Chapter 154: The Golden Folding Fan That Swatts Flies
Xiao Jiading nodded: "I'll rush back to Yizhou to investigate now!" You go back to the cell, and now you can tell her about it, and say that we have found out that the person who committed adultery with the man that day was not her aunt! Her aunt is innocent, and the murderer must have killed her for some other reason! If she wants to avenge her aunt, she must cooperate with our investigation, recall all the details, and find out the real culprit behind the scenes! I'll be back soon after I went to Yizhou to investigate! This matter is very important, you two should not tell anyone, including the people from the Wan'an County Yamen and anyone who was imprisoned this time! If she thinks of anything, she must wait for me to come back and tell me in person. Remember? β
"What a shame! Remember! "Tonghui Road.
Xiao Jiading thought for a while, and then said: "If you do this well, I can even find a way to put you and your husband back, so that your family can be reunited now." β
Tonghui was pleasantly surprised: "What you said is true? β
Tonghui's so-called crime is "adultery" with a person who is in love with her, and that person later became her husband and gave birth to children, which is not even a moral issue in today's society. It's just that the laws of the Tang Dynasty are crimes, so Xiao Jiading has no choice, but now, this case involves the case of Princess Lu who Princess Yang is very concerned about and let Xiao Jiading be responsible for investigating Princess Lu's affair with someone, and if Tonghui plays a very important role in solving this case, Xiao Jiading believes that he can persuade Princess Yang to forgive Tonghui's crime, and then do a little trick to form a loophole in the factual evidence, and he can help her get rid of the crime.
Therefore, Xiao Jiading nodded and said with certainty: "I will do my best." It shouldn't be a big problem. But the premise is that you do your best to do what I tell you and follow my arrangement. β
Tonghui listened to Xiao Jiading's words, and was so happy that he almost fainted, and said like a chicken pecking rice: "Okay!" I'll get things done and follow your arrangement! Thank you! Thank you! β
Tonghui is not fixed, and the palm is closed and ten gifts are given. Although she had been a layman for many years, this monastic ritual still popped up involuntarily at some point.
Xiao Jiading asked the jailer to send Tonghui back to the prison, and immediately returned to his residence to meet Li Ke, the king of Shu.
Although this case is related to the side princess Lu of Shu King Li Ke, this is a case of cuckolding him, it is best not to let him know, otherwise, he will be very unhappy, and may even cause some unnecessary trouble. Preferably under the direct leadership of Princess Yang. Just quietly solve this case and deal with it. Therefore, Xiao Jiading did not say a specific case, but only said that a case assigned by Princess Yang has made significant progress now, and he must go back to Yizhou immediately to conduct relevant investigations.
Li Ke, the king of Shu, knew that his princess had assigned a number of cases to Xiao Jiading, many of which were quite tricky and could not be solved by formal means, and it was also his idea to find someone to solve them in other ways. So he doesn't ask about any cases. What's the matter, because if he asks, maybe Xiao Jiading will have some scruples about doing things, which will affect the resolution of the case. I just nodded in agreement. Let him do it, and just come to them directly after he has done it. They will move on to the next state and county to record prisoners.
Xiao Jiading used the fast horse of the post station to rush to Yizhou. During the Tang Dynasty, the post station was already very developed, and the horses were changed once every ten miles. So the speed was very fast, and I arrived in Yizhou that night.
Xiao Jiading used the post station method to return, and he had the privilege of calling the city gate to open at night. The gates of Yizhou are opened. He went home first.
Seeing him rushing back in the middle of the night, Crazy Mei was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said, "Why did you come back at this time?" β
Xiao Jiading didn't care about explaining, carried a lantern, and came to the firewood room of the kitchen where he threw the folding fan. However, he searched through the wood shed, but could not find the golden folding fan.
If it's over, it must have been burned as firewood!
The kitchen was managed by Yun Yan and tender bamboo, Xiao Jiading had the most glimmer of hope, called the second daughter to the firewood shed, and asked, "Have you seen a golden folding fan, I put it here?" β
Xiao Jiading's eyes looked at Yun Yan, and when he saw her shaking her head blankly, his heart sank, and his last hope looked at the tender bamboo.
Nenzhu thought for a while and said, "Is it a wrinkled handful of gold dust?" β
Xiao Jiading was ecstatic and grabbed her fragrant shoulder: "Yes, yes!" Where is it? You didn't burn the handle? β
"No, it's not like there is no firewood in the house, what are you doing with the folding fan? Besides, the folding fan is painted with mandarin ducks, which is very beautiful......"
"You're putting it away, aren't you? Where is it? β
"I saw that the mandarin duck bird was good-looking, and I was reluctant to burn it, so I took it back just enough to shoot flies. ββWhen I went to the thatched house, there were a lot of flies, and this one was just shooting, and it was a quasi-......! β
Xiao Jiading laughed, if Zhong Wenbo knew that his precious golden folding fan was used by his maid to swatt flies in the toilet, he was afraid that he would vomit blood in anger. Hurry up: "Hurry! Go and bring me the folding fan!" β
Nenzhu said: "Hit the flies, it's a little dirty......"
"Anyway, go get it!"
