xian as the next county magistrate of Haikang County." , I didn’t expect this fellow to collude with the Dongsang bandits.”
Looking at Chu Nanzhi full of anger, he continued to curse: "What's even worse is that these Dongsang thieves have done a lot of evil in the territory and committed many crimes. Tan Miao actually helped to cover it up and made up a lot of tricks to cover it up." The culprit was exonerated, and that stupid Kang Mingyuan would actually believe his words without further investigation."
Chu Nanzhi looked at his swollen cheeks, and said with a disdainful smile: "Master Hu, why should you feel sad about this? Tan Miao and Qi Luan are known as Kang Mingyuan's right-hand men. He naturally believes in these two people."
Otherwise, if his subordinates bought so many estates and mansions in the next two years, he would be able to detect something strange even with a little effort.
After hearing Chu Nanzhi's relief, Hu Maoxi was relieved a lot, fixed his gaze on her, and asked slowly: "What's the matter with Miss Chu coming so late?"
"It's a long night with many dreams. I'm afraid I have to bother Mr. Hu to interrogate Chen Wu and Tan Miao overnight."
Chu Nanzhi said bluntly that keeping the innocent Sun Wuji in prison is not an option.
Hu Maoxi pondered for three seconds, and replied happily: "Okay, I will accompany Mrs. Chu to try the case thoroughly tonight, and give Sun Wuji justice as soon as possible."
Sitting back in the hall again, Hu Maoxi asked suspiciously: "I heard that Zhu Yue's family has rushed to Haikang County and is mourning at the Yandao Yamen. Can you go for an autopsy first?"
"Not urgent."
Chu Nanzhi smiled warmly and said, "After the trial of Chen Wu, we will make plans."
"Okay, lead someone to commit Chen Wu."
After Hu Maoxi finished speaking, he handed the confession of Chen Si and Hai Kangyan to Li Ce, and transferred it to Chu Nanzhi.
Chu Nanzhi checked the confession while listening to Hu Maoxi say: "The post house has captured Chen Wu's apprentice Wang San today, and he also personally confessed that he took the wrong salt in the post house the day before yesterday, but he did not search for it from the post house. Toxic salt."
"No problem."
Chu Nanzhi looked at the confession carefully and replied: "The poisonous salt in the post house has probably been destroyed. The confessions of Chen Si and Hai Kangyan are enough. It records the details of sending salt to the post house."
As soon as she finished speaking, the criminal Chen Wu had already arrived.
Hu Maoxi immediately stopped the conversation with Chu Nanzhi, and slammed a gavel on the desk, shouting sharply: "Chen Wu boldly, you murdered the imperial court official, why don't you kneel down to me quickly, and tell the truth."
Chen Wu was pushed to the ground by the yamen servants, and he quickly denied it: "Your Excellency is wronged, how dare you murder an official of the court? It's nothing more than drinking a few bowls of wine with Dongsang people today, and then he was arrested by the servants to Xingshi for questioning." , Now the imperial court has not stipulated that you cannot make friends with Dongsang people, and even the smallest ones don’t know that they entered the country without customs clearance.”
One sentence shifted the responsibility to the county officials.
Li Ce's face was full of anger when he heard it, and he wished he could rush up and beat him up.
Finally, he had to calm down and let the guard bring a short knife found from his home to the court.
Chu Nanzhi took the short knife and held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, only to see that the wood on the handle of the knife was old and dark, but the two sides of the blade were sharpened extremely.
Li Ce explained from the side: "This is the butcher knife that Chen Wu used to kill pigs."
"Have you found the two officers sent to monitor Chen Wu?"
Chu Nanzhi inspected the butcher's knife carefully, and asked first.
With two guards missing, this entry point is a bit troublesome.
Li Ce shook his head blankly: "I'm afraid he was killed by this fellow."
Chu Nanzhi nodded lightly, looked directly at Chen Wu, and asked sharply: "You have stopped killing pigs, and you have been a cook for so many years, why do you sharpen this knife so sharp?"
"Hey, people can't forget their roots. Even though they changed their careers, they still miss the old days."
