Leng Yi ignored his interruption, and continued slowly: "The other faction is centered on King Qi's staff, and this group of people is headed by Lu Duoxun. The third faction is the old ministers led by the former prime minister Zhao Pu, who want to return to the center of power, as long as they give them power, they will help whomever they want. did not stand in line between the official family and the king of Qi. In addition to this, there are some wait-and-see carefrees. I'm right! ”

"I don't understand what the adults said."

"You know very well. Yesterday, Lu Duoxun has been following Xiang Dome Niu, and the two are not convinced by each other, this is a small microcosm of the open and secret struggle between King Qi's faction and Zhao Pu's faction in the court! - Don't think that I'm just busy with the affairs of the trial court during this time, and don't think that our trial court only eats and doesn't do things, I know these ghost tricks of the court very well! ”

Shen Lun looked at him for a long time and let out a long sigh.

Leng Yi continued: "As the left-behind prime minister, you have the heavy responsibility of supervising the country. You are deeply worried about this situation in the imperial court, but there is nothing you can do about it. Because the official family is not there, and they don't give you more full strength, you can't afford to provoke the King of Qi represented by Lu Duoxun and the old ministers represented by Zhao Pu. I was worried that I would live up to the high expectations of the officials. You want to make a difference. That's the underlying reason why you're hosting this family dinner. - You invited the main figures of the other two factions to unite everyone, break down the barriers of these gangs, and work together to make things good in the court, right? ”

Shen Lun smiled bitterly and said, "Since Lord Leng has already broken the matter, then let's open the window and say something bright,—— you are telling the truth." I saw this and was really worried. I once hoped that Lord Leng would use the privilege of the Criminal Court to deal with this situation. But. Maybe I'm too anxious, and I haven't moved when I see Leng Ren, so I held this banquet and wanted to improve everyone's relationship......"

"You saw that you couldn't achieve your goal, so you killed Chen Congxin!"

"Why should I kill him?"

"He's Ludoson's right-hand man. You're knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger! ”

Shen Lun sneered: "Lord Leng, it is undeniable that your imagination is very rich. It's just a pity that I didn't do it! ”

"You don't?" Leng Yi stared at Shen Lun for a long time, then laughed and said, "Maybe,—— can you tell me what you did last night?" ”

"Last night? I'm sleeping. Sleep until dawn. ”

"Do you have a certificate?"

"Except for your husband and wife, the rest are all sleeping in one room alone, there are many empty rooms in this Zhen house, enough for us to sleep alone, no one is with me."

Leng Yi couldn't ask anything famous. I had to nod and say, "Okay, you can go." ”

The second interrogator was Xiang Gong.

Xiang Gong looked very nervous, and when he came in, he said, "Lord Leng, you don't doubt me, do you?" I didn't kill him! ”

"And who do you think killed it?" Leng Yi asked unhurriedly.

"It's hard to say this, say it, I'm afraid that others will say that I am talking nonsense."

"It doesn't matter. Let's hear it. ”

Xiang Gong looked out of the door mysteriously and said in a low voice: "I think, it's Lu Duoxun!" ”

"Him?" Leng Yi was a little surprised, "Isn't he in the same group as Chen Congxin?" ”

"I don't know about this," Xiang Gong smiled slyly, "I just know that he has this ability to open secret rooms!" At this point, Xiang Gong pointed to the stone house, "What does this look like?" Does Lord Leng know? ”

"Like what?"

"Elephant Tomb!" Xiang Gong said mysteriously: "The tomb is like this, after burying the buried people in such a cave tomb, the people are outside. But you can close the door from the inside! Only one of us can do this kind of ability! ”

"Ludoson?" Leng Yi hesitated for a moment and asked softly.

"That's right! - their family, five generations. He specialized in tomb robbing, and later made a fortune by robbing tombs, so he changed his ways and studied for learning. Therefore, he will definitely have these family heirlooms. ”

Leng Yi and Cheng Luoyan glanced at each other, and Leng Yi said: "Don't talk about others, talk about yourself,—— what did you do last night?" ”

"Sleep! In the middle of the night, I got up and went to the hut. Diarrhea, Shen Lun's dish may have a problem! ”

"Can anyone testify?"

"Testify? They're all sleeping, who's going to testify against me? ”

"Alright, you can step back first!"

