Therefore, Su Lihe only needs to seize the opportunity to select some false rumors or real evidence at the right time and occasion, and release them in batches, so that he can control the trial progress of the case.

The first is the death of Master Cui. Su Lihe didn't go around the bush, chose an occasion with a lot of people, and directly handed over the evidence that was hard to find to Dali Temple in front of everyone's eyes.

The cause of Master Cui's death was declared to be illness and death. The first piece of evidence presented by Su Lihe was a prescription secretly copied by Master Cui. The prescription was prescribed by a local langzhong, and there was a chronic poison in it. Lang Zhong had disappeared two months ago, and the day before his disappearance, someone saw him go to Jin Xu's house. Jin Xu claimed that because his family was unwell, he was invited to come for treatment, and he did not know about the disappearance.

Kang Zhao sent someone to visit Lang Zhong's house, but found no direct clues, and could not determine that it was related to Jin Ming.

Then, Su Lihe used the excuse that "there are doubts about the facts of the case" to submit the case file of Lu Chengye, a wealthy businessman in Luo County. The case occurred two years ago, and after the trial, Lu Chengye's concubine was convicted of murder for money, poisoned Lu Chengye, and executed Fahrenheit that year.

Lu Chengye was in his early years, and Hua was his childhood sweetheart, and even provided him with the principal of the business. When he went out to do business, Hua was promised another match by his family, and after Lu Chengye returned and learned about it, he married Jiang as his wife. Five years later, Hua's husband's family was down, and Lu Chengye spent a sum of money in exchange for Hua's husband's letter of resignation, and eight sedan chairs married Hua's family. Unexpectedly, he lost his life after only two months of marriage.

The strange thing is that after Fahrenheit was convicted, a girl who had served Fahrenheit, named Xiaocui, went to the yamen to beat the drum and cry out for Fahrenheit. Jin Xu, the magistrate of the county, took the case, but Xiao Cui was not seen in the hall on the second day, and immediately arrested Xiao Cui on the charge of contempt of the court. Unexpectedly, it was her corpse that was detained, and there was no forged identification document, only a simple note of a few words on the file: the cause of death was suicide.

After reading the file, Kang Zhao felt that the trial of this case was indeed too hasty, so he came to Luo County in person to re-investigate the cause of Xiaocui's death. Xiaocui is just a girl, she has no status, and she is not noticeable under normal circumstances. If she was murdered to death, leaving a clue is the most likely.

The various forces in the capital watched the fire from across the shore, speculated quietly in private, and discussed for a while.

Thirteen is also closely following the progress of the case. According to his experience, whenever there is a serious incident, there will always be talented people who come to the surface. What he has to do is to find these people, choose the most suitable forces, and pave the way for himself and Nineteen to re-pave the way.

This confusing case became a prelude to the storm. At that time, many people had a premonition that the capital would set off another big move. But no one could have imagined that this movement would last for years.

Su Lihe was extremely cautious. He knew that the court was a dangerous whirlpool, and too much limelight would invite trouble, so he didn't come forward in person. After using the file to lure Kang Zhao to Luo County, he planned a small accident: finding someone to deliberately drive the beggar Ah San onto the street and collide with Kang Zhao. This beggar Ah San is a clue that took him a long time to find.

Ah San didn't know Kang Zhao, but after being reprimanded, he knew that he was sent by the imperial court to investigate the case, so he immediately took him outside the city, kowtowing vigorously to make amends, and begging him to avenge Xiaocui's grievances.

Xiaocui had no family, she was sold into the Lu Mansion as a maid when she was very young, and no one collected her body after her death. She was kind-hearted before she was alive, and she once saved Ah San who was hungry and faint. Ah San remembered her well, and after a few days things were calm, he secretly took Atsui's body outside the city and buried it. At that time, he was afraid of being discovered, so he only dared to secretly leave a mark nearby, and he didn't even dare to leave a grave.

After two years, Xiao Cui's body has only white bones left, and the traces of the heavy blow behind the skull are clearly visible, which can be concluded to be murder and death.

Su Lihe took the opportunity to present a codex. This is recorded by Master Cui before his death, hidden in the cracks of the bed board, only a few thin pages, recording the actual scene of some cases and the trial of the case, including the case of Lu Chengye's poisoning and death: Hua was pregnant for a month when she was detained, she refused to admit her guilt at first, and after being sentenced, she had a miscarriage, and suddenly despaired, saying that she wanted to go with her husband, and signed and drew the confession without even reading it.

At that time, many locals watched Fahrenheit outside the hall, and they confirmed that the miscarriage was true. There is no mention of this in the dossier.

Things suddenly became strange: if Hua was preparing to murder Lu Chengye, why did he conceive Lu Chengye's child? Even if you accidentally get pregnant, you will definitely find a way to beat it, instead of desperately protecting the child, let alone suddenly despair after losing the child.

