Chapter 555 The man behind the scenes! Check it out together!
But...it's obvious that it's not just Zhou Qin's murder.
Could it be said that Qin Wenyuan also grasped deeper clues.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he looked at Qin Wenyuan and said: "Qin Wenyuan, are you also going to kill the person behind the scenes?
Also found out?"
When Qin Wenyuan heard Li Shimin's words, he took a deep breath, and immediately he was stunned and said: "Before that, I want to tell you about an unsolved case that has been pending in Dali Temple for ten years!"
“Ten years of unsolved cases?”
"What case?"
“A ten-year cold case?”
"That case,
Is it related to Zhou Qin’s case?”
When everyone heard Qin Wenyuan's words, they all showed doubts.
Li Shimin also looked at Qin Wenyuan, with a searching look in his eyes.
Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were also curious at this moment. Obviously, they did not expect that Qin Wenyuan would talk about a case ten years ago.
So, what kind of case is it?
Everyone's eyes were once again focused on Qin Wenyuan.
At this time, Qin Wenyuan said: "Ten years ago, a case occurred in Chang'an City that shocked the government and the public."
He looked around the crowd and said slowly: "This case had a great impact back then, and at that time, most of you were serving as officials in court, so I think you all should still remember this case."
After hearing Qin Wenyuan's words, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but look thoughtful.
The case that caused a sensation in the government and the opposition ten years ago?
Or did it happen in Chang'an City?
What case?
Ten years is not a short time,
Plus these officials,
They experience countless things every year, and they really can't remember them.
Qin Wenyuan looked at the crowd, and no longer pretended to be evasive. He said directly: "Ten years ago, natural disasters continued in the Tang Dynasty, and the foreign emperors were closely guarded. The soldiers on the border had not been paid for several months, and there were many complaints. In order to ensure the soldiers' pay, Your Majesty ordered
The wealthy gentry from all over the Tang Dynasty contributed money and efforts, and spent a lot of effort to finally collect 500,000 copper coins to distribute military pay and supplies to the soldiers and ensure the fighting strength on the border."
"But as a result, not long after the military pay arrived in Chang'an, before it was sent to the border, 500,000 copper coins disappeared without a trace!"
"That five hundred thousand copper coins,
But at that time, the only money the Tang court could spare was money. As a result,
It disappeared before it could be used, and that incident almost caused a mutiny among the soldiers. His Majesty was furious and ordered Dali Temple and other institutions to investigate closely."
"But in the end, we still haven't found out where the salary is."
"In the end, the case remained unsolved for ten years, and even now, the payment has not been found."
"This case..."
Qin Wenyuan looked at everyone and said slowly: "My lords, do you still remember?"
Fang Xuanling and others actually had some thoughts when they heard Qin Wenyuan say that his household registration was short of money ten years ago.
And when Qin Wenyuan finished speaking, they completely remembered it.
And, I still remember it with a deep impression!
Really can't help but be impressed.
After all, at that time, the foundation of Datang, a country that had just been founded, was almost shaken.
If His Majesty hadn't sold off many valuable things in the palace, took the initiative to save money, and spent some money to obtain some money from aristocratic families in exchange for profits, the difficulty would have been unsurmountable.
That was the second huge crisis Li Shimin encountered after he ascended the throne, besides the Weishui Alliance!
And at that time, Li Shimin was really furious...
People from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai went to search every day, going door to door. If they found someone with a problem, they would arrest him first.
At that time, people were also panic-stricken.
All officials find it hard to feel at ease.
At that time, the search and arrests lasted for a full month, and they did not have enough food or sleep for a month.
In the end, Li Shimin found that the efficiency of officials was affected and many affairs of the court were delayed, so he stopped his crazy investigation.
Therefore, everyone has a very deep memory of this incident.
Even Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, their houses were also searched, and they also have deep memories.
Therefore, after hearing Qin Wenyuan talk about this case, they quickly thought about it.
At the same time, they all looked at Qin Wenyuan with great curiosity.
They want to know...why Qin Wenyuan mentioned this case for no reason!
Could it be that Qin Wenyuan has found out what happened to the missing military pay?
