Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 57 Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty
"The husband and wife died of lovesickness, or died in the same bed. Ji Dalang was not the murderer, so could it be their husband and wife committed suicide?" Di Renjie guessed.
"No." Fang Yizhi immediately denied, "According to the testimony of the two close maids, the governor's wife, Mrs. Liu, ordered the cook to cook ginseng soup at night and prepare it for breakfast. I am going to take my daughter to the Taoist temple to offer incense."
"People who are going to die won't prepare for tomorrow's events, they must commit suicide." Yuchi Baoqi was a little excited, feeling as if she had discovered a big secret.
Di Renjie glanced at him and couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong? Is it worth it?"
"It's worth it. Thinking of your sluggishness the past two days, it's a bit ridiculous to compare your current spirit. Tell me, what was your reason for the past two days?"
Yuchi Baoqi rolled her eyes, and didn't look at Di Renjie, "It was because I didn't understand something before, but now I see it clearly, I'm still the same me!"
"Yo, the flirtatious Yuchi brothers sometimes confuse their lives." Changsun Huanzheng felt that the case was unclear and a bit boring, but it was fun to tease Yuchi Baoqi at the moment.
Yuchi Baoqi blushed, curled her lips and snorted twice, determined to turn her head and ignore the two of them.
Li Mingda was still wondering who might be the murderer in this case, so he went to ask Fang Yizhi again.Look at what clues he can find from the testimonies of the servants of the governor's mansion he read last night. "For example, with whom have the couple been at odds in recent years, and what enmity have they had?"
"No, yesterday I asked Luo Ge to anonymously inquire about their husband and wife. Whether it is the local people or some officials in Cizhou, they all have a good impression of Zhang Governor and Liu Shi, saying that their husband and wife are very gentle to the outside world. .No one can tell who the two of them have had a grudge against, except Ji Zhiyuan."
After Fang Yi said it bluntly, everyone looked at Ji Zhiyuan in unison.
Ji Zhiyuan was listening intently, but seeing everyone looking at him like this, he quickly waved his hands and smiled wryly: "It's really not me, I don't even know what acacia is, let alone use it to kill people."
Zhuxi nodded on the side like a pounding garlic.
"Actually, I also know that Governor Zhang is a good official, so when there was such a misunderstanding, I deliberately made it clear and reconciled with him, but who knew that the more I explained, the greater the misunderstanding. I later gave him the land deed to let him see clearly Those so-called out-of-the-ordinary fields and houses are really under the name of my uncle. He didn’t believe it, suspected that I was fraudulent, took my land deed, and said that he had to report it to the imperial court for careful verification.”
"So that's what happened." Fang Yizhi suggested that Li Chongyi instruct the governor of Cizhou to take a look at the land deed.
Li Chongyi nodded, and sent someone to go, but he frowned, looked at Fang Yizhi and Li Mingda with a little distress, "Ji Zhiyuan is innocent, who is the murderer? What can we do now, we have no one to suspect nothing."
"Why not, I don't think Zhang Lingyun's child is a good stubble." Yuchi Baoqi said, "Since ancient times, fathers have killed their sons, but sons have killed their fathers quite often."
Li Mingda: "After so many days, you finally said something useful."
When Yuchi Baoqi heard this, he laughed.Everyone also laughed.
"I guarantee that I will become smarter in the future and not be as confused as before." Yuchi Baoqi proudly raised her head, unfolded her fan, and flapped it coquettishly.He has already figured it out, he is still him, the master of love who never touches his body among thousands of flowers.
Everyone was amused by him for a while.The atmosphere of the scene also relaxed.Everyone expressed their opinions on whether Zhang Lingyun was the murderer.
Di Renjie didn't say a word. He didn't say anything until he heard that everyone felt that the possibility of this matter was very high. Then he added, "Zhang Lingyun and his brother are very close."
Zhang Lingyun's elder brother, Zhang Lingfeng, was exactly the poor child who died because of a poem mentioned by Di Renjie.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room fell silent.
Everyone felt that Zhang Lingfeng died pitifully. The absurdity of this incident lies in the fact that Governor Zhang didn't kill his son intentionally, but just hoped that his son would grow up like all parents in the world, but the final result was no different from manslaughter.In fact, even if Inspector Zhang intended to kill his son, he would not break the law, and this is the most helpless point.
"The eldest son lost his life, and Governor Zhang must also regret it in his heart. He didn't do it intentionally. If Zhang Lingyun blamed his parents for this, and killed his parents for his elder brother, wouldn't it be too ruthless and cruel? He is only eight years old. Will your child be so ruthless?" Changsun Huan disagreed, "Think about when I was eight years old, I was secretly hiding behind a rockery and playing with mud."
"Have you ever done such useless things? I already knew how to tease little ladies when I was eight years old." Yuchi Baoqi sighed.
"Nonsense." Fang Yizhi warned the two of them to keep their eyes open, and then said, "Poison killing, you can use the weak against the strong. Moreover, poisoning is premeditated, not impulsive killing. So the motive of this murder must be A long-standing grievance, just like the case of the deputy envoy of the Wa Kingdom."
Changsun Huan was still full of smiles at first, but when Fang Yi talked about his case, he burst into anger, "I am convinced, my cook is really weak, he can't handle it with his own ability alone. The Deputy Envoy of the Japanese Kingdom intentionally poisoned me, but it was for nothing that I was cheated and made me suffer a lot at Brother Yuchi's house."
"You are still suffering, you eat and drink, and you still don't forget to tease my maid." Yuchi Baoqi snorted coldly.
Changsun Huan quickly smiled and thanked him.
Li Mingda: "Stop talking nonsense, now that you have a direction, you should show your skills and find out whether Zhang Lingyun really killed Zhang Cishi."
Everyone took orders and then left.
Li Chongyi got up and wanted to leave, Zhou Xiaohe followed closely behind him, but his eyes flicked in the direction the boys left.
Li Mingda looked at Zhou Xiaohe and asked Li Chongyi, "Where are you going?"
"Go... let's go for a walk, since the case has a new direction, I should investigate with Yi Zhi and the others."
"My cousin has not forgotten his responsibilities, and he still remembers the promise he made in front of the people. It's really rare." Although Li Mingda smiled and praised Li Chongyi clearly, the warning in his words was very deep.
Li Chongyi smiled awkwardly: "If the princess has any orders, please ask for instructions."
Li Mingda looked at Zhou Xiaohe.
Zhou Xiaohe went down immediately knowingly.
"Send her back to your other garden, it will be considered as a big help for you."
Li Chongyi's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he was a little unhappy that Li Mingda was mocking him like this.
Li Mingda walked up to Li Chongyi and turned to look at him seriously: "Don't think I don't know where you went last night. If you really came here to investigate the case, you wouldn't go to Pinglefang to have a good night."
When Li Mingda went out to meet Ji Zhiyuan yesterday afternoon, he happened to pass by a place called Pinglefang.Coincidentally, I saw a man just came out of Pinglefang. Although the door was not wide open, Li Mingda could see what was going on inside the door with just one glance.She also smelled the smell of makeup and powder brought by the wind.It was just an accident, nothing important.But this morning when Li Mingda smelled it again, he recalled the source.
