Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

Emperor Yanning sat in the court, Jing Zhichen sat on his right, and Procurator Song stood below to preside over the trial.

"Who is in the hall?"

"I am a commoner named Fangniang, the younger sister of the victim Qionghua."

Fang Niang knelt there, not daring to even raise her head, and just answered honestly.

"Why did you come here today?"

"I have come here to seek justice for my sister."

Fang Niang said, bowing heavily, "My elder sister gave me a letter before she died. I am illiterate, and I didn't know the content of the letter until the lord of Shuntian Prefecture came to my house. Liu Duankun..."

Before she could finish her words, Fang Niang couldn't hold back her tears. Looking at her appearance, it seemed that she would not be able to calm down for a while.

Seeing this, Xu Xingyin stepped forward, bowed and said.

"Your Majesty, Fangniang suffered the tragic loss of her sister and was extremely grief-stricken. Although she acted inappropriately in front of the palace, it was understandable. I am also one of the witnesses of this incident, so why not let me speak on your behalf?"

"Who is this?"

Emperor Yan Ning didn't recognize her, but Jing Zhichen recognized the voice of the woman with the veil. Who else could it be but Xu Xingyin?

But when Jing Zhichen heard Xu Xingyin call herself a "commoner girl" instead of a "servant girl", he knew that she did not want to reveal her identity, so he just sat there quietly and pretended not to know anything.

On the other hand, Song Tuiguan on the side responded respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is Miss Xu. Most of the officials in Shuntian Prefecture are male officials, so it is inconvenient for them to take care of you and ask questions. Miss Xu is an external aid that I specially invited to help."

When Emperor Yan Ning heard that Xu Xingyin was Song Tuiguan's man, he didn't think much about it.

"But there's no harm in talking."

Xu Xingyin bowed slightly and handed a piece of letter to the eunuch beside Emperor Yan Ning, "This is the letter."

"This is ridiculous! This is just idiotic!"

When Emperor Yanning opened the letter, his brows furrowed, and he slammed the gavel so hard that all the officials were frightened.

Xu Xingyin, on the other hand, was bold and continued without changing his expression.

"As Your Majesty has seen, Liu Duankun was obviously ordered to kill. Qionghua and Liu Duankun were previously engaged. When Qionghua found out about this, she was afraid that Liu Duankun would go astray, so she admitted her fault and tried to cover up for him. But then she was found to be pregnant, so she hurriedly changed her confession in a panic. Unexpectedly, Liu Duankun did not care about their past relationship at all, and brutally killed her and faked the scene of his suicide."

As soon as Xu Xingyin finished speaking, Fang Niang beside her cried even more sadly.

Magistrate Song thought for a moment and ordered the bailiff to take Fang Niang away first, and then ordered someone to take away the suspect Liu Duankun.

Liu Duankun walked into the hall wearing heavy shackles, with a shocking knife wound on the exposed part of his prison uniform. Lu Xu, who looked energetic, also came in with Liu Duankun.

"Liu Duankun, someone has accused you of being instigated by someone to commit serial murders. Is this true?"

"Sir! I am innocent! I have studied hard for many years and learned the words of the saints, such as loyalty to the emperor and love for the people, and knowing shame. How could I break the law knowingly?"

"Ah."

Song Tuiguan chuckled, obviously not buying Liu Duankun's trick, and asked back, "I guess you still don't know why you are being hunted down?"

Liu Duankun was stunned when he heard this. He had obviously thought of the worst possibility, but he still refused to give in.

"A man of integrity is not afraid of his own shadow, so how can he be deceived by a few misleading words from an adult?"

As expected of a scholar, he played the trick of turning the tables very well.

"It seems like you won't cry until you see the coffin. What a pity! If we didn't have definite evidence, you wouldn't be here today."

After Judge Song finished speaking, he threw the petition directly in front of Liu Duankun and continued on.

"Qionghua gave this letter to Fangniang. Now the letter is in the hands of His Majesty. You must know what is written in the letter. Qionghua was afraid that you would lose your future, so she admitted the crime for you. But you are not only ungrateful, but also killed people! Since then, you have no intention of repenting and have brutally killed many people. Liu Duankun, do you know your crime!"

"With just a letter, how can we know that it wasn't a deliberate frame-up by someone else? There is no direct evidence and no favorable witnesses. Your Excellency's handling of the case is inevitably a bit arbitrary!"

Hearing Liu Duankun's words, Xu Xingyin became more determined.

Liu Duankun is obviously familiar with the law, which is why he dares to exploit loopholes in the law so openly.

Magistrate Song looked at the petition in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then nodded.

"That does make some sense. In this case, I will sentence you to be released in court. You may go now."

"..."

After Song Tuiguan said this, all the officials in the hall looked at each other and then at Emperor Yanning.

Emperor Yan Ning just sat at the top and watched coldly, with no intention of intervening.

Liu Duankun was even more confused. He remained in his original posture anxiously without moving.

Magistrate Song seemed to see nothing and lowered his head to write his closing statement on the document.

"Don't worry, no one will be sent to follow you, just leave without worry."

"This... this is probably unreasonable."

"There's nothing wrong with that. What's the matter? Do you need me to ask you to leave?"

Magistrate Song looked as if he was going to chase someone away, which frightened Liu Duankun quite a bit.

After all, he knew in his heart that he was just a small fry, and it would be easy for the government to kill him. The reason they kept him until now was just to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.

Now that Magistrate Song dared to let him go so boldly, it was probably because the group of people who had been chasing him recently had taken action again.

They are going to let me out as bait!

Without the protection of the government, I would probably be killed by those people as soon as I go out!

Once this thought came to his mind, he could no longer suppress it. Seeing Liu Duankun's forehead covered in cold sweat, Xu Xingyin felt bad for him.

Just as the bailiffs were preparing to escort Liu Duankun out, Liu Duankun pushed the bailiff hard and fell to his knees in the hall with a thud.

"I know what you want to know. I can tell you, but you have to save my life."

Song Tuiguan didn't seem surprised by Liu Duankun's move. He raised his head and fixed his eyes on Liu Duankun.

"Just now you insisted that you knew nothing about this matter, but now you are saying this again. Why should I believe you?"

"My life is in your hands, how could I lie?"

Song Tuiguan did not speak, but turned around and bowed to Emperor Yanning, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Emperor Yanning thought for a moment, "I can promise you a lighter punishment, but how light it can be depends on the clues you provide."

Frankly speaking, Emperor Yan Ning's answer is somewhat ambiguous.

But this is Liu Duankun's only chance right now, and at least he has been spared the death penalty, so this business is always a win-win for Liu Duankun.

Liu Duankun hung his head, thought for a moment and finally compromised.

"I was indeed instructed to commit this serial murder case, but at first I didn't know that things would develop like this..."

In this way, a long-planned conspiracy was slowly revealed in Liu Duankun's narration.