Could it be that... that case is related to the case in which Official Bai Yan was framed by Zhou Qin?
But that was already a case ten years ago.
Many evidence clues have long since disappeared without a trace.
Qin Wenyuan, can he really find out the truth?
Fang Xuanling was curious, and Changsun Wuji was also puzzled.
And the emperor Li Shimin, who was under the most pressure at the time, had a pair of tiger eyes shining with dazzling light at this moment.
He stared at Qin Wenyuan closely and said in a deep voice: "Qin Wenyuan, you suddenly brought up this case, but have you already found out the truth?"
Everyone's attention was focused on Qin Wenyuan.
Even Bai Yanguan looked at Qin Wenyuan.
Although he knew that he was framed and what happened.
But he still had no idea about the person behind the case ten years ago.
So he also wanted to know whether Qin Wenyuan had solved the case and found the person behind it.
The originally bustling court hall became quiet again.
Qin Wenyuan heard Li Shimin's question and said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Please wait for me to come one by one."
As Qin Wenyuan spoke, he said: "Come here, bring the dossier selected by me."
Soon, two government officials came in dragging two trays, and on the trays in their hands were piles of files.
Qin Wenyuan said: "Give the file to His Majesty and all your lords to take a look at."
The Yamen officials distributed those files to Li Shimin and others.
Li Shimin casually opened a file.
He then discovered that the file was about a murder case in Chang'an City.
However, there was nothing special about this murder case. It was just that two people had a conflict and the other person was accidentally beaten to death.
This case was cracked by Jing Zhaoyin. The evidence is sufficient and nothing special.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And Dali Temple also gave the final conclusion.
No matter how Li Shimin thinks about it, this case is nothing short of normal.
So he looked at Qin Wenyuan with some confusion, wondering what Qin Wenyuan meant by taking this case out alone.
Fang Xuanling and others also finished reading the files in their hands.
Those files were similar to what Li Shimin had seen.
They are all homicides.
But these are all cases that have been solved.
And the evidence is very sufficient.
The witnesses and physical evidence are all there.
Even they couldn't see any problem.
Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask Qin Wenyuan: "Master Qin, are there any problems with these cases?"
Everyone also looked at Qin Wenyuan.
Then I heard Qin Wenyuan say: "My lords, don't be impatient, please listen to me slowly."
"Please look at the dates of these cases."
"date?"
After everyone heard this, they quickly looked at the file.
Then, their eyes widened slightly.
"this……"
"These dates are so close."
"That's right, they all seem to have happened within the past month or two!"
"There is no case that happened more than two months ago."
"What a coincidence?"
"A coincidence?" Qin Wenyuan heard what they said and said slowly: "You think it's a coincidence, but I don't think it has anything to do with the word Qiao."
"I have a statistics here, which is the number of cases that have occurred in Chang'an City over the years and months."
With that said, he ordered people to hand over the statistical forms to Li Shimin and others.
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows when he saw it.
He said: "Since the past few years, the crime rate has been declining year by year, and the number of decreases every month is almost the same."
"But within the past one or two months, the crime rate in Chang'an City has indeed increased strangely and in reverse."
"Moreover, three months ago, it was still declining normally, which shows that this rise was unexpected and very sudden."
Qin Wenyuan said: "Your Majesty sees every detail clearly and hits the nail on the head."
Li Shimin deserves to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Qin Wenyuan didn't give any reminder before.
But after seeing this statistical table, I understood everything instantly.
Qin Wenyuan said: "The crime rate has increased abnormally in the past two months."
"There was no chaos inside or outside Chang'an City, and the crime rate in other areas of the Tang Dynasty continued to decline."
"So, this obviously... shows that the crime rate in Chang'an in the past two months is very problematic."
"And when I collect these files and count other cases, I will find that... they are consistent with the previous rules."
Fang Xuanling's heart moved and she asked: "Could it be that... these cases happened suddenly outside the normal crime rate?"
"Did someone intentionally cause it?"
He quickly looked through some other files.
But after looking through it for a long time, Fang Xuanling couldn't find any pattern.
He frowned: "Is there no rule?"
