The first work of the imperial prison

As Li Guangji's eyes fell, everyone looked at Wan Chengyun.

Ye Baiting's expression didn't change, as if she had guessed it long ago: "Master Wan? So you like to wear regular clothes with hot silver?"

Jiang Yiqing answered immediately: "What's so special about clothes that are ironed with silver? Anyone who has some silver in their hands can afford to wear them. In the Ministry of Households, not only our Lord Shangshu, but myself have several sets. Poor ghosts like Li Guangji have done it." One is for emergencies, Lin Bin’s office documents that don’t require entertainment, I also saw him wear them, why, we all have them, so are we all murderers? It’s ridiculous.”

"Having and wearing are two different things."

Too much time has passed. When Shen Jiang took Jin Yiwei to visit and investigate, he asked Wan Chengyun what kind of clothes he wore on the night of Qixi last year and the day before the new year. Many people said that they couldn't remember, and their impression was rather vague, It's a special day, Wan Chengyun seems to have changed his clothes, he can't be sure, the people involved in the case are all in this room, and they are all vague, not daring to tell the truth, which shows how coercive Wan Chengyun's power is.

Such a big event happened on the night of Qixi Festival, and those who experienced it must have a deep memory. Outsiders don't remember what Wan Chengyun wore, which is normal. These people in the room must remember it.

Li Guangji's identification and Jiang Yiqing's sudden jump are proofs.

"Did Mr. Jiang take too many shortcuts? I've been used to it for a long time. While guarding against others taking your shortcuts, you can enjoy the dividends brought by the shortcuts and try your best to maintain them." Ye Baiting stared at Jiang Yiqing, "I know that others don't like you. Shortcuts, I just want to rely on my own strength, but I can't."

Jiang Yiqing obviously understood what he said, and the corners of her lips curled into a sarcasm: "But I chose the path myself, and I didn't break the law, so there is no need to compete? I will do what I should do, and others will work hard if they are willing." There's no need to brag about his strength, if Meng Nanxing is really that powerful, what can stop him? If he can't get out, it's because he can't."

Ye Baiting: "When the commander went to the household department for the first time, we found out that you have a faint hostility towards Meng Nanxing. He is obviously very low-key, doesn't take care of things, doesn't greedy for merit, seems unmotivated, and even takes sick leave frequently. Why are you so afraid of him when you don’t do much business anymore? In terms of performance, Li Guangji has done the most, but you don’t care at all...Meng Nanxing is your competitor, isn’t he? Do you know that your boss is more Like him, not so like you?"

Jiang Yiqing was poked at the pain point, and her eyes almost popped out: "You let go—"

"Snapped--"

Qiu Suiqing slapped the gavel on the case table, and a cold light appeared in his eyes: "The hall of Fusi in Beizhen does not allow people to be presumptuous."

Jiang Yiqing held back the swear words, and pointed at Ye Baiting: "Isn't this all your guess, if you have evidence, bring it up!"

"Okay."

As soon as Ye Baiting stretched out his hand, Shen Jiang brought up a tray and opened the cloth. There were two keys, one larger and the other smaller, both made of brass. Just by looking at the material of the keys, one could tell that the corresponding lock must not be Cheap goods: "The key to Wan Chengyun's private house, the key to Zhao Xingde's private house, Mr. Jiang didn't explain, why do you have it?"

Jiang Yiqing's face changed drastically: "You searched my house!"

"Master Jiang be careful," Shen Jiang said with a serious face, "Beizhen Fusi handles the case with strict discipline. How could he take your house casually? It's not that your house has been attacked by thieves, and the servants are yelling for help. went in?"

Jiang Yiqing thought for a while, and there was indeed such a thing. Just the night before yesterday, there was not much movement. He was only woken up for a moment. Because he was too tired from work during the day, he got lazy. Did Jin Yiwei go in at that time?

Shen Jiang knew what he was thinking when he saw it, and clicked his tongue: "Don't think that you are dirty. Everyone who sees it is dirty. Didn't you remind the servants that some things are very important and let people pay attention to them? When you are so anxious, you The butler still remembers to run away with the baby box you put your things in, you should thank him."

After finishing speaking, he added another sentence: "However, it doesn't matter whether you have this thing or not. We have already grasped the facts. The servants of the two private houses have confessions. Even if they ask you to search today, it is still legal and compliant. You can't say no."

Ye Baiting: "Master Jiang still doesn't admit it? You have spent the leisurely days in the household department all these years, and you have been promoted to an official rank. You obviously didn't do much, but you were able to take the credit of others and put it on your own head. The entire hall occupies the best position... ...relying on what?"

