The first thousand two hundred and fifty-seven chapters Yiren haggard
After seeing Ouyang Che off, it was already getting very late.
But Li Qi returned to the room and lay on the bed, unable to fall asleep. So he filtered the whole thing over and over in his mind several times, but he still had no clue.
He said he had no clue, but in fact it was just Li Qi's subjective judgment, because all the evidence now points to Li Qingzhao, and Li Qingzhao also pleaded guilty.
But he never believed that Li Qingzhao would poison Zhao Mingcheng. He might still believe that Zhao Mingcheng poisoned Li Qingzhao, but apart from Li Qingzhao's words, there was no way to investigate.
Although he could use his position to force Ouyang Che to send Li Qingzhao back to Beijing for trial, and then secretly manipulate and release Li Qingzhao, this would be easy and enjoyable for him now, but he knew that Li Qingzhao would never
Would he be willing to live so unclearly, and this would also make it very difficult for Ouyang Che.
Thinking about it over and over, I have a severe headache.
But no matter what, he still wanted to wait until he met Li Qingzhao before talking.
The next day.
Li Qi, who was worried, got up early, went to the courtyard, did some chest enlargement exercises, and was going to see Li Qingzhao after breakfast. Suddenly he saw someone who had gotten up earlier than him, and this person was Liu Yunxi.
"Shi Niang, morning!"
"morning!"
Liu Yunxi responded calmly.
Li Qi's eyes swayed, and he walked over and asked with a smile: "Shi Niang, do I have something to ask you?"
"What's up?"
"Do you know about the bergamot flower?"
"What do you think?"
"Uh... I almost forgot that you are a miracle doctor. I know it, but you have no reason not to know." Li Qi smiled, took out a prescription from his arms, handed it over, and said, "Look at this prescription.
Is there anything wrong?"
Liu Yunxi glanced at Li Qi curiously, then took the prescription, glanced at it, and said, "This prescription is specially used to relieve pain and help you fall asleep."
Li Qi muttered: "That's right?"
"If it's the right medicine, then of course it's true."
"Do you think this will poison people if taken for a long time?"
"This small dose is not enough to poison people, but after all, yamabana flowers are highly toxic, and long-term and continuous consumption is not good for the body."
Li Qi asked again: "Is this mountain tomato flower very rare?"
Liu Yunxi said: "That's not the case. Yamadaka flowers are still very common in Guangxi, but in Hangzhou, the distribution is not very concentrated, and it can be considered relatively rare. But it depends on the person. If you know this kind of flower
This habit can also be found in Hangzhou."
"I understand, I understand, for you, it's a piece of cake."
Liu Yunxi did not deny this and said: "Why do you ask this? You can't use this mountain tomato flower indiscriminately. If you think your life is too long, you can use it, but don't harm innocent people."
"Bah, bah, bah, you think your life is too long. It's really annoying to talk about this so early in the morning." Li Qi grabbed the prescription with one hand and whispered: "Oh, don't tell my wife about this. Although
I'm just asking casually, but if I want Madam to know, she has to be very suspicious."
Liu Yunxi said nothing, but showed an impatient expression.
Li Qi knew her temper. He didn't say much and said, "Okay, I'll go and take care of business first."
As soon as he left, Mrs. Qin walked out of the house, glanced curiously at Li Qi who hurried out, and asked Liu Yunxi: "Where is Li Qi going?"
Liu Yunxi said: "He said he was busy with official business."
"oh."
Mrs. Qin nodded and asked curiously: "What were you talking about just now?"
Liu Yunxi said: "Nothing, he just asked about the next flower called yamabana." But he thought in his heart, you didn't let me say it, so I insisted on saying it.
If Li Qi heard this, he would have to vomit blood.
"Butterfly?"
"Oh, the wolfberry flower is a kind of medicinal material, but it contains highly poisonous substances. If it is not handled properly, it will kill people." Liu Yunxi really knew everything and said it all.
Mrs. Qin frowned when she heard this, and looked at Li Qi with a hint of anxiety in her brows.
...
After breakfast, Li Qi took the drunkard out. The reason why he didn't take Ma Qiao with him was because there were many old acquaintances in Hangzhou, and they all knew Ma Qiao. After all, Ma Qiao was a very pushy man. It is difficult for anyone to ignore his existence. Relatively speaking, drunkards are much more low-key.
Li Qi first came to the place agreed with Ouyang Che, and then followed Ouyang Che to a very remote place on the edge of the West Lake. There was a small waterside pavilion made entirely of bamboo, and Li Qingzhao was imprisoned in it.
