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After two days of on-site investigation, the trial of the Banshu case finally started on the third day.Because the Ministry of Punishments had precedent, the presiding judge was Dali Temple.Yu Yang sat behind Xu Yanside as the hearing, the family members involved in the case were in the hall, and the witnesses to be heard were outside the hall.The courtroom was oppressively quiet, half an hour had passed, Meng Yuan had not come back for a long time, and all the ministers drank cup after cup of tea, waiting a little irritablely.

Yu Yang was so bored that he lowered his eyes to play with the teacup, twisted the lid of the cup and knocked on the body of the cup intentionally or unintentionally, seven times in total.

Xu Yan knew that Yu Yang had no intention of waiting any longer, so he rang the gavel: "Open the hall!"

The first person to be interrogated was Lu Zhizhou, who was over half a century old, and three years ago he resigned from office and returned home.

Xu Yan wore an official uniform with a purple collar and black bottom today, and his expression seemed to be smiling, which was elusive.Xu Yan walked down the steps, holding a file in his hand, although the words were calm, the implication was not without turbulence. "Lord Lu has been an official for thirteen years, and his term of office will expire in two years. Fallen leaves return to their roots? You should leave in a hurry."

Lu Zhizhou respectfully said: "The old lady in the family suffered from dampness, and it hurts and she can't walk. The veteran wanted to return home to take care of her, so he resigned."

"Lord Lu has a sincere affection for Mrs. Ling, and I am really envious of others. But if I find out that you are wrong, then you will lose it at the end of the festival." Xu Yan stuffed the case into Lu Zhizhou's hands, "This is your approval For the past case, read the last paragraph."

Lu Zhizhou didn't know what Xu Yan wanted to do. He had an ominous premonition and read anxiously: "Fang Huai broke into the door and wanted to do something wrong. The deceased resisted to the death. After struggling for a while, he died of poison. Fang Huai absconded in fear of crime. He will be arrested and brought to justice."

"Did you find the problem?"

Xu Yan stood close to him, Lu Zhizhou suddenly felt cold, fixed his eyes on one spot and said: "The little official is stupid and can't perceive the problem."

Xu Yan: "It is simply not the case written by Mr. Lu himself, otherwise the words should be more careful. How could there be two completely different words 'break into the door' and 'fleeing in fear of crime' within two sentences. What kind of psychological? People will break into the door, what kind of mentality will abscond in fear of crime? In just a quarter of an hour, these two mentalities appear almost simultaneously in a person, which is very likely to indicate a problem—an accident.”

Lu Zhizhou nodded, seemed to accept this reasonable conjecture humbly, and pretended to be confused: "Maybe Master Qian is not sure about his words?"

Xu Yan: "As far as I know, Mr. Qian has been a teacher for 20 years, and his qualifications are not inferior to yours. Did he choose the words incorrectly or accidentally wrote down the facts?"

In one sentence, all the officials were shocked.Twisting the thread to lead to the truth is a common practice in the courtroom. It may be true or it may be used to lure a snake out of its hole, whatever works.Most of the threads picked by ordinary people are unreasonable motives and behaviors, but the threads picked by Xu Yan are often insignificant and insignificant details.It's not picking thread, it's actually picking silk, it's so meticulous.

Xu Yan: "It was unintentional for me to be Master Qian. But the case is true, right?"

Lu Zhizhou's lips and teeth trembled a little, and he hid it. "According to the testimony of eyewitnesses, it is true."

Xu Yan: "If Fang Huai wanted to kill Ban Shu with poison, why didn't he run away immediately after seeing Ban Shu put on rouge, and instead went into the house to do something wrong?"

Lu Zhizhou: "Women don't swallow lip balm on purpose. Fang Huai entered the room to make sure that Ban Shu had not been poisoned, and fled immediately after confirming that Ban Shu had ingested the poison."

Xu Yan: "It's unreasonable, Mr. Lu. It is written in black and white in the case file that Fang Huai wants to do things that are easy to do. Is it groundless? When Fang Huai was interrogated, he kept claiming that the box of rouge was just a drug for aphrodisiac. No matter how you think about it, drug It's all more logical."

Lu Zhizhou spread his hands and complained: "The box of rouge has been tested, and it is really a drug that can kill people. It has been explained repeatedly in the case file that Fang Huai made up the lie that the lip rouge is a drug because he wanted to escape the death penalty."

