I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

65 One sunny day

Zhang Yaozuo thought he had chosen a good performance stage for himself, and he could completely pour dirty water on Jiang Lin while singing with his niece.

But what he didn't expect was that there were so many people who supported Jiang Lin in the palace—he had heard of Wen Yuanhou, Bao Zheng, and Bai Yutang, but the son of King Pu who was invited out of the palace was... Where did it come from?

The situation became a bit complicated for a while, and Zhang Yaozuo inevitably panicked: "Little son, you, can you really see it clearly?"

Zhao Zongshi glanced at him for a moment with slightly lowered eyes, and said: "Although the black shadow is too far away from me, I can't see clearly, but I did see Jiang Shaoqing clearly. When he left the banquet, there was indeed a little eunuch Following him, I didn't leave the meeting without reason, as for what happened after that, I don't know, but I am willing to trust Jiang Shaoqing."

When he spoke, the eyes of the people present all fell on him.

Because Xiao Shitou wanted to conceal his identity, he had always been hiding in Jiang Lin's house, so he had no direct contact with Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, but Wen Yuan must have recognized him.Wen Yuan recalled that he had seen Xiao Shitou walking towards the boundary where rich and noble people lived a long time ago, while being shocked by his true identity and behavior at this time.

Jiang Lin also stared fixedly at the young man in front of him, a familiar face, but wearing a fancy dress and top hat that he had never seen before.When Jiang Lin saw the figure of the other party at the banquet, he was a little suspicious, and he completely recognized him in the crowd just now.

He is the little stone who sleeps in the same bed as himself and is read aloud by him on mp3. He is also Zhao Zongshi, the adopted son who was expelled from the palace by the emperor, and will turn into the emperor in the future.

To be honest, Jiang Lin didn't want Xiao Shitou to testify for him.

Because Zhang Yaozuo came here for the name of framing Jiang Lin for murdering Qilin and intending to curse the prince, but he, a young minister of Dali Temple who specializes in solving crimes, has helped the officials find so many secret treasures, and he can fight with these princes. What does it matter?

On the contrary, the Zhang family, who planned all this, were in a mess. They even forgot to wear their vests when they spoke, and their intentions were very obvious.

However, when Zhao Zongshi got involved, everything was different.

Although he is the future emperor, if he is not a helpless and imprisoned son of the clan, he would not have gone to Jiang Lin's house to live and eat.In the eyes of the emperor, Zhao Zongshi should not have any intention of doing anything, it is better to be a useless person, so as not to covet the throne he left for his own son.

Zhao Zongshi shouldn't be involved in Jiang Lin's affairs, no matter whether someone would suspect that a twelve or thirteen-year-old kid like him has ulterior motives for the little prince, he shouldn't let himself be involved in the cloud of suspicion.

But Jiang Linben left the banquet because he came to look for him. If he didn't stand up, he wouldn't be able to pass the hurdle in his heart.

Concubine Zhang Gui was also clearly aware of the stakes involved. She considered her choice of words and said to the officials: "Well, Zong Shi, as a child of the clan and the most popular cousin, will definitely not compete with someone who intends to curse the prince. What collusion did the prisoner choose to deliberately cover him... right?"

Her sinister slander made all the people present frown, but Zhao Zongshi couldn't hear it. His drooping eyes became darker because of the official's silence for a long time.

He deliberately referred to himself as a "children" in order to recall some of the foster father-son relationship between himself and Zhao Zhen.

However, he may not have had such a thing in the first place.

He knew his parents would be worried about his behavior, but he just... couldn't help standing up for his brother Lin.

Jiang Lin also noticed the loss and disappointment on his face, and interrupted Concubine Zhang boldly: "Your concubine is right! This is the first time I have seen the son, and I didn't expect to be able to get the son to testify for the minister, to wash away Injustice, I am really ashamed."

"It's not necessary to guarantee your life. The prince wants to find out the real culprit who murdered Qilin for the prince. Everyone can see this intention. I only hope that your majesty can trust me so much."

