Chapter 21: Surrender
Just when the forces of all parties were turbulent, a man with a pale face and a sturdy body rang the bell and drum of Dali Temple with red eyes, saying that he wanted to tell the person who assassinated the prince's left minister, and only waited for Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and King Ning to arrive in Qi before he was willing to tell the details.
After getting the news, Xiao Mufeng got up to say goodbye, turned over and rushed to the direction of Dali Temple after leaving the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, Lin Qingzhi took the water and poured it on the stone inkstone, picked up the pine smoke ink and slowly grinded it, and waited for the ink to seep into the entire inkstone, took the wolf pen and dipped the ink on the silk and slowly drew a half-moon-shaped pattern on the silk, meditated for a moment and waited for the black ink to dry before folding it into the wide white thorn gold sleeves.
Since the emperor ordered the assassination more than ten days ago to be investigated by Xiao Mufeng, the king of Ning, and Dali Temple, because the relationship is important and involves the prince and high-ranking officials, and in order to avoid suspicion, Xiao Mufeng reported the holy will, and the emperor ordered the assassination to be tried by the three divisions of Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The man who came from the first accusation really didn't say a word since he was brought into the cell of the Criminal Department, and it was not until an hour later that Xing Yuan, the Qing of Dali Temple, Xiao Mufeng, the king of Ning, Zhou Shixiu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zuo Yuhuai, the imperial historian of the Duchayuan, arrived in Qi, and were taken to the interrogation hall to tell the whole story.
According to this man, his surname is Gu Chengxuan, he has been an orphan since he was a child, he has been taught martial arts by a master after being adopted at the age of five, until he was brought to the capital at the age of fourteen, and has been loyal to the prince since then, and is a rare assassination master under the prince, he got the prince's order a month ago to assassinate Xiao Mulin, the king of Ning, and Lin Chengde, the left minister, I thought that my life would be like this, anyway, I was used to this dark life, but I met a woman a year ago, and the love between the two was privately decided for life, What's even more rare is that the woman has his Gu Chengxuan's blood in her belly, for the sake of the woman and the future child originally wanted to change her face and live in seclusion in the countryside, the prince also agreed to his request and promised that this time was his last action, which expected that after the failure of the action, the prince was afraid of disaster and cut down the grass and roots, the other brothers died tragically, the beloved woman and the unborn child were also killed, and now he is also in danger, desperate with the mentality of a dead fish and a broken net, he came to Dali Temple to accuse the prince of murdering the prince's own brother and the pillar of the court.
Xing Yuan, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Zhou Shixiu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, both have very experienced experience in investigating cases, and they are naturally perfect in the interrogation and questioning skills of witnesses, but after asking about the whole thing and all the circumstances, this Gu Chengxuan could not find any flaws in what he said.
The blurred chess game, what is the truth, how many people are involved in it and become chess pieces, and the fog in front of you is like a fog in the sky, even if you wipe your eyes, you can't see the truth.
At this moment, Lin Qingzhi is leisurely feeding an eagle with pure white fur and eyes in the Zuo Xiang's mansion, which is a rare variety of Haidongqing among the eagles raised by Lin Qingji since childhood, and it is said that only one Haidongqing is produced by 100,000 eagles, which shows that it is very valuable.
I saw that this sturdy white animal was pecking at Lin Qingzhi's hand with its sharp beak, and in a moment a handful of red meat was eaten by it, and then stretched its neck and shook its wings, rubbing its white wings against Lin Qingzhi's arm, as if coquettish.
This Haidongqing's name is Bai Yu, which was given by Mr. Xuanji when Lin Qingji was a child, and has been following it for ten years, which is naturally of great significance. In an emergency, you can also replace the carrier pigeon to help deliver important news, but the Lin family brothers and sisters rarely let Bai Yu do these things, I saw Lin Qingzhi whispered a few words to Bai Yu, Bai Yu seemed to understand, after getting the order, rubbed his head against the white dress and flew up and disappeared into the field of vision, Lin Qingzhi's eyes looked at the direction in which Bai Yu flew away and did not retract for a long time, and finally let out a sigh and walked back to the house slowly.
The sun is setting, the sky is so silent that there is only the rustle of the wind blowing through the leaves, tomorrow is the day of the triage of the three divisions, and without getting definite evidence, Lin Qingzhi always feels a little unsettled in her heart.
Originally, Lin Chengde proposed to go to the cell of Dali Temple to see who the confessed person was, so that the three divisions could not find a flaw, but after a while, this proposal was stopped by Lin Qingzhi, since the person who is willing to die and want to pull the prince into the water, must have made all preparations before going to Dali Temple, and he can't ask for more information, as long as there is one thing that can be sure, he can pull the Wu Guoyang brothers and sisters who stayed out of the matter during the trial.
In the dark night, the dim and dilapidated cell was filled with all kinds of complex and unpleasant smells, but the prisoner in the innermost cell was a little unusual, he did not either shout loudly like the others, or cry wantonly, and did not show the decadence of a dying man, but sat peacefully on the straw mattress with clear eyes. Hearing a click, the iron door opened, and a man dressed as a black jailer brought food and a kettle, and said slowly: "I didn't expect that people who are dying can still be treated so well, it's really against common sense" After that, he brought four small dishes and a pot of wine and put them in front of the prisoner.
Seeing that the prisoner didn't mean to move, he grabbed a few plates of food and stuffed it into his mouth and said: "Don't worry about poison now, there is also wine, I will also try to show you, if it weren't for His Royal Highness King Ning's mercy on your miserable experience, you can't help but be a man, but you don't have such a good treatment." ”
The jailer reached out and picked up the wine jug and poured it, but accidentally spilled it on the prisoner's entire arm, and when he saw the miss, he immediately reached out and pulled up the prisoner's sleeve, and the moment he saw the crescent moon pattern, his eyes flashed a glimmer of light and quickly recovered as before, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, damn Sun San'er, I dropped my wine again" and walked away, but the jailer didn't see the moment he looked down and saw the tattoo, and a dark smile flashed on the prisoner's face.
The night was as dark as ink, Lin Qingzhi sat quietly in front of the bookcase, a few dim lights shone on Lin Qingzhi's side face, flickering bright and dark, but Lin Qingzhi was not sleepy at all, and her hands were unconsciously clasped on the table.
When the east was white, and the first rays of morning light slowly rose from the sky, the white dots above the sky gradually became larger and flew to Yayuan, hearing the sound of flapping wings, Lin Qingzhi walked quickly to the door and opened it, Bai Yu held a thin piece of paper in his mouth, and saw the white feather after seeing the master stood on Lin Qingzhi's shoulder like an invitation, and his head was raised and rubbed on the master's somewhat pale cheeks.
After appeasing Bai Yu and ordering someone to bring food to treat Bai Yu, Lin Qingzhi opened a small piece of paper, but with only a few words, it swept Lin Qingzhi's sad face and smiled instantly.
Lin Qingzhi, who specially asked Zhi Enzhu to attend the trial of the three divisions as a victim, wore a goose-yellow brocade dress and a long skirt and went out of the mansion with Lin Qingji and Lin's father in a carriage in the direction of Dali Temple.
In order to highlight the majesty of the law of the Jin Kingdom, and to make Princess Singh, who is about to marry the royal family of the Jin Kingdom, be familiar with the laws of the Jin Kingdom, the Yang brothers and sisters are specially invited to attend the trial.
So the sensational assassination case of the assassination of the prince and important ministers that was heard in the streets and alleys is about to usher in a trial.