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

87 I'll be there

In the court judgment, the most important thing is a complete chain of evidence.

It is not only necessary to prove that only one suspect appears at the scene of the crime during the time of death, so that the other party is identified as the murderer.The murder weapon, motive, and all relevant evidence must be found before a person can be convicted.

Jiang Lin was only in charge of investigating cases in Dali Temple, but he knew that the laws of the Song Dynasty were already perfect, and the Ministry of Punishment had always followed the principle of "no doubt".

But what Fu Bi wanted now was to let them push the case to Yelu Zongyuan.

After all, anyone can see that among the three envoys, only Yelu Zongyuan is the most passive and aggressive, and has no intention of promoting cooperation at all.If he can be taken down, and then used to contain the Liao State Mission with his crimes, then Song State will have more bargaining chips in its hands.

Moreover, the dead Mrs. Yelu can also be counted as a person from the Song Dynasty, and the matter happened on the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance who is in the wrong and who is taking advantage. Not to be blamed by anyone at all.

But even if this is the most perfect solution, the ending of "As You Like It", Jiang Lin is still obsessed with the truth behind it.

There was a hint of disbelief in Fu Bi's eyes.

Based on the rumors he had heard about Jiang Lin, the other party should not be someone who could not understand what he said.

... So, Jiang Lin fully understands the importance of this case to the negotiation, and still wants to continue to investigate the case.

For a moment, Fu Bi didn't know whether he should lament Jiang Lin's arrogance rather than bending, or his stubbornness without flexibility.In fact, it's not that Fu Bi can't understand Jiang Lin's thoughts, but as a core member of the Song Dynasty negotiations, he really can't look at Madam Yelu's death from an objective perspective.

After much deliberation, Fu Bi decided to make way for Jiang Lin: "Jiang Shaoqing, I just think that the time of death is enough to explain the problem. Of course we have to investigate the case according to the procedure, and the old man will naturally not intervene, but in terms of negotiation The old man already has a plan in mind, and I just want to remind Jiang Shaoqing, please pay attention and don't lose too much because of small things."

Jiang Lin frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Bai Yutang snorted softly, "It's fine if we can investigate the case, why don't you let us meet those witnesses and suspects?"

"Hey," Fu Bi interrupted, "According to the rules, only officials from Yushitai can contact people in the mission, and Dali Temple can only restore the truth of the case..."

Seeing that Jiang Linchao turned to Bao Zheng and Fan Chunren for questioning, Fu Bi also turned to the two of them, and said with deep meaning in his words: "You two, I don't think I misunderstood you, right?"

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Jiang Lin was still confused about what the "plan" Fu Bi was referring to, but he knew it as soon as he left the palace.

The peddlers on the side of the road were all discussing enthusiastically: "Have you all heard about it? Someone died in the mission from the Liao Kingdom, and the murderer was the emperor's younger brother!"

"Really? It's a certainty? He is a foreign envoy, and killing people is a trivial matter, so don't talk nonsense!"

"How can it be nonsense! I heard that it was the result of the investigation at the Dali Temple. The time of death was deduced from the remains of the deceased's abdomen. It turned out that the only person who was with the deceased at that time was Yelu Prince..."

Hearing that such details had been disclosed to the public, Jiang Lin was almost speechless by Fu Bi's coquettish operation of launching a public opinion offensive.

Many people in the Liao Mission could not understand Chinese. Now that these rumors are spreading, can they really cause psychological pressure on the other party in the negotiation?

Bai Yutang couldn't hold back his anger more than he did. He was about to rush forward to clarify the truth with the peddlers, but was stopped by Jiang Lin: "He is not benevolent, but we have to abide by the rules. Dali Temple handles cases and is not allowed to disclose information to the outside world."

Bai Yutang put his hands on his hips angrily, and said, "Then what should we do? Both Yelu Zongyuan and Mrs. Xian were invited away by the Yushitai people, and we couldn't get in touch with them. That Fu Bi said nicely, but we have no way to interrogate the suspects." , how to investigate the other party's whereabouts, and determine whether Yelu Zongyuan has been exposed to poison?"

The more Bai Yutang thought about it, the angrier he became: "Do you think Bao Zheng also colluded with him to help that Fu Bi change his testimony!"

"Why is Bao Zhongcheng such a person? Don't worry." Jiang Lin put his shoulders on him, turned him towards the restaurant, and said, "Look, didn't I invite foreign aid here?" ?”

Bai Yutang looked up and saw that standing on Xianghui Building was Fan Chunren from Yushi Terrace.

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"Why didn't you tell me when you secretly concluded the deal?" Bai Yutang looked back and forth between Jiang Lin and Fan Chunren with dissatisfied eyes. In his impression, Fan Chunren had always been a slow-witted fool. It can come in handy at this moment.

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Is this still a deal? Looking at each other, a smart person like Fan Yushi will naturally understand what I mean."

Bai Yutang kicked the stool he was sitting on, and said, "Okay, you still have the face to say it. You actually saw each other right under my nose."

