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

86 Not Promising Xianchen

As soon as Jiang Lin said this, Yelu Zongyuan's face instantly collapsed.

"What are you talking about, boy? Mengyao had an accident on your territory of the Song Kingdom. I don't want to hold you accountable. Why do you turn around and say that I killed someone?"

"Is this hard to understand?" Jiang Lin made a somewhat surprised expression on his face, and deliberately exchanged a glance with Bai Yutang, "The Bieyuan is heavily guarded, not only guarded by my Da Song's guards, but also by the diplomatic mission. Soldiers are stationed here, I can't imagine that any outsider can enter the other garden and poison the honored lady."

"But my wife went around the city yesterday! How could it be that she was infected with poison at that time?"

"Why don't you understand?" Bai Yutang couldn't help but said, "Even if your wife was poisoned outside, we have to check her abdomen to find out what kind of poison she took. Which food was the poison added to? Then we can know whether she was poisoned because of a problem with the food at the banquet, or in the city?"

Jiang Lin nodded and added: "Besides, the summer is hot, and Mrs. Zun's body rots faster. We need an autopsy as soon as possible to determine the time of her death more accurately."

"But..." Yelu Zongyuan was still hesitating, but Bao Zheng said sternly: "The Yelu envoy didn't want to find out the cause of Mrs. Zun's death, so he was here to delay the time?"

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Although the Song Dynasty seemed to be in a disadvantageous situation of handing in yearly coins to the Liao Kingdom every year, nominally speaking, the yearly coins existed like "lucky money".Song was still counted as a country in front of Liao.

What's more, it is a customary rule to obey the laws of which country in which country. Even if Yelu Zongyuan himself is arrogant, they can't violate Song Dynasty's reasonable law enforcement decision.

After all, Yelu Zongyuan and his concubine were important messengers, and the job of recording his statement was handed over to Bao Zheng of Yushitai.The investigation and autopsy was handed over to Jiang Lin.

Mrs. Yelu's body has been brought back to Dali Temple, and Wei Qin is calling for people to examine it.Without Zuo Zuo Yunshu and judge Xie Ling, Jiang Lin was not used to doing anything.

Bai Yutang saw the flash of blankness on his face, so he punched him and said, "Okay, let's investigate."

A real man would not give himself so much time to digest his emotions, Jiang Lin also punched him: "Investigate the case."

Wei Qin had already walked over with the case file, and reorganized the case: "The deceased, Yelu Mengyao, was a woman of Han nationality. Her surname was Chu, and she was from Kaifeng Prefecture. Her father, Chu Lian, was a businessman, and brought a 12-year-old girl named Chu into the Liao Dynasty. Later, she joined the army, was promoted to a command position, and died in battle. At the age of 19, Ms. Chu was brought into Yelu Zongyuan's house as a concubine. After her original wife died, Ms. Chu was brought upright and changed her surname."

Jiang Lin nodded and said, "How did you calculate the death time of the deceased?"

Wei Qin pointed to Wu Zuo, who was undergoing a laparotomy, and said, "Reporting to Jiang Shaoqing, Wu Zuo has already taken out all the food residues in the abdomen of the corpse. We will test the poison first, and then calculate the time of death based on the digestion of the food. is the most accurate."

Jiang Lin's eyes lit up.

He had roughly heard of such autopsies.

It takes a certain amount of time for food to be completely digested in the stomach. As long as the specific time required is known and combined with the eating time of the deceased, the exact time of death can be calculated based on the food residue.

Generally speaking, the time error obtained by such a calculation method will not exceed half an hour.

Jiang Lin was a little surprised that such an autopsy method had appeared so early in the Song Dynasty, and couldn't help praising: "This method is very good, did our clerks of Dali Temple come up with it?"

"It was figured out by the girl Yunshu in Dali Temple before." Wei Qin didn't know the specific situation of Yunshu, so he just said truthfully, "She also wrote a book of autopsies, which recorded many autopsies that I have never seen before. Method. She is young..."

"Ah, ah," Bai Yutang couldn't stop listening, "Now we are focusing on the case, so have you tested the poison and the time of death?"

As soon as Bai Yutang finished speaking, the workman who was busy at the other end said: "The test came out. The deceased took a poison called 'Baihu Powder'. There's no chance of saving it."

Jiang Lin hadn't had time to be surprised by the name of the poison, so he heard the clerk continue: "And we found this poison in the snacks in the house and the snack residues in the deceased's stomach. Therefore, the deceased should have taken the snacks." Died a quarter of an hour or so later."

Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then it's easy. I remember it was recorded in the case file that the plate of dim sum at the scene was very strange, and none of the servants had seen it before. Let's ask Yelu Zongyuan and his concubine to see what is there. Wouldn’t it be nice to know who brought the snacks?”

Jiang Lin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Naive, how could the real murderer have anything to do with that dim sum?"

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Consistent with what Jiang Lin had expected, neither Yelu Zongyuan nor Mrs. Xian admitted that the inventory was from them.

The plate of dim sum was exquisite and delicious, and it was also very small. It is not impossible to say that it was hidden in the arms of some of them and brought into the house at random.