Concubine Zhang Gui was obviously confused by Jiang Lin's direct attitude, and said in a panic: "But this matter has to be started from the standpoint of the little prince, Zong Shi is a discarded—"

"Shut up!" Zhao Zhen finally opened his mouth and looked at Zhang Guifei coldly.The latter also knew that he had lost his sense of proportion when he said that, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my concubine is talking nonsense for a while, Your Majesty..."

Zhang Yaozuo saw that the official's expression was getting worse, he quickly tugged on his niece's sleeve and told her to shut up quickly, but he didn't even dare to say a word of confession.

Zhao Zhen finally withdrew his cold gaze, closed his eyes, and looked at Zhao Zongshi with his head down again.

Zhao Zongshi, who was panicking, suddenly felt a big warm hand on his head.

There was a storm in his heart, but he still paid attention to his demeanor, and said calmly: "...Uncle Emperor."

Zhao Zhen has already withdrawn his hand.

Even as the king of a country, he always has a soft spot in his heart.Although the child Zhao Zongshi was not his own, he was also a good seed carefully selected from the clan by himself.

Every little bit of getting along is not fake. Zhao Zhen still remembers that this child is filial and Confucian, frugal and simple. Even though he can no longer keep Zhao Zongshi by his side for his own son, and even confines him, but from the emotional point of view In fact, he never felt that Zhao Zongshi, who is still a child, had any problems.

Unfortunately, he already has a child of his own.

Zhao Zhen only sighed in his heart, turned to Bao Zheng and said, "Bao Zhongcheng, you will supervise Jiang Shaoqing tonight, and investigate this case to the bottom."

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Because of such a incident in the palace, the guards sealed off the inside and outside of the palace, not giving any suspicious personnel a chance to slip away.

Most of the people returned to the banquet temporarily, only Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang stayed in the small courtyard where Qilin was with Jiang Lin.

The three of them knew that Jiang Lin's testimony was half-truth and half-false, so they were not in a hurry to cross-examine, but instead called the guards and eunuchs guarding the small courtyard over to question one by one.

Jiang Lin preliminarily screened the candidates who might be involved in the case, and in the end there were only three suspects left.

The first person is Xiao Le, the maid accompanying Qilin when the Zhang family sent Qilin in.According to her own statement, she grew up with all kinds of animals since she was a child, and she was able to understand the habits of the unicorn and how to feed it, so she was taken by Concubine Zhang and brought into the palace.

Xiao Le is tall, with dark skin and many calluses on her hands, she seems to have practiced martial arts.

Although Jiang Lin didn't really see the scene where the murderer murdered Qilin, he also knew the size of the little eunuch who knocked him out.The maid could not be ruled out as an eunuch, so he couldn't help but feel a little more suspicious.

The unicorn was still lying on the ground, Xiao Le put a coat on it, as if he was afraid that it would catch a cold.

Jiang Lin was used to seeing corpses, but at first glance, he couldn't help turning his eyes away slightly when he saw how this little furry animal had died so tragically.

He only asked: "May I ask Miss Xiaole what did you feed 'Qilin' today?"

"I fed a little half a catty of freshly picked grass leaves and fruits." Xiao Le moved the box in the corner of the yard, and there were indeed many delicate melons, fruits and leaves in it.

Jiang Lin took a look and said, "Is the Qilin not as good as a toilet?"

Xiao Le rubbed his nose, and said: "...the divine beast, it must be different from the beasts in the mortal world. Of course, it does not eat the fireworks of the world."

After catching a lie, Jiang Lin turned to the second person calmly.

That person was Xu Wei, the guard guarding the gate of the small courtyard.

When he came up, he pleaded guilty with Jiang Lin and the others, saying that when the fireworks show was about to end, he took advantage of the guards in his class to go to the bathroom, and ran to the small kiosk dozens of steps away from the small courtyard to watch the fireworks.

The itinerary of the other person has been confirmed to be true, and Xu Wei also insisted that he left for a very short time and did not notice anyone entering the small courtyard.

