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

89 The window is bright and dusty

Jiang Lin always felt that he was a thick-skinned person, but even though he still had the cheek of "Fan Chunren" on his face at the moment, he rarely felt ashamed.

Fortunately, Jiang Lin's adjustment speed was extremely fast, and he quickly looked around and pretended to be stupid: "Jiang Shaoqing? Where is Jiang Shaoqing?"

He pretended to see Bao Zheng by himself, went forward to salute the person and said, "Hey, Bao Zhongcheng, why are you here? Fan found an important physical evidence here, and he is about to show it to you! "

After this set of operations, the servants who didn't know the truth thought that Bao Zheng had admitted the wrong person.

After all, they had all met Jiang Lin before, and knew that he would definitely not look like the man in front of them.

Bao Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "You brat..."

"If you need to handle the case, please ask Zhong Cheng to accommodate you." Jiang Lin pulled Bao Zheng aside, and whispered in his ear, "I have already investigated the truth of this case, and Yushitai and Dali Temple need to cooperate. Non-competition, Bao Zhongcheng won't have internal friction with the lower officials."

"Stop changing concepts here, you don't have any sincerity in knowing your mistakes." Bao Zheng glanced at him, and called Zhan Zhao again.

Zhan Zhao immediately admitted his mistake and said, "Zhan Zhao knows his mistake, Zhan Zhao is willing to punish himself with one month's salary, and let Bao Zhongcheng handle it."

Jiang Lin: "?"

He still thinks that he works hard and can be called the king of the generation, but how can this Zhan Zhao be more smart than him?And it turned out to be by cheating yourself? !

It's fine to sell a little bit more at work, Jiang Lin has no hobby of "lowering his own value".

He leaned back slightly and said, "Bao Zhongcheng, you are not my boss, so you shouldn't be able to deduct my salary."

"You are the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, so I can't control you." Before Jiang Lin could let out a sigh of relief, Bao Zheng straightened his sleeves calmly, "But as the imperial censor, if the officials are dishonest..."

"It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong..." Jiang Lin immediately confessed his mistake to Bao Zheng, "I will write a review when I return home, and deduct as much salary as I want..."

"laugh……"

Seeing a smile in Bao Zheng's eyes, Jiang Lin realized that he was being tricked.

Bao Zheng laughed and said, "You are allowed to play tricks all day long, and others are not allowed to play tricks on you?"

Jiang Lin turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao, who had an upright look on his face, as if he really wanted to receive punishment.

Jiang Lin didn't know if he was sighing or relieved, but said: "Okay, okay, it doesn't matter if you don't deduct the money. Jiang knows that Bao Zhongcheng is still with Jiang."

"Don't make me sound like an old man who is partial to selfishness." Bao Zheng stepped forward, and Jiang Lin and Zhan Zhao followed behind him with a smile.

"Since you said that you have cleared up the case, let's explain the truth quickly." Bao Zheng looked back at Jiang Lin, "If you don't understand this case, you should worry about your violation of the rules. gone."

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Due to the particularity of this incident, the venue for presenting the case was arranged in the inner garden of the imperial palace.Out of respect for the mission, Zhao Zhen will also come to observe, and the negotiators are all important ministers of the two countries, which makes Jiang Lin's work more formal.

Before going to the hall, Fu Bi couldn't help pulling Jiang Lin aside and asked, "Jiang Shaoqing, you should still remember what the old man told you before?"

——Don't be too obsessed with the truth, or a small amount of processing can be done on the basis of the truth.

Seeing that Jiang Lin was noncommittal, Fu Bi said again: "Then you should find out with this old man first, is the murderer in this case Yelu Zongyuan?"

"Is... or not," Jiang Lin said deliberately, "does it really have such a big impact on the outcome of the negotiation? It seems that the formal negotiation has not been advanced in the past two days, right?"

