"Is there a case?" Baili Tang couldn't help but get a little excited when he heard there was a case. After all, he was also very bored.
"Your Majesty, the court is full of people of all kinds and it's not safe." Eunuch Yang bent over and whispered to dissuade.
"You don't have to come."
Upon learning that His Majesty was going to see a case, Meng Fang stopped what he was doing and hurried over. Naturally, he was accompanied by Lord Zhang, Lord Wang, and others, and Imperial Physician Lu also went.
Hearing that Baili Tang solved the poisoned cattle case in just half a cup of tea last time, the prince's uncle also became interested.
Ever since the assassination attempt, the uncle of the king rarely went to see Baili Tang, as he didn't want to cause trouble for either side.
In the Dongyun County government office.
"It's unfair, sir. How could a humble nephew harm Miss Yu?" Song Laowu and his wife kowtowed quickly.
Song Chi was a sturdy man with a stern and honest face. He showed no fear as he continued to argue, "I, Song Chi, absolutely did not harm Xiao Yu. When I found her, she was already dead! And she definitely didn't drown. I was only trying to save her!"
"Sir, don't listen to his excuses! I was far away when I saw him pulling Xiaoyu up to the bank of the creek and doing that wicked thing to the creek. I was shouting and wanted to rush over, but I was afraid I was no match for him, so I could only cry for help. There was no one around at the time. I cried for help for a long time before someone came over to us, and he finally stopped!"
The slightly overweight man who was speaking was Xiaoyu's fiancé. He was dressed in luxurious clothes, had very small eyes, looked cunning and calculating.
Song Chi and Yu Yuben are a couple - they like each other secretly, but in order to get an extra 300 taels of betrothal money, Yu's father wants to marry his daughter to this fat man.
In the end, before they even received the three hundred taels, their daughter was gone. Yu's father and mother were filled with grief and indignation, and remained silent.
"If I wanted to harm Xiaoyu, why would I save her... He's committing perjury..."
"You're not saving her, you're clearly tarnishing her innocence."
Dongyun County Magistrate Yu Dadi said: "Come here, we have witnesses and evidence in this case. Arrest Song Chi and execute him in the autumn!"
"mighty!"
Is that the verdict?
Otherwise, the tyrant emperor is in Dongyun County. If such a small matter ruins his mood... it is better to close the case as soon as possible.
Is human life at stake, or a trivial matter?
And Song Chi's motive was obvious. He learned that the youngest daughter of the Yu family had married someone else, so he asked her out privately... Xiao Yu refused, and the two of them had an argument during the process...
"You dog official! You are taking human life lightly!" Song Chi stood up and pointed at Magistrate Yu's nose and cursed.
"Someone come here! This boy is roaring in court and insulting the court officials. He should be beaten with a hundred sticks first!" Lord Yu said sternly.
"Wait a minute!" Chao Man'er stepped out from the crowd. "I think there's something else going on in this case!"
Lord Yu knew Chao Man'er and naturally dared not neglect him. Like Jia Shidao, Chao Hong had long since secretly recruited him into the Chao family's inner circle. Now he was back in the open. This was politics: there were no permanent enemies, only eternal interests.
"Miss Chao, what's the hidden story?"
Chao Man'er said, "One possibility is that Miss Yu slipped and fell into the stream, and Song Chi came to rescue her. Another possibility is that someone else pushed Miss Yu into the stream first, and Song Chi saw her and went to rescue her."
The question that the tyrant emperor asked her to do that day did indeed broaden Chao Man'er's mind a lot and help her analyze problems.
There was also a lot of discussion among the crowd.
Chao Man'er continued, "Furthermore, why would Song Chi invite Miss Yu to the creek and then drown her? Isn't it obvious to everyone? Since he loved Miss Yu so deeply, how could he have the heart to do that?"
In fact, Chao Man'er is not stupid, but she doesn't study hard and doesn't like to use her brain.
Song Chi still insisted: "I didn't kill Xiao Yu, and she certainly didn't drown. My uncle's yellow cattle couldn't swim, and one of them drowned. When it was found, its stomach was full of water. But Xiao Yu's lower abdomen was dry. This means that Xiao Yu might have been killed first and then thrown into the stream."
Lord Yu looked at Song Chi and said, "I want to ask you, but did you secretly meet up with Xiao Yu at the mountain stream to discuss eloping?"
Song Chi: "Yes. But we didn't have the chance to meet. At that time, I was leading my cow to graze somewhere else."
Lord Yu: "Is there any witness?"
Song Chi: “Not yet.”
Lord Yu: "So you mean your cow can testify for you?"
Others were very happy.
How can a cow testify?
Xiang Zong, the man who reported Song Chi, said, "Ever since my father proposed to Uncle Yu, Xiao Yu has clearly told me that she will completely break up with Song Chi. Uncle Yu knows this very well."
"Your Excellency, it is indeed so!" Yu's father testified, his tone grim. "My daughter must have explained the situation to Song Chi, and Song Chi became furious and killed my daughter to vent his anger. He also..."
"I didn't!" Song Chi's face turned blue with anger!
"Everyone in the neighborhood knows that Song Chi is impulsive and prone to getting stuck in a rut..." Xiang Zong added. He was making a false accusation.
At this time, a girl came out and said, "Sir, he is the most suspicious person!"
"How dare you...it's Miss Xiaolian..." Lord Yu recognized Xiaolian, the personal maid of Concubine Liang, the most favored concubine of the tyrant Emperor Baili Tang. He also dared not neglect her.
Xiaolian asked Xiang Zong, "Why did you appear at the crime scene? How can you be sure that Song Chi killed someone? Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Xiang Zong, a man who had seen the world, said, "Everyone in my family can testify to this. This morning, at dawn, I went up the mountain alone to hunt. About an hour and a half later, I heard intermittent cries for help coming from the mountain stream..."
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