Chapter 806: Rumors and Cross-Examination
The cause of Xiao Liang's death was not difficult to investigate, the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple checked it separately, and soon determined that he killed him, and the murder weapon was the dagger inserted in his chest.
The autopsy was all very experienced, and it was examined by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple respectively, so there should be no possibility of mistakes or deliberate confusion, of course, the main thing is that Xiao Liang had no other wounds on his body except for the knife wound on his chest, and there was no sign of poisoning, so he quickly judged that he died of a knife wound and was killed by him.
There is a difference between the wound cut caused by suicide and homicide, but this kind of more professional knowledge was not explained to the Dejun Wang and his wife, of course, even if they wanted to explain, the Dejun Princess probably didn't have the heart to listen.
She had long thought that Xiao Liang had died of homicide, so it was naturally not strange that she had heard what she had said at this time, if she had told her that Xiao Liang had died by suicide, she would have to be angry.
Her son is alive and well, what to do to commit suicide!
The people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple quickly presented the autopsy report to Emperor Hui, who was furious when he saw it and ordered them to find the murderer as soon as possible.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there is a murder at the root of the Imperial City, is this worth it? dared to commit murder under his nose, didn't he just take him as the emperor in his eyes!
Emperor Hui felt that his majesty had been challenged, and ordered the people of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to solve the case as soon as possible.
After the criminal department Shangshu and Dali Siqing left the palace, they both had a bitter face.
This case is really difficult to investigate, and there is no other evidence to be found except that it was confirmed that it was killed.
Last night, the wind and snow were too big, all traces seemed to be buried, and the murder weapon that killed Xiao Liang was just an ordinary dagger, and there was no difference, and the boys who drank flower wine with Xiao Liang last night, and their entourage, also asked someone, but they didn't ask anything.
These people have very clear alibi evidence, Xiao Liang left the flower building, but they never left, and the girls in the flower building can testify.
They are all people with heads and faces, and none of them are easy to offend, and it is very difficult for the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing.
But no matter how difficult it is, this case has to be handled, the emperor personally gave an order, how dare they neglect their duties, so as soon as they came out of the palace, they went separately.
At the same time that the Criminal Department and Dali Temple were busy with this case, there were two rumors in Beijing, one was that Xiao Liang was killed by Lu Zheng to vent his personal anger, and the other was that Xiao Liang was killed by King Rui, because Xiao Liang had made King Rui angry because of his personal interests, and King Rui had always been angry about it, and then he was angry, so he secretly sent someone to kill Xiao Liang.
As soon as these two rumors came out, there was a discussion in Beijing.
The people didn't understand the deep meaning, but most of the courtiers understood that such rumors were not just rumors, but more likely that the prince's faction and King Rui's faction were fighting the law.
The rumors that should have caused an uproar did not cause much splash because the families were silent, but others could pretend not to know, but the Criminal Department and Dali Temple couldnnot.
Such rumors, the emperor will definitely get the news, it doesn't matter if the emperor gets the news, the important thing is that he will definitely ask them for questioning, maybe Lu Zheng and King Rui for questioning, at this time, if they pretend not to know anything, they will inevitably be angered by the emperor, so after thinking about it, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Dali Siqing still gritted their teeth and went to the Huguo Mansion and the Rui Wangfu respectively for questioning.
When they went to the Protector's Mansion, Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing still had a little bottom in their hearts, because they knew that the Lu family was not a family that bullied people and was unreasonable, even if they were angry, they would not be too embarrassed, as long as they had a clear attitude, were polite, and only said that it was a routine matter to ask, it should not matter.
And the truth was as they expected, when they arrived at the Lu family, although the Lu family was not happy, they did not anger them, what they asked, Lu Zheng answered cooperatively.
To tell the truth, Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing don't believe that people were killed by Lu Zheng, but the rumors outside are like that, they always have to come over and ask, even if it is a formality, now seeing that Lu Zheng is frank and open, he is not afraid of the lack of heart, and his heart can't help but be more biased towards Lu Zheng.
Leaving the Protector's Mansion, the two went to the Ruiwang Mansion together.
But this time, their hearts were not as relaxed as when they went to the Protector's Mansion.
King Rui has a quick temper, which is known to the whole dynasty, King Rui's temper has come up, and even his own grandfather Wang Shangshu can be scared, not to mention them?
As a result, to the surprise of the two of them, the two of them went to the Ruiwang Mansion in fear, and they were even treated with courtesy?!
King Rui cooperated to make the Criminal Department Shangshu and Dali Siqing think that they had gone to the wrong door and asked the wrong person?
King Rui's attitude is really a little strange, and he can't help but arouse the suspicion of Shangshu and Dali Siqing of the Criminal Department, but both of them have been officials for many years and are well versed in the way of officialdom.
Without evidence, they will not say that they doubt him in front of King Rui, and there are some things that they just need to know in their hearts.
After asking, King Rui naturally had sufficient alibi evidence, so the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing also said goodbye and left.
After sending the two of them away, the smile on King Rui's face immediately disappeared cleanly, and was replaced by a face full of anger, "This Wang Zhongsu and Zhao Yang really took chicken feathers as arrows, thinking that with the support of their father, they dared to interrogate this king, what a big boldness!" ”
When the subordinates next to them heard this, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to say more, and they all hung their heads low, hoping that King Rui wouldn't notice their existence.
King Rui said that the criminal department Shangshu and Dali Siqing took chicken feathers as arrows, if this word reached the emperor's ears, I was afraid that it would be possible to treat him for a big disrespectful crime, who didn't know that the criminal department Shangshu and Dali Siqing were ordered by the emperor to handle the case, Rui Wang said that they were holding chicken feathers, this is not the emperor's order compared to chicken feathers!
If you say such a big rebellion, King Rui dares to say it!
Thanks to Wang Depu, he has already left, if he is here at this moment, I am afraid that he will make King Rui angry again.
King Rui was already angry, after the death of Princess Rui, his temper became even worse, and there was no one in the palace who was not afraid of him, and at this time he was obviously unhappy, and naturally no one dared to touch his moldy head.
And King Rui scolded himself twice, probably not thinking it was interesting, so he stopped scolding, raised his feet and left the front hall, and went to the back study.