Li Chongyi's face changed drastically, he was surprised that Li Mingda knew his whereabouts.When he left yesterday afternoon, he deliberately picked only four of his most trusted personal attendants.He also went to Pinglefang through the back door. At that time, there was no one in the street. It must be that no one saw him. How could his cousin know so clearly.
On the first day when I came to investigate the case, I went to spend time and drink.No matter how stupid Li Chongyi was, he knew that his reputation would not be good if it was spread out, especially when it came to investigating the case, he advocated it at the beginning, and made a guarantee in front of the common people.
Li Chongyi knew he was wrong and felt guilty.
"Huh?" Li Mingda looked at him.
Li Chongyi hurriedly bowed his hand and smiled apologetically: "Okay, I sent her away. In fact, this girl is a little in the way. She obviously can't see the corpse, and she can't even ride a horse, so she has to follow."
"These things can be accommodated, but the others can't." After Li Mingda said that, he led his people there.
Li Chongyi was stunned for a moment, his mind full of doubts.What do you mean that these things can be accommodated, but others can't?What else?
Eh--
Li Chongyi wanted to ask why, but saw that Li Mingda only kept a shadow of his back.
Li Chongyi wandered around the room, and immediately looked suspiciously at the four guards he had always trusted.
"But which of you has a bad mouth and revealed what happened to me last night to the princess?"
The four guards immediately knelt down, indicating that there were no. "Your Majesty, after you came back from Pinglefang this morning, your subordinates have followed you all the way to the tomb of Inspector Zhang, and since then, they have never left your side. Don't say that your subordinates don't have such thoughts. , even if there is, it is impossible to have the opportunity to say something to the princess."
When Li Chongyi thought about it, it was the same reason, and he couldn't get back his mind even more.He couldn't understand how Li Mingda knew his whereabouts. Could it be that she sent someone to follow him?But when he went to the back street of Pinglefang, he did look around, and there was no one on the street.
No, how did he know about Bieyuan?Li Chongyi suddenly remembered that Princess Gang told him to send Zhou Xiaohe to stay in another garden.Apart from him, Zhou Xiaohe and the followers who knew about this other garden, he never told anyone else.
"Uncle, we can't leave. I think Fang Dalang and the others have already left." Zhou Xiaohe waited outside for a long time, and seeing that the princess had already left and Li Chongyi hadn't come out, she cautiously went to the door to inquire.
Li Chongyi looked at Zhou Xiaohe with some annoyance: "Did you tell the princess what happened in Bieyuan?"
Zhou Xiaohe reacted and shook his head, "No, from yesterday to now, I have not spoken more than ten sentences with the princess, and I have never mentioned that Uncle has a separate garden here. Besides, Xiaohe understands this point. Uncle, if you don't believe me , there are many people present who can testify, so you can ask."
Li Chongyi eased his attitude and smiled, "It's not that you can't talk about the matter in Bieyuan, but I don't like being gossiped in secret. I naturally believe in you, but I'm afraid that the people around you may be careless."
Li Chongyi immediately looked suspiciously at Zhou Xiaohe's followers, "I don't think you should get involved in solving the case, you are a weak girl, you have never seen anything in the world, you vomit when you see a corpse, and you can't ride a horse fast enough. Let's stop causing trouble here, and go to the other garden to wait. When I finish my work, we will go back as soon as possible."
"But my uncle promised Xiao He that he would bring Xiao He to see the world. Xiao He needs to gain knowledge only if he has never seen the world, otherwise he will always be a weak woman who has never seen the world in this life." Zhou Xiaohe became popular when she said that. He rolled his eyes and lowered his head pitifully, feeling a little sad.
Seeing this, Li Chongyi couldn't help feeling pity, and quickly said: "But this case is special, and the princess and the others have to solve it as soon as possible. Let's wait until later, let alone one case, ten or twenty cases are fine. Uncle promises you, Never break your word."
Zhou Xiaohe knew that he had begged, but Li Chongyi still insisted that it was a matter of death and could not be changed.Any more entanglement will only annoy people.
"Then uncle, don't forget." Zhou Xiaohe muttered obediently, and obediently left.
But Zhou Xiaohe didn't want to go to another hospital anymore. After she left, she came up with a new idea, wrote a letter to Li Chongyi, and brought her back to Jinzhou City.Because it was early today, she set off now to rush back, and she could still reach Jinzhou before dark.
After Li Chongyi got Zhou Xiaohe's letter, he felt a little guilty after all, thinking that she must be sad because he sent the child away.Originally, it was a good intention for people to gain knowledge and learn things.
Li Chongyi sighed, thinking about Zhou Xiaohe's cute and cute face.Li Chongyi made a note in his heart, and he would definitely pay back this debt to Zhou Xiaohe in the future.
At noon, Fang Yizhi, Li Mingda and others arrived at the Governor's Mansion one after another.
Butler Lin wanted to prepare meals for the guests, but was rejected.All the investigators' food came from the station outside the mansion and sent to the governor's mansion.
While waiting for dinner, Yuchi Baoqi was bored, so she made a bet with Changsun Huan, guess what is served at noon today, whoever guesses more correctly wins, and the loser will pay the winner ten pieces of silk.
Li Mingda listened with interest, "Count me in."
"That's good, the reward will be doubled for the winner." Yuchi Baoqi said happily.
When Di Renjie heard this, he also wanted to participate.
"Three times." Yuchi Baoqi was happy, and asked Fang Yi if he would come.
"He will definitely not come," said Li Mingda, Chang Sun Huan and the others who would participate in a game they knew they would lose, "Let's just play."
Yuchi Baoqi, Changsun Huan, and Di Renjie also felt that Fang Yizhi would not do such a boring thing, and were about to start when they suddenly heard him speak.
"Come."
Yuchi Baoqi, Changsun Huan, and Di Renjie were stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"It's rare that our Fang Dalang is also in the mood, so let's all guess. If we say more and more right, it will be difficult for us to decide the winner. We will each say five things, and then we will see who is right At most. If they are all right, they all win." After Yuchi Baoqi finished speaking, he guessed first, "There must be Hoto, crispy cheese steamed with sugar, roasted duck with salt and pepper, steamed mutton, and rabbit meat soup."
Yuchi Baoqi deliberately picked out what he usually ate, so that the hit rate would be higher.
Others are not stupid, just like Yuchi Baoqi, they talked about some common food.For example, replace 馎饦 with cut 鲙.
When we came to Fang Yizhi, everyone asked him how he guessed.
Fang Yi glanced at Li Mingda, smiled and said to everyone: "Any guesses are guesses, just like Bao Qi."
"If you agree with me, I have no problem with it. But you are like me because you are broken, so I won't do it." Yuchi Baoqi said.
"It's not up to you."
Judging from Yuchi Baoqi's words, there is no threat to Fang Yizhi at all.
Yuchi Baoqi sighed, scolding Fang Yi in his heart for being a scoundrel, then smiled at him as if to fawn on him: "If I really win at that moment, all your share will be mine, anyway, your family does not lack this .I’m alone in Chang’an, it’s not easy.”
Fang Yi didn't even think about it, and agreed "yes".
Yuchi Baoqi didn't expect Fang Yizhi to agree so simply, she was overjoyed, and regretted that she was too stingy just now and shouldn't haggle over every detail with Fang Yizhi.Look at Fang Yizhi's magnanimity, enough for friends!
When it was finally Li Mingda's turn to guess, she blurted out: "Steamed fish roe rolls, grilled quail, boiled veal, stuffed milk fish, and grilled leg of lamb."
