Chapter 483 Can’t write two characters of Thai in one stroke
Tongfu Inn, the process of elimination continues.
"There are also the female relatives in the house." Zhu Zhen continued: "My senior brother is a gentleman who observes etiquette. It is impossible for him to be abducted by them."
Hu Quan had already scanned these files before and quickly took away the confessions of Cao Shenzheng's wife, only daughter, two servants, and two maids.
There were only six confessions left on the ground, but Lao Liu still had no intention of stopping.
"Exclude the cook from Cao Shenzheng's family as well." He ordered in a deep voice. The cook was also unable to lure the senior brother into the well.
You can't let Liu Shenzheng taste the saltiness of the food. Isn't that nonsense?
"Let's get rid of his two servants for now." Zhu Zhen thought for a moment and said:
"Although they were able to lead the senior brother to the well, when they came to look for him later, so many officials were present. As two servants, they shouted through the wall, 'Liu Meng Liu Meng, has your master gone back?
?’ It seems very unruly.”
"That's really it." Hu Quan said, stroking his hands.
Now there were only three confessions left. When Zhu Zhen stretched out his hand, Hu Quan quickly picked it up and presented it to him.
Zhu Zhen quickly flipped through the pages and saw that the three of them were all officials of the Chief Secretary. The reason why they left the banquet hall at that time was to go to the latrine. The three of them unanimously said that they came back after going to the latrine and there was no
Found something unusual.
Lao Liu went through the confession again and complained: "Why don't they have specific times for their entry and exit? How about they be arranged in order?"
"Your Highness, be satisfied. This confession has been recorded in sufficient detail. If Liu Shenzheng's identity were not sensitive, the superiors would not even record whether they left the banquet hall or not." Hu Quan said with a bitter smile.
"Wasn't Zeng Tai ordered to investigate the case? Let him focus on interrogating these three people first, and ask them clearly about the specific time when they left and came back." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice: "If we ask about the time when my senior brother was found missing, it should be clear again.
I can rule out one or two."
"Okay, I'll send a message to him right now." Hu Quan looked excited. The scope has been narrowed so much that he is not far from the truth.
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Needless to say, Xiong Qitai's execution ability is still very strong.
In the afternoon of that day, he took the imperial envoy's warrant and came to the Yamen of Yanchasi.
"Hey, Mr. Xiong Fang, you are here, what can you say?" Zeng Tai, who was possessed by Gang Jing, looked like his nature had been liberated.
"Hey, Lao Zeng, I'm not telling you, but what's wrong with you and why you have to go against the imperial envoy?" Xiong Qitai said speechlessly.
"Oh, I can't help myself." Zeng Tai sighed.
"Understood." Xiong Qitai nodded, thinking he was referring to the prince. He thought that Shen Liben had expected it right. The conflict between the prince and Hu Xiang had extended to Jiangxi.
"Understood, we people below may seem to be great officials. But in the eyes of the adults in Beijing, we are just chess pieces they use to fight." He patted Zeng Tai's arm sympathetically.
"It's true." Zeng Tai nodded, stroking his short gray beard and said, "Look, the imperial envoy has only been here a few days, and my beard is half white."
"We are each other. My life is not easy either." Xiong Qitai sighed and said, "I can't write two characters in one stroke, so we two brothers have to work together to help each other."
"How?" Zeng Tai asked.
"I'll try my best to speak for you when it comes to the imperial envoy, so that you won't be blamed too much." Xiong Qitai said: "Just like the fight you had with him today, didn't it all depend on Brother Yu and me to make peace, so we didn't make a big fuss?"
"Thank you very much." Zeng Taipi said with a smile.
"Then why don't you stop being so serious here? Let's cut through the mess quickly and get this case over with." Xiong Qitai then said in a persuasive manner: "Send off the imperial envoy as soon as possible, so that we can get down to business as soon as possible."
"I have to be able to do business here," Zeng Tai said in a muffled voice.
"That's for sure. I didn't intend to distort the facts of the case, but I just wanted to speed it up." Xiong Qitai said with a smile: "The Imperial Envoy also meant the same thing. He asked Brother Yu to join in and help you investigate the case together."
"Will the two divisions conduct joint trials? Wouldn't that be slower?" Zeng Tai said, "Let's try them separately. Half of the trials will be done on one side, so it will be faster."
"Oh, it's just a case of an accidental fall into a well. As for the exchange of money? What do you mean?" Xiong Qitai was speechless, and then suggested: "You ask the officials as inspectors, and we chief secretary ask the rest.
?”
"This..." Zeng Tai's soul was touched, and he suddenly felt that Xiong Qitai was not well-intentioned.
He secretly wondered, could the murderer be hiding among those idle people? That must be the case, otherwise how could he arrange it like this?
"It's better for your company to ask the officials." Zeng Tai said casually. "They are all colleagues. It would be disrespectful to let the judicial department interrogate them."
"Ah, that's not necessary. After all, you are more professional..." Xiong Qitai declined.
"That's it." Zeng Tai said more firmly: "I believe in the level of the feudal lord."
"Oh, okay." Xiong Qitai suppressed his smile and nodded seriously.
In fact, this was the result he wanted. He knew that Zeng Tai would definitely fight, so he deliberately did the opposite, and it turned out to be true.
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Over there, Xiong Qitai took the officials who were called for questioning and brought them back to the Chief Secretary's Yamen with the order.
Here Zeng Tai rolled up his sleeves and was about to start interrogating those idle people, hoping to find out the murderer.
The interrogation continued until dark. The chief attendant quietly came into the interrogation room, lay down in his ear and whispered: "There is another person from Aimuo Qiba Nebula."
Zeng Tai nodded, motioned for his men to continue questioning, then walked out of the interrogation room unhurriedly, and returned to the back house to meet the visitor.
This time Diga didn't come, it was his uncle who came.
"May I ask Uncle Nanchang, what are your orders?" Zeng Tai's tone revealed the temperament of a bully.
"Are you interrogating those involved in the case?" Hu Quan asked with a frown.
"Yes, we are currently interrogating each of them. I'm afraid we will have to stay up all night tonight." Gang Jing said, "It's really hard."
"That's great. There's no need to review them all." Hu Quan wrote down three names, pushed the paper to Gang Jing and said, "Just focus on these three first."
"I didn't tell you earlier..." Zeng Tai was overjoyed when he heard this, and his workload was now much lighter.
As he said that, he used the light to look at the three names on the paper, and couldn't help being stunned: "I didn't tell you earlier..."
"You complain so much, do you need to say it twice?" Hu Quan said displeased.
"No, the two words 'I didn't tell you earlier' have two different meanings." Zeng Tai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The first one is to express resentment for doing useless work. The second one is to say that uncle said it too late. This
Three people have been taken away by Xiong Qitai."
Hu Quan was furious when he heard this: "What the hell are you doing?"
"Sigh... Forget it, I'm just shooting myself in the foot." Zeng Tai also knew that he had been fooled, and said with a disgusted expression on his face: "Xiong Qitai said that there would be joint trials, but I said that they would be tried separately, and he said
He asked me to interrogate the official, but I let him interrogate him, and then let him take the person away..."
"I'll punch your lungs out." Hu Quan rolled his eyes. "You're a big stick!"
