After hearing Jia Gui's reminder, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but think back for a moment, but for the moment he really couldn't remember what Yu Yingnan looked like. All he had in his memory was a vague face! Maybe because I was too nervous just now and focused all my attention on Granny Ji, I completely ignored Yu Yingnan who was silent on the side.
Jia Gui continued: "Yu Yingnan's beauty not only arouses the admiration of men similar to her age, but also makes some men who are already married and have children, even those who are in their late teens, have wild dreams! This includes the lawsuit against Yu Yingnan. Brother Yu Chengwen, Wu Guanglu who raped his concubine Wang Liangdi!"
"Oh, what kind of person is this Wu Guanglu?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but ask.
Mentioning Wu Guanglu, Jia Gui said helplessly: "This man used to be a street gangster. He relied on his parents to open several casinos in Xinjing City to have two coins. He spent all day eating, drinking, gambling, and spending money like water. He was not arrested until he was thirty years old. His parents were forced to get married, but after getting married, they still didn't follow the right path. He hung out in the streets with a bunch of bad friends all day long, bullying men and women. Finally one day, he convened a group of people to seize the wife of a businessman who came to New Capital from other places to do business. The gang beat the businessman to death in the street in broad daylight. Due to the great impact of the incident, Guan Wenjin, the prefect of Xinjing Prefecture at the time, quickly sent out his yamen to arrest all the gang. However, for unknown reasons later, According to rumors, Wu Guanglu's parents had only one son, and they were old enough to have a son. They did not hesitate to use half of their family property to operate it. In the end, Guan Wenjin, in order to calm the public anger, introduced a powerless gangster and regarded him as the murderer. Once the incident was over, Wu Guanglu only stayed in prison for two months before being released!"
At this time, Chen Xiaomu interjected: "Master Jia, do Wu Guanglu's family and Granny Ji's family live very close to each other?"
Jia Gui shook his head and said, "Yes, Wu Guanglu's family lives in a deep house on the street, and Grandma Ji's family only has three thatched houses at the end of the street, with a fenced yard. The distance between the two families is almost a whole street!"
Chen Xiaomu said doubtfully: "This is strange. As a scholar, Yu Chengwen can't go to the Wu family's courtyard to rape Wu Guanglu's concubine, right? In that case, he will probably be caught by the Wu family's servants as soon as he enters the door!"
Jia Gui smiled lightly and said: "Chen Tongfan, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, let me tell you the whole story of this case slowly."
Chen Xiaomu cupped his hands and expressed his apology.
Jia Gui continued: "After Wu Guanglu was released, he restrained himself a lot, but his lustful temper did not change. He took in six concubines in one go. The one who sued Yu Chengwen this time was his sixth. His concubine was named Wang Liangdi. He originally planned to take Yu Chengwen's sister Yu Yingnan as his seventh concubine, but he allowed him to send real money and silver to Granny Ji's house. Granny Ji refused until she died. But something strange happened. The strange thing is that at noon on the third day after Wu Guanglu took the matchmaker to Grandma Ji's house to propose marriage, and was beaten out by Grandma Ji and Yu Chengwen with poles and shovels, Yu Chengwen closed the stall and went home for lunch, and was preparing to go home for a while. After a break, he went to the street to set up a stall. A woman about twenty years old, with a good face and luxurious clothes suddenly came to his home and asked him to write a letter home to his parents in Dingzhou. Yu Chengwen arrived later. At the time of the case, he told me that he originally did not want to receive this strange single woman who came to his house to ask for a letter to avoid suspicion, but unfortunately this woman was too generous, so he reached out and took out a tablet from his purse. About two taels of silver were given to him as writing fee. Yu Chengwen usually wrote letters for people on the street for twenty cents. These two taels of silver were enough to cover the expenses of his family of three for a month. In the end, Yu Chengwen couldn't bear it. With the temptation of money, I let this woman into the house!"
"Aren't Yu Chengwen's mother, Granny Ji, and his sister, Yu Yingnan, at home?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but interject again and asked.
Jia Gui slapped his thigh and sighed: "It just happened to be here at that time. Granny Ji and Yu Yingnan happened to go out to take home the clothes they had starched, washed and mended before sending them back to their families separately. The two of them were out of touch. At the door of the house, the woman came to the door! After Yu Chengwen let the woman into the house, he put out a piece of paper and pen to write a letter home for her. As soon as he started writing, the woman was arrested as a man and a widow in the same house. When people saw a bad excuse, they got up and closed the door! It's just that Yu Chengwen said this, and according to what the woman said, it was actually Yu Chengwen who used this excuse to come and close the door!