When everyone heard that the princess was specific about the leg of lamb, they sighed that it was not worthwhile for her to guess like this.
"I can smell the fragrance." Li Mingda said.
Di Renjie sniffled, "There is a scent, but I know it is meat, but I can smell the meat from somewhere, your lord is very powerful."
"That's natural. I heard that the younger the child, the more sensitive the nose. I'm sure I'll win you all. This trip out of the palace will earn enough money for the guards." The corners of Li Mingda's mouth curled up, a little happy road.
"It's just a few bolts of silk, it's not enough." Changsun Huan laughed and said.
Yuchi Baoqi glanced at Fang Yizhi, recalled the [-] she had lost in a previous bet, and lamented: "That's enough, the princess still has money from other places."
Everyone was puzzled and hurriedly asked Yuchi Baoqi to explain in detail.Yuchi Baoqi was so heartbroken that she didn't want to talk about it, and asked everyone to ask Fang Yizhi by themselves.
Everyone looked at Fang Yizhi.
Li Mingda also looked at him.
Fang Yizhi: "It's all trivial things, not worth mentioning."
When everyone wanted to ask again, it happened that it was time to serve the food.Everyone focused on every dish that was served, and anyone who got what they said would be happy.
At the last count, Di Renjie and Changsun Huan got three guesses right, and Yuchi Baoqi got four guesses right.Li Mingda is all right, and among them she is the most detailed.
Originally, everyone just heard what the princess said and thought she was deliberately bragging to tease everyone, but now they have seen the power of the princess.
"Princess really distinguishes the taste of these dishes? Could it be that younger people have better noses than us?" Yuchi Baoqi felt fresh and was amazed.
Di Renjie stroked his chin and pondered seriously, thinking that he and the princess were only one year apart.Last year, he didn't seem to have such a sharp nose as the princess.
Di Renjie was about to ask, but he heard the princess just say something, blocking his thoughts.
"But it's also divided into people, just like some people are born smart, and it's easier to memorize things." Li Mingda said this seriously, which surprised everyone, but she laughed immediately, "Look at you, I'm just doing ordinary research. If you eat a lot, you can roughly guess what kind of dish it is just by smelling it."
Tian Hanshu hurriedly echoed: "It is true."
Everyone laughed. It turned out that the princess had only half-heard and half-guessed.Immediately, everyone had dinner, and the matter was considered a happy past.Changsun Huan struggled for a while, and asked Li Mingda how to distinguish the leg of lamb from the body of lamb.
"Or is it guessing by chance? That's too unfair. Everyone guesses, but you are the only one who guessed right."
When everyone heard it, they were also puzzled, and they gathered their eyes one after another.
"My guess is a little tricky. Let's think about it. If we have so many people, if we don't roast the leg of lamb, what else will the lamb have? effort."
Yuchi Baoqi completely bowed down and saluted Li Mingda, "I see."
Everyone was also convinced. They had guessed and deduced with reason and evidence, so it was hard to guess so accurately.
"Hahaha, what are you talking about, you guys are so happy." Li Chongyi entered the door with a laugh, and asked everyone kindly.
Yuchi Baoqi told Li Chongyi about the betting, and then looked behind him, seeing Zhou Xiaohe, asked her if she was not feeling well.
"I promised to investigate the case with everyone, why didn't she come?"
"After all, this child is young and has never seen the world. This is another important case. I told her not to get in the way." When Li Chongyi explained, he secretly glanced at Li Mingda.
When Li Chongyi mentioned Zhou Xiaohe, he felt distressed and guilty, but when his eyes fell on Li Mingda, he narrowed his eyes slightly.Based on this alone, Li Mingda could already feel his dissatisfaction. He was complaining for Zhou Xiaohe.
These fleeting expressions are invisible to ordinary people, but how could they escape Li Mingda's eyes.
Li Mingda naturally didn't give him a good look. He took a sip of water from his glass and said coldly, "Arraignment as soon as possible, don't waste time. Regardless of whether the case can be completed today, we will start tomorrow."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say three days ago?" Li Chongyi asked in surprise.
"Yes, three days. Arrive yesterday, stay today, and tomorrow will be the third day." Li Mingda explained.
Li Chongyi was startled, he didn't expect this to be the case.
Yuchi Baoqi, Changsun Huan and others were also confused, and they didn't expect the princess's three days to be explained in this way.Everyone thought that the two days of arriving at Cizhou and leaving Cizhou were not counted.
"Then you are gone, what if the case cannot be solved?" Li Chongyi asked.
"A gentleman thinks, thinks about himself, and thinks about other people's affairs. Naturally, we don't want to keep arguing here and take the credit of King Hejian. We all believe that you have this talent." Li Mingda immediately urged Why haven't people arrived yet.
Everyone can also hear that the princess is having an unpleasant quarrel with King Hejian.As for why, no one knows.However, Hejian Wang just came to Cizhou to investigate the case, and he didn't return last night, everyone knew this act of negligence.Now the princess is angry with him, but it is justifiable.
Li Mingda walked quickly to the outside of the courtyard and ordered someone to bring Zhang Shunxin, Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue all over.In addition, all the servants who were related to Zhang Cishi and his wife that day were also summoned to stand by in front of the main hall.Fang Yizhi went first to leave with the shocked Hejian Wang in the house, and followed Li Mingda out.
Li Mingda said to him: "You have read the testimony, so you can re-interrogate and check the evidence. Since you already know that the poison is ground acacia beans, this thing cannot be dissolved in water, so the possibility of being lowered into the water Not much. I think this thing should be mixed in with the food, focus on dinner, and the bowl of steamed cheese that I ate before going to bed."
Fang Yi agreed, seeing that Li Mingda was about to leave, he stopped him softly.
"how?"
Fang Yi looked directly at Yuchi Baoqi and the others who were waiting there, took a step closer, and asked in a low voice if there was any trouble between Li Mingda and King Hejian. "If the princess doesn't want to take care of this case, Yi Zhi will follow the princess."
"It's not a big deal, it can be regarded as because of you." Li Mingda half-jokingly said.
"Oh?" Fang Yi's eyes brightened even more.
"Don't tell me that Zhou Xiaohe has been staring at you all morning, but you didn't notice?" Li Mingda said.
Fang Yizhi understood, "So that's the case, then Yizhi thanked the princess first."
"You're welcome. I'm also afraid that your distraction will delay the investigation. I want to go back to Chang'an sooner."
"I thought the princess would leave tomorrow regardless of whether the case is clear or not."
"Without her being disturbed, the analysis of the case has reached this point. It is only possible that someone in the governor's mansion committed the crime. The remaining day is not enough for Fang Dalang to catch the murderer?" Li Mingda asked back.
Fang Yi heard this directly, raised his eyebrows that had been lowered just now, and looked at Li Mingda.
Laughed, sighed again.
"Yi Zhi will definitely live up to the high expectations of the princess."
After Fang Yi Zhiwen saluted, he watched Li Mingda leave calmly.
Changsun Huan and the others who were waiting behind, just now the princess and Fang Yi spoke directly, a few times were a little louder, they vaguely heard that it was related to the case.As soon as Princess Sui left, everyone gathered together and asked Fang Yizhi what the princess had just ordered.
"We're here to hear the case."
