Chapter 172: The Phantom of the Rivers and Lakes
Wang Huaien was beaten several times by Zhang Mengqi, but the answer he got was still the same.
Cao Zhanyuanhua, a thief in the palace, couldn't look at it: "General Zhang, you can't ask what you want if you beat him to death like this!" It's better for a villain to interrogate this kind of thing."
Zhan Yuanhua is a fast arrester, has arrested prisoners and interrogated prisoners, and is full of experience.
Everyone looked at this Zhanyuanhua and thought that it was nothing more than beating people, but the method of beating was different, or it was some torture.
Li Xiaofei stretched out his hand and motioned for Zhan Yuanhua to start the interrogation, but Zhan Yuanhua smiled: "Don't worry, please ask the adults to bring him some good wine and good food for him to enjoy, let him recuperate for three days, let's not beat him and scold him for these three days."
Zhang Mengqi was about to object, but Li Xiaofei grabbed him: "Brother Zhang, there must be a way to make this Zhanyuanhua, we might as well listen to him, if he really kills someone, the only clue will be broken!" Let's go to Ruyi Building to find evidence! ”
Feng Hengshan led the troops to turn over the Ruyi Building, all the rooms were dismantled and the walls were dismantled, and all the people were also checked.
Even the ground of Ruyi Building was dug five feet into the ground, and a few things were really found.
One is Xiaowei's body, the second is a jade pendant, and the third is a token.
The jade pendant is exclusive to the Qinghe Cui family, and the token is also from the Cui Ju Mansion.
Feng Hengshan took the corpse and physical evidence and tied up everyone in Ruyi Building.
Along the way, the old bustard and everyone cried and cried out for injustice, Feng Hengshan laughed: "The people I arrested all said that they were wronged, but they were not wronged later!" Just cry, and when you get to the place, you'll all tell the truth! ”
Dozens of people were arrested here, Li Xiaofei and Zhang Mengqi were interrogated again, and with the blessing of sticks and whips, some people were recruited one after another if they couldn't stand it, but everyone said it differently.
"I strangled Xiaowei! I did it, and I stole the jade pendant and token! ”
"I stabbed Xiaowei to death with scissors, I don't know where this jade pendant and token came from!"
"I want to make love to Xiaowei, if she refuses, I will smash her to death with a brick!"
Li Xiaofei shook his head: "Forget it, don't beat them!" Let's put it all first! ”
Xiaowei's body had no scars on her body at all, and it was blackened, obviously poisoned.
Liu Mingge and Di Jing set up a fortune telling stall in the city, and Liu Mingge said: "One gas and three clears, fortune telling and one ingot of gold!" Poor people ask about the future, and it's okay not to give money! ”
The fortune teller did not give money, so many people surrounded this fortune telling booth and begged Liu Mingge to tell the fortune.
Liu Mingge read the words, and talked about Silas, at first he asked, and then these people themselves talked endlessly.
Everyone said thank you to the master when they left, but when they got home, it seemed that the fortune teller didn't say anything, and he just talked there for a long time.
Di Jing was not idle, and according to Liu Mingge's instructions, he wrote down all the words about the case that happened some time ago.
By the time Feng Hengshan grabbed Ruyilou and the others back, Liu Mingge had already got what he wanted to know, so he took Di Jing with him to find Li Xiaofei.
"One gasification and three clearing, fortune-telling and one ingot of gold. It is difficult to solve the case, and General Zhang is in a hurry! ”
"Who's talking nonsense outside the door! away! Zhang Mengqi was annoyed
"Liu Mingge is here!"
As soon as they heard Liu Mingge's name, Li Xiaofei, Zhang Mengqi, and Feng Hengshan hurriedly ran out to greet them, and all the subordinate officials of the palace also knelt on the ground to greet them.
Liu Mingge took off the black cloth on his eyes and entered the palace: "It seems that your progress is not much!" ”
"Don't hide it from the Prime Minister, so far only one person related to this case has been arrested, and a corpse has been found
A piece of jade pendant, a token! Li Xiaofei replied
"That's not bad, it's not for nothing! I arrived five days ago, and I also collected some information during an unannounced visit to the people! Today is just the right time to sort out with you! ”
Liu Mingge motioned for everyone to get up and let everyone sit down: "Don't have scruples today, just say whatever comes to mind, we don't have much time!" Di Jing, please tell us some of the things we have been exploring in the past ten days."