Moreover, after being raped by him, this woman ran out of his yard with her hair disheveled and her clothes disheveled. She was witnessed by many passers-by. I have sent officers to find these people, and three of them have come to the court to testify and be detained! "
"What is the physical evidence?" Chen Xiaomu asked.
Jia Guidao: "The physical evidence is a pair of leggings worn by the woman, which contained the yang fluid left by Yu Chengwen when he raped her. According to the woman, after Yu Chengwen closed the door, he suddenly hugged her from behind, and then Push her to the ground and rape her!"
Chen Xiaomu asked curiously: "Did she not resist Yu Chengwen or cry for help during the rape?"
Jia Gui nodded: "She said she resisted at that time, but Yu Chengwen had no choice but to hold her down so hard that she couldn't move! Even her mouth was stuffed with a piece of rag that Yu Chengwen casually grabbed! After reporting to the official, I ordered Po Wen examined her injuries and found several bruises on her body!"
At this time, an ancient law that he learned in history class suddenly popped into Chen Xiaomu's mind, which is called raping a woman's mouth. It means that as long as a woman shows up in court to accuse a man of raping her, the government will believe it regardless of her shame. It's true. After all, most women in ancient times valued reputation more than their own lives. He didn't know if there was such a law in this world of the wrong dynasty. He was a little worried and wanted to ask Jia Gui.
Then Chen Xiaomu asked Jia Guidao with concern: "Master Jia, is there an article in the laws of the State of Zheng about raping a woman's mouth?"
Unexpectedly, Jia Gui actually nodded and said: "Yes, if the man does not have sufficient evidence to prove that he is innocent, then everything will be based on the woman's complaint, even if the woman cannot provide any evidence!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this, and said to himself: "My dear, it seems that Yu Chengwen has no choice but to accept his fate this time!"
Seeing Chen Xiaomu stunned on the spot, Jia Gui waved to the master who had just moved the files with him, and comforted him: "Chen Tongpan, you don't have to worry about legal matters. This is Master Ye who has been with me for many years. He is very fond of me." He is very proficient in the law of the court. I originally planned to take him to Dali Temple to take up the post, but now I have decided to let him stay and help you for a few days! Yesterday at the court meeting, the emperor told the courtiers that it was only a temporary measure for you to serve as a general magistrate in Xinjing Mansion. , and asked the courtiers to recommend the successor, I recommended the Linhe County Magistrate Zhuo Yihe, and fortunately the emperor has given his permission, but due to the snow delay, it is estimated that Magistrate Zhuo will take five days to take office! "
Chen Xiaomu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It was as if a big stone had been lifted off his body, and his whole body felt relaxed. Ever since Su Xingran asked him to be the judge, he had almost no trouble in the past two days. Now he is better. It was almost as he had predicted. He only needed to serve as a judge for five days before he could be freed. Then he could make the down jacket that he had been thinking about as planned. He would earn a lot of money first, and then wait until the Hu family's blacksmith shop to make those things that future generations would have. After forging weapons, you can send out troops to wipe out Wu. After these two battles are fought, you will be able to live the happy life that you yearn for without any surprises. I am really excited just thinking about it. !
The next handover will be much simpler. Since it is only a five-day sentence, the handover is nothing! It would be better for Master Ye to hand it over directly to Magistrate Zhuo who took over five days later, and save a lot of trouble. At that moment, Chen Xiaomu flipped through a few files, and without even seeing the words in them clearly, he ordered Master Ye to rewrite the files. Move back to the file room.
When parting, Jia Gui seemed to be hesitant to speak. Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Master Jia, just say it directly if you have something to say. Why should you be hesitant?"
Jia Gui pondered for a moment, and then said as if he was risking his life: "Chen Tongpan, I have thought about it over and over again, and there are two things I want to tell you specifically!"
Chen Xiaomu cupped his hands and said, "Master Jia, please speak."