Fu Bi was a little dissatisfied and said: "Although there has been no formal meeting, private temptations are inevitable. We don't know how much bargaining chips we hold in our hands, so how do we know how much profit to give to Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu?"

Jiang Lin frowned, thinking that the negotiations between the two countries were also bought with advantage?

But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was not a bribe, but just an expression of sincerity from both parties.It's just that Song is now fighting with the northern rebels, and facing Liao's looting, he naturally has to show more sincerity.

For the time being, Jiang Lin didn't care whether Fu Bi's actions violated the rules, but only cared: "Then what is the attitude of Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu?"

Fu Bi pondered and said: "After all, Xiao Temo is the son-in-law of the Liao Kingdom, and his attitude of thanking guests behind closed doors is more decisive. But Liu Liufu's attitude is a little more ambiguous. It seems that the peace talks between the two countries are very confident..."

Jiang Lin's eyes flashed for a moment.

Fu Bi asked again: "Jiang Shaoqing, the old man has already talked about this, and you still don't want to get to the bottom of it?"

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "You don't have to worry too much, Prime Minister Fu. The result of this case shouldn't disappoint you too much."

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In the main hall, Zhao Zhen sat on the high hall, and the envoys and Song officials sat on both sides, feeling quite tense.Jiang Lin led Bai Yutang slowly into the center of the hall.

All eyes fell on Jiang Lin.

Song Chen hopes that he will lock the murderer in the Liao Kingdom Mission, and it is best to catch Yelu Zongyuan, the assassin in the Mission, while the Liao Kingdom Mission hopes that Jiang Lin will overturn, it is best to use Ji pushed the pot on Da Song.

With such thoughts in mind, Xiao Temo said maliciously: "Regarding how much your country attaches great importance to the murder of my envoy's wife, you chose such a young boy to handle the case. It seems Is it true that your country has no capable people?"

"Isn't this logic right?" Bai Yutang retorted without any fear, "Jiang Lin, a junior who is so young, can solve this case. It should be said that your mission... oh no, it should be said that it is hidden in your mission. The murderer in the book is not smart enough."

"you……"

Xiao Temo choked with anger, Fu Bi came out to smooth things over and said: "Xiao Temo, don't be angry. Let Jiang Shaoqing investigate the case with the permission of Yelu Envoy himself. Let's listen to the case first."

"That's right, it's procrastinating, who knows what kind of heart it is." Bai Yutang muttered in a low voice, and rolled his eyes at others, making Xiao Temo very angry.

Jiang Lin coughed lightly, and asked someone to present the evidence first, explaining the poison detected by Wu Zuo and the time of death.

Everyone had more or less heard the rumors circulating in the city, and now that they had real evidence in front of them, they couldn't help but look at Yelu Zongyuan, who was identified as the real murderer.

"It's not me! You said it wasn't me!" Yeluzong Yuan looked at Jiang Lindao angrily, "You kid just came here to punish me, didn't you?"

"Envoy Yelu, be safe and don't be impatient." Jiang Lin glanced at him lightly, and said, "Jiang just briefly explained the process of calculating the death time of the deceased, and has not pointed to you yet."

"But according to what you said, Mengyao ate the sweet-scented osmanthus cake at the second quarter of the hour, and the food was digested within two hours, so the time of her death must have been before the second quarter of the Xu hour. But I went to her room to see When she was, she was indeed alive and well..."

"If I said," Jiang Lin interrupted, "the time when Mrs. Zun ate the sweet-scented osmanthus cake wasn't the second quarter of Shen Shi?"

"How is it possible?" Mrs. Xian couldn't help but said, and then confirmed to the servants at the side, "Sister Mengyao and I bought the sweet-scented osmanthus cake around Shenshi, and my sister had put the dessert in her hand two quarters ago. It's all eaten, right?"

The maids nodded repeatedly. They were all questioned separately at the beginning, and the possibility of colluding confessions is low.