Jiang Yiqing became angry with embarrassment: "The two adults and I are both officials of the household department. The relationship between the superior and the superior is good. What's wrong with having the other party's key? Some things are inconvenient to say in the official office. Can't you find a more private place? Are you doing it with your own eyes?" Seeing that I am making love with Zhao Xingde, I still slept with Master Wan? Is there someone to testify? Does the witness witness the process of us going to bed and doing business with our own eyes!"

Shen Jiang: ...

He has seen a lot of shameless people, but he has never seen such a shameless person. Have you ever done that kind of thing? Sounds, noises, marks on the bed, water after the event, the state of the two of you, do you have to be someone else? Staring at you to do things, is it called serious evidence?You are shameless, others want shame!

Ye Baiting was not afraid of this, gave Shen Jiang a reassuring look, and said: "Since you are so close to Zhao Xingde, you should be regarded as his confidant?"

Jiang Yiqing just wanted to avoid talking about the previous topic, so she nodded immediately: "Naturally!"

Ye Baiting: "Then you should know everything about him?"

Jiang Yiqing paused, feeling that he had fallen into someone else's trap, saying that he didn't know would be wrong, so he could only reply vaguely: "Probably."

"Do you know about his corruption in office?"

"This... is a bit of a feeling."

"Why didn't you report it?"

"There is no evidence, and I am going to sue again. It's a lot of trouble. Why should I bother?"

"Why did Zhao Xingde kill Meng Nanxing?"

"I really don't know this..."

"Then you should know his usual attitude towards Meng Nanxing?" Ye Baiting asked one question after another, speaking very fast, without leaving much time for the other party to react, "Did he force Meng Nanxing? Are you unwilling?"

"I……"

"You don't even know these things, what kind of confidant are you, and why do you have the keys to someone else's house?"

"I know! I know—a little bit!" Jiang Yiqing didn't understand this logic, and stared at Ye Baiting, "Meng Nanxing is hypocritical. He obviously accepted the favors from the adults, but he also coyly got into the adults' bed, but he always acted like that." He looks reluctant, pushes back and forth, how many benefits are given to him by the adults, he knows to ask for sick leave all day long, and has not made any achievements in the government office, why doesn't he reflect on himself?"

Ye Baiting: "Have you benefited? A lot? Mr. Jiang might as well talk about it."

Jiang Yiqing: ...

He closed his eyes, controlled the urge to turn his head to look at Wan Chengyun, gritted his teeth, and said, "For example, in the first month of last year, Zhao Xingde asked the stall to go through the formalities a few times, and bought two shops for Meng Nanxing to help him with his widowed mother and To save face in front of outsiders; in the summer, seeing that Meng Nanxing had a poor appetite, he ordered meals in restaurants for him every day, and also transferred to him the income project he was working on. How much money was in his hand? It depends on how much other people give; that idiot Li Guangji only knows how to do things, and Zhao Xingde doesn't care about Meng Nanxing's credit. Meng Nanxing's performance appraisal at the end of the year is excellent! And those calligraphy and paintings he sold..."

Shen Jiang had already gotten the young master's wink, and while Jiang Yiqing said, he took the file and kept writing it down, and when Jiang Yiqing finished speaking, he immediately handed over a pen and asked him to sign it——

"Since you have made your own statement, you know that Zhao Xingde has embezzled Kuyin's testimony, and if you change your mouth, don't blame me, Jin Yiwei, for the severe punishment."

Jiang Yiqing looked unhappy, as if his father had died, but now, he had said so much, and there were so many witnesses, how could he deny it?After taking the pen and paper, I signed my name and pressed my fingerprint.

Ye Baiting asked again: "Do you know why Zhao Xingde killed Meng Nanxing?"

Jiang Yiqing's head was open, and he couldn't help but answer: "How do I know, maybe it's because he is disobedient."

Ye Baiting: "Disobedient?"

Jiang Yiqing: "Yes, he was quite obedient before, at most he pushed back and forth, said he was not in good health, and did everything slowly. Since the death of his widowed mother in the twelfth lunar month, he has been in a daze, as if he has lost his soul, and he is not sick. I'm willing to pretend, but I don't want to be asked by an adult, so I just don't serve him. I have seen him holding a concentric Fang Sheng, dazed in a place where no one is around, and asked, but he is very sensitive and doesn't want others to see it, I guess , he probably has something in mind..."

"what idea?"

"He likes Guan Xiuzhu." Jiang Yiqing gave Li Guangji a sarcastic look, "Some people are worthless, and they just care about them silently, but they just don't see it. Some people, even if they are capable, can hang themselves when they die. People."

