Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Xiao Kai raised his eyebrows and touched the back of his head.In a blink of an eye, everyone looked at him, panicked.

"Could it be that you all suspect me?" Xiao Kai shouted, his voice was loud because of his surprise.

Yuchi Baoqi stood up with a jerk, and went behind Xiao Kai, taking a closer look,

"It really is, so don't blame everyone for doubting you. Eunuch Tian really has sharp eyesight! Hahaha..."

Yuchi Baoqi didn't think much, just made a joke, and didn't forget to kiss Tian Hanshan's flattery by the way.

Tian Hanshan smiled awkwardly, then looked at Li Mingda solemnly.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi watched from the sidelines for the time being, without saying anything.

After Di Renjie was surprised, he found that the two presiding judges of the case did not deny the matter immediately, but fell into deep thought quietly, and looked at Xiao Kai with a look of scrutiny.

"Is it really you?" Jiang Lin stretched his neck and tried to tilt his head, wanting to put his head behind Xiao Kai so that he could take a look.

Yuchi Baoqi smiled and pulled Xiao Kai: "Why don't you let her see it!"

Xiao Kai glared at Yuchi Baoqi, telling him not to mess around, and then said to Li Mingda and Fang Yi sincerely: "I don't think this guy has anything to confess, so he just bit people."

"The mole behind Xiao Kai's ear has a shape. What kind of person are you talking about?" Li Mingda asked.

"What I said..." Jiang Lin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Kai, and immediately changed his words, "I remembered wrongly, it is indeed as he said, I can't confess anything, and you are forcing me, so I am here Bite people."

"Okay, you're biting people, so Jiang Liang doesn't actually have a mole behind his ear? You just saw Xiao Erlang's mole, so you said that on purpose?"

Jiang Lin nodded again and again, "Yes, that's true."

"Since you have seen the mole behind Xiao Erlang's ear, then describe it." Li Mingda said.

Jiang Lin froze. Although she tried her best to control her expression, the skin between her brows was still slightly wrinkled.

"Oh, what's special about it, it's just an ordinary mole, round."

"I told you earlier, the shape of the mole behind Xiao Erlang's ear is different, how could it be round. You are lying!" Li Mingda said sharply.

Jiang Lin was stunned, "I just glanced at it just now, I didn't see it too clearly."

"I advise you to take a good look at where Xiao Erlang is sitting before you lie. Can you see the back of his head when you enter the door? Let alone a glance, you can't see it even if you glance three times." Li Mingda immediately retorted.

Jiang Lin shut his mouth tightly, stared fiercely at the ground in front of him, gritted his back molars and remained silent.Because she found that the more she talked, the more flaws were discovered.

Xiao Kai was confused by Li Mingda's question at this time, and after frowning for a while, he looked at the crowd suspiciously: "Then am I really the suspect you suspect now?"

Yuchi Baoqi rolled his eyes, smiled and asked Xiao Kai, "How can it be?"

"Come here, take Xiao Kai into custody." Li Mingda ordered.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was stunned.And Yuchi Baoqi, who was still joking with Xiao Kai just now, opened his mouth to the maximum in surprise.

"Your lord, is this a joke? Or...serious?" Yuchi Baoqi stammered in embarrassment, looking eagerly at Li Mingda for proof.

"Do I look like I'm joking?" Li Mingda cast a serious glance at Yuchi Baoqi, and ordered Xiao Kai to be taken to a special room for custody.

Xiao Kai was dumbfounded, and when he realized it, he hurriedly shouted for grievances.But he found that Li Mingda didn't listen to his explanation at all, so he hurriedly looked at Fang Yizhi, and asked Fang Yizhi to speak up for him.

"You are indeed suspicious. This is not only the princess's will, but also the saint's will." Fang Yi said straight.

Yuchi Baoqi panicked, her face turned pale, and she continued to babble, "This, this, this..."

At this time, Di Renjie quickly comforted Xiao Kai, "Don't worry, as long as you are innocent, I believe the princess and Fang Shizi will find out."

Xiao Kai narrowed his eyes angrily, "Why do you doubt me? What's wrong with me?"

