The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 482

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The red sun slanted westward.

Sun Shaozong reviewed the confession of a pair of incest aunts and nephews without error, handed it back to Sun Chengye for collection, and poured two sips of refreshing strong tea before he exclaimed, "Next one!”

“Thirteenth Uncle.”

Sun Chengye quickly whispered a reminder, "The eleven cases you previously selected have now been closed.”

“Have I finished all the cases?”

Sun Shaozong was momentarily taken aback and then breathed a sigh of relief. After a whole day of trial, although he had not encountered any difficult cases, the dispute, which was constantly being sorted out and chaotic, was still enough to make his head ache.

Rubbing his slightly painful brow, he stood up and swung his sleeve. Sun Chengye immediately shouted promptly, "Dism…”

Unexpectedly, before he could finish, he heard the sound of injustice outside the door.

Did he happen to have another major case?

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong quickly took his seat again after the case was brought to justice and instructed the Yamen to bring the person who had hit the drum to court.

Not long after, two Yamen attendants with strange faces led one person in. It turned out to be a teenager of eleven or twelve years old.

The young man was brought to this court, facing dozens of eyes, but he was not afraid at all. He knelt obediently, held up a piece of paper with both hands, and said in a crisp voice, "Report to Lord Qingtian, I, Li Xian, have some injustice to report to.”

Sun Shaozong gave a glance and immediately someone came forward to take the petition and submit it to the public case.

Sun Shaozong picked up the paper and scanned it with confusion. However, he saw that the boy was not only trying to seek justice but also to report Magistrate Xu, Xu Huaizhi of Wanping County!@@novelbin@@

The general process of the incident was as followed, this young man, Li Xian, and his father Li Sheng, were originally from Dengzhou City, Henan Province. Due to his mother's illness, she passed away two years ago. Thus, he went to the Capital with his father Li Sheng to make a living.

A few days ago, Li Sheng opened a rice shop, and due to a temporary shortage of turnover, he was preparing to borrow 100 taels of grain silver from his friend Chen Xu to tide over the difficulties ahead.

The two had originally agreed to meet at the Li family's rice shop in the evening.

Unexpectedly, in the evening, Li Sheng waited in the shop, but Chen Xu didn't come with the silver. In a hurry, he led his staff to find the Chen family.

Unexpectedly, only Chen Xu's wife Chang-Shi was at home, and Chen Xu's figure was not seen, according to Chen Xu's wife Chang-Shi, Chen Xu had already gone out with the silver.

In this way, Li Sheng and Chang-Shi searched together for three days, but they still couldn't see him dead or alive. They had no choice but to report the case to the government, hoping to use the power of the government to find Chen Xu.

Who would have thought that Xu Huaizhi, the Magistrate of Wanping County, didn’t know how to investigate the case, but he believed that Li Sheng had an affair with Chang-Shi and that they had collaborated to assassinate Chen Xu, and sentenced Li Sheng and Chang-Shi to severe punishment in the court.

Putting this paperback on the table, Sun Shaozong raised his voice and said, "Li Xian, do you have any evidence that your father and Chang-Shi confessed to false charges under torture by Wanping County?”

“Reply to My Lord.”

Without any stage fright, Li Xian straightened his waist and arched his hand, saying, "If it weren't for being forced into action, why has it been four days since my father and Aunt Chen confessed, but Wanping County has never found Uncle Chen's body?”

This statement really hit the nail on the head. Since Li Sheng and Chang-Shi have already confessed, why continue to conceal the whereabouts of the body? Therefore, there must be something inappropriate in this!

Moreover, Xu Huaizhi's case went wrong not once or twice.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong immediately ordered someone to take his famous post and go to Wanping County Yamen to interrogate Li Sheng and Chang-Shi in court.

After receiving orders from the attendants, Sun Shaozong, with great interest, placed the complaint in his hand and asked, "Li Xian, who wrote this complaint?”

“Reply to My Lord.”

Li Xian arched his hand and said, "It was written by myself.”

“Did you listen to someone else's dictation when writing this?”

“No, it's all the thoughts of mine.”

Tch!

Although there were some issues with the format of this lawsuit, its content was clear and organized. If the young man hadn't lied, he could have been called a ”prodigy.”

Moreover, Sun Shaozong always felt that he seemed to have heard the name ”Li Xian” somewhere before.

It would take some time for Li Sheng and Chang-Shi to be present, so Sun Shaozong simply sat in court and began to test the young man, Li Xian.

Although Li Xian was somewhat unclear, he also knew that his father's life and death were at the mercy of Sun Shaozong. Therefore, he put all his energy and wisdom into dealing with it and talked eloquently without any hesitation.

Later on, even Sun Chengye became interested and took over the conversation to test the knowledge of the young man's collection of classics and history. However, the young man was even more at ease.

In the end, Sun Chengye couldn't help but secretly marvel, saying that when he was twelve or thirteen years old, he never had such courage and insight.

Ignoring the comparison of courage and wisdom, this young man's intelligence was truly extraordinary.

After about half an hour, two prisoners were brought in, one horizontal and one vertical, outside.

