"Li Xiaoyue, I want to ask you, where were you on April 29th this year?!"
The maid Xiaoyue replied, "Sir, on that day, I was accompanying my young lady to Cuihua Mountain to take pictures. While my young lady was painting, I smelled a strange fragrance. When I wanted to speak, I fainted."
"When I woke up, my lady was gone!"
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The scribe on the side wrote down Yang Qingyuan's questions, several people's confessions, and even the number of times he was shocked.
"Li Qingning! Do you remember what happened at that time?!"
Li Qing was calm and generous, and replied, "Sir, when the civilian girl woke up, she saw Wen Pojun being killed by an arrow. Not long after, Zhang Zhuangshi came over, rescued the civilian girl, and took her away.
on site!"
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After Yang Qingyuan asked Li Qingning, he then turned his attention to Wen Wu who was kneeling in the hall.
"Wenwu, I want to ask you, will you be on Cuihua Mountain on April 29th!?"
"Sir, this servant did go to Cuihua Mountain with the young master that day."
"Then what Li Qingning and Li Mansion's maid Li Xiaoyue said are true!?"
"yes!"
Yang Qingyuan then asked Wen Laifu.
"Wen Laifu, is this the case!?"
Seeing Yang Qingyuan asking Wen Laifu, Wen Jie beside him had an imperceptible smile on his lips.
"Sir! You must not listen to the lies of those people! They are all deceiving you, just to exonerate Zhang San. This is not the case!?"
Wen Laifu's words made Yang Qingyuan's face turn cold, and then he looked at Wen Jie who was listening on the side.
I saw the old man Wen Jiezheng was there, looking confident.
Yang Qingyuan knew that it was not that simple for this man who came from the Taizu period and survived the bloody storms, only to be stripped of his title.
"Lord Qi, all the servants saw it! That Zhang San not only shot my young master with an arrow, but also stepped forward and broke all the bones in my young master's body! The method was extremely cruel! These people only accepted the benefits of the Li family.
Lies are lying to each other! Please be more careful, sir!"
Wen Laifu grabbed the ground with his head and kept kowtowing, looking like a loyal servant.
However, he was indeed considered a loyal servant, but not to Wen Pojun, but to Wenjie.
Now Yang Qingyuan is almost certain that Wen Laifu was sent in deliberately by Wen Jie in order to retract his confession at a critical moment and disrupt the case.
Wen Laifu's determination is far beyond ordinary people, and Wen Jie is also cunning and cunning.
Yang Qingyuan also fell into their trap without checking.
They set up this trap from the beginning just to reverse the testimony of Li Qingning's master and servant and Wen Wu.
When the testimonies of Wen Wu and the Li family master and servant are no longer credible, the case will become confusing again. If Zhang San is convicted of intentional homicide, there will be no chance of survival.
Moreover, Wen Laifu just mentioned that Wen Pojun's bones were broken. Yang Qingyuan had read the Jingzhao Mansion's writings before, and it stated clearly that he died from an arrow and there were no other injuries.
So now that Wen Laifu dares to say this, it means that Wen Jie has already tampered with Wen Pojun's body.
Sure enough, the next moment, Wen Jie spoke.
"Sir! As the father of the deceased, I was very angry when I heard this testimony. There is someone who behaved like this at the feet of the emperor. I hope that your Excellency can invite the deceased to conduct an autopsy again to give the child justice."
Yang Qingyuan glanced at Wen Jie. A military general had such thoughts. The people nearby who were watching the excitement even sympathized with this man. After all, his son was dead, which made people feel pity for him.
"Wen Pojun's body is currently hidden in the ice cellar of Jingzhao Mansion! Shen Bao, Xiao Tao!"
"My subordinate is here!"
The two head catchers standing in the hall came out in response.
"You two take my handwritten letter and take Wu Zuo to Jingzhao Yin Mansion to re-examine Wen Pojun's body!"
Wen Pojun had been dead for a long time, and his body had to be kept in an ice cellar. If it were transported to Dali Temple, it would not only easily cause damage to the body, but also give opportunities for interested people to take advantage of.
Yang Qingyuan directly asked the monks from Dali Temple to go to Jingzhao Mansion for inspection.
Although the masters in Dali Temple are not as good as Song Huifu, they have also received simple training from Song Huifu. Their level is definitely higher than that of the masters in Jingzhao Mansion. Plus, they are randomly selected, so there is no need to worry about being bribed. .
Seeing Shen Bao and Xiao Tao walking out, Wen Jie also had a smile on his face.
How could he not be prepared!?
At this moment, Yang Qingyuan also announced his withdrawal from the court, and the trial had to be postponed until the afternoon due to unexpected circumstances.
It wasn't until three minutes later that Shen Bao and Xiao Tao hurried back with Wu Zuo.
Dali Temple was also upgraded again.
"Sir, according to the villain's latest inspection results, except for one fatal arrow wound on the deceased Wen Pojun, most of the bones on the body have been broken. He was obviously hit hard."
Yang Qingyuan has already known the results of the fraud, but announcing it to everyone involved in the case is a necessary procedure.
It is also to ensure that the procedure is basically fair. Although Yang Qingyuan's free will is already biased in favor of Zhang San, the procedure must still be followed.
After Wu Zuo read the autopsy report, Wen Jie, who had been sitting quietly, took the lead in attacking.
"Sir! I suspect that the Jingzhao Mansion was bribed by someone with ulterior motives to frame my son and exonerate Zhang San."
Although Wen Jie did not say it explicitly, the underlying meaning behind his words was directed at Li Chengguang, the silent minister of the Ministry of War.
However, Li Chengguang, the Minister of War, still did not speak. It seemed that what he was talking about had nothing to do with him, and he was really just here to listen.
Li Chengguang was a scholar of Wuying Palace and the right-hand man of Yu Yanyi, Minister of the Ministry of War. He rose and fell three times in the court, but still managed to occupy the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.
His political level is not comparable to that of a scheming general who became a monk halfway.
Li Chengguang's nephew is the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is currently participating in the investigation of Wenjie's case.
Although he did not explicitly tell Li Chengguang, he told him, "Don't do anything! Just wait and see what happens!"
Li Chengguang has been in high and low officialdom for many years, how come he doesn’t understand the meaning of this sentence?!
When facing a mortal enemy, don't act rashly. There are only two possibilities.
First, this person's power is huge and invincible. He should wait for the opportunity to strike and kill him with one blow.
The other is that this person is close to the end, and even if he doesn't take action, he will not be able to escape.
Wenjie was a Zuotunwei general, but he had a false position. He had no power, no soldiers, and no generals. The only thing worth worrying about was his connections, which was obviously not the first type.
And this sentence came from the mouth of the Supervisory Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so it is already obvious what it means!
Wenjie has been targeted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate usually impeaches people for things like being late for morning appointments, losing etiquette, being disheveled, arriving late and leaving early, and not paying for visiting a brothel.
But these are harmless.
Only when the Metropolitan Procuratorate actually takes action will you know how sharp the knives in these people's hands are.
At that time, the first people to attack the cases of Lan Weiyong and Hu Yu were the literati from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.