"Four years ago, did you live with Master Wu Dao in the thatched hut on the back mountain of Zhenyun Temple for about a year and a half?" Fang Yi asked directly.

Xiao Kai was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "What's the problem? My parents made me a monk for a while when I was young. I'm not alone. Many noble children are like this."

"Did you accompany Wudao all the time during your practice and did you not leave?" Fang Yizhi asked again.

Xiao Kai was very upset that he was being questioned like this, but he still frowned and answered the question, "Of course I didn't leave, and I would go out to play occasionally, but I came back after a few hours. The person you want to arrest is on Mount Wutou I stayed for more than half a year. How could I do it!"

"Can someone prove it?" Li Mingda asked.

Xiao Kai nodded confidently, then was taken aback for a moment, shook the corners of his mouth in a dumbfounded way, and said angrily and annoyed: "No Daoist took me to live alone in the back mountain, only he can prove it, but now others have Immortals are gone, there is no evidence for death, where do you tell me to find proof? This, this is too annoying!"

Xiao Kai blushed, looked at all the people present with disappointment, sneered and said, "It's useless for me to follow you to work diligently and loyally to help investigate the case. Oh, after many investigations, you suspect me? I What a fool, after committing a crime, I still follow you to investigate these things."

"Of course you are not stupid. The real culprit behind this case is smart and very proud, that's why he did this kind of thing. Not only can he use his mouth to instigate people to become murderous, but he also has the guts to murder the princess." Fang Yi Straightforwardly explained.

Xiao Kai was stunned, and turned to look at Li Mingda, "I can't understand what you are talking about more and more."

"I expected you would not admit it easily." Li Mingda continued.

"Why should I admit it, I'm not a murderer!" Xiao Kai shouted with distorted facial features.

Di Renjie hurriedly comforted Xiao Kai to calm down, and repeated what he said before to let him calm down, "The princess and Fang Shizi doubted you, there must be a reason, probably there is relevant evidence pointing to you, why don't you listen to the whole story first?" , let's see if there are any loopholes here. After all, as long as you didn't commit a crime, then there are chances of flaws in the evidence, which can prove that you are not the murderer. "

Xiao Kai also found that he was a little excited, took a deep breath, and then exhaled, trying to lower his tone of voice as much as possible.

"I'm a little excited, I apologize to the princess and Fang Shizi! But I am angry not only because I have been wronged, but also because my friends don't trust me. I feel that I have lived in vain. , What did you get in exchange for?" Xiao Kai laughed at himself in disappointment.

Li Mingda said to Di Renjie: "The person who can control the heads of Ji Wang, Jiang Lin, etc., is someone who commits a crime and leaves clues casually? We have long inferred that the real murderer behind the scenes must be extremely smart. So there is no conclusive evidence at present. But all the possibilities are pointing to Xiao Kai, so there may be some accident, and now he must be detained first."

When Xiao Kai heard this, his whole body was filled with anger.He wanted to speak to refute, but was stopped by Di Renjie reaching out his hand.

Seeing this, Yuchi Baoqi also muttered, "It's useless to shout, why don't you listen to the reason first. If the reason is not convincing, at least I will not agree, and I will definitely stab you in the ribs."

After hearing this, Xiao Kai closed his mouth tightly and didn't say anything.

Di Renjie hurriedly saluted, and asked Li Mingda what the so-called "possibilities" meant.

Li Mingda first talked about Ji Wang's death, "In the absence of an announcement, only those present knew about it. At that time, we had just suspected Ji Wang, and he died at home the next day. This is enough to show that, The murderer soon found out that we were following Ji Wang, and was worried that he would be exposed, so he hurriedly killed him first to silence him."

"What about Jiang Lin, why did he stay alive?" Di Renjie looked at Jiang Lin who was kneeling over there, "If it's Xiao Erlang, you can kill Jiang Lin if you want."

Jiang Lin's eyes would look at Xiao Kai from time to time, and after hearing that he was called, he still bowed his head to the ground.

