Xiao Jiading nodded, which means that only the testimony of the intelligent master alone proves that the wise master was not in his room at that time, and it is only a speculation. The probative power of the evidence is relatively thin and needs to be further verified.

Xiao Jiading continued to investigate, and soon, there was another important witness, that is, the little nun of Qingfeng Nunnery who Tongyun told his aunt when he was about to leave. When Siu Ka Ding asked her if she knew what happened to Mrs. Zhixian that day, she said: "I don't know where Mrs. Zhixian was the night before, because Mrs. Zhixian was accompanying Princess Lu for the past few days. We nuns are not allowed to come close. But that morning, Tongyun suddenly said that she was going back and asked me to tell the host, and I agreed. After she left, I saw that her expression was wrong, so I wanted to hurry up and tell the host about it, and when I walked to the host's courtyard, I happened to meet the host coming out of the backyard, so I went up and told her about it. She immediately chased after her......"

Xiao Jiading interrupted her: "You wait first, what you said is that the host Zhixian Shitai came out of the backyard, is this backyard the backyard of the Lingta Library?" ”

"Yes! The host came out of the backyard door. ”

Xiao Jiading has been to Qingfeng Nunnery several times, and this time he is conducting a detailed investigation, so he has turned around Qingfeng Nunnery, and the position of the other party is very clear. He knew that behind the main hall of Qingfeng Nunnery, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, was the backyard, which was a place dedicated to storing the spiritual bones of the master of the hermitage, and at the same time stored the most precious classics in the hermitage, which belonged to the forbidden place of the temple. No one other than the presiding and theatrical supreme heads of the two nunnery could enter. And only the two of them have the key. There are also two separate courtyards on the left and right sides of the backyard, the one on the left is the one who presides over the Zhixian teacher, and the one on the right is the one who seats the wisdom teacher. In addition, in front of the courtyard where the master is in charge of Jihyeon, there is a meditation room where the temple receives foreign monks. Because Princess Lu came to the nunnery to offer incense and pray for blessings, she brought a lot of entourage, so she arranged this Zen courtyard for them to live in. The VIP suite is of course for Princess Lu. The little nun Tongyun lived in their meditation room with the other nuns of the temple. It's on the other side of the front yard.

Say. The gate of the backyard is not confused with the gate of the courtyard that presides over Jihyun Shitai, one on the north side and the other on the west side. And the little nun clearly saw that Mrs. Zhixian had come out of the backyard gate of the temple at that time, and after hearing the news that Tongyun had left, she immediately chased her out of the temple. Therefore, it can be proved that when Tongyun saw the man's boots and folding fan in the meditation courtyard of Jixian Shitai, Zhixian Shitai was not in the bed of the meditation room, but in the backyard. That is to say, the person who commits adultery with others is not Zhixian Shitai!

Then why is Master Zhixian not in his own Zen monastery? Could it be that she deliberately left the Zen Monastery to Princess Lu so that she could have an affair with someone? The original arrangement of Princess Lu's Zen courtyard was next to Zhixian's own Zen courtyard. It's also very convenient for her to climb over the wall. Of course, this point will eventually be clarified, only after the arrest of Princess Lu and her adulterer.

Xiao Jiading inquired about the whereabouts of Zhishui Shitai that night, and learned that Zhishui Shitai was not from Qingfeng Nunnery, but she was a master of the Emei faction from Qingfeng Nunnery, and her status was very noble, because she was familiar with Princess Lu, so she lived in the meditation room with Princess Lu.

After the matter was basically investigated, Xiao Jiading immediately took the post station express horse. Immediately return to Wan'an County.

By the time I arrived in Wan'an County, it was already late at night. Although he didn't sleep all night the first night, Xiao Jiading didn't feel very sleepy, perhaps because he already had the internal strength of the two masters of the Emei faction. Coupled with the fact that he had cultivated that variant double cultivation method. So Xiao Jiading did not rest, and went straight to the county government prison to interrogate Tongyun.

Tonghui had already told Tongyun about Xiao Jiading's inference.

Previously, Tongyun had always believed that her own judgment was right, and it was her aunt who had an affair with someone. And the person who killed my aunt is likely to be this man, maybe that man knows about the ugly things he found out about them, but he doesn't know who Lu Dao is. Ask my aunt. In order to protect herself, my aunt was killed by the man. Therefore, in order to protect her aunt's private interests and avoid damaging her reputation, she admitted that she was the one who killed her aunt.

However, after listening to Senior Sister Tonghui's words, she was stunned, and pondered carefully, the more she pondered Xiao Jiading's words, the more she felt that it made sense. - After her aunt caught up with her that day, her expression was only anxious and concerned, and she did not show any unusual behavior after fornicating with a man. In addition, she was raised by her aunt since she was a child, and she knows her aunt's personality very well. My aunt's heart to convert to Buddhism is very firm, and she has never been pretentious to men. And pay great attention to avoiding suspicion in this regard. If she really secretly has a good man, she will never have an affair with him in her meditation room, which is not in line with her cautious character.

