Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Liu Yanyan sat in the carriage on the way back to the mansion, leaning tiredly on the pillow. She was unwilling to believe that Li Mei would really kill someone. As she got closer and closer to the Regent's Palace, she could not help but say to Liu Wu outside, "Liu Wu, turn around, let's go to the Ministry of Justice to see them try the case. This involves several lives, and it won't be easy to close the case. It should not be too late to go now." She hoped that it was not the person Li Mei killed. Being alive is always better than being dead.

Liu Wu's respectful voice came, "Okay, Princess." As he spoke, the carriage turned around, raised the whip and hit the horse's back.

Liu Yanyan could feel the carriage shaking as it moved. She held on to the window to steady herself. She almost vomited from the shaking, but she forced herself to hold it back.

Ministry of Justice

Gao Ping was sitting in the court, behind the desk.

There were three bodies lying on the ground in the hall, covered with white cloth, so the details could not be seen clearly.

Li Mei was kneeling in the hall, her clothes were all covered in blood, her face was pale, she had no life at all, and she looked like she was determined to die.

The elder of the Zhao family knelt beside him, looking at Li Mei with anger on his face. "You must die and be buried with them. Even if they die, you must take the blame for them."

Li Mei said with hatred, "I have already divorced, I can't be buried with them, forget it, their death is retribution, they deserve to die, they deserve to die, they deserve to die."

Liu Yanyan walked into the hall, Gao Ping stood up and saluted, "Greetings to the princess, why are you here?"

The others, seeing this, also hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings to the princess."

Liu Yanyan waved her hand and said, "No need to be polite. I'm just here to listen to the case. Don't pay attention to me. Just investigate it as you need to." After saying that, she sat on the chair brought by the bailiff.

When Li Mei heard Liu Yanyan's voice, a hint of anger flashed in her eyes. She slowly raised her head and said silently, "Master Liu, I didn't kill anyone."

After Gao Ping sat down, his face was solemn. He had wanted to fool around and close the case quickly, but now it was no longer possible. He could only say, "Go ask the coroner to perform an autopsy. We must find out the murderer and cannot let him go unpunished." After saying that, he glanced at Li Mei.

The bailiff then bowed and said, "Yes, sir. I'll go get Liu the coroner right away." He turned and ran out of the court.

Liu Yanyan sat on the chair beside her with a serious face. She was unwilling to believe that these people were killed by Li Mei. If this was true, she would not survive!

Soon, the bailiff came with a coroner with white hair and beard. "Sir, the coroner Liu is here."

Lord Gao looked at the coroner Liu and said, "Okay, okay, Old Liu, hurry up and do the autopsy! It's getting dark." It's very creepy. I don't know why the princess came to see this. Does she have some weird habit?

Coroner Liu bowed and said, "Yes, sir, I will do a thorough autopsy." After that, he took out three incense sticks from his worn-out shoulder bag, lit them, and inserted them into the prepared incense burner. After bowing respectfully three times, he walked forward, carefully washed his hands with vinegar, put ginger slices in his mouth, and put on a black mask.

Liu Yanyan looked very scared and tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, forcing herself to calm down and not show any fear.

Coroner Liu lifted the white cloth, revealing the blackened corpse. He narrowed his eyes and squatted down to examine it carefully, from head to toe. "Male, seven feet tall, bone age 26, a large amount of black matter in the nasal cavity, the body is curled up, there are signs of struggle, and there is mud on the nails. There are no fatal injuries on the body, and the head was hit by a blunt object, probably a rolling pin or something like that. The condition is consistent with death by fire. The time of death is 3: pm."

Li Mei's eyes sparkled with hope. "Sir, I didn't kill them. I didn't kill them. When I arrived at the government office, it was just 9 o'clock. I didn't have time. It takes half an hour to walk from Zhao's house to the government office. Sir, please look into it."

Mr. Gao looked displeased and said, "Don't disturb the coroner. Coroner Liu, please continue."

Liu Yanyan's eyes were moved, and she said calmly, "Li Mei, Mr. Gao will definitely investigate it thoroughly and will not wrongly accuse you."

Only then did Li Mei lower her head, kneel down obediently, and stop talking.

The elder of the Zhao clan wanted to speak, but was stopped by the yamen runners.

Coroner Liu nodded, walked to the next body, lifted the white cloth, and carefully examined it. "Male, body length 24 feet 3, bone age , a large amount of black matter in the nasal cavity. The body is severely curled up, with signs of struggle, and there is no mud on the nails. There are no fatal injuries on the body, and the head was hit by a blunt object, probably a rolling pin or something like that. The condition is consistent with death by fire, and the time of death is quarters of the si hour."

Coroner Liu lifted the white cloth from the next corpse and examined it carefully. "Female, 42 feet 3 in length, broken and twisted leg bones, bone age , a large amount of black matter in the nasal cavity, body curled up, with signs of violent struggle, blood on fingernails. No fatal injuries, head hit by a heavy object, probably a rolling pin or something. Um, moderate contusions on the lower body, suspected to be forced. The condition is consistent with death by fire, time of death, : pm."

Coroner Liu picked up the silver needle and inserted it into the throat. He found no poisoning, nor did he find poisoning in the abdomen. He bowed and said, "Master Gao, the three people died in the fire. No poison was found on the bodies. We cannot rule out the use of drugs, but the silver needle cannot detect drugs."

After listening to this, Mr. Gao was about to speak when the elder of the Zhao family shouted, "Zhao Li, it was you who wanted to divorce, so you deliberately poisoned them, beat them up, and set them on fire, right?"

Li Mei shook her head desperately, "It wasn't me. I didn't do that. I ran out of the kitchen because I was afraid that Zhao Lin would sell me out. I was blocked by them, so I took the rolling pin and beat them. I saw them fall to the ground and then I ran away. Their deaths had nothing to do with me. I knocked them down and ran away."

The elder of the Zhao family said viciously, "You must have felt resentment towards Zhao Lin because he was useless. When you ran away, you set the house on fire. You are a murderer."

Lord Gao was helpless and slammed the gavel. "Old Zhao, please stop being unreasonable. Li Mei has an alibi, and the coroner found bruises and injuries on her body. The murderer should be a man. You must have common sense! You can't wrongly accuse Li Mei. It is almost impossible for a woman to kill three adults. Coroner Liu, please continue."

Coroner Liu said in a serious tone, "The female corpse had severe bruises on her body. No body fluids were found, and nothing else was found on the body." After saying that, he took a brush and carefully recorded everything, keeping one copy and handing one copy to the runner next to him, who then passed it on to Lord Gao.

Mr. Gao looked at the paper in his hand, looked at Li Mei in the court and said, "Li Mei will be detained temporarily. After the investigation is complete, continue the interrogation. You arrange people to go to Zhaojia Village to look for clues. You must find the murderer."

Several yamen runners bowed and saluted, "Yes, sir."

Liu Yanyan looked at Li Mei being escorted away by the bailiffs before leaving the court.