If anyone is really responsible for the death of Sister Luhuan, it should indeed be you! ”

Just when Cui Xiang won the sympathy of the people watching the trial with his tongue and lotus skills, a sharp female voice came in coldly.

Cui Xiang was shocked, turned his head to look, and saw Cheng Fengyi, who was dressed in plain white, with his willow eyebrows upside down, and walked out of the back hall with a big stride.

Zheng Xingchuan and the six Shangshu got up one after another: "Say hello to the eldest princess!" ”

Cheng Fengyi waved his hand, walked quickly to the hall, and bowed to the left and right: "The emperor, Niangniang, the courtiers and the servant Lord Liu have already found out the cause of the death of Yan and the county lord." ”

Cui Yi immediately ordered: "Speak." ”

Cheng Fengyi has never let women shave their eyebrows, they have a sense of pride, and they raised their heads and said loudly: "Yes!" Then they clapped their hands, and the two officials carried a corpse covered with a white cloth on a stretcher into the hall.

Cui Xiang's face changed subtly, and he swallowed his saliva nervously, although the corpse was covered with a white cloth, it already had a faint smell, it was July, although only one day had passed, but the corpse inevitably began to decompose, which was also expected by Zhong Nian. Shouldn't there be any problems, right? He asked, worriedly, looking at the blurred human figure on the stretcher.

"The cause of the county lord's death was excessive blood loss," Cheng Fengyi pointed to the corpse through the white cloth, "The county lord has a wound on his head, which is a collision wound, and the shape of the wound has also been confirmed, it is a corner of the chest of drawers in the new house, it should be the head of the county lord hit the chest of drawers, causing bleeding and death." ”

Cui Xiang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, but this move did not escape Cheng Fengyi's eyes, she turned around abruptly and glared at Cui Xiang fiercely, Cui Xiang's heart suddenly struck, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Listening to the meaning of the eldest princess, the county lord did commit suicide?" Zheng Xingchuan asked. It stands to reason that before the opening of the court, the autopsy results need to be reported to the presiding judge in advance, but it is inevitable that the evidence will be destroyed in advance, or Zhong Nian will buy Zheng Xingchuan and talk to him in advance, Zhiying specially asked Xiaoqiu to instruct Cheng Fengyi not to disclose any information related to the autopsy before the opening of the court, so Zheng Xingchuan at this moment does not know more about the case than a few people in the jury.

Cheng Fengyi raised his eyebrows: "No, I haven't said such a thing, I admit that people can kill themselves by hitting the corner of the cabinet with their heads on impulse, but the real cause of the county lord's death - someone pushed her in the fight, causing her to stumble and hit the chest of drawers, and then she died." ”

Cui Xiang was instantly shocked: "You are talking nonsense! This king didn't push her! When she died, the king was still sleeping! ”

Cheng Fengyi sneered, squinted at him, and his tone was full of contempt: "I never said that the prince pushed her, what's the matter, is the prince a thief?" ”

Cui Xiang was speechless, realizing that he was messing up, he snorted for a while, and continued to quibble: "On the night of the cave room, there was only this king in the room except for Lu Huan, you said that Lu Wan was pushed and hit the chest of drawers, doesn't that mean that this king is a murderer?" ”

"The prince himself said that the prince was sleeping when the county lord died, so since he was sleeping, how could he know if anyone else had entered the new house at that time? Or is the prince actually awake, obviously seeing someone harming the county lord, but because he was too timid to say anything, he pretended to sleep, and waited for the murderer to escape, and then pretended to get up at night to wake up the people in the palace? Cheng Fengyi immediately found another loophole and asked closely.

"You're spewing blood!" Cui Xiang was angry and made a gesture to stand up and quarrel with her, Cui Yi shouted angrily: "Kneel well!" The right knee that had just been lifted had to be put back in.

Cui Xiang knelt on the ground and said loudly: "I didn't pretend to be asleep!" I love Luwan more than anyone else in the world! If someone wants to hurt her, I will protect her even if I fight to the death! Just like when I was in Yanzhou, I also blocked the arrow for her! ”

Zhiying, who had been quietly watching, spoke at this moment: "You block the arrow for her? You just talked about it when Lu Wan was still alive, and now that she is dead, you still have the face to say that you are helping her block arrows? At that time, Yanzhou Mansion was surrounded on three sides, the situation was critical, the city was understaffed, the palace and Lu Huan and General Yang, the three of them guarded the three city gates, and when they were busy, not only did you not help, but also ran to the east gate to hinder Lu Huan, and pulled and pulled her on the city gate, so that the enemy general saw the opportunity to release a cold arrow, Lu Wan did not have an arrow is her great luck, you deserve the arrow! ”

Cui Xiang's lie was exposed in public, and his face suddenly turned red and purple, and he couldn't find the words to refute it, so he could only resist stubbornly: "Nonsense! You are talking nonsense! ”

Zhi Yingwan smiled: "Is there any nonsense in this palace, just summon the deputy general who guarded the east gate with Lu Wan that day, and the soldiers on the city gate, how about it, do you want this palace to play the emperor's decree and announce the witnesses to come to see?" ”

Cui Yi cleared his throat very cooperatively, and Cui Xiang was so nervous that his lips trembled: "No, no, no......"

There was a boo outside the hall, and the onlookers showed disdain, and some even spat inside.

"But even so, Niangniang, there is no direct evidence that the prince killed the county lord." Zheng Xingchuan interjected cautiously.

