Xiao Jiading left the Shu Wangfu that day, returned home to sleep, and slept until noon the next day, and then got up.

Because he had to wait for news from the princess's side, he did not return to the prisoner group of Li Ke, the king of Shu.

In the evening, he heard the shocking news ,—— Lu Shi, the side princess of the prince of Shu, suddenly died last night because of her terminal illness. A mourning hall has been set up in the palace of the king of Shu for people to mourn.

Xiao Jiading immediately understood that it must have been Princess Yang who did it, and couldn't help but feel a chill for this decisive princess. Thinking of the atmosphere of the women who drank and talked at the poetry meeting, you should think that she has such a means!

Xiao Jiading naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to ask what's going on. He just followed Kang County's order to the Shu Wangfu to condole.

Because the prince of Shu came back to handle the funeral, of course, this recording of prisoners was temporarily suspended.

Xiao Jiading also has to deal with the affairs of two nuns, this case Xiao Jiading has previously reported to Li Ke, the king of Shu, Li Ke knew that Lu Dao was a case assigned by Princess Yang, so when he left Wan'an County, he had already explained the county order of the county government, and asked them to re-sentence according to Xiao Jiading's proposed judgment.

Xiao Jiading returned to Wan'an County, and he had already thought about what to do with these two cases.

When he came to Yamen, he first interrogated Tongyun and Tonghui. He first muttered to Tongyun for a while, and after telling her what to say, he went to Tonghui's cell again, muttered a few words, Tonghui looked at him in surprise, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you Brother Xiao, you are the lifesaver of our family!" Thank you so much! ”

Xiao Jiading said: "No need to say thank you, you helped me correct a wrong case, and your crime is really nothing in my opinion, I believe that you really love each other, so the sentence should be changed." ”

Tonghui was a little embarrassed, but he was infinitely grateful in his heart.

After the confession, Xiao Jiading still had to interrogate her husband.

Her husband was also sentenced to prison and put in prison. Xiao Jiading showed his identity as a prisoner with the King of Shu, and then asked him a few questions, these questions all involved the details of their fornication back then, Xiao Jiading's questioning had a strong hint, because he was arraigned alone, and there was no one around, so he was not worried that others would hear it.

Tonghui's husband was not too stupid when he arrived, and soon understood the meaning of Xiao Jiading's words, and was overjoyed, kneeling down and kowtowing to thank Xiao Jiading.

After explaining the matter. Xiao Jiading left the prison at this time.

Then, he called Liu Xianling, Hu Xianwei, and Fa Cao and the clerk in charge of the case to study the two cases.

Xiao Jiading said: "The case of the murder of my aunt by Ni Tongyun, the maid of the White Crane Temple, there are many problems, Liu Xianling and others were dumbfounded when they heard it, and they were a little anxious, although there was an explanation from Li Ke, the king of Shu, but when it came to the question of whether they were wrongly convicted, they couldn't care so much, although they still had to obey the verdict of the prisoner. But since Xiao Jiading discussed it with them, they still have to say what should be said.

Liu Xianling said with a smile: "There is no big problem in this case......"

Xiao Jiading waved his hand and said, "I'm not discussing with you, I'm telling you the facts I have verified." ”

One word. Liu Xianling could only shut up in embarrassment and listen with a smile. Because although Xiao Jiading is just a deacon, he represents the prisoner review of Li Kelu, the king of Shu. The prince of Shu has already explained, and he will re-judge according to his words.

Xiao Jiading said: "What you think is that Tongyun killed her aunt. However, I have already gone to Hakuzuru-an to conduct a detailed investigation, and found the day that her aunt, who was also the presiding officer of Seifu-an, Jihyun Shitai, was dead. She was in the Hakutsuru-an in the prefecture, and she had returned the night before. How does she kill people? ”

Liu Xianling still couldn't help but say: "We think she came back after killing people the first day." ”

"Killing people on the first day? Who saw it? ”

"No one saw this ....... Her killings were carried out quietly. ”

"Then why did she kill her aunt who raised her single-handedly?"

"According to her own confession, it was because of a trivial quarrel at that time, so she killed people in a moment of anger."

"Where's the murderous knife?"

"In the evidence room."

"Send someone to fetch it!"

"Good!" Liu Xianling heard that Xiao Jiading did not directly say how this case should be judged, but discussed, and immediately had a little more hope. Of course, he did not want the case in his hand to be found to be wrong, especially such a death penalty case. That's a question of your own black hat. Hurry up and get someone to bring the evidence of this case.

Xiao Jiading took the ring knife and stared at Liu County Order: "Are you sure that this ring knife is Tongyun?" ”

"Yes. This one has been verified and has her name engraved on it. It was extracted from her room, and people from the temple can also testify that it was her ring knife. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Jiading grabbed the handle of the knife and drew the knife hard, the knife was very tight, and it took a long time to pull the knife out, and looked at it, "She killed her aunt with this ring knife?" ”

"yes, yes."

"What kind of knife is there no blood on it?"

