"Lord Wang, my subordinates have found out, the case turned over by Xue Shaoqing was tried by Zheng Xiang, the Guizhou Provincial Superintendent of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the case file is in the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Yun Na didn't let Li Yuntian wait for a long time, and soon inquired about the trial of the case of poisoning her husband, and hurried to report to Li Yuntian.

"Tried by the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, generally speaking, the Metropolitan Procuratorate generally does not directly hear cases, unless there is some special reason.

"It seems that the people of Jinyiwei detained the prisoner and filed the case, and then handed it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial, Zheng Xiang took the case at that time, and asked the prisoner to be a capital crime, and then Xue Shaoqing thought that the case was wronged and handed it over to the Criminal Department for trial, and finally turned the case over, thinking that the prisoner was not guilty, and the concubine who falsely accused the prisoner was arrested and put into the prison of the Criminal Department."

Yun Na nodded, and told Li Yuntian everything she had discovered, and it was precisely because Xue Xuan overturned the case that Jinyiwei's people arrested him in prison.

Li Yuntian's brows couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect the case to be so complicated, a seemingly ordinary murder case alarmed Jinyiwei, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple one after another, and went through the judicial yamen in the capital except for Shuntian Mansion.

Moreover, what made Li Yuntian feel strange was how Jinyiwei's people were so interested in this murder case, which was not within their scope of responsibility.

But then again, Jin Yiwei has the power to inspect the world on the orders of the emperor, and the murder case involves the commander of the former military governor's office, and it is understandable that Jin Yiwei will ask questions, and it is logical for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hear the case because of Jin Yiwei's relationship.

"Let's go, go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate!" After pondering for a moment, Li Yuntian greeted Yun Na and then got up and walked out the door, since the Metropolitan Procuratorate was involved in this case, then it was necessary for him to clarify the matter.

Metropolitan Inspectorate.

In the public room of Zuodu Yushi, Li Yuntian looked through a file on the desk with a serious expression, and a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face wearing a seven-grade official uniform stood in front of the desk with a cramped expression, looking at Li Yuntian anxiously, with fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

This middle-aged man with a national character face is Zheng Xiang, the imperial history of Guizhou Provincial Inspector, he has naturally heard about Xue Xuan's arrest and imprisonment in Jinyiwei, and now that Li Yuntian has read the file of the case of poisoning his husband, he naturally feels nervous and panicked in his heart.

The reason why Li Yuntian was able to gain a foothold in the Metropolitan Procuratorate was not because of his military exploits on the battlefield, but because of his extraordinary ability to adjudicate cases, from the local case in Hukou County to the major case in Lianghuai Yandao, countless difficult cases were in his hands.

Although Li Yuntian has not tried any more cases in recent years due to his busy official duties, his ability to try cases is beyond doubt, and he must be able to see the strangeness of this murder case.

"Zheng Yushi, what do you have to say about this case?" After flipping through the dossier in his hand, Li Yuntian closed the dossier and looked at Zheng Xiang quietly, his face a little gloomy.

In the case file, Li Yuntian did not see any definite evidence that the commander was poisoned by his wife, and all the evidence came from the confessions of witnesses.

What is especially important is that the concubine who commanded Tongzhi was the wife who denounced him two years after his death, and it was so difficult to find the evidence against his wife after such a long time.

Moreover, Li Yuntian felt a little strange, although the concubine said that she was afraid of the wife's obscenity and did not dare to report it, and she withheld it for two years because she could not pass the conscience and mustered up the courage to report it, but Li Yuntian vaguely felt that this matter was not so simple.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, if the wife is really so ruthless, then she will definitely not let go of the concubine, even if she will not be in addition to her, then she will be sent away from the capital.

Of course, Li Yuntian would not speculate for no reason, because judging from the fact that the concubine was willing to file a complaint for the commander of the same knowledge, the relationship between the two should be very good, which will definitely lead to the jealousy of the main wife, since even the commander of the same knowledge can be killed, let alone a concubine.

"Lord Wang, the official is derelict in his duties, please punish the prince."

Seeing that Li Yuntian's face was not good, Zheng Xiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, knelt on the ground with his legs bent, and said to Li Yuntian with his head on the ground, "The lower officials were urged by the people of Jinyiwei, so they couldn't withstand the pressure and sentenced the case according to their wishes." ”

"As an imperial historian, you can't enforce the law impartially, don't you feel ashamed?" The look on Li Yuntian's face softened slightly when he heard this, and he stared at Zheng Xiang expressionlessly and asked, Zheng Xiang did not quibble but confided the truth, which made the anger in Li Yuntian's heart drop a lot, if he dared to shirk the quibble, Li Yuntian would definitely let him remember it for a long time.

Although Li Yuntian was dissatisfied with Zheng Xiang's failure to resist the pressure of Jinyiwei and sentenced the murder case, then again, since the orthodox emperor was in power, how many imperial historians in the Imperial Procuratorate could withstand the pressure of Jinyiwei? You must know that a few years ago, the Hanlin servant said that Liu Qiu died in the edict prison for no apparent reason.

Therefore, Li Yuntian does not want to completely negate Zheng Xiang's ability and previous achievements just by relying on this case, even if Li Yuntian encounters something that has to be done, he must compromise, this is officialdom.

But then again, compromise is also an art, and there are some bottom lines that must be adhered to.

If Li Yuntian is Zheng Xiang, then he will use the word "drag" to drag this case down, although this will offend Jin Yiwei, at least not a life in vain, as for Jin Yiwei to let others try this case, it is not up to him to control.

