Chapter 692 Really dead, serial culprits

The cold winter of Yuan and the first year came in a hurry.

The day was still in the golden sun. Overnight, I only heard the wind beating wildly. The people of Jinyang Beijing opened the doors and windows the next morning, and they saw a vast space between heaven and earth.

Yin Wushengchung in Shuntian Prefecture is probably one of the few people who find the first snowfall in the middle of the night.

His eyes were red and swollen, and his eyes were bruised. Obviously, he had not slept peacefully all night.

Yester evening, a life case was reported in the morning and evening hall of Gongdefang, and a commoner who came to Kyoto from Fengyang Prefecture was poisoned and died.

Wu Shengqi received the report of the case. Originally, he didn't take it seriously and only arranged for the push official to come to the scene to investigate.

As a result, the pusher only brought the danceji, the shopkeeper and several people who went to the evening hall with the dead back to the government office. The owner of the danceji, Ligui, and Zhang Minghe, the owner of the restaurant, disappeared.

It turned out that these two went to Xianghe as early as three days ago, which was said to be for business.

Of course, Wu Shengqi would go to Xianghe County to find people, and then ask for details of the case. Only then did he know that the deceased Wu Ji was very poisonous and the poison fell into the wine, but the dancer was safe. It is said that Wu Ji asked her to sing and dance to cheer up at the time of the crime. She acted coquettishly and wanted Wu Ji to have a drink first. As a result, Wu Ji fell to the ground and died before the song was finished.

There are only a handful of people who have access to alcohol, and the government officials soon found * from a little clerk in charge of cooking.

"How dare you leave the evidence on your body? Moreover, the owner of the danceji and the owner of the restaurant had made friends, and the two went to Xianghe together. Is it a coincidence? Wu Sheng is very suspicious.

With evidence of guilt, of course, the little guy was tortured, and he soon confessed - * was given by the strict manager of Yongchang Houfu, and 200 taels of silver to bribe him for poisoning him in the wine and killing Wu Ji.

Although he only confessed the servants of the Houfu, Wu Shengqi did not dare to engage in the murderous case and rashly went to the Houfu to get people. He was very puzzled that the general manager of the Houfu had to do with the people in the district, and did not hesitate*.

As a result, the official easily connected the deceased with the Houfu.

"Your Excellency, it is really related. First, there was a restaurant in Xicheng. Many people witnessed the entanglement between Yongchang Houfu Erlang and Wu Ji. Later, Yongchang Hou also hosted Wu Ji in person. Wu Ji also shouted 'killing people' in public, but Yongchang Hou was very flattering to the common people."

Of course, such a strange thing is extraordinary.

There is no reason for Wu Shengqi not to go to Yongchang Houfu to get people, but when he thought of the Empress Dowager behind Houfu, he couldn't close his eyes at all this night.

But before he decided, another person came to the hall to beat the drum, claiming to be an old friend of the deceased Wu Ji, saying that Wu Ji had told him that if he died unexpectedly, the murderer must be the Yan family of Yongchang Houfu.

Wu Shengqi asked carefully, and the "old friend" said that Wu Ji used Cao Da's whereabouts to blackmail Yongchang Houfu.

Wu Shengqi did not dare to hesitate any more. Of course, he did not rush to Yongchang Houfu, but changed his public service and only used the visit as a cover to communicate with Yongchang Hou first.

When Yongchanghou heard that Wu Ji had been poisoned and someone had defiled the Yan family, he was naturally shocked and angry. He vowed that he would never do anything to kill people. He cooperated and let the chief manager of Yanfu follow Shuntianfu. Wu Shengqi found many yamen, passers-by, together with the chief Yan, and let the little guy identify him. Naturally, he accurately identified the chief manager Yan. .

General Manager Yan shouted for injustice: "If someone has the intention to frame the villain, he will let the murderer secretly recognize the villain's face first."

This is really not conclusive evidence.

However, since the case involved the Yongchang Houfu and was also related to the old case of Yan Tingyi's "following the law", Wu Shengqi felt that he, the Yin of Shuntianfu, should not be fully responsible, so he went to be taken over by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Naturally, this case naturally shocked the Ci'an Palace.

