174. Tangled
The former colleague and boss became a prisoner in a blink of an eye, but what was even more surprising was that Lord Huang confessed so happily.
In addition to being so surprised, I couldn't help but think deeper.
Xiao Yuanyou is the adopted son of the emperor again, and now he has no extra positions, just a small county order.
Now that Lord Wei has been killed, whether it is involved in the case or killed, it is an official of the imperial court, and it is not very reasonable for Xiao Yuanyou to try this case.
Xiao Yuanyou couldn't do anything to Lord Huang, let alone convict him easily.
Even if he committed the murder, as long as he doesn't confess his guilt one day, maybe he will have a chance to turn the tables.
Chen Tongzhi looked at Xiao Yuanyou, and then at Lord Huang, who was neither humble nor arrogant, hesitated, and finally said,
"This ......"
"The relationship between Lord Huang and Lord Wei is very good, there is no hatred, why kill people?"
"Lord Xiao can't be convicted like this, right?"
Xiao Yuanyou lowered his eyes, "Since I am escorted to the court today, there are clues and evidence." ”
After speaking, he raised his hand and motioned for Xiao Yi to bring someone in.
It is the work of the county and county government.
Li Xiancheng, Wu County Lieutenant, and the various secretaries in the county and county offices have been passed down from generation to generation, and the same is true.
The upper and lower generations are either father and son, or master and apprentice.
The man who was brought in by Xiao was very young, and he saw that he was carrying a small wooden box on his shoulder, and after coming in, he put down the wooden box without hurrying, and then took out a wooden box from it, and there was white smoke on the wooden box, and then looked closely, there was a thick layer of ice.
On the ice, there were some things, and everyone craned their necks to look at them.
"After Lord Wei's death was exposed, his little servant appeared once, and after Li Zhuhai said some words with Tonghe County, he drowned, and after a check, many clues were found."
The young man bent down to salute everyone with the wooden box, and then at Xiao Yuanyou's signal, he put the wooden box on the table, used something to remove the first layer of thin ice, and took out a few things from it.
"These are all taken out after the little guy was salvaged, disemboweled, there are things in the mouth, throat, and stomach, fortunately the weather is cold, plus the ice, everything is still relatively well preserved."
As he spoke, he laid things out in the same way,
"This is something taken out of the mouth of a drowning little man, and after careful identification, it was found that there were aquatic plants and mutton in it."
How big can a person's mouth be? It's just a little bit of debris, and if you don't look closely, it's hard to tell what it is.
Although Chen Tongzhi and others felt that it was too disgusting to try the case like this, they had no choice but to endure the nausea, pretending to be calm and taking a few looks at the things in their hands.
The people present, even if they are the lowest-ranking officials, not to mention the gold and jade, they are also rich in clothes and food, who is really willing to come over and watch?
It's just that they never expected that such residues were not the most disgusting, and there were even small people who took them out of their stomachs.
When they were put out, a strong smell spread in the lobby, and even the calm Lord Huang also changed his complexion.
The smell was so strong that it almost made all the officials and masters present vomit out.
Especially Chen Tongzhi, before he wanted to get closer to him, his face almost turned green.
"This is something taken out of the throat tube and stomach of the little guy, there are more kinds of food residues, and the little guy suddenly appeared in the capital, either lost or detained."
"And, according to the salvage, the clothes on his body look very down."
"A rough person will always gobble up food when he sees it."
"So most of the things that came out of his stomach were not digested, so it can be clearly seen."
"There's one thing in it, it's very rare, and very few people eat it."
"That's Yunnan oily goose ......"
Yunnan oil goose, the method is complicated, and the raw materials are not easy to obtain, so there was only one restaurant in Hexian County that could do it.
And it's available in limited quantities every day.
How can a little guy eat this dish?
No matter how delicious the Yunnan oily goose is, after passing through the human belly, it becomes invisible.
Not to mention the stinking smell now, Chen Tongzhi's face was full of disgust, and he covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.
"Lord Xiao, don't let people take things down yet!"
He didn't listen to Chen Tongzhi, but looked at Xiao Yuanyou, he was a servant of Hexian, Xiao Yuanyou was his boss, he naturally acted according to whose eyes.
Xiao Yuanyou looked at the black-clothed guard at the door, nodded, and saw him come forward to take the things away, and after a while, another black-clothed guard came, followed by a burly man in his forties.
This is the shopkeeper of the restaurant that produces Yunnan oily goose.
"Shopkeeper, do you have Yunnan oil goose for sale in your store?"
The shopkeeper replied respectfully,
"Back to adults, the small shop does have this dish, and in the entire northland, only the small one can make Yunnan oil goose"
Xiao Yuanyou nodded, and asked him if he remembered whether they made this dish in the restaurant one day, used it in the restaurant, or did it have to be sent to each family's mansion?
The shopkeeper hurriedly said,
"There are dine-in and take-out, and the last one is take-out, but the take-out person is only halfway away with his things, and he sees a person, and then two people leave with two bags of things."
"Who did you meet?" Xiao Yuanyou asked again.
The shopkeeper looked around, and his face turned a little red, but finally said,
"The people around Lord Huang, Lord Huang loves the people like a son, and everyone knows about this in the streets and alleys."
As soon as this sentence is said, it is even more ironic, he loves the people like a son, so everyone loves him, so he knows the people around him.
Will loving the people like a son kill people? Before the little guy had time to enjoy the wealth and glory, he died.
Lord Huang never said a word, as if he was not trying the case he was involved in.
Such an expression can be a silent struggle, or it can be a manifestation of resignation after countless battles.
Chen Tongzhi covered his mouth and nose, and saw that Lord Huang confessed and looked guilty, and knew that once Xiao Yuanyou came up with evidence, it would be impossible to overturn it.
Xiao Yuanyou was silent for a moment before he spoke,
"Since Lord Huang has pleaded guilty, let's talk about other cases."
Lord Huang tilted his head and sneered, straightening his throat, "What's the matter of interrogating quickly, time waits for no one." ”
Xiao Yuanyou said, "The layout of Lord Huang's mansion is the first in this northland, and the library building in the mansion is a variety of ancient books, which are everything. ”
"I wonder how you got these books in the first place?"
"No wonder Lord Huang confesses his guilt so readily, is this because he has read too many books, so he has been taught?"
Lord Huang turned his head, faintly embarrassed.
Xiao Yuanyou continued, "My lord, I call you an adult, and I hope that your confession attitude has always been good, and don't do anything to take people and things, and destroy corpses to cover up." ”
When Lord Huang heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he stared at Xiao Yuanyou with wide eyes, unable to believe what he heard.