Chapter 14 Uncover the Truth
Because ordinary people always kneel down when they see the prince. Although Tao Jin also kneels, his head raised was too angled, so Li Yuanji just wanted to ignore it, and it was a little difficult. Tao Jin did not think that his actions were too out of line, but in the eyes of those who had always followed ancient etiquette and law to live, it was very obvious.
The adult wearing a light green official uniform had already stepped in front of Li Yuanji and bowed to him, "Southern Prince Song Guangzhong of Chang'an Shaofu has seen His Highness the King of Qi!" He attracted Li Yuanji's gaze as he stared at Tao Jin.
Wei Han was still following Li Yuanji, just squinting his eyes, but he could not see the sharpness and sharpness of yesterday.
Li Yuanji glanced at the corner of his eyes and said with a smile: "Since Lord Song is here, why not go to court to investigate the case! I am here this time just wanting to see it!"
Tao Jin didn't know why Lord Song helped him. Although he had many mysteries in his heart, he could only follow him into the lobby with his head down.
Since the trial was started, Song Guangzhong naturally had to bring Yuchi Gong up there, so that it would be easier to confront him in court. Li Yuanji sat on the high seat that Song Guangzhong had prepared for him, looked down at Tao Jin below, turned his head to look at Song Guangzhong and smiled.
Because Tao Jin was the main staff today, he was exempted from the ceremony when he entered the lobby. Soon after, Yuchi Gong was brought up. Li Yuanji's eyes immediately stared at him, and even shouted in surprise: "Isn't this General Yuchi?"
When Yuchi Gong heard someone calling his name, he raised his brain and saw Li Yuanji sitting high. He laughed and said, "It turns out to be His Highness King Qi!" As he said that, he hugged and clasped his fists.
Although Yuchi Gong has been excluded in the Tang camp after surrendering, he has a good impression of Li Shimin. So when he met Li Yuanji, Yuchi Gong became a little more polite because of Li Shimin.
The yamen runner who was escorting Yuchi Gong, saw that Yuchi Gong saw that the King of Qi was just holding his fists, and wanted to hit him on the leg and let him treat him to the King of Qi. However, Li Yuanji quickly waved his hand and said, "General Yuchi is a talented general, you must not humiliate him!"
Tao Jin didn't respond on his face, but cursed in his heart: He pretends to be a good person. Whoever has watched TV knows that you are a bad person and there is no benefit except playing with women. Come here to pretend to be a good person!
Seeing Li Yuanji say this, Yuchi Gong shook his big black-faced plate and said with a little loneliness: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your love, but unfortunately, Yuchi Gong is not a general at all!"
A glimmer flashed in Li Yuanji's eyes. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Song Guangzhong say: "Your Highness, it's still late now. It's better to try the case earlier so that the innocent people can get rid of the crime sooner!"
"Okay, let's follow Lord Song!" Li Yuanji said, nodding. Song Guangzhong has always been a stubborn temper. Seeing Li Yuanji nodding, he patted the agglomeration on his desk and said loudly: "Tao Jin, I have told you that if you can find evidence to prove your innocence within three days, I will release Yuchi Gong. Now, have you found out?"
Song Guangzhong did not change his attitude because of Li Yuanji's politeness to Yuchi Gong, and still said sternly.
"When I say that, Cao Jin is fortunate to be tolerant of him. Now he has found evidence! However, Cao Jin still needs coroners to prove this evidence!" Tao Jin's thoughts were all focused on the case, so he no longer had the nervousness towards Li Yuanji.
"Oh, let's pass the coroner!" Song Guangzhong ordered to the yamen runners. In fact, he used his instructions to find the coroner. The old coroner had long been among the people watching the fun. When he heard Song Guangzhong call him, he walked up.
Now that the coroner has arrived, you can say it quickly!" Song Guangzhong ordered without seeing any panic, as if the judge was not the King of Qi but the ordinary people.
Li Yuanji glanced at Song Guangzhong and thought to himself: Such a person is considered a talent! If I can sit in this world in the future, this Song Guangzhong can be used more. Li Yuanji thought to himself.
Although Li Yuanji himself is full of bad things, he still appreciates the kind of good official who is truly not afraid of power!
Tao Jinyi picked up his clothes, walked to the coroner, bowed to Song Guangzhong and said, "Can you ask Caomin a few questions to coroner!"
"Don't talk anymore. As long as you can explain the case clearly, I will promise you!" Song Guangzhong frowned and said, feeling a little dissatisfied with Tao Jin's long-windedness.
When Tao Jin saw Song Guangzhong's appearance, he smiled secretly: He was still impatient! But he didn't dare to say anything more, so he asked directly: "Coron, when you examined the body that day, you found that the scars on the body were first and then?"
"Yes, the wound on the forehead is longer than the chest!" The coroner said seriously.
