In the hall of the Assassin's Mansion, Zhou Qing leaned lazily on the chair, motioned for his subordinates to let go of Pei Zheng, and asked casually: "There are no outsiders here, let's say, why do you want to poison Lord Wen?"

Pei Zheng was a little confused, and looked left and right, as if he was looking for the person Zhou Qing asked.

Zhou Qing chuckled: "Don't look for it, the person the official asked is you." Do you think that every time you deliberately look at the face of the Li family's son-in-law before speaking, you can put the blame on the Li family?"

"Do you think that this official and many of the good hands of the Gong Wei Division are all wine bags and rice bags, and you can play with them in the palm of your hand?"

Pei Zheng opened his mouth slightly, his face mixed with surprise and puzzlement: "Why did your lord say this, how could he be the murderer who poisoned Lord Wen?"

Is it a routine for Gong Weisi? Come up and deceive, deceive to make money, and don't defraud to the point of not losing?

Zhou Qing laughed and said: "It's a little interesting, the small team actually dares to die in front of the official? Qiu Baihu, you come and tell him, so that he can understand." ”

The hundred households who had summoned Pei Zheng before stood up and responded: "The subordinates obey the order." ”

After speaking, he circled around Pei Zheng, and said with confidence: "According to the descriptions of Lord Luo and General Lin, when they left the Li Mansion that night, Lord Wen was in stable condition and had no worries about his life. ”

The Li family said that when they came to the scene of the crime, Master Wen had already died of poison, and you were the only one by his side during this period. ”

And the confession you wrote corroborates the above statement, from which it can be inferred that you are the most suspicious murderer. ”

"The wine, dishes, bowls, chopsticks, utensils and other items that night, the Li family has been well preserved, and the official and his colleagues have carefully inspected them, and a total of two abnormalities have been found. The chopsticks used by Lord Wen were smeared with poison, and the teapot was given an aphrodisiac. ”

"It is not known where the poison came from, the aphrodisiac ingredients in the teapot are very similar to the tiger and wolf medicine Golden Gun Pill, coincidentally, you have exactly two bottles of Golden Gun in your bag, and even more coincidentally, one of the bottles is missing two. ”

"So the truth is that although Lord Wen was poisoned, he didn't die, it was you who secretly put the medicine of the tiger and wolf into the water and tricked him into drinking it, causing him to die of poison. ”

"Now that the evidence is conclusive, do you still dare to refuse to admit guilt?"

In the end, Qiu Baihu's tone suddenly raised, and his momentum was like a rainbow, trying to pressure Pei Zheng to admit his guilt.

However, Pei Zheng was unmoved, and asked with a calm expression, "Have you finished speaking?"

Qiu Baihu's face darkened, and he leaned in front of Pei Zheng's face, stared at him and said, "What, do you really dare to quibble?"

Pei Zheng arched his hand expressionlessly, and asked rhetorically: "I have been wronged by my humble position, can't I justify myself?"

At this time, Zhou Qing, who was sitting above, spoke: "Let him say, the official wants to hear it, how can he say that he is ugly." ”

Pei Zheng arched his hand towards Zhou Qing and said, "Lord Zhou, in response to this Lord Qiu's suspicions, I only said three words. ”

"First, when the people of the Li Mansion arrived at the side courtyard, Lord Wen was in a stable state and had not yet died of poison, and not long after the people of the Li Mansion took over Lord Wen, they heard the second housekeeper of the Li Mansion say that Lord Wen was out of breath. ”

"Second, after Lord Luo and General Lin left, Lord Wen specially told him to be humiliated, if the Li family forced each other, he could endure the humiliation and pretend to cater to him, even if he made false testimony and recorded false confessions, everything would be calculated after the imperial court investigated the case. ”

"Thirdly, after the unfortunate death of Lord Wen, the lowly post was locked in the wing room by the people of the Li Mansion, and it was not until the lord arrived at the Li Mansion that he was able to get out. ”

"If the lord still believes that the humble duty is the murderer who poisoned Lord Wen, the humble duty has nothing to say. ”

Sending Wen Feng a ride was a decision made by Pei Zheng after careful consideration, how could he not consider that others would suspect him of being a murderer?

Zhou Qing said indifferently: "Since there is nothing to say, then I will admit it? Qiu Baihu, let him sign and draw the detention, take him back to Chang'an, wait for His Majesty, and execute him on a later date." ”

Pei Zheng's expression was stunned when he heard this, why don't you play cards according to common sense?

Could it be that he guessed wrong, Wen Feng framed the Li family not at the behest of Emperor Jian'an, but that he had a grudge against the Li family, and temporarily wanted to fight to the death with the Li family, at the cost of burning jade?

