The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 10 Retrial (Part )

Last time we talked about County Magistrate Yang's public retrial of Xiao Ye's case. Under Li Yi's arrangement, this brought up other threats that Xiao Ye had suffered in recent years. Li Yi took advantage of the situation and pushed all the troubles onto County Magistrate Yang Huai.

Li Yi looked at County Magistrate Yang, who asked, "Since this is an old matter, how can I try it all at once? It takes time to find witnesses and evidence, Li Yi, don't mess around!"

Li Yi said, "Master Yang, you don't have to bother yourself. Miss Ye'er has reported all these things to the government, but some of them were not filed or reported to the county magistrate because of insufficient evidence. However, Chen, the head of the county government, knows about Miss Ye'er's experience, so as long as you summon Chen to ask him, we can find out the truth of the case."

Yang Huai thought that Li Yi had predicted this move. But the current situation forced him to bite the bullet and summon Captain Chen. When Captain Chen arrived, Ye Er talked to him face to face. Every incident was true. Captain Chen also explained his analysis and the context of the case clearly. Finally, he added, "Sir, the above is my analysis. Without solid evidence, we cannot make a final decision. Please understand."

After listening to Captain Chen's words, Yang Huai asked Li Yi: "Although there are criminal records for these old cases, there is no solid evidence. How do you want me to make a verdict?" Li Yi smiled and said, "You are lacking evidence, right? The person involved in this case can just provide this evidence! Please also summon the other person who was scratched by Ye'er, Mr. Xu's housekeeper, to the court for trial!" Captain Chen asked, "Housekeeper Xu? If you summon him to the court, how can you guarantee that he can tell the truth!" Li Yi smiled and said, "Please summon him. Li Yi has his own way to make him tell the truth."

The result was that when Butler Xu arrived at the police station, Li Yi used the same method to put on a show again. As expected, Butler Xu confessed everything, but what he knew was limited. He could only prove that Mr. Xu bribed Wang Hu, but he didn't know what specifically he had asked Wang Hu to do.

However, this gave Captain Chen a breakthrough. He bowed to the county magistrate and said, "Sir, with the confession of Steward Xu, I have reason to arrest Mr. Xu. The rest of the matter can be re-examined slowly. We will definitely get to the bottom of it. Please sign the order letter. If it's too late, I'm afraid Mr. Xu will run away!"

"He can't run away!" Ruyun's voice came, and she fell from midair, holding the bruised and swollen Xu Yuanwai in her hand, and pushed him in front of Chen, the head of the police, and said: "This housekeeper Xu wanted to run away as soon as he was summoned. Fortunately, I was prepared. When you issued the arrest warrant and went to arrest him, he would have run out of the city." After saying that, Ruyun walked in front of Li Yi and raised her chin, looking proud. What she meant was, look at me, I expected that Xu Yuanwai would run away, and it was thanks to my sister that I caught him back! Praise me now! Praise me now!

As a result, Li Yi bowed and said, "Sister Ruyun, please don't act like this in the future. This case should be handed over to the officials of the government office. What's the point of Sister Ruyun's intervention? And what happened to Mr. Xu's injury?" Ruyun said unhappily, "Injury? What injury? Oh, the injury on his face? He fell down when he was running too fast." Ruyun asked Mr. Xu, "Is that right? Did he fall down himself?"

Mr. Xu nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, I fell down by myself! It has nothing to do with this heroine!" At this time, two officers came running over breathlessly, and said to Captain Chen breathlessly, "Captain Chen, Miss Ruyun from Liu...Mo...Xuan...took...Mr. Xu...away." As soon as they finished speaking, they saw Mr. Xu and Ruyun standing aside, and they were stunned.

Ruyun understood the problem and looked at Li Yi and asked, "Did you guess that he would run away, so you asked them to keep an eye on him?" Li Yi nodded and said, "Li Yi has some friendship with these two officers. When I went out this morning, I happened to run into them patrolling the streets, so I asked the two officers to help me keep an eye on Mr. Xu's movements." Ruyun felt unwell. He snorted coldly, jumped up, leaped onto a roof, and disappeared in a few steps.

