Chapter 1248: Confusing Truth with Falsehood

Hearing Li Yuntian's witness, Ye'er, who was crying, also turned his head to look at the door behind him, wondering who the witness was.

"Knock on the prince, my lords." Soon after, the servants brought several men and women dressed in shabby clothes, like peasants in the countryside near the capital, and entered the hall tremblingly, kneeling in front of the hall and saluting.

"Ye'er, do you recognize them?" Li Yuntian stretched out his finger and pointed at the men and women, and asked Ye Er quietly.

"Back to the prince, they are the neighbors of the people's daughter's family." Ye Er hurriedly replied when she heard this, her face was full of surprise, Yun Na didn't tell her that Li Yuntian actually brought her neighbors.

Li Yuntian deliberately didn't let Yun Na tell Ye Er about this situation, the reason is very simple, after all, Ye Er is a young girl, once she knows the whole thing, she will inevitably behave abnormally, and then let these old foxes here see the flaws.

"What do you know when you tell this king?" After receiving Ye Er's affirmative answer, Li Yuntian looked at the men and women kneeling in front of the hall and asked in a deep voice.

"Gift...... Lord Wang, Ye Er's mother once said that Ye Er was a little master in Zhao Mansion, and often took some things from Zhao Mansion in private for people to send to them, and also said that Ye Er wanted to find a good in-law in the capital. After listening to Li Yuntian's question, a fat middle-aged woman kneeling there was the first to speak, and replied respectfully.

"Lord, the villain has seen it with his own eyes, Ye'er's grandfather drank a relatively expensive tonic because he was sick, and I heard Ye'er's mother say that Ye'er asked the pharmacy to open it privately when she grabbed the medicine for her lord." At this time, a middle-aged man with a thin face who was kneeling at the front also spoke.

"Lord Wang, the villain also saw it, and Ye'er's mother also took out the tonic and gave it to others." Then, another middle-aged man replied crampedly.

"We've all met, too." The rest of the people chimed in.

"Do you remember when Ye'er brought back those tonics?" Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, looked at the men and women and asked.

"Back to the prince, although the master can't remember the specific day, it is definitely before the death of the old man of the Zhao family." The middle-aged man with a slender face thought about it and gave an answer.

"Before the death of the old man of the Zhao family, her old man died a few days after Ye'er got the tonic back, and he never got the tonic back again." The fat middle-aged woman added when she heard this.

"Ye'er, do you have something to say?" Li Yuntian looked at Ye Er when he heard this, and asked with a serious expression.

"Lord Wang, Ye Er took things for the family privately, this matter is true, Ye Er is really sorry for my lord and wife." Ye Er suddenly became embarrassed, and said with a rosy cheek, looking very embarrassed.

"This king asks you, have you seen what kind of medicine Ye'er uses to medicine mice?" Li Yuntian glanced at Ye Er when he heard this, his eyes fell on the bodies of several men and women kneeling there, and asked seriously.

"Arsenic!" Almost unanimously, several people kneeling there replied in unison.

Hearing the word "arsenic", everyone present was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance at each other, knowing that in the He poisoning case, the Yue family suspected that Zhao Commander Tongzhi was poisoned by arsenic.

"Why, you use arsenic as rat poison there?" Li Yuntian quietly glanced at the shocked people at the scene, he was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and then asked the men and women quietly.

"Lord Wang, the villains' families are so poor, where do they have the money to buy arsenic to medicine mice, they usually use the soil method to make rat poison to medicine mice."

Hearing this, the fat middle-aged woman couldn't help but say, "Ye'er is deeply liked by the lord and his wife in the master's house, so Ye'er's mother used arsenic to medicine mice, and mice may not die if they eat those soil medicines, but once they eat arsenic, they will definitely die." ”

Although the fat middle-aged woman didn't say it explicitly, the people at the scene heard that Ye'er's mother liked to show off, so she used a different kind of arsenic to medicine mice.

"Ye'er, this king asked you, have you ever brought arsenic to your family before?" A subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he looked at Ye Er expressionlessly and asked.

"Back to the prince, the people's daughter...... The folk girl ...... "Although she knew that she was acting on the spot, she didn't expect Li Yuntian to find such a secret at home, so Ye Er couldn't speak for a while in a panic.

