At that moment, extreme fear caused Zeng Su to completely lose his self-control, and his pants instantly became wet.
Unexpectedly, he was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and his forehead was stained with blood. While kowtowing, he repeatedly muttered such things as "I'm sorry for you" and "Please let me go." Kind of nonsense.
This kind of reaction is enough for Zhou Captou.
In Zhou Wu's opinion, the case has been solved now and the murderer has been found. As for "making him confess", it is the easiest thing.
Not to mention you Zeng Su, what if it were Song Gongming? When the board comes up in court, how many people can really handle it?
To make a long story short, when Zeng Su realized what was going on, Master Zeng, Zhou Baotou, Sun Yixie, and Huang Donglai were all sitting in front of him.
They placed the second lady’s body on the couch in Zeng Su’s room for the time being, and the glass fish was also placed on the table.
As for the other servants, they were ordered to wait outside the house. After all, this matter was considered a family scandal... and should not be made public.
"Okay." Zhou Wu also showed off his head-catching style at this time, and said in a tone of kindness and power, "You and I have some friendship, I will give you some advice. One sentence... A man is a man who dares to take action. As long as you take the initiative to explain the matter clearly and let me have an explanation with the Yamenmen, I will guarantee that you will not suffer the pain of unnecessary flesh and blood, otherwise..."
< p>What he said is all cliché, but it does make sense.There are many murderers who know that if they are recruited, they will die, so they take a chance and refuse to recruit them. At this time, the official will rarely condescend to persuade him personally, so he usually has to rely on A person like the head catcher goes up and talks to the prisoner a few words of "the truth."
The general meaning of this rhetoric is: the result of your stubbornness is nothing more than being pulled out to the court every day, beaten every day, the wounds are healed and rotten, and the rotten wounds are healed... You are in pain every day, and in the end you suffer from infection. He died in prison, a painful and ugly death.
But if you do it, at least you will have a reputation for being bold and courageous. After finishing the painting and being sent to prison, you don't have to endure any hardship in the cell; wait until the autumn and eat beheaded rice, go to the market and shout "Eighteen years later, you will be a good man again", and let the executioner give you a good time, and you will also It's considered a respectable move; and here at our Yamen, the official document of closing the case can also be made more beautiful, and both the master and the police will get credit.
The above-mentioned set of things can be regarded as a set of unspoken rules accompanying "torture to extract confessions" in the Dazu judicial process; the entire process behind it is indeed efficient, but it often leads to injustice. False case.
Unfortunately, this was already the most advanced system at the time.
In that era, the so-called "clear knowledge" simply referred to the county magistrate's experience in judging cases, such as the ability to observe words and emotions, etc. Sometimes the judgment of some cases would even depend on the county magistrate's judgment during the trial. Mood...
So, the villains on the loose, and the livingIt cannot be said that there are very many unlucky people who die unjustly, but they do exist.
Fortunately, there were no mistakes or omissions in Zeng Su's case.
Zeng Su, whose psychological defense had collapsed, was not the kind of person who would fight to the death...
He pondered for a long time, ordered a bottle of wine, and sat on the ground for three consecutive days. Cup, and then told everything in detail.
Master Zeng's face turned livid when he listened there, and his body was shaking from time to time, but at least he controlled his emotions and did not lose his composure.
After Zeng Su finished explaining, Captain Zhou waited for a few seconds, then leaned into Master Zeng’s ear and asked, "Master... what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Zhou Wu is a sensible person. This question should indeed be asked to Zeng Yun.
Everyone in Luzhou City knows that in Luzhou, it is "the county magistrate who is running water and the iron master Zeng" - how to decide this matter in the end, the county magistrate's say does not count, you have to listen Zeng Yun's.
Master Zeng calmed down a little, and then he said: "Kill a person to pay for his life, you just have to do business..."
Zhou Wu knew that there should be a " But", so he didn't respond, but waited.
