"Who are you."

Dali Temple Qing Yun Hanchi frowned and looked at the men in the audience. Just now, Nie Shilei seemed to be pointing randomly and picked someone out from the crowd, but this man stood there with his head lowered and remained silent.

Hanchi is suspicious.

"Search."

With a look from the Dali Temple Minister, the officials on both sides would step forward and hold the man down.

"The Temple Minister Mingjian!"

The man hurriedly said: "I am a servant from the prince's palace in Changxiang County. I came here by chance and was bitten and framed by the suspect."

"Prince Changxiang County?"

Yun Hanchi was still puzzled, "The prince has been ill at home recently. As a servant, how can you still be in the mood to hang out?"

The sudden illness of Prince Li Chenghe of Changxiang County is not a secret, and the news that he was diagnosed by Li Ang, the top scholar in the academy, as having a limited time has also spread.

Since there is no cure for the disease, the top priority is to take care of the funeral.

Therefore, during this period of time, the Prince of Changxiang County has been busy counting properties, settling assets, and calculating dividends from various businesses, so that the only son of the Prince can successfully inherit the wealth.

At the same time, we have to negotiate with Zongzhengji, who is in charge of royal family affairs, and prepare for funerals, etc.

The entire county palace was busy. At this time, a servant came to Dali Temple inexplicably to watch the trial of an unrelated case. It was strange no matter how you looked at it.

"..."

The tall and strong man was speechless. A guard with a beard whispered to Yun Hanchi: "Mr. Yun Si, during the previous investigation, more than one witness said that the last time she saw Meng Ying, she took the initiative to log in.

Got into an extremely luxurious carriage,

The time at that time was about two-quarters of an hour on the first day of the lunar month."

"Huh?"

Yun Hanchi glanced at this officer who seemed to be named Zou Han. The country of Yu was prosperous and rich, and the style of the carriage was also extremely luxurious.

In addition to horse gear and accessories, there are collars, forehead straps, nose straps, cheek straps, cheek straps, pharyngeal straps, and neck straps.

An apricot leaf is placed on the horse's forehead, the end of its nose, and the upper part of its cheeks. The leather belt on the horse's head is also decorated with small golden flowers, and is matched with other precious decorations. This set is collectively referred to as "coupling."

This is what Bai Juyi said in "One Hundred Rhymes of Poems by Cui Shilang, Hanlin Qian Sheren, who retreated to Weicun Village and sent gifts to the Ministry of Gifts": "The crown of the noble prince floats, and the prince's bridle makes a fuss."

According to regulations, only officials of fourth grade and above are eligible to use it.

Then consider the leather strap (the strap on the horse's belly), the panxiang (the strap that goes from the saddle forward around the horse's chest), the yang (decorative strips), the bell (the bell mounted on the carriage scale and yoke), etc.,

The price of a high-end carriage can range from a thousand guan to tens of thousands guan.

Just like the supercar in Li Ang's memory of another world, it is impressive.

Yun Hanchi also has a confession from Dongshi witnesses. If he wants to find a specific high-end high-end car in Chang'an City, it will undoubtedly be like finding a needle in a haystack.

But if there are targeted clues and you can take out the physical objects and let witnesses identify them, then nine out of ten they will be able to identify them.

Zou Han continued: "Furthermore, I also heard that on the night of the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Shenbin, the legitimate son of Prince Changxiang, was seen in the Dongshi Restaurant at the beginning of the first lunar month.

Some time ago, the Prince of Changxiang County burned a carriage on the pretext of cleaning up old things during the Dragon Boat Festival..."

Qing Yunhanchi of Dali Temple narrowed his eyes subconsciously and looked at the other party up and down.

These words are already very harsh and clear. They are clearly accusing a clan member named Li, the son of the Prince of Yu State, for being suspected of being involved in the case.

Zou Han was stared at by the Dali Temple Minister, and his body tensed subconsciously, but he still managed to keep his eyes on each other.

Yun Hanchi, the minister of Dali Temple, thought for a moment and said, "...Forget it, go to the Prince of Changxiang County and inform him that you don't want to disturb the Prince himself. Just bring the Prince's legitimate son, housekeeper, servants, coachman, etc. to you."

Said he wanted to ask some questions."

The expressions of the subordinates of the Dali Temple on both sides changed slightly. It was not an easy task to go to the prince's palace in Yu State to invite people. However, the Dali Temple Minister had already made a decision, so they had no choice but to follow his orders.

Dali Temple is located in the inner city of the Imperial City, not far from the northeast of Chang'an where the Prince's Palace is located. Not long after, all the people and things from the Prince's Palace were brought there.

Is this the legitimate son of Prince Changxiang, Li Shenbin?

Li Ang looked into the Dali Temple and saw an elegant young man in white clothes, standing calmly with a calm expression on his face, "Master Yun Temple, my father is ill in bed and still needs my care. I don't know what Mr. Yun wants to ask."

."

"It won't waste too much time."

