Chapter 273: Trial of Hei San
Heisan's face suddenly darkened, "You little brat, you're playing tricks on me, right? Do you believe that I will kill your sister?"
"Don't! I'll pick it up for you. Please don't hurt my sister." Wan Hu saw that Heisan had indeed gained some weight, and Xiao Fubao's face had turned purple.
Just when Wan Hu bent down to pick up the dagger, the door was suddenly opened by a child. Outside, several curious people were about to look inside through the crack of the door. The door was suddenly opened from the inside, and those people were startled. They were the first to come to this abandoned house because they lived nearby, and they ran over when they saw the strange phenomenon in the sky.
"Uncle and aunt, help me." A slightly older child grabbed a man and started shouting.
Just at this moment, Boss Wan arrived with Liu Qing and Chen Yuncai. Boss Wan ran the fastest and was ahead of the three of them. He saw Xiao Fubao who was being held high by Hei San in the yard through the crowd.
Wan Laoer was so frightened that his heart trembled a few times and he shouted, "Fubao!"
The man rushed towards Hei San.
Wan Hu had already picked up the dagger at this time. Seeing his second uncle coming, Heisan's attention was immediately distracted by Wan Laoer.
Heisan turned his head subconsciously and saw that there were people outside the door, even the constables had come, and the entire yard was surrounded by a group of people.
Wan Hu only had Xiao Fubao in his eyes. He could already see that his sister's breathing was getting weaker and weaker.
Wan Hu didn't hesitate at all. He took advantage of Hei San's distraction and ran over with a dagger in his hand and stabbed it directly into Hei San's stomach.
Hei San felt a huge pain and loosened his hands around Xiao Fubao a little. Wan Hu took the opportunity to grab his sister's legs and pull them down, and Xiao Fubao was pulled down.
Wan Laoer was originally flying towards Hei San, and at this moment his whole body was pressing on Hei San's back, knocking Hei San to the ground. Wan Hu rolled to the side while holding Xiao Fubao, barely avoiding Hei San's falling body.
Wan Hu was not very old, and the dagger was not inserted very deep, but after Wan Laoer pounced, the dagger went straight into Heisan's stomach. Heisan screamed in pain, and the scream echoed throughout the courtyard.
At this time, Boss Wan also came forward with two constables to capture Hei San and Hei Si.
The matter came to an end here, and Xiao Fubao and the other children were all rescued.
Boss Wan took the two human traffickers back to the county government office.
Shen Jinyuan tried two cases in court, one was a child trafficking case and the other was a murder of an elderly person.
Heisan was stabbed in the stomach. In order to prevent excessive blood loss, Shen Jinyuan asked the doctor to help him stop the bleeding. However, his internal organs were damaged and he was definitely not going to live long.
"Who is here? Tell me your name."
Heisan's head was covered in cold sweat. He was in so much pain that he could no longer kneel. He was only able to kneel with the help of two constables.
"Hei...San" Hei San said weakly.
"Heisan, you kidnapped children and killed the elderly. Do you know your crime?" Shen Jinyuan slammed the gavel with a stern look on his face.
A desperado like Heisan was not afraid of the trial. He just felt that he was going to die and he still had some money to get.
"I didn't traffic in children. What evidence do you have to prove that I killed anyone?" Hei San argued.
He had already hidden the dagger used to kill the old man in the carriage, so the other party could not convict him without evidence.
At this time, Boss Wan walked in holding a dagger.
"Sir, this dagger was found in their carriage. The coroner examined it and found that it matched the wound on the old man's body. This is the murder weapon."
"Show it up."
Boss Wan respectfully presented the murder weapon to Shen Jinyuan.
Chen Jinyuan looked intimidating without getting angry. He looked at Hei San who was lowering his head in the hall and asked sternly, "Hei San, what else do you have to say? The murder weapon found in your carriage is irrefutable evidence. How can you deny it?"
Hei San chuckled softly: "Haha...haha...we went there together, how can you prove that I was the one who killed him?"
At this time, Boss Wan stood up and said to Shen Jinyuan: "Sir, the coroner said that the murderer was left-handed. A familiar witness testified that this person was left-handed. He had thick calluses on his left hand. When we went there, we saw him committing the crime with his left hand. His other companion was right-handed and had thick calluses on his right hand."
