Chapter 298: Questioning Witnesses
At this time, a clear voice suddenly came: "I was just about to go to question a few witnesses, so let the third lady go with me, I will bear what is wrong, how about it?" β
Looking for prestige, it was Song Yifeng who walked over with a folding fan.
Song Yifeng is a squire in the Criminal Department, although the official rank is the same as Fu Yin, but he is the son of Song Taifu, and he is good friends with the emperor, and he is tough in the background, so Fu Yin is very respectful to him.
"Song Shilang is here, since Song Shilang is going, then the official can't stop him, so let the third lady go to audit together." Fu Yin smiled and immediately ordered his subordinates to lead the way.
Personally accompanied by Fu Yin, Feng Qingyan and Song Yifeng walked out of the back hall and went to the back door.
"A few witnesses were settled in a small mansion behind the mansion, which is not very spacious, and they have to be wronged by Song Shilang and the third lady."
Song Yifeng said with a smile: "Lord Fu Yin is too polite, I don't know if the third lady's delicate daughter's family will be too simple?" β
After speaking, he deliberately squeezed his eyes at Feng.
Feng glanced at him wildly, and said with a smile: "Where can I compare to Song Gongzi Jin?" You don't even like it, what do I like? β
Seeing that the two seemed to be arguing and joking with each other, although Fu Yin was sure that they had dealings, he didn't know how they had a relationship, and he was a little confused for a while, but it didn't matter, Song Yifeng was on top of something left and right, and he only needed to be responsible for entertaining them.
Out the back door, through an alley, several people walked into a house.
From the outside, the courtyard looks no different from an ordinary house, but as soon as you enter the door, you can see that the courtyard is full of guards, and the battle is very large.
Feng Qingfang thought to himself, fortunately he didn't act rashly, otherwise if he broke into such an encirclement, he would definitely be arrested.
Fu Yin first instructed his subordinates to call people, and then led Feng Song and the others into the hall.
After sitting for a while, the guards walked in with five people.
The first three were all women between thirty and forty years old, and Feng Qingmad didn't know them, and immediately behind them was an old man in his sixties with gray temples, and Feng Qingmad didn't recognize it.
But in the end, the man who came in, a man around fifty years old, Feng Qingfang recognized it at a glance, and this was also the person she mainly wanted to see.
"Lord Fu Yin, can you please go down with your subordinates first, I want to interrogate these people individually."
It was not uncommon for officials from the Criminal Department to often come to Jingzhao Mansion alone to interrogate prisoners and witnesses, so Fu Yin did not raise any objections and immediately went out with his subordinates.
Song Yifeng looked at Feng Qingfang and said in a low voice: "Third girl, if you have anything to ask, ask first." β
"Thank you." Feng smiled at him gratefully, then stood up and took a few steps forward, glanced at the person in front of him, and fixed his gaze on the sixty-year-old man.
"Dare to ask what you have to do with the Duke of Dingguo and the Duchess of Guo?"
The old man looked up at her and replied, "The old man used to be the doctor of the Tai Hospital, and when the Duchess passed away, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke to examine the body of the Duchess of the State.
Feng Qingfang remembered that after Lin Yitang's "death", Feng Heng suspected the cause of death and asked a doctor to examine the body, and it turned out that the doctor was the one in front of him.
"Oh? So what were the results of your autopsy at the time? β
"The body of the Duchess of Guo did not look carefully on the surface and there was no abnormality, but after careful examination, the old man found that the roots behind her ears were black, and the blood vessels on the inside of her wrist also showed signs of blackening, which was a sign of poisoning and death."
"Poisoned?" Feng Qingfang stared at the old man tightly, his eyes were sharp and cold, "Since you saw that the Duchess of Guo died of poisoning back then, why didn't you say it, but instead lied that she died of illness?" β
The old man explained: "At that time, I did tell the truth to Dingguo Gong, but he told me not to say it, and later said that my wife was sick and died, and I only thought that he wanted to cover up his family's ugliness, so I didn't want to publicize it, so I didn't mention it again." β
This is likely to be true, Lin Yitang faked his death and took medicine back then, and it was normal for him to have symptoms like poisoning, and Feng Heng did not ask him not to mention it to the public because of his family ugliness.
Feng asked again: "Then why are you bringing up the old matter again now?" β
"This," the old man lowered his head, his eyes flickering, "The old man overheard the news of Dingguo Gong's murder of his wife in the capital, and then he suddenly realized, and realized that the person who killed the Duchess of Guo back then was Dingguo Gong, and he decided to come to the capital to testify against him under the drive of conscience, hoping to give justice to the Duchess of Guo under Jiuquan." β
"Driven by conscience? I think it's driven by money, right? Feng Qing sneered wildly.
The old man glared angrily: "You...... The old man is a witness and not a prisoner, how can you be insulted like this? β
Song Yifeng hurriedly walked over, patted Feng's arrogant shoulder, and persuaded in a low voice: "Third girl, I know you are in a hurry now, but the more this is the case, the more you have to calm down, ask well, don't get excited." β
"Yes, that's what you said." Feng Qing nodded in shame and took a breath to calm himself down.
