Jing Yi's face did not show the slightest surprise, and slowly twisted a piece of osmanthus cake and threw it into his mouth: "I have heard about this matter, but it is just a dead minion, I don't want to dirty my eyes, and I don't bother to care." ”

Xun Xuan looked at Jing Yi lightly, and her tone was slightly unhappy: "But yesterday was my sister's longevity, but there was a murder suddenly, and now people outside are rumoring that my sister's soul is killing people indiscriminately, if the emperor doesn't care, the prestige of the queen mother is only afraid that she will be humiliated, and it will not be good to stain the face of the royal family at that time." ”

Jing Yi squinted, raised his eyes and stared at Xun Xuan fixedly, this woman in front of him was really a good mouth, Xun Xuan was able to teach such a sister, it was really unexpected for him.

Jing Yi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then threw the pastry in his hand into the plate and stood up: "Let's go, go and have a look." ”

……

When Xun Xuan and Jing Yi arrived, the small bamboo forest was lively, and everyone said a word, and the spearhead was all pointed at Xun Zhi.

Jing Yi realized that he had been deceived by Xun Xuan after listening to two sentences, where was the first queen mother to talk about in this rumor, it was clearly Xun Zhi.

But Xun Xuan reversed black and white, and deceived Jing Yi here in a few words, which was intended to ask Jing Yi to testify for her.

Jing Yijian's eyebrows twisted slightly, and his cold eyes fell on Xun Xuan's body, as if he was investigating the crime of bullying the king.

But Xun Xuan didn't give Jing Yi more time to pursue the matter, strode forward, and said loudly: "The emperor is here, you people don't stop talking quickly, be careful of polluting the holy hearing." ”

When the courtiers heard this, they immediately stopped, and when they turned around, they saw Jing Yi's bright dragon robe that was particularly eye-catching, and their hearts trembled for a moment, and a group of people knelt on the ground without thinking about it.

Jing Yi is ready to send at the moment, and he has to take care of this murder if he doesn't want to.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Jing Yi's clear voice sounded, and his tone was full of majesty.

"Your Majesty! You can ask for tens of millions of people to make the decision, this person in charge of things was fine during the day yesterday, but he didn't return at night, and he found that the person was gone early this morning, which is really pitiful. Liu said sadly while wiping away tears.

Jing Yi quietly instructed the eunuch on the side: "Go and invite Dali Siqing over, let him bring the body back, and try the case." ”

"Yes!" When the eunuch received the order, he went down to do his errands.

Jing Yi turned his eyes to look at the Liu family again, and his tone was much more relaxed: "Mrs. Liu, this case has been handed over to Dali Temple for trial, since it is a murder case that happened during the sacrifice of the Empress Dowager, I will definitely investigate it to the end, and I will not tarnish the holy name of the Empress Dowager." ”

The implication in Jing Yi's words was that the Liu family should not pursue it further and make the matter bigger, so as not to affect the prestige of the royal family.

But the Liu family is a woman's family in the end, and unlike the courtiers who accompany the monarch all day long, they naturally can't understand the deep meaning.

I saw that the Liu clan wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said: "The concubine heard that Xun Zhi did not return overnight yesterday, and then found the body of the steward early this morning, and I don't know what happened last night?" ”

After that, Liu raised his eyes slightly and looked at Xun Zhi meaningfully, and the meaning in his eyes was very obvious.

Xun Xuan walked out of the crowd calmly when she heard the voice, and looked at Liu with an indifferent face: "Second uncle, Ah Zhi was indeed not in the room last night, but Ah Zhi has nothing to do with the death of the steward. ”

Liu looked at Xun Xuan with an angry face: "Although Aunt Lan is just a minion, she has been by my side for many years, and I can't watch her die without knowing what to do with her master and servant, Ah Zhi, I know that you have an old grudge against Aunt Lan, but you can't be so ruthless!" ”

Xun Xuan looked at Liu indifferently, and said lightly: "Second uncle, Ah Zhi knows that you are not used to seeing me, but this matter really has nothing to do with me, and I ask my aunt not to wronged a good person." ”

Liu Shi snorted coldly and bit hard: "Okay, since you said that this matter has nothing to do with you, then you can tell me, where did you go last night?" ”

Xun Xuan opened her mouth and glanced at Jing Yi beside her, but stopped talking.

Liu sneered: "Look, you can't tell it, right?" ”

"The murderer is Xun Zhi! She must have done something unseemly last night, and she was caught by Aunt Lan, so she killed the killer! Liu said.

After all, Xun Zhi didn't want to reveal where she was last night, a girl who didn't leave the pavilion didn't sleep in the middle of the night, wandering outside, which was suspicious no matter how you looked at it.

Xun Xuan lowered her eyes and didn't speak, and Jing Yi on the side was silent.

The situation was one-sided, and at this time, a crisp female voice suddenly came from behind the crowd: "Ah Zhi was in my house last night, and I pulled her to my house to accompany me, is Mrs. Liu dissatisfied with this matter?" ”

Liu Shi was stunned, and when she saw that the person who came was Fu Rongrong, her face suddenly sank, for Fu Rongrong, she was a little jealous in her heart, this Fu Rongrong and Xun Zhi were breathing out of their nostrils.

"I said, Mrs. Liu, the people from Dali Temple haven't come yet, and you are so anxious to convict Ah Zhi? Your ability is very unusual, you can convict a murder without Dali Temple yourself, so what is the use of Dali Temple in the future? Or is it ...... Mrs. Liu thinks that the officials of Dali Temple are not as far-sighted as you, a woman and a Taoist family? ”

Fu Rongrong did not have the slightest politeness to the Liu family in and out of her words, and the words were-for-tat, and the Liu family was terrified.

