Spare my life! The princess can make the villains read each other's minds

Tian Ruomo asked them to stand up and asked the leading official, "Introduce yourselves!"

The leading official replied, "Princess, I am Yao Dongfang, the chief judge of the Dali Temple!"

He introduced a middle-aged man dressed as a general next to him and said, "This is General Zhang Xiong, the commander of the imperial guards in the capital!"

Zhang Xiong bowed to Tian Rumo again.

Tian Ruomo nodded slightly, turned her head and looked at Zhu Youcai who was sitting opposite her, "Youcai, take a look, is the murderer that night wearing armor like theirs?"

Zhu Youcai had already looked at Zhang Xiong and the several imperial guards following him, with a hint of hatred in his eyes.

He nodded vigorously, "Reporting to the Princess, I am absolutely not mistaken. The armor worn by the leading men is the same as that of this general, and the people under their command are all dressed like soldiers of the imperial guards of the capital."

Yao Dongfang and Zhang Xiong looked at each other. From the beginning, they felt that the two people sitting at the same table with Tian Rumo looked somewhat familiar.

At this point, they finally recognized it.

Yao Dongfang said in surprise, "You are the only surviving child from Yizi Village, and you are his second uncle?"

Zhu Renyi pulled Zhu Youcai to stand up and bowed to Yao Dongfang and Zhang Xiong.

"Greetings to the Lord and the General, I am your uncle and nephew!"

Yao Dongfang and Zhang Xiong nodded and reacted at the same time.

They knew about Zhu Youcai's situation. He hadn't spoken a word since he came out of the cellar. They found Tian Rumo for treatment and cured him. They also complained to Tian Rumo.

Tian Ruomo looked at Zhang Xiong with interest, "Commander Zhang, did you hear what the child said?"

Zhang Xiong was shocked. Of course he heard what Zhu Youcai said!

It was Zhu Youcai who accused the imperial guards of the capital in front of Tian Rumo, and was the murderer of the Yizi Village massacre!

He stared at Zhu Youcai with an unpleasant expression, "Are you sure what you saw were the imperial guards of the capital, and not some bandits?"

Zhu Youcai clenched his fists and showed no sign of cowardice in front of Zhang Xiong.

His parents and his loving grandmother were all killed.

He is a man, and now Tian Ruoma is the one in charge. If he is still afraid under such circumstances, he will be sorry for his parents and grandmother.

"General, what I saw was that the leading bandit leader and his men were indeed dressed like you."

Zhang Xiong was stunned for a moment, and his brows were immediately furrowed.

Yao Dongfang seemed unsure and asked again, "Zhu Youcai, do you understand that you are accusing someone from the imperial guards of the capital of massacring Yizi Village?"

Zhu Youcai looked at Tian Rumo again, and Tian Rumo gave him an encouraging smile.

He said solemnly again, "I am very sure that they are dressed as the imperial guards of the capital, and I also remember the appearance of the leader!"

"He is still very young, a young general, probably less than 18 years old. The other men dressed as generals were extremely respectful to him and kept protecting him!"

Recalling the leading demon, Zhu Youcai clenched his teeth.

At that time, he was followed by several men wearing the same armor as Zhang Xiong. No matter where the leading demon rushed to, those men would protect the demon. They would only kill the villagers if they found any trying to attack the demon.

Tian Ruomo looked at Zhang Xiong, "Commander Zhang, are there any generals in the imperial army of the capital who fit this description?"

Zhang Xiong thought about it for a while before answering, "Among all the officers above the middle level in the imperial guards of the capital, none are that young!"

Tian Ruomo frowned, "So, regarding the Yizi Village massacre, Lord Yao, you are the official in charge of this case, have you found any clues?"

Yao Dongfang bowed and reported, "Princess, in fact, in the past three years, within a radius of fifty miles around the capital, five massacres have occurred, including Yizi Village."

what?

Tian Ruomo looked at Yao Dongfang in surprise, "You mean, before this, there were four massacres of the village?"

Yao Dongfang took a deep breath and said, "That's right. In the four villages ahead, no one survived. Only those who were not in the village survived!"

"I was also responsible for the previous four incidents, but there were no witnesses and the scene was burned clean, as if even the horse hooves on the ground had been deliberately dealt with. My people dug three feet underground but could not find any clues."

Having said this, Yao Dongfang looked ashamed.

"The only direction we have is just my guess. The murderer is not an ordinary bandit, because we already knew that such a vicious bandit would appear under the emperor's feet!"

"But there aren't any large bandits around the capital. And even if there are bandits, they won't just wipe out a village without leaving anyone alive."

"I have indeed suspected that the murderer was not a bandit, but a powerful force in the capital. He massacred the village because of revenge or other conflicts of interest. It was definitely not just robbery and murder!"

At this point, Yao Dongfang looked at Zhang Xiong angrily, "I never thought that the murderer might be the imperial guards of the capital!"

Zhang Xiong was immediately dissatisfied, "Master Yao, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"

"Right now, the situation is unclear. We only have this child's one-sided statement!"

"You can't just assume it was the Imperial Guards who did it!"

Yao Dongfang snorted coldly and turned to Zhu Youcai and said, "Since you have seen the principal offender, then if you see him again, can you recognize him?"

Zhu Youcai straightened his chest and answered without hesitation, "Even if he turned into ashes, I can recognize him."

Yao Dongfang slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, then, I want to ask you, do you dare to go to the Imperial Army camp to identify people?"

This time Zhu Youcai hesitated and looked at Zhu Renyi.

Zhu Renyi turned to Tian Ruomo and said, "Princess, it's not that we are talented but we dare not go. It's just that we are all ordinary people. We really don't know if we can send sheep into the tiger's mouth!"

When Zhang Xiong heard this, it was obvious that he didn't trust him. Just as he was about to speak, Tian Ruomo said, "Don't worry, now that I know about this, I won't just ignore it."

"Go ahead and identify the person. I will be by your side the entire time. If anyone dares to harm you, they are my enemy."

"Don't worry, I will definitely guarantee your safety!"

Zhu Renyi was even more delighted, and said to Zhu Youcai eagerly, "Did you hear it?"

"With the Queen Consort Qi in charge, we have nothing to fear!"

After hearing what his second uncle said, Zhu Youcai said to Yao Dongfang, "Sir, I am willing to go and identify him!"

"it is good!"

Yao Dongfang looked at Zhang Xiong and said, "General Zhang, in this case, to avoid any more trouble, let's go to the Imperial Army camp to identify them."

"General Zhang, please issue an order right now, and have all the officers in the army, no matter how big or small, gather at the garrison training ground and let this child recognize them!"

Yao Dongfang was the chief of Dali Temple, only a minor official of the seventh rank, but he was responsible for handling all cases in the capital.

Several tragic massacres of villagers have always been a thorn in his side.

He also wanted to find out the murderer and give an explanation to the victim, but unfortunately, there was really no clue at all. Apart from a few guesses, he was really powerless.

Now, with such an important eyewitness, he certainly doesn't want to let it go and find out the truth.