Jin Yi Shi Niang (Detective)

Nie Cang saw that the questioner was sitting at the first place on the right under the hall, and he was wearing a Xuanyi official uniform. This official uniform looked more formidable than the county magistrate's, so he guessed that he must be an official from the capital.

He glanced at his younger brother Nie Ying, thinking that his nephew and son-in-law must have come from the capital to seek justice for them. He was heartbroken, and raised his eyes to Wen Chen and said, "My lord, the case happened at noon that day, and the grass people were busy receiving guests. All morning, after eating too much tea and snacks, my stomach felt a little uncomfortable, so I went back to the house to rest. I planned to wait until the banquet was over before going to accompany the guests. Unexpectedly, as soon as Cao Min left, everyone was looking for Jinrong, saying that he was missing. After three days, the servants saw Jin Rong’s body in the firewood room, Cao Min’s father accused us brothers of killing Jin Rong, and asked the former county magistrate to arrest us and torture us.”

Being identified as the murderer by his biological father is chilling just thinking about it.

Wen Chen looked at Nie Ying again: "You tell me."

Nie Ying had been to the capital a few times, had seen Jinyiwei's official uniform, and heard Wen Chen speak a Beijing accent, so she guessed that the Jinyiwei her son-in-law had found in the capital must come to help him reverse the case, so she hurriedly said: "My lord, That day, Cao Min accompanied a few friends who came to congratulate me in the small hall of the mansion, and they can all testify for me."

Wen Chen said: "You tell the names of those few."

The pawn next to him has already picked up his pen to write.

Nie Yingdao: "Boss Zhang from Cloth Village of Xiqingfang in the south of the city, Boss Yu from the Haoke Restaurant in the west of the city, and Boss Man from Chunfenglou. Just the three of them can all testify against the grassroots."

The clerk recorded the names of these three people.

Wen Chen asked again: "Did you see Ju Jinrong behave abnormally that day?"

Both brothers shook their heads, Nie Cang said: "When the grass man entered the inner room, he was receiving visitors in the outer hall, which is very normal."

Nie Ying also said: "On weekdays, we really don't like Jinrong very much. He thinks that the father loves him too much and belittles us. He doesn't even treat us as sons and guards us all day long. But mother always teaches us, let us Don't worry about your father and younger brother. Even if we are angry on weekdays, we just bicker with him, say something unpleasant, and never do anything too extreme. That day he got married and the family came With so many guests, we have to save our face, we can’t let others see a joke, how can we do such a big evil at home?... Anyway, we are connected with him by blood, we are brothers Ah! My lord, please be the master for us and give us our innocence.”

Wen Chen said: "After the case is verified, if you did not do it, you will naturally be innocent and let you out." After finishing speaking, he got up.

Qiu Changqing blew the gavel, and the yamen servants took the two brothers down.

Wen Chen asked Qiu Changqing to arrange a government servant to investigate the three people that Nie Ying said just now, to see if what Nie Ying said was true, and then to see if they could testify for Nie Ying.

Then the group was led by Qiu Changqing out of the gate of the yamen and headed for Nie's house.

The county seat is not very big, and rich households generally live in this main urban area. They only walked a few streets to reach Nie's house.

It was dark at this time, and the two white lanterns hanging in front of the gate of Nie's house made people feel very sad.

The golden boy knocked on the door.

The boy who opened the door saw that it was from the Jin family, and hurriedly said, "It's my uncle."

Jin Tong said: "Young Master didn't come, it was My Young Master who asked Mr. Jin Yiwei to come over and try the case again."

The boy thought to himself, isn't this case settled?It was the evil deeds committed by the two masters of the family, and they were all tried, but he didn't dare to say anything as a servant.

Wen Chen said, "There is no need to inform, we will go in by ourselves."

Qiu Changqing on the side thought, Jin Yiwei was really unruly in his work, and he wanted to see if he could hear anything valuable while the master didn't know they were here.

Sure enough, Jintong led them to the courtyard of Mrs. Nie, the only male owner of the house, and heard Mrs. Nie crying and saying:

"Master, you said that you sent your two sons to prison and sentenced them to death. Do you really not regret it? Jinrong is gone. This is good. When we return to ashes and ashes to ashes , the Nie family no longer has a man, how do you let the little ones of the Nie family live! This family has a big business, and the relatives in the family see this appearance now, and they all come to curry favor. Just wait for us to die so we can divide our family property? You old man, you really did a crime! Huh... If it wasn't because you favored Jinrong and didn't treat the two brothers as human beings, you wouldn't be like this. All the evils were created by yourself, and you only want to change the Nie family into a residence..."

Snapped……

There was the sound of a palm hitting the table, and then an old man's voice said: "What nonsense are you talking about, if it weren't for me, the Nie family would have such a big family fortune."

The old lady's words seemed to touch the old man's nerves, and the old man cursed: "Nie Cang and Nie Ying killed my Jinrong, even if I, Ju Heng, wanted to kill off my children and grandchildren, I would not let it go. They are brothers."

"Ah..." The old lady howled loudly when she heard this, "It's really self-inflicted, it's me, Nie Xiaorou, who was blind and led the wolf into the house!"

"You you you...you are talking nonsense again."

Then there was only the sound of the old lady weeping.

On the way from Kyoto to Kunshan, Jin Tong had already explained the family tree of the Nie family clearly.