Zhiying glanced at this Dali Siqing with a strange expression, and asked rhetorically: "This palace just explained two sentences about the prince being hit by an arrow, when did it say that the prince killed the county lord?" Eldest princess, please continue. ”

Zheng Xingchuan nodded with embarrassment, and said in his heart that with the emperor's attitude, it was clear that the prince was the murderer, and we, who were courtiers, naturally had to follow the emperor's wishes; But the emperor wants to be tried publicly, isn't this embarrassing for me, so many people outside are watching, if they are convicted indiscriminately, how can Dali Temple still have prestige among the people in the future? It's hard to do, it's hard to do!

"I dare to say that someone pushed Lu Huan, naturally there is evidence, and whether this person is the prince or not, you will know it at a check." Cheng Fengyi said, flicking his sleeves, the yacha went to remove the white cloth covering the corpse, Cui Xiang was so frightened that he screamed and fell to the ground.

Cheng Fengyi sneered: "The prince is a big man, but he is actually afraid of corpses? And it's the corpse of his new wife? ”

Cui Xiang was speechless, and the yacha had already uncovered a corner of the white cloth covering the corpse, revealing one of Zhong Luhuan's arms, who was wearing a simple shroud before entering the funeral, and there were some corpse spots on the upward wrists, which were the traces left by her falling to the ground and blood clotting after she was killed.

Cheng Fengyi motioned for everyone to get up and look: "Everyone look at the county lord's arm," gently rolled up the sleeves of the shroud, and everyone leaned out to look, only to see Zhong Luhuan's white and gray skin, leaving a clearly visible five fingerprints, "This is the trace left by the county lord and the fight with people before his death, according to my speculation with Lord Liu, the county lord had a fierce dispute with someone before he died, this person grabbed the county lord's arm with his own hands, pushed hard, the county lord fell out, and accidentally bumped into the chest of drawers, which unfortunately died." ”

Zheng Xingchuan nodded slowly: "In this way, it should be an accident." ”

A sneering smile appeared on the corner of Cheng Fengyi's mouth and said, "It looks like it's true." ”

Zheng Xingchuan also reacted closely: "Wait! Since the county lord had a fierce dispute with someone, it was impossible not to make a little noise, the county lord was a weak woman, if someone broke into the cave room and committed murder, shouldn't she wake up the prince and wake up the servant? ”

"Yes," Cheng Fengyi looked at Cui Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground and shaking like chaff, "The prince just said that he has been sleeping, could it be that the county lord was attacked, and he didn't make a sound at all?" Or does the prince not care about the life and death of the county lord at all, and pretends not to hear it when he hears it? ”

Cui Xiang's face was already pale, and he couldn't say a word, Zheng Xingchuan was shocked: "It's not from the truth!" ”

Cui Xiang was indisputable, and Cheng Fengyi took the opportunity to add another handful of firewood: "Come on, put the prince's hand on the corpse of the county lord and compare." Immediately, a yacha went up to drag Cui Xiang over, Cui Xiang unintentionally killed Zhong Luhuan, he was already scared, where did he dare to touch her, and before the yacha touched his sleeve, he screamed in a panic, and retreated with his hands and feet.

Cui Yi snorted heavily and said, "Didn't you say that you love Lu Huan deeply, and you don't want to live even if she dies?" Why, you don't even dare to touch her now? ”

Cui Xiang sat paralyzed on the ground, desperately retreating, and refused to approach Zhong Luhuan's body, at this moment, a yacha ran in quickly, hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Zhong Nian shouted injustice in prison, saying that he wanted to explain the inside story of the death of the county lord in front of the court. Cui Xiang's face was colorless in an instant, he couldn't even climb for fear, and sat on the ground, Zheng Xingchuan immediately ordered: "Bring people over!" ”

After a short time, Zhong Nian was escorted to the court, he was just the eldest son of the Marquis of Jiangzhou, he had an idle post in the household department, and there was no good treatment when he went to prison, there were a lot of handcuffs and shackles, and his clothes were dirty and smelly prison clothes. He dragged the heavy chain Shala Shala to the lobby and knelt down very consciously: "The criminal minister knocks to see the emperor, the imperial concubine, and a few adults." ”

"You said you know the inside story of the death of the county lord, but is there such a thing?" Zheng Xingchuan asked.

Zhong Nian nodded: "Yes, the criminal minister did not dare to deceive the emperor, the sister was indeed pushed by the prince, and then she broke her head and died of excessive blood loss." ”

For a moment, there was an uproar inside and outside the hall, and even Zhiying looked at him in surprise.

Cui Xiang screamed: "He is talking nonsense! This king does not! I didn't kill Lu Huan! ”

Zhong Nian said unhurriedly: "Although the sister was pushed by the prince and accidentally broke her head and died, the reason was that the sister wanted to assassinate the prince, and the prince resisted, and she missed for a while and killed the sister." ”

Cui Xiang: "......"

"Lord Zhong will really excuse the prince, and even go so far as to discredit his own sister-in-law, I don't know who I learned from this ruthlessness." Zhiying lowered his face coldly and said unceremoniously.

Zhong Nian also replied unceremoniously: "Niangniang said that I smeared Lu Huan, is there any evidence?" ”

Zhiying said coldly: "Then you said that Lu Wan assassinated the prince, can there be evidence?" ”

Zhong Nian immediately shouted: "Yes! ”

Zhiying was stunned for a moment, and Zhong Nian said sonorously: "When the adults sent someone to collect evidence, did they notice that there were scissors under the table?" That was originally inserted in the sewing basket, the sewing basket is in the new room, in the middle of the night before yesterday, the sister took advantage of the prince's sleep, wanted to stab the prince to death with scissors, but was noticed by the prince, dodged, and then the two fought in the room, the prince out of self-preservation, the sister holding the scissors pushed away, which caused a tragedy. ”