Jiang Lin said, "However, what if Mrs. Yelu hid the snack in her bosom and pretended that she had already eaten it?"

"What do you mean? Why did she do this?" Yelu Zongyuan was still puzzled, but Xiao Temo who was beside him understood.

"You mean, Mrs. Yelu may have secretly eaten the pastry after the second quarter of Shen time? Then the inferred digestion time of two hours needs to be postponed, that is to say, she died after the second quarter of Xu time." of?"

Xiao Temo's sharp eyes instantly pierced Mrs. Xian, who quickly defended: "I didn't enter the house, someone testified for me!"

"No." Bao Zheng who was sitting on the side suddenly said in a low voice, "If this is the case, how should the other food in the deceased's belly be explained? Only the time for eating sweet-scented osmanthus cake was changed quietly, so the breakfast that the deceased ate How can it match the digestion time of six hours and four hours with dinner? Unless..."

Bao Zheng shivered slightly, Jiang Lin nodded and said, "Bao Zhongcheng guessed right. Jiang also thinks so."

Bai Yutang's appetite was whetted by the two of them, and he couldn't help but said, "Unless what? Can you make it clear in one breath?"

"To put it simply, it's about the same as what Xiao Temo guessed." Jiang Lindao, "Our original method of calculating the time of death was to push it backwards based on the deceased's meal time. For example, the deceased had breakfast at Chenshi in the morning, The steamed stuffed bun she ate stopped digesting after about six hours, which means she died at the hour of Xu after six hours. The same is true for the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes she ate for lunch and afternoon, and the time deduced from these three meals It was all before the second quarter of Xu time, and we confirmed the time of death of the deceased."

"But what if the deceased postponed each meal for a period of time?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present came to a little understanding - as long as the deceased ate later, Jiang Lin's inferred time of death should be earlier than her real time of death.

It also means that if this is true, the real time of death of the deceased should be after the second quarter of Xu time.

Bai Yutang felt that this guess was too unbelievable, so he couldn't help asking: "But Mrs. Yelu ate so much that day, how could the servants get the time wrong?"

"Recall what she ate that day." Jiang Lin said slowly, "Steamed buns, roasted goose legs, cold bamboo shoots, osmanthus cakes are all portable foods. As for foods such as mutton soup and knuckles , we didn’t find it in her belly at all. She should have pretended to eat, but actually secretly hid the food in her clothes.”

Bai Yutang couldn't believe it and said, "Do you have any substantive evidence for your guess?"

Jiang Lin nodded and said, "Yes."

Bao Zheng's eyes fell on the coat that Jiang Lin took out from Mrs. Yelu's room.

Jiang Lin picked up the dress with a smile and said, "That's right, the clothes are stained with the smell of a lot of food, which attracts the bites of mice. This is why Mrs. Yelu secretly delayed her meal in order to obscure her own death." Evidence of time."

Fu Bi suddenly opened his eyes wide, and looked at Jiang Lin in disbelief: "She actually expected her own death? Doesn't that mean..."

Doesn't it mean that Mrs. Yelu committed suicide? !

This Jiang Lin also promised himself that the truth would satisfy him, but in the end he committed suicide? !How does he handle the Liao mission in the negotiations? !

Yelu Zongyuan was completely in shock, but most of the others obviously thought of this.

At the end of Xiao Te concealed the joy in his heart, and said calmly: "Mrs. Yelu deliberately forged the time of her death, doesn't that mean that this case was designed by herself from the beginning to the end? I would like to thank Jiang Shaoqing for proving our The mission's innocence..."

But Jiang Lin stopped him: "Can a suicide that is deceived by others be called a suicide?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, Xiao Temo said: "What do you mean by that?"

"What I mean is," Jiang Lin slowed down his speech, and his eyes fell on someone in the Liao Kingdom mission, "Without your cooperation, how could Mrs. Yelu save herself from death by herself?" The disguise is so flawless?"