Suzhou Song brocade has always been as famous as the Yun brocade produced by Jinling Weaving Mansion.

The master of the Nie family, whose real name is Ju Heng, has worked as a small worker in a brocade weaving workshop in Suzhou since he was a child. This brocade weaving workshop makes Suzhou Song brocade.

Later, Juheng was admired by Nie Xiaorou, a lady from the brocade weaving workshop, and joined Nie's family. Because of his cleverness and ability, he not only inherited Nie's brocade weaving workshop, but also carried forward Song Brocade, expanding the family's property several times. The family became one of the richest households in Suzhou.

And Nie Xiaorou is the old lady who was crying just now, she gave birth to two sons for Ju Heng, the eldest son is named Nie Cang, and the second son is named Nie Ying.Nie Ying is Jin Rui's father-in-law.

As time went by, Ju Heng often boasted of his merits due to his good management, and gradually felt that it was a great shame in his life for him to marry into the Nie family, so he didn't like the two sons who took their mother's surname very much.

Later, without his wife's consent, Ju Heng forcibly married a concubine and gave birth to a son, who was named Ju Jinrong after his surname.This Ju Jinrong was the deceased.

In the year when the youngest son, Ju Jinrong, was born, his wife Nie Xiaorou had two sons, one was already 16 years old and the other was [-] years old.They have always been worried that this newborn brother will share the family property with them in the future, so they treat this brother very badly.It is precisely because of this that the foreshadowing of today's disaster was laid.

Ju Heng doted on his concubine and killed his wife. Ever since he married a concubine and gave birth to a youngest son with his own surname, he ignored his married wife. He hadn't shared the same bed for several years, and he hated the two sons born earlier. Even the family property is firmly in hand, and some important affairs would rather hire outsiders to take care of them than let their own son intervene.

It is precisely because of these that Nie Cang and Nie Ying hate Ju Jinrong even more.

It is said that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and the Nie family's scriptures that are difficult to recite are just like this.

Ju Heng didn't regard the two sons born earlier as sons for a long time, and often punished Nie Cang and Nie Ying in order to protect Ju Jinrong, embarrassing them, and sometimes they almost had to leave the house.

It was later that Nie Ying's eldest daughter, Nie Ziyu, married to the capital, and her son-in-law was a third-rank official, so Ju Heng gave her a better face.Granddaughter Gui Ning would not be in a difficult situation, and she could always pretend to be happy at home, but in fact Nie Ziyu had already told Jin Rui everything about the situation at home.

At this time, the maidservant in the courtyard saw someone coming from the gate of the courtyard, and hurriedly entered the house, the crying stopped after a while, and the head of the house, Ju Heng, came out of the house.

When he saw that it was the county magistrate coming, and there was a mighty official family beside him, he was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes turned to the gate. Perhaps he was sending people to an angry family, and the official family didn't make a sound when they came. I'm afraid they will hear the old couple quarreling outside the courtyard.

Ju Heng came up to meet Li, the anger on his face was hidden, but his face still looked a little dark.

Jin Tong came forward and told Ju Heng about Wen Chen's identity and the purpose of his visit.

When Ju Heng heard that it was Jin Yiwei, although his official rank was lower than that of his uncle Sun, but he was the frightening Emperor Eagle Claw, he quickly straightened his face, slightly bowed and invited Wen Chen and his party into the main hall , and ordered the maids in the courtyard to arrange guest rooms for several guests.

When they arrived in the hall, the maidservants had already lit up the lamps in the hall one by one, and the originally dark hall was instantly lit up.

As soon as Wen Chen took Lan Ying'er to sit down, he saw a group of maidservants filing in, all holding tea, fruit and snacks in their hands.

The decoration in the hall is very elegant, and the clothes worn by the maids are all brocade. They really deserve to be one of the richest households in Suzhou.

Ju Heng sat on the main seat, with a sad expression on his face, "Lord Wen, Lord Qiu, to tell you the truth, the old man sent his two sons to the prison himself. Now that I think about it, I really regret it. Two sons, one is already dead, and if these two are really murderers, they will be sentenced to death..." As he spoke, he began to cry, and after crying for a while, he beat his chest and scolded himself, "This old man is too confused , I sent the two sons to the big prison without asking indiscriminately, and I don’t know if they can be rescued, but you say, if you can’t be rescued, this old man’s life will be forgotten.”

Lan Ying'er looked at the old man's expression, and thought that this was an expression of her true feelings.It is impossible to say that he does not have the slightest father-son affection for his two sons. It must have been a moment of anger when he sued the two sons to the county government, and he lost his mind in anger.

After wiping his tears with his palm, Ju Heng continued, "My lords, since you also feel that this case is quite strange, and the evidence of Nie Cang and Nie Ying's murder is insufficient, then please find out the real murderer as soon as possible." Bring it to justice..." He suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Wen Chen and Qiu Changqing.

Wen Chen and Qiu Changqing hurriedly got up and tried to persuade the old man to rest assured.

After chatting about the case, Ju Heng asked the maidservants to lead Wen Chen and Lan Yinger to the guest room to rest.

Ju Heng sent Qiu Changqing out of the mansion again.

When Wen Chen and Lan Ying'er followed the two maidservants towards the guest courtyard, they passed a courtyard where they heard the sound of bottles being thrown and a woman crying and cursing.