The horizontal one was Li Sheng lying on a stretcher. Seeing his emaciated and bloodstained appearance, he knew he was suffering a lot in Wanping County.

The vertical one, of course, was Chang-Shi. She walked in and had a certain romantic charm. Although her face was filled with fear, her actions were still agile.

It seemed that Xu Huaizhi was still a ”son over daughter” advocate.

“Dad! Are... are you okay?”

Upon seeing his father's appearance, Li Xian anxiously took a few steps forward and reached out to touch Li Sheng's cheek. However, he was afraid of hurting him, so he choked up for a moment and his tears trickled down.

Li Sheng was startled when he saw his son kneeling on the court. He straightened his neck and trembled, "My son... why are you here?”

Li Xian wiped away his tears and said with a straight face, "I heard that Lord Sun had been promoted to the court today to inquire about the case, so I wrote a petition to seek justice. Dad, rest assured that if Lord Sun intervenes in this case, he will definitely…”

Pa!

Upon hearing the sound of the table wood, Sun Shaozong interrupted the father and son's parting. After the case was brought to justice, Sun Shaozong said in a solemn tone, "Li Sheng, this is not the place for your father and son to chat. On the day of Chen Xu's disappearance, what exactly happened? You must tell the truth.”

As he spoke, he ordered, "Take Chang down first and let her have a trial later.”

This approach was to avoid collusion between the two in court.

Not to mention how Chang was brought outside the door, but to mention Li Sheng's words, he remembered his grievances and hurriedly said, "Master, Master, I am really unjust, unjust…”

Seeing him only shouting grievances, Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and was about to give a reprimand. However, Li Xian quickly stopped his father and whispered, "Dad, you don't need to shout grievances, just tell the scene of the day, and adults will learn from it.”

Li Sheng just stopped crying and started talking from scratch.

He said that he had been waiting for Chen Xu to bring the silver in the accounting room behind the rice shop since 6 pm that day. However, it was not until 9 pm that Chen Xu could still not be seen.

Thinking that someone would come to collect the bill tomorrow, Li Sheng couldn't help but call out to the remaining waiter in the rice shop, Zhou Feng, and hurriedly found the Chen family along the way.

“At that time, I was afraid that Brother Chen didn't want to lend the money, so he deliberately broke the promise. Therefore, I even played a trick and specifically asked Zhou Feng to come forward and call.

“Unexpectedly, after Chen's wife opened the door, she said that Chen had already brought money out early in the morning.”

“We were in a hurry and searched together along the way, but to our surprise, there was never a trace of Brother Chen. Later, we had no choice but to report to the Wanping County Government.”

"However, I don’t know how the County Magistrate investigated it. He said that I had an affair with Chen's wife. After assassinating Chen, we ran to the county government and played the trick of a robber acting like a cop. He also tortured me so much that I had to be forced to admit it."

“In recent days, the County Magistrate has been asking me where I buried Chen's body, but I... I have never harbored any evil thoughts towards Brother Chen, how can I know where his body was buried?”

Speaking of this, Li Sheng cried uncontrollably with grievances.

Sun Shaozong calmly pondered his words in his heart and then ordered someone to bring Chang to the court. He inquired, "Chang, Li Sheng said he was beaten and forced to admit by Wanping County, but you haven't received any punishment yet. How could you confess your guilt?”

“Answer... answer the Master's words.”

Chang-Shi timidly said, "The tragic situation of Brother Li's punishment has been seen by me. I... I don’t want to suffer from this, so I have to rush to admit it.”

For a timid woman, this was understandable.

Sun Shaozong nodded and asked, "What did you do that night?”

“Answer the Master's words.”

Chang continued timidly, "That night after my husband went out with the silver, I waited at home until I heard someone shouting outside and went to the door to inquire, only to realize that my husband had disappeared.”

Chang's account was simply too simple, and there was not much information to analyze at all.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong first asked in detail about Chen Xu's departure time and clothing, and then calmly set up a trap, "What did Li Sheng say when he called for the door? Is there anything strange about his expression when you go out and see him?”

Upon hearing this, Li Sheng wanted to open his mouth to speak, but Sun Shaozong suppressed it with a sharp gaze.

Chang frowned and recalled for a while, then shook her head and said, "It wasn't Brother Li who called for the door. It seems like a clerk in his store who called to talk outside. As for the expression…”

“Wait.”

Before Chang could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong suddenly chased after her, "You said the shop assistant called you over to talk? How did he shout? You should learn it carefully.”

Chang-Shi was somewhat puzzled, but she replied, “He kept his voice down and shouted in a man's tone, ”Is Chang home?””

Then she said again, "That's how he shouted. I answered in the courtyard, and the waiter asked, ”I have an appointment with Master Chen today, but why is he so late?””

“I said that my husband had already gone out, and it was only then that Brother Li spoke outside.”

Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozong looked at Li Sheng again. Li Sheng quickly pecked like a chicken with his head, saying, "It's true.”

Sun Shaozong immediately sneered and muttered, "This thief has indeed shown signs of his actions.”

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