Xiang Gong stood up and told again: "Lord Leng, don't forget to check Lu Duoxun!" He's a descendant of a tomb robber, and he's going to know these things out of the way! ”

Leng Yi watched him go out and didn't speak.

The next interrogation was naturally Lu Duoson.

Leng Yi said casually: "I heard, Master Lu, do you know how to rob a tomb?" ”

Lu Duoxun stared at Leng Yi and said slowly, "What does Lord Leng mean by this?" ”

"I didn't mean anything else, just a casual question. If you don't want to answer, that's okay. ”

"Know a little." Lu Duosun said with a gloomy face.

"That is, you know how to bolt the door from the inside of the stone house outside?"

Lu Duosun smiled and said, "I understand." - Do you want to say that with this, it proves that Chen Congxin was killed by me? ”

"Isn't that enough? This is where this strange murder case is the most puzzling, and at the same time, the most central! ”

"I'm sorry, I know how to latch the door from the outside, but it takes some special props, and those props have to be left on site. However, you've already looked at it carefully, and there is nothing else at the scene, and of course there are no special props that I can use to close the door. So, I didn't get the door. At the same time, Chen Congxin and I are close friends, brothers in life and death, he died, I am the saddest, as if he cut off one of my arms! ”

This is the truth, Leng Yi thought to himself, and asked Lu Duosun about last night, as he said before, he was sleeping in the room, and there was no evidence.

After Leng Yi asked Lu Duosun to step down, next, interrogated the old minister Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu looked at Leng Yi with a helpless expression: "Lord Leng, look at my skinny body." Can I kill Chen Congxin? ”

Leng Yi smiled and said, "I know that there is a way to strangle people, called 'carrying the white wolf', which is to cover the person's neck with the body, and then carry it on the back. All the way. After a few laps, the person will die, and in this way, a person like you, who is older and weaker, can strangle someone who is much stronger than himself! What's more, you're not yet sixty years old this year. It's not that old, and Chen Congxin is not a few years older. Chen Congxin's body is not much stronger than you! ”

"I didn't kill him!" Zhao Pu said coldly, "Why should I kill him?" ”

Leng Yi looked at him and smiled leisurely: "Lord Zhao, don't think that after the establishment of our trial court, we will have nothing to do. We still did some things, such as understanding the details of the ministers of the imperial court and their relationship with each other. Among them, there is you, Lord Zhao! ”

"Oh? What did you find out about me? "Zhao Pu has a good time.

"You have a close friend named Li Chuyun. He was the main participant in the Chenqiao Incident that year, and you were the planner of the major event that announced the founding of our Great Song Dynasty! The two of you are like brothers. And this Li Chuyun is the father of the queen Li Defei, who was not canonized by the official family! ”

Zhao Pu twisted his beard. said: "Lord Leng really inquired very clearly. Is this relevant to this case? ”

Leng Yi possessed himself and stared at Zhao Pu: "I also found out that this Chen Congxin is the uncle of Concubine Li Xian, who has already been killed by the official family!" And Concubine Li Xian's death seems to be very closely related to Concubine Li De! ”

Zhao Pu's body shook slightly, looked at Leng Yi, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Leng's trial court doesn't seem to be simple." ”

"At this age, as long as you are willing to spend money. There is no news that cannot be bought.

"It's a pity that your news has nothing to do with this case. That's right, I have a good relationship with Concubine Li Defei's father, Li Chuyun. Leng Yi was the death of Concubine Li Xian. How much has something to do with Concubine Li De, but it was Concubine Li Xian who died, and it was Concubine Li Xian's business to seek revenge or something, that is to say, it was Chen Congxin's matter, why was he killed, and we were seeking revenge? It doesn't make sense. ”

Leng Yi said: "Just from the perspective you said, it naturally doesn't make sense, but I also got information that Chen Congxin has been tracking down the violent death of Concubine Li Xian, and she suspects that there is an article behind it, and this article is from Concubine Li De!" - Concubine Li Defei is not just a matter of relationship, but a direct relationship! ”

"You can't talk nonsense!" Zhao Pu exclaimed.

"I'm talking about Chen Congxin's suspicions, if he didn't have this suspicion, he wouldn't have come to the Li family to question him."

"That was two years ago,—— you've heard about it?"