The onlookers were dumbfounded. What kind of martial arts cultivation was this? In fact, in the Wei Dynasty, a fourth-rank warrior could walk sideways among the common people. The average official was only a seventh or eighth-rank cultivator. Even Captain Chen was only a sixth-rank cultivator. So when they saw Ruyun leave, everyone present knew that they couldn't do anything to him, so no one said anything.

Li Yi looked at County Magistrate Yang, who knew that Ruyun had a special identity and a complicated relationship behind him. The handwritten letter from the Minister of War asking him to take care of Liu Moxuan explained everything. He couldn't do anything about this hero Liu, so he smiled and said, "I didn't expect Miss Ruyun to be so chivalrous and brave that she would help me catch this villain. That's great, Captain Chen, I'll leave him to you. You must find out the truth for me!"

Captain Chen took the order and escorted Mr. Xu and Steward Xu away. Li Yi asked, "Excuse me, County Magistrate, what should we do with Wang Hu and his gang?" The beginning had already begun, so it couldn't be left unfinished. Yang Huai said, "Come here, arrest Wang Hu and his gang as soon as possible, interrogate them carefully, and find out everything about their persecution of Xiao Ye!" Another team of officers went to arrest people. Now, in the "court", apart from County Magistrate Yang Huai and the legal advisor who recorded the documents, there were only a few officers who maintained order.

Li Yi took a few steps forward, approached the county magistrate and saluted, saying, "Lord Yang, can you please summon the last purchaser, Wang Qi? He has the most suspicious points. Why did he deliberately stop Miss Ye'er? Was he instructed by others? Summon him and we'll know." Yang Huai hesitated. Li Yi was going to make a general! If Wang Qi was really summoned, and he said everything he should and shouldn't say like the two people just now, and it really involved the Yuwen family, it would be difficult for him to end up like this. Although he was not afraid of him, there was no need to compete with Yuwen Ye for a little girl!

Li Yi saw that Yang Huai was in a dilemma and whispered, "Master Yang, don't worry, just summon Wang Qi. There are so many people watching, it would be wrong not to summon him! Li Yi has made arrangements." Yang Huai looked at Li Yi, thought about it again and again, and finally said loudly, "Someone go and summon Wang Qi."

After a long time, no one came. Yang Huai began to wonder: What tricks is this kid Li Yi playing? Everything today was arranged by him, and what will he do with Wang Qi? If he really wants to force me to confront Yu Wenye... Just as he was struggling, the official came back and reported: "My Lord, the procurement agent Wang Qi committed suicide. He left a suicide note before his death. Please take a look at it." After saying that, he took out a letter and presented it to him. Yang Huai, Li Yi and everyone present were surprised! Why did this most critical witness suddenly commit suicide?

Yang Huai took the letter, opened it and read it carefully. In fact, there was nothing to read carefully in this suicide note. Yang Huai was just reading Li Yi's intention. Li Yi had just said that he had made arrangements. Did he kill Wang Qi? He had been under his nose the whole time. Was it Ruyun who killed him? It should be too late. Ruyun had just left. What happened? He couldn't figure it out for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it and focused on the suicide note.

The content is very simple, that is, he took all the blame on himself and did not betray Yuwen Ye. He only said that he heard about Yuwen Ye and Xiao Ye and happened to come to Qing'an City, so he wanted to go and tell Xiao Ye about it. He never thought that he was immoral after drinking and spoke without restraint, which destroyed Xiao Ye's reputation. The woman was a strong woman, and he felt guilty and had no face to live in the world, so he chose to commit suicide. At the end, he also asked the county magistrate to save Xiao Ye and said that she was a miserable person and he was a mean person.

The suicide note was written as if Wang Qi suddenly had a change of heart and didn't want to target Xiao Ye anymore, and was still trying to make excuses for Xiao Ye. Even a fool could see that someone had instructed Wang Qi to leave the note and commit suicide.

Yang Huai looked at Li Yi and suddenly asked the officer who came back to report: "Are you sure Wang Caiban committed suicide?" The officer replied: "My lord, it is very likely. There are no signs of fighting at the scene, and Wang Qi has no new wounds. They are all old wounds stabbed by Xiao Ye. The wounds are healing. No one has added new wounds to the old ones. It should not be done by others."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi bowed and asked Yang Huai, "Sir Yang, what did the suicide note say?" Yang Huai said sternly, "Wang Qi said that he acted meanly and wanted to ridicule Xiao Ye, but he didn't expect to speak out of turn after drinking, and lost his sense of propriety, ruining the reputation of a woman. This is a serious matter, he admits that it is his fault, and requests that Xiao Ye be not held accountable."