Coincidentally, on this day, the beautiful scenery happened to enter the palace to greet her. She was left to eat by the empress dowager and thank her with a smile. She heard that Mrs. Yan had handed over the sign to see her. The empress dowager was planning to use the beautiful scenery to ease the gap with the eldest princess, but she did not let her avoid it. When she asked about this matter, her face sank.

At this time, the emperor had decided to hand over the Wu case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Don't worry, Madam, this case must be an unfaithful person's attempt to defile Yongchang Houfu. Lu Shangshu is fair and strict, and he is bound to return the innocence of Houfu." Yingjing advised.

If the empress dowager thought about something, Lu Ze, the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was recommended by Yu Yu. The former emperor trusted him very much and should not be in collusion with Qin and Chen.

She was about to speak when she suddenly heard a sound outside the curtain: "Oh? Princess Chu also suspected that someone had framed Yongchang Houfu.

Apricot yellow thick brocade curtain, wearing a bright yellow brocade robe.

——The arrival of the emperor.

Yijing got up and lowered her eyes and bowed her knees, but secretly thought in her heart - her prince really expected that things would be like a god. He concluded that the emperor would intervene in person. The implementation of the Duke of Wei was the suspicion of "unfaithful intentions". Of course, it is difficult to convict, as long as the empress dowager thought so, it would be regarded as achieving her goal.

Because of the affairs of the sixth sister, the empress dowager thought that her grandmother had a grudge against her, and then gave birth to this. Even if the empress dowager was not ten times sure, she may not suspect that it was the Duke of Wei who retaliated against the Yan family for the affairs of the sixth sister, which made Yongchang Houfu more criticized, and the strict bachelor's official position was in security.

The anxious Mrs. Yan also stood up and, as her identity, still had to stand under the scenery.

"Don't be polite, please sit down." The emperor looked very gentle at this time. He quickly shook the scenery, but said to the Empress Dowager with a smile, "Sun Er came today for the Wu case. He knew that his grandmother would be worried."

This time, the emperor was no longer careful to send the female eunuchs of the Ci'an Palace, and asked the scene again in public: "Does the princess know who is wrong?"

Yijing had just sat down, so he had to get up and answer: "The emperor's condony, the concubine only knows that Yongchang Houfu will not do anything to kill, so she suspects that someone is culprit. As for the real murderer, it is difficult for me to determine because she doesn't know the case. However, Lu Shangshu must be aware of it and can easily prove that Yongchang Houfu is innocent."

This seemed to arouse the interest of the emperor and gently raised his eyebrows: "If it is a princess, how can you determine it?"

Yi Jing did not twist and replied generously: "The poisoned man said that he was bought by General Manager Yan, so he will definitely remember what year, what day, what time, and where to meet with General Manager Yan. After all, it is a matter of harming people's lives. I believe that the liquor store clerk will not be so easily forgotten. If he can't say it, it's mostly blood. Dirty people, heavy punishment again, not afraid of forcing the truth.

"What if he is nonsense?" The emperor asked with great interest.

"That's simpler. It only verifies where General Manager Yan saw someone on that day, and then he can expose the murderer's lies. If he is an ordinary person, fortunately, he may not remember his whereabouts and deeds a few days ago, but there are many common affairs in the noble family. There should be records in General Manager Yan's daily affairs, and there will always be traceable. " The scenery said.

Generally, the general manager of the noble family has routine affairs, and there are always a few assistants around him. If you want to verify where he is going on a certain day, it should help him to "memory". Generally, he can't remember anything. As a housewife in charge of feeding, of course, she is familiar with these practices.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help it for a long time: "Listen to the meaning of the emperor, has it been confirmed that the murderer spitting blood?"

"That's true." The emperor smiled and his expression became more and more gentle: "As the princess said, Lu Shangshu forced the murderer to ask the murderer. He immediately panicked and didn't even say anything. He just forgot it all. Lu Shangshu immediately ordered the heavy punishment. The murderer was just a teenager of fifteen or six years old. He couldn't stand it. It didn't take long."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused again and looked at Yijing with a smile and said, "Lu Shangshu thought that the dancer who led the deceased to the winery was also suspected, so he was interrogated again. As a result, it turned out that the dancer was also ordered by people. He deliberately approached Wu Ji and led him to the liquor store of the crime."

The Empress Dowager shouted heavily, but suddenly wondered that the emperor was so concerned about the case. According to her speculation, those who framed the strict family were nothing more than Chen and Qin Erxiang. Whether the emperor knew it or not, how could he allow the truth of the case to be revealed? Could it be that this time it has nothing to do with the two, and there are other people who are calculating whether the strict family is not?