Chen Wu replied unhurriedly, with a leisurely and comfortable attitude.
"That's right, people really can't forget their origins, people are inherently kind, you can forget your kindness, but it's your fault to deliberately kill people."
Chu Nanzhi put down the dagger, thought of the evidence needed, and then told Li Ce: "Sanlang, you send someone to the Zhang family in the west of the city to ask the maid Xing'er to come to the county government."
"it is good."
Li Ce left after saying that.
"Chen Wu, it doesn't matter if you don't take the initiative to plead guilty now, I will let you know later that you don't even have the chance to take the initiative to plead guilty."
The corners of Chu Nanzhi's mouth were raised slightly, showing an evil smile: "You are all alone and you have nothing to worry about, but you dragged your brother Chen Si together into the water, I want to know, wait for your two brothers After everyone is questioned, who should take care of the old mother in the family."
The half-deceitful and half-inducing words hit Chen Wu's defense line directly, and Chen Wu couldn't help but wrinkle his thick eyebrows when he heard it.
Hu Maoxi also took advantage of the situation and added: "Murdering the imperial court official and colluding with Dongsang thieves is a serious crime of ransacking the family and destroying the family. Not to mention the two of you, even the young and old in your clan will suffer."
Although there are crimes against the Yi people in this era, they are rarely used, but this kind of crime of stealing the country should be like this, and the imperial court will never tolerate it.
Chen Wu was a little scared when he heard it, but after a while, he returned to normal, and replied calmly: "The young one doesn't understand what you two are talking about. The young one is just a good name for obeying the law. How can he understand these great principles."
"You don't understand, then I will teach you slowly."
Chu Nanzhi's voice gradually became harsher: "May I ask where you were when Qi Dongqiang was murdered in the County Wei Mansion yesterday at noon?"
"I am at home."
Chen answered with five hesitation.
"What did you do at home, and describe in detail what happened from the first moment of noon to the first moment of the afternoon."
"I don't remember this clearly."
Chen Wu looked bitter.
Hu Maoxi was so angry that he gave a gavel and knocked it down directly: "But how can you not remember what happened in a day? How can you be so forgetful? If this is the case, I very much doubt how you got the position of posthouse chef."
Chu Nanzhi was not in a hurry, and instead asked: "Let's not mention yesterday, it should be very important to welcome guests at the posthouse the day before yesterday. As the head chef, you will not forget what happened that day, right?"
"Of course I remember it."
Chen Wukan said: "I got up at Chenshi the day before yesterday, arranged the day's work for the handymen in the post house, and then went to Zhuxian Cheng's room for the post office to sort out the relics, and then helped the servants prepare meals, Later, he was called by the magistrate to question him because he misplaced the salt in the meal, and he was kicked out of the post house after receiving fifty boards.
At this point, he suddenly stopped, not daring to continue.
Chu Nanzhi knew that he was hidden in the county government by Tan Miao, but she pretended not to know and said with a smile:
"It seems that you don't have amnesia. You can remember the details of the day before yesterday so clearly. It's just a day gone by. It's such a joy to reunite your relatives. How can you not remember what happened yesterday? Could it be that you are lying I?"
Only then did Chen Wu realize that she had been tricked by this woman, and quickly changed his words: "Oh, I remembered, because I was hit by a board the day before yesterday, and I just got up at the beginning of noon yesterday, and then I ate at home. Lunch, then back to bed and rest."
With such a simple answer, she can't find anything. Even if she interrogates the family members, the old mother in the family can still cover up for herself according to her usual habits.
Chu Nanzhi smiled lightly: "Your life is quite nourishing and fulfilling."
She looked at him meaningfully, and she twisted the corners of her lips, and suddenly there was a wicked smile: "You were punished in the county, Lingtang must be very sad, and you often work in the county government, and finally go home for a while." Come on, yesterday's meal should be extremely rich, may I ask what delicacies Ling Tang prepared for you yesterday, and please tell me about such an unforgettable reunion moment."
Such a tricky question directly stopped Chen Wu from asking.
(end of this chapter)