"Oh, Lord Yang, I never thought that Wang Qi would find his conscience and leave a letter to apologize before his death. Now that the plaintiff has said so, I would like to ask if Miss Ye'er's grievances can be redressed?"

Yang Huai looked at Li Yi and knew that if he wanted to understand what was going on here, he would have to ask him later. County Magistrate Yang straightened his body, slammed the gavel, and said loudly: "Today, we are retrialing the case of the embroiderer Ye'er who committed murder in the street. After analyzing many suspicious points and combining her past experiences, according to the testimony provided by the parties and the plaintiff Wang Qi's last words, she injured others because her reputation was insulted. This is excusable. The plaintiff's last words have stated that he will not pursue the matter. Therefore, I hereby sentence the embroiderer Ye'er not guilty and release her!"

The crowd cheered, and the officer took off the shackles from Xiao Ye. At this moment, Xiao Ye couldn't believe that she was released without guilt. She looked at Li Yi, who smiled back, bowed and said, "Congratulations, Miss Ye, go home and see your mother." Xiao Ye walked away with tears in her eyes. She didn't know what happened, she only knew that it was all thanks to Li Yi.

The crowd on the square gradually dispersed, but Li Yi still stayed there. He knew that Yang Huai would definitely look for him and ask him about the matter. When most of the people had left, Yang Huai said, "Li Yi, you and I will go to the county government office to talk." Li Yi saluted and followed Yang Huai. In fact, the only thing Yang Huai didn't understand was Wang Qi's death.

When they reached the back hall, Yang Huai withdrew from his attendants and spoke to Li Yi alone. He also came straight to the point and asked, "I already know everything else, except for Wang Qi's death. Li Yi, are you willing to help me solve this puzzle?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Lord Yang, this matter is actually very simple. If Wang Qi really comes to the hall to confront, there are only two results. One is that he does not tell the truth and insists on his actions to the end. As expected, he will be killed by some chivalrous men."

Li Yi did not point out that this chivalrous man was Ruyun. Yang Huai had no other way to deal with Ruyun but to tolerate him. Fortunately, Ruyun had never done anything excessive. At most, he had just injured some restless guests.

Yang Huai looked like he was listening. Li Yi continued, "The other option is to betray Yuwen Ye and tell him that it was Yuwen Ye who asked him to come to Qing'an City to find Xiaoye. He can either persuade Xiaoye to give in or torture her again. If he betrays Yuwen Ye, Yuwen Ye will not let him go in the future. He will still be dead."

Yang Huai said, "So you gave him a third option, not to come to court?" Li Yi smiled and said, "I have always been by your side, so how could I give him a choice? I just helped him analyze the situation and let him choose a path that would benefit everyone." Yang Huai slammed the table and said, "Li Yi, you forced others to death, you have committed a capital crime!"

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "Sir Yang, I have always been by your side. How did I force him? According to your rules, evidence is needed to solve a case. First, I was not at the crime scene. Second, everyone in Qing'an City can testify. I was in the courtroom analyzing the case with you when the crime happened. Third, Wang Qi did commit suicide, and no one else did it." Yang Huai asked, "If I check the people he has seen in the past few days, I will definitely find out the reason!"

Li Yi bowed and said, "Then please ask Lord Yang to check. To tell you the truth, I have never seen this Wang Qi from the beginning to the end. I don't even know what he looks like. No matter how you investigate, you can't find it on me, so Lord Yang, save your trouble." Yang Huai smiled and said, "Great, Li Yi, you are so good at calculating. From inciting public opinion to requesting a retrial, to the testimonies of these parties, you controlled everything! Then, Li Yi, who instructed you to do this?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Sir Yang, I have never done what you said, and no one instructed me to do it. As I said, evidence is the key to handling a case. Sir Yang, I have solved your doubts. If there is nothing else, please allow me to take my leave." After saying that, he was about to get up and leave. Yang Huai stopped him, his eyes shining, and said, "Li Yi, are you willing to work in the government office, and be a chief clerk?"