Chapter 898 Su Song’s Attitude

The corpse text was decided upon by Su You when he learned about Kaifeng Mansion. Su Song took it, read it, and nodded.

The manager joined the army and said, "Then let's restore the tomb. Amitabha, these slaves who rebelled and defiled the master's family will rarely end well."

Just as the officials were preparing to close the coffin, Su Song raised his hands and said, "Wait a minute!"

Everyone looked at Su Song and saw his sullen face: "Now that the coffin has been opened, let's investigate more carefully and thoroughly. Don't wait until there are suspicions in the future to disturb the peace of the deceased again."

The manager was hesitant to join the army: "Dayin, the Chen family is still decent people after all. Chen's mother was personally cared for by the official family back then..."

Su Song looked serious: "That's why we have to make a solid case."

Manager Jiangjun nodded and handed the corpse to Zuo Zuo: "Then continue and check thoroughly!"

This requires cutting off the clothes to expose the skin, which is obviously a great loss of dignity for a scholar-bureaucrat's family.

Fortunately, the Chen family had already seized all the locks, and they were not afraid of the victim crying or anything. He first used scissors to cut open Chen's mother's burial clothes, and then untied Chen's mother's clothes layer by layer.

After all the inspections were completed, there seemed to be no other problems. Manager Junjun looked at Su Song eagerly: "Dayin, look..."

Su Song just kept staring and said, "The head hasn't been checked yet."

With such a serious officer, the manager had no choice but to join the army, so he had to ask the officer to check his head.

Wu Zuo checked from behind Mrs. Chen's ears, pressed her temples, the back of her head, and opened her hair to check her forehead. Everything was normal.

Wu Zuo raised his head and waited for Su Song's next instructions.

Su Song was far downwind and had a veil on his nose. He had been watching Wu Zuo's movements carefully, and then asked: "Where is the mouth and nose?"

Wu Zuo had no choice but to open Chen's mother's jaw, check her throat and upper and lower jaws, then take out a probe and insert it into Chen's mother's nasal cavity to explore.

When it penetrated Chen's mother's second nostril, Wu Zuo raised his head in panic: "Dayin, there is something strange in the corpse's nasal cavity!"

Su Song said in a muffled voice: "Take it out!"

Wu Zuo took a pair of tweezers, put it into his nostril, pinched something, and then slowly pulled it out.

Everyone saw in horror that a small, rusty black thing was slowly pulled out of Mother Chen's nasal cavity.

Then it got longer and longer, and it turned out to be a long iron nail!

Mother Chen was crucified! This is absolute murder!

Back in Kaifeng, Su Song immediately handed over the latest developments in the case to the Military Inspectorate and continued to push for execution.

Soon, the slaves of the Chen Mansion couldn't bear it any longer and confessed, "The slaves poisoned him with medicine and kept him alive, and held nails on his head at night to make him mourn."

However, Su Song believes that the investigation needs to continue as to what role Chen Shiru and his wife Li played in the case.

Mrs. Li and her mother-in-law have always been at odds with each other, and indeed she once told the maids that "the doctor will pay you generously for a day of mourning." The testimony from Mrs. Li and her maid Gao is: Gao and other maids

Under the instruction of the housewife Li, they first used poison to kill Zhang. Unexpectedly, Zhang was not killed by the poison. Then, they drove nails into the old man's nostrils at night, causing the old man's death.

Su Song believes that there are many doubts in this case, the first of which is the motive of the murder.

Is there any conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that could make her want to murder her mother-in-law? Li's confession was intended to make Chen Shiru "worry about his mother-in-law" and not want her husband to continue to be an official in that remote mountain town.

He returned to Beijing for a reunion.

This reason is far-fetched and important. It involves the issue of whether Chen Shiru knew or not.

In fact, there were ten thousand ways for officials of the Song Dynasty to take up their posts without going to other places. Otherwise, Su You would not be so hard-pressed when he was in Kuizhou and now in Jiaozhi, facing the situation of insufficient manpower under his command.

If they want to reunite, Chen Shiru can also take Li to take office.

Taking a step back, it seems understandable that Mrs. Li really encouraged her servants to kill her mother-in-law and conspired with one or two servants. However, it seemed a bit crazy to tell such a "strategy" in front of so many servants.

Moreover, the first generation of female streamers seems to be a bit too courageous.

The most likely possibility is that someone secretly instigated it, the head of the family, Chen Shiru.

The origin of this Li family is also unusual. Chen Shiru is the son of Chen Zhizhong, and Li family is the daughter of Li Zhongshi, who was waiting to be appointed to the Tianzhang Pavilion at that time.

And Zhongshi Li is the grandson-in-law of the old prime minister Lu Yijian. In other words, the current Privy Councilor Tongzhi, Lu Gongzhu, son of Lu Yijian, is Li's uncle; Li's mother is Lu Gongzhu's niece.

Therefore, although the case is still under investigation, rumors are already spreading in Beijing and China.

