Chapter 35 Black Pot
After listening to Qi Jinsi's trial process, Han Pan and Xiang Chengwei almost got angry together. Qi Jinsi was simply a fool. How could this case be tried? What could this be found!
After scolding Qi Jinsi, he made the old fool get out of here. Han Pan and Xiang Chengwei retired from their servants and discussed countermeasures in the flower hall.
Xiang Chengwei said: "Mr. Han, if both the plaintiff and the defendant have to sue, then we will be in trouble. This dynasty has always been sensitive to women's involvement in the case, especially such cases of murdering their own husbands, which have never been able to be covered, especially in the court now... the princess is powerful and I heard that she really wants to be the prince's prince. The Ministry of Justice is very flattering to her. Such cases of murdering their own husbands must be reported to the Ministry of Justice. Before His Majesty sees it, maybe she has to take a look first..."
Speaking of this, he didn't say anything further, looking at Han Pan with his eyes, wanting to wait for the governor to speak.
Han Pan sighed and said, "I know, otherwise I wouldn't be so angry. Not to mention that our Guazhou, even in Ningbei Province, the murder of his husband has not happened for more than ten years. It actually happened during our term of office. If it is not handled properly, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to return to the capital again!"
Xiang Chengwei knew his thoughts. The governor of Han was always looking forward to returning to Beijing to serve. His desire to be promoted was very enthusiastic. If the case was not handled well, wouldn’t it be a severance of the future?
In the dynasty of the heroine of the Dafang Empire, the queen's sons were all cowardly, but their daughters were one by one. One of them had the style of a queen's mother. He cultivated power in the court and wanted to be the prince and inherit the throne in the future.
But His Highness is really too powerful, and he is not so careful in his private life. He is very romantic, with countless faces. Her first prince-consort could not see her romantic. The two were young couples and had a big temper. The prince-consort beat her, but after beating her, he died inexplicably within a few days. There are rumors that he was poisoned to death by the princess. Of course, the government did not dare to pay attention to this matter, and the prince-consort's family would not report to the official, but the prince-consort's murder of his husband became more and more popular, and almost no one didn't know.
The queen was extremely dissatisfied with the sudden death of the prince-consort, but the princess was her daughter. She could not kill her daughter and avenge her son-in-law. Although she knew that her daughter was murdering her husband, she could only ignore it, so as not to let others see the jokes of the Tian Family royal family.
But murdering her husband has become a taboo for the queen. She is particularly unwilling to listen to others mention such things. Things that the queen doesn't like naturally become a taboo for the royal family and even more a taboo for the officialdom. No one has ever talked about such things on the surface.
In recent years, the Dafang Empire has published all cases and filed documents have to be reported to the Ministry of Justice. Especially murder cases, they have to be decided by the Queen himself. However, there is no case like murdering her husband. The empire is so big that it is unlikely that there will be no such case for several years, but it has been suppressed by officials from all over the country.
Who dares to expose the scars in the queen's heart? If the queen hurts her, wouldn't they have to feel more? Even if the queen has the emperor's demeanor and does not care about the behavior of the officials, the princess is not a kind person. She did something wrong and wanted to be the princess. So if anyone mentions her past evil things, even if she is unintentional, she will always think that it is alluding to her, and is instructed by her political enemies, in order to ruin her reputation and make her unable to become the prince, she will really take revenge and never be ruthless.
How could anyone as ambitious as Han Pan and Xiang Chengwei, who think about progress all day long, violate the taboo of the royal family? So they refused to accept this case, but pushed Qi Jinsi forward.
When Han Pan said it was desolate, Xiang Chengwei was also deeply upset. He said, "Does ordinary people know about the affairs of the officialdom? It is impossible for the victim to not sue it. They are even more afraid that the victim will sue it more than they are. So according to my opinion, this case must be settled here. We cannot cause trouble to Marquis Wei!"
Han Pan gritted his teeth and said, "Since I can't cover it up, I can only find a scapegoat. Qi Jinsi is so confused that he is about to retire again. If he doesn't take the blame, would we let us take it? No matter how the case is settled, his name is written on the file. If the person in Beijing thinks that this case is an allusion to her and wants to take revenge, then find someone with the surname Qi, and we can just shirk it."
Xiang Chengwei also gritted his teeth and said, "I have to let him down and force him to close the case within three days. Then tomorrow we will go out to inspect the place together and return to the state in a few days. What do you think?"
"That's what it should be!" Han Ban nodded.
After finding the scapegoat, the two of them went back to sleep. Anyway, they left the blame to Qi Jinsi to take. As for whether he could take it, what's the matter with them? As long as they had nothing to do, it would be fine!
The next morning, Han Pan first left the mansion and brought a group of followers to Guazhou City on the grounds of inspecting the river engineering water conservancy. He had just recovered from a serious illness and was just a little more healthy, so he had to go to care about the water conservancy project himself. No one could find out his fault. He could only say that he was very responsible and a good official who loved the people as much as his son.
Xiang Chengwei couldn't slip away so quickly. He first asked Qi Jinsi to stand in the last shift, and not to retire before retiring, and cause trouble for Shangguan. After encouraging, he stared at him and scolded him. He could only settle the Li family's case within three days. If he dragged it, he would cause trouble for Shangguan and cause trouble for Shangguan. Shangguan would also cause trouble for him. You Qi Jinsi didn't care when you were old, but you still have children and grandchildren. If your children and grandchildren could not care, then you would just drag it down and not close the case!
After arranging these, Xiang Chengweicai went to the township to inspect the heat prevention work in each township and village, and in the name of preventing plague, he went out of the city to go one by one village to bring warmth to the people.
Qi Jinsi had no excuse to leave the city and could not stay away from right and wrong. He had to close the case within three days. Now he was stunned. He sat in the office, at a loss and didn't know what to do.
Seeing this, the officials under his command hurriedly hid out. They all knew that the governor and the chief were taking the blame. If they both entered the scene and then arrested them and took the blame, who would have to stand it!
It was almost noon, but Qi Jinsi was still sitting blankly, just like a wooden sculpture, motionless.
A clerk came in and said, "Sir, the victim of the Li family and the Yang family have come, and the coroner has arrived, and they are all waiting for you in the lobby in front!"
Qi Jinsi turned a deaf ear to the clerk's words and sat blankly.
The clerk said again: "The County Magistrate Luo from Si'an County has also arrived. Do you want to see him? It seems that he has just solved a very difficult case and submitted the file."
Qi Jinsi suddenly came to his senses and said, "What? County Magistrate Luo of Si'an County, what case did he solve?"
The clerk said: "It was a case where a large household in Shen in Si'an County went to the countryside to collect rent, but was killed by someone for money!"
Qi Jin said thoughtfully, and he said, "The case is extremely difficult to solve. Isn't it possible to solve it? How did he solve the case? Let him come in quickly, and I must ask carefully!"
The clerk said: "Will the case in the front hall be tried?"
"Why are you anxious? I have to think about it carefully before I can accomplish it!" Qi Jinsi waved his hand and said, "Go quickly and ask County Magistrate Luo to come in!"
Chapter completed!