"One is that Jiang Lin was killed in the Mingjing Division, and the exposure may be too great. The other is that when he was in Wutou Mountain three or four years ago, his identity was disguised, not his real name, so he is not afraid of Jiang Lin confessing him for the time being. Furthermore, Ji Wang and Jiang Lin have completely different personalities. Ji Wang is a man of noble origin. Although the murderer took advantage of his weakness to bewitch him, he still has the arrogance of a nobleman in his bones, and he will not completely submit to another person's commands and orders. The three nuns Jiang Lin and Hui Ning An Ning are different. They are restless in their hearts and no one cares about them. Suddenly someone came and just hit their weakness, and the real culprit naturally became their backbone easily. So again If you train them carefully, they will all be obedient and obedient. Bao Buqi also considered being interrogated in advance during the process of training them. Then the possibility of them confessing the real murderer is very small, so there is no such thing as Ji Wang. , Kill Jiang Lin immediately."

After Li Mingda stated his inference, he immediately explained the situation that Xiao Kai left early due to abdominal pain when they were interrogating Jiang Lin.

Di Renjie and Yuchi Baoqi also remembered.

Xiao Kai had no choice but to argue: "I really have a stomachache, but I can't find anyone to prove it. Even if I went to the toilet, I probably think it might be a fake."

Everyone was silent in agreement.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai laughed helplessly.

"After a few times of testing you, you showed no flaws. No evidence is true, but the time of committing the crime can be eliminated. Yours cannot be proved, but other people's alibi can be proved. Then the person who is most likely to commit the crime , it can only be you. For a year and a half, the most critical half a year, only you are eligible." Li Mingda continued to explain.

"Have you checked everything, but we are not the only ones who know about this case, but also the guards who were present at the time." After Yuchi Baoqi said, he looked at Cheng Chubi and the others.

"I've checked them all." Fang Yi said straight, "Actually, these guards are the best to check. They are all soldiers. They are either guarding the city or in the barracks. Let alone half a year, they don't even have time for themselves for three to five days. "

"That's right." Yuchi Baoqi frowned and nodded, then thought about what she was doing three years ago, and then asked Fang Yizhi, "Then you also checked mine, and Huaiying?"

Fang Yi nodded, "Not only you, but me too."

Yuchi Baoqi glanced at Fang Yizhi, nodded slightly, and looked at Xiao Kai with some guilt, her eyes no longer dared to look at Xiao Kai, and sighed.

After Xiao Kai heard these inferences, he sneered helplessly, "So I understand why you doubt me. But I really didn't do such a thing. Why did I instigate them to kill people? Is it boring? Can't because of me three Four years ago, I became a monk under Wu Daochang. Now no one can prove my situation at that time. I am a murderer. You have ruled out the suspicion of some people and proved that everyone has no problem, but you can’t say that the rest of me must be A criminal."

"That's why I'm just suspicious. I'm taking you into custody for the time being, and it's not convicting you. Now I can only wrong you, and we will investigate further later." Li Mingda then looked at Jiang Lin, "You are very smart, you should understand why I just did that. There is such an order."

"I know, it's because her reaction was wrong." Xiao Kai looked at Jiang Lin bitterly, trying his best not to lose his temper, "It's so weird, what did you mean by what you said just now?"

Jiang Lin trembled all over, clenched his fists on the ground, but kept sniffling, but didn't say a word.

Seeing this reaction, Xiao Kai frowned fiercely, feeling helpless, and then sighed resignedly, "I hope the princess, Brother Yi and everyone can investigate this case thoroughly and return me to my innocence. I am really innocent."

After Xiao Kai said this, he said that he didn't need to stay here any longer to interfere with the investigation.

Li Mingda nodded, and sent Cheng Chubi to take people to his room.Immediately, Li Mingda ordered everyone in the room not to disclose what happened in the lobby today.

Di Renjie, Yuchi Baoqi and others quickly agreed.

Yuchi Baoqi immediately cast her anger on Jiang Lin, "What do you mean by what you said just now, why did you wrong Xiao Erlang?"