Jia Gui reached out and took out a twenty-tael silver nugget, stuffed it into Chen Xiaomu's hand, and said with a guilty look on his face: "Chen Tongpan, please transfer these twenty-taels of silver to Granny Ji for me. Although I know his son Yu Chengwen was wronged by Wu Guanglu, but he couldn't repay his innocence, and I feel very sorry! But I will say hello to the new Magistrate Zhuo, and try to let him give Yu Chengwen a light sentence!"
Chen Xiaomu pushed back the silver in Jia Gui's hand and said with a smile: "Master Jia, are you too arbitrary? Although you and I are now 80% sure that Yu Chengwen was wronged, what if something unexpected happens? ? Don’t forget the phrase “sexy and bold!”
Jia Gui's face was full of bitterness and he said: "It would be better if Yu Chengwen really did it. At least he is not unjustly arrested now, and I would feel at ease. But the reality is that Yu Chengwen was really framed by Wu Guanglu and his concubine. What do you think of me?" Can you feel better?"
"Ah!" Chen Xiaomu was shocked when he heard this: "Master Jia, since you know that Yu Chengwen was wrongly accused, why don't you reverse the case for him?"
Jia Gui sighed: "There is no evidence!"
Chen Xiaomu was confused by Jia Gui and glared: "Without evidence, how can you be sure that Yu Chengwen was wrongly accused?"
Jia Gui looked around, stretched out his hand to pull Chen Xiaomu aside, and whispered: "Taiwei Zhuge once called me to the Taiwei's Mansion and asked me to come forward to find Granny Ji to negotiate an agreement. As long as she agrees to marry Yu Yingnan to Wu Guanglu as his concubine, Yu The documented rape will be wiped out!"
"Why is Wu Guanglu involved in Zhuge Cheng, a high-ranking official in the dynasty?" Chen Xiaomu really couldn't figure it out and couldn't help but ask.
"Hehe" Jia Gui said with a bitter smile: "Chen Tongpan, it seems that everyone knows this, but you don't know. Wu Guanglu has a niece who grew up in his home because her parents died young. Slim and beautiful, she is exactly sixteen years old this year. A few days ago, Captain Zhuge returned to the new capital. Wu Guanglu heard that his wife died of illness on the way to escape. He was planning to remarry and fill a house, so he spent money to find a place on the counter. Someone came forward to introduce her and sent her niece to the Taiwei's Mansion. I heard that Wu Guanglu's family gave her one hundred thousand taels of silver just for the dowry!"
After hearing this, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Zhuge Cheng is an old pervert. He is almost eighty years old, and he still abuses other people's 28-year-old girls. He is really a thief who is too old to die!"
Jia Gui glanced back and forth hurriedly and said nervously: "Chen Tongpan, you are the only one who dares to say such things, but please don't say them in front of others in the future! Zhuge Cheng is very vengeful. Anyone who has offended him will be punished. He is always looking for ways to take revenge on others!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded: "I have my own sense of discretion on this, but have you accepted the lobbyist that Zhuge Cheng asked you to do?"
Jia Gui lowered his head with a guilty conscience and said in a low voice: "Okay, but I didn't expect that Mother-in-law Ji's bones were very hard. She said that I couldn't kill my daughter for the sake of my son. If her son was really sentenced to criminal law, she would go to the palace to complain. Imperial status!"
After hearing this, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but secretly respect Granny Ji. At the same time, he also ignored the topic of the case and asked Jia Guidao: "Master Jia, you just said two things, so what is the second thing?" thing?"
Jia Gui said in a deep voice: "Since I took office in Xinjing Mansion, a thief has appeared here. He has committed three crimes in less than twenty days. The latest one was three days ago on Old City Street in the west of the city. The last place called Shen Family Bank, I went to see it live. That night, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, Shen Rui, was raped and killed by this snitch in the embroidery building. The key to the bank that she was carrying was also snatched away by the snitch. Then the snitch again Killed the three guards who were on duty at the bank overnight, and stole eight hundred and fifty taels of gold from the bank. The scene of the crime has been sealed there by me. I mean that even if you intervene in this case, you will definitely be involved in the crime within five days. If the case cannot be solved, it is better to wait until Magistrate Zhuo takes office and hand it over to him. I believe that with Magistrate Zhuo’s shrewdness and many years of experience in solving cases, plus time, he will definitely solve the case!"
"Okay, I agree." Chen Xiaomu agreed readily. In short, five days passed in a flash, and he didn't want to worry about it!