After Ouyang Che had evacuated all the guards around him, Li Qi got off the carriage, looked at the surrounding environment, and felt a little relieved. This place was indeed very good. He said to Ouyang Che, "Thank you very much. .”
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Ouyang Che stretched out his hand and said, "Ms. Li is inside, please come to the Privy Council."
Li Qi nodded and asked the drunkard to wait outside. Then he came to the waterside pavilion alone, stood in front of the door, and knocked lightly on the door a few times.
Li Qingzhao's voice soon came from inside, "Come in."
Li Qi opened the door and walked in. He saw Li Qingzhao sitting at the table, holding a pen and writing something. Without raising his head, he asked without listening: "What's the matter?"
But there was no response for a long time. Li Qingzhao finally raised his head. When he saw Li Qi standing in front of him, he couldn't help but retreated back in fright. He blinked, as if he didn't believe his eyes.
Li Qi saw Li Qingzhao's haggard face, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Sister Qingzhao, you are fine."
Only then did Li Qingzhao confirm that he had read correctly, and hurriedly stood up and said, "You---why are you here?" She frowned again and said, "I know, Magistrate Ouyang must have sent someone to inform you, alas. , you really shouldn’t have come. As a privy envoy, you are now in charge of the world’s troops. How can you be so carefree? Go back quickly. There are still many important things in the court waiting for you to deal with."
Li Qi never expected that when he saw Li Qingzhao, he would be scolded by her for no reason. He said helplessly: "Sister Qingzhao, you misunderstood. It was the emperor who ordered me to come here."
"emperor?"
Li Qingzhao shook his head and said: "I don't believe this. How could the emperor ask you, the Privy Councilor, to come here just for me, a civilian woman?"
"Sister Qingzhao, can you let me finish my sentence?" Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "What I want to say is that the purpose of my trip is for national affairs, not for you."
Li Qingzhao was stunned, his face turned red, and he said awkwardly: "Really?"
"Otherwise, even if I wanted to come, the Emperor would not let me go, and I would not do such an irresponsible thing." Li Qi shrugged and said, "But luckily I came. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known you were in such a big trouble." matter."
He concealed the reason why Ouyang Che wrote to inform him, just because he didn't want to make Li Qingzhao worried. He added, "Don't you ask me to sit down?"
Li Qingzhao was slightly startled and said hurriedly: "Please sit down!" Then she poured another cup of tea for Li Qi and said: "I'm so sorry, this place is really ---."
"How does this Ouyang Che do things? He can't even bear to give up a cake. I will train him later and teach him how to treat guests."
Li Qi said, but she was very curious in her heart. With this disaster approaching, and her husband had just died, how could she still have the heart to write something. However, her eyes passed over what Li Qingzhao had just written, and a flash of relief flashed in her eyes.
"No, no, no. This is the same as Magistrate Ouyang---."
Halfway through the words, Li Qingzhao woke up and knew that Li Qi had said this on purpose. He smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of hospitality? I am just a dying criminal. Magistrate Ouyang has been very tolerant of me, and I am very
gratitude."
Li Qidao: "What a dying criminal. Since I'm here, you will naturally be safe and sound."
Li Qingzhao was stunned and said firmly: "Li Qi, please don't cheat and seek personal gain because of me. If so, I would rather die."
A smile flashed in Li Qi's eyes, and he said in an passionate tone: "That's really good. Of course, officials should not cheat and engage in favoritism, but the same should be true for people who serve the people. Sister Qingzhao, if you plead guilty this time, I can sue you for obstructing official duties.
oh."
It seemed that this was the first time that Li Qingzhao had seen such a serious Li Qi. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Obstructing official business?"
"Exactly." Li Qidao: "You were not the one who killed Mr. Zhao. You confessed without permission. What else is it if you are not obstructing official business?"
Li Qingzhao was stunned for a moment, his eyes dimmed, and he sighed: "The entire responsibility for this matter lies with me. It was my mistake that caused my husband to be harmed."
"Mistake?" Li Qi raised his eyebrows, thinking, is there really a secret? But he continued: "Even so, it is manslaughter, not deliberate murder. This is the essential difference."
"No, you don't understand."
"I don't understand, then you can tell me!"
"I---."
Li Qingzhao was about to speak but stopped.
Li Qidao: "Do you have anything to hide? If so, you can tell me and I will definitely make the decision for you."
Li Qingzhao shook his head and said, "I have nothing to hide."