Di Jing clasped his fists at everyone and saluted: "I followed Prime Minister Liu Cheng for five days and found six anomalies. The first is that the time of death of the thirteen officials who were killed in Gangneung City was actually daytime, but it was night when the court was played. The second is that the body of the deceased looks like it was stabbed by a sword in many places, but there is only one fatal wound, and they are all stabbed from the top of the head! This is what Prime Minister Liu Cheng and I found out at night when we went to the morgue! The third is that all the servants or maids in the houses of these thirteen officials have recently disappeared! Fourth, the street talk is saying that Li Xiaofei sent people to kill them, proving that someone is secretly manipulating public opinion! And we have found out this source, it is Tianyi Cloth Village in the east of Jiangling City, but this Cloth Village was closed three days ago! Fifth, there was no loss of property of all the deceased. Sixth, after the incident, there was no curfew and martial law in the entire Gangneung City, and even the whole city was not searched! I don't know if you have any opinions? ”
As soon as the six anomalies were listed, Li Xiaofei and the others lowered their heads, after coming for so many days, in addition to searching everywhere, no one thought of going to the autopsy first, nor did they restore the situation at the time of the crime.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Liu Mingge coughed: "Di Jing, you sit down first!" Ladies and gentlemen, in broad daylight, officials including the county guards were killed, but there was no movement in the city, and the time of reporting was changed to night! The first problem was the person who was in charge of the overall situation at that time! You've arrested hundreds of people, but you're not the only one who has been arrested! ”
"It's not good, don't drive Song Huai in Jiangling two days ago and said that the old mother at home had a sudden illness and had returned to the countryside!" Li Xiaofei immediately thought of Song Huaixian
On the day of the incident, he was the only one who was not assassinated because he was on duty on the city wall, and many soldiers were with him, so no one suspected him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the enemy is in the dark, and it is organized and premeditated, and the enemy cannot be underestimated. Send someone to catch Song Huaixian, although most of them are empty! But at least there are eyebrows! In addition, summon all the soldiers of the county guard and the county guard, and these people will be interrogated by your generals! ”
At this time, the jade pendant and token were also brought over and presented to Liu Mingge, Liu Mingge looked at it, "Put these first!" Don't say it either! Cui Ju couldn't have done such a stupid thing! ”
"But this physical evidence is really from Cui Ju's mansion? Don't? Feng Hengshan was a little puzzled
"If I were Cui Ju, wouldn't I be able to spend money to buy the murderer? Do you have to send someone yourself, and you have to leave physical evidence? Moreover, Cui Ju did not know these officials, and he had no motive to kill them at all! ”
"Maybe he's going to knock on the mountain and threaten the imperial court?" Zhang Mengqi asked
"No, people from a family will not overturn the table! There are rules for family battles, and if a precedent is set to assassinate the other party, then how can Cui Ju guarantee that he will not be assassinated? And even if Cui Ju wants to kill, he won't kill these people who are close to his position! ”
"Prime Minister Liu Cheng has a high opinion, by the way, there is also Wang Huaien, who is the head of the county guard, and he has been arrested and interrogated by us, and he has already explained some information! But the thief Cao Zhanyuanhua thinks that this person is not telling the truth, and he has to use special methods to interrogate him again! Li Xiaofei added
"I believe this thief! Let him continue the trial according to his terms! ”
The next thing is to summon the captains and soldiers of the county guard, and all of them are said under the chaos of sticks
Tell the truth.
At the time of the crime, it was indeed daytime, but that day, everyone got together to drink and gamble as usual, basically unprepared, and after Wang Qingzhi screamed, he only saw Wang Qingzhi's body that had been slashed several times.
After the autopsy, Song Huaixian asked him to change the time when the county guard was killed to night, and the supervisor Wang Huaien also told the soldiers that if the court knew that the county guard was killed in broad daylight, these soldiers would all be beheaded.
Don't drive Song Huaixian and the supervisor Wang Huaien gave these people some money, which can be regarded as blocking their mouths.
Knowing these circumstances, Li Xiaofei blamed himself: "I shouldn't have allowed this Song Huaixian to be fake!" He shouldn't have been let go! ”
"I don't think this Song Huaixian is like an official eunuch, but like a character in the rivers and lakes, this person is brave and wise!" Liu Mingge praised this Song Huai at this time
"If this Wang Huaien and Song Huai are in the same group, I don't believe it, this Wang Huaien has been crying since the first day he saw him, and this time he was beaten many times, and he did everything he did!"
"No, this Wang Huaien and Song Huaixian are both confusing you, but this Wang Huaien didn't count that there is a thief Cao who is very powerful!"
Sure enough, as Liu Mingge expected, the thief Cao Zhanyuan interrogated, and Wang Huaien recruited all of them.
Zhan Yuanhua didn't beat him, but after Wang Huaien was full of food and drink, he smeared honey on the soles of his feet, brought two sheep to lick them, and put some spices in his squeaky nest, and also smeared honey on his belly, attracting dense ants and bees.
Wang Huaien was itchy and numb, looking at the black pressure of ants and bees, the whole person finally collapsed.
To say that this person is really a character, the soldering iron whip in front of him didn't make him tell the truth, except for Zhan Yuanhua, everyone believed him.
The content of this trick is very different, Xiaowei was poisoned by him in order to confuse the people investigating the case, and the jade pendant token was forged by them, and it was also to interfere with the investigator's train of thought.
As for the motive for killing the county guard, he was ordered to act, and there were dozens of people in Jiangling City who were also with them, but they had all withdrawn a few days ago, including Song Huaixian and that cloth village and a money village.
On whose orders? It's on the orders of Zhongyitang!
"Zhongyitang?" Li Xiaofei was a little unconvinced, didn't this Zhongyi Hall have already collapsed with the destruction of Jinling City, why is there such a huge organization now?
After re-interrogation, it was learned that the Zhongyi Hall in Jinling City was only one of the branches. The real Zhongyi Hall has been lurking in various places, and they killed dozens of officials this time, with only one purpose, to do the right thing for heaven!
After Wang Huaien recruited, he was relieved, changed his previous weakness and timidity, and said with a smile: "My companions have already left, I am alone anyway, you can kill as much as you want, and torture as much as you want!" As long as this court continues to exploit the people and bully the poor, we will continue to assassinate! ”
"Shut up! Xiaowei, a poor weak woman, you poisoned her, you femme fatale still have the face to say justice for the poor for the way of heaven! ”
Wang Huaien's eyes turned red and he yelled: "Xiaowei is my love!" I've been in the county guard for ten years, and I haven't saved enough money to redeem her! That night I told her everything I was going to do, and she poisoned herself while I was asleep! I wanted to save her, but before she died, she told me she was terminally ill! ”
"Take it down! I don't know if his story is true or not! Anyway, it's dead and there is no proof! By the way, tie him hand and foot, stuff rags in his mouth, and don't let him kill himself! Benxiang wants him to show what true justice is! It is useless to beat and kill those who have gone crooked! Gotta be punished! ”