Yuchi Baoqi: "What about the princess?"
"The princess took people to search the governor's mansion."
"How can the princess run around to do rough work like searching the mansion? We should do it." Yuchi Baoqi sighed, and was about to ask for orders.
Changsun Huan agrees and also follows.
The two of them were immediately stopped by Fang Yi, "You don't even listen to the princess' orders?"
Yuchi Baoqi and Changsun Huan glanced at each other before realizing that the princess's decision must be justified.Both of them shook their heads in unison, expressing that they would not go.
"The King of Hejian?" Changsun Huan leaned close to Fang Yizhi and asked in a low voice.
Fang Yizhi didn't say anything else, just said: "Where did he go last night, I think everyone knows."
Changsun Huan, Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie reacted, and immediately understood what Fang Yi was referring to.I didn't bother to investigate the prince's case, but indulged in pleasure, leaving them to suffer in the post station to ponder the boring case.In fact, they were able to say that Fang Yizhi was the most difficult. He read the testimony for half the night last night, but he never slept seriously, he just took a nap after closing his clothes.
The three of them were all grievances for Fang Yizhi, and naturally they took Fang Yizhi's words even more to heart, so they were all somewhat dissatisfied with Hejian Wang in their hearts.
Li Chongyi came out at this time and asked them where the princess had gone. After getting a reply, he thought for a while, and then told Fang Yizhi: "If that's the case, then we will interrogate here."
After finishing speaking, Li Chongyi invited everyone into the house.
Ji Zhiyuan is also standing in the courtyard at the moment, and he will be interrogated seriously in a while.He was a little nervous, so he was constantly preparing words in his mind, thinking about what expression he should use, so that he could state things clearly and not be so aggressive.
Zhuxi was on the side to guide Ji Zhiyuan, "Your Majesty, don't laugh, don't be surprised, angry, or wronged, try to keep your face expressionless, so that it will be better. Then slow down your speech, don't rush, speak slowly, your hands can't Move around, don't shake your body, try not to move your head if you can. Last but not least, don't use your eyes to look at the people of the Zhang family, lest they say you threatened them again."
Ji Zhiyuan nodded, and wrote down Zhuxi's instructions.In the next moment, I saw a yaman carrying a man into the door, followed by the two children of the Zhang family, Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue, into the house.
It was sunny today, and it was afternoon again, and the heat was unbearable, so everyone changed into light clothes.Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue were no exception.Because in the filial piety period, both Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue wore white.Zhang Feixue was wearing a white hemp-colored half arm, and a white gauze dress inside, so the exposed sleeves could be seen to be half-transparent.
Zhang Feixue's round face and big eyes are very lovable, making people want to tease her.
When Ji Zhiyuan saw it, he couldn't help feeling affectionate and knowing, and shouted.Seeing him, Zhang Feixue's originally inquisitive eyes instantly filled with tears, and then burst into tears.
Zhuxi hurriedly drags Ji Zhiyuan away.
Ji Zhiyuan hangs his head in frustration.Then he heard someone calling him in the main hall, Ji Zhiyuan quickly followed, walking behind Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue.
Seeing Ji Zhiyuan, Zhang Lingyun immediately hugged his sister defensively, and then backed away.
Zhang Feixue was still crying.Seeing this, everyone tried to comfort the poor little girl, but finally seeing that she was overly frightened, she still didn't get better.The solution was the same as last time, let people take Zhang Feixue away first.
Li Chongyi then sat in the main seat, but because his understanding of the case was not as good as that of Fang Yizhi, he didn't say a word, and handed everything over to Fang Yizhi for trial, while he watched from the sidelines.
There was silence in the room for a long time, and everyone waited for a long time before Fang Yi said anything, and looked over suspiciously.
Fang Yi focused his attention, and after several times sized Zhang Lingyun who was kneeling indifferently, he asked directly: "The real murderer who poisoned your father, but you?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard it.
Everyone was surprised not because of the staggering truth, but because of Fang Yizhi's way of questioning.Under normal circumstances, Ji Zhiyuan should first stand up to eliminate his suspicion, then question the testimony of relevant people, and finally ask questions after telling the conjecture result...
Fang Yizhi skipped straight to the last step.
Zhang Lingyun was still in a daze thinking that he had heard wrongly.After a moment of silence, he heard the clerk repeat Fang Shizi's question, and he knew it was true.
At this time, Zhang Lingyun, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Fang Yizhi in puzzlement, and then at Ji Zhiyuan who was more shocked than himself, then continued to hang his head as usual, still not speaking.
"Don't think that because you are young, we can't torture you." Yacha shouted.
Zhang Lingyun sneered, and then asked them frankly what evidence was there to prove that he poisoned his parents.
Everyone was silent.
The sneer at the corner of Zhang Lingyun's mouth was even stronger, so much so that everyone present couldn't believe that an eight-year-old child would behave like this when faced with accusations from others.
But if he was really the murderer, it would be understandable for him to behave like this.After all, not everyone can ruthlessly kill their parents.
"There is no evidence, right? Then why do you accuse me of killing my parents? Do you know how deadly this kind of injustice is to me, an innocent child!" Zhang Lingyun roared angrily.
"Ji Zhiyuan was not the real culprit who killed your parents. Your parents died from the poison of Acacia. We have deduced that the murderer must be in your governor's mansion. Now as long as there is someone like Acacia in your mansion, you will be killed." You can't escape the blame!" Di Renjie couldn't help standing up and scolding Zhang Lingyun, he really couldn't understand his arrogant attitude.
"Look for it. I have no shame in my heart. I didn't kill people. What am I afraid of?" Zhang Lingyun smiled fearlessly, then kowtowed to Li Chongyi, Fang Yizhi and others, apologizing for his previous attitude, "I want you to replace me, Suddenly being wronged as a murderer, I am afraid that the first reaction will be anger. Please forgive me!"
Changsun Huan felt the same way, and also felt that Zhang Lingyun was quite frank.Thinking of how hard it was when I was wronged as a murderer, and how Zhang Lingyun was still a few years younger than him, how could he bear it.
"I don't think he seems to be lying. This matter needs to be based on facts." Changsun Huan said.
Hearing this, Zhang Lingyun turned sideways and kowtowed to Changsun Huan, thanking him for understanding him.
"Then... Do I need to explain?" Ji Zhiyuan asked in a panic.
Zhang Shunxin was very angry when he saw Fang Yi directly questioning his nephew who wronged him just now, but now that he saw who Ji Zhiyuan was, he was even more angry.
He blushed all over his face, and shouted at Li Chongyi with a thick neck: "You really are officials and officials who protect each other. In order to protect King Jiangxia's nephew, you actually bit my obedient and young nephew and killed him. An eight-year-old child killed me. Your own biological parents? Fortunately, you can figure it out. No one will believe this kind of thing even if you tell it. It’s so ridiculous. I didn’t expect that the officialdom is so dark today. Children. Let me ask you, where is your conscience? Where is your conscience! I risked my life to investigate thoroughly, is this the result, and instead my own nephew was killed and sent in?"
Zhang Shunxin couldn't stop crying, because he was too excited, his chest rose and fell, and his voice was choked up.Zhang Shunxin hit himself hard on the chest with his fist.
"By the way, where's the princess? Where's the princess? Caomin is willing to ask Princess Jinyang to be the master of Caomin's nephew!"