When Qin Wenyuan heard what Fang Xuanling said, he smiled and said: "Master Fang, if you look at the current case, of course you can't find any pattern."
"If you want to look for it, you also need to look for the rules from ten years ago."
"Ten years ago?" Fang Xuanling was startled.
Then, he saw Qin Wenyuan smile lightly and said: "Yes, these deceased people, without exception, all have the same common identity."
"That is……"
Qin Wenyuan's eyes flashed and he said slowly: "The eyewitnesses of the missing salary case ten years ago are also commonly known as...witnesses!"
"And these witnesses, without exception, all died within these two months!"
"No one escaped, no one survived!"
Brush it!
Be it Fang Xuanling or Changsun Wuji.
The moment he heard Qin Wenyuan's words, his eyes widened suddenly.
The whole person froze on the spot.
Fang Xuanling and others never expected that the deceased in these cases that seemed to have been solved were actually witnesses of the salary case ten years ago!
What is happening?
How come these witnesses all died within the past two months!
They quickly looked at the file again.
Fang Xuanling read three files at once.
After reading it, he couldn't help but frown again.
"There's still something wrong."
He said: "It is stated in these files that the causes of their deaths were different, and they were all confirmed by Jing Zhaoyin and Dali Temple, and the murderers were also found."
"It seems that their deaths have nothing to do with it!"
Changsun Wuji also read a few papers and said, "Indeed, these cases really don't seem to have any connection."
He couldn't help but look at Qin Wenyuan and said, "Master Qin, what's going on?"
After everyone heard this, they all looked at Qin Wenyuan in confusion.
Changsun Wuji asked: "Does it mean that Jing Zhaoyin found the wrong murderer?"
Jingzhao Yin and Han Min almost exploded when they heard this.
He quickly said: "Master Changsun, don't talk nonsense!"
"Although I am not as capable as Mr. Qin, when I close a case, I will strictly abide by the legal requirements and strictly compare all the witnesses and evidence to make sure there are no problems with the witnesses and evidence. The murderer will press his fingerprint before closing the case."
"So I can guarantee that the murderer is absolutely fine."
Qin Wenyuan smiled and said: "Master Han, you don't have to be nervous. Master Zhangsun is just making a random guess. He doesn't really mean that there is something wrong with you."
"In fact, the murderer you found is indeed fine."
When Han Min heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Changsun Wuji and others were a little stunned.
Changsun Wuji couldn't help but said: "There is nothing wrong with the murderer Jing Zhaoyin found, and then Mr. Qin, you said that their death was abnormal. This... what is going on?"
They only felt that Qin Wenyuan's words before and after were somewhat contradictory.
At this time, Qin Wenyuan no longer pretended, he said: "Master Changsun, let me give you an example."
Qin Wenyuan thought for a while and said: "I want to kill a certain person because that person will threaten me if he is alive."
"But I know that if I do it myself, I may be discovered by others, and I don't want to be discovered. I don't want to be implicated in this person's death."
"So, I thought about it and came up with a way."
Changsun Wuji hurriedly asked: "What method?"
Qin Wenyuan laughed and said: "I can't take action, and I can't even let people related to me take action, otherwise people may find me."
"So, I can't take action, so why can't I guide others to take action?"
Changsun Wuji asked in confusion: "Others?"
Qin Wenyuan smiled: "As long as you are a person, you will always have friends, and there will always be people you can't stand. A person can never be liked by everyone. This is a normal thing."
"So, the person I want to kill must have a grudge or conflict with him, and then what?"
"As long as I search carefully in the dark, I will definitely find it."
"After that, I can plot against them secretly, increase the conflicts between them, and make the hatred between them deeper and deeper. Then I can find an opportunity to fan the flames secretly."
Qin Wenyuan looked at Changsun Wuji and said: "When the time comes, by deliberate calculation or unintentional calculation, the hatred between them will continue to increase, and then create a perfect opportunity for them to strike. Lord Changsun... tell me, can this be done?
Pass?"
Changsun Wuji's eyes widened slightly.
He couldn't help but said: "So, what you are saying is...that these cases are actually driven by someone behind the scenes?"