Xu Yan: "Then what is his motive for killing?"

Lu Zhizhou was stunned, and began to doubt himself. "It's clearly written in the case record. The day before the incident, Ban Shu insulted Fang Huai. Fang Huai held a grudge, and was instigated by Wu Lin'er, so he killed someone in a moment of confusion."

Seeing Lu Zhizhou's consciously innocent appearance, Xu Yan nodded and sneered, walked back to his seat and sat down, was silent for a while, and then said: "If it is true as described in the case record, I will probably believe it. Two words are not enough to explain anything. But the strange thing is in a pass record, in February of the year following the incident, the son-in-law came to Luocheng, and you returned home at the end of March."

Lu Zhizhou frowned, and said distressedly: "My lord, the veteran's resignation has nothing to do with this case!"

Chen You's nerves tensed up.If Meng Yuan finds that the case is suspicious, she will naturally go to the crime scene to collect evidence.Xu Yan seized this lead and intentionally linked Meng Yuan's deeds with Lu Zhizhou's resignation. No matter whether the egg can be picked or not, it shows that Dali Temple is the thorn in the Exhortation Department.

Xu Yan picked up a file: "Why did you resign, let's talk about it after thinking about it."

If you betrayed a wrong case, of course you want to resign to get rid of the stigma.But Lu Zhizhou didn't know that he had misjudged the case, but that year when Meng Yuan came to ask him about the matter, he was faintly aware that something was wrong, and he left the office without delay. "The son-in-law is here... I have looked for the old minister, and said some words of comfort. The letter of dismissal will be issued soon, and the old minister will return to the village."

Xu Yan: "It was you who proposed to resign?"

"At first, the old minister was wondering what the son-in-law said, and then he found out that he was dismissed." Lu Zhizhou had something stuck in his heart, and he wanted to say that he didn't know who he had offended.

"That's strange. The official documents clearly record that you asked to retire and return home." Xu Yan stopped and asked, "What did the son-in-law tell you, do you still remember?"

Lu Zhizhou: "No one else, just ask the old woman how she is."

Yu Yang frowned slightly, and unknowingly drank three cups of tea.God-like relatives and friends!

Xu Yan: "At the beginning, the case and the poison, that is, the box of lip gloss, were handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Lu Zhizhou: "Yes. The veteran asked the torture chamber, the doctor and various capable people, but no one knew what the poison was, so they submitted it together. I hope all the adults can find out the details."

When Xu Yan mentioned that he was thirsty, or was brewing something, he took a sip of tea slowly. "I'm done asking, Mr. Lu, please listen in. If the murderer is not Fang Huai, you should bear the main responsibility. To reverse the case is to pay attention to the truth. I hoped to find a clue from the poison, but unfortunately, even a clue was wiped out." Fell into the pool and disappeared."

The latter sentence seemed to be spoken to Yu Yang.Although he didn't explicitly point it out, anyone who thought about it would know that Xu Yan was implying that it was Meng Yuan's people who overturned it.If Meng Yuan had nothing to do with it, Xu Yan's vague words would give him a way out.

"Whether this lip fat is the murderous poison or not, it seems that we can only use other methods to find out. It is recorded in the case record: After investigation, I don't know what the poison is. Take a needle tip and dissolve it in water, and let the murderer swallow it for an hour. Afterwards, the criminal convulsed all over his body, his eyeballs turned white, and he was unbearably uncomfortable, and his breath gradually weakened, and then he died. It was extremely poisonous."

Xu Yan heard from the officer who adjusted the poison at that time, and said: "Here is a box of lip gloss that is similar to the shell of the poison. Please demonstrate how to 'take a needle tip and melt it in water'."

The little servant took out a silver needle, rolled it across the grease, got some fine foam on it, and then stirred it in the water.Because the lip balm is too shallow, the way of getting poison by inserting it to the bottom was not adopted.

Lu Zhizhou added: "Because the poison was not much, the criminal died after an hour. But Ban Shu's lips were far more poisoned, and she died within a moment after being poisoned. Only the wine glass she used left The grease marks under it will prove it."

Xu Yan shook his head and smiled: "Lord Lu, Madam Ling doesn't often put on makeup, does she?"

Lu Zhizhou suddenly felt embarrassed, and said blankly: "When I was young, my family was poor, I never used makeup, and now I am old and I don't need it anymore."