He heard the emperor say, "The dance trick was instructed by the owner Li Gui, and the little guy also claimed that he was poisoned by Zhang Minghe to poison Wu Ji and blame Yongchang Houfu. The little man also said that he had heard Li Gui and Zhang Minghe's discussion. Wu Ji used Cao Da's whereabouts to blackmail Yongchang Houfu and once embarrassed Yongchang in public. Wu Jiyi Death, Yongchang Houfu could not escape the suspicion. Duke Wei took advantage of Wu Ji's opportunity to make waves to frame the Yan family. This plan is indeed wonderful.

As soon as this came out, Mrs. Yan, who was very nervous, almost exclaimed and lost her temper and subconsciously raised her hand to cover her mouth.

Naturally, the Empress Dowager was shocked: "What the emperor said is true? Who are Li Gui and Zhang Minghe, and what is the relationship with the Duke of Wei?

"I'm going to ask Princess Chu." The emperor is good at it.

In fact, he didn't expect that the Beautiful Scenery was "just" to be present today, but the emperor was full of confidence in this plan and didn't care whether the Beautiful Scene was present at all.

Because Li and Zhang were instructed by Chen Xiang in advance - "Before you start, you'd better leave Kyoto temporarily. When the government finds you two, the case has already been solved, and you two can be exempted from criminal trial."

As early as last night, the two had become corpses, and the news would be sent back to Kyoto at the latest. In this way, Duke Wei had another suspicion - he was clearly aware of the leak and killed people! Because the guy couldn't stand the punishment yesterday, and Li and Zhang were assassinated at night! Although the man's words alone are not enough to convict the Duke of Wei, it doesn't matter. As long as the empress dowager is suspicious, the follow-by plan can be successfully implemented.

In order to achieve this, the emperor deliberately allowed Lu Ze to hear the case. The Empress Dowager knew that Lu Ze had a good relationship with Yu, and would not suspect that Lu Ze would be bought by Chen and Qin and be unfair.

It's not necessary to say that the emperor's voice fell, and the Empress Dowager and Mrs. Yan both stared straight at the scenery.

Yingjing was full of inexplicable face: "I really don't know the words of the emperor, because I also heard the names Ligui and Zhang Minghe for the first time."

Uncle Li's beautiful scenery has never met. I'm afraid that even Er Niang and Si Niang don't know his name, let alone Zhang Minghe. If beautiful scenery hadn't heard Yu Yu, he would have no impression of these two names.

The princess pretended to be stupid and put in place and let the emperor pat her forehead: "I'm confused. The princess should not know, but Duke Wei will not forget it."

Guanzi sold a little too much, and the Empress Dowager couldn't help clenching her fist.

The emperor quickly told the relationship between Li and Zhang and the Duke of Wei: "Let's not talk about Li Gui. Although he is a commoner, he is indeed an in-law with the Duke of Wei. As for Zhang Minghe, although he is only an aunt's brother, he heard that the Duke of Wei took great care of him. Not only did he get rid of his citizenship, but Zhang Minghe's principal in business is also thanks to Wei Guo. With public funding, a few years ago, Zhang Minghe and Erlang Su Nian also often had contact, but their relationship was close.

Naturally, Yijing will not refute the words of the emperor. She is only deeply blessed: "The emperor and the empress dowager Mingjian, the murderer can not only pollute the Yongchang Houfu, but also naturally frame the Duke of Wei. I believe that my father will never kill and culminate."

"I was not very credible, but Lu Shangshu found out that the person who wanted to kill the Yongchang Houfu was not bought, and Wu Ji was an old acquaintance. Wu Ji once told him that he had Cao Da's whereabouts on hand, and he would be able to threaten Yongchang to seek an official position for him in the future, but in case he died, it must be Yong Changhou's hand." The emperor frowned slightly: "The little man also mentioned Cao Da in his confession, indicating that it was not nonsense, so my grandmother, I think it's better to ask Duke Wei to ask him clearly first."

The emperor was so open and aboveboard, and then showed a clear conscience. The Empress Dowager was indeed full of suspicion. There was no usual gentleness in her eyes looking at the beautiful scenery, but with an obscure smell.