Li Qi sighed and said: "Sister Qingzhao, I am telling you the truth. If you don't tell the truth, it will only make things more complicated, and it will also make it more difficult for me and Magistrate Ouyang, because I am very
It is clear that you will never poison Mr. Zhao. Otherwise, you would not have rushed all the way to Hangzhou as soon as you heard that Zhao Mingcheng was sick. Since I know that there must be a hidden secret, then I must find out.
If not, it is fraud and favoritism. Of course, if it is really what you did, I will never be lenient. How should I judge? I just want fairness."
Li Qingzhao raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Li Qi, and felt that what he said was very reasonable, and said: "Actually, it is reasonable to sentence me to intentional murder, because my husband's illness was caused by me."
Li Qi frowned and said, "How do you say this?"
Li Qingzhao said: "I originally planned to go south with my husband, but I suddenly changed my mind."
"I know that."
"There's another thing you don't know. I said some words to my husband before he left. These words have been buried in my heart for a long time. I didn't intend to say them out, but I couldn't help it at the time.
Even after I said it, I didn't feel anything was wrong. It wasn't until I came to Hangzhou that I learned that my husband fell ill precisely because of my words.
When he learned that we had defeated the Jin army, he felt even more guilty. He had no face to return to Beijing to see me, and then fell ill in bed. When I came here, the first thing he said to me was to apologize to me.
"
When talking about the latter part, Li Qingzhao's eyes were filled with tears.
Li Qi also felt something in his heart and said: "So you think that Mr. Zhao died because of you. If you hadn't said those words, he wouldn't have fallen ill, let alone died. So you feel very guilty."
, I just hope to use the government to punish you. What you ask for is just a chance to forgive, not the truth or fairness, and you don’t even care about the situation of Magistrate Ouyang."
Li Qingzhao shook his head and said: "Of course not---."
Li Qi interrupted her and said, "Ask yourself to see if what I said is wrong."
Li Qingzhao was stunned for a while, then lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes. I admit that I have indeed thought so."
"Ouyang Che will really cry when he hears your words."
Li Qi glanced at Li Qingzhao with a hint of reproach and said, "Sister Qingzhao, I hope you can understand. They say that the law is nothing more than human relationships, but this sentence refers to exceptions, because there are exceptions in everything.
But in short, the law is the law. If the law still takes into account human feelings, then it has lost its fairness. It must ensure that everyone is treated fairly and justly.
The emotional entanglement between you and Mr. Zhao has nothing to do with the law. It is just a problem between you. If you bring these problems to the court, it will be unfair to everyone.
Ouyang Che is afraid of hurting a good person because you blindly confessed his crime and refused to cooperate. This is already a serious obstruction of justice. Even if you are sentenced to death, it must be done in an absolute way.
Based on fairness, not your wishful thinking, this government office is not run by your family."
Li Qingzhao was silent as he listened, with a look of shame on his face.
Li Qi added: "Maybe my words are a bit harsh, I hope you won't be offended."
Li Qingzhao shook his head and said: "No, what you said makes sense. I did make a big mistake. Since this matter will be resolved in court, we must respect the facts."
Li Qi smiled and said, "If you think so, I feel relieved."
Li Qingzhao said: "Then what should I do now?"
Li Qidao: "Now that I have taken over this case, I must know the whole story, rather than the perfunctory work of the main suspect. Therefore, I must make another confession to you."
Li Qingzhao nodded and said, "Okay."
"Then let's start now."
"Um."
As he spoke, Li Qi seemed to find something missing, and said, "Wait a moment." After saying that, he stood up and called Ouyang Che in who was waiting outside.
When Li Qingzhao saw Ouyang Che coming, he stood up, bowed, and said guiltily: "The guilty woman has brought a lot of inconvenience to Magistrate Ouyang, please forgive me."
Ouyang Che was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, the Privy Councilor is the Privy Councilor, and anything in his hands can be easily solved. But Li Qingzhao is a criminal after all, so he didn't say any polite words. He only said: "Ouyang is just a criminal."
Let me do your work."
Li Qidao: "Let's talk about these later. I plan to make another detailed confession for Qingzhao --- Li Qingzhao, but you both know that I am really ashamed of writing, so I asked Magistrate Ouyang to do it for me."
The reason why he changed his name to Li Qingzhao was because he wanted to express his attitude. Since I accept this case, I will handle it impartially and will not engage in malpractice for personal gain.
Li Qingzhao understood and was very grateful.
Ouyang Che nodded and said: "This is what it should be. If I were not here, this confession would lack credibility."
Li Qi smiled and said: "I like this reason. Then let's get started." (To be continued...)