Li Guangji's voice trembled: "You—"

Jiang Yiqing was stronger than him, and raised his chin: "What about me? What did I say wrong? You have the ability, why didn't Meng Nanxing say it when he was alive, and now you know how to challenge me? Oh, no shit. "

Li Guangji's face turned red with anger, but in the end he didn't say anything, and silently pushed back.

Ye Baiting was still not in a hurry, human emotions have a threshold area, Li Guangji was too timid and timid, one or two stimulations were not enough for him to move, three or four times, but not necessarily, when he finally couldn't suppress it, he always needed a vent channel.

At that time... a new statement can be added to the case.

Ye Baiting glanced across the room, Wan Chengyun didn't seem to have changed, He Yiming's eyelashes drooped slightly, hiding the emotions in his eyes, no one knew what he was thinking, as for the two young ministers of Dali Temple, from the beginning to now, seeing Nose and mind, never said a word.

"Tell me about Guan Xiuzhu." Ye Baiting turned around and said, "Before Guan Xiuzhu died, did Meng Nanxing enter his room?"

After the previous round of nervous stimulation, as long as the fire didn't get on him, Jiang Yiqing actually felt very comfortable, unlike when he was sitting here with thorns all over his body, and his tone was not so aggressive: "I don't know."

"you're lying."

Ye Baiting looked at him: "The renovation of the household department is done after the new year. Guan Xiuzhu died on the Qixi Festival last year. At that time, your offices were not in the lobby, but in your own small study rooms. According to the layout of the rooms—"

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Shen Jiang handed the drawn picture to his palm.

"Guan Xiuzhu's room is at the back of the east corner. There is no other way to get to him, but you have to go through your study." Ye Baiting pointed to the location of the room for the two of them. "It's hot in summer. Think carefully, if you want to close the door, the window must not be closed, no matter who goes to his room, you will definitely see it."

"I didn't see it... that is, you lied to the commander. You were not in the room and went somewhere else?"

"I'm in my room!"

Seeing that Jiang Yiqing couldn't hide it, she gritted her teeth: "That's right, I saw it!"

"What did you see?" Ye Baiting glanced across the hall, "Your lords are also here, to be a witness."

Jiang Yiqing: ...

"Meng Nanxing holds Fang Sheng with the same heart in his hand, what can he do? He knocked on Guan Xiuzhu's door, of course to confess his love."

When Shen Jiang heard this, he couldn't help but want to give the young master a thumbs up. The truth at that time, because the people involved in the case were unwilling to disclose it, they could only speculate based on the existing evidence, but even if he speculated, he still couldn't see anything. The young master is different, he can guess everything!Meng Nanxing really went to confess his love!

He took out the concentric Fang Sheng from the evidence tray, and asked Jiang Yiqing, "You mean this thing?"

"Yes." Jiang Yiqing finished reading, "Why are you here..."

Shen Jiang: "This is none of your business."

Ye Baiting was very steady: "What did Mr. Jiang see and what did he hear?"

Jiang Yiqing rolled her eyelids: "Does this have anything to do with the case?"

"Naturally," Ye Baiting said in a slow voice, "Zhao Xingde's suicide note admitted this murder case, but only recognized the result, and did not say anything about the process or motive of the crime. After Jin Yiwei visited and investigated, he believed that the cause of Guan Xiuzhu's death was doubtful. Since At that time, the Ministry of Criminal Justice worked hard to find the secret room and misjudged it as a 'suicide in fear of crime', so we have to find out the murder process and dig it out clearly. Now that we know that Meng Nanxing has been there, don't we have to ask clearly?"

"Then I didn't see it either! I just saw him knock on the door and Guan Xiuzhu let him in. I don't know what happened after that!"

"What about the movement? You can't see what they are doing, so close, can you hear the sound? Did the two of them have a dispute?"

Jiang Yiqing originally wanted to say no, I don't know, but looking at Ye Baiting's eyes, those eyes were clear and deep, like the cold stars hidden by Yao Ye, he felt that this young man knew everything and saw everything, and the question was just a question In the process, to see if others are telling a lie, you are not afraid that others will not tell you...

Jiang Yiqing was afraid, and didn't dare to be as contemptuous and perfunctory as before, and snorted: "I'm busy too, so I don't have the heart to listen to them all the time, but I heard a sound like bumping into something, and the two of them were talking too loudly. There seems to be a dispute, but what the content of the dispute is, I don't know."

Ye Baiting pondered: "Meng Nanxing...is he a person who often argues with others?"

