Metropolitan Procuratorate, reception hall.

An attendant came in from outside the door, walked quickly to Wang Zhen, who was sipping tea there, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear.

"What?" Wang Zhenyan's brows suddenly frowned slightly, his eyes showed a look of surprise, and he couldn't help but whisper in his mouth.

Although Chen Zhi, Jin Lian and others were talking and laughing, they secretly observed Wang Zhen's actions, and when they saw that Wang Zhen's face had changed, they couldn't help but glance at each other in private, it seems that Li Yuntian has found important clues related to the murder of He's husband.

Obviously, the chamberlain reported to Wang Zhen that Li Yuntian was investigating the case in Xiuzhuang, and if the case had not made significant progress, Wang Zhen would not have had such a big reaction.

Chen Zhi and the others guessed correctly, the waiter reported to Wang Zhenyu about Xiuzhuang, he was sent by Wang Zhen to Xiuzhuang to inquire about the news just now, and witnessed the middle-aged woman surnamed Han take out the private brocade clothes and guard waist card, and rushed back to tell Wang Zhenyu in advance when Li Yuntian left.

Wang Zhen's face was cloudy for a while, and then he whispered to the waiter who had reported to him, and the waiter got up and walked away quickly, as if he had something important to do.

Seeing this situation, Chen Zhi, Jin Lian and the others suddenly realized that the clues Li Yuntian found in Xiuzhuang had exerted a lot of pressure on Wang Zhen, which made everyone quite interested in their hearts, and they secretly discussed what had happened in private.

It didn't take long for a messy footstep to come from the courtyard, and Li Yuntian walked in surrounded by Wang Wen and others.

"Lord Wang!" Seeing this, Wang Zhen, Chen Zhi and others hurriedly got up to greet each other in the courtyard, and bowed to Li Yuntian in unison.

"I've kept you waiting." Li Yuntian smiled, walked into the reception hall and sat on the chair at the top of the room, and after he sat down, everyone sat down on the seats on the left and right sides according to the level of their official positions, and looked up at him one after another.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are ordered by the emperor to try the case of He's murder of her husband and Xue Xuan's bribery case, and we have a great responsibility, and this king hopes that you can treat it cautiously and not let down the emperor's expectations and trust in us." After glancing around at everyone present, Li Yuntian groaned for a moment, arched his hand at the diagonal upward, and said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, the lower officials will keep it in mind, and they will live up to the emperor's expectations." Hearing this, everyone at the scene unanimously replied that as the imperial case of the orthodox emperor, they naturally had to have a correct attitude, and even if they had any disdain in their hearts, they couldn't show it.

In fact, everyone here knows that although they are trying the imperial case approved by the emperor this time, Xue Xuan's case is not an ordinary case, it involves the game of all forces in the imperial court, so what affects the trend of the case is not the real case but the result of the game of various forces.

But then again, if the truth of the case can be ascertained, then it will trigger the game of various forces, and then affect the outcome of the game of all forces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the case of the He family's murder of the husband is confusing, involving Jinyiwei and the Three Law Divisions, and the emperor attaches great importance to this."

Li Yuntian knew what they were thinking from the looks of everyone present, among these people who had been in the officialdom for at least 20 years, how could they not know the doorway in this kind of imperial case, so his face turned pale and said with a serious expression, "In order to find out the facts of the case, this official hopes that you can read the file of this case and understand the facts of the case before the trial." ”

"What the prince said is very true." Chen Zhi, Wang Zhen and others bowed to Li Yuntian when they heard this, and said in unison, even Wang Wen, who had the most contact with the cases, only knew the facts of the case in the hands of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and was not clear about the case file of the Criminal Department during the trial.

Therefore, Li Yuntian took the opportunity of this trial to merge the files of the He family's murder case under the control of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department, so that everyone could understand the facts of the case and not be at a loss during the interrogation.

"Lord Wang, the lower official has brought the case file of this case, and he is waiting in the wing room outside, and he can look at it at any time." Jin Lian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, bowed slightly to Li Yuntian when he heard this, since he received the holy decree of the orthodox emperor, he had prepared all the affairs properly.

The only regret is that the director of the criminal department who presided over the murder case of He's husband at that time was affected by Xue Xuan's bribery case, and was arrested and put in the edict prison by Jinyiwei, and his life and death are unknown.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials have also sorted out the case files properly." Afterwards, Wang Wen also bowed to Li Yuntian and said in a deep voice.

The He's murder case was supervised by Wang Wen, so the file has always been kept by his people, except for Li Yuntian, no one including Chen Zhi is interested in it, and whoever is full of food has nothing to do.