The bullshit Gong Weisi didn't dare to offend the Li family, so he could only take himself to blame?

Is it too late to take out the jade pendant and pretend to be the Pei family's descendants?

When Pei Zheng's thoughts drifted away, Qiu Baihu wrote a confession, stuffed it into his arms, and urged: "Hurry up and sign it." ”

Pei Zheng couldn't help but feel a little toothache, and said awe-inspiringly: "My Majesty Great Xia, Shengming, Wenchen doesn't love money, military generals don't spare their lives, the world is peaceful, and the Quartet comes to the court, how can there be a wronged good person?"

If you have to force me to confess, it is better to break the hands of the lowly and let this Lord Qiu control the signature and detention. ”

Lin Xing, who was sitting on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but speak: "Lord Zhou, it seems a bit hasty to judge the case like this, Pei Zheng has no motive to poison Lord Wen at all, how can he rely on some speculation and evidence that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, to conclude that he is the murderer?"

Zhou Qing said undeniably: "Why is there no motive? If he is a spy of the Hu people, and poisoning Lord Wen was instructed by the Hu people, or if he has an enmity with the Li family, he deliberately poisoned Lord Wen to blame the Li family, and used the power of the imperial court to condemn the Li family?"

"On what basis does General Lin say that he has no motive, and how can he prove that he is not motivated?"

Pei Zhengkang replied forcefully: "The humble position can be proven. ”

Zhou Qingxiang heard something funny, and laughed wantonly: "What proof do you have?"

Pei Zheng unbuttoned his collar, put his hand into his underwear, fumbled for a while, took out a piece of paper, and held it high: "This is the proof." ”

Without waiting for Zhou Qing's instructions, Qiu Baihu hurriedly took it and sent it respectfully to Zhou Qing: "My lord, please take a look." ”

Zhou Qing took a look, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "A letter of recommendation from the military department for admission to the Martial Arts Academy?"

Pei Zheng said with a straight face: "That's right, it is the letter of recommendation for admission to the Performing Arts Academy, he has been in the army for five years, and he has made small contributions, and he was appreciated by General Zhao Gu, the defender of Xin'an City, and recommended him to study in the Performing Arts Academy, and successfully obtained the permission of the adults of the military department, and finally gave this letter of recommendation." ”

"As far as the humble position is concerned, it is a great opportunity to be able to enter the Martial Arts Academy for further study, and the future achievements are countless times higher than eating military rations in the border army, so the opportunity is in front of you, why should the humble position take the risk of assassinating the superiors?"

"My lord said that the lowly position may be a spy of the Hu people, if the lowly position is a spy, is the value brought by enrolling in the Performing Arts Academy worse than poisoning a servant of the Ministry of Rites?"

"My lord said that the lowly position may have an enmity with the Li family, if there is really a grudge, and the lowly position will take revenge after studying in the Yanwu Academy, isn't the probability of success higher?"

Zhou Qing nodded slightly: "There is some truth in what I said, in this way, the murderer who poisoned Lord Wen is indeed not you, but the Li family." ”

"Qiu Baihu, rewrite a confession identifying the Li family as the murderer, and ask him to sign it. ”

Pei Zheng reacted instantly, he was tricked.

His guess was right, Zhou Qing's target from the beginning was the Li family, and the reason why he pretended to identify him as a murderer may be due to two points.

First, in order to rehearse in advance to prevent the Li family from refusing to admit guilt, it was he who bit the murderer to death, if he did not prepare accordingly, and the answer was wrong under interrogation, the conviction of the Li family would become a joke.

Zhou Qingneng was sent by Emperor Jian'an to investigate the case, and his ability and skill were naturally first-class, so he would definitely not let such a thing happen.

The second is that he really suspects that the murderer is him, and he wants to use this to deceive, or is it that sentence, right blood earns, wrong is not a loss, anyway, it is not the person who dies.

If he admits it, Zhou Qing will probably kill him directly, so as not to affect him to attack the Li family.

As for this identification, it was full of malice to him.

If he doesn't sign, Zhou Qing may fake the show and put the crime on him.

And if he signs it, will the identified Li family let him go easily?

If the one who is killed is strong enough, the knife will break.

But he didn't have a choice, weak people were not qualified to be left and right, and between the Li family and the imperial court, he could only choose one.

So when Qiu Baihu handed him the identification form, Pei Zheng decisively signed his name and pressed his handprint.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing nodded with great satisfaction, and ordered: "Come on, immediately arrest the corresponding personnel of the Li Mansion and escort them back to Beijing." ”