"No." Jiang Yiqing snorted, "He wished that everyone could not see him."

"Then why the dispute? Doesn't he like Guan Xiuzhu?"

"What are you doubting me again?" Jiang Yiqing was instantly vigilant, "I'm not lying, I just saw their shadows - at night, there are candlesticks in every room, and the two of them approached and entangled, more or less reflected in them On the window paper, what is so strange about what I saw?"

"Shadow?" Ye Baiting beckoned, and Shen Jiang pulled a Jinyiwei colleague, stood under the candle next to him, made a shoulder-shoulder posture, Ye Baiting asked Jiang Yiqing,

"Is that so?"

Jiang Yiqing looked at the light and shadow on the ground, and nodded slowly: "Almost."

"How about this?" Ye Baiting gestured, and Shen Jiang's right hand stretched two fingers towards the opponent's chin, and gently picked it.

Jiang Yiqing shook her head: "No."

"Is there a push and pull between them? A movement of acceptance and rejection?"

As Ye Baiting spoke, Shen Jiang and his colleagues took different poses, including getting closer.

Jiang Yi looked at the light and shadow of the two falling on the ground, thoughtfully: "There is also... But they didn't stand in front of the candle for a long time, and I only saw these, nothing else."

Shen Jiang then understood why he asked about this case at night, because only at night can candles cast such shadows, which is convenient for others to recall!

After asking about the details of the room, Ye Baiting asked again: "After that, after Meng Nanxing left, there were still people coming. Whose shadow did you see?"

"No more," Jiang Yiqing shook his head resolutely, "then someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice came to check things and asked for cooperation. We all went to Guan Xiuzhu and knocked on the door, but he didn't answer. At the end of the day, it was too late, Mr. Zhao I have invited Master Wan to go and inspect together."

Ye Baiting nodded: "I remember that the records in the file are very clear. Zhao Xingde was the first to discover Guan Xiuzhu's death. He kicked the door in and found Guan Xiuzhu lying in a pool of blood with a dagger stuck in his lower abdomen. , I feel that the matter is very important, so I checked the interior of the room immediately, and at this time, you Lord Shang Shuwan went in together, right?"

"Yes."

"How long after the two of you went in did you go in?"

"If someone dies, you can't be too cautious. After about five or six breaths, we only went in when there was a call from inside."

"Have you noticed any abnormalities? Movements, or shadows?"

"Not at all...?"

"Since you can see clearly that after Meng Nanxing left, Guan Xiuzhu's room was a secret room, and no one had ever entered it, so how did Zhao Xingde kill him?"

"……do not know."

He Yiming sat a little irritable, and looked at Ye Baiting: "You are talking so much here, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Of course it is to find the real murderer and restore the scene of the murder."

Ye Baiting put his hands in his sleeves and lifted his chin slightly: "After the commander led us to find the suspicious direction, he made great efforts to investigate and found out that on the day of Qixi Festival, Meng Nanxing bought a 'poison pill' at Jichun Hall and received it from a neighbor. The butcher carried a small bucket of pig blood. The murder weapon, the dagger, was sealed up in the Ministry of Punishment before, but it has now been transferred to Fusi, Beizhen. Got it, there is no specific directionality, 'poison pill', most likely added to the tea—"

He Yiming disagreed: "The tea at the scene of the crime that day, I have ordered Wu Zuo to check it carefully, and there is no trace of poison!"

Ye Baiting: "Of course you can't find out, because Meng Nanxing was deceived. Someone told him about the 'poison pill'. It is a drug that slows down the heartbeat and looks like entering a state of suspended animation. Where is the location? Who is the seller, he wants to buy the right code, it is very mysterious, and the quantity is not much, he believed it and bought it, but it is not."

He Yiming didn't understand: "Why?"

"I've been in the household department for more than two years. At first, I didn't understand and didn't like it. Afterwards, I couldn't fly away or die. At this moment, what can't Meng Nanxing see through? How could the Shangguan have any tricks? How could he not know?" Ye Baiting The voice was silent, "Guan Xiuzhu is like a fish. He has already been caught in someone else's net. The net is getting tighter and tighter, and he is being pulled more and more towards the shore. It is impossible to get out. The big case of Ku Yin's corruption has already Shang Datian listened, and someone had to fill it in. The Shangguan had a consensus long ago, who should be pushed out to carry the blame, and what should he do to save people? "Suicide in fear of crime" turned out to be the only one that is feasible. way."