"In that case, then bring the case file over and everyone will review and discuss it together." Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, and gave an order in a deep voice, although he knew that everyone was not interested in the case, but this was the process of trying the case, and he had to go.

Besides, this is the imperial case of the orthodox emperor, how can it be done carelessly?

Following Li Yuntian's order, the officers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate quickly submitted the case files of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department on the murder of He's husband, and presented them to everyone present.

Li Yuntian methodically flipped through the case files of the Criminal Department, and compared with the case files of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the contents of the two sides were actually very similar, except that the case files of the Criminal Department denied many witnesses and testimony, so he did not accept the theory of the poisoning of the concubine Yue, and finally found He not guilty, and Yue was imprisoned for sitting on the bell.

In Li Yuntian's view, the criminal department's case file was more objective, after all, after two years, a lot of evidence has dissipated, and it is indeed very difficult to determine that He was poisoned.

Of course, in order to verify whether the commander of Zhao Tongzhi was poisoned, he could also open the coffin for an autopsy, but in ancient times, the deceased was the greatest, and no one was willing to open the coffin of the deceased relatives if it was not a last resort, and the deceased was still a high-ranking official of the imperial court, so how could there be face?

In fact, the head of the Criminal Department also proposed to open the coffin for an autopsy at that time, but unexpectedly it was unanimously opposed by the He family and the Yue family.

Since the deceased Commander Zhao Tongzhi was a member of the former Military Governor's Office, the opening of the coffin had to go through the nod of the former Military Governor's Office, and the former Military Governor's Office was ambiguous about the opening of the museum, after all, this was a family affair of Zhao Commander Tongzhi, so the opinions of his family members should be respected.

At this time, the director of the Criminal Department could not open the museum, after all, the deceased was not an ordinary household but a military household of the Weisuo Army, and it was not easy to open the museum.

Li Yuntian was a little puzzled that both the He family and the Yue family did not agree to open the museum, and it stands to reason that this is the best way to solve the case, but after determining that the Yue family stole people, he understood why the two of them were like this: the Yue family was worried that after the opening of the museum, the outside world would find out that Zhao Commander Tongzhi was not poisoned, and the He family was worried that because of this, Yue's adultery would be made public and affect the reputation of the family.

Unlike Li Yuntian, Wang Zhen absentmindedly looked at the file in his hand, he was not interested in the file in western Zhejiang, he was concerned about how Li Yuntian would treat Xue Xuan's bribery case, and Xue Xuan's bribery case would affect Li Yuntian's verdict on He's murder case.

Wang Zhen knew very well in his heart that Li Yuntian had already taken the initiative in the He family's murder case, and Yue's adultery would obviously have a serious impact on the case, so now it depends on what Li Yuntian will do next.

Because the case of He's murder of her husband was complicated and involved many witnesses, such as the men of the pharmacy, neighbors, officials of the former military governor's office, and the subordinates of Zhao's command and acquaintance, Li Yuntian and the others spent a day reading the file, and it was not until they were on duty in the afternoon that they had a general understanding of the case.

The facts of the case are actually very simple, according to the concubine Yue's statement, because the dead Zhao Commander Tongzhi favored her, so his wife He was jealous and resentful, and was worried that Zhao Commander Tongzhi would give more of the family property to the concubine in the future, so he killed Zhao Commander Tongzhi and caused his untimely death.

Although the concubine Yue did not have children at that time, this does not mean that there will be no children in the future.

As for the main wife, He, she denied all the accusations against the concubine Yue, and said that the concubine Yue's deliberately framed her in order to gain the family's property.

The most important witness of the concubine Yue was a guy from a pharmacy, who testified that his wife, He's personal maid, had gone to the pharmacy to buy arsenic, and soon after, Zhao Commander Tongzhi died, and the concubine Yue had not found arsenic at home since then.

In addition, a subordinate of Zhao Commander Tongzhi's family also testified that after Zhao Commander Tongzhi's death, he vaguely saw residual blood stains in his facial features, and he painted heavy makeup on his face, as if to cover up the truth about poisoning and death.

The most important witness of the main wife He is the old lady of Zhao Commander Tongzhi, which proves that the husband and wife are very affectionate, which can rule out the motive of He Shi's crime.

As for the other witnesses, they all retracted their confessions in the lobby, and Zheng Xiang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood on the side of the concubine Yue during the interrogation, pointing out that the wife He and Zhao Tongzhi were not harmonious and had a bad relationship, and there were also subordinates of the Zhao family who proved that Zhao Commander Tongzhi looked very miserable when he died.