"Sir, did you say that day that copper rust cannot be washed off when rubbed on clothes? Even if rubbed on hands, it is extremely difficult to wash off. However, if there is sweat on hands, it is extremely easy to get on other people's clothes?" Tao Jin continued to ask.
"Yes" Coroner answered concisely. Tao Jin nodded and smiled at the old coroner, saying, "On the day the deceased was killed, Cao Min gave the deceased two thousand copper coins covered with copper rust, so the deceased's hands were stained with a lot of copper rust. Cao Min had gone to the mortar room to see the deceased's hands and found that one of the deceased's hands was stained with copper rust, but the other was very clean! Cao Min believed that the coroner also saw this!"
Coroner frowned and thought to himself: If you don’t tell me the answer, I can only go and see what you have seen. But what can that mean? It can only mean that the murderer is stained with copper rust, and what else can he mean. Coroner reiterated his mind and said, "Yes, yes, that's it, but this means that the murderer has copper rust on his body, but now he uses a lot of copper coins, and it's not surprising that he has copper rust on his body!"
"Yes, it's not surprising! So Caomin went to that shop again, where Caomin made new discoveries! Caomin discovered that there were two pools of blood, one of which was relatively early, with little blood, and it was leaning against the table, while the other blood was sprayed, a lot! Caomin found a copper coin in the table, so Caomin thought, maybe this is the case!" Tao Jin stopped when he said this.
At this time, whether it was the people watching the fun, the Lord Song sitting in the hall, and Li Yuanji who was lofty, they all looked at Tao Jin, which meant: Say, why don’t you say it anymore!
Yuchi Gong also heard it very enthusiastically. Seeing that Tao Jin stopped talking, and regardless of whether he was in the lobby or not, he shouted in a rough voice: "You said that, I'm still waiting!"
Seeing that everyone was focusing their eyes on him at this time, Tao Jin felt that they felt a little accomplished and stopped him, so he said, "Caomin thought that it should be the deceased, Old Liu, who was injured by the table in order to pick up the copper coins, so he fainted. Because he fainted, his blood was relatively fixed. After the deceased was injured, he probably called out, so a passing person found it and entered the store. The person who entered the store originally wanted to save the dead, but when he saw the copper coins in his hand, he became thoughtful, thinking that the deceased had just fainted, so he wanted to take the copper coins for himself. Just when he took the copper coins and was about to leave, the deceased woke up and broke with him. Because they knew each other and the deceased might have said something threatening to the other party, the other party took out the knife he carried with him.
As a result, the tragedy occurred. After killing the person, the man was also stupid, but he didn't expect that at this time, Brother Yuchi saw the lights in and found the dead. The murderer was familiar with the terrain, so he hurriedly ran away after seeing Brother Yuchi in. This is what happened!
You can check what I said there." Finally, Tao Jin breathed a long sigh.
After hearing this, the coroner blinked his dim little eyes and said, "Sir, I've gone to check there, it's exactly what he said!"
Li Yuanji was a little stunned. Why did he beat him up? This idiot was enlightened? Wei Han looked at Tao Jin with a little complicated look. Tao Jin was filled with joy, waiting for Lord Song to let Yuchi Gong go, but he didn't expect that the master was actually saying, "Tao Jin, when the Japanese official yesterday allowed you to deliver food to Yuchi Gong, but I heard you say that you can know who the murderer was!"
Tao Jin really thought about it, and I said this. Can't you guess it? I won't say it because my shop is there, and I don't want to offend people. But it is impossible to offend people at this time. Tao Jin pursed his lips and squinted his eyes and said, "Since he is an acquaintance of the deceased, he is a person from Nanjie, after all, he is familiar with the terrain! And the person who can carry a knife with him is also a person from Nanjie, and he knows the deceased. There are only the butcher on the streets!" As soon as Tao Jin finished speaking, he saw a strong man running out quickly from the crowd.
"Come on, take it down!" Song Guangzhong shouted loudly. The yamen runners rushed forward, and within a few strokes the butcher was locked on his shoulders and pushed them in.
The yamen runner threw the butcher onto the ground, and the butcher onto the ground immediately fell to his knees and shouted, "Sir, I just did this because I was obsessed with it!"
After hearing this, Tao Jin remembered modern self and was stabbed to death. If everyone said that he was obsessed with ghosts, would everyone not have to take responsibility? Thinking of this, Tao Jin couldn't help but look at the butcher Wang and said, "Is this the reason for being obsessed with ghosts?"
This is Tao Jin's accusation. Although his death has nothing to do with the butcher of the king, he still couldn't help but ask.
When Wang Butcher heard Tao Jin's words, his short eyebrows raised deeply, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he jumped up, grabbed Tao Jin's arm, and pushed the pig-killing knife he was carrying on Tao Jin's neck.
Chapter completed!