"Brother Baoqi, you don't seem to understand. The princess just explained that Jiang Lin couldn't see the mole behind Xiao Erlang's ear at all." Di Renjie finished correcting, and then sat in Xiao Kai's position just now, and let Yuchi Baoqi Jiang Lin just walked through the door to see what happened to them.

Yuchi Baoqi tried it, and deliberately tilted his head to look at Di Renjie's position, then he nodded, admitting that Yuchi Baoqi's words were true.

"Did she meet her before?" Yuchi Baoqi asked.

"During Jiang Lin's first interrogation, Xiao Kai was not there, and he has been imprisoned in the prison of the Department of Mirrors since then, and Xiao Kai has never been in or out of the prison of the Department of Mirrors. How did Jiang Lin know that Xiao Kai had a mole behind his ear?" Fang Yi Ask directly.

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned, "So when she said that she had a mole just now, wasn't she deliberately framing Xiao Kai?"

"I deliberately framed it!" Jiang Lin suddenly shouted to defend, and looked at Yuchi Baoqi eagerly, "When I was at Fu's house, I met Xiao Kai and knew that he had a mole behind his ear."

Yuchi Baoqi was about to believe it, when Fang Yi asked Jiang Lin directly.

"Since I remember it so clearly, just now the princess asked you what the mole looks like, but you hesitated and gave the wrong answer."

Jiang Lin pursed her lips and lowered her eyes, trying her best to hide her panic, because she didn't know how to refute it, so this time she had no choice but to remain silent.

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned again, he became more and more confused, and looked at Li Mingda and Yuchi Baoqi suspiciously, "Then is what she said true?"

"The mole behind the ear must not be aimed at Xiao Kai. She was frightened by the punishment you said at the time, and really wanted to die quickly, so in a hurry, she must have told the truth. Of course, she must also feel that Tell the truth by yourself, we can't catch Jiang Liang only by the small clue of the mole behind the ear. I think she also knows that Jiang Liang's name is fake, so she doesn't mind revealing more ordinary clues Give it to us. But when Eunuch Tian said that Xiao Kai had moles behind his ears, she began to worry that Xiao Kai was really that person, so she changed her words." Li Mingda said.

At this time Jiang Lin heard the words, his body stiffened suddenly.

Yuchi Baoqi also found that Jiang Lin's reaction was silently echoing the princess' inference, "But didn't she see the mysterious murderer before, why didn't she recognize Xiao Kai immediately?"

Di Renjie interjected, "How do you know she didn't recognize it? Otherwise, why did she suddenly change her words and say that she was biting someone blindly?"

Yuchi Baoqi suddenly realized, and then naturally introduced the result. The previous suspicions of the princess and Fang Yizhi were correct, and Xiao Kai is really very likely to be the real murderer behind the scenes.Yuchi Baoqi was so shocked, thinking that he had firmly believed that Xiao Kai was innocent before, but now that these clues have been told, he really has no way to stick to what he thought before.

Di Renjie had calmed down his thoughts at this time, and was concerned about another clue, "Just now you said that the murderer has the guts to murder the princess, what do you mean?"

Fang Yizhi immediately told Di Renjie about the stone incident when Li Mingda fell off the cliff, and told him that someone has provided testimony now, saying that Xiao Kai had appeared near the crime scene at that time.

Yuchi Baoqi blinked beside her, and was even more shocked.

Di Renjie closed his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and then opened his eyes again, "Then, Xiao Kai's suspicion of committing the crime is indeed very strong, and the decision of the princess to be detained is justified."

"But now there is no evidence, can the two of you still participate in the investigation? If you feel that you can't do anything to your brother, you can take a break for a while. But don't spread the news, I will send someone to monitor you personally. This matter involves nobles, a little information Rumors are likely to make the investigation of the case difficult, I hope you can understand." It is not that Li Mingda does not trust the two of them, but out of caution and complete assurance, it must be so.

Both Di Renjie and Yuchi Baoqi expressed their understanding, but they did not choose to stop, but continued to follow up the case.

"If he is not innocent, I will send him to prison with my own hands. After all, this murderer has already killed many people. But if Xiao Kai is innocent, then I will also investigate and prove his innocence with my own hands." Yuchi Baoqi clang.

