Chapter 133: Thorough Investigation
"Since it was the one who was in charge of this case in the first place. Xuan Ling, have you asked that son's opinion? Does he think your wife is a murderer? ”
"Your Majesty, he doesn't think that the guilty minister is the murderer. And Li Zhiyan immediately left after he interrogated the criminal's wife to continue investigating the real murderer. ”
"Don't you think that the son of the pharmacist family killed your wife?" Li Shimin hesitated for a moment and was about to continue something, when the voice of Gonggong Zhang came from outside.
"Your Majesty, Lord Changsun, Lord Wei, and Lord Wei Chi ask to see you."
"Auxiliary, Wei Zheng, Jingde? Why did the three of them get here together? Let them in. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng, plus Wei Chi Jingde. It is not common for two civil servants and a military general to come together to meet them.
Generally, this happened in wartime, and most of them were summoned by Li Shimin on his own initiative. But the three of them came today for another purpose.
"Meet Your Majesty." After the three of them came in, they first noticed Fang Xuanling, who was still kneeling in the hall. Then I saw that His Majesty Li Shimin was holding a palm fan at this time, standing next to Fang Xuanling.
The three of them had already roughly guessed something in their hearts, but they should meet honestly. It's rude.
"It's really rare for the three of you to come together. Why, why do you want to meet me together? ”
"This ......" The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Fang Xuanling next to him, and didn't know how to come out for the first time.
Wei Chi Jingde, who was next to him, saw that the eldest grandson Wuji was spitting, and he couldn't help it at first, and said to Li Shimin.
"Tell Your Majesty, that's it. Weichen came this time, mainly to plead for the husband. ”
"Intercession? You? Li Shimin glanced at Wei Chi Jingde strangely and asked strangely. What about you and Wei Zheng, the two of you? ”
"Weichen and General Wei Chi came for the same purpose."
"So is Wechen."
"All three of you came to intercede for Mrs. Fang? Auxiliary machine and Wei Zheng The two of you have some friendship with Xuan Ling, and I can understand that you came to intercede.
Jingde, what's wrong with you? Didn't your group of people laugh at Xuan Ling for being afraid of guilt when they had nothing to do, and there was actually Cheng Biting Jin, and he was the one who laughed at him every time? Why are you still here to intercede for Xuan Ling now? ”
"Your Majesty...... In fact, Cheng Biting Jin, that guy is also coming to intercede today. But I met Weichen halfway, and after asking Weichen's purpose, I ran back, and I just came.
I don't know why Lord Changsun and Lord Wei are not, but Jingde came to intercede this time. Mainly because Mrs. Fuzhong wants to intercede for Mrs. Fang......... Cheng Biting Jin, that guy came to intercede just now, also because of the lady in his house. ”
"What about the two of you? It's all because of the lady in the house? ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. After Mrs. Weichen heard about the husband's affairs in the early morning, she found Weichen as soon as possible. Reassure Weichen that Mrs. Fang is definitely not the kind of murderous murderer.
That's why Wei Chen came to plead with His Majesty. ”
The eldest grandson Wuji nodded and said to Li Shimin.
However, the only one who is Wei Zheng Wei is different from the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde.
The eldest grandson, Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde, were both from the Qin Palace, so it is understandable that their wife and Mrs. Fang are familiar with each other. But Wei Zheng is not a person from the Qin Palace, if Mrs. Wei Zheng knew Mrs. Fang, then Li Shimin would be suspicious.
"Your Majesty, the old minister came to intercede, not because of the husband in the house. Instead, I feel that this case does have many issues worth scrutinizing.
If the facts of the case are prematurely decided, the real killers may go unpunished. ”
"Questions? Wei Zheng: What do you think is wrong with this case? ”
Although the old minister only took a general look at the twists and turns of the case, there were two points in it, and the old minister was very suspicious.
The first point is why did Mrs. Fang surrender?
In the twists and turns, it was clearly written that Mrs. Fang's own reason for killing Rao was because the five superintendent imperial historians had jointly impeached Prime Minister Fang, so they were resentful and killed people. This reason does seem reasonable.
But Your Majesty, the five overseers are not all dead. After killing only three, he surrendered himself, which is completely unreasonable? Why didn't Mrs. Fang surrender after killing all the five overseers?
The second is what Weichen feels most puzzled. It is clear in the chapter that Lord Zeng and Lord Yang were killed. It's all at night. The housekeeper went to ask the two overseers out of the house, and then killed them.
But if I were the two Inspectors of Imperial History, wouldn't I doubt it? The wife of the prime minister of the dynasty made an appointment with her alone at night, and it was still in Hepingfang, as well as in places like Wufu, where there had been an accident.
It's ridiculous, no matter how stupid the old minister is, he will find a way to let someone accompany him. How could it be possible to go to a one-man meeting with the househusband alone.
So Lao Chen was thinking, among them, either Mrs. Fang was the murderer, but the real situation of the case was messing up.
Either that........ Mrs. Fang was not a murderer, and there was another person who killed the three Inspectors of the Imperial History.
And this person is also very trusted by Lord Zeng and Yang Darao. At least that's the kind of trust that allows the two to come out and meet alone. ”
"Your Majesty, what Lord Wei said is extremely true, and Weichen thinks the same."
"Your Majesty, Jingde thinks so too."
After Wei Zheng finished, the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde immediately stood up and responded to the peace. After all, as long as he completes his husband's task, since Wei Zheng can find a reason, it is of course the best.
After listening to what Wei Zheng said, Li Shimin nodded slightly. Then he looked at Fang Xuanling, who was still kneeling on the ground. Finally, he walked back behind his desk and faced the four people below.
"In that case, Wei Zheng, I will order you to be responsible for investigating this case thoroughly. I will ask Sun Fujia of Dali Temple and Li Zhiyan of Chang'an to assist you.
As for Fang Xuanling, I know your mood now, but you are not allowed to meddle in this case. Everything has to wait for Wei Zheng to investigate thoroughly and make a decision. Got it? ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Fang Xuanling knew that this was already the best result he could get. And His Majesty put Wei Zheng in charge of investigating the case, plus Sun Fujia and Li Zhiyan. Fang Xuanling believes that even if he doesn't participate, these three people will definitely be able to figure out all the problems in this case.
"Xuanling, obey orders."
"But Wei Zheng, I don't want you to drag this case on for too long. Within five days at most, you have to get to the bottom of it, you know? ”
"The old minister knows, Your Majesty."