As soon as Zhang Shunxin finished yelling, he heard behind him that the princess was back.
"No." Fang Yizhi immediately denied, "According to the testimony of the two close maids, the governor's wife, Mrs. Liu, ordered the cook to cook ginseng soup at night and prepare it for breakfast. I am going to take my daughter to the Taoist temple to offer incense."
"People who are going to die won't prepare for tomorrow's events, they must commit suicide." Yuchi Baoqi was a little excited, feeling as if she had discovered a big secret.
Di Renjie glanced at him and couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong? Is it worth it?"
"It's worth it. Thinking of your sluggishness the past two days, it's a bit ridiculous to compare your current spirit. Tell me, what was your reason for the past two days?"
Yuchi Baoqi rolled her eyes, and didn't look at Di Renjie, "It was because I didn't understand something before, but now I see it clearly, I'm still the same me!"
"Yo, the flirtatious Yuchi brothers sometimes confuse their lives." Changsun Huanzheng felt that the case was unclear and a bit boring, but it was fun to tease Yuchi Baoqi at the moment.
Yuchi Baoqi blushed, curled her lips and snorted twice, determined to turn her head and ignore the two of them.
Li Mingda was still wondering who might be the murderer in this case, so he went to ask Fang Yizhi again.Look at what clues he can find from the testimonies of the servants of the governor's mansion he read last night. "For example, with whom have the couple been at odds in recent years, and what enmity have they had?"
"No, yesterday I asked Luo Ge to anonymously inquire about their husband and wife. Whether it is the local people or some officials in Cizhou, they all have a good impression of Zhang Governor and Liu Shi, saying that their husband and wife are very gentle to the outside world. .No one can tell who the two of them have had a grudge against, except Ji Zhiyuan."
After Fang Yi said it bluntly, everyone looked at Ji Zhiyuan in unison.
Ji Zhiyuan was listening intently, but seeing everyone looking at him like this, he quickly waved his hands and smiled wryly: "It's really not me, I don't even know what acacia is, let alone use it to kill people."
Zhuxi nodded on the side like a pounding garlic.
"Actually, I also know that Governor Zhang is a good official, so when there was such a misunderstanding, I deliberately made it clear and reconciled with him, but who knew that the more I explained, the greater the misunderstanding. I later gave him the land deed to let him see clearly Those so-called out-of-the-ordinary fields and houses are really under the name of my uncle. He didn’t believe it, suspected that I was fraudulent, took my land deed, and said that he had to report it to the imperial court for careful verification.”
"So that's what happened." Fang Yizhi suggested that Li Chongyi instruct the governor of Cizhou to take a look at the land deed.
Li Chongyi nodded, and sent someone to go, but he frowned, looked at Fang Yizhi and Li Mingda with a little distress, "Ji Zhiyuan is innocent, who is the murderer? What can we do now, we have no one to suspect nothing."
"Why not, I don't think Zhang Lingyun's child is a good stubble." Yuchi Baoqi said, "Since ancient times, fathers have killed their sons, but sons have killed their fathers quite often."
Li Mingda: "After so many days, you finally said something useful."
When Yuchi Baoqi heard this, he laughed.Everyone also laughed.
"I guarantee that I will become smarter in the future and not be as confused as before." Yuchi Baoqi proudly raised her head, unfolded her fan, and flapped it coquettishly.He has already figured it out, he is still him, the master of love who never touches his body among thousands of flowers.
Everyone was amused by him for a while.The atmosphere of the scene also relaxed.Everyone expressed their opinions on whether Zhang Lingyun was the murderer.
Di Renjie didn't say a word. He didn't say anything until he heard that everyone felt that the possibility of this matter was very high. Then he added, "Zhang Lingyun and his brother are very close."
Zhang Lingyun's elder brother, Zhang Lingfeng, was exactly the poor child who died because of a poem mentioned by Di Renjie.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room fell silent.
Everyone felt that Zhang Lingfeng died pitifully. The absurdity of this incident lies in the fact that Governor Zhang didn't kill his son intentionally, but just hoped that his son would grow up like all parents in the world, but the final result was no different from manslaughter.In fact, even if Inspector Zhang intended to kill his son, he would not break the law, and this is the most helpless point.
"The eldest son lost his life, and Governor Zhang must also regret it in his heart. He didn't do it intentionally. If Zhang Lingyun blamed his parents for this, and killed his parents for his elder brother, wouldn't it be too ruthless and cruel? He is only eight years old. Will your child be so ruthless?" Changsun Huan disagreed, "Think about when I was eight years old, I was secretly hiding behind a rockery and playing with mud."
"Have you ever done such useless things? I already knew how to tease little ladies when I was eight years old." Yuchi Baoqi sighed.
"Nonsense." Fang Yizhi warned the two of them to keep their eyes open, and then said, "Poison killing, you can use the weak against the strong. Moreover, poisoning is premeditated, not impulsive killing. So the motive of this murder must be A long-standing grievance, just like the case of the deputy envoy of the Wa Kingdom."
Changsun Huan was still full of smiles at first, but when Fang Yi talked about his case, he burst into anger, "I am convinced, my cook is really weak, he can't handle it with his own ability alone. The Deputy Envoy of the Japanese Kingdom intentionally poisoned me, but it was for nothing that I was cheated and made me suffer a lot at Brother Yuchi's house."
"You are still suffering, you eat and drink, and you still don't forget to tease my maid." Yuchi Baoqi snorted coldly.
Changsun Huan quickly smiled and thanked him.
Li Mingda: "Stop talking nonsense, now that you have a direction, you should show your skills and find out whether Zhang Lingyun really killed Zhang Cishi."
Everyone took orders and then left.
Li Chongyi got up and wanted to leave, Zhou Xiaohe followed closely behind him, but his eyes flicked in the direction the boys left.
Li Mingda looked at Zhou Xiaohe and asked Li Chongyi, "Where are you going?"
"Go... let's go for a walk, since the case has a new direction, I should investigate with Yi Zhi and the others."
"My cousin has not forgotten his responsibilities, and he still remembers the promise he made in front of the people. It's really rare." Although Li Mingda smiled and praised Li Chongyi clearly, the warning in his words was very deep.
Li Chongyi smiled awkwardly: "If the princess has any orders, please ask for instructions."
Li Mingda looked at Zhou Xiaohe.
Zhou Xiaohe went down immediately knowingly.
"Send her back to your other garden, it will be considered as a big help for you."
Li Chongyi's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he was a little unhappy that Li Mingda was mocking him like this.
Li Mingda walked up to Li Chongyi and turned to look at him seriously: "Don't think I don't know where you went last night. If you really came here to investigate the case, you wouldn't go to Pinglefang to have a good night."
When Li Mingda went out to meet Ji Zhiyuan yesterday afternoon, he happened to pass by a place called Pinglefang.Coincidentally, I saw a man just came out of Pinglefang. Although the door was not wide open, Li Mingda could see what was going on inside the door with just one glance.She also smelled the smell of makeup and powder brought by the wind.It was just an accident, nothing important.But this morning when Li Mingda smelled it again, he recalled the source.
Li Chongyi's face changed drastically, he was surprised that Li Mingda knew his whereabouts.When he left yesterday afternoon, he deliberately picked only four of his most trusted personal attendants.He also went to Pinglefang through the back door. At that time, there was no one in the street. It must be that no one saw him. How could his cousin know so clearly.