When it came time for the chief judge of the Criminal Department, the witnesses changed their words and sided with his wife, He, indicating that his wife was in good harmony, and Commander Zhao looked peaceful when he died.

It was precisely because of the retraction of the confessions of those witnesses that the head of the Criminal Department finally pronounced He not guilty, which in turn triggered the intervention of Jin Yiwei, and he and Xue Xuan were both arrested and sent to Jin Yiwei's edict prison, and the charges were the same as Xue Xuan, which was to accept bribes from He and then overturn the case for He regardless of the facts.

As for why the witnesses retracted their confessions, Li Yuntian knew without investigation that they must have used heavy punishments during the trial of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department, so that the witnesses would definitely go with the flow, and someone would definitely lie in order to avoid being beaten.

After checking the file of the He family's murder case with Wang Zhen, Jin Lian and others, Li Yuntian did not go back to rest like them, but stayed overnight in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Since the case of He's murder of her husband will be tried in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Li Yuntian decided to stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate these days and deal with the official documents at hand in his spare time, and there is no need to go home again, anyway, he is used to spending the night outside.

Li Yuntian is the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and if he doesn't leave at night, Chen Zhi, Wang Wen and others will naturally not be able to go home, so they have chosen to stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After dinner, Li Yuntian led Yun Na out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and went to the Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi not far from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Seeing that Li Yuntian was coming, the doorkeeper of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town hurriedly bowed down and invited Li Yuntian over, and Li Yuntian was ordered to investigate the case, so he could naturally enter and leave the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town freely.

Even if Li Yuntian didn't follow the order, then if he wanted to enter the Beizhen Fusi, he would not dare to stop him even if he gave those guards ten dares to guard the door.

"Xiaguan Jinyi, Weibei Town, Fusi, Zhenfu envoy, Ma Shun welcomes the prince." Soon after Li Yuntian entered the courtyard gate of the Fusi of Beizhen, Ma Shun, the envoy of the Fusi of Beizhen of Jinyiwei, led a group of his subordinates to hurry over and bowed to Li Yuntian.

"Ma Zhenfu, this king came this time to meet the relevant personnel of the He family's murder case, you don't have to accompany you." Li Yuntian bowed slightly to Ma Shun and said quietly.

"The subordinate obeys." Ma Shun dared to bargain with Li Yuntian, bowed to Li Yuntian, and asked Li Yuntian to be taken to the edict after he bowed.

"My lord, those people in the edict won't cause us any trouble, will they?" Ma Shun frowned and looked at Li Yuntian's departing back, and a thousand households came over and asked in a low voice, looking worried and very afraid of Li Yuntian.

"Panic what!" When Ma Shun heard this, he couldn't help but glared at the Qianhu who was already a little confused, and said coldly, "If the prince wanted to trouble us, he would have come here a long time ago, why wait until the evening to come alone?" ”

"The lesson of the adults is that the humble position is too unbearable." The Qianhu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then reacted, and said to Ma Shun with a smile, he finally realized at this time that Li Yuntian did not come to the Imperial Prison this time to trouble the Beizhen Fusi.

This restless Qianhu was none other than Zhao Cheng, and he never imagined that Li Yuntian would intervene in the He family's murder case, so he felt a little empty when he thought of his torture and confession to He and others.

However, Ma Shun's words gave him a reassurance, which made him panic suddenly, and if Li Yuntian wanted to make the case bigger, he would not come to prison late at night.

After arriving at the Imperial Prison, Li Yuntian did not go to prison, but went to a relatively clean room, where he waited for the person he wanted to see.

When He, dressed in a brand-new prison uniform, handcuffed and shackled, with glazed eyes, was brought into the room by two guards, Li Yuntian was sitting on a chair sipping tea.

Seeing Li Yuntian, He knelt down mechanically, waiting for Li Yuntian to speak with a blank face, she was now dead, and she was waiting to go to Jiuquan to see the dead Commander Zhao.

At this moment, He didn't know that the personable man in civilian clothes in front of him was the famous Zhongwang, and thought that the people in Jinyi Wei wanted to interrogate her.

"Unload her torture instruments!" From He's somewhat dull eyes, Li Yuntian knew that her body and mind had been hit hard, so he secretly shook his head and gave an order to the two guards standing behind He's family, in his opinion, He's nine times out of ten he was wronged, so he didn't need to wear such heavy shackles.

Hearing this, He's cloudy eyes couldn't help but flicker, and he subconsciously looked up at Li Yuntian, with a look of surprise on his face, he didn't expect Li Yuntian to let people take off the shackles on her body.