Gong Yehan gently twisted his fingers behind his back.

In any case, it is a fact that Wen Chuan appeared at the scene of the crime, and it is also a fact that he is the most suspicious.

But if you go to the prison of the Criminal Department, even if you find out afterwards, you will lose half your life if you come out again.

His lowered eyes raised again, and he said lightly: "Of course, I have to collect evidence, but if I am not mistaken, the case of death in Gyeonggi should be investigated by Jingzhao Mansion first, and after the results of the deliberation, if the death penalty is imposed, it will be submitted to the Criminal Department for review, right?" ”

Daqian implements a judicial system of three repetitions of the local death penalty and five repetitions of the death penalty in Gyeonggi.

If a criminal is sentenced to death, he should first submit it to the Criminal Department for review, and then the Criminal Department will perform it five times before it can be executed, as a sign of respect for human life.

Before Jingzhao Fu Yin did not take the initiative to hand over the case to the Criminal Department or the bitter master did not file a complaint, the Criminal Department had no right to intervene.

If the dead person is a maidservant in the palace, then Gongye Feng is the bitter master, and he can naturally move the case from Jingzhao Mansion to the Criminal Department in minutes as the bitter master.

But now, the person who died was Chen Ziyun.

Whether or not to sue the royal court depends on Chen Shiji.

"Guo Zhaoxin."

"Wechen is here."

Guo Zhaoxin, who had been standing at the back and watching, took a few steps forward and bowed his head in response.

Gong Yehan frowned slightly, this Guo Zhaoxin was really as cautious as ever.

If the emperor does not name him, he will never take the initiative to take the work.

"This case is handed over to Jingzhao Mansion to investigate, and if you dare to cheat, I will even pick up your skin."

"Yes, Weichen will go back to the government to transfer people, but it's just ......" Guo Zhao stopped talking in his heart.

"Just what?" Gong Yehan's tone was irritated.

Guo Zhaoxin continued: "It's just that it's already the third watch at this time, and Weichen has always been timid, can you ask Your Majesty to send two Imperial Forest Army soldiers to escort the ministers back to the palace?" ”

Gong Yehan snorted coldly in his heart.

Where he is timid, he doesn't want to offend either side.

With the escort of the Royal Forest Army, King Ping would not be stupid enough to send someone to intercept him halfway anyway, and hand over something that should not be delivered.

"That's right."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The door opened again, and the three of them walked out together.

Chen Shiji went in and out, as if he was ten years old.

His face was covered with tears, and his back was hunched all at once.

He knelt in front of Gongye Han and cried: "Your Majesty, Weichen has been dead for many years, and she has had such a daughter in this life, and when she goes, Weichen has completely become a lonely person, she died too miserably, too wronged, and please Your Majesty for the sake of Weichen who has been an official for several years, and has no merit and hard work, you must severely punish the murderer!" ”

Gong Yehan asked people to help him up.

Although he is a traitor who defected to King Ping, this "no merit and hard work" is a bit too shameless. But the deceased is the greatest, and Gong Yehan doesn't want to worry too much about him at this time.

Hua Yaozuo said with a lot of words: "Chen Shangshu, you have to believe Your Majesty, although this case is investigated and handled by Jingzhao Mansion, but since Your Majesty said that it will be tried by the royal court, the murderer will definitely be found, don't you feel at ease when Lord Guo handles the case?" Even if Jingzhao Mansion can't find out, you can also sue the royal court, and my criminal department will definitely not let Ling Ai die in vain. ”

Hua Yaozuo said it well, but anyone with a brain can hear the subtext.

Guo Zhaoxin's personality is known to everyone in the court.

The biggest suspect in this case is Wen Chuan, and his sister is the emperor's favorite concubine. Regardless of whether the real culprit is Wen Chuan or not, it is impossible for Guo Zhaoxin to offend Concubine Wen.

Hua Yaozuo is hinting that Chen Shiji sued the royal court and moved the case to the Criminal Department, and Wen Chuan will definitely die.

Chen Shiji is a member of the Ping Wang Party, and it stands to reason that there is no reason not to cooperate.

But although he looked sad, he did not react to these words, as if he had not heard them.

After seeing his daughter's tragic death just now, he wanted to kill Wen Chuan on the spot.

But Concubine Wen's words calmed him down.

Concubine Wen asked him, "On Chinese New Year's Eve, did you and King Peace also collude to frame Yansi." ”

It was this sentence that made him suddenly realize.

If all this is the handiwork of King Ping like Chinese New Year's Eve, then the person who really harmed Aster may not be Wen Chuan.

And his indifference also made Gongye Feng feel even more inappropriate.

It's almost the fourth watch, and during this period, some female relatives and some ministers who stayed out of the matter wanted to return to the house, but they were all rejected by Gongye Han.

Wen Ling yawned, and Gongye said coldly: "I'll let the Imperial Forest Army send you back to the palace first." ”

Wen Ling shook her head, she couldn't leave at this time.

The Guardsman's body search is finally over.

Dexi presented a gold-plated emerald and ruby hairpin.

When Chen Shiji saw the hairpin, he jumped over and snatched the hairpin with his hand. "This, this is my daughter's hairpin, which she bought on her birthday! Where is this found? ”

Inside just now, Concubine Wen also asked him if Chen Ziyun had lost her hairpin at the banquet.