Nenzhu hurriedly ran back and quickly brought the golden folding fan. This folding fan was first wrinkled by Xiao Jiading's buttocks, and then stuffed into his boots indiscriminately, and then used by the young bamboo to beat flies when he was in the thatched house, which was already miserable. Fortunately, there is no major damage to the picture or anything.,It should be able to be repaired.γ
So Xiao Jiading happily took the folding fan and wanted to go out. Crazy Mei hurriedly asked him where he was going? Xiao Jiading only said that it was urgent business, asked her not to ask more, and rode out on horseback.
He knocked on the door of the largest calligraphy and painting shop in Yizhou, offered double the price, and asked the fan master in the shop to make the necessary repairs to the folding fan. Of course, the original appearance of the folding fan cannot be changed, but the filth marks left by the swatting flies on it are removed, the broken fan bones are replaced, and the damaged fan surface is repaired.
After some repairs by the master, the original appearance of the folding fan was finally restored.
Xiao Jiading looked at it happily, and it was really the same as before. It's just that this restoration took a long time. By the time it was repaired, it was already dark.
Xiao Jiading has been guarding, without rest, paid double the price at the moment, and bought another nine folding fans of various colors for identification, and then came to the Shu Palace.
Xiao reported it, and Princess Yang immediately summoned him.
Princess Yang hadn't actually gotten up yet, her husband Li Ke, the king of Shu, was not there, so she slept lazy, and when she learned that Xiao Jiading asked to see her, she immediately knew that she must have reported the case she had assigned to report, and she didn't care about sorting it out at the moment, so she passed it to Xiao Jiading.
Xiao Jiading This is the first time to see the plain-faced princess, although the princess is already thirty years old, but because of good maintenance, although there is no whitewash, it is still bright and moving, and there is not even a wrinkle at the corner of her eyes.
Xiao Jiading first briefly talked about the results of Yan Erlang's case. Princess Yang was very satisfied.
Subsequently, Xiao Jiading began to report on the possible fornication between Zhong Wenbo and Princess Lu that was inadvertently discovered in the investigation of Tongyun's intentional homicide case, and told the whole story and his reasoning.
Princess Yang was not surprised when she heard this, because she had expected Princess Lu's affair with Zhong Wenbo, but there was no evidence yet, and now, Xiao Jiading had found the most critical evidence.
Princess Yang pondered for a moment and said, "Organize the identification of this folding fan immediately." Before this, someone was sent to monitor Zhong Wenbo. Once it was confirmed that Na Tongyun saw this folding fan in the house presided over by Qingfeng Nunnery, he immediately secretly arrested Zhong Wenbo and forced him to ask the truth! At the same time, collect evidence from the nuns of Qingfeng Nunnery, and find out the movements of the Lu family slut in Qingfeng Nunnery that night! When it is confirmed that she has an affair with Zhong Wenbo, the palace will make a decision! - I will arrange the surveillance and arrest of Zhong Wenbo, and you are mainly responsible for organizing the identification and the investigation of Qingfengan. You handle this matter personally, and you can't fake it to others. Be sure to keep it a secret! β
Xiao Jiading bowed down and agreed.
Princess Yang looked at Xiao Jiading, her eyes were full of approval, and said, "Things are done very well, you really live up to my expectations!" β
Xiao Jiading hurriedly said: "Do things for the princess, do your best, and die!" β
"Hmmm! There you go! β
Xiao Jiading said goodbye, first took the Yamen's arrest, and came to Qingfeng Nunnery to investigate, he isolated all the nuns and questioned them one by one.
He did not directly inquire about Princess Lu's movements that day, which would arouse the suspicions of these nuns, and he launched an investigation on the grounds of recording prisoners to review Tongyun's intentional homicide case, and investigated the activities of everyone in the temple from the night before Mrs. Zhixian sent her niece Tongyun away to the next morning, especially the movements of Mrs. Zhixian, the presiding officer of the victim Qingfeng Temple.
After investigation, it was learned that Princess Lu had come to the temple three days ago. For several days in a row, incense was poured in the temple to pray for blessings. The presiding officer of the nunnery, Mrs. Zhixian, and Mrs. Zhishui, who came down from Mount Emei, accompanied them all the time. So no one else knew what happened to Master Zhixian that night.
When the head of Qingfeng Nunnery (equivalent to the deputy presiding officer of the nunnery) Zhishi Tai recounted her movements that night, she provided a very important information, she said: "In the early morning of that day, the sky was not yet bright, I was sick to my stomach, I got up and went to the thatched house, and saw the temple Lingta Book Pavilion to turn on the lights, it is estimated that Zhixian Shitai was studying in it, so I went back, I didn't expect that she was killed, alas! The last time I saw her, she was still studying the Buddhist scriptures ......! β
Xiao Jiading was overjoyed in his heart, but asked quietly: "How do you know that Lu Dao is in it?" Have you seen her? β
"I haven't seen it, but it must be her, because the Lingta Book Pavilion is the place where the spirit bones of the late owner of the nunnery are stored, and it is also the library that stores the most precious classics of the temple, which is the forbidden place of the main nunnery, only the two of us can enter, and the key to the gate is only the two of us. So I'm sure she's on it. β
"Did anyone else see her up there?"
"I can't see it, because the Lingta Book Pavilion is in the backyard, and others can't enter it at will." (To be continued......)