"Miss Fu, the women know that you and A Zhi have always been good friends, but you can't protect A Zhi so much, it's a human life, you have to help Xun Zhi clear her suspicion with your empty white teeth, it's really too deceitful!" As soon as Liu's words changed, he gave Fu Rongrong the name of protecting criminals.

Fu Rongrong's face sank, and a delicate and beautiful face instantly flashed a cold light: "Does Mrs. Liu suspect that I am an accomplice?" ”

"The women don't dare!" Liu said that he didn't dare, but his face was full of suspicion.

The atmosphere was stalemate for a while, Fu Rongrong and Liu insisted on their own words, but Jing Yi never said a word.

Xun Xuan was standing on the side of the old god, with no fear on his face, and he was not in a hurry to defend himself.

She wants to see how Liu's play this scene today will end up.

……

The matter became bigger and bigger, Jing Yi simply ordered the body to be carried to the courtyard, and everyone stood under the corridor, waiting for the arrival of Dali Temple.

As a result, Dali Temple did not arrive, but An Sheng hurriedly arrived first.

"An Shangshu, what are you busy with? Why hasn't it been until now? The meaning of criticism in Jing Yi's words was very obvious, An Sheng's wife had been making trouble here for a long time, and An Sheng didn't say anything to take care of it.

An Sheng ran sweating profusely, and he also woke up early in the morning and heard that the Liu family had picked up Aunt Lan's body, and he was so angry that he almost fainted.

An Sheng guessed that the people from Dali Temple would interrogate, so he thought of his rhetoric in advance, and then dared to come out, after all, he ordered the person to be killed, and he was weaker than anyone else.

"It's too late for the lower officials, and I ask the emperor for forgiveness!"

Jing Yi didn't ask any more questions, just glanced at the Liu family and motioned to An Sheng.

An Sheng comprehended, hurriedly stepped forward, pointed at Liu's and scolded: "What are you a woman and a Taoist family blindly mixed in? ”

An Sheng usually speaks in a good voice and is angry, I have never seen him so angry as today, Liu Shi is both aggrieved and unwilling in his heart, An Sheng actually turned his elbow out today, what kind of medicine did he take wrong?

But when he thought that Lan Gu lost her life because of following Xun Zhi, Liu's heart was very unhappy, no matter what, Xun Zhi had to pay some price for this, so that Lan Gu would not lose her life in vain, and Liu's heart could be more balanced.

"Master, this Aunt Lan has been diligent by my side for so many years, and if she says no, it will be gone, how can I stand it?" Liu tugged at An Sheng's sleeve and cried.

An Sheng impatiently pushed Liu away, and said in an indifferent tone: "It's just a subordinate, and she is not the only one by your side." ”

An Sheng picked himself clean with a word, which only made Liu's more unreasonable

As he was talking, the people from Dali Temple finally came.

He first briefly examined the corpse, and then came to the conclusion: "Your Majesty, this person was stabbed several times and bled to death, and the time of death was about last night. ”

When Dali Siqing heard this, he said: "That is the case, please allow the lower officials to interrogate everyone present." ”

Jing Yi nodded in agreement.

The interrogation is only a preliminary and simple interrogation, such as what was you doing last night, but there are witnesses, where was the person last night?

Questions like this, everyone just follow a procedure.

After a round of questions, most people had no questions, and the suspicions were locked on Xun Xuan, Fu Rongrong, An Sheng, and Zhu Taishi.

Because before Lan Gu died last night, he only had contact with these four people, of course, including Zhao Wang Jingying, who was not present for interrogation.

However, the most suspicious person is still Xun Xuan, and with Liu's confession, Xun Xuan's motive for killing is also the most reasonable.

"My lord, the little one just learned from the monks in the temple that someone saw Miss Xun haunting near the Big Buddha Hall last night." The person who spoke was an official of Dali Temple, and one sentence overturned Fu Rongrong's previous confession.

Fu Rongrong provided a false confession, which undoubtedly aggravated Xun Xuan's suspicion.

The most important thing is that Xun Xuan disappeared out of thin air during a large period of time from last night to this morning, and Dali Temple has every reason to suspect that Xun Xuan returned to hide the body after killing someone.

When Liu Shi heard this, she was immediately overjoyed, she blamed this Fu Rongrong for being nosy, but now it is even worse, she wants to see how Xun Zhi will turn over this time.

"Xun Zhi, don't you tell me honestly, what did you do last night?" Liu asked sharply.

"Xun Zhi didn't do anything to kill, other than that, there is nothing to say!" Xun Xuan said confidently.

"Your Majesty, take a look...... This girl is still unrepentant when she dies, Lan Gu must have been killed by her, you must arrest her and punish her! Liu Shi looked at Jing Yi and said viciously.

Dali Siqing: "Your Majesty, this case is full of suspicions, and the lower officials think that Miss Xun Zhi should be temporarily detained, and the truth will be investigated before being dealt with." ”

Jing Yi's cold eyes raised slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "No need. ”

Dali Siqing was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Jing Yi meant by this, but he was not in a hurry to make up his mind.

Seeing that Xun Xuan was about to be arrested and put in prison, she naturally wouldn't be patient when she was one step away, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, such a vicious person can't be tolerated!" ”