Although there is no evidence pointing to Chen Shiru and proving that it was his instruction, the people of the Song Dynasty deeply hated such things. In addition, he came from a powerful family. For a time, there was a tendency that not killing Chen Shiru would not be enough to anger the people.

However, Su Song insisted on his principles, so rumors began to spread in Beijing that Su Song intended to accept the invitation of powerful people to exonerate Chen Shiru.

The people below can no longer bear it any longer. During this time, when people from Kaifeng Mansion go out, almost everyone shouts for beatings.

The manager felt aggrieved when he joined the army. The governor was quarreling with everyone as well as himself. He had to handle the case impeccably, so why bother?

Nowadays, there is a saying in Bianjing City that there are too many nonsense things like this among wealthy people. If you drag out ten of them and chop them all, there may be some injustice in them, but if you chop every other one, they will definitely slip through the net.

This statement is ridiculous, because it is completely based on conjecture, but it is very marketable.

Seeing Su Song entering the yamen, Jiang Jun came forward and said: "Da Yin, there are so many rumors nowadays. If this continues, it will be difficult to deal with it..."

Su Song glanced at him: "The law is not lenient according to people, and things do not vary according to circumstances; the law puts fairness first, and the pursuit of truth first."

"As long as you enforce the law strictly and use justice in sentencing, you will definitely be able to handle this case successfully."

Si Li joined the army and continued his report: "Although Chen's wife, Li, resented her mother, she did not explicitly use poison. She also did not personally cause harm, so she should not be executed according to the law. Chen Zhengru did not know this, so he should be given a lighter punishment."

Su Song shook his head: "This reasoning is inappropriate, and the reasoning is not careful."

"If Chen and Li didn't know, why was the funeral so hasty? Even if they didn't know before, they didn't know afterward either. If they knew, they would dare to cover up such an unethical crime for the sake of the dignity of the so-called aristocratic family? Why did they avoid this in their previous confessions? ?”

"Assuming that Chen and Li are innocent, according to common sense, even if the prosecution does not ask, can't they defend themselves? Is it possible that this is a guilty conscience evasion? Please further investigate and sentence them in accordance with the law."

Joining the army looked troubled: "Da Yin, how about... torture? Under three trees, what can I ask for?"

Su Song looked at his subordinates speechlessly: "I want you to be serious. I don't want you to accept the request and interfere with the administration of justice, nor do I want you to submit to the crime."

"Evidence must speak for itself in everything, and there must be no flaws in the trial. Otherwise, others will use it to attack and no one will be able to escape."

"It's a matter of unethical human life. You can't wrong a good person, but you can't indulge a bad person in vain. Anyone who shows any flaws in this is giving others a thumb. This is also to protect yourselves. Do you understand?"

The sweat on the forehead of the manager joined the army, and he quickly lowered his head: "Yes, I will go and investigate in detail."

After joining the army, a yamen officer presented a letter, which Su Song opened. It was written by his wife's brother Xin Huaguang, who was serving as the central official. The letter expressed concern about Su Song's situation.

Because yesterday, the eunuch next to Zhao Xu went over and told him: "Your Majesty is very concerned about this case and believes that the Li family has lost all conscience and is a great evil in human relations and should be severely punished. You know that Su Song of Kaifeng Prefecture is your in-law. You have to tell him,

To understand the Lord’s will, don’t violate the Sacred Heart…”

Su Song put the letter away, compiled the case files, and went to the palace gate to wait for the court.

After the early court meeting, Zhao Xu indeed stayed with Su Song and asked about the progress of Chen Shiru's case.

Su Song reported on the trial status of the case, and Zhao Xu nodded: "If Ai Qing hadn't been careful, this case would have been in vain."

Su Song cupped his hands and said, "This minister is responsible for his duties."

Zhao Xu said: "But it has also caused a lot of trouble...Some people in the court said that you want to be lenient and indulge Chen Shiru and his wife. I can't believe it. However, what Chen and Li committed is a great evil in human relations. It is better to be strict than to indulge."

Su Song stood up and held his hands in his hands: "The capital is an important place, and there are many dignitaries. My emperor has placed great trust in me, and I dare not be negligent. Anyone who is guilty will be brought to justice, and he will be warned to be fair and not to mention the severity. If you are afraid of someone, you will definitely lean on him.

Bad national law."

"Therefore, the minister in this case neither dares to be lenient nor express seriousness. I can only report him to justice and bring him to justice."

Su Song's attitude reminded Zhao Xu of the time when he refused to appoint Li Ding, so he had to remind him: "Chen has been an official for many years and has many relatives and friends in the court, so there must be many intercessors. I must love you."

Enforce the law strictly and do not be moved by intercession."

Su Song also knew what Zhao Xu was thinking. He lowered his head and said seriously: "This is what I should do. However, my persistence has always been for the sake of the country's laws and has never been because of personal relationships."
Chapter completed!