On the first day when I came to investigate the case, I went to spend time and drink.No matter how stupid Li Chongyi was, he knew that his reputation would not be good if it was spread out, especially when it came to investigating the case, he advocated it at the beginning, and made a guarantee in front of the common people.
Li Chongyi knew he was wrong and felt guilty.
"Huh?" Li Mingda looked at him.
Li Chongyi hurriedly bowed his hand and smiled apologetically: "Okay, I sent her away. In fact, this girl is a little in the way. She obviously can't see the corpse, and she can't even ride a horse, so she has to follow."
"These things can be accommodated, but the others can't." After Li Mingda said that, he led his people there.
Li Chongyi was stunned for a moment, his mind full of doubts.What do you mean that these things can be accommodated, but others can't?What else?
Eh--
Li Chongyi wanted to ask why, but saw that Li Mingda only kept a shadow of his back.
Li Chongyi wandered around the room, and immediately looked suspiciously at the four guards he had always trusted.
"But which of you has a bad mouth and revealed what happened to me last night to the princess?"
The four guards immediately knelt down, indicating that there were no. "Your Majesty, after you came back from Pinglefang this morning, your subordinates have followed you all the way to the tomb of Inspector Zhang, and since then, they have never left your side. Don't say that your subordinates don't have such thoughts. , even if there is, it is impossible to have the opportunity to say something to the princess."
When Li Chongyi thought about it, it was the same reason, and he couldn't get back his mind even more.He couldn't understand how Li Mingda knew his whereabouts. Could it be that she sent someone to follow him?But when he went to the back street of Pinglefang, he did look around, and there was no one on the street.
No, how did he know about Bieyuan?Li Chongyi suddenly remembered that Princess Gang told him to send Zhou Xiaohe to stay in another garden.Apart from him, Zhou Xiaohe and the followers who knew about this other garden, he never told anyone else.
"Uncle, we can't leave. I think Fang Dalang and the others have already left." Zhou Xiaohe waited outside for a long time, and seeing that the princess had already left and Li Chongyi hadn't come out, she cautiously went to the door to inquire.
Li Chongyi looked at Zhou Xiaohe with some annoyance: "Did you tell the princess what happened in Bieyuan?"
Zhou Xiaohe reacted and shook his head, "No, from yesterday to now, I have not spoken more than ten sentences with the princess, and I have never mentioned that Uncle has a separate garden here. Besides, Xiaohe understands this point. Uncle, if you don't believe me , there are many people present who can testify, so you can ask."
Li Chongyi eased his attitude and smiled, "It's not that you can't talk about the matter in Bieyuan, but I don't like being gossiped in secret. I naturally believe in you, but I'm afraid that the people around you may be careless."
Li Chongyi immediately looked suspiciously at Zhou Xiaohe's followers, "I don't think you should get involved in solving the case, you are a weak girl, you have never seen anything in the world, you vomit when you see a corpse, and you can't ride a horse fast enough. Let's stop causing trouble here, and go to the other garden to wait. When I finish my work, we will go back as soon as possible."
"But my uncle promised Xiao He that he would bring Xiao He to see the world. Xiao He needs to gain knowledge only if he has never seen the world, otherwise he will always be a weak woman who has never seen the world in this life." Zhou Xiaohe became popular when she said that. He rolled his eyes and lowered his head pitifully, feeling a little sad.
Seeing this, Li Chongyi couldn't help feeling pity, and quickly said: "But this case is special, and the princess and the others have to solve it as soon as possible. Let's wait until later, let alone one case, ten or twenty cases are fine. Uncle promises you, Never break your word."
Zhou Xiaohe knew that he had begged, but Li Chongyi still insisted that it was a matter of death and could not be changed.Any more entanglement will only annoy people.
"Then uncle, don't forget." Zhou Xiaohe muttered obediently, and obediently left.
But Zhou Xiaohe didn't want to go to another hospital anymore. After she left, she came up with a new idea, wrote a letter to Li Chongyi, and brought her back to Jinzhou City.Because it was early today, she set off now to rush back, and she could still reach Jinzhou before dark.
After Li Chongyi got Zhou Xiaohe's letter, he felt a little guilty after all, thinking that she must be sad because he sent the child away.Originally, it was a good intention for people to gain knowledge and learn things.
Li Chongyi sighed, thinking about Zhou Xiaohe's cute and cute face.Li Chongyi made a note in his heart, and he would definitely pay back this debt to Zhou Xiaohe in the future.
At noon, Fang Yizhi, Li Mingda and others arrived at the Governor's Mansion one after another.
Butler Lin wanted to prepare meals for the guests, but was rejected.All the investigators' food came from the station outside the mansion and sent to the governor's mansion.
While waiting for dinner, Yuchi Baoqi was bored, so she made a bet with Changsun Huan, guess what is served at noon today, whoever guesses more correctly wins, and the loser will pay the winner ten pieces of silk.
Li Mingda listened with interest, "Count me in."
"That's good, the reward will be doubled for the winner." Yuchi Baoqi said happily.
When Di Renjie heard this, he also wanted to participate.
"Three times." Yuchi Baoqi was happy, and asked Fang Yi if he would come.
"He will definitely not come," said Li Mingda, Chang Sun Huan and the others who would participate in a game they knew they would lose, "Let's just play."
Yuchi Baoqi, Changsun Huan, and Di Renjie also felt that Fang Yizhi would not do such a boring thing, and were about to start when they suddenly heard him speak.
"Come."
Yuchi Baoqi, Changsun Huan, and Di Renjie were stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"It's rare that our Fang Dalang is also in the mood, so let's all guess. If we say more and more right, it will be difficult for us to decide the winner. We will each say five things, and then we will see who is right At most. If they are all right, they all win." After Yuchi Baoqi finished speaking, he guessed first, "There must be Hoto, crispy cheese steamed with sugar, roasted duck with salt and pepper, steamed mutton, and rabbit meat soup."
Yuchi Baoqi deliberately picked out what he usually ate, so that the hit rate would be higher.
Others are not stupid, just like Yuchi Baoqi, they talked about some common food.For example, replace 馎饦 with cut 鲙.
When we came to Fang Yizhi, everyone asked him how he guessed.
Fang Yi glanced at Li Mingda, smiled and said to everyone: "Any guesses are guesses, just like Bao Qi."
"If you agree with me, I have no problem with it. But you are like me because you are broken, so I won't do it." Yuchi Baoqi said.
"It's not up to you."
Judging from Yuchi Baoqi's words, there is no threat to Fang Yizhi at all.
Yuchi Baoqi sighed, scolding Fang Yi in his heart for being a scoundrel, then smiled at him as if to fawn on him: "If I really win at that moment, all your share will be mine, anyway, your family does not lack this .I’m alone in Chang’an, it’s not easy.”
Fang Yi didn't even think about it, and agreed "yes".
Yuchi Baoqi didn't expect Fang Yizhi to agree so simply, she was overjoyed, and regretted that she was too stingy just now and shouldn't haggle over every detail with Fang Yizhi.Look at Fang Yizhi's magnanimity, enough for friends!
When it was finally Li Mingda's turn to guess, she blurted out: "Steamed fish roe rolls, grilled quail, boiled veal, stuffed milk fish, and grilled leg of lamb."
