It is not impossible to temporarily stop the execution on the execution ground, but it is very rare. Because such a thing gives the prisoner a great risk, he must have sufficient reasons to decide to stop the execution. Otherwise, the mildest ones will throw away the black hat, and the severe ones will be imprisoned because he disobeyed the emperor's imperial edict.

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There was no sufficient reason for Lu Jinping to make such a decision. He only had a feeling and a evidence that didn't look very solid. He felt that this case might be an unjust case. As for the evidence, it worried him the most because the evidence that caused him to feel this way was not even a question of the evidence itself. It was just a reason. He had been hesitating just now whether to bear the risk of suspending the execution for something that was not fully confident.

While he was hesitating, Yunzi popped up the small round stone and landed in front of him, making him seem to see a big head being chopped to the ground. The stone could be picked up and used when it fell to the ground. If the head fell to the ground, it could not be picked up. This made him finally make the final decision, that is, he would rather have a black hat off because of a wrong judgment than let a head that might be wronged fall to the ground and irreparable. After all, life is at stake, even if this person is a disgusting son of disobedience.

The clerk in charge of reading Lu Jinping's instructions loudly did not react for a moment. When Lu Jinping looked at him with a stern look, he nodded in panic and announced Lu Jinping's order in a long voice: "Justice Lu has an order to suspend the execution and take the death row prisoner back to prison for trial!"

Previously, Lu Jinping's voice was relatively small, only those who were watching could hear it, while the people in the distance did not hear it clearly. After the loud voice of the clerk shouted so loudly, the people around him were suddenly in an uproar.

Shi Jingsheng, who was kneeling at the table of his father's spiritual card, couldn't help but shivered when he heard this, looked at Lu Jinping nervously, and murmured: "Why? Why don't you chop someone's head? Why should you suspend your execution?"

In ancient times, ordinary people could not openly question the behavior of the yamen. He could only express his dissatisfaction in his heart in private. He did not even dare to shout out loud, and did not dare to disobey the orders of the yamen. No matter how absurd the orders of the yamen were in his opinion, he had no right to comment on them. He could not openly object, otherwise it would be a confrontation with the court.

The people around were also buzzing and talking. Like Shi Jingsheng, they did not dare to express their dissatisfaction openly, let alone for many of them. They just looked down on the excitement and could not see the heads falling on the ground, and could not enjoy the pleasure of that moment, and the disappointment expressed was not annoyed. Moreover, it is difficult to encounter such a thing as leaving people under the knife, which means that there may be dramatic changes in this case. What kind of changes are there? Whether the injustice found out or the execution of the execution was stopped, the sirens were punished or even removed from the black hat. Some of them were watched later, so these people were excited by the new excitement points, and the main thing they were talking about was what happened and what happened later.

After Lu Jinping's new order was issued, although the yamen runners were puzzled, it was necessary to implement it. Soon, the soldiers and the yamen runners recovered from surprise and shock, and immediately followed Lu Jinping's order to arrest the butcher kneeling on the ground and handcuffed them to shackles and chains, and locked them in the van of the death row prisoner.

The butcher didn't know what happened, but after avoiding the head in front of him, he was still filled with ecstasy, although he didn't know if he could be happy until the end. He stood in the prison car, grabbed the cage fence, looked at his mother whose vision was blurred by snowflakes in the cold wind, shouting: "Mom, if I have the fate to live, I will definitely be filial to you, and I hope my father will bless me and clear my grievances."

The old woman looked up tremblingly, and the snow was everywhere in the sky, murmured: "My son was wronged...? My son was wronged...!"

The first thing Lu Jinping did when he returned to the yamen was not to question the butcher, but to ask the clerk of the criminal room to send all the files and materials of the case, including physical evidence, to his desk.

He first carefully checked the file. In ancient cases, the requirements for evidence were much weaker, so the case files were not thick. Although they were very careful, it only took an hour to read them all. However, after reading it, he did not have a further understanding of the case, because just from the file materials, he could not see any injustice. Moreover, in ancient cases, the narrative of the case often used some classical Chinese words, neglecting the accuracy of the description, so it looked like he was appreciating a beautiful article. However, there were not many things to be described. After reading it, he was still confused in many cases and did not know what was going on. This is what Lu Jinping felt now.

He opened the box to check the murder weapon, axe and a pig-killing knife. The butcher cut off the old man's head with the axe and stabbed it into his temple with the pig-killing knife, causing him to die on the spot. The witness at that time was the son of the deceased. He witnessed the whole thing with his own eyes. Of course, the son of the deceased was hidden in the darkness. The butcher did not know that his son was present, otherwise his son would not be able to escape the poisonous hand.