Di Renjie nodded in agreement, indicating that he thought so too.

"Okay, since that's the case, the two of you will be responsible for investigating the group of young Taoist priests who came back from Zhenyun Temple, screening Xiao Kai's alibi, and seeing if you can prove from these people that Xiao Kai was really there all the time. Practicing on the mountain behind Yun Guan."

Di Renjie and Yuchi Baoqi agreed.

"Be sure to check carefully, don't make a big fanfare. Don't let Xiaogong know about this matter for the time being, and neither can other nobles. His sister Xiao Wuniang is the best at collecting information." Li Mingda reminded Di Renjie and Yuchi Baoqi that they must Keep your mouth shut and say nothing to anyone they trust.

The two agreed and left immediately.

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, then looked at Cheng Chubi again, "We have recently handled a case, have you talked to your sister about it?"

Cheng Chubi shook his head, "She knows that we are investigating the corpse case in Mingjingsi Pond, but I haven't told her the details. Besides, she's been busy with her little sisters these days, and doesn't have much time to take care of me. "

Li Mingda smiled, "I heard that Fang Shizi's second younger sister, Xiao Wuniang, and my younger sister have a very good relationship with her. Your younger sister has a bright temper, but she is simple and honest, and she has no desire to compare herself. Such a girl It is the most popular among the noble ladies in the capital."

"Your lord's absurd praise. I'm very pleased that they don't think Lan Ru is noisy. I'm afraid she's stupid and caused some trouble." Cheng Chubi said modestly.

"No, she is very well-behaved, and I like her very much." After chatting, Li Mingda said to Tian Hanshu, "Did the eyewitness of my fall find any clues?"

Tian Hanshan shook his head, "I carefully questioned the palace attendants at that time, but there was nothing special about it. At that time, the princess disappeared, and everyone was looking for her near the cliff halfway up the mountain. "

"That's the people outside the palace who participated that day." Li Mingda pondered for a while, "The people who climbed the mountain with me are all female relatives. For example, the princess and the county master must have a lot of entourage, and this kind of news must not be hidden. It should be a noble lady, there were too many people going out and climbing the mountain at that time, and every noble lady could be followed by a maid. If the master and servant saw it, they would keep their mouths shut and it would be easy."

Fang Yizhi immediately recalled the list of noble ladies who were present at that time, "There are 72 in total."

"There are quite a few, which one would it be? Will you admit it if you ask now? Besides, if you ask so many people rashly, it seems unlikely that the princess would want to investigate the case secretly." Tian Hanxi sighed worriedly.

Fang Yi looked straight at Li Mingda, "It's not difficult to find out, the person who can make the former prince keep silent."

"Then was she there at that time?" Li Mingda trembled suddenly, and looked at Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yi nodded and said affirmatively, "It's on the list."

"Prepare the horse immediately and go to Zheng Guogong's mansion." Li Mingda ordered.

Tian Hanshan also suddenly realized, could it be that the witness that the princess and Fang Shizi mentioned was Wei Wanshu?

Immediately after Tian Hanshan followed the princess to Zheng Guogong's mansion, he thought about it several times, and found that this person could only be Wei Wanshu.Except for her, no one should have allowed the former prince to provide clues in the letter to his sister, and deliberately conceal the names of key witnesses.The reason is very simple, because he has a taboo against this person in his heart, so the natural reaction is not to mention the name.If it was an unrelated person, since the former prince wanted to provide clues, there was no need to deliberately hide the names of the witnesses.After all, this is the truth about his own sister's falling off a cliff.

After a stick of incense, a group of people rode fast horses to Zheng Guogong's mansion.

Immediately, servants from Zheng Guogong's mansion came to greet him, and hurried to report to Wei Shuyu.

Li Mingda let go of the rein in his hand, looked up at the majestic plaque in Zheng Guogong's mansion, and suddenly remembered Wei Zheng's life when he was alive.

Surprised, Wei Shuyu rushed over from the mansion, and led everyone to salute Li Mingda in a hurry.