Chapter 168: A Scene
With a shout from Gonggong Zhang, everyone in front of the Ganlu Hall knelt on the ground and greeted His Majesty Li Shimin.
"Flatten. Dear Aiqing, I have summoned you here today. It was because Chang'an ordered Li De to solve the case of the murder of the three inspectors a few days ago.
Because Li De Award insisted on letting the hundred officials hear the trial, I called you here to listen to Li De Award judge the murderer.
Li De Award, has the murderer been caught? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has caught the murderer."
"Very good, you all stand on both sides, Li De Award you should come forward with the murderer."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Li Zhiyan took Miss Wu, Old Man Wu and Lord Song to pass through among the hundred officials. After standing still, Miss Wu, Old Man Wu and Lord Song fell to their knees, and Li Zhiyan stood in front of them, waiting for Li Shimin's orders.
"Isn't the murderer Xuan Ling's wife?"
"Not really, Your Majesty. Mrs. Fang misunderstood her mother's son and nephew because of various coincidences, so she turned herself in.
And the real murderers are the three behind Weichen. ”
"Three people? All three were involved in the killing? Could it be that the three dead superintendents killed one by one? ”
"Your Majesty, in fact, things are far more complicated than what we see. The three offenders were not convicted of the same crime. But it has a close relationship with the death of several overseers of the imperial history. That's why I said that all three of them were murderers.
And tell Your Majesty that it was actually this murder, and there were four superintendents who were killed. The Lord Han, whose throat was cut off by a tile, was also killed, not by accident. ”
"Oh? It looks like the case is still complicated. Okay, Sun Fujia, since Li Dexian's words are so true, you should let Mrs. Fang go first. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sun Fujia hurriedly opened the shackles of Mrs. Fang on the side, and then stepped aside.
"Alright, you can start interrogating, Li Dexian."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Li Zhiyan stood a little to the side, and then arched his hand to His Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince, and the hundred officials, and began this interrogation.
"Wechen is today before the trial of the murder of the four overseers. Another case will be tried here first.
No one came to complain to Weichen in this case, and even Weichen didn't know that there was this case at first. But in the process of investigation, Weichen accidentally discovered this case, and this case happened before the death of the four overseers of the imperial history.
According to the order of first come, first served, no matter how it is said, Wei Chen should first try the previous case clearly before he can continue to try the case of the murder of the four overseers of the imperial history. ”
"Virtue Award, what is this case you are talking about?"
"Zeng Kemin, Yang Fu, Han Zhongqing, Song Xiuyong, Wu Menggui, the case of rape of ** woman."
"These five, not ........"
"Yes, it's the four overseers who died, plus the Lord Song who is kneeling in front of Your Majesty and you now. And it is no coincidence that Wechen was able to discover this hidden case.
In fact, the four overseers who died had a common characteristic when they died. Even in the place where they died, there would be a pair of white candles, standing not far from the corpse. Except for Han Zhongqing, who was killed by tiles.
These four pairs of white candles were deliberately placed near the corpse by the murderer, and the placement was very clever and had a certain pattern.
The white candle of Lord Zeng was placed on the west side of the well where Lord Zeng drowned. Lord Wu's was on his charred desk. The desk faces south, and the same pair of white candles are on the south side.
Lord Yang was buried alive by the murderer after his death, and the pair of white candles were next to Lord Yang's corpse, with no specific location. But I think that's supposed to be pointing to the middle.
Although Lord Han's white candle was not in the place where he died, Wei Chen found that after Lord Han's death, on the west side of the courtyard above Lord Wu's mansion, there was suddenly a pair of white candles standing by the wall. ”
"Does this have anything to do with the case you said Li Zhiyan?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the side didn't understand, and asked Li Zhiyan.
"At first, Wei Chen always thought that it might be some kind of formation or evil magic, or a killing ritual. Five people need to be killed, and then white candles are placed in four directions in the south, east, west, and west according to the ritual.
But in the end, Wechen found that Wechen was wrong. It's not a ritual, but it's just a ....... It's just a scenario. ”
"Scenes? What scenario? ”
"In fact, if according to the murderer's thinking, the murderer killed four people, then there is still a white candle in the last position. That is, the white candle in the east.
I think that the white candle in the east position may have been left by the murderer for you, Lord Song, right? It's just that the murderer hasn't succeeded yet.
After the five directions are complete, next to each direction, we will add the four dead Inspector Yushi Lords, by the way, and the Song Lords in the east who are not dead........
I don't know if these adults can cooperate? ”
Li Zhiyan walked to the side and pointed to the five officials on the edge. These officials did not have a big official position, and after His Majesty nodded, they stood up and cooperated with Li Zhiyan's actions.
Li Zhiyan asked the five people to stand in the southeast, northwest, and middle, each of them separated a little distance, and then the four people in the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and northwest all faced the middle.
"It's ....... Anything is there? ”
"Of course there's nothing left now. However, I would like to ask Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and all of you to imagine that the few of you standing right now are the five Masters of the Imperial Historian that I just mentioned.
Standing in the north is Zeng Kemin, in the south is Wu Menggui, in the west is Han Zhongqing, and in the east is Song Xiuyong. Standing in the middle is Yang Fu, and ....... A woman who was coerced by Yang Fu to commit adultery. ”
Li Zhiyan said, walked in front of the official who was placed in the middle, and then sat on the ground, as if he was raped by the person in the middle.
"If you are the woman who is being coerced and forced to commit adultery, will you remember this scene very well? Especially where are the several overseers standing at this time? ”
Li Zhiyan looked up at the extremely embarrassed official standing in front of him. He smiled at the corners of his mouth.
"By the way, and the white candles........
I went to ask the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion about the shop that he often buys, and I learned that there is a bad problem with Lord Wu, who supervises the imperial history. I never liked to use oil lamps for lighting, only candles.
And I like that kind of white candle the most, and I don't know why Lord Wu is. I just like it anyway.
Okay, and with the white candles, you can go ahead and imagine it. A woman was forcibly ** sexualized, and four other people were watching. At the same time, at night, white candles are lit in the house.
You can imagine for yourselves, that is, imagine yourself as the woman who was raped by the five overseers of the imperial history. After this kind of scene, when you want to kill someone, will you put white candles next to the corpses of these beasts according to their positions? ”