Chapter 40 (I)
Zhao Heqing walked back and forth beside the corpse for a while, and then asked Li Rong: "What is the cause of their death?" β
"The first person died on the spot by having the back of his neck broken, and the second person died by cutting into the abdomen with a sharp weapon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Broken neck?" Zhao Heqing sneered, then pulled Zhang Peng beside him, held his neck with one hand, and said lightly in the exclamations of several people: "Is that so?" β
The white jade-like fingers wrapped around the rough neck did not violate the harmony at all, and the raised meridians on the back of the hand were relaxed and powerful, as if the neck could be suddenly pinched at any time.
Li Rong came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Your Highness's hand is tilted back." β
Zhao Heqing's palm moved, and when he saw Li Rong's confirmed eyes, he let go of Zhang Peng, who was stunned.
"Breaking a neck in such a position is generally a habit for people who practice martial arts, and it is necessary to have the ability to be skilled in ending a person's life at one time." Zhao Heqing raised Wei Yuyuan's hand, "This kind of hand is not a person who practices martial arts. β
"Your Highness's words are wrong," Zhang Peng immediately said: "Hands can be maintained, Wei Yuyuan himself is a doctor, these are not difficult for him." β
Zhao Heqing sighed and smiled, "Lord Zhang also has times when he is confused, he is a doctor, he often collects medicine and administers needles, and there are naturally many thin calluses on his hands, does Lord Zhang need to test it himself?" β
When it comes to this, Wei Yuyuan's harmful statement is self-defeating.
Zhang Peng moved his head for a moment, then retracted it, and his tone was inadvertently hesitant, "Even if the first person was not killed by him, what about the second person?" β
"Isn't this a paradox, if the first person was not killed by him, then what motive did he have for the second person to kill?" Zhao Heqing shook his head, secretly sighing that the head of the Funeral Courtyard was really imaginary, he looked at the several palace maids present at the time, and asked, "You saw him kill people at that time, did you see him stab the knife into Caidie's abdomen?" β
The palace maids wanted to say yes at first, but when they thought about Zhao Heqing's question, they hesitated.
"Did you see Wei Yuyuan stabbing into Caidie's abdomen with a knife in his hand?" Zhao Heqing asked again.
One of the palace maids took the lead and said: "At that time, Caidie turned her back to us in front of that person, and she didn't see it so really, but ......"
"That is, you didn't see that moment." Zhao Heqing interrupted her superfluous suspicions, "Since you haven't seen it with your own eyes, why do you say that the person was killed by Wei Yuyuan?" β
"Who killed that Caidie, it can't be herself......" A palace maid left after saying this, covering her mouth, showing an expression of disbelief.
The eyes of the others flickered when they heard this, and then the voice of someone who didn't know who said, "If it's really herself, what is she for......
"If one person were to kill another, would they do it in public?" Zhao Heqing asked the person who couldn't figure it out on the spot.
The meaning of his words is very clear, the perpetrator would be so stupid, would he let people be arrested on the spot, and if it was really Wei Yuyuan, he still refused to admit it after he was arrested, doesn't it make sense!
Someone said weakly: "Didn't he say that he couldn't see clearly at that time, maybe he just vaguely saw Caidie's figure, and didn't notice that there was someone next to him......"
Zhao Heqing looked at Zhang Peng and said with a smile: "Didn't Lord Zhang just say that he couldn't see that this matter was 'quibbling'?" I think so......"
"This ......" Zhang Peng was speechless.
"Since neither of these two people was killed by Wei Yuyuan, then the assassination of the sixth princess has nothing to do with him," Zhao Heqing looked around, "Who wants to say anything?" β
"Fifth Emperor Brother."
When Zhao Heqing heard this voice, he turned his head and said, "What advice does the Third Emperor Brother have?" β
Zhao Heliang silently snorted, "I've been thinking about one thing since just now. β
"Huh?"
"Didn't Lord Zhang say that the human and physical evidence are there, so what is the physical evidence?"
Zhang Peng reacted and hurriedly ordered his hand: "Take out the things!" β
"Yes."
Several men hurried away for a short while, returning with two things in their hands.
Zhang Peng opened one of the small bags and presented them to everyone, "This is the medicine crumbs collected from the first dead palace maid," and then opened another package of things, "This is the clothes we took off after Wei Yuyuan was detained that day, I asked the imperial doctor to see it, the smell of medicine on this clothes is the same as the medicine crumbs on the palace maid's body." β
After returning the things to his subordinates, he said with a look of luck: "That is to say, at least the palace maid did meet Wei Yuyuan before she died, and Wei Yuyuan's suspicion cannot be taken off, the Fifth Highness is right, it is not Wei Yuyuan who did it, there are indeed others, it is very likely that Wei Yuyuan's comrades!" β
This thing has come back again, Zhang Peng is really a dead brain.
Zhao Heqiao couldn't help but say: "Don't you think Master Zhang is talking nonsense?" β
The others looked at her.
"That palace maid is from my West Ancestral Palace, and she was sent to Wei Yuyuan to get medicine, so naturally she has seen it."
"Uh...... What about the medicine? If he is the one who assassinated the princess, in order to prevent the princess from being treated, he deliberately hurt the palace maid and took away the medicine......"
"Lord Zhang," Zhao Heqiao smiled faintly, "If he wants to harm me, wouldn't it be better to change it to ** directly?" β
"This ......"
"The real perpetrator deliberately left clues and later arranged Caidie's death, intending to frame Wei Yuyuan, if this case is tried by Lord Zhang from beginning to end, the result will be as he wants, it's a pity."
Zhao Hengguang made a decision in the trade-off.
Zhao Heqing said: "Master Zhang, did you remember who Wei Yuyuan said just now, and it will be over after being interrupted, assuming that he is not a murderer, what if we listen to his words?" Maybe after listening to it, you can figure out the ins and outs. β
Zhang Peng looked at Liang's father-in-law, in a cold sweat, he didn't know how to deal with this matter, he couldn't afford to offend anyone.
Zhao Heqing nodded at Wei Yuyuan and motioned for him to speak up.
Wei Yuyuan thought about it, and was about to start talking about meeting Liang Gonggong not long after leaving the West Ancestral Palace.
Zhao Hengguang suddenly spoke and the audience was still.
"Wei Yuyuan is indeed innocent, as for the person who stabbed buckwheat, it needs to be investigated again." His cold gaze swept in front of him, not wanting to object.
Zhao Heqing lowered his head, a little unwilling. Zhao Heqiao's expression was faint, but his hands were clenched tightly, which was also unpleasant.
But for others, it's not painful.
"Zhang Peng." Zhao Hengguang looked at Zhang Peng.
"Your Majesty."
"You're old and easy to get confused, so I'll ask someone to help you." He pointed to Father-in-law Liang, "Father-in-law Liang is careful and rigorous, and I am very relieved that you work together." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Peng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"That's fine, let's all step down." Zhao Hengguang swept his hand, and with the support of the little eunuch, he left first.
Liang Gonggong and Zhang Peng didn't look at the others anymore, and left.