Lord He was immediately dissatisfied, strode into the room where the crime occurred, and asked as he walked: "What kind of eyes do you two look at me, this official is the first to find the body, is it possible to suspect that I am the murderer?" ”

"In a locked room murder case, there is a real possibility that the informant is the murderer." Jiang Xie walked over slowly, looked directly at him, and said coldly: "Lord He, don't be nervous, just ask questions according to the rules, and those who are clear will clear themselves, aren't they?" ”

Lord He looked at Jiang Xie, and then recalled the day of the crime: "Last night, the official was in the government office to handle official business, and he returned until evening, just to complete the errand assigned by the saint, I didn't even eat......

"To the point." Jiang Xie interrupted the story he had told from last night with a blank expression.

Lord He pursed his lips and continued dissatisfiedly: "Just after the end of this morning, I came to the Hanlin Academy, and Lord Shan entered the door with my front and back feet, I went to the Imperial Hall, the classic hall he went to, and saw the Kochi Mansion chatting with him on the road, and then Gu Jinwen, the shopkeeper of the largest calligraphy and painting house on the street, personally came to send an inkstone to Lord Shan, stayed for a short time and left, and then the Yecheng Governor also left. ”

"The subordinates of the Imperial Hall can prove that I didn't go out in the hall, until about four o'clock in the morning, I went to the Classics Hall to transfer some literature and history, and went to the Classics Hall with other officials who needed literature and history, and the door was bolted back inside, and it took us a lot of effort to open the door, and we saw Master Shan hanging there."

Jiang Xie asked: "Are you sure that after Shopkeeper Gu and the Kochi Mansion left, the doors and windows of the Shan Dacai were closed and hanged at four o'clock?" ”

"This official is not so idle, I just took a quick look in the courtyard, you go and ask the others may be able to ask when the two of them left." Lord He hurriedly explained.

Huo Yijun listened to the conversation between them and extracted key information from it.

First, Mr. He has a witness to make an alibi, so suspicion can be ruled out for the time being.

Second, before he died, the deceased had seen the Kochi Mansion and the shopkeeper Gu who sent the inkstone.

Jiang Xie then arranged for the body of the deceased to be transported back to the Qing Zheng Division, and the relevant people gathered in a room for interrogation.

The room of the interrogation was a hall, and a screen divided the hall, and Xiang Xiu and many adults were in the front hall, Jiang Xie and Huo Yijun, and Lord He stood in the inner room behind the screen to listen.

"Around the end of the day, what are the adults doing? What do you see or hear? ”

"I took care of the shopkeeper and left first, and then the Kochi Mansion, that is, at about three o'clock in the morning, the Hanlin Yuan was Mao Zheng Yingmao, and I happened to be late at that time, so I took a look at them and watched them leave."

"There was a fire in the kitchen at three o'clock, and I went to put out the fire and was not in the front yard, so I didn't know anything."

"From the hour to the hour, several of us have been waiting for the edict hall to write the edict, and we have never left, and those few have been writing since last night, and Lord He has been with us throughout the whole process."

Xiang Xiu asked the old man who was cleaning the courtyard again: "What did you find?" ”

"I should be the first to work in the morning of the Hanlin Academy, it snowed last night, I picked up the broom and my grandson in the front yard to clear the snow in front of the edict hall and the book hall, just swept the snow except for me and my grandson did not find other people's footprints, and then one after another adults should respond, at three o'clock I saw the Kochi Mansion successively Gu shopkeeper left."

He paused, and then suddenly remembered: "The Kochi Mansion came and went back later, stood at the door of the book hall and looked in, and after standing for a while, he left, and it was strange that he didn't enter the door." ”

Xiang Xiu asked again: "What else have you discovered?" ”

The crowd looked at each other and fell silent.

Just as he was about to finish his questioning, an official said timidly, "I hear the sound of tiles breaking, does that count?" ”

"Count! And yet! Xiangxiu's tone was a little excited.

The official said: "Just after three o'clock, I saw Master Shan opening the window, I asked him why he wanted to open the window in the cold weather, he ignored me, and then I left." ”

After asking, all the officials went back to each other, and went to the inner room to sort out the adults inside.

"My lord, now it can be determined that the deceased is still alive at three o'clock, Lord He hanged himself at four o'clock, leaving only one moment for the murderer to commit the murder, and the murderer is very likely to hide his whereabouts from the roof and sneak into the Hanlin Courtyard, and his subordinates apply to go to the room to check!"

Jiang Xie said 'um', turned around and walked away like a gust of wind.

Lord He also chased after him: "Hey, Lord Xiang, be careful, don't step on my tiles!" ”

Jiang Xie walked up, and suddenly found that no one was following behind him, so he turned around: "What is Master Huo looking at, why don't you go outside to take a look?" ”