When everyone heard that the princess was specific about the leg of lamb, they sighed that it was not worthwhile for her to guess like this.
"I can smell the fragrance." Li Mingda said.
Di Renjie sniffled, "There is a scent, but I know it is meat, but I can smell the meat from somewhere, your lord is very powerful."
"That's natural. I heard that the younger the child, the more sensitive the nose. I'm sure I'll win you all. This trip out of the palace will earn enough money for the guards." The corners of Li Mingda's mouth curled up, a little happy road.
"It's just a few bolts of silk, it's not enough." Changsun Huan laughed and said.
Yuchi Baoqi glanced at Fang Yizhi, recalled the [-] she had lost in a previous bet, and lamented: "That's enough, the princess still has money from other places."
Everyone was puzzled and hurriedly asked Yuchi Baoqi to explain in detail.Yuchi Baoqi was so heartbroken that she didn't want to talk about it, and asked everyone to ask Fang Yizhi by themselves.
Everyone looked at Fang Yizhi.
Li Mingda also looked at him.
Fang Yizhi: "It's all trivial things, not worth mentioning."
When everyone wanted to ask again, it happened that it was time to serve the food.Everyone focused on every dish that was served, and anyone who got what they said would be happy.
At the last count, Di Renjie and Changsun Huan got three guesses right, and Yuchi Baoqi got four guesses right.Li Mingda is all right, and among them she is the most detailed.
Originally, everyone just heard what the princess said and thought she was deliberately bragging to tease everyone, but now they have seen the power of the princess.
"Princess really distinguishes the taste of these dishes? Could it be that younger people have better noses than us?" Yuchi Baoqi felt fresh and was amazed.
Di Renjie stroked his chin and pondered seriously, thinking that he and the princess were only one year apart.Last year, he didn't seem to have such a sharp nose as the princess.
Di Renjie was about to ask, but he heard the princess just say something, blocking his thoughts.
"But it's also divided into people, just like some people are born smart, and it's easier to memorize things." Li Mingda said this seriously, which surprised everyone, but she laughed immediately, "Look at you, I'm just doing ordinary research. If you eat a lot, you can roughly guess what kind of dish it is just by smelling it."
Tian Hanshu hurriedly echoed: "It is true."
Everyone laughed. It turned out that the princess had only half-heard and half-guessed.Immediately, everyone had dinner, and the matter was considered a happy past.Changsun Huan struggled for a while, and asked Li Mingda how to distinguish the leg of lamb from the body of lamb.
"Or is it guessing by chance? That's too unfair. Everyone guesses, but you are the only one who guessed right."
When everyone heard it, they were also puzzled, and they gathered their eyes one after another.
"My guess is a little tricky. Let's think about it. If we have so many people, if we don't roast the leg of lamb, what else will the lamb have? effort."
Yuchi Baoqi completely bowed down and saluted Li Mingda, "I see."
Everyone was also convinced. They had guessed and deduced with reason and evidence, so it was hard to guess so accurately.
"Hahaha, what are you talking about, you guys are so happy." Li Chongyi entered the door with a laugh, and asked everyone kindly.
Yuchi Baoqi told Li Chongyi about the betting, and then looked behind him, seeing Zhou Xiaohe, asked her if she was not feeling well.
"I promised to investigate the case with everyone, why didn't she come?"
"After all, this child is young and has never seen the world. This is another important case. I told her not to get in the way." When Li Chongyi explained, he secretly glanced at Li Mingda.
When Li Chongyi mentioned Zhou Xiaohe, he felt distressed and guilty, but when his eyes fell on Li Mingda, he narrowed his eyes slightly.Based on this alone, Li Mingda could already feel his dissatisfaction. He was complaining for Zhou Xiaohe.
These fleeting expressions are invisible to ordinary people, but how could they escape Li Mingda's eyes.
Li Mingda naturally didn't give him a good look. He took a sip of water from his glass and said coldly, "Arraignment as soon as possible, don't waste time. Regardless of whether the case can be completed today, we will start tomorrow."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say three days ago?" Li Chongyi asked in surprise.
"Yes, three days. Arrive yesterday, stay today, and tomorrow will be the third day." Li Mingda explained.
Li Chongyi was startled, he didn't expect this to be the case.
Yuchi Baoqi, Changsun Huan and others were also confused, and they didn't expect the princess's three days to be explained in this way.Everyone thought that the two days of arriving at Cizhou and leaving Cizhou were not counted.
"Then you are gone, what if the case cannot be solved?" Li Chongyi asked.
"A gentleman thinks, thinks about himself, and thinks about other people's affairs. Naturally, we don't want to keep arguing here and take the credit of King Hejian. We all believe that you have this talent." Li Mingda immediately urged Why haven't people arrived yet.
Everyone can also hear that the princess is having an unpleasant quarrel with King Hejian.As for why, no one knows.However, Hejian Wang just came to Cizhou to investigate the case, and he didn't return last night, everyone knew this act of negligence.Now the princess is angry with him, but it is justifiable.
Li Mingda walked quickly to the outside of the courtyard and ordered someone to bring Zhang Shunxin, Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue all over.In addition, all the servants who were related to Zhang Cishi and his wife that day were also summoned to stand by in front of the main hall.Fang Yizhi went first to leave with the shocked Hejian Wang in the house, and followed Li Mingda out.
Li Mingda said to him: "You have read the testimony, so you can re-interrogate and check the evidence. Since you already know that the poison is ground acacia beans, this thing cannot be dissolved in water, so the possibility of being lowered into the water Not much. I think this thing should be mixed in with the food, focus on dinner, and the bowl of steamed cheese that I ate before going to bed."
Fang Yi agreed, seeing that Li Mingda was about to leave, he stopped him softly.
"how?"
Fang Yi looked directly at Yuchi Baoqi and the others who were waiting there, took a step closer, and asked in a low voice if there was any trouble between Li Mingda and King Hejian. "If the princess doesn't want to take care of this case, Yi Zhi will follow the princess."
"It's not a big deal, it can be regarded as because of you." Li Mingda half-jokingly said.
"Oh?" Fang Yi's eyes brightened even more.
"Don't tell me that Zhou Xiaohe has been staring at you all morning, but you didn't notice?" Li Mingda said.
Fang Yizhi understood, "So that's the case, then Yizhi thanked the princess first."
"You're welcome. I'm also afraid that your distraction will delay the investigation. I want to go back to Chang'an sooner."
"I thought the princess would leave tomorrow regardless of whether the case is clear or not."
"Without her being disturbed, the analysis of the case has reached this point. It is only possible that someone in the governor's mansion committed the crime. The remaining day is not enough for Fang Dalang to catch the murderer?" Li Mingda asked back.
Fang Yi heard this directly, raised his eyebrows that had been lowered just now, and looked at Li Mingda.
Laughed, sighed again.
"Yi Zhi will definitely live up to the high expectations of the princess."
After Fang Yi Zhiwen saluted, he watched Li Mingda leave calmly.
Changsun Huan and the others who were waiting behind, just now the princess and Fang Yi spoke directly, a few times were a little louder, they vaguely heard that it was related to the case.As soon as Princess Sui left, everyone gathered together and asked Fang Yizhi what the princess had just ordered.
"We're here to hear the case."
Yuchi Baoqi: "What about the princess?"
"The princess took people to search the governor's mansion."