But he clearly remembered that when his daughter left, she was wearing it on her head.

Dexi replied: "It was found on the body of one of the guards in the mansion." ”

The guard was twisted out by the Kingsguard.

When Gongye Feng saw the guard, he only felt a shock in his body.

The guard was escorted to Gong Yehan and knelt down, his face visibly flustered.

Gong Yehan took the hairpin from Chen Shiji's hand again, glanced at it, handed it to Wen Ling, and then asked, "How did you get this hairpin?" ”

"This ...... This is what the villain picked up, and it was picked up. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Chen Shiji pointed at him and shouted, "My daughter was still wearing this hairpin on her head when she left the table, but you said that you picked it up, so where did you pick it up?!" ”

"Yes...... It's ......"

He just looked at the hairpin and wanted to take it out for some silver afterwards. Princess Ping sent someone to tell him that there was a change in his plan, saying that he had changed a woman, but he didn't say that he had changed it was the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, he was just a young lady from an ordinary rich family.

Where did I think that the plan has changed so much and become what it is now?

He pointed to a bush not far behind him, "I picked it up there." ”

"And when did you pick it up?" Wen Ling asked.

"Yes...... It's about halfway through. ”

Wen Ling said: "Miss Chen's departure time is almost half of the hour, so it seems that when you pick up this hairpin, she should still be alive." ”

The guard nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, it must have been accidentally dropped after Miss Chen left the table, because it was dark and the villain picked up a bargain, but the person was definitely not killed by the villain!" ”

He waved his hands to defend himself, feeling that his lie was very good, and now he had calmed down, not as flustered as Fang Cai.

Wen Ling listened to his explanation, and at the same time looked carefully at the hairpin in his hand, and did not ask anything more.

After another quarter of an hour, Guo Zhaoxin came back with the people from Jingzhao Mansion.

It was now four watches, and everyone yawned and stood in the courtyard with them, waiting for the results of the preliminary autopsy.

Wen Ling was overly adrenaline-pumping because of this, and he didn't feel sleepy.

Gong Yehan's hand reached over from the side and gently held her hand.

The two of them don't know when they began to develop the habit of always working together when they encounter difficulties, and they will always hug each other when they get out of danger safely.

Wen Ling glanced at him and held it back.

This road is full of thorns, and they have to support each other to survive to the end

After another quarter of an hour, he came out and handed over the preliminarily filled corpse grid to Gong Yehan.

Dexi held the lamp, and after Gongye Han saw it, he handed it to Wen Ling.

Wen Ling only glanced at it, and then found what he wanted to see.

She said to the guard, "According to the results of the autopsy, Miss Chen's time of death is Hai Shizheng, as the palace said before, when you picked up the hairpin, Miss Chen was still alive. ”

The guard was originally worried that the people of Jingzhao Mansion would find some evidence against him, but now he was relieved to hear Wen Ling say this.

On the other side, King Ping and Hua Yaozuo finally stopped tense.

As long as this guard can get away with it, the only suspect is Wen Chuan.

"Yes, yes, the villain didn't lie, and asked His Majesty and the concubine to know clearly."

Wen Ling's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said sharply: "In that case, why is there blood stains on this hairpin?!" ”

The guard was so shocked that he pulled out the hairpin and put it in his arms without looking closely, so he found no blood.

Chen Shiji saw that he was at a loss, and he was even more sure that he was lying before.

If the daughter was killed by this guard, then the person behind the command must be King Ping.

I have been loyal to King Ping all these years, and this is the result in exchange?

He was furious for a moment and shouted, "It's you! You killed my daughter! You give my daughter back! ”

With that, he drew the sword of the Imperial Forest Army beside him, and was about to slash it.

As soon as Gong Yehan waved his hand, Chen Shiji was stopped.

If this guard is killed, who will identify King Ping as the mastermind?

"If you recruit from the truth, I may be able to open the net, if you still want to quibble and deceive, I believe that those torture instruments in the prison can make you speak."

The guard was still stubborn: "The villain is wronged!" The villain is really a hairpin that was picked up more than half of the time, as for why there are blood stains on it, the villain really doesn't know, the villain has been on an errand in the palace for many years, and has always kept his duty, loyal to his duties, how is the villain's conduct, His Majesty will know as soon as he asks King Ping, the villain will never dare to do such a rape and murder, the villain is wronged! ”

He specifically mentioned King Ping, of course, not to let King Ping vouch for his character, but to let King Ping come to the rescue.

Gong Yefeng has been regretting that he didn't kill this guard tonight, not because he was worried that he would confess himself, but if he was convicted, Chen Shiji would definitely settle the account on his head.

Therefore, knowing that Gong Yehan didn't want to ask him, he still took the initiative to come out as a guarantee: "Your Majesty, this guard has indeed followed the minister for many years, and his conduct is good, he will never be a traitor, let alone commit such evil deeds, and I hope Your Majesty will be aware of it." ”

On the premise that Wen Chuan is already the first suspect, convicting people with just a hairpin does seem to be deliberately biased by the emperor.

Everyone is sleepy, and they only hope that this matter will be over soon, and those who have nothing to do with themselves do not care who the murderer is.

I saw Gong Yehan's face full of coldness, and his terrible voice asked word by word: "When did I say that the deceased was raped and killed?" ”