Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Everyone seems to have their own ideas.

What was originally a simple case of rape, murder and torture has now become complicated.

How could such a big fire break out in such a large mourning hall during the day? A maid who was guarding the mourning hall "accidentally" knocked over a candlestick, and then the maid was suddenly poisoned to death. Who could have reached into the Jingzhao Prefecture government office and poisoned a maid?

It is not impossible that Zhang Fuyin pointed the finger of murder at the deceased's husband, Li Cheng, as Li Cheng had a criminal record.

Everyone speculated that it was Li Cheng who used such a cruel method to kill his wife and made up such a long lie to try to frame Jin Ji. He was the most suspicious.

However, the words of the King of Qi overturned this conclusion. Some people sighed: "This case is really full of doubts!"

Someone else said: "In this case, Jin Ji is most likely being wrongly accused."

"If it was really Jin Ji who killed someone in Fulai Inn, with such cruel means and so many people in the inn, it is impossible that no sound would have been heard."

"Didn't Lord Zhang say that? The deceased's chest was cut. If that's true, it must have been painful. The murderer is really cruel! There must have been a lot of blood at the scene!"

Zhang Anyu pointed at the minister who said this and said, "Your Excellency is right, but I have investigated the crime scene and found that there is no large amount of blood at the crime scene. This does not match the conditions of the first murder scene at all. This once again proves that Madam Li was not killed at Fulai Inn, but had died long ago and her body was moved to Fulai Inn."

The adult who had just spoken said, "So Jin Ji was really framed."

In the past, no one knew who Jin Ji was. After the case was publicized by Minister Shu, everyone knew that Jin Ji was the Empress's second brother-in-law. If Jin Ji's case was overturned, everyone's attitude would definitely change, and they would all help to speak well of him.

"But it wasn't Jin Ji who killed him, nor was it Master Li who killed him. Who killed him?"

"You didn't say it wasn't Li Cheng who killed him! The case is still being unraveled!"

"Li Cheng just admitted that he and Shu Xue went out of town to relax and watch the sunrise. Why would he lie? If he lied, he must have killed the person. Otherwise, why would he lie?"

"But why did he frame Jin Ji?"

"Maybe it's because Jin Ji happened to be at Fu Lai Inn!"

"That's not right. If Li Cheng killed someone, why didn't he find a way to deal with it quietly? He also transported the body out of the city to frame others and made such a big fuss. This doesn't fit the mentality of a murderer!"

"The person who died was the niece of Minister Shu. If Shu Xue disappeared for no reason, wouldn't Minister Shu avenge his niece?"

Everyone nodded, "That's right!"

But no one knew that when Zhang Anyu and Xie Qi went to the palace last night to report the progress of the case, Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang had already designed today's speech. Everything was developing in the direction they had imagined, and the first step was to clear Jin Ji's innocence.

The second step is to raise doubts and let everyone guess and judge the case. If there are people in the court who know the truth, they will definitely be unable to sit still when they see such a situation.

Xie Qi is a prince, and he is also the supervisory official of the case, so it is most appropriate for him to raise questions. No one dares to refute the words of a prince, and everyone will only be led to the truth.

Xie Shang glanced coldly at everyone in the court, and saw that Minister Shu’s brow seemed to have a “川” carved on it, and he looked very melancholy!

Xie Shang said in a deep voice: "Minister Shu, do you have anything to say?"

Shu Lang stepped out of the line and bowed to the emperor. "I was deeply saddened when I heard the news of my niece's death. I was confused for a moment. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me. I didn't expect that Lord Zhang handled the case so quickly and found so many suspicious points so quickly. Lord Zhang was able to find the real culprit. Xue'er should rest in peace if she is in heaven."

Xie Shang said coldly: "She died so tragically, I don't think she will rest in peace. Even as a ghost, she will seek compensation from her murderer."

Shu Lang was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

At this time, everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Cheng. Lu Tingwei said, "Since Li Cheng is lying, we should naturally start the investigation from Li Cheng. I suggest that Li Cheng be imprisoned first."

Li Cheng yelled, "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill Shu Xue, her death has nothing to do with me."

Minister Li said, "Cheng'er, what happened? Tell me the truth. Why did you lie? Why did you frame Young Master Jin?"

Li Cheng's face turned pale with fear. "I don't know why, but someone told me to do this. Shu Xue is dead. She was dead when I saw her."

"Who asked you to do this?" asked Minister Li.

"I didn't recognize the man. He was wrapped in black from head to toe, even his hands were covered."

Xie Qi asked: "You clearly saw Shu Xue dead, why didn't you report it to the authorities, but instead listened to others and transported her body out of the city."

Li Cheng would definitely not tell the real reason. He said, "I was the first one to see Shu Xue's body. She was still in the carriage of the Li Mansion. If I report it to the authorities, they will definitely think that I killed her and made her look so horrible. I am also very scared."

He continued, "She didn't come home all night, and we didn't know where she went. She was raped and killed. This kind of thing is very shameful. I was very scared at the time, so I followed the man's advice and sent her out of the city. The man asked me to send her to the Fulai Inn outside the city, and asked me to identify the murderer the next day. I didn't know the murderer would be someone from the Jiang family."

"That is to say, you had already sent the body to the room of Fulai Inn, waiting for Jin Ji to come and knock him out with drugs, and then sent him to the room, pretending that someone found Shu Xue's body the next morning and identified Jin Ji as the murderer." Zhang Anyu said, "Why did you listen to the man in black so much? Was it you who knocked Jin Ji out or was it the man in black? Where did you take his friends?"

"I've already said that I'm scared. I'm also afraid that others will say that I killed Shu Xue, and it's unclear what's involved. If someone gives me advice and doesn't ask me to do it, I'm definitely willing! Of course, someone had already arranged everything in the Fulai Inn, and it wasn't my person. I didn't know the name Jin Ji until the next day. I didn't know Jin Ji at all before that."

Jiang Jinyan said coldly: "Not only did you frame Jin Ji, you also beat him up severely. How dare you say that you didn't know him before? I think none of your statements are convincing. Either you killed Shu Xue, or you participated in the murder."

Now that Jin Ji's suspicion has been cleared, Jiang Jinyan no longer has to hold it in, and he no longer has to worry about people throwing dirty water at the Jiang family.

Jiang Jinyan said, "Master Zhang, His Royal Highness Prince Qi, what other evidence did you find on Shu Xue's body?"

He just received news from Ruan Ruan that the evidence in King Qi's hands could be produced.