Chapter 321: The Truth of the Extermination Case (1)
In the warm pavilion, Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao were discussing the moving of the capital. After the New Year, Zhu Biao would go to Beijing in advance, so Lao Zhu also had many things to explain to him, especially the relocation of important yamen such as the Six Ministry and Nine Ministers, which all require careful planning.
After the father and son discussed the matter, Zhu Biao suddenly laughed and said, "I heard that my father considered Yun Wen and Yun Yu yesterday?"
"Well, the impact of that family massacre was too great. By the way, I considered the knowledge of the two of them. I was very satisfied with Yun Yu's ability to say something that was not judged by his appearance. But what surprised me even more was that Yun Wen actually concluded at a glance that one of them was not a real bandit. Later, Dali Temple also confirmed his judgment, which was really unexpected." Lao Zhu took a sip of tea and nodded.
"Yun Wen has been smart since he was a child, so it is normal for him to behave like this. Although Yun Xu doesn't like studying very much, it's good to have such knowledge now!" Zhu Biao said happily when he heard this. Both of them were their own sons, and he was very happy to receive praise from his father. However, it can be seen from his words that he actually prefers Zhu Yunwen.
"Where is Li Jie, I heard that he volunteered to investigate the case?" Zhu Biao suddenly asked again. He was not present yesterday, so these things were all told later.
"Yes, Li Jie thought this case was a bit strange, and he seemed to be more inclined to Yun's case, so he took the initiative to investigate the case. As soon as the person left, the gangster's body was found, proving that Yun Wen's guess was good, but he still seemed unwilling to give up. He kept holding Huang Xiucai yesterday and seemed to want to find something else." Lao Zhu smiled again. This was Li Jie. If it were another minister, Lao Zhu would never have such good patience.
"He and Yun Xi have always had the best relationship, so naturally they are not willing to admit defeat. However, it is not a bad thing for young people to suffer some setbacks!" Zhu Biao smiled and said when he heard this.
"Yes, I think so too. In addition, although I don't understand some of the bank proposed by Li Jie very well, I feel that the bank must have great potential. If you go to Beijing after the New Year, you should also give him more support!" Lao Zhu reminded him again at this time. Lao Zhu's strategic intuition has always been very accurate. He defeated many powerful enemies by relying on this intuition, but now he still believes in his judgment.
"Don't worry, Father, I understand all these things!" Zhu Biao nodded heavily when he heard this.
But at this moment, the eunuch suddenly rushed to report: "Report to Your Majesty, the Minister of Dali Temple Ling Han asked for a meeting!"
"Look, Ling Han is probably here to sue Li Jie again!" Old Zhu smiled again when he heard this, and then asked the eunuch to summon the other party in.
Zhu Biao also smiled and shook his head. It was obvious that the corpses of the bandits had been found, but Li Jie was still staying in Dali Temple and refused to leave. If he was Ling Han, he would definitely come to sue him.
After a while, Ling Han quickly walked into the warm pavilion. However, what Lao Zhu and his son didn't expect was that Ling Han was sweating heavily at this time and his face was a little ugly. After coming in, he immediately knelt down and said, "My memory Ling Han came to apologize to Your Majesty!"
"Ask a crime? What crime?" Old Zhu was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Zhu Biao when he spoke, but Zhu Biao also stared at him with confusion.
"I... I made a big mistake yesterday and almost let the real prisoner go away. Thanks to the prince-consort's scrutiny, the real murderer was caught. Please punish him!" Ling Han said this and said with great tribute again.
"What? You said Li Jie found the real murderer? Could it be that the corpse found yesterday was not the real murderer?" Old Zhu stood up in shock when he heard this. He thought the case had been settled yesterday. After all, all the bodies were found, but he didn't expect that the case would have been a day of twists and turns.
"Your Majesty is right. Yesterday's corpse was not the real murderer, but was used by the real murderer to escape the shell!" Before Ling Han could answer, a voice came from outside, and then Li Jie and Jiang Yan walked in together.
"Ling Siqing's legs and feet are so good, she actually leaves faster than me, a young man!" Li Jie came to Ling Han and laughed softly, then saluted Lao Zhu, "Your Majesty, I and Jiang Yan, commander of the Jinyiwei, have found out the truth about the family massacre, and come to report to Your Majesty!"
"What's going on?" Old Zhu asked again immediately, and glared at Ling Han fiercely. This guy obviously proposed to marry him after getting the news to apologize to him to relieve his responsibilities.
"Your Highness, after I went to Dali Temple yesterday, I personally examined the autopsy and interrogated seven suspects. I found that Huang Wen had many doubts. I learned from the coroner that during the last massacre, a murdered woman was strangled to death. In addition, the others died under the sword. This woman had an engagement with Huang Wen, and the two families were neighbors, which aroused my suspicion even more. So I asked Commander Chiang to use the power of the Jinyiwei to investigate Huang Wen!"
