Chapter 28: Hearing the Case

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  Kaneko leaned against his chin, gazing out at the fleeting street scene through the bamboo curtain of the car window, his mind somewhat wandering.

  The horse carriage gradually slowed down its speed.

  One after another faint sound of wailing came from afar, mixed with the sounds of noisy discussion and sighs.

  "Miss, the road ahead is blocked!" The driver said from outside.

  "What's going on?" Laughter pulled open a corner of the car curtain and asked.

  "There are a lot of people gathered at the gate, seemingly related to the West Lake male corpse case yesterday. There are also many onlookers, and the roads are all blocked..." The rickshaw driver complained.

  Jinzi squinted and gazed into the distance, apart from the dense crowd of people surrounding him, he only saw a majestic stone lion at the side of the yamen gate.

  The coachman drove the carriage to the willow shade by the roadside and said to Jinzi in the carriage, "Madam, I'm afraid it won't pass for a while. We have to wait until the officials come out to disperse the crowd before this road can be passed. You just wait in the carriage for a moment!"

  "Good!" Jinzi leaned on the couch and responded faintly with a single sentence.

  Smiling, he watched the carman put down the whip and walk away with his servant towards the crowd to watch the excitement, and couldn't help but frown and mutter a sentence.

  Kanako smiled, completely carefree.

  Everyone has curiosity, and she is no exception. At this time, she also has the urge to sneak in and listen, and the presiding judge is her father. Jinzi also wants to see the style of this nominal old father in court, but unfortunately, as a daughter from a deep boudoir, such things are not allowed.

  The carriage swayed slightly, and it was the coachman who had returned.

  "Was that mournful cry from a relative of the deceased?" Jinzi asked calmly, withdrawing his distant gaze.

  Carters are people who do business in the market, naturally they have a keen eye and ear for everything.

  A moment's effort had enabled him to grasp the general outline of the case.

  "The young lady was wrong, the crying sound came from the family of the murderer. The young lady must have seen the wanted poster posted by the government office, yesterday a young man assisted the constable in examining the body, and inferred that the killer was a man and a woman, and analyzed the process of the crime, the constable this morning has already captured the killer, and it turned out to be just as the young man had inferred."

  Kaneko nodded lightly, indicating for him to continue.

  "That woman was a high-class courtesan on a painted boat. That night, Ye Langjun went to the West Lake painted boat to have fun and took a fancy to one of the courtesans, wanting her to accompany him for drinks and entertainment. The courtesan stated that she sold art not her body. At first, Ye Langjun agreed, but later, perhaps under the influence of alcohol, he lost control... The courtesan desperately resisted, which seemed to enrage Ye Langjun, who then tried to strangle the courtesan."

  The coachman paused, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued: "Just when Ya Gui was almost strangled to death, a man burst into the painting boat. It was that murderer, Yuan Lang. I heard that at the time, he saw Ye Langjun committing violence, and in a rage, he rushed up and grabbed him, punching him several times. Later, seeing his beloved woman almost being strangled to death, he still didn't feel relieved, so he took the window sash from inside the painting boat and smashed it onto Ye Langjun's head. As a result of this smash, he smashed out a life!"

  The cart driver sat on the shaft, vividly describing and gesturing with his limbs, if you didn't know better, you'd think he was a professional storyteller.

  "Wow, that man is too ruthless! He got involved in a homicide case for the sake of a prostitute?" Laughter filled with incomprehension.

  "I think that man is quite impressive, if he saw the woman he liked being humiliated and didn't take action, would he still be a man? He just used a bit too much force, probably because he's used to doing heavy labor. As for that Ye Langjun, ha! He doesn't even look like a man, someone who doesn't want him but he still uses force, this kind of scum is the least deserving of sympathy..." Jin Zi said coldly.

  The cart driver smiled and replied, "Isn't that so? Now the case is settled, but everyone sympathizes with the couple and instead blames the deceased Ye Langjun. If he hadn't used force, he wouldn't have lost his own life. Now people are saying that the young man who found the real cause of Ye Langjun's death also had good intentions but ended up causing harm. If they had just concluded it was a drowning case, two lives wouldn't have been lost..."

  Smiling, his complexion slightly changed, he secretly took a glance at Jinzi, just wanting to argue with the carriage driver, when he heard Jinzi calmly say: "That couple is indeed pitiful, but facts are facts. Everyone must take responsibility for their own actions. Don't have any illusions, no matter what the reason... People act, heaven watches. This world needs to uphold justice and righteousness!"

  Although Kinoko sympathized with the couple in her heart, as a qualified forensic doctor, she should not introduce personal emotional factors into the case. What she needs to do is to restore the truth of things and find out the real cause of death.

  The coachman was slightly stunned, turned his head through the bamboo curtain to look at the vague figure sitting in the carriage, and felt that this little girl's brief words had made his heart stir slightly.

  "The young lady is right!" The driver chimed in.

  Smiling as I listened, a proud smile involuntarily appeared on my face.

  "Disperse, disperse, all of you disperse. Don't gather at the gate of the government office. The big man has an order, the verdict will be announced tomorrow and a result will be given to everyone, now all disperse, don't affect traffic..." Several bailiffs shouted loudly at the gate of the government office.

  Outside the human wall, there were several robust men who did not retreat under the expulsion of the yamen runners. Among them, a big man wearing a gray half-sleeved shirt stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck and asked loudly: "Does Mr. Ye intend to be unruly first? Can't you shift all the blame to Yan Niang and Yuan Lang? Please, sir, investigate carefully and mete out a lenient punishment..."

  As soon as the words fell, someone in the crowd immediately followed with a shout: "Yes, this case should be dealt with leniency..."

  The crowd surged towards the gate of the county government office like a tidal wave, and just a few bailiffs seemed to be unable to withstand it. They were so angry that they gritted their teeth. Wasn't it that little brat who stirred this up?

  The loud and shrill cries of wailing voices swirled above the entrance to the yamen, making one's head spin.

  Jinzi furrowed her eyebrows, reminding her of the scene when she handled a petition case in the past.

  The relatives of the deceased do not acknowledge the autopsy results, bringing a large crowd to block the entrance of the law school, demanding a re-examination, otherwise they will resort to violence and openly challenge the authority of the law school.

  Jinzi's gaze swept through the crowd, finally landing on those several burly men. Presumably, these people were the friends or brothers of that murderer Yuan Lang. Brothers having an affair, not in a hurry to clear their relationship, still stepped forward and pleaded for leniency, this kind of friendship is indeed worthy of respect.

  That Yuan Lang, if he were also of average build like these people, it's not ruled out that due to excessive strength, he accidentally caused someone to die suddenly...

  Jinzi shook her head, unwilling to think about it anymore. As a forensic doctor, her responsibility was to examine the body and find out the cause of death to provide clues for criminal investigation, such as investigating cases and making judgments, which were not within her scope.

  More yamen runners came out and quickly suppressed the crowd that was pushing forward.

  "The boss is out......" someone shouted from the crowd.

  Kin looked through the curtain and saw Old Man Jin, wearing a crimson mandarin robe with a black hat, standing in front of everyone with an air of authority. He said slowly, "The case will be explained by this official tomorrow. Now, please disperse, do not obstruct the government's work. If anyone still does not listen to advice and causes trouble, this official's large prison is empty, waiting for your arrival at any time!"

  The crowd was stunned at first, and then the crowded street was like the tide going out, in just an instant, only a few people were left.

  Smiling and tongue-tied, Jinzi just smiled calmly, as if everything was more natural than that.

  The horse carriage started moving, and Jinzi sat quietly in the carriage as it slowly passed by the government office.