Sure enough, after a brief pause, Mr. Zeng continued: "It's just... I don't want this matter in my Zeng family to cause trouble in the city and be known to everyone on the road..."
< p> "Then..." Zhou Wu said as he thought, "otherwise... the previous murder cases will be handled according to the original 'haunted' theory, and only the last big death will be blamed on Zeng Su. , saying that the two of them were at odds with each other, and He Da was still pestering Zeng Su after he left the house, trying to extort more money from the Zeng family. As a result, Zeng Su became murderous and poisoned him... Master, what do you think?"After listening to this, Master Zeng thought about it and felt that this was a sound statement for outsiders who didn't know the inside story, so he nodded and said: "Okay, then. I'll ask Mr. Zhou for it." He paused, "I'll draft a letter and inform the magistrate of the matter, and I'd like to ask Mr. Zhou to pass it on."
"That's right. " Zhou Wu agreed.
After saying this, Mr. Zeng cast a cold look at Zeng Su: "Huh... In the end, I left you with a good reputation, am I worthy of you? ”
Zeng Su quickly changed from sitting to kneeling, and kowtowed to Master Zeng again, but he couldn’t say a single sentence.
"By the way..." At this time, Zhou Wu remembered something again and reminded Zeng Yun, "The second lady's personal maid also knows a lot of inside information. Master Zeng, if you don't want the news If it leaks out..."
With just this sentence, you can see the vicious side of Zhou Wu.
In fact, even if he didn't mention it, Zeng Yun knew it in his heart and would deal with the maid afterward. But by saying it now, he was clearly reminding Zeng Yun to get rid of the root cause as soon as possible.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were listening, secretly frightened, and said to themselves... Fortunately, we are both experienced.I don’t have a deep friendship with this guy, otherwise I might not be sold by him one day.
After listening to Zhou Wu’s words, Zeng Yun also snorted coldly, as if he had made some determination.
He then stood up, went to the door and called several servants waiting outside the house, and asked them to bring the maid.
Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, a servant ran back crawling on the ground and reported that the maid had hanged herself in the room.
This time... another life.
But Zeng Yun didn't care much about this, because even if she didn't hang herself, she would still be beaten to death.
That night, Zhou Wu went to the Yamen and called in a few men on night watch, and moved the second lady's body back to the temple, and collected the body for the second lady's maid... For him, The case is over here; he has obtained a "murderer", which is enough for him to ask for credit from his superiors. At the same time, he has also sold Master Zeng a favor.
But for Zeng Yun, there is still a major mystery in the case - who is the "faceless woman"? Why did she instigate Zeng Su behind the scenes?
Before solving the mystery, Zeng Yun still could not completely let go of the matter, so that night... he had already thought about finding someone as soon as possible to start with the pawnshop owner and try to Track down the woman...
…………
The next morning.
Master Zeng came in person to see off Sun and Huang.
At this time, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai no longer pretended to be Taoist priests; after the case was solved last night, they explained their true identities and the reasons why they pretended to be Taoist priests in front of Mr. Zeng. .
Master Zeng was extremely grateful to the two young heroes who drew their swords to help them when they encountered injustice. After learning that they were going to Luoyang, Zeng Yun said nothing and asked the servants in the house to pick them from the stables. Two fine horses given to each other.
Sun and Huang didn't refuse much, because the high-speed rail bus ticket Huang Donglai bought before was invalid. They had to buy another horse, so they might as well just accept it, so as not to lose Zeng's money. The face of the master.
At the beginning of the day, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai rode out of Luzhou City and continued to the northwest.
Zhou Wu... didn't come to see them off.
Although Zhou Captou did hear them say when they were leaving today last night, it was obvious that his relationship with these two "good brothers" was not that good.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai don’t care about this either. After all, they both look older than their actual age. Last night they had already seen clearly who Zhou Wu was, and If such a person really develops friendship, it will be troublesome.
In this way, the two people left Luzhou, whipped their horses and whipped, and went straight to the next stop - Yingzhou.