When the woman kneeling in front of the hall saw this, she immediately complained to Lin Jinshu and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me clearly that my sister cannot be the murderer of my stupid husband. It was Jing Zhaoyin who beat her to death to confirm this injustice."
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"How can the lady be so sure that this is an unjust case?"
Lin Jinshu looked at the woman with cold eyes.
At this time, a man wearing a blue cloak who was kneeling next to the woman also came forward and argued bitterly: "Your Highness, it is impossible for my little mother to murder my father."
"Why are you so sure?"
Lin Jinshu recognized that the man was Zhang Wulang, the old Taiwei's son, and stared at him suspiciously.
"Because.Because"
Zhang Wulang hesitated and didn't say the specific reason for a long time. His body was trembling and he could only look to King Qinghe for help.
Lin Jinke suddenly sneered: "Jin Shu, you really know how to embarrass people. Why bother asking for such a simple truth? Then Qian and Lao Tingwei have always been in love and harmony, and how could she murder her own husband because of this little verbal dispute?
, what benefit will killing Old Tingwei do to her?"
Jing Zhaoyin was supported by others and kept moaning and arguing: "But the official did not judge Qian Xiaoniang as the murderer without any evidence. I also asked King Qinghe to show his judgment."
As he spoke, he looked at Lin Jinshu with aggrieved eyes, and explained with sincerity: "Xiaoguan and the people from Tingwei's Mansion carefully searched Zhang's Mansion. No one came or went in Lord Tingwei's courtyard that night.
I haven't found any clues, except that Qian came out of Mr. Zhang's room last night, and was the last one to see Mr. Zhang."
"it's not true."
Zhang Wulang was about to speak, but was immediately interrupted by his aunt: "Wu Lang, don't talk nonsense."
"Mother."
Zhanggoro's eyes were filled with tears: "Mother, my son knows that you don't want to see my mother being wronged, let alone seeing your son make any mistakes, but how can I just watch my mother being tortured and beaten?"
After finishing speaking, he looked around at everyone with firm eyes and said in detail: "Last night, I did make my father unhappy because of some things. It was just because ordinary people did not seek to make progress, which made my mother worry about my future. For this reason, I was promoted to an official position.
There was a dispute with my father, and my mother was grateful to my mother, so she wanted to beg her father to take her back to the house last night, but she made my father unhappy, so I let my mother out of the house."
"But this is not enough to clear your wife's suspicion."
Lin Jinshu said suspiciously.
"If we want to conclude that my mother is the murderer, then the last person to come out of my father's room last night was a commoner, not my mother."
Zhanggoro said loudly.
Mrs. Tingwei was stunned when she heard this. She panicked and yelled at him: "Wu Lang, what are you talking about?"
"Mother, the matter is over, you don't need to persuade me anymore."
Zhanggoro kowtowed to her several times and kept choking: "My child is unfilial and I am unworthy of your kindness in raising me."
Then, he looked at everyone in the hall with his head held high and explained with a serious face:
"Last night, Cao Min was depressed because of his failure. He drank a few more glasses of wine at Qianfan Restaurant and returned home very late. When he learned that his mother was worried about her mother leaving the house and became ill, he went to visit and personally served her to rest.
Then he went to his father’s courtyard.”
Before he finished speaking, Jing Zhaoyin immediately shouted angrily: "Why didn't you mention this before?"
"I"
Zhang Goro glanced at the eldest lady tremblingly, and said with a bitter look on his face:
"When I woke up today, I sent the maid in front of me to report that Jing Zhaoyin and Tingwei Mansion believed that my father was murdered by someone in the government, and told me not to talk nonsense when I got to the government office. Mr. Fu Yin relied on my father, and my mother was a few days ago.
After the dispute that day, it was concluded that my mother-in-law had plotted to murder my father, and she was tortured to force her to confess her crime. The common people were really frightened."
"Listen, listen."
Lin Jinke looked at Jing Zhaoyin and Lin Tingyan with a smile, his eyes full of gloating: "It's ridiculous to conclude that the concubine killed the master based on a trivial matter in the house."
Jing Zhaoyin's face was full of helplessness. He looked at Chu Nanzhi with his eyes and said sadly: "My official has heard that Princess Pingning is an expert in solving cases, so he told me about the several unjust cases she had solved a few months ago.
The officials have also heard that many murders were caused by family disputes. Judging from the evidence currently available, the only murderers are Zhang Goro and his wife."
"It is quite reasonable for Mr. Fu Yin to make this inference. However, the key to deciding a case is ironclad evidence. This is what I have always believed in."
Chu Nanzhi listened for a long time and finally figured out some reasons. Even if Tingwei Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion were in trouble, they would not be presumed to be a murderer without any reason.
But she really disagrees with Jing Zhaoyin's method of finding the murderer, and she has never been able to agree with him.
"I have indeed encountered many murder cases caused by internal disputes in the palace before, but all of them involved huge conflicts of interest."
Examining Jing Zhaoyin, Chu Nan Zhimeifeng asked lightly: "On this point, I agree with King Qinghe's point of view. What benefits does Mr. Fu Yin think Qian Xiaoniang can get from murdering his master?"
"this"
Jing Zhaoyin hesitated and frowned, unable to answer for a while.
"If we have to extrapolate from the murder in the house, I feel that this case is similar to the case of the Shen family in Tong'an Village that I encountered when I was in Luyan Port. I believe that many of you have heard of this horrifying case.
The murder of her husband."
"What does Princess Pingning mean by this?"
The eldest lady of the Zhang family heard that she was alluding to framed the Qian family, and hurriedly replied: "Qian Xiaoniang is the concubine who was personally selected by the slave family to join the house for the humble husband. The slave family has no grudge against her. Although Wu Lang is her
The child can be placed in the name of the slave family since she was a child, which is considered filial piety. Why should the slave family risk her husband's life to falsely accuse her?"
After a pause, she rolled her eyes with great disdain: "Since the slave family wants to harm her, it has already been accomplished, why bother to pretend to brave the ice and snow to beat the drum and report to the imperial court?"
"Yes, Princess, my mother has always been outspoken and has a sharp tongue. She will never harm my little mother."
Zhanggoro stared at his mistress with respect, and his heartfelt trust allowed no one to question her at all.
Chu Nanzhi had already analyzed this matter before she came. Naturally, Mrs. Tingwei sincerely complained for the young lady in the family, and her words were just a metaphor.
"The eldest lady and Mr. Zhang Jialang must not misunderstand each other. I do not suspect that the eldest lady is suspicious."
Chu Nanzhi's eyes wandered back and forth between the mother and son, and she said with a faint smile: "The eldest lady has a broad mind, which is beyond compare. She deserves to be the imperial wife, but Qian Xiaoniang doesn't want the husband of the Zhang family to reveal that he met Tingwei last night.
As an adult, you are also very concerned about protecting your children, so you would rather take the blame yourself than let your husband suffer. How pitiful are the hearts of parents in the world."
As soon as she finished speaking, an old and deep woman's voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Yes, yes, there is no mother in the world who is willing to let her child suffer."
When everyone heard the news, they turned around and saw Yin Enci leading a group of people straight in. They quickly knelt down and said, "I have seen our ancestors, our ancestors are Ci'an."