Chapter 471: burnt horse stool
Chapter 471 The Burnt Horse Stool
Beibin Wang Lin Tingyan and Nandu Wang Lin Tingkai looked at each other in dismay, and then looked at the group of soldiers around him, guessing that he wanted to stop Lin Jinxiao from investigating the Qi family.
He was so confused that he went so far as to offend the court upstarts for a merchant family.
Looking at Lin Tingkai who was full of displeasure, Lin Tingyan's face also sank, and he persuaded gently: "Brother Wang, get rid of all the people who call you, you are like this, how can the person called the emperor's nephew enter the house to search?" ?”
Hearing this, Jiang Xueyi, Qi Yuhuan, and Qi Yujie immediately panicked, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, Jiaci's new funeral, instead of punishing the murderer of Jiaci, you came to my Qi's house to make a big fuss, so you suspect that it is us Is it okay if the family members killed Jiaci?"
Tang Ru didn't know when the two princes arrived at Luyan Port, and he was very puzzled by Lin Jinxiao's actions.
After all, Jiang Xueyi is a trusted confidant supported by the Tang family. Now that he holds the coastal defense battalion, it is a force that should not be underestimated for him. He can't just watch the Qi family have another accident.
"Your Highnesses, Zheng Haichuan has been arrested and sent to prison, and he also went to the dye factory in Cangshan Mountain on the night of the incident. Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that he was the one who killed Mrs. Zheng. Now the Qi family is going to have a funeral. After all, the dead are respected, and it is not appropriate to go in and disturb the souls of the dead."
Tang Ru originally wanted to persuade everyone with good words, but immediately attracted Chu Nanzhi's disapproving refutation:
"Master Governor's words are wrong. Madam Zheng was abandoned in the wilderness. At this time, it is even more important to find out the real murderer who killed her so that the deceased can rest in peace."
Speaking, she looked at Jiang Xueyi and the Qi family sisters with burning eyes, and said thoughtfully: "If Zheng Haichuan really wants to kill Mrs. Zheng, why should he go out of the city blatantly, isn't it just asking for trouble."
"Since Princess Pingning thinks it's not Wu Enrong or Zheng Haichuan, who is the real murderer?"
Lin Tingkai still suspects that she has the most motive for committing the crime, her trick of shouting "stop thief" is really annoying.
Two court officials were arrested and imprisoned in one day, and she still refused to give up at this moment, Lin Tingkai seemed to lose her patience.
Staring at the crowd angrily, he reprimanded coldly: "Today, the king will put his ugly words in front of the head. If you can go into the mansion to find something, that's all. This king will definitely come before His Majesty and reprimand you for acting recklessly and disrespecting your elders."
Although he said this in front of everyone, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was accusing Lin Jinxiao.
Jiang Xueyi also quickly took advantage of the situation and said: "Although I don't know what His Royal Highness King Pingning has found, it is really hard to guess His Highness's intentions by rushing into the house to search."
After a pause, he looked at Chu Nanzhi again, and his voice gradually became sad: "The humble official knows that because of Wen Yu's matter, Princess Pingning has a lot of jealousy towards my Qi family, young and old. It is also understandable to export evil spirits and despicable positions,
But His Highness has already imprisoned his nephew, all the casinos have been shut down, and even the fields in various places are not allowed to be rented out by my Qi family to tenants. Now it is too unkind to make a scene in front of the mother-in-law some. "
Having said that, he knelt down directly, and begged sullenly: "Please forgive me for a few days, Your Majesty, now that my mother-in-law has been killed, leaving behind my wife and sister-in-law. After finishing the funeral, I would like to go to the Yamen to accept the crime in person, so as to vent the anger in His Highness and Wangfei's heart, I just ask His Highness to forgive the two sisters and stop embarrassing them."
These words moved everyone present.
"Jiang Yushi, please."
Lin Tingyan helped Jiang Xueyi up, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Don't use these words to prevaricate everyone. Everyone knows why Qi Xiaolang was imprisoned, why the casino was seized, and even the affairs of your Qi family's various villages. , you can’t blame him, as for Mrs. Zheng’s case, my imperial nephew is just here for a routine search, so you don’t have to take it to heart.”
Qi Yuhuan frowned when he heard the words of King Beibin, and immediately knelt down, crying, "Your Highness, how could anyone come to the victim's house to search so extensively? Those who didn't know thought it was the slave's family, husband, and sister who killed him." What about Jiaci?"
After saying that, he glanced at Chu Nanzhi and Lin Jinxiao resentfully, supported Jiang Xueyi, and said angrily: "Husband, don't beg them, our family will live in peace in the future, if they still come to provoke trouble, it will be a big deal for us." Go to Jingling City to file an imperial complaint."
"Sue imperial court?"
Chu Nanzhi couldn't listen any longer, frowned and said: "If you really came to the imperial court, the evil things that your Qi family has done these years are probably too numerous to record?"
"you"
Qi Yuhuan stared with anger.
Lin Tingkai grimaced, and said displeasedly: "Princess Pingning is also the one who has solved many major cases, she should know that incriminating people is based on solid evidence, and slandering a loved one out of thin air is not what judges do. Since you If you think that Zheng Haichuan is not the murderer who killed Mrs. Zheng, then you can tell me who is the real murderer?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the Qi family with sarcasm: "Is it Jiang Yushi and his wife or her aunt?"
"Don't worry, Uncle Huang, I'm here today to answer your questions."
Chu Nanzhi smiled lightly, and told the guards under him: "Enter the house."
As soon as the group stepped into the Qi family's mansion, they saw several sergeants escorting a famous handyman over, holding a few pieces of charcoal that were still smoking.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Lin Jinxiao couldn't help frowning.
I'm afraid the horse stool has been burned.
Beibin Wang Lin Tingyan looked at the charcoal in the hands of the escorted servants and sergeants, and asked hesitantly, "Why is this?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, I brought him here after I found out that this person was secretly burning things in the stable."
The sergeant finished answering Lin Tingyan's words, then looked at Lin Jinxiao again, and motioned him to look at the charcoal in his hand: "Your Highness, is this a horse stool?"
The handyman hurriedly interrupted the sergeant, and replied: "Returning to your highness, this horse stool has long been damaged. Seeing that the weather is getting colder, I feel a little chilly staying in the stable. I want to chop some firewood to keep warm, but I was caught without thinking. The soldiers suspected that Xiao’s plot was wrong, so they brought them here.”
Chu Nanzhi looked at the handyman attentively, and found that it was the person who asked the question during the day, and said with a sneer, "You are quite good at timing."
Taking the charcoal from the hands of the sergeants, she looked at it carefully for a while. The horse stool that had been chopped into firewood had long been changed beyond recognition, and she could not find any clues.
Jiang Xueyi was very annoyed, glaring at the couple and said loudly: "Could it be that King Pingning and his concubine came to the mansion just to find this horse stool? It's ridiculous, it's simply absurd. Is it possible to doubt it just because of this horse stool?" The members of my Qi family killed my mother-in-law?"
"Yeah, I think it's ridiculous too."
Chu Nanzhi smiled and said: "It is outrageous that a carriage can run back to the house from more than ten miles away, and it is even more unbelievable that it can pull so many court officials into the water without knowing it. Is it a coincidence, or an arrangement with ulterior motives?"
"What exactly does the princess want to say, please clarify?"
Jiang Xueyi became impatient the more he listened.
Qi Yuhuan comforted her distressedly: "Husband, we don't have the same knowledge as them."
I dare not disrespect them on the surface, and I can only hold back the resentment in my heart.
(end of this chapter)