"Yes is yes, no is no, what is your intention to spit out?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian's face immediately sank, and he asked sharply, in his opinion, Ye Er's reaction at this time was just right, which perfectly set off the atmosphere of the scene.

"Back to the prince, the daughter of the people bought arsenic for the family twice." Ye Er suddenly shivered, and hurriedly said, "But this is the people's daughter bought it in the pharmacy at her own expense, my mother said that the rats in the house are making a lot of trouble, and ordinary local medicine does not work, so arsenic is used." ”

What Ye Er said was the truth, according to Li Yuntian's judgment, Ye Er's character of taking advantage of her would definitely not spend money to buy arsenic to medicine mice, so she would definitely let Ye Er buy it.

"Then you tell this king, did you buy arsenic privately when you got the tonic for your lord, and then send it to your family!" Li Yuntian raised the startling wood and slapped it suddenly, and asked sharply at Ye Er.

"Folk Girl...... The people's girl ......" was so frightened by Li Yuntian, Ye Er suddenly became nervous again, and stammered speechless, after all, Li Yuntian has been an official for many years, and he already has a domineering official authority, and he is not angry and arrogant at this time, which makes Ye Er's mind blank.

Looking at the panicked Ye'er, Jin Lian, Chen Zhi and the others couldn't help but secretly glance at each other, and their faces showed a look of sudden realization, no wonder they couldn't find the arsenic bought from the pharmacy, it turned out that Ye Er took home the medicine mouse.

"High, really high!" Wang Zhen couldn't help but put down the teacup in his hand, looked at the scene in front of him with admiration, and secretly admired in his heart, if he hadn't known the truth in advance, he would definitely believe that the scene in front of him was true.

"Ye'er, are you guilty?" Seeing Ye Er's panicked look, Li Yuntian patted the shocked wood again and asked loudly.

"Wang ...... Lord Wang, Min...... The folk girl is guilty, and the folk girl should not have privately taken arsenic to the medicine rats at home when she got medicine for my lord, and she should not hide this matter and bring a disaster to my wife. Ye Er reacted, hurriedly touched the ground with her head, and said while crying.

"The arsenic was taken by her." Hearing this, the civil and military officials present came to a conclusion in their hearts, and then a question arose in everyone's hearts, that is, why didn't Ye Er say it?

"Ye'er, tell this king, why do you want to hide this?" Li Yuntian naturally knew everyone's thoughts, so he looked at Ye Er with a serious expression.

"Lord Wang, Ye Er didn't expect that her unintentional actions would make the second lady suspect that the master was poisoned, so she denied it in her heart." Ye Er stabilized her flustered mind at this time, knelt on the ground and cried and said, "The maiden thought at the time, anyway, my lord was not poisoned, so it is impossible for the second lady to win, but I didn't think that things had developed to this point." ”

"Alas!" Looking at Ye Er with tears streaming down her face, everyone present sighed, even if Ye Er confessed in the first two rounds of court trials, I am afraid that no one believed it, but thought that she was excusing the He family.

"Ye'er, do you know how many twists and turns your wife has brought because of your selfishness?" Li Yuntian glanced at the changes in the expressions on the faces of everyone present, and shook his head at Ye Er with regret, it seems that everyone has accepted this story that happened to Ye Er.

In fact, in Li Yuntian's view, the trial of the case is to tell the story, and whoever can tell the story well according to the existing evidence will be recognized by everyone.

"The people's girls are guilty and willing to be punished." Ye Er knelt on the ground, crying and pleading guilty to Li Yuntian, for her, if she could save the He family, she could be willing to die, and Li Yuntian would not let her die.

"Show her the confession, and sign it without objection." Li Yuntian shook his head when he heard this, and said to the document that recorded the confessions of the people involved in the case in the hall, preparing to end the interrogation of Ye Er.

When the clerk heard this, he picked up the confession he had memorized and showed it to Ye'er, who was basically literally literate by a personal maid from a big family like Ye'er.