"Although it is no better than inside the courtyard, you can still see the courtyard gate clearly. It is impossible to miss it because it is far away... So I guess, Shaoqing, you may not have walked through the door, but entered through the wall. courtyard."

Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows lightly. After all, a young eunuch who knew martial arts attacked him, and he did not rule out the possibility that the other party didn't take him out.

He confirmed with Zhan Zhao: "When does the fireworks show last?"

"About from the second quarter to the fourth quarter of Xu time. At that time, the fireworks were loud, and many people at the banquet were drunk and a little noisy. I didn't notice any special movement." After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he looked at it. White eyes Yutang.

Bai Yutang spread his hands carelessly: "I didn't see it, so I just watched... watching the fireworks."

Zhan Zhao pursed his lips, but didn't speak.

Jiang Lin continued to ask the third person, who was a slightly shorter and younger eunuch.He was supposed to be responsible for the reception work of today's banquet, but he was absent for a long time without any reason. Most of the eunuchs said that they did not see him at the banquet.

Regarding this, the little eunuch said that he was stunned, took off his clothes, and threw him in an empty room at the east end of the palace.He was woken up by the sound of the door lock being unlocked. At that time, the man threw the eunuch uniform on the ground and left.

The little eunuch said that he heard the explosion of fireworks a few times, but saw nothing when he went out, so the other party should have opened the door for him when the fireworks show was about to end.

Jiang Lin frowned slightly.

There is a temporal discrepancy in the testimony of the guard and the eunuch.

According to what the guards said, the only time he could be brought into the small courtyard by the gangsters was only during the few minutes when the fireworks show was about to end.But at the same time, the little eunuch met the person who was suspected to be approaching Jiang Lin pretending to be the eunuch.

Bai Yutang also realized this, and whispered to Jiang Lin, "Did the two of them lie? Or did two of them commit the crime at the same time?"

"After I left the table, I was attacked by a man wearing a eunuch's uniform. If two people committed the crime at the same time, then the person wearing the eunuch's uniform knocked me out and handed me over to another person. It was sent into the small courtyard 'unbeknownst to the gods and ghosts'."

"Then isn't that guard very suspicious?"

"But the time when the other guard leaves is uncontrollable, they have to hand it over in person." Jiang Lindao, "But the small courtyard is a certain distance from the room at the east end, even if you fly over with light work and want to avoid people's eyes and ears, what do you do? It takes half a cup of tea. But the time when the guard goes to the bathroom is not far from the time when the fireworks show ends..."

Bai Yutang said angrily: "Then the two of them lied. Two guys who left their posts without authorization, what good things can they be?"

"But the little eunuch's figure doesn't match the villain who attacked me, and the guards didn't leave long enough."

"Damn it, Jiang, can you clarify the information once and for all!"

Seeing him jumping in anger, Jiang Lin smiled, and glanced at Bao Zheng who had been listening for a while, and sure enough, he saw that the other party was the same as himself, and he already had a clear look.

"Perhaps there is no need for any more information." Zhan Zhao tried to appease Bai Yutang, but what he said obviously failed to achieve the effect he wanted, "I already have a guess."

Bai Yutang became the only outsider who didn't know the answer, gritted his teeth and said, "Quickly tell me!"

Zhan Zhao turned to Jiang Lin: "Can you confirm with Jiang Shaoqing whether the villain who tried to frame you committed the crime alone?"

Hearing this, Jiang Lin nodded and said, "Not only that, this person is also an old acquaintance of ours. Moreover, if Jiang has guessed correctly, this person is no longer in the palace."

"What?" Bai Yutang didn't care about how they solved the puzzle, and only cared about whether the case could be closed tonight, "Then if you can't find the murderer who killed Qilin, how can the officials let you go easily?"

Jiang Lin rubbed his left shoulder and said relaxedly, "Then you don't have to worry."

He turned to one of the three and said, "If you are willing to testify for me, we can still catch the person who actually killed Qilin tonight."