Li Jie suddenly stopped here and said to Jiang Yan: "Commander Jiang, you will tell Your Majesty what you have investigated!"
Jiang Yan also knew that this was Li Jie's chance to show her in front of Lao Zhu, so he immediately stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, after the prince consort gave instructions yesterday, his subordinates personally took people to investigate Huang Wen. It turned out that Huang Wen had a marriage contract with the strangled woman, but also had dates. Unfortunately, the woman still disliked the poor and loved the rich and married the Qi family as her daughter-in-law. Since then, Huang Wen has become taciturn and turned down other marriages. He has not been married yet..."
With Jiang Yan's account, the situation about Huang Wen was revealed bit by bit. Although Huang Wen passed the exam for the scholar, his family was in a normal state, and his engagement with his neighbor He family was terminated, which was enough to become Huang Wen's motive for murder.
"Wait a minute, even if Huang Wen wants to kill the Qi family's daughter-in-law, there have been many family-killing cases, and the Qi family is at the last. If Huang Wen wants to take revenge, why don't he kill the Qi family's daughter-in-law directly, but instead participate in so many family-killing cases?" At this time, Zhu Biao suddenly interrupted Jiang Yan's story.
"Your Highness, this is not difficult to guess. Huang Wen wants to revenge not only the daughter-in-law of the Qi family, but also the entire Qi family. But if he takes action against the Qi family directly, he will definitely come to the government to investigate, and it will be difficult for him to get rid of the suspicion. But if a series of family extermination cases occur, will the government still suspect someone who has a grudge against one of them at that time?" Li Jie smiled and explained.
"This... this is too cruel. In order to take revenge on one person, he actually destroyed four families?" Zhu Biao was shocked when he heard this. He would never have dreamed that such a thing would happen in this world.
In contrast, Lao Zhu seemed very calm and even patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder and warned: "The ugliness in this world are much more than you imagined. If you also get more exposure to prison matters in the future, you will naturally not be so surprised!"
After saying the above, Lao Zhu turned to Li Jie and Jiang Yan again and said, "Let's go on. Although these speculations make some sense, do you have any evidence to prove that Huang Wen is one of the bandits?"
"Report to Your Majesty, Huang Wen is extremely cunning, and his entire plan is extremely careful, but the more careful the plan, the easier it is to have problems. Therefore, the Jinyiwei quickly found the definite evidence!" Li Jie replied again, and said that, he looked at Jiang Yan again.
Jiang Yan also immediately reported again: "Your Majesty, I found out during the investigation that just over a month ago, Huang Wen met a student from another place. The man was named Liu Bo. He came to Beijing to study alone. After getting to know Huang Wen, he was invited by the other party to live in the Huang family. As a result, he disappeared from tomorrow. After being identified by someone, he found that Liu Bo was the suspected corpse of a bandit discovered yesterday!"
"Your Majesty, Liu Bo and Huang Wen have similar figures. After covering his face, they can hardly tell the difference. So I think Huang Wen had found a substitute more than a month ago, and pretended to commit suicide after killing him yesterday."
"In addition, the reason why the Jinyiwei was able to find the place where the bandits gathered was because someone sent a note through a blind man. From this, I concluded that the person who sent the letter should be Huang Wen. When the Jinyiwei arrived, he was prepared and immediately escaped, and then led the Jinyiwei to the vicinity of Liu Bo's body. He wanted to escape from the shell of the golden cicada, but he thought that he was mistakenly arrested by the Jinyiwei. However, he was still fearless because he knew that the body would be discovered soon. In fact, he almost succeeded, but we still found it!" Li Jie continued to explain at this time.
"What a complicated plan, this person is really amazing!" Old Zhu couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this. If Huang Wen used this intelligence and talent in the right place, he might be a pillar of the country in the future.
"Wait a minute, what if Liu Bo is the real murderer, then this matter is understandable?" Zhu Biao suddenly spoke at this time. If Liu Bo is the real murderer and then commits suicide after the failure, all this is indeed understandable.
"Your Highness, we have found out. Just when the last massacre of the family occurred, Liu Bo attended a poetry meeting with several friends and did not leave all night, so there was no time to commit the crime. Huang Wen also wanted to put the charges on Liu Bo, but when we came up with this evidence, he finally honestly confessed all the crimes!" At this time, Jiang Yan spoke again to report.
"Oh? Has he already pleaded guilty?" Old Zhu said in surprise again when he heard this. He thought the other party would refuse to admit such a cunning criminal?
Chapter completed!