Rise From the Humble

Among the twelve suspects, it is impossible to determine who the criminal is based on the existing clues and evidence, and it cannot be eliminated further.

What can be done?

Simple, Zhu Pingan gave the answer and took it all back to the Yamen.

Soon, all twelve suspects were brought back to the yamen by Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and other yamen officials, and were brought to the court for interrogation of the serial theft case.

"What, the little county gentleman brought back twelve suspects?! There are butchers, neighbors, and traveling businessmen passing by. What kind of trouble is the little county gentleman going to make?! There is no case like this. Isn't this a joke?! "

"We detained twelve people without any evidence. Isn't this nonsense!"

"Are you crazy about trying to solve the case quickly?! How can you convince the public by casting a wide net, arresting people, and blindly trying cases like this?! Is he worthy of the words 'Mirror hanging high' behind the lobby?! Such a county Your Majesty, you are not at all responsible for the Ming Dynasty, not at all responsible for the common people, and not at all responsible for the law."

"This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world. Five petty theft cases, but twelve suspects were tied up?! I have been in Jingnan County for a long time, and I have never heard that there are twelve suspects in one case. ! Moreover, even if the twelve suspects are not tried separately, they are tried together?! Does he know how to try cases? "

Zhang Xiancheng and others received the notice that Zhu Ping'an was going to court. When they heard that twelve suspects would be tried together with the same case, they were all stunned and couldn't believe their ears. They felt it was extremely ridiculous.

"Haha, at first I just wanted to cause some trouble for the little county gentleman to save him from unrest. Unexpectedly, the effect was far greater than expected. The little county gentleman was greedy for success. In order to solve the case quickly, he got confused and arrested people indiscriminately. Twelve suspects have been arrested, and they have to be interrogated in the lobby. Haha, the little county magistrate is young after all, and it is easy to get excited. However, haste makes waste, and urgency treats the symptoms, and slowness treats the root cause. Now, let us Let's wait and see how the little county master ends up. Haha, when the time comes, we will let the wind out and help the little county master to 'publicize' it, so that the people in the county can hear about the little county master's 'great achievements'..."

When Master Yao rushed to the court with Zhang Xian Cheng, he couldn't help laughing and whispered to Zhang Xian Cheng.

"Haha, great kindness."

Zhang Xiancheng smiled and nodded repeatedly.

On the way, the subordinate officials in the sixth room saw the two people, and they all came forward to salute enthusiastically, walked behind them, and rushed to the lobby together.

The bright mirror hangs high, and Zhu Pingan is sitting in the lobby as a magistrate. Zhang Xiancheng and Yao Chief Secretary are gloating about the misfortune, but they still do their best on their faces. They bow their hands to Zhu Pingan and salute. They sit down at the bottom. The secretary and the subordinates of the sixth house salute in turn. Sitting in two rows under the hall.

This is the promotion hall, and all the officials in the six rooms and three classes must gather together to arrange the office; if it is the promotion to the second hall, only the clerks on duty and the clerks on duty can participate, and other irrelevant subordinates do not need to participate, which is equivalent to the modern court Simple program.

"Ascend to the hall! Beat the drums and bring the suspect to the hall."

Seeing that everyone was here, Zhu Pingan nodded slightly and clapped the gavel.

The government officials beat the drums vigorously, and while the drums were beating, twelve suspects were brought into the hall.

"mighty!"

Two rows of government officials stood neatly on both sides of the lobby, banging water and fire sticks vigorously and shouting mightily.

The bright mirror hangs high in the hall, and the trees under the hall have "avoid" and "quiet" signboards. The county magistrate is dressed in official uniform and has a serious face. Six rooms and three shifts of officials have gathered to line up the yamen. The two rows of yamen servants are like wolves and tigers, with the sound of drums, water and fire. The sound of sticks hitting the ground and the sound of force resounded in my ears...

The suspects were all ordinary people in the city. I had never seen such a scene before. They all knelt on the ground nervously to pay their respects.

