Upon hearing this, the first reaction of the civil and military officials in the court was to laugh.
Who is Jiang Jie?
From the fact that he was the first to express his grievances for the world's intellectuals just now, we know that his heart is loyal to the intellectuals and the gentry.
Mr. Dongyue is a leader in the Chinese literary world and has always been the one Jiang Jie respects the most.
How could he kill Mr. Dongyue?
Li Xin also sneered after hearing this: "Your Majesty, this is the court, and you can't just tell jokes. Anyone who speaks here, regardless of their identity, must be responsible for what they say and do."
Xia Shang nodded: "The lower official will naturally take responsibility for what he said, but will His Highness the Crown Prince take responsibility for what he said?"
Li Xin's face darkened and he shouted: "Okay! Today, please give us an explanation before the civil and military officials of the court, and let's hear why Jiang Jie is the murderer."
"You adults probably don't believe it. You can ask Jiang Jie what he said. Did he kill Mr. Dongyue?"
As soon as Xia Shang finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Jie.
Jiang Jie had just experienced resurrection from the dead, and had been soaked in the pouring rain outside. Now he was dirty, unkempt, and looked very embarrassed.
At this moment, when everyone was looking at Jiang Jie, when he knew he should speak, he burst into tears and burst into tears.
"I'm guilty! I'm guilty! I'm guilty!"
This series of "I'm guilty" made the man shout hoarse and heartbroken.
It made everyone tremble in their hearts, wondering what on earth had happened to make a person so desperate and regretful.
Xia Shang was stunned behind the mask. Looking at Jiang Jie's appearance, it turned out that there are many talents in the world, and this person should be the best actor.
Although Jiang Jie didn't speak, his cry made everyone in the audience silently believe that there must be something hidden in this.
Fu Yu frowned as he looked at it, wondering what on earth was going on? What on earth were Jiang Jie and the chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate planning to do?
"Master Jiang! What's the point of crying? Now in the court, the chief minister said that you are the murderer of Mr. Dongyue. You must say something!"
At this time, Jiang Jie tried his best to stop crying, sniffed like a child, raised his head, and saw tears streaming down his embarrassed face...
"Your Majesty! The guilty minister pleads guilty! The person who killed Mr. Dongyue is the guilty minister!"
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Everyone in the court hall exclaimed in unison, and all the officials looked at each other, not knowing why.
Even if Jiang Jie admitted it personally, they still didn't quite believe it, and on the contrary, they couldn't understand what was going on.
"Master Jiang, you can't say this nonsense. This confession of yours will bring you infamy for the rest of the world!"
Jiang Jie cried and said: "Your Majesty, everything the guilty ministers do has a compelling reason."
Li Xin couldn't sit still when he saw this. He didn't want to let things develop, so he quickly interrupted: "Mr. Jiang, you said you were the murderer, do you have any evidence? How did you commit the murder that day, and what was the whole process like?
How was it?"
"On that day, Mr. Dongyue was overturned and released. The guilty party secretly met with Mr. Dongyue in a restaurant that night. The official secretly met with Mr. Dongyue because he was entrusted by others. If Mr. Dongyue had not died, the person who secretly planned it would not let him go.
The world's literati and nobles. Mr. Dongyue thought that everything was over, but he never thought that things had just begun.
Later, Mr. Dongyue learned that he had to sacrifice his own life in exchange for the safety of the intellectuals in the world, so he was resolutely willing to die. The criminal was a disciple of Mr. Dongyue, and his decision was also tortured. But Mr. Dongyue repeatedly requested,
If he is willing to die for justice, he must be killed by me. The criminal had no choice, so he killed Mr. Dongyue and jumped out of the window to escape."
Fu Yu was furious: "It's full of nonsense! How can you, a minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, kill Mr. Dongyue without the strength to tie a chicken? Moreover, at the scene of the crime, there is still a badge from the Metropolitan Procuratorate engraved on it! That's a sign of extreme internal strength.
A superb person is stamped on it with a belt tag."
Jiang Jie said: "It's not complicated to do that. All you need is an iron waistband and an iron hammer."
As he spoke, Jiang Jie took out an iron tiger head waistband that was the same as the wooden waistband Xia Shang wore.
Jiang Jie continued: "Put such a belt on a wooden table and hit it with a hammer, it will soon leave a deep mark on the table."
"Why did you do that?"
"Because that person said it, what he is most worried about is not Mr. Dongyue, not the literati, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate who has been hiding in the dark. This will transfer the literati's anger to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Let the literati and the Metropolitan Procuratorate
The Procuratorate and the Procuratorate were fighting each other. As for why I was able to kill Mr. Dongyue, I have made it very clear before. Mr. Dongyue voluntarily accepted death, so he did not resist at all, so there was no movement at the time of the crime."
Listening to what Jiang Jie said, from a systematic and logical point of view, it is very consistent with the details of the case.
The ministers were all speechless and felt it was incredible, but they seemed to believe it a little bit.
At this time, Xia Shang added: "You can think about it, if the whole thing was really done by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, how could the Metropolitan Procuratorate deliberately leave evidence of guilt? It is obvious that someone deliberately framed the case.
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Fu Yu added: "But at the time of the crime, someone testified that they saw the murderer's face with their own eyes, but it was not Lord Jiang Jie's face. It was a young man!"
"This official knows this better than anyone else!"
Xia Shang sneered and immediately took off his mask.
When the mask fell, a handsome and girl-like face appeared, and all eyes were focused on Xia Shang's face.
For a moment, Fu Yu's eyes widened, Li Xin frowned, and even the emperor's eyes widened.
With this face revealed, all mysteries were solved.
Where is the mysterious young leader that everyone is investigating...
Li Xin thought about it. He had seen him in Linshan Garden and on a Westerner's ship!
Fu Yu also understood that this person was the person who instigated the rebellion for Mr. Dongyue, and he was also the person close to his daughter!
Then everyone present realized that this face was so similar to the face on the notice posted by the literati!
"It's him! It's the face on the notice!"
Xia Shang glanced at everyone: "Your Majesty, ministers, you should have understood, right? At that time, Xiaguan was present! Xiaguan witnessed the whole thing. Because the last person Mr. Dongyue saw before his death was Xiaguan. At that time
The official left the room but did not go far when he heard something strange in Mr. Dongyue's room. The official immediately chased him in, but saw Mr. Jiang had jumped out of the window and left. The official was about to chase him, but was killed by the scholar who came after him.
He saw it, so he was identified as the murderer!" (To be continued)