"Yes! As I said, as long as you are willing to spend money, there is no information that you can't buy, not to mention, many people know about this matter, and it doesn't take much effort to find out. Our trial court investigated these and only used them as information, and I didn't expect them to be really used. ”

Zhao Pu shook his head and said, "Although what you said has some truth, it is possible that the Li family will kill Chen Congxin who is trying to retaliate first out of consideration of striking first." But they won't rely on me, an old man, to do this. At this age, it is not difficult to find an assassin. ”

"Many assassins only use their fists, not their brains, but you, Lord Zhao! You are very smart, 'half of the discourse rules the world', that is to say, you. A smart person like you is even less likely to show his feet when he kills. Much more effective than a normal assassin! ”

"Lord Leng has lifted it, but Chen Congxin really wasn't killed by me."

"And what were you doing last night? Can anyone prove it? ”

Zhao Pu said: "Last night, I was chatting with Song Qi, and it was almost dawn before we went out for convenience, and then came back to sleep." Also, we slept together and we had two beds in that room. ”

"You're not going to sleep until dawn?" Leng Yi frowned, the autopsy proved that the deceased's corpse spots had appeared, and moreover, there had been a high [***] corpse smell! This means that the time of death should be at least three or four hours or more! That is, the deceased should have been in the middle of the night where they all slept. And if the two of them talk until almost dawn, they won't have time to commit crimes.

This is a big deal to narrow the scope of suspects, and Leng Yi asked them in detail about the content of their chat. Then let Zhao Pu step back and pass Song Qi to ask.

What Song Qi said was really the same as what Zhao Pu said, and the content of the chat could also corroborate each other.

The two of them have ruled out suspicion, and Leng Yi's eyes fell on Cheng Dexuan, who was the last suspect. If he doesn't have any clues on him, then this case is just a headless case. Even if torture instruments are used to extract a confession, and the problem of this person tying the door from the inside is not resolved, even if someone confesses, it is impossible to conclude the case.

Asking Cheng Dexuan is similar to asking Shen Lun. Cheng Dexuan is also a person from Shen Lun's side, and he is a loyal supporter of the official family, it was Cheng Dexuan and Wang Jien who helped Zhao Guangyi seize the palace and inherit the throne. And Cheng Dexuan was not able to provide evidence to prove that he was sleeping in the room at the time.

The case is at an impasse.

It seems that we still have to start from the most critical part of the problem and figure out how to fasten the latch from the outside! If you solve this problem, you may have a clue!

Leng Yi squatted down next to the corpse again, reviewing the past and learning the new, the autopsy and on-site investigation are the same, sometimes there is no clue, and then look back, maybe there are some new things that can be perceived.

There was no problem with the cause of death, and evidence of his homicide was found. There were no traces of hands and feet in the latch at the scene, and the vent was only the size of a bowl, not to mention a person, even a baby, and it couldn't come in from anywhere. The whole stone house is built of pieces of bluestone. He examined it in detail, and there were no active secret doors. There are also no hidden passages. How did the murderer hang the body on the beam, then calmly go out, and tie the door from the inside?

Leng Yi thought big, but he still didn't have any clue.

Cheng Luoyan was on the side to help him think, but Leng Yi had no clue, so Cheng Luoyan naturally didn't have it. I could only comfort him and said: "Official, don't think about it, go back first, and investigate slowly." ”

Leng Yi ignored her, looked at the corpse on the ground with his cheeks and thought, and said to himself: "How did you tie it?" ”

Cheng Luoyan saw that he ignored him, he was a little angry, and said: "The dead man is chained!" ”

Leng Yi was stunned for a moment, and looked back at her: "What did you say?" ”

Cheng Luoyan regretted it after speaking, so she put on a sweet smile: "I said official, since you don't have a clue, let's go back first." ”

"No, it's the latter sentence."

"...... behind?" Cheng Luoyan smiled embarrassedly, "I mean it." ”

"Joke, how do you say that?"

I said ......, that the dead man himself had tied it from the inside! Hee-hee, I'm talking nonsense, don't be angry. ”

Leng Yi looked at her steadily, then got up and looked at the beam at the ceiling, looked at the vent again, suddenly screamed, jumped up, hugged Cheng Luoyan, kissed her fiercely, and said, "My sister-in-law is really a genius!" Walk! ”

"Where are you going?" Cheng Luoyan was a little inexplicable.