This axe and the pig-killing knife have been reported before, and many people have touched it. Therefore, it is almost impossible to find any useful evidence from it. However, Lu Jinping still did not touch it with his hands. He tried his best to reduce the further damage caused by it. Even though he did not have much hope to find any traces from it.

Just looking at the knife can't tell anything, so Lu Jinping decided to conduct further investigations to verify whether the speculation in his heart makes sense.

Lu Jinping came to the prison, but Butcher Qu kowtowed gratefully: "Thank you, Master Qingtian, for your life!"

Lu Jinping ignored him and asked the prison guard to use a cotton swab to extract the mucosa swab in his mouth. He took it and left the prison, turning a deaf ear to Butcher Qu's thanks from behind.

Back at the signing room, Lu Jinping conducted DNA testing on Butcher Qu's swab, and then extracted the swabs from the pig-killing knife and the axe handle for testing. The mixed DNA classification was detected, which contained the classification results of Butcher Qu. This means that the pig-killing knife and axe were contacted by Butcher Qu. Other mixed classifications should be left by the yamen runners and others who extracted and displayed physical evidence.

The knife and axe were proved to be the Butcher's, which made Lu Jinping not see any signs of grievance in this case. What needs to be proved now is whether the blood on the blade is from the deceased. Because the deceased did not extract DNA test materials, Lu Jinping decided to extract the swab of his son, Shi Jingsheng, for testing. As long as the blood on the blade has a parent-child relationship with Shi Jingsheng, it is proved that the blood on the blade is left by Shi Jingsheng's father, and the axe and the pig-killing knife are undoubtedly the murder weapon.

Just as Lu Jinping was about to go out to Shi Jingsheng's house, the concierge hurriedly came to report: "Sir, Miss Yunzi is waiting for you in the flower hall. Have you seen him?"

During this period, Yunzi often came to the yamen to find Lu Jinping. Most of the people in the yamen already knew that he was an envoy who came to ask for marriage to Tubo, so he stayed in the lobby, waiting for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to send Princess Jincheng to Tubo. The people in the yamen were also polite to her, and every time they came, they would respectfully invite him to wait in the yamen flower hall.

Lu Jinping came to the flower hall in the front yard, saw Yunzi, and said, "Why are you here?"

"I just saw you canceling the execution, and I felt very confused. I originally wanted to come and ask you immediately, but I know that there must be something important to ask after you cancel the execution. At this time, I shouldn't have appeared here to disturb your thinking and hinder your investigation of the case. So I waited for an hour before coming to find you. I guess you should have finished your work. So, I just need to solve my doubts. Why did you order the execution to be cancelled? Do you know that if you heard that if your Tang Dynasty wants to cancel the execution, you might lose your official position and dismissal. Do you really have a reason to do this?"

Lu Jinping smiled and said, "I am very grateful that you can think so thoroughly. Indeed, if you came just now, I would probably not have time to receive you or explain it to you. But now, I have finished the preliminary investigation. Next, I have to investigate in depth and have time to answer your questions. Let me talk about your concerns just now. In fact, there is nothing to worry about, because according to the Tang Law, after receiving the imperial edict, the execution of the execution must be completed within three days. The imperial edict was received yesterday and arranged to be executed at noon today. Although I canceled this time

The punishment, but there are two noons later. As long as I check it before noon the day after tomorrow, there is indeed no unjust case, I can resume the execution and execute the criminal. Then I am not considered disobeying the imperial edict. I only need to explain to the Supervisory Office why the execution should be suspended. As long as my reasons are sufficient, the Supervisory Office will not be harsh on me, and that is nothing. Of course, if the Supervisory Office thinks that my reason is not valid, they may impeach me, but this is still worth it compared to a person's head, because people cannot be resurrected and the official hat will not have much impact."

Yunzi couldn't help but exclaim: "You love the people as much as yourselves. Although I heard from others that this butcher is indeed not likable, it is worth being so cautious. As long as he has not committed a death sentence, he should not be executed. What do you think is the problem in this case? Do you want to stop the execution on the spot?"

Lu Jinping looked outside the door and lowered his voice and said, "Actually, the reason why I feel that this case is wronged is based on a feeling and an evidence that is not very tenable."

Yunzi was shocked and said, "What kind of far-fetched evidence? Can you tell me what you want to listen to? I can give you an idea.
Chapter completed!