Kang Zhao went to see the cell where Fahrenheit was held and found nothing. The beggar Ah San sued Sù Kangzhao, Xiaocui mentioned before his death that Mrs. Lu Jiang was jealous and made things difficult for Fahrenheit several times; And Mrs. Lu Jiang is actually a distant cousin of Jin Xu of Zhixian County.

The death of Master Cui and the case of Lu Chengye have no inside information, and they are related to Jin Xu, and after Kang Zhao's letter and the seal of Ding Chaozhen, the secretary of Dali Temple, the case of Jin Xu officially entered the review stage.

By mid-October, the case had become more and more foggy. Kang Zhao was in the very center of the fog and moved forward without hesitation.

At this time, the hunters in the mountains were tracking their prey when they found a corpse. Kang Zhao rushed to the scene with a specially transferred servant from Dali Temple, and found that the corpse was completely decomposed, its appearance was long unrecognizable, and most of the body was only a skeleton. Depending on the climate and the surrounding environment, the time of death is tentatively determined to be two to three months. The cause of death was a stab in the heart with a sharp weapon, like the killing style of the Jianghu people. There was no blood around, and there was no destruction, and the body was dumped here after death.

Kang Zhao thought of the missing Lang Zhong, ordered someone to transport the body back to the county office, and summoned Lang Zhong's family again to ask about Lang Zhong's physical characteristics, which completely matched the corpse. No wonder Lang Zhong has never been found, it turns out that he died early. Kang Zhao immediately realized: This is definitely not a simple vendetta, it is very likely to buy a murder. There are also several headless murders in the file left by Master Cui, and it is very likely that they are similar.

Thinking of this, he calmed down instead.

According to his understanding of Jin Xu, this person is greedy for money, but he is not greedy to the point of being ruthless. First Master Cui, then Lang Zhong, if this series of murders is really related, the mastermind behind it will definitely not be Jin Xu. Because Jin Xu's city government is even inferior to his distant cousin, Mrs. Lu Jiang.

However, if Jiang is the mastermind, then she killed Hua because of jealousy, and Xiao Cui was killed to cover up the truth, so what about the reason for killing Master Cui and Lang Zhong? How can a woman's family succeed in these two people? In addition, Kang Zhao carefully discovered that after Lu Chengye's death, the Lu family's main shop accounts were not completely controlled by the Jiang family. She is in charge of the entry and exit of goods, but she has no authority to make arbitrary adjustments, and is at best a supervisor.

If something goes wrong, it's a demon.

Suspicion is suspicion, and the case seems to have entered a deadlock because no evidence can be found.

Kang Zhao rubbed his eyebrows, and finally found out that this was not an ordinary case, and it was likely that there was a greater force behind it. But he was undaunted.

Since Thirteen severed ties with the Su family, Su Lihe has been careful to keep in touch with Twelve. To avoid causing her trouble, he didn't ask her to do anything, and his efforts only made sense if she was safe. Twelve is not an ordinary person, she is devoted to Su Lihe, and she will take the initiative to think about him. It's a pity that under the strict monitoring of the idle pavilion, she can't do much, and only sue him for a name.

After Su Lihe quietly checked the details of that person, he thought about it for a long time. That person is very difficult to control. Kang Zhao is a dead brain, and he can't control that person. If things are out of Kangzhao's power, the future development will become unpredictable. After Yang Zhongxian knew the situation, he asked him with a sneer: "Didn't you first find me with the purpose of making things bigger?" Now is the great opportunity, are you ready to give up? ”

Because of his words, Su Lihe made up his mind, deliberately pulled his colleagues to gossip in front of Kang Zhao, and pretended to ask unintentionally: Jin Xu has been the county magistrate in Luo County for many years, and such a big thing happened, has no one noticed the movement in Luo County for so many years?

Kang Zhao suddenly realized: No wonder he has been investigating in Luo County for so long, and there has been no progress, it turns out that this case has gone beyond the scope of this small county! According to this direction, he soon learned that Jin Xu's direct boss pretended to be deaf and dumb to Luo County's Yiqiē, and directly reported it to Taishou no matter what the situation, and his attitude was very suspicious. It's not so much a cover-up as an evasion.

So Kang Zhao's eyes naturally fell on Guo Maohuai, the Taishou of Jinju.

Then, after half a month of calm on the surface, when people from all walks of life thought that this pile was about to end, the news of Kang Zhao's death suddenly came out.

He was assassinated on his way back to Beijing in the middle of the night with no witnesses. The night before, I had dinner with the station's staff normally, and then went back to the bedroom to rest. The next day, the people at the post station saw that he had not gotten up for a long time, knocked on the door and received no response, and finally broke down the door and saw a large patch of dried blood on the bed. The assassin cunningly left no clues.