She said that when she came back, she used to wash it with water. So there is no blood on it. ”

"Cleaned when you came back?"

"Yes."

"Okay, let the scabbard be taken apart and see if there is any blood on the inner shell of the scabbard!"

Liu Xianling was dumbfounded when he heard it, they hadn't thought of this problem. If you open it and see that there is no blood on the inside of the scabbard, it will be troublesome. I couldn't help but sweat in my head. I didn't dare to delay, so I hurriedly called Soap Li to disassemble the scabbard.

The scabbard was opened in half, and at a glance, the inner shell was clean and clean, without any traces of blood!

Liu County's face immediately turned white. Turning his head to look at the county lieutenant Hu, the judiciary and the scrivener in a helpful manner.

Hu County Lieutenant laughed and said, "Could it be that she cleaned it at that time?" ”

"Didn't she confess and say she came back to purge?" Xiao Jiading said coldly, "I have read the file of this case in detail, and the place where the body was found is a barren slope with no water source!" Tongyun didn't have a gourd with water on his body. In other words, she had no way to clean the bloody ring knife at that time. She can't go all the way to a place where there is water with a sword, can she? This is not in line with the facts you believe. ”

Liu County ordered to support him, and he didn't know how to answer.

Xiao Jiading said again: "You think that Tongyun hacked her aunt to death with a ring knife, I want to ask, how many slashes did she take?" ”

"A knife. In the neck, kill directly. ”

"But as recorded on the corpse, the deceased Zhixian Shitai still has multiple skin wounds on his body, what is going on?"

"This ......, according to the criminal's confession, they had had a fierce fight before. This should be the cause. ”

"Is there any injury on Tongyun's body?"

Liu Xianling sweated again, and said hard: "No ......"

"Tongyun is thin and small, and her aunt Zhixian is the master of the Emei faction! Those who have martial arts. The two of them fought, don't you think that Tongyun has no injuries at all, isn't this unreasonable? ”

In fact, Xiao Jiading doesn't know if Master Lu Dao Zhixian can do martial arts, but since Qingfeng Nunnery is a temple of the Emei faction, and she is the host, she should know a little martial arts. Xiao Jiading didn't know what to do, and of course Liu County didn't know what they did, they didn't think about it, since Tongyun pleaded guilty, the collection and judgment of relevant evidence was simplified, so naturally they didn't pay attention to these issues.

Xiao Jiading saw that they were speechless, and continued: "You said that she had a dispute with Master Zhixian because of trivial matters, but there is no detailed record in the file about what trivial matters are. Have you looked into this? ”

Liu Xianling stretched out his hand to wipe his cold sweat, but because the murderer admitted his guilt, they didn't ask in such detail. Now that Xiao Jiading asked, he naturally couldn't answer.

Xiao Jiading said by himself: "According to my investigation, this Tongyun's parents died when she was a child, and her aunt raised her single-handedly, and the two have the grace of mother and daughter, and the relationship is close and like sisters. This Tongyun has a weak personality, has no quarrel with things, and is a monk, sweeping the floor is afraid of hurting the lives of ants, and cherishes the moth yarn lamp, how can he wield a knife to kill? What's more, it was her aunt who raised her who raised her! Don't you think this is too strange? ”

Liu Xianling was speechless in panic.

Xiao Jiading grabbed the ring knife again and said, "Just now, when I pulled out the knife, it took a lot of strength to pull it out, which means that this knife has hardly been unsheathed, and it is a little rusty!" This shows that Tongyun is usually not a person who fights bravely with weapons. It further shows that her murder is not reasonable! ”

In fact, Xiao Jiading now has the internal strength of the two masters of the Emei faction, not to mention pulling out a knife that is a little rusty, even if the knife is directly broken, it is effortless. He deliberately pretended to be struggling, indicating that the knife was not used often. But it's also true.

Xiao Jiading continued: "Back to the topic just now, Tongyun, a monk who is weak by nature and dedicated to cultivation, what is the reason for her to draw a knife and kill people? This is the crux of this case, but you have not found it clearly, and you have confusedly determined a reason for killing that does not make sense at all, how can this case be convincing? ”

The judge blushed and stammered: "But ......, the criminal Tongyun admits that he is guilty!" We didn't use torture, we just asked her that and she confessed. ”

"Yes, yes!" Liu Xianling and others were also busy echoing, which was their most life-saving straw.

Xiao Jiading said: "Well, you are also people who have been handling cases for many years, have you ever encountered or heard of a situation where the criminal confessed to his guilt, but later retracted his confession and denied his guilt, and the facts proved that he was not guilty?" ”

Liu County Ling Nengren glanced at each other and nodded. It is too common to retract confessions, could it be that the perpetrator in this case also retracted his confession? If that's the case, that's a problem.

Xiao Jiading said: "Whether this is the case or not, we can interrogate the culprit and find out." Liu County Order, did you take the criminal Tongyun here to ask? ”

What other options does Liu County Ling have? Hurriedly ordered someone to escort Tongyun to the council hall to question the case. (To be continued......)