Tongyun then thought that the man was fornicating with someone in his aunt's house, and the aunt must not know what to do, otherwise, she would never agree. If it was not his aunt who had fornicated with the man, but someone else, then he must have thought that the window had been opened when he returned, so he followed it out, and after he left, he forced his aunt to ask. And the aunt guessed that she had opened the window, and in order to protect herself, she admitted that she had accidentally discovered it when she returned. So he was killed by that man!

Thinking of this possibility, Tongyun was sad and resentful. If this is the case, then there is no problem with the aunt's reputation, not only can she not apologize for the murderer, but also help the yamen catch the murderer to avenge the aunt! Therefore, she has been anxiously waiting for Xiao Jiading's arraignment.

When he saw Xiao Jiading, Tongyun was full of words, but he didn't know what to say, and looked at Xiao Jiading for a long time, and suddenly, he cried out.

Xiao Jiading knew her complicated feelings at the moment. After she cried for a while, her voice was a little lower, and then she said slowly: "I have already found out, that night, your aunt was not in her own meditation room at all, but reading in the Lingta Book Pavilion in the backyard. When you left, she happened to come out of the backyard, saw the little nun you were talking to, and learned that you had left, and immediately chased you out. There are two main witnesses to prove this matter, one is the intelligent master of Qingfeng Nunnery, when it was not yet dawn in the early hours of that morning, she got up at night and saw the lights of the Lingta Library on. And the only people who can enter there are her and your aunt Zhixianshitai. So it is inferred that it is your aunt Ji Xian Shitai. The other is the little nun who helped you talk, and she testified that she saw your aunt coming out of the backyard and not out of her own Zen courtyard. These two pieces of evidence fully prove that your aunt did not live in her own monastery that night. ”

Tongyun nodded sadly and said, "It's me who misthought about my aunt, I'm wrong!" - Who killed my aunt? Please, find this murderer and avenge my aunt! ”

Xiao Jiading said: "This wish of yours is also my wish!" Catch the murderer, I need your help to organize the identification! - Do you remember the folding fan you saw in front of your aunt's bed? ”

"Remember, it's a golden folding fan, unfolded, with a picture of a mandarin duck drawn on it!"

"Very well, now, I need you to identify which one." After that, Xiao Jiading took out ten folding fans for Tongyun to identify.

Tongyun recognized Zhong Wenbo's golden folding fan in the folding fan at a glance: "This is it!" ”

The stone in Xiao Jiading's heart fell to the ground. At the moment, an identification record was made.

Because the evidence that proves that Tongyun did not have the time to commit the crime could not be used as evidence in the Tang Dynasty, it was necessary to exonerate Tongyun by either catching the real murderer or adopting other technical and technical methods. But now Xiao Jiading has no time to deal with this matter, so he can only aggrieved Tongyun to continue to stay in prison, waiting for himself to deal with this matter first, and then go back to deal with her and Tonghui's case.

Xiao Jiading didn't care about resting, and immediately rode back to Yizhou.

Because it's a night rush, the speed can't be too fast. So when I arrived in Yizhou, it was already noon the next day.

Princess Yang listened to Xiao Jiading's report, checked the investigation records and identification records, called her personal guards in with a gloomy face, and simply said: "Close the net!" ”

The guard bowed and took the order.

Princess Yang pondered for a moment, and then her face gradually softened. looked at Xiao Jiading, saw him in the dust, and learned that he had gone back and forth for two consecutive years, he was very impressed, and said: "You don't have to be so fatal, judging from the monitoring situation, this pair of adulterers and adulteresses still don't know that we are already investigating them, so there is no movement." ”

Xiao Jiading smiled and said: "The matter is not done, my heart is hanging, besides, this case also involves two female nuns in prison, and it is better to deal with their affairs if it is done as soon as possible." ”

"Two nuns?" Princess Yang asked curiously.

Xiao Jiading then told everything before and after, especially emphasizing the role of Tonghui in this case, as well as her love with the so-called "adulterer" before, and her family relationship with her children. Because of Tonghui's case, Princess Yang's request was for Xiao Jiading to deal with her severely. And Xiao Jiading's idea is not only not to be severe, but also to be exempted from punishment.

Xiao Jiading said very sincerely and emotionally, Princess Yang smiled and said: "Okay, I know that you want to intercede for her, it's just that, since she has played a great role in this case, and she is also meritorious, and you are so pitiful by you, you can just watch it, you don't have to report it to me." ”

Xiao Jiading was overjoyed, and quickly got up and said, "I thank Princess Yang for the grace of Princess Yang for the Tonghui family!" ”

"Whatever grace I have, it is your grace!" Princess Yang grinned and joked.

"Don't you dare to be down there!"

Princess Yang said again: "That Tongyun is also a piece of filial piety, alas, it's quite pitiful, after this case is investigated, you not only have to release her, but also give her a good arrangement." Don't let such a kind and filial person suffer. ”

"Yes! The subordinates understood. ”

"Okay, you haven't rested well for two days and two nights, go back and rest first, all the evidence of this case will remain with me. I'll take care of the rest. You don't have to worry about it. ”

Xiao Jiading hurriedly agreed, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the next thing must involve the privacy of the prince, he doesn't want to know too much, otherwise his head will be unstable. It is best for the princess to handle it herself, so she quickly got up, left the folding fan, testimony and other evidence, and got up empty-handed to say goodbye. (To be continued......)