"Lord Wang, there is one thing that the people think should be said." Ye Er read the confession, and was just about to sign it, when she suddenly remembered something, looked up and said to Li Yuntian, "My wife was blackmailed before the second lady sued, and if she didn't give him a sum of money, it would make our house restless, and let the second lady expose that our master was poisoned by my wife, and my wife ignored him." ”

"Oh?" Li Yuntian pretended to look at Ye Er in surprise, "Who is the other party, who has such a big breath?" ”

"I don't know the specific identity of this person, I only know that he claims to be the person of Jinyiwei, and the second lady of my family...... I have a close relationship with my second wife. Ye Er shook his head when he heard this, and there was an obvious pause when talking about the relationship between the other party and the Yue family, as if he had some scruples.

The civil and military officials present immediately understood, and the "Jinyi Guard" in Ye'er's mouth was the liar who took over the Yue clan by force, but Ye Er didn't know that the matter between the Yue clan and the adulterer had been exposed.

Wang Zhen glanced at Chen Zhi, Jin Lian and the others, and saw that their faces showed a look of sudden realization, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but show a trace of disdain, and they picked up the teacup and tasted it leisurely.

Ye Er signed her confession and left, and Li Yuntian successively summoned the pharmacy guys, the Zhao family's subordinates, and neighbors, and basically did not change their confessions, because their confessions had been successfully used by Li Yuntian.

The reason is very simple, the confessions of these witnesses have no actual value, and they have little to do with He's poisoning of her husband, the key is to see how to use and interpret them.

"An Taihou, did this king bring the things you wanted?" After summoning the witnesses, Li Yuntian looked at Liang Kun, the former military governor of the former military capital mansion and the Marquis of Antai, who were sitting in the hall.

"Lord Yu, Ben Hou has already brought it." Liang Kun bowed to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and then took out a notebook from a military attache standing behind him.

Seeing this, the eyes of everyone at the scene suddenly fell on Liang Kun and the record book in his hand, and they didn't know what Li Yuntian meant by doing this.

"An Taihou, tell everyone, what is the thing in your hand?" Li Yuntian glanced at the interested crowd at the scene and asked quietly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the book of my former military governor's office, which records the list of officials who were unable to be on duty in my former military governor's office for some reason." Liang Kun then stood up, raised the notebook in his hand and said loudly.

"An Taihou, tell everyone that Commander Zhao is on duty within a month before his death." Li Yuntian commanded in a deep voice when he heard this.

"Lord Wang, Commander Zhao asked for leave three times within a month before his death, because he was unwell." Liang Kun flipped through the record book and replied to Li Yuntian in a loud voice.

"Show it to all of you." Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and pointed to the officials present in the hall and said.

Liang Kun heard the words and handed it to Chen Zhi, who was sitting on the side, and everyone circulated it one by one, this record book recorded the attendance of the former military governor's mansion in the months before and after the death of Zhao Commander Tongzhi, and it was clearly written that Zhao Commander Tongzhi asked for leave three times because he was unwell.

It's a pity that in the previous two rounds of court trials, no one thought of going to the former military governor's mansion to check the attendance situation, and they all focused on whether the He family poisoned her husband.

In fact, this is very simple, Commander Zhao knew that he died early in his prime, if he was not poisoned, then he must have a hidden disease, so he only needs to understand his physical condition during the period before his death.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king thinks that the reason why Commander Zhao Tongzhi died early in the prime of life was because he had a hidden disease in his body that could not be detected, so the He family gave him tonic medicine to replenish his body, and as a result, he died of a hidden disease, and the matter of arsenic was just a coincidence." After everyone present finished circulating the record book, Li Yuntian opened his mouth and said in a deep voice, "As for whether this is the case, the only way is to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy!" ”

Chen Zhi, Jin Lian and others nodded to each other, thinking that Li Yuntian was reasonable, and only the opening of the coffin and the autopsy was the most convincing, and at the same time, the case of poisoning and killing her husband could be given.

"Someone, pass on the He family!" Li Yuntian saw that everyone agreed with his statement, so he quietly shouted at the messenger outside the door.

Although Li Yuntian is now on the order of the imperial court to try the case, he can order the coffin to be forcibly opened for autopsy, but Li Yuntian does not want to do this, it is better to get the consent of the He family, so that the case can be successfully handled.

In addition, Li Yuntian still had something to ask the He family, so he naturally had to send it over for questioning.

Hearing this, everyone at the scene fell their eyes on the door, waiting for He's arrival.

"The big picture is decided!" Wang Zhen put down the teacup in his hand, and said secretly in his heart, it seems that the He murder case can be successfully concluded here.