"How can the princess run around to do rough work like searching the mansion? We should do it." Yuchi Baoqi sighed, and was about to ask for orders.
Changsun Huan agrees and also follows.
The two of them were immediately stopped by Fang Yi, "You don't even listen to the princess' orders?"
Yuchi Baoqi and Changsun Huan glanced at each other before realizing that the princess's decision must be justified.Both of them shook their heads in unison, expressing that they would not go.
"The King of Hejian?" Changsun Huan leaned close to Fang Yizhi and asked in a low voice.
Fang Yizhi didn't say anything else, just said: "Where did he go last night, I think everyone knows."
Changsun Huan, Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie reacted, and immediately understood what Fang Yi was referring to.I didn't bother to investigate the prince's case, but indulged in pleasure, leaving them to suffer in the post station to ponder the boring case.In fact, they were able to say that Fang Yizhi was the most difficult. He read the testimony for half the night last night, but he never slept seriously, he just took a nap after closing his clothes.
The three of them were all grievances for Fang Yizhi, and naturally they took Fang Yizhi's words even more to heart, so they were all somewhat dissatisfied with Hejian Wang in their hearts.
Li Chongyi came out at this time and asked them where the princess had gone. After getting a reply, he thought for a while, and then told Fang Yizhi: "If that's the case, then we will interrogate here."
After finishing speaking, Li Chongyi invited everyone into the house.
Ji Zhiyuan is also standing in the courtyard at the moment, and he will be interrogated seriously in a while.He was a little nervous, so he was constantly preparing words in his mind, thinking about what expression he should use, so that he could state things clearly and not be so aggressive.
Zhuxi was on the side to guide Ji Zhiyuan, "Your Majesty, don't laugh, don't be surprised, angry, or wronged, try to keep your face expressionless, so that it will be better. Then slow down your speech, don't rush, speak slowly, your hands can't Move around, don't shake your body, try not to move your head if you can. Last but not least, don't use your eyes to look at the people of the Zhang family, lest they say you threatened them again."
Ji Zhiyuan nodded, and wrote down Zhuxi's instructions.In the next moment, I saw a yaman carrying a man into the door, followed by the two children of the Zhang family, Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue, into the house.
It was sunny today, and it was afternoon again, and the heat was unbearable, so everyone changed into light clothes.Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue were no exception.Because in the filial piety period, both Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue wore white.Zhang Feixue was wearing a white hemp-colored half arm, and a white gauze dress inside, so the exposed sleeves could be seen to be half-transparent.
Zhang Feixue's round face and big eyes are very lovable, making people want to tease her.
When Ji Zhiyuan saw it, he couldn't help feeling affectionate and knowing, and shouted.Seeing him, Zhang Feixue's originally inquisitive eyes instantly filled with tears, and then burst into tears.
Zhuxi hurriedly drags Ji Zhiyuan away.
Ji Zhiyuan hangs his head in frustration.Then he heard someone calling him in the main hall, Ji Zhiyuan quickly followed, walking behind Zhang Lingyun and Zhang Feixue.
Seeing Ji Zhiyuan, Zhang Lingyun immediately hugged his sister defensively, and then backed away.
Zhang Feixue was still crying.Seeing this, everyone tried to comfort the poor little girl, but finally seeing that she was overly frightened, she still didn't get better.The solution was the same as last time, let people take Zhang Feixue away first.
Li Chongyi then sat in the main seat, but because his understanding of the case was not as good as that of Fang Yizhi, he didn't say a word, and handed everything over to Fang Yizhi for trial, while he watched from the sidelines.
There was silence in the room for a long time, and everyone waited for a long time before Fang Yi said anything, and looked over suspiciously.
Fang Yi focused his attention, and after several times sized Zhang Lingyun who was kneeling indifferently, he asked directly: "The real murderer who poisoned your father, but you?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard it.
Everyone was surprised not because of the staggering truth, but because of Fang Yizhi's way of questioning.Under normal circumstances, Ji Zhiyuan should first stand up to eliminate his suspicion, then question the testimony of relevant people, and finally ask questions after telling the conjecture result...
Fang Yizhi skipped straight to the last step.
Zhang Lingyun was still in a daze thinking that he had heard wrongly.After a moment of silence, he heard the clerk repeat Fang Shizi's question, and he knew it was true.
At this time, Zhang Lingyun, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Fang Yizhi in puzzlement, and then at Ji Zhiyuan who was more shocked than himself, then continued to hang his head as usual, still not speaking.
"Don't think that because you are young, we can't torture you." Yacha shouted.
Zhang Lingyun sneered, and then asked them frankly what evidence was there to prove that he poisoned his parents.
Everyone was silent.
The sneer at the corner of Zhang Lingyun's mouth was even stronger, so much so that everyone present couldn't believe that an eight-year-old child would behave like this when faced with accusations from others.
But if he was really the murderer, it would be understandable for him to behave like this.After all, not everyone can ruthlessly kill their parents.
"There is no evidence, right? Then why do you accuse me of killing my parents? Do you know how deadly this kind of injustice is to me, an innocent child!" Zhang Lingyun roared angrily.
"Ji Zhiyuan was not the real culprit who killed your parents. Your parents died from the poison of Acacia. We have deduced that the murderer must be in your governor's mansion. Now as long as there is someone like Acacia in your mansion, you will be killed." You can't escape the blame!" Di Renjie couldn't help standing up and scolding Zhang Lingyun, he really couldn't understand his arrogant attitude.
"Look for it. I have no shame in my heart. I didn't kill people. What am I afraid of?" Zhang Lingyun smiled fearlessly, then kowtowed to Li Chongyi, Fang Yizhi and others, apologizing for his previous attitude, "I want you to replace me, Suddenly being wronged as a murderer, I am afraid that the first reaction will be anger. Please forgive me!"
Changsun Huan felt the same way, and also felt that Zhang Lingyun was quite frank.Thinking of how hard it was when I was wronged as a murderer, and how Zhang Lingyun was still a few years younger than him, how could he bear it.
"I don't think he seems to be lying. This matter needs to be based on facts." Changsun Huan said.
Hearing this, Zhang Lingyun turned sideways and kowtowed to Changsun Huan, thanking him for understanding him.
"Then... Do I need to explain?" Ji Zhiyuan asked in a panic.
Zhang Shunxin was very angry when he saw Fang Yi directly questioning his nephew who wronged him just now, but now that he saw who Ji Zhiyuan was, he was even more angry.
He blushed all over his face, and shouted at Li Chongyi with a thick neck: "You really are officials and officials who protect each other. In order to protect King Jiangxia's nephew, you actually bit my obedient and young nephew and killed him. An eight-year-old child killed me. Your own biological parents? Fortunately, you can figure it out. No one will believe this kind of thing even if you tell it. It’s so ridiculous. I didn’t expect that the officialdom is so dark today. Children. Let me ask you, where is your conscience? Where is your conscience! I risked my life to investigate thoroughly, is this the result, and instead my own nephew was killed and sent in?"
Zhang Shunxin couldn't stop crying, because he was too excited, his chest rose and fell, and his voice was choked up.Zhang Shunxin hit himself hard on the chest with his fist.
"By the way, where's the princess? Where's the princess? Caomin is willing to ask Princess Jinyang to be the master of Caomin's nephew!"
As soon as Zhang Shunxin finished yelling, he heard behind him that the princess was back.
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