However, the evidence obtained from the belly can already prove that the murderer was in the mission, either there was something wrong with the servants, or it was one of Yelu Zongyuan and his concubine.

Da Song has gained a certain amount of initiative, but the case should be resolved as soon as possible.

In Yushitai, Fu Bi was sitting in the audience, and Bao Zheng was asking Fan Chunren to explain the testimonies they had collected to Jiang Lin and Bai Yutang.

"Yelu Zongyuan's statement is that when he saw Mrs. Yelu around Xu time, she was sitting alone in the house practicing calligraphy, and there was no abnormal behavior. He didn't notice any difference between the furnishings in the house and the usual Make sure if there is any dim sum on the table. I left the room at the second quarter of the hour."

Bai Yutang sneered and said, "Didn't remember anything? Just pretend to care about Madam, saying that she will feel very uncomfortable when she returns to the other garden. There must be something wrong with the food at the banquet."

Jiang Lin carefully recalled the other ornaments in the house.

There are indeed many newly practiced copybooks on the desk, and the author's peace and relaxation can be seen from the handwriting.There are several long pieces of red silk hanging on the closet, and there is also the doughnut Mrs. Yelu bought from the market yesterday.

Jiang Lin had already sent someone to inspect them, and none of those things were poisoned, nor were there any other special features.

He asked Fan Chunren, "What about Mrs. Xian?"

"She came to the Bieyuan at [-]:[-] pm, claiming that she saw that the candles in the house had been extinguished, so she went up to ask in a low voice, and thought that Mrs. Yelu must have really fallen asleep, and she left the courtyard within a while." Fan Chunren said , "I've confirmed this with the other servants. The time she's been in the courtyard is indeed very short. She shouldn't be able to leave the snacks for Mrs. Yelu and let her eat them unsuspectingly."

"You don't need to make so many reasoning and assumptions, it's more important to look at the facts first." Bao Zheng looked at Jiang Lindao, "Is there a result on the death time of the deceased?"

Jiang Lin nodded: "This time is rather delicate. We compared the food in the deceased's stomach with the list made by the maid, and we found out that Mrs. Yelu ate buns in the morning, roast goose and bamboo shoots at noon, and her afternoon meal. The sugar she took. She didn't eat at the banquet because she was unwell at night, but had a snack after returning to her room."

"According to the degree of food digestion, the mutton soup and buns have been digested for more than six hours, and the roast goose has been digested for four hours. It is more certain that the time when the maid saw the deceased eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake was in Shenshi in the afternoon. Two quarters, and the degree of its digestion was determined to be within two hours."

Jiang Lin said slowly: "This also means that the time of death of the deceased must have been before the second quarter of Xu time. And the only person who was with him at that time was Yelu Zongyuan."

When Bao Zheng heard this, although he was a little surprised, he was well prepared psychologically.

He was about to say something when Fu Bi on the side said, "Okay, okay, Yelu Zongyuan's crimes are confirmed in this way, and he deserves what he deserves."

Fu Bi smiled and looked at Jiang Lindao: "Jiang Shaoqing is indeed a good-looking talent. I heard that you are upright, and you are strictly investigating the truth. I am still worried, if this Yelu Zongyuan is not the murderer of this case..."

Fu Biyin lost the second half of the sentence, Jiang Lin was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Bao Zheng's expression was sombre, he was unwilling to speak.Fu Bi looked at Jiang Lin in surprise, and then said tactfully: "Of course, if Yelu Zongyuan is the murderer in this case, we will have more leverage to negotiate with the Liao Kingdom. Jiang Shaoqing, he has repeatedly spoken rudely to your father and you, you You shouldn't have the intention to cover him, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Bai Yutang was so straight-tempered that he even dared to scold the prime minister when he became anxious, "We will say what we find out, and we will sit upright when we do it. How do you say it seems that we deliberately forged this result? of?!"

Fu Bi also got angry and said, "The old man just sighed, and he didn't disrespect the truth. But if the murderer is a concubine, or a random servant in the mission, will it be of any benefit to our negotiation?" ? Now is a critical period of diplomatic relations between the two countries, what do you, a little secretary, know?!"

Jiang Lin felt a little cold when he heard that.

He investigated the case only to find out the truth, to find out why Mrs. Yelu lost her life.

During the investigation, no matter what kind of facts he faced, Jiang Lin never thought of seeking any benefits by concealing or covering up.

Even if it is national level interests, if it is obtained in this way, he feels a little disdainful.

Perhaps Jiang Lin was young, but he still believed that in front of the law, there was nothing wrong with being black or white, and that one should also have integrity and pride.

Bai Yutang was about to argue with Fu Bi again, but Jiang Lin smiled and pressed his shoulder.

"Prime Minister Fu said that he will respect the truth, right?"

Fu Bi was stunned and said, "Yes, but haven't you confirmed that Yelu Zongyuan was the only person at the scene of the crime based on the time of death of the deceased?"..."

"That's right." Jiang Lindao, "But don't forget, if the perpetrator is really Yelu Zongyuan, when and how did he come into contact with the foreign envoy who is being watched all the time? What about the dessert plate?"