But then again, Zheng Xiang is not Li Yuntian after all, and under the coercion of Jin Yiwei, he will inevitably shake his position and try the case according to his requirements against his will.

Anyway, the husband of the prisoner is dead, so there is no foundation in the capital, and there is no Jinyi guard in front of him, so he is not afraid that someone will come to turn over the old accounts.

But who would have thought that Xue Xuan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, unexpectedly intervened in this case, which made the development of the situation beyond Zheng Xiang's expectations, so that he ended up in this step.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials are extremely guilty and willing to be punished." Zheng Xiang heard that Li Yuntian's tone slowed down a little, and hurriedly knelt there and said, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and secretly glad that he didn't defend just now, otherwise he would definitely anger Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian is not the kind of person who is easy to fool.

"Fortunately, Xue Shaoqing realized that there was something wrong with the case and intervened in time, otherwise once the autumn decision came, it would be a human life." Li Yuntian saw that Zheng Xiang's attitude was very upright, and said to him with some hatred, "You are a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if something happens and loses the face of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, don't you know to report this case?" ”

"Lord Wang, Xia Guan was flustered at the time, he had already lost his square inch, and coupled with the fear in his heart, he couldn't think of so many things." Zheng Xiang suddenly looked ashamed when he heard this, shook his head and said helplessly, he was worried that if he did that, he would anger Jinyiwei and be found by him.

"Is there any case that is not on this file?" Li Yuntian knew Zheng Xiang's situation at that time, so he pondered for a while and asked quietly, since Zheng Xiang judged this case out of pressure from Jinyiwei, then he would definitely erase some evidence that was favorable to the wife.

"I wonder what adults want to know?" Zheng Xiang raised his head immediately when he heard this, just as Li Yuntian thought, he must have concealed the facts of the case, otherwise how to determine the guilt of his wife, but he didn't know where to start.

"Did the He family say why the Yue family wanted to falsely accuse her, whether it was for money or something else?" Li Yuntian stared at Zheng Xiang and asked with a serious expression.

He is the wife of the former military governor who died in command, and Yue is his concubine, if He did not poison her husband, then Yue must have a motive for framing her, and the most common reason is money.

"He said that the concubine had stolen the things in the house and sold them, and she caught and reprimanded her, but she wanted to put her to death with a grudge in order to seek the family property." Zheng Xiang replied without thinking about it, this case made him very entangled and it had just passed, so he still remembered the case vividly.

"Plotting for family property?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, this reason sounds reasonable, but even if the He family is beheaded, then the Yue family is just a concubine, and there is not much property that can be obtained because there are no heirs, and his family property will fall on the son of the He family.

Although He's son is still an adult, and his family can't take care of him because of her murder, the commander of the same knowledge and his siblings can raise him to adulthood, so the Yue family can't control the situation in the family, so he can't get any benefits.

"Why do you think the Yue family sued the He family, and did the He family say something that seemed to have little to do with the facts of the case during the court trial?" Then, Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and looked at Zheng Xiang expressionlessly, he always felt that things were not as simple as He said.

"By the way, Lord Wang, Xia Guan remembered that when He was in the hall, he once reprimanded Yue's and asked her why she couldn't wait for a year, but Yue didn't answer at that time but turned his head to look away."

Zheng Xiang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly fell into memories and carefully recalled the situation at that time, and after a while, his eyes lit up, and he said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice.

"Why can't you wait a year?" Li Yuntian felt that this clue was very important, so he asked in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, at that time, the people of Jinyi Wei were supervising the trial, and the lower officials were timid and afraid of things, so they didn't ask." Zheng Xiang's face suddenly showed a look of shame, and he said to Li Yuntian embarrassedly that he had already convicted the He family in his heart at that time, so he naturally would not pursue those clues.

"A year's time, a year's time?" Li Yuntian frowned when he heard this, and after muttering two sentences in his mouth, he thought of something, and couldn't help but ask Zheng Xiang, "When did Zhao Du command Tongzhi die?" ”

"Lord Wang, two years ago." This is difficult for Zheng Xiang, and he hurriedly replied, I don't know why Li Yuntian asked this question, the dead one is the commander of the same surname Zhao.

"According to custom, wives and concubines must observe filial piety for three years after the death of their husbands before they can remarry, and the one year He is talking about is likely to refer to the remaining mourning period." Li Yuntian nodded thoughtfully, which could explain why He had those words.

"Lord Wang, are you saying that the He family has something to hide?" Zheng Xiang suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face when he heard this, he had already understood what Li Yuntian meant, could it be that it was related to weathering.

"How is the Yue family's appearance?" Li Yuntian bowed slightly, then looked at Zheng Xiang and asked with a serious expression.

Judging from the case file, Li Yuntian only knew that the concubine was only in her early twenties, which was the age of youth, and it was unknown what she looked like.

"The beauty is delicious, and the waist is slim." Zheng Xiang thought about it and summed up eight words, I have to say that Yue's is indeed a rare stunner in the world, not only beautiful but also fair-skinned and slender waist, I feel pity.

"Go and detain He." Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and said to Zheng Xiang in a deep voice, "This case started because of you, so it will also be closed because of you, and you will earn back the lost face of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

"The subordinate obeys." Zheng Xiang was immediately relieved when he heard this, which showed that Li Yuntian gave him a chance to make meritorious contributions, and Li Yuntian was not afraid of Jinyiwei in him, so he hurriedly got up and left, and went to send someone to detain He.

Looking at Zheng Xiang's back, Li Yuntian couldn't help but shake his head, although he was unwilling to get involved in the matter of Jinyiwei, but because it involved the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he naturally couldn't sit idly by, and wanted to find a way to resolve this reputation crisis of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.