Chapter 716 Suspicious Points about the Corpse
If it cannot be resolved privately, then it must be brought to court for questioning.
"Smack!"
The gavel struck the table.
"The three of you below, Li You's death is related to you, do you admit it or not?" Xie Xing said coldly.
"I don't acknowledge it!"
The three of them said in unison.
Chen Yongnian clasped his hands and said, "Sir, who is it that claims we are plotting to harm Li Jingcheng? Could you bring them up for a confrontation?"
"Bring it up!" Xie Xing said, without arguing.
Soon, five or six people were brought to court.
They all knelt down and kowtowed to Xie Xing, their eyes filled with fear.
"Tell me, what did you see the day before yesterday?" Xie Xing slammed his gavel. "If you are lying, you will be punished with a beating."
These people were so frightened that they didn't dare to lift their heads and trembled with fear.
“My lord, my lord, we were drinking at Kelaiju the other day when we heard them saying they were going to teach Li Jingcheng a lesson.”
"Yes... I heard it too, and they even said they wanted to beat up Li Jingcheng."
"When we heard the woman say she wanted to take her along, we thought, 'Why is she getting involved?'"
"..."
The group of people took turns recounting what had happened to Wan Qiqi and her group at the entrance of Kelaiju.
Wan Qiqi thought to herself, "Sure enough, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. I only said a few words, and someone overheard it."
If she had known this would happen, she felt she shouldn't have stopped Wu Gousheng; she should have beaten Li You up first.
"What are you listening to? You only heard this useless stuff. Didn't you hear my sister say she's not going?" Wu Gousheng seemed a little irritable.
He yelled and pointed at the group of people, but accidentally aggravated his wounds, causing him to gasp in pain.
In the past, he wouldn't have dared to breathe loudly in court, let alone speak so loudly.
Chen Yongnian glanced at Wu Gousheng and said loudly, "Sir, what they said is correct. We did discuss it, but we didn't do it!"
"Who can prove you didn't do it?" Xie Xing questioned.
"My lord, may I ask when Li You died?" Wan Qiqi asked, grasping the most important point.
"Midnight!" Xie Xing said.
The scope of midnight is too broad, which seems somewhat deliberately difficult.
“There are children at home, and they were already asleep by midnight!” Wan Qiqi said.
“I’ll sleep with my wife!” Chen Yongnian said.
"I'm tired after a long day, I'm going to bed early!" Wu Gousheng said.
At this moment, someone nearby said, "We can hire someone to do it; we don't necessarily have to do it ourselves!"
Wan Qiqi: "..."
Brilliant! That's a brilliant move!
Chen Yongnian also looked up and stared at the person who was speaking, someone Liang Pengfei trusted.
Judging from his clothes, he should be a constable now.
"We didn't expect this at all. The constable is really clever!" Chen Yongnian's words were full of sarcasm.
The government is a complete mess; there are people who spout such nonsense.
In the past, when Fang Ziming investigated cases, he always emphasized evidence and never allowed his subordinates to speak carelessly.
Now that Xie Xing is in charge, he actually let people say such things in court!
"Guards, drag this bastard out and give him fifty lashes!" Xie Xing said coldly.
The head constable was immediately dragged away.
Then, cries of pain came from outside.
After a long while, the outside quieted down.
Xie Xing glanced at the constables present and said, "From now on, if anyone acts improperly during trials, that person will suffer the same fate as you!"
He slammed his gavel on the table, his eyes blazing with anger.
Wan Qiqi scoffed, "Hiring someone costs money, at least a hundred taels. It's not worth it for Li You!"
She didn't seem to regard this as a courtroom, and said whatever came to mind.
After saying that, he looked up at Xie Xing and said, "Sir, everyone says Li You is dead, but we haven't seen his body yet!"
These words startled the constables in the courtroom.
The body had been dead for two days and was already somewhat decomposed, yet this woman still dared to ask to see it.
She's definitely a formidable woman!
Xie Xing hesitated for a moment, then slammed his hand on the table and said, "Men, bring up Li You's body!"
Before Wan Qiqi even saw the corpse, she could already smell a stench of decay in the air.
That's how it was in ancient times; there were no cold storage rooms.
If the body cannot be examined thoroughly in a short time, some evidence will be lost.
However, she had also heard that some people could make a diagnosis by examining the skeleton.
Of course, Yunhe County couldn't possibly have such a master!
As the body was brought up, the person who had just confirmed Wan Qiqi's harsh words immediately reacted and began to retch.
Their faces were all dark and gloomy, looking as ugly as could be.
In contrast, Wan Qiqi remained remarkably calm, except for covering her nose.
She was also upset, but she tried to remain calm and couldn't let herself show it.
She stared at Li You's corpse for a long time and found that there seemed to be only one fatal wound on his neck.
"My lord, even an ordinary thug couldn't kill someone with a single blow, could he?"
After Wan Qiqi finished speaking, her face turned ashen, and she suppressed her nausea, refusing to say anything more.
Chen Yongnian glanced at him, raised his hand in a salute, and asked, "Sir, may I go over and inspect?"
Xie Xing did not stop him, letting Chen Yongnian do as he pleased.
Chen Yongnian got up, walked to Li You's body, and began to examine the wounds.
Then, he lifted Li You's sleeve to check for any other wounds.
While others would vomit at the smell of the corpse, Chen Yongnian calmly and meticulously examined it, seemingly unable to smell anything.
It's not that he can't smell it; it's just that when he was investigating cases, he wanted to learn something and had to touch corpses along with the coroner.
Now, all he wants to do is find the real culprit who killed Li You.
If someone is framing me, it means that person is malicious. If they are not caught, my wife and I will be framed again in the future.
Otherwise, Chen Yongnian had a worst-case scenario in mind.
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