"Tell Wu Lin'er and Liu Gu."

Aunt Liu is Ban Shu's nanny, her personal maidservant.

Xu Yan asked Aunt Liu: "When Ban Shu went out, what kind of makeup did she draw?"

Aunt Liu said while recalling: "Spray velvet white on the face, willow leaf eyebrows, phoenix shadow, red lips, um... the main categories are these, there is nothing wrong with red lips, miss likes this makeup the most."

Xu Yan asked someone to bring some lip balm, and ordered: "Wu Lin'er, draw some red lips."

When it comes to makeup, it is natural for Wu Lin'er to demonstrate. After all, she is one of Luo Cheng's twin beauties, and she is familiar with it.

After hearing this, Wu Lin'er stretched out her slender jade hands from her sleeves, picked up a box of scarlet red, lightly stuck the grease on her fingertips, and wiped it tremblingly and carefully on her lips, slowly smearing a thick thick layer.

After Wu Lin'er finished wiping, Xu Yan asked Aunt Liu: "But this?"

Aunt Liu looked at it carefully, then shook her head slightly: "Miss loves to be glamorous when she smears thickly, and her lip fat is like blood when she paints on her red lips. It's the best if she doesn't sip. Miss Wu should apply more heavily."

Xu Yan turned to Wu Lin'er: "Wipe."

Wu Lin'er is naturally gorgeous, and usually only wears light makeup.Ban Shu is just the opposite. She is naturally elegant and prefers heavy makeup.

After a while, Xu Yan asked Liu Gu again: "What will happen?"

Liu Gu nodded again and again: "That's right, that's right."

Even though Wu Lin'er was applying makeup carefully, Xu Yan didn't give her a second look, walked up behind her and pushed her down casually.Wu Lin'er threw herself on the ground, knocked her lips, and a red seal landed on the ground.

Xu Yan picked up a box of purple lotus root and handed it to Wu Lin'er: "Make it up."

Wu Lin'er quickly followed suit, sticking the purple grease on her fingertips and rubbing it on her lips, rubbing it back and forth over and over again, and finally it was mended.

But the red fat on the original lips was touched with the fingertips, and the scarlet blush that had been wiped on before was clearly left on the lotus purple lip gloss box!Obvious chromatic aberration makes hidden problems instantly exposed.

Xu Yan took the box of purple lip gloss and handed it to Lu Zhizhou: "Suppose the lip gloss on my hand is poisonous, how dare I ask Lu Zhizhou whether the red lip gloss or the purple lip gloss on it is poisonous?"

Lu Zhizhou's eyes went dark, and his hands trembled.

Xu Yan's tone became severe: "According to the case: Fang Huai ordered the girl to push Ban Shu to Ban Shu, and Ban Shu's lip makeup was out of shape. Fang Huai presented a box of lip gloss, and Ban Shu immediately added it. Coincidentally, the lip gloss that Ban Shu originally applied It is Xiahong, and the lip balm presented by Fang Huai is also Xiahong. The old and new fats are mixed together, and you just took the top layer of the lip balm during the drug test! This proves that the lip balm presented by Fang Huai is Very poisonous. How can you guarantee that the fat on Ban Shu's lips is not poisonous?"

After finishing speaking, everyone suddenly realized!

Lu Zhizhou suddenly knelt down, either to Xu Yan, or to the horizontal plaque engraved with the four characters "Bright Moon, Blue Sky" on the beam, unable to utter a word.

Fang Chang collapsed and sat on the ground, shed a few drops of old tears, hurriedly climbed up to Xu Yan, and cried out: "Master Qingtian, my son died unjustly!"

Yu Yang's eyelashes trembled, and his gaze involuntarily fixed on the navy blue patch on the cuff, feeling anxious.

The author has something to say:

In view of the fact that many little angels can’t understand the matter of lip gloss, I didn’t describe it in detail enough, so I’ll explain it here, because it’s really hard to add anything in the text.

First, let's say you have black lip oil on your lips.Secondly, you have to apply white, you use your fingers to apply white to your lips, and your lips are originally black, as soon as you apply, your fingers stick to black again, and then you don't completely succeed once, then continue , and then you dipped your black fingers and then went to Diao white lipstick, so.Did the original white lipstick also stick to black?

It is difficult to describe the details of life clearly, it is such a simple thing