In addition to the fatal wound on the heart, it is caused by a dagger or other short-handled murder weapon, which is a typical assassination.

Things turned out far beyond Su Lihe's expectations. He didn't expect Kang Zhao to die, and wondered if it was the one killed by Xiange. Twelve refused to reveal any information, he was afraid that asking too many questions would cause her trouble, so he could only give up asking questions.

Before Kang Zhao returned to Beijing, he wrote two letters, one was sent to Ding Chaozhen, the secretary of Dali Temple, saying that the case was serious and that he wanted to report to Ding Chaozhen in person, and the other letter had not yet had time to be sent. After the incident, the unsent letters, as well as the words he recorded when investigating the case, as well as the codex left by Master Cui of Luo County in his custody, were all lost in the chaos.

There was an uproar from top to bottom. Kang Zhao went to Luo County to investigate the case, representing the imperial court and belonging to the imperial court. Someone dared to assassinate a member of the imperial court! Is this worth it?

Change is a great opportunity to fish. The more troublesome things go, the easier it is for the people in the shadows to fish in troubled waters.

From the beginning of the Jin Ming case to the murder of Kang Zhao now, many people have made small calculations, trying to surface the surface just right and get some benefits to taste. They care more about profit than the truth.

Including Yang Zhongxian and Su Lihe.

Thirteen didn't plan to re-cultivate another Su family. Ever since Nineteen understood the difference between men and women, he began to be anxious. I can't wait to re-plan, so let's choose a suitable one from the existing forces.

Up and down the government and the opposition, only the Marquis of Dingguo still maintained a low-key posture, continuing to live his idle life, closing the door every day, listening to operas and drinking in the house, and directing the guards to collect all kinds of interesting things to pass the time.

Ding Chaozhen couldn't determine whether Kang Zhao's death was related to the Jin Xu case, so he didn't dare to make his own opinion, so he went on the road, first made a generous statement, angrily accusing someone of daring to murder a member of the imperial court, and then listed the reasons, and sprinkled a large article, saying that the matter was serious, and asked the saint to adjudicate. In fact, the blame has been passed on completely, and the problem of continuing to investigate has also been thrown out.

After reading the recital, the saint was noncommittal, and asked Yu Shi Yang Zhongxian instead: "Luoxian Jin Xu is corrupt and perverts the law, how do you know?" "Jin Ming's official position is humble, Luo County is deserted, Yang Zhongxian has never left the capital since he took office, and it is impossible to know about this matter for no reason.

Yang Zhongxian thought about it quickly and decided to report truthfully. He replied respectfully: "After the death of the former Master Cui of Luo County, it was Yangzhou Su Lihe who succeeded him. Su Lihe and Xia Guan were Jinshi at the same time and had correspondence. After he discovered the suspicions, he discussed the matter with his subordinates. ”

The saint nodded, and his tone was very casual: "It seems that this person has some ability." Let him replace Kang Zhao and continue to investigate. ”

When Su Lihe received the holy decree, he broke out in a cold sweat in shock.

From the master of a remote county, he was exceptionally promoted to the deacon of Dali Temple, with infinite scenery on the surface, but in fact it is extremely dangerous, and he is likely to end up with the same fate as Kang Zhao. An edict suddenly pushed him to the front of the stage, and he didn't even have room to refuse, so he could only say goodbye to his colleagues in Luo County in all kinds of eyes.

Ding Chaozhen therefore saw the emperor's position clearly: thoroughly investigate the case. As for the reason, it is natural to promote newcomers represented by Yang Zhongxian and Su Lihe. Jin Xu was more unlucky, hit the limelight and became a stepping stone for them. It's just that the weight of this stone is still not enough, and a larger one is needed. Therefore, the case cannot be closed on this ground.

After thinking about it, Ding Chaozhen took special care of Su Lihe. Su Lihe didn't know Ding Chaozhen's abacus, and he didn't dare to offend him, so he carefully accepted the care. Thanks to his blessing, the process of reporting to Dali Temple was very smooth. After dealing with the cumbersome process, he began to cheer up 120,000 spirits, read the files of Jin Xu's case over and over again, looked at Kang Zhao's autopsy records, and considered coping strategies.

When the last leaf on the plane tree fell, Thirteen was sitting in front of the window in a daze. Nineteen leaned over and picked up the pamphlet he had placed on his lap: "What is this?" ”

She didn't have a bun today, and her silky black hair was draped over her shoulders, making her little face even more delicate.

Thirteen came back to God: "Roster." "It's not so easy to find someone in the court who is both capable and trustworthy. Taking advantage of the mission, he collected the news from the ant hall, roughly sorted out the information obtained, and made this booklet for comparative thinking

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