Chapter 574 Unbelievable! Someone is pushing behind the scenes!
But...it's obvious that it's not just Zhou Qin's murder.
Could it be said that Shen Lian even grasped the deeper clues.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he looked at Shen Lian and said: "Shen Lian, have you also identified the person behind this?"
When Shen Lian 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?”
"Is that case related to Zhou Qin's case?"
Everyone looked puzzled when they heard Shen Lian's words.
Li Shimin also looked at Shen Lian, with a searching look in his eyes.
Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were also curious at this moment. It was obvious that they did not expect that Shen Lian would talk about a case ten years ago.
So, what kind of case is it?
Everyone's eyes were focused on Shen Lian again.
At this time, Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian'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, and these officials will experience countless things every year, and they really can't remember them.
Shen Lian 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, His Majesty ordered The wealthy gentry from all over the Tang Dynasty contributed money and effort, 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!"
"The five hundred thousand copper coins were the only money that the Tang Dynasty court could produce at that time. As a result, they disappeared before they could be used. That incident almost caused a mutiny among the soldiers. His Majesty was furious and ordered Dali Temple and others to wait. The agency will conduct strict investigation.”
"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..."
Shen Lian looked at everyone and said slowly: "My lords, do you still remember?"
Fang Xuanling and others actually had some thoughts when they heard Shen Lian say that their household registration was short of money ten years ago.
And after Shen Lian 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 immediately arrest him first.
At that time, people were also panic-stricken.
All officials cannot 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 Shen Lian talk about this case, they quickly thought about it.
At the same time, they all looked at Shen Lian with great curiosity.
They want to know...why Shen Lian talks about this case for no reason!
Could it be that Shen Lian has already 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.
Shen Lian, can you 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 Shen Lian tightly and said in a deep voice: "Shen Lian, you suddenly brought up this case, but have you already found out the truth?"
Everyone's attention was focused on Shen Lian.
Even Bai Yanguan looked at Shen Lian.
Although he knew that he was framed and what happened.
But for the case ten years ago, he still had no idea who was behind the scenes.
So he also wanted to know whether Shen Lian had solved the case and found the person behind it.
The originally bustling court hall became quiet again.
When Shen Lian heard Li Shimin's question, he said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Please wait for me to come one by one."
As Shen Lian 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.
Shen Lian 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 solved by Jing Zhaoyin, and the evidence was sufficient, nothing special.
And Dali Temple also gave the final conclusion.
No matter how Li Shimin views it, this case is nothing short of normal.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So he looked at Shen Lian with some confusion, wondering what Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian: "Master Shen, are there any problems with these cases?"
Everyone also looked at Shen Lian.
Then I heard Shen Lian say: "My lords, don't be impatient, just 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?"
"Qiao?" Shen Lian 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."
Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian didn't give any reminder before.
But after seeing this statistical table, I understood everything instantly.
Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian heard Fang Xuanling's words, 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 Shen Lian smile lightly and said, "Yes, these deceased people, without exception, all have the same common identity."
"That is……"
Shen Lian's eyes flashed and he said slowly: "The witness of the missing salary case ten years ago is also commonly known as...a witness!"
"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 Shen Lian'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 Shen Lian and said, "Master Qin, what's going on?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Shen Lian in confusion.
Changsun Wuji asked: "Does it mean that Jing Zhaoyin found the wrong murderer?"
When Jingzhao Yin Hanmin heard this, he almost exploded.
He quickly said: "Master Changsun, don't talk nonsense!"
"Although I am not as capable as Mr. Shen, when I close a case, I will strictly abide by the legal requirements and strictly compare all the witnesses and evidence to make sure that 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."
Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian's words before and after were somewhat contradictory.
At this time, Shen Lian no longer pretended, and said: "Master Changsun, let me give you an example."
Shen Lian 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?"
Shen Lian 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?"
Shen Lian smiled: "As long as you are alone, there will always be friends and people you can't stand. One 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."
Shen Lian looked at Changsun Wuji and said: "When the time comes, by deliberate calculation and unintentional calculation, and by continuously increasing the hatred between them, I will create a perfect opportunity for them to strike. Master Changsun... tell me, can this be done? Does it make sense?"
Changsun Wuji's eyes widened slightly.
He couldn't help but said: "So, what you are saying...are these cases actually driven by someone behind the scenes?"
Changsun Wuji's eyes widened slightly.
He couldn't help but said: "So, what you are saying...are these cases actually driven by someone behind the scenes?"