Chapter 14: The gloom is gone, and the triumphant return
Master Ma sat majestically on the stage, and there were many servants lined up on the left and right sides of the stage.
The lobby was enveloped in solemnity.
Then I heard the officials on both sides shouting: "Mighty! Mighty! ”
Sound vibrates around the lobby. It was awe-inspiring.
Master Ma took the file handed over by the official officer, opened it for a rough look, and then the voice like an ancient bell sounded: "The person detained in the hall is Fan Ren's family?" ”
Fan Ren hurriedly replied: "The people's daughter is Fan Ren's. ”
Master Ma asked, "The crime you have committed is unforgivable." Are you convicted of sin? ”
Fan Ren hurriedly defended: "I don't accept this verdict! The people are wronged! Adults! ”
Master Ma: "Why do you say that?" ”
Fan Renshi: "The adults don't know, the evidence of the case is insufficient, the case is hastily closed, and the people are not convinced!" My lord, you can be the master of the people's daughter! ”
After saying this, he crawled forward on his knees.
In this way, excessive words and deeds can win the resonance of the audience, and at the same time enhance the attention of the organizers.
Sure enough, Master Ma retreated from the servant who pulled Fan Ren's family, and then said to Fan Ren's family: "The people have the right to litigate, even if the condemned prisoner has the right to appeal." Let her go and let her speak. ”
Fan Ren looked at the lobby, his expression swept away the panic before, and generously restored the whole story of the case: "Qian Jia is a member of the Fan family's horse gang, and he works harder, but there is a problem that everyone knows, that is, he loves to be cheap."
Three days before his death, he came to my father-in-law, Fan Bingru, saying that he was too old to be able to do the long-distance trafficking work of the horse gang, and that he wanted to return to his hometown Qingliang Town to spend his old age in peace, and submitted a written resignation.
I heard that the house slave who was present at the time said that his father-in-law also persuaded him to stay in Fan's house, not to do horse gang work, and to distribute his easy and capable work. He refused.
The father-in-law saw that persuasion was useless, so he asked Mi Xi to take him to the account room Mr. Uncle Zhen to spend a silver ticket of fifty taels of silver for the pension subsidy. He quit his job from my house and never came back.
There is a reason why I am not satisfied with the death sentence this time. I am a woman, and in the case of such a big white incident at home, first, I am not in the mood to kill, second, I have no time to kill, and third, I do not have the strength to kill.
Based on these three points, it shows that I have no motive for committing the crime.
Murder does not constitute murder without a motive. Please check it out! ”
Master Ma listened to Fan Ren's polite and well-founded statement, and really admired it in his heart: "It's really a tiger father without a dog!" ”
Although he thought so in his heart, he said to Fan Renshi quietly on his face: "The law is about evidence, and just listening to one side of the story is not enough to explain the problem. You can defend yourself, but with evidence, you have to come up with counter-evidence that someone saw your whereabouts on the day of the deceased and the day before. ”
As soon as Master Ma's words fell, Qingluan below hurriedly walked to the front of the stage.
Master Ma shouted loudly on the stage: "Who is so rude down there? ”
Qingluan also threw away the cowardice of the past, and said boldly: "The folk girl is Fan Ren's Yahuan, called Dou Qingluan, I can testify that I was with Fan Ren's family the day before Qian Jia's death and on that day, and we were taking care of the affairs of the young master and the master." ”
Master Ma waved his hand at Qingluan and said, "Your testimony has no legal effect. ”
Qingluan's face turned red and asked, "Why is my testimony not legally valid?" ”
Master Ma stroked his beard and said with contempt: "Female streamers will always have long hair and short knowledge. Do you know who you are now? is an interested party, so he cannot testify in court."
Hearing this, Qingluan really wanted to cry without tears.
I heard Master Ma shouting loudly: "Present the evidence!" ”
When the words fell, I saw a servant holding a plate with both hands, containing a paper thing, and respectfully handed it to Master Ma.
Master Ma took the paper object, picked up the top two corners with his hands, showed it to everyone in the audience, and then put it away on the table.
After doing this, he said to Fan Ren, who was kneeling in the audience: "Fan Ren, this is your Fan family's silver ticket?" ”
The two officials next to him escorted Fan Ren's family to the front of the silver ticket, and saw that it was really his own silver ticket. The big red seal on it is engraved with three seal characters of father-in-law Fan Bingru.
After reading it, he returned to the same place and said: "Yes, it is our Fan family's silver ticket." It was the silver ticket that his father-in-law subsidized his retirement. ”
After listening to Fan Ren's answer, Master Ma said: "This can be said to have opened a breakthrough in the case. ”
Master Ma asked again, "There is evidence here, what else do you have to say?" ”
Fan Ren said loudly: "I want to defend myself!" ”
Master Ma's voice raised a few degrees and said, "The people have the right to sue, let you speak!" ”