Ye Baiting's voice was very slow: "He even found someone specifically - someone who liked his body, he endured the humiliation, and went to ask for advice, and he may have paid some price for it, and this person agreed to help, the so-called' "Fake Death Poison Pill" is what this person pointed out to him, so he will believe it so thoroughly."

"But he was not confident in the matter of 'persuading Guan Xiuzhu to agree', so he added another one, and he wanted to confess."

"On Qixi Festival, he hesitated for a long time until he couldn't wait any longer. He took the concentric Fang Sheng he had prepared for a long time and knocked on Guan Xiuzhu's door. This scene Jiang Yiqing said just now can be proved. Oh, I forgot just now Said," Ye Baiting turned to Shen Jiang again, "Shen Baihu found this concentric Fangsheng, you all saw it, it was accidentally left in a family by Meng Nanxing on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month last year, so the confession on Qixi Festival, Guan Xiuzhu did not accept it, and confiscated everything."

Shen Jiang immediately puffed up his chest, yes, I found it!

Ye Baiting continued: "I opened the coffin for an autopsy a few days ago. Between Guan Xiuzhu's fingers, I found a remnant of silk thread that was exactly the same color and texture as Concentric Fangsheng—it's just that I didn't accept the confession. Why did the silk thread be torn off with such a big movement? What? Neither of these two people is extreme and violent."

Everyone in the room frowned, yes, why are you making such a big move?If it wasn't for struggling or even tearing, how could even the silk thread fall between the fingers?

Ye Baiting: "Because Meng Nanxing persuaded Guan Xiuzhu that he would not be able to survive this calamity, and Xu even this night, he proposed to suspend death, and told him that poison pills had been put in the tea just now, whether he wanted to or not. Yes, this fake death pill has already been taken, and he will be unconscious soon."

"Guan Xiuzhu was shocked, so he would naturally push him away. The dispute between the two started at this moment. Guan Xiuzhu even hit the bookshelf behind his back because of too much strength, leaving bruises on the back of his arm, but Meng Nanxing had already I prepared it in advance, I will not allow him to dodge, took out the dagger, and stabbed him in the lower abdomen—"

"He knows what kind of person Guan Xiuzhu is. Guan Xiuzhu may not care about himself. He is willing to burn his life and smash his head and blood for what he insists on in his heart. But what if he is added? His life is not enough. What about the Guan family?"

"Meng Nanxing told Guan Xiuzhu that if he didn't do this, he would die in love. If he didn't do this, his family would be affected. He had already started, fed him medicine, moved the dagger and bled, Guan Xiu If Bamboo doesn’t continue and let this game be done, everyone will die.”

"If anyone here knows Guan Xiuzhu well, they will understand how painful he is at this moment. He may not care about his own future, but he cannot abandon the future of others. And as Meng Nanxing said, there is no turning back , he has already taken all the medicines, his lower abdomen is bleeding, there is no other way."

"Before Meng Nanxing left the room, he sprinkled the blood bag hidden under his clothes on Guan Xiuzhu's body on the ground. Guan Xiuzhu knew in his heart that if this matter was found out, or if there was a mistake in the middle, it would come to the end." The people in his room were the most suspicious. Although he didn't accept Meng Nanxing's affection, he couldn't bear to involve others by him, so he closed the doors and windows by himself, fell to the ground, and passed out—this is the secret room of all."

Ye Baiting looked at He Yiming: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice did not detect the poison, because the poison pill was not poison, but a drug that caused people to stun. Guan Xiuzhu's abdominal wound was not fatal, it was shallow and narrow, even if it took a while , call a doctor, he can still be cured, the cause of his death - autopsy results, Guan Xiuzhu died of poisoning."

"What's the matter with you? Just now you said that there is no poison, but a drug that can stun people. Where did the poison come from?" He Yiming was very eloquent. It was closed, and it was impossible for others to enter that room, but it was found that the person was dead—”

Ye Baiting: "Who said no one came in again? Wasn't the door of the room kicked open?"

He Yiming: "But after death—"

Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes: "Think about it again, are you sure that someone else entered after the person died?"

The room was suddenly quiet.

Ye Baiting: "The poison pill is fake, it only causes dizziness, not death. The incision in the lower abdomen is shallow and narrow, and it is not fatal. Even the large amount of blood at the scene was prepared in advance. When Zhao Xingde kicked open the door... Xiuzhu is not dead, the scene is no longer a secret room."

Thinking hard.

"You mean..." He Yiming frowned slightly, "Did Guan Xiuzhu be killed after being kicked into the house?"

Shen Jiang snorted: "I've been acting beside you for so long, are you blind and unable to see, or deaf and unable to understand human speech?"