He snorted at Fan Chunren, and said quickly, "If you hadn't brought out the confession this time, I'd like to say something to you, otherwise Fifth Master would not even say hello to you when I met you on the road."

Fan Chunren was a face-saving person, and he was a little embarrassed after hearing Bai Yutang's words.

But he still endured and brought all the testimony needed by Dali Temple.

"According to Jiang Shaoqing's question, I have conducted a new round of interrogation of the members of the mission." Fan Chunren said, "As for Yelu Zongyuan's itinerary in the past few days, it is certain that the other party has appeared on our side most of the time. Under the surveillance of the hidden guards, if he had premeditated the murder, he might have been carrying the poison on him all the time. But no matter how you look at it, Yelu Zongyuan doesn’t look like he had the opportunity to touch the pastries in the house.”

"I can only carefully investigate the whereabouts of their entourage. This list lists the places they may have been these days."

Jiang Lin took the list, looked at the long list of place names on it, and said with some headache: "The dim sum in Mrs. Yelu's room is very ordinary, and you can see it everywhere in the market restaurant. If these servants have really been to these There must be a chance to get in touch with these pastries.”

"It's just..." Jiang Lin frowned, "It's just that I can't figure it out. If Yelu Zongyuan really killed someone, wouldn't it be too obvious?"

Bai Yutang said disapprovingly, "He looked like he didn't want to reconcile with us, maybe he deliberately killed his Song wife on our territory just to stir up conflicts between the two countries? But it's the most naked provocation. Don't forget, at the beginning, he refused to let us touch Mrs. Yelu's body, isn't he just guilty of guilt?"

Jiang Lin still felt weird: "But I only said a few words, and I persuaded him to hand over the body. First of all, I don't think that I, or my father, can have such a big face to let a murderer hand over the body. Locked up the evidence of his murder."

Bai Yutang said: "You said that. Maybe he was too careless. I didn't expect that we could calculate the death time of the dead body so specifically based on the food residue in the belly of the dead, right? Not everyone is like that little girl Yun Shu." Like a movie, there are countless ghosts at a young age..."

Bai Yutang couldn't help shivering as he spoke, but Jiang Lin fell into deep thought in silence.

He always felt that the direction of his investigation was caught in some kind of contradiction.

If Yelu Zongyuan was the murderer of Chu Mengyao, Jiang Lin always felt that the other party's move was too risky.

However, according to their presumed time of death, Yelu Zongyuan was indeed the only person who appeared in the room of the deceased at that time.

What's more, if Yelu Zongyuan is not suspicious enough, then Mrs. Xian's suspicion will only be even smaller.

The time she entered the courtyard was the moment after Mrs. Yelu was presumed dead, and the time she stayed was so short that it was impossible to make any big moves.

Jiang Lin always felt that he had fallen into some kind of misunderstanding, but he couldn't understand it.

"Okay, okay, don't get entangled so much!" Bai Yutang persuaded Jiang Lindao, "If you want to dig into a dead end, then there will be more problems."

Jiang Lin asked, "For example?"

"For example, the dim sum can be seen everywhere, but no one knows how it got into Mrs. Yelu's room. Another example, if the dim sum is really 'unknown', why would Mrs. Yelu, who has tasted a lot of delicacies, have no grudges? How about eating it?"

Bai Yutang tapped the table lightly with his index finger: "Doesn't this mean that the person who killed Mrs. Yelu should be someone who knew her very well?"

Fan Chunren also coughed lightly, and said: "Jiang Shaoqing, why don't we order food first, and it's not too late to think about these things after eating."

"Fan Yushi makes sense." Jiang Lin nodded in agreement, and then said to the waiter who wanted to come forward to say hello, "Hey, young man, did you entertain two ladies who came to dinner the day before yesterday? They both look very good. She is beautiful, she is shorter, with a baby face, and there should be many servants around her..."

Bai Yutang and Fan Chunren looked at each other speechlessly.

That's right, since Jiang Lin chose the Xianghui Building where Mrs. Yelu had visited, it's impossible that it wasn't for investigating the case.

"Oh, sir, are you talking about the two ladies who came from the mission?" Thinking of the rumors in the city about the lady being poisoned to death, Waitangdui said with a smile, "Don't worry, the murderer has been arrested. There is nothing wrong with the food in our Xianghui Building. You can eat it with peace of mind."

None of the three expected that the rumors had spread to the point that the murderer had already been arrested.

Jiang Lin said helplessly, "I just wanted to ask, have you ever noticed what that thin lady ate?"

The waiter was a little embarrassed: "With their identities, they have to shun people when they eat. I see that they didn't even stay in there with a serving maid yesterday, so they just sat there to eat. If you don't like Unlucky, I want to avoid taboo, I can point you to all the dishes they ordered that day..."

As he said that, the waiter showed the three of them some red-headed dishes.

"It's the same as Mrs. Xian said, elbows, roast goose, and bamboo shoots, the two of them are quite edible." Bai Yutang pouted, but didn't see anything wrong.

Jiang Lin's expression suddenly changed.

"I seem to know where the violations in this case are."