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Chapter 158: The Taoist Priest who is proficient in bone-touching and fortune-telling
Zhang San took out a piece of paper again and presented it with both hands.

"Your Majesty, this is what Cao Min learned from Old Man Xun. He has already put his fingerprints on it."

Jiang Hai took the testimony and presented it to the emperor.

After seeing it, the emperor looked indifferent and motioned to Jiang Hai: "Take it and show it to all the ministers."

Starting from Cui Xiang, the testimonies were circulated one by one. When Master Cheng fell into his hands, he read it with a frown.

"Old man Xun, let me ask you, it says that starting from three years ago, Cheng Haoran would take one or even two or three women to another hospital every once in a while. However, after those women entered the other hospital, they never returned. Have you ever left?"

Old man Xun was gesticulating.

Mr. Cheng said impatiently: "I don't understand what you are gesticulating. All you need to do is nod or shake your head."

Old man Xun nodded repeatedly.

Master Cheng seemed to have found a flaw and turned to question Zhang San.

"How are you sure those women were kidnapped by Cheng Haoran?
"Cheng Haoran is the legitimate son of my eldest son, the Cheng family. He was born like a jade tree in the wind and has an outstanding demeanor. Maybe those women took the initiative to join him?"

Zhang San said coldly: "Those women disappeared suddenly. Their parents and relatives went to the county government to report the case. The county magistrate can testify for this. How can this gentleman slander those people with empty words?" woman?

"Besides, even if those women took the initiative to stick to them, can Cheng Haoran kill them?!"

Mr. Cheng was speechless when asked.

Courtier B asked like he was taking over the baton: "How can you be sure that the women the mute saw were the dead people under the flower garden?

"Maybe those women have left, but this mute old man didn't see them? It's possible that his eyes are dim and he can't see clearly for a while.

"And the real murderer behind the scenes took advantage of this and deliberately buried the body under the flower garden to frame Cheng Haoran!"

Although Zhang San was only one person, facing these people's confusing inquiries, there was one man who was able to block the way and could not get rid of ten thousand others.

Because Prince Lin had already guessed the questions these people would ask in advance, and even trained him to help him think of answers in advance.

Therefore, he replied calmly: "I have also brought the bodies of those women. Five of them died recently, and their faces are still clearly identifiable.

"Although the bones of the remaining eighteen women were rotten and blurred, the common people found an expert who could reconstruct a person's appearance by touching the bones.

"Here are the portraits of the 23 victims during their lifetime. After identification by Old Man Xun, they are the women who were kidnapped by Cheng Haoran and sent to another hospital!"

Zhang San took out a pile of portraits from his arms and presented them to them.

Master Cheng: "..."

The rest of the courtiers: "..."

This Zhang San, how much evidence does he have hidden in his clothes?
When the emperor was looking through the portraits, Zhang San no longer passively waited for questions, but spoke first:
"I know that all of you have doubts about that expert's ability to touch bones and read fortune tellers, so I brought that expert with me.

"At this moment, the Taoist Master Qisheng is waiting outside the palace gate. If the art of fortune-telling is true or false, let him demonstrate it in front of the emperor and all your lords. Then it will be clear."

"Taoist priest? How can you believe what the Taoist priest says?"

"The reason why the previous dynasty was destroyed was because Emperor Qi Ai listened to the nonsense of those Taoist priests in his later years, indulged in practicing Taoism, and took poisonous elixirs all year round, which made him insane and his behavior became more and more absurd and unruly. It can be seen that the Taoist priests did great harm! "

"Your Majesty, you must not repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty and listen to the Taoist priests!"

All the courtiers knelt down towards the emperor on the dragon throne, and the voices of petitions sounded so sincere and solemn as they were concerned about the country and the people.

The emperor sneered in his heart, how could it be that the previous dynasty perished because of a few Taoist priests?

He turned a blind eye to the courtier's request and "announced that the Taoist priest should enter the palace."

A Taoist priest wearing a blue Taoist robe, with white hair and a childlike face, a long body and a graceful appearance, followed the chamberlain into the hall, with a whisk hanging on his arm.Behind him was a little Taoist boy of eight or nine years old. The Taoist boy had picturesque features, was pretty and handsome, and was wearing a small Taoist robe.

This combination of Taoist masters and disciples, an old man and a young man, had a truly unworldly style of painting, and their every move was full of fairy spirit, which made the courtiers who originally wanted to rebuke them speechless.

A person's appearance, voice and even gender can be forged, but temperament cannot be forged.

There is something very special about this pair of master and disciple.

The emperor personally stepped down from the dragon chair, and when the Taoist priest bowed to him, he stretched out his hand to help him up.

"Master Taoist, please rise and give me a seat."

The Taoist Qisheng smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

He sat down generously.

The emperor sat back on the dragon chair again, "Master Qi Sheng, Zhang Sanyan, you are proficient in the art of bone touching and physiognomy, but is it true?"

The Taoist Qisheng said: "That's right. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, I can give a live demonstration."

Emperor: "Oh? How do you want to demonstrate it?"

The Taoist priest said: "Take a strip of cloth to cover Pindao's eyes, and then select a few people at random. Pindao will touch their bones and look at their faces. After removing the strip of cloth, Pindao can draw their faces."

"If the face painted by Pindao is indistinguishable from the real person, it will naturally be confirmed that Pindao's technique of touching bones and fortune telling is real."

Emperor: "Okay, Jiang Hai, just do as the Taoist Master said."

The courtiers had no objections either.

If this Taoist priest can really do what he says, then they have nothing to say.

When the cloth was brought, Jiang Hai specially showed it to Cui Xiang and other important officials to check it, lest they say that he had brought a see-through cloth to help Taoist Priest Qisheng cheat.

For this reason, the emperor also gave Cui Xiang and Master Cheng the task of selecting people, allowing them to choose by themselves.

Several leaders of the aristocratic family faction gathered together to discuss and decide on the candidates.

After a while, three people with cloth covers on their heads were brought into the Tai Chi Hall.

Over there, the eyes of the Taoist priest have been covered with opaque cloth to ensure that he cannot see the outside world.

The cloth covers on the heads of the three people were removed, revealing their faces.

They are all on death row in the sky prison, two men and one woman.

The man was unshaven and the woman was unkempt. Not to mention the eyes were wrapped with strips of cloth, even if their eyes were unobstructed, the people in the palace couldn't see clearly the faces of these three people.

Jiang Hai came to the Taoist Master Qi Sheng: "Taoist Master, we have brought you here. I will help you over."

The Taoist priest raised his hand and refused, "No, even though I can't see, I can hear the sound and identify my position."

He walked exactly in front of the three prisoners, starting with the one on the right, and reached out to touch his skull.

The process of touching the bones was very simple and unpretentious, without any fancy fake movements, and it was different from what the ministers had imagined.

After feeling the bones for three people one by one, the Taoist priest turned around and bowed to the emperor.

"I already know the appearance of the three of them. Please give me pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I will draw the appearance of the three of them."

The emperor waved his hand: "Jiang Hai, bring me pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

(End of this chapter)