I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

The man said a few words intermittently and then began to breathe. But Li Shen already got the answer.

Li Shen stood up and walked out of the cell, faced Zheng Ji and said.

"Prince Zheng, you heard them. They said they didn't kill anyone. Your confession is useless. The three of them are seriously injured now.

I am going to treat them first, otherwise there will be no interrogation in the future. If they die in your Longzhou prison without being convicted, you should know the consequences.

Come on, take the three of them away. "

"Your Highness Prince Ji, this is against the rules." Zheng Ji stepped forward to stop him.

"Rules? Are you interrogating like this as a rule? Don't force me to submit a memorial to impeach you." After Li Shen finished speaking, he walked out.

The guards immediately entered the cell and carried the three people out. Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance stood at the door of the cell to block Zheng Ji.

"Don't worry. If something goes wrong, I will bear the responsibility myself. It has nothing to do with you Zheng Ji." Li Shen walked to the prison and said without looking back.

Li Shen carried the three people to the post house, and sent for a doctor to diagnose and treat the three people. Fortunately, the doctor said that they were all suffering from flesh and blood injuries, and only one of them was seriously injured, hurting the inner palace.

However, the three of them were not seriously ill, they just became weak after not taking in water or rice for a few days.

The doctor helped the three of them apply medicine, bandaged it, and then prescribed a prescription. How could Li Shen have time to prepare the medicine?

So he told the doctor to deliver the medicine every day and pay him more. The doctor readily agreed and went back to prepare the medicine happily.

In the evening, someone came over to inform Li Shen that the three of them were awake, and Li Shen hurried over.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw the three of them leaning against the wall, being fed some gruel by the guards.

Seeing Li Shen come in, the three of them struggled to get down to the ground to salute. Li Shen hurriedly stepped forward to comfort them.

"You three are injured, so there is no need to be polite."

"Thank you, His Highness Prince Ji, for saving your life." The older one said.

"What's your name? Where have you seen this king?" Li Shen asked.

"Back to your lord, the villain Yang Yi is Zuowei Sige, who was ordered to go to the north to do something."

"Zuo Wei? Oh~~~ I know this." Li Shen suddenly realized that Zuo Wei was in charge of the palace and the guards were not allowed to live in the palace. Li Shen often entered the palace, so it was normal for Zuo Wei to see him.

"Then tell me what happened? Why did you say that the three of you killed people?" Li Shen asked seriously.

"Prince Qi, the three of us don't know what happened. In order to rush on our way that day, we left the restaurant before dawn.

But for some reason, we were overtaken by a group of government officials on horseback. They said it was another murder case and asked us to go back and inquire.

When we returned to the government office and searched, there was blood on the villain's knife, so they said the three of us were murderers. "Yang Yi understood.

"Then why is there blood on your knife?" Li Shen asked.

"This... I don't know why. The three of us have never used knives on this journey. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be blood stains. And the blood stains are still very fresh."

This is what Yang Yi is puzzled about. They didn't use knives at all along the way. Even the dried meat was made with daggers.

Li Shen thought about it and couldn't figure it out. He was not a professional criminal investigator, he just watched a few more TV series.

"The three of you will recover well again, and I will look at the files later. If it is really not the three of you, I will help you clear your grievances.

But if it was really the three of you who did it, then don’t blame me for being ruthless and punishing you three for this. "

After Li Shen finished speaking, he stood up. He was going to take a look at the file.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The three of us really did not kill anyone. If the three of us did it, we are willing to accept any punishment." Yang Yi burst into tears with gratitude.

Li Shen turned around and walked out.

The next day Li Shen took Wang Xuance and others to the Governor's Mansion. Zheng Ji had been waiting for him. He guessed that Li Shen would definitely come today.

"I have met His Highness Prince Ji." (Tomato novels are free to read.)

"No need to be polite, I am here to see the files, and I have also brought the waiter from the restaurant. I want to inquire in person."

Zheng Ji took Li Shen to his office, took out the case file and asked Li Shen to check it slowly, and then sent someone to bring the waiter from the restaurant.

The reason why Zheng Ji was so cooperative was because his staff told him not to provoke King Ji.

His staff were members of his family, and he was the one who told Zheng Ji that day that the family did not want to be at odds with King Ji.

King Ji was used to being lawless. If something happened in Longzhou, Zheng Ji would inevitably be implicated.

The governor of Yizhou is already a high-ranking member of the party, and it is not easy to get it. He dares to kill the deputy capital guard with his staff, and there is nothing else he dares not do.

Li Shen threw the file to Wang Xuance and asked him to read it to him, so that Wang Xuance could also know the inside story.

The previous story was similar to what Li Shen heard in the restaurant. Zhang Qi returned to his restaurant after sending his wife back to her parents’ home.

Yang Yi and the others came in, and Zhang Qi went to bed after finishing his work.

In the morning, Yang Yi and others asked the waiter to open the door, and they got up early and rushed on their way. Finally, when the clerk went to call Zhang Qi, he found Zhang Qi dead in the room.

Then came the process of handling the case. There were no signs of fighting at the scene. The cause of Zhang Qi's death was a stab wound.

The government officials searched the restaurant but found no murder weapon. There were many knives in the restaurant, and they did not match the wounds.

It can be inferred from this that the perpetrator left with the murder weapon after committing the crime. In other words, the murder weapon belonged to the perpetrator himself.

Then came the on-site investigation. Zhang Qi was dead on the ground, his clothes were neat, and the house was intact. The windows were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry.

From this, it is inferred that Zhang Qi opened the door for the murderer and killed Zhang Qi when Zhang Qi was defenseless.

And the waiter confirmed that no one left the restaurant except Yang Yi and the others in the morning.

Based on the above, only Yang Yi left, and only Yang Yi and the others had swords, so after the Yamen officials reported to the governor, they intercepted the three of them on horseback and invited them to cooperate with the investigation.

Moreover, it was found on the spot that there were blood stains on the horizontal knives of Yang Yi and another colleague. The knife edges were very similar to the wounds. It was concluded that the three of them were responsible.

Wang Xuance basically came to an end after reading this, and what was left was what Li Shen saw yesterday.

"Xuan Ce, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, this matter seems a bit strange to me."

"Oh? Why don't you talk and listen."

"Your Majesty, the only physical evidence here is the knife, but there is a lack of witness, and I don't understand why Yang Yi wanted to kill Zhang Qi. They have never met and have no grudge."

Li Shen nodded and agreed with Wang Xuance's statement. It was far-fetched to say that the evidence was conclusive based on just a knife.

"Xuan Ce, you are right. This is what I am also confused about. What is their motive for killing?"

"Motive?" Wang Xuance didn't understand.

"Ah, the motive is the purpose, go and call the waiter from the restaurant." Li Shen ordered the guards outside.

"Xuan Ce, I have told you that people in the world do things for a purpose, either for fame or profit.

The same goes for this murder, he must have a reason. "

While talking, the waiter from the restaurant was brought in.