Then she looked at the three women to the left of the old man.
"The three of you should be the maids who served the Duchess of the Kingdom in Leng Xiangyuan back then, right?"
The three of them replied, "Exactly." β
"What were you doing on the day of the Duchess's death?"
"We stayed by my wife's side and saw her spitting black blood from her mouth and dying in great pain." One of them replied.
"In other words, you watched Madame poison with your own eyes?"
"Yes."
Feng looked at the three of them for a while with half-squinted eyes, then turned to Song Yifeng and said, "Song Gongzi, can you take the other people down first, leaving only the woman in blue?" β
Although Song Yifeng didn't know what she was selling for a while, he nodded and did so.
So soon, only the woman in the blue dress was left in the room, and she was a little overwhelmed in the face of Feng's fierce and sharp eyes.
"Just now you said that you looked at the poisonous hair of the Duchess of Guo, do you remember what time it was?"
The woman replied, "It's at dinner." β
"At dinner?" Feng Qing squinted his eyes and sneered, "How did I hear that it was after dinner?" When I asked your other two companions last night, they replied like this. β
These people were all guarded alone, and whoever was interrogated alone would not know about it, so Feng Qingfang wanted to deceive the other party.
And the reason why she chose to leave the woman in blue was because she saw that she had dodged her eyes from the moment she came in, she didn't dare to raise her head, and a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, obviously because she was weak-hearted.
People with slightly weaker psychological quality are better clichΓ©s.
Sure enough, the woman was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly changed her words: "I, I remember wrong, it was after dinner, and just after dinner, Madame shouted that she had a stomachache." β
"Are you sure you're poisoned after dinner?" Feng Qing raised her eyebrows and looked at her, "You won't be misremembered?" β
The woman hesitated again before nodding her head, "I'm sure it was after dinner, and we were all scared." β
"Lie!" Feng Qingfang suddenly snorted, "It's obviously the time for dinner!" I just deliberately said something wrong, and when I deceived you, you panicked and changed your words, such a clumsy lie, and you still wanted to deceive me? β
"I, I," the woman shuddered with fright, "I was nervous and misremembered, not lying, just misremembering......"
Feng snorted wildly, and said in a soothing tone: "Okay, then you should think about it now, when is the poison time of the Duchess of Guo, don't answer wrongly." β
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned to pretend to ask Song Yifeng: "Lord Shilang, what are the consequences of perjury and framing the court officials?" β
Song Yifeng immediately replied: "It depends on the situation, it will be a few years in prison at best, and the head will be cut off at worst, according to this case, it will definitely be beheaded." β
"You heard it too, so think clearly before you speak, otherwise when the time comes, a false hat will be buttoned down, and your life will be in danger."
The last shred of the woman's composure was driven away, her mind went blank, and all that remained was fear.
"Me, supper...... I can't remember exactly......"
Seeing that she was about to collapse, Feng Qing walked slowly to her side, patted her on the back and comforted: "Don't be so nervous, as long as you tell me the truth honestly, I will intercede with Lord Song for you." β
"The truth?" The woman looked up at her with trepidation.
"Yes," Feng Qingfang bowed slightly, "You came to make the truth of perjury, who instructed you to come?" β
"I ......"
"As long as you tell the truth, no matter what the difficulties are, I can help you solve them, so you don't need to have any worries." Feng Qingfang continued to guide.
The woman was stunned for a while, shook her head and said, "No, if I say it, my husband and children will be killed by them, I can't say it, I can't say it, don't force me......"
Feng Qingmad and Song Yifeng glanced at each other, and they knew it in their hearts.
It seems that several other people were threatened in this way and had to come to perjury, and if they wanted to change their ways, they had to rescue their families first.
Song Yifeng frowned and said, "It seems that she won't say anything useful, let her go." β
Helpless, Feng Qingfang could only stop asking.
"It's really annoying that I haven't asked any useful clues for a long time."
"Don't be anxious, it seems that there is still one person you haven't seen, do you want to bring it with you?" Song Yifeng intimately handed over a cup of tea and asked gently.
Feng Qing raised his eyes and looked over wildly, and said curiously: "You are so leisurely, why don't you look like you are here to do business?" β
"Actually, I was here yesterday afternoon."
"Then why are you here again today?"
Song Yifeng opened the folding fan and said with a smile: "If I don't come forward, how can you get in?" β
"You're here to open the back door for me?" Feng Qingfang was a little surprised.
"Of course, this is not my intention, it is the emperor's order." Song Yifeng showed a meaningful smile.
"Your Majesty?" Feng Qingfang realized that it must have been Qin Luo who secretly told Mu Liancheng that she was coming to Jingzhao Mansion today, so he specially asked Song Yifeng to come over.
She didn't want him to be embarrassed, so she didn't ask for help, and she didn't expect him to help secretly.
"When you see the emperor, help me say thank you to him."
"Why don't you go and thank you yourself?"