Traveling through the divine eagle: the first sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 349 Song Ci Settles the Case
Because Li Qingwei helped him a lot, Song Ci wanted to reward Li Qingwei.

And it was true that he had to be tried according to the law. Although Song Ci admired Li Qingwei's actions and was very grateful for his help in solving the case, it is unacceptable to abuse lynching and kill someone.

Otherwise, everyone would resort to lynching by force, without the constraints of law and morality, wouldn't the world be in chaos?

If Li Qingwei informed Song Ci of the situation and he was to punish the entire case, then Song Ci would treat Li Qingwei as a guest of honor instead of the "prisoner" today.

Song Ci represents the royal law of the Great Song Dynasty, which prohibits the use of lynching to kill people, and this time he is an official appointed by the court.

Song Ci wanted to safeguard the "dignity" of the Great Song King Fa, so naturally he wanted to bring Li Qingwei to the hall for questioning today.Afterwards, the evidence and the memorial were sent to the palace.

Although Song Ci could convict Li Qingwei, he had no power to punish Li Qingwei.

Although he has the privilege of taking people under the royal charter.But he didn't have Bao Zheng's three imperial guillotines.

Because Li Qingwei is not an ordinary nobleman, but a clan noble.

If it was just ordinary hereditary nobles, Song Ci had the power to punish them.But the nobles of the clan are different.

If the clan nobles commit crimes, they can only be reported to the emperor for review after the third division conducts a closed trial.Then the "Zongzheng Temple", which specializes in managing the royal family, will convict according to the emperor's wishes.

Therefore, Song Ci only had the power to "trial", and then made a note and came up with an opinion on punishment.He did not have the right to directly convict clans like Li Qingwei, especially the nobles of the immediate clan.

So calling Li Qingwei here today was just a "trial".

Song Ci said at this time: "His Royal Highness King Wei, it is better not to pretend to be confused. Since the official dared to blatantly bring you, a royal family and noble person, to my prison, it means that the official has enough evidence to prove that the prince and the It is related to the murder of Gongbu Langzhong’s family.”

Li Qingwei stood up at this time and said: "Then please tell Master Song about the evidence. If Master Song's statement has evidence, then this king is willing to subdue the law."

Song Ci also came down from the hall at this time, at this time Aunt Zhuying held the blood-stained night clothes left by Li Qingwei before Li Qingwei.

Li Qingwei looked at the bloody clothes he threw down, and then said: "Sir Song wants to convict this king just based on this clothes, it's a bit arbitrary."

Song Ci said at this time: "That's right, it's a bit arbitrary to conclude that the prince committed the crime based on such a piece of clothing. But the officials found out that the Prince Wei's residence is related to this piece of clothing."

Li Qingwei picked up the bloody clothes with a fan, then smiled slightly and said, "It's just an ordinary black clothes, so how can it have anything to do with me."

Song Ci then explained: "The materials of this dress are all high-quality, and it is definitely not something that can be made by ordinary small workshops. After careful investigation by the officials, this dress is made by the "Qiqiaofang" in Beijing. "

This dress was indeed custom-made by Li Qingwei at Qiqiaofang when he lived in Lin'an, but Li Qingwei was not surprised by Song Ci's method, because it was not difficult to find out.

Li Qingwei immediately asked: "Then even if Mr. Song deduces that the clothes come from Qiqiaofang, how can he conclude that the king is the owner of this clothes?"

Song Ci said at this time: "Then I will wrong the prince and change this bloody coat."

At this time Zhao Jue stood up and scolded: "Bold! My husband is a nobleman of the emperor, and the dragon robe he wears is bestowed by the emperor, how dare you be so rude!"

At this time Song Ci looked at Zhao Jue, and after saluting to Zhao Jue, he said, "Princess, please calm down. In this court, the lower officials, as criminal judges, have the right to enforce the law."

Li Qingwei said with a smile at this time: "My beloved concubine doesn't need to be angry. Mr. Song is the biggest in this court, and this king obeys him." Li Qingwei took off his python robe and jade belt, and then the servants at the side respectfully held Li Qingwei to change it. Down clothes.

Li Qingwei put on this bloody dress, which fit just right.

Song Ci looked at Li Qingwei and said, "Then, is the prince willing to plead guilty?"

Li Qingwei shook his head again at this time, he said: "There are quite a lot of similar figures in the world, if Lord Song uses this to convict me, then I will feel a little dissatisfied."

Song Ci unhurriedly produced the second piece of evidence, which was the report letter left by Li Qingwei.

Song Ci said at this time: "This is the report letter left by the prince to the subordinate that day. The notes in this letter are exactly the same as the notes of the prince. If the prince does not believe it, please ask the prince to check it."

Speaking of this, Song Ci asked Zhu Yinggu to paste the report letter written by Li Qingwei on the drawing board, and next to it was Li Qingwei's "Song-Meng Negotiation Agreement Clause" that he rubbed with the "water paper bone removal method".

This clause was drafted by Li Qingwei, and it was the one that was shown to Prince Kuochu at the beginning.I don't know where Song Ci got it from.

Although the number of words is not many, it is a huge flaw in Song Ci's eyes, and he can recognize the exact sameness of the two notes at a glance.

Because everyone's pen-writing habit, as well as the habit of holding a pen, will affect the font. Although some people imitate other people's characters vividly, they can only imitate their gods, not their souls.

But fortunately King Rong did not allow Song Ci to identify the forged clan classics, otherwise Song Ci would be able to expose the truth of the forged clan classics at a glance.

Li Qingwei didn't expect Song Ci to notice this little detail.

It seems that the eternally famous "Punishment Officer of the Great Song Dynasty" and "The Originator of Forensic Medicine" were really not blown out.

However, Li Qingwei still did not plead guilty. He still wanted to test Song Ci. Although Song Ci recognized his handwriting at a glance, this evidence still did not prove that he was the murderer.

Li Qingwei said at this time: "This king's handwriting is the thin gold script created by Emperor Huizong. This king is not the only one who can write in this world. Is this the only way to arbitrarily judge this king's murder?"

Song Ci remained calm, because what Li Qingwei said was right, just because the clothes fit and the handwriting really couldn't prove that he killed someone.

But at this moment, Song Ci took the Rose Sword that Zhao Catcher had confiscated earlier.

He pulled out the Qiangwei sword and looked at it carefully for a moment, then he asked: "Is this sword the prince's?"

Li Qingwei replied: "Of course!"

Song Ci asked: "Has the prince used it recently?"

Of course Li Qingwei would not admit it, he said, "Of course not!"

Song Ci said at this time: "That's good!"

At this time, Aunt Zhuying walked over pushing a small cart from the back hall.

There was a mosquito net hanging over the car, and the buzzing of flies filled the air.

At this time, Li Qingwei suddenly realized, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty Song, you don't have to try, this king pleads guilty and obeys the law!"

The current Li Qingwei really admires this originator of forensic medicine.

The method Song Ci thought of, although it looks a little indecent, can indeed directly detect whether this weapon is a murder weapon.

(End of this chapter)