Yun Hanchi glanced at the case information on the table, "Where were you at the beginning of the Dragon Boat Festival in the fourth year of Zaiqian?"

"I was drinking with some friends at Zuifeng Tower on the south side of Dongshi City. Among those present were Sanlang from the Qing family of Taifu Temple, Shaoqing family from Taichang Temple..."

Li Shenbin reported a series of names, and before Yun Hanchi asked questions, he continued to tell the trajectory of his actions, "We started drinking at the time of Xu Zheng and did not disperse until the beginning of Hai.

Since I had drunk some wine, I asked the carriage driver to go back to the road and drive slower."

"Is it this carriage?"

Yunhanchi asked someone to bring the carriage in, and the witnesses nodded in agreement.

Meng Chengye who was outside the temple immediately couldn't hold himself back and was about to rush into the temple, but was stopped by Jin Wusuan on the side.

Yun Hanchi asked expressionlessly: "These witnesses testified that the deceased Meng Ying boarded the carriage at about two-quarters of an hour on the first day of the lunar month."

"Hmm... Qing Yunsi is talking about the case that happened in Dongshi during the Dragon Boat Festival, right? I've heard about it too."

Li Shenbin said without changing his expression: "There are fifteen carriages in my house, and there are three of this shape. One of them was eaten by insects some time ago and had to be dismantled and burned.

What these witnesses saw in Dongshi that night was indeed the carriage I was riding in.

While driving back to the Prince's Mansion, I did ask the driver to stop and picked up a woman to get on the bus.

But that person is not Meng Ying, but the maid in my house."

Li Shenbin pointed at the servants in his house, and pointed to one of the maids who was about the same age and size as Meng Ying, "Her name is Xiao Ai,"

During the Dragon Boat Festival, I gave money to all the servants in the house and gave them a holiday, including her.

On the way home in the carriage, I saw her walking alone, so I stopped the carriage and gave her a ride.

Maybe the witnesses made a mistake. They mistook her for Meng Ying."

Sophistry.

Li Ang narrowed his eyes slightly. Many of the witnesses who identified the carriage were shopkeepers, clerks, and stall owners in Dongshi shops.

What they noticed that night was the luxurious carriage, but they didn't see clearly the people in it.

As for the little maid Li Shenbin moved out - she is a servant of the county prince's palace, so it is not difficult to prepare the confession in advance.

"My father has business dealings with Meng Ying's father, Meng Chengye, and I have met Meng Ying before.

But I really never met her in Dongshi that night."

Li Shenbin looked calm and said to the witnesses: "You can identify it again and see if the appearance of Ms. Meng Ying's body is similar to Xiao Ai, so that she admits her mistake."

"...Don't you know? Meng Ying's face was scratched with a hosta by the murderer. Although the body is now preserved in an ice room, her original appearance cannot be seen at all. Her identity was confirmed by the jewelry and birthmarks on her body.

."

Dali Temple Qing Yunhanchi took a deep breath. The witnesses in the audience looked at the maid Xiao Ai, and many of them had confused expressions on their faces.

That night in Dongshi, they just glanced at it and were not impressed at all.

Five adults testified that they might have made a mistake, 30 adults testified that they could not remember clearly, and only 20 adults testified that Xiao Ai and the girl who boarded the carriage at that time seemed to be different people.

"Think more clearly!"

Meng Chengye, who was outside the temple, finally couldn't hold himself back and rushed into the temple. He first identified himself as the father of the deceased to Yun Hanchi, the minister of Dali Temple, and then said to a group of witnesses: "I hope you will think carefully about the case involving my daughter.

No, it’s clear!”

"Shopkeeper Meng, right?"

When Li Shenbin saw Meng Chengye appear, he immediately put on a sad expression, "I heard about Sister Ying, and I feel deeply sorry for it."

Meng Chengye glanced at him with red eyes and said nothing, obviously he did not trust the son of the prince at all.

"Yes, it's her."

Nie Shilei, who was originally kneeling on the ground, raised his head and stared blankly at the maid named Xiao Ai. He suddenly pointed at Xiao Ai and the tall and strong servant before and said, "It was she and him who decided after discussion."

I brought it into the alley."

There was silence in Dali Temple at first, and then it became noisy and noisy again.

The fool's testimony is all subjective and unreliable, but there are also many suspicious things about Li Shenbin.

The key to the problem lies in the evidence.

The carriage has been dismantled and burned, and the maid Xiao Ai and Gao Zhuang's servants are all from the prince's palace, so their words have no credibility.

"If you can prove that it was indeed Meng Ying who got on the carriage, then you can be sure that I am involved in the case."

Li Shenbin said straightforwardly: "If there is no evidence and cannot be proved, then please ask Lord Yunsi to let me go back and take care of my seriously ill father."

After saying that, Li Shenbin glanced back at Yunhanchi and turned to leave.

He is the son of a county prince, and his surname is Li. Although there is no conclusive evidence to prove that he is involved in the case, he is willing to cooperate with Dali Temple to investigate the case.
To be continued...