Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 493 Doubtful Points
"Do you think Master Luo was not the victim of that concubine?" Su Yizhao asked.

"Yes, there are doubts in this case!" Kang Shiwen nodded.

"You have also read the file, what do you think?" He suddenly looked up at Su Yizhao and asked.

Su Yizhao pondered for a moment, "The lower officials think so too."

"At that time, all the officials searched the Luo Mansion, but there was no trace of the oleander. However, half a month later, it was found buried in the bamboo forest."

Su Yizhao spread out the file, then pointed to a certain place, and said: "My lord, please read it. It is recorded in the file that according to the account of the concubine's room, the oleander was buried that day just to avoid being traced. But the court went to search for evidence When the oleander petals were still very bright, the soil renovation on it seemed more recent.”

"The person who made the report is the shopkeeper who sells flowers in the square market. Why didn't he say anything when he was investigating the whereabouts of the people in the house? This person's previous statement is not consistent with what he said later. If the shopkeeper has nothing to do with this matter, then Why hide it for that concubine? Doesn't he know the seriousness of the matter?"

Kang Shiwen nodded in satisfaction, "I questioned the shopkeeper at the time, saying that he was afraid of trouble and didn't want to be troublesome."

"Do you think it's credible? Aren't the general shopkeepers afraid of getting in trouble, so they know everything? Don't you have to prove your innocence?"

Kang Shiwen nodded, "That's true, but he swears, there are witnesses, and the concubine's room has been punished, so this matter can only be closed."

"But the concubine's confession is full of loopholes." Su Yizhao said with certainty.

"Oh? Tell me, what's wrong?" Kang Shiwen suddenly regained his energy, and finally someone felt that there was something suspicious about this murder case.

Su Yizhao opened the notes she had just made, "She said that day she took Bigeng porridge to the study, and then poisoned it to death."

"But Luo Zheng's wife's confession mentioned that Luo Zheng had been in the study for the past half month. I don't know what troublesome things happened. He was busy every day until midnight, and the woman in the house was not allowed to look for him in the study."

Su Yizhao said and turned to a certain page in the volume, "Look at the confession here, his wife Zhai said that she cared about her master's health, and went to the study to persuade her, but was kicked out by Luo Zheng, and severely accused the inner house Women are not allowed to step into the study outside the front yard, and even the attendants who accompany them will be scolded."

Kang Shiwen didn't find it strange, because he was like that.

"Luo Zheng came from a scholarly family, and he abides by family etiquette. The outer study is where the men of the family discuss important matters. How can the women in the inner house break in at will?"

Su Yizhao gave a sound in his heart, these old feudalists.

But it also proves that Luo Zheng is a standard scholar-bureaucrat and will not easily violate his principles.

"But the concubine's room said that she went into the outer study and watched Luo Zheng drink the porridge."

Kang Shiwen pondered for a while, "But if the concubine's room is favored, maybe she will really be allowed in, that's not guaranteed!"

"Let's just say this is a doubt, and then there is another doubt."

Su Yizhao stood with his hands behind his back, "According to Madam Zhai's cry, if she knew that my concubine Ping'er was having an affair with other servants, she would never have accepted her as a concubine, and the master lost his life in vain."

"That is to say, Luo Zheng and his wife didn't know that Ping'er was interested, but at that time Ping'er's mother was thinking about prosperity and wealth, so she agreed to do it for Ping'er. Do you think Ping'er would hate Luo Zheng so much?"

Kang Shiwen pondered for a moment, and said: "Ms. Zhai said that Luo's family is not rich in children, and she is not in good health. It was her idea to fight for Luo's concubine. She wanted to fight for Luo's branches and leaves. Before I asked Ping'er's mother, but her mother never said that Ping'er has a sweetheart."

"After accepting Ping'er, the couple treated Ping'er very well. Ping'er was a little depressed at first, but she calmed down later. Mrs. Zhai thought that Ping'er was concerned about Luo Zheng's age at the beginning, so she was able to persuade her with words. Go." Kang Shiwen continued.

Su Yizhao slandered in his heart, didn't he?She's only twenty-eight years old, but she's married to a man in her forties. It's too old to be her father.

"Her motive for killing people is really not enough. I should hate her mother if I hate her. Therefore, I feel that there must be something strange in it."

Kang Shiwen flipped through the file again, trying to find other omissions.

"It's a pity that Ping'er committed suicide by biting her tongue in prison. This case just wanted to be investigated again, and the clues were interrupted." Kang Shiwen sighed.

"If these are not enough to prove that the case is suspicious, then look here, is it enough?"

Su Yizhao pointed to the place on the file, where the emperor ordered the court to recover the military equipment.

Kang Shiwen looked at Su Yizhao with some doubts. He couldn't help but read it twice carefully, but he still didn't see anything.

"Don't you think this day is not right? The batch of armaments left the capital on September 27. When the incident happened, it had been gone for more than half a month.

You know the weather in the Northland. If you start late and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, it will be difficult to go on the road with light equipment, not to mention armaments. "

"The soldiers at the border are still waiting for something to keep out the cold, and the imperial court has a stipulated time limit."

As Su Yizhao spoke, she took a piece of parchment from her side, and after she spread it, Kang Shiwen found that it was a map.

"According to the route at that time, it would take at least half a month to get here, and I have already crossed the Dang River." Su Yizhao pointed to a place on the map.

"However, when the imperial court led people to chase them, they only reached Yunhai County. The distance between the two is more than 500 miles. Don't you think it's strange?"

Kang Shiwen hissed and looked at the map carefully.

"According to this calculation, it is true. What do you mean? Did something happen to them and delayed? Or are they just waiting for the emperor to recall them?"

Su Yizhao chuckled, "Yes! No!"

Kang Shiwen was a little at a loss, "How do you say that?"

Su Yizhao turned around and took out another dossier from the bookshelf behind him, "This is the dossier that Xiaguan went to Zhaoma to find. You should understand after reading this."

Kang Shiwen took it over and took a look, and found that it recorded the extermination of bandits.

"Oh! What are you talking about? This case is about exterminating mountain bandits. Why is the bandit so famous? He is a vicious person.

Before he became a bandit, he had been doing robbery and robbery. Later, when he was wanted by the court, he fled to the border, and attracted some people who were also reckless, and became obstacles in the way. "

Kang Shiwen sighed, "Businessmen in the past have suffered greatly from it, but they were suddenly wiped out by a group of people three years ago. When they were discovered, they were all dead.

Some people put the head of He Daxiang at the gate of the county government office in Pianhezhong County, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people! "

After he finished speaking, he remembered, "But how does this matter have anything to do with this case?"

"Look at the day, what do you think of?"

"October [-]th?" Kang Shiwen suddenly seemed to understand something, but felt that he didn't understand.

"It was the day before Luo Zheng was killed, and this road is the only way for the court to transport armaments."

A sharp light flashed in Su Yizhao's eyes, and his tone became severe.

(End of this chapter)