Shen Jinyuan nodded approvingly and signaled Boss Wan to leave. Boss Wan retreated respectfully and received the appreciative smiles from Liu Qing and Chen Yuncai. At the same time, he also saw the disdain from the people opposite, led by Chief Constable Hu Yong.
Boss Wan ignored it, but stood still with his eyes on the nose and his nose on the heart, which made the constables on the opposite side so angry that they fell backwards.
Even so, Hei San still refused to admit that he had killed anyone. "You judged me for murder based on a dagger and my left-handedness. I don't accept it. I don't even know the old man. Don't slander me. You said I kidnapped children. At most, I kidnapped them, but I didn't sell them."
"It seems that you won't cry until you see the coffin. Come, take him to the crime scene, compare the footprints and shoe prints, and let the artist draw the evidence."
Hei San was carried to the crime scene. Fortunately, as soon as Wan Lao Da discovered that a murder had occurred, he immediately sealed off the scene and asked Wan Lao Er to report the case. As a result, the crime scene was not destroyed. The scene was preserved very intact, with not only Hei San's footprints, but also the children's footprints. Now Hei San could not deny it even if he wanted to.
Heisan was brought back to the lobby again. He no longer had the calm expression he had just now. The evidence was conclusive and he had no choice but to plead guilty.
According to Hei San, he received a big order. The other party needed forty-nine boys and forty-nine girls, and they had to be good-looking and blessed. He had already collected ninety-one and was still short of seven children, so he thought of getting a few nearby outside the Great Wall. The man was willing to give him ten thousand taels of silver.
Heisan didn't know what the other party wanted to do with the child, but they were about to succeed, but ended up failing. They were about to get 12,000 taels of silver, but now they were going to lose their lives. Heisan was very angry, and he didn't want to let those who got the advantage for free have an easy time. After all, they paid a lot of price to get these children, and even lost two brothers.
Heisan's words reminded Boss Wan of the day when they were first exiled and they encountered Lu Jingyu being kidnapped. Could this be a gang?
Boss Wan immediately stood up and bowed to Shen Jinyuan, saying, “Sir, I have something to ask.”
Shen Jinyuan nodded slightly.
Boss Wan immediately turned to Hei San and asked, "A year ago, two of you came to Jinwu Town on the border to abduct children, and those two people didn't return and died, right?"
Heisan was shocked after hearing what Boss Wan said. He suddenly looked up at Boss Wan, but pulled the wound on his stomach, causing him to gasp in pain.
"Suck...How do you know? We had a special order last year. The other party gave us 1,000 taels of silver and asked us to catch a child. But the child was too difficult to catch. We followed him to several places before we finally caught him. But something unexpected happened along the way and he ran away. Our two brothers are also gone."
After Hei San finished speaking, Shen Jinyuan looked at Boss Wan in confusion, “What’s going on?”
"Your Excellency, that child is Lu Jingyu, the eldest grandson of the Lu family. When our family was exiled to the border last year, we happened to encounter this group of human traffickers abducting a child. Later, the trafficker's carriage overturned, and we rescued the child. Only then did we know that it was Lu Changxin, the son of the Lu family, who brought his nephew to travel to the border."
Shen Jinyuan was a little surprised. He was no longer in the capital at that time and was on his way to the border. No wonder he had never heard of the Lu family, and there was even this part.
However, Shen Jinyuan's thoughts were much more profound than Boss Wan's. The Lu family's child was specifically asked for, so it must have been done by the Lu family's political enemies. If he could catch this group of people in one fell swoop this time, could he also get on the Lu family's good side?
Moreover, the man that Heisan mentioned wanted so many children, and it sounded like he was not doing his job properly. It seemed that he was related to some religious sacrifices. It was possible that he had solved a shocking case this time.
After Shen Jinyuan thought about it in his mind, he took this matter much more seriously than before.
He immediately ordered people to treat Heisan. This man was now the key to finding out who was behind the scenes. There could not be any mistakes, and he had to be kept in secret to prevent someone from killing him to silence him.
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