"Three months ago, a cow was stolen from Zhang Erniu's house in Dazhang Village, a pig was stolen from Zhang Da's family, and two sheep were stolen from Li Datou's house; a donkey was stolen from Zhang Ernuo's house in Miaozhuang Village, and a donkey was stolen from Liu Laoshi's house. Five chickens. Who among you is a thief? Quickly admit it, and I can give you a lenient sentence; if not, I will deal with it sternly."

Zhu Pingan patted the gavel in the lobby and said gently to the twelve suspects in the hall.

Hey, the magistrate is quite gentle.

The twelve suspects in the hall felt like they were in a strict hell. Their nervousness and apprehension suddenly relaxed a little, and they all began to cry out for injustice.

"My lord, the county magistrate, I am wronged. I am a butcher in the village and have nothing to do with the theft. The eldest magistrate, you can go and find out. Everyone in the village knows that my meat is sold in real quantities." , I have never been short of money, let alone stolen, the county magistrate is aware of it."

"My lord, the county magistrate, you are unfairly accused. I am just a neighbor of Zhang Erniu's family, not a cattle thief. I am unfairly accused..."

"The county magistrate is aware of it. I am just a street vendor selling small things. I am unjust..."

…

The twelve suspects in the hall all cried out that they were wronged, but none of them admitted it. Every word you said to me made the hall look like a vegetable market.

Zhang Xiancheng and Master Yao looked at each other with deep ridicule at the corners of their mouths. In their view, Zhu Pingan's method of investigating cases is simply a joke. Do you think this is Jiang Taigong taking the bait? If the case can be solved in this way, they are willing to turn their heads off and serve Zhu Pingan as a chamber pot.

"If you confess, you will be lenient, if you resist, you will be lenient. I will give you time to think about it again...Zhang Dianli brought the file of Wang Tian's injury case to me. There is no need to organize it..."

Zhu Ping'an looked at the suspects in the hall and spoke slowly, then ignored them and turned to give instructions to Zhang Danian, the prison officer.

"Yes. Lord County Lord."

Zhang Danian originally wanted to excuse himself by saying that the files were messy and unorganized, but Zhu Pingan's sentence "no need to sort them out" blocked his reason for rejection in advance. Zhu Pingan also had the file registration book in his hand, and Zhang Danian did not dare to use it again. The file was lost in the custody of the former magistrate as an excuse, so he had no choice but to open his mouth and accept.

Soon, Zhang Danian got the file on Wang Tian's injury case, and Zhu Pingan carefully read it in the lobby.

Zhu Ping'an was immediately immersed in Wang Tian's injury case. He seemed to have forgotten the twelve suspects in the hall and stopped paying attention to them.

The suspects just kept kneeling in the hall, looking at each other.

Chief Yao and Zhang Xiancheng looked at each other with ridicule on their faces. They were no longer able to complain about Zhu Ping'an. Let the suspect confess, and if the suspect doesn't admit, give them time to think about it while you study other cases on the side? ! Zhu Ping'an's method of interrogating and solving cases is simply stupid and idiotic! The most ridiculous thing in the world!

Is the county magistrate stupid because of reading? ! The whole person lives in the book! ! If you ask the suspect to admit it, they will admit it? !

The six subordinate officials were also speechless at Zhu Ping'an's method of handling cases.

Zhu Ping'an interrogated like this, and all the suspects felt no pressure. They knelt on the ground and felt more and more relaxed.

Half an hour passed.

An hour passed.

…

Finally, Zhu Ping'an finished studying Wang Tian's injury case and rubbed his forehead with a tired look. He finally remembered the suspects kneeling in the hall. While rubbing his forehead, he said tiredly to the suspects in the hall, "Forget it, you go back for now."

ha? !

When Zhang Xiancheng and Chief Yao heard this, the corners of their mouths almost twitched, and they couldn't bear the mocking expressions.

All the subordinate staff were unable to complain.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Magistrate."

The twelve suspects in the hall felt completely relaxed. They stood up one after another, thanked Zhu Pingan and prepared to go home.

Just when the suspects stood up to thank Zhu Pingan, Zhu Pingan, who was in the lobby, suddenly became furious. He reached out and slapped the scaffolding hard, and shouted at the suspects, "How dare a thief get up and leave!"

"ah!"

When one of the twelve suspects heard this, he reflexively knelt down with his trembling legs.