Wang Bin looked at the crowd going upstairs and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looking panicked.
"County Lieutenant, let's... what should we do next?" Cai Yi asked.
"The Duke and the princess are here, what else can we do?" Wang Bin asked angrily.
"But what's the explanation over there?"
Wang Bin thought for a while and ordered: "Send someone to inform Mr. Xu about the situation. The rest of the matter is beyond our control!"
Cai Yi responded and was about to leave when he suddenly saw Han Cheng coming down from the second floor and heading out the door. Following Han Cheng, a policeman also came down in a hurry and said in a panic: "County Lieutenant, Chief Cai
, My father-in-law asked you to come up."
Wang Bin waved his hands impatiently and said, "I know."
Cai Yi hurriedly ordered one of his men to find Xu Yuanwailang, and then went upstairs with Wang Bin.
Go up to the second floor and enter the murder room, where you see Wu Chengsi squatting next to the dead nun, while Princess Taiping is talking to Gu Luoer.
"Master, please look for me." Wang Bin put on a bright smile.
Wu Chengsi stood up and said slowly: "You said these two people committed suicide?"
"No, it wasn't the official who said it, it was him who said it!" Wang Bin turned his finger and pointed at Cai Yi.
Cai Yi looked at him in astonishment, as if there were a bunch of question marks on his head. Wang Bin glared at him and said angrily: "Captain Cai, why don't you explain it to the father-in-law quickly!"
Cai Yi cursed in his heart, but he had to smile and explain: "Master, I'm just speculating. The wounds on these two people are consistent with the murder weapons in each other's hands, so..."
Wu Chengsi interrupted him with a wave of his hand, looked around the room, and asked, "Does any of you have a different view than Capt. Cai?"
Behind Princess Taiping, a scholar in a white shirt stepped forward and said with cupped hands: "My lord, this student thinks that these two people can never kill each other to death!"
This scholar's name was Wang Bo, also known as Zi'an, and he was one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty who wrote in history: "Feng Tang Yi Lao, Li Guang Nan Feng".
After Wu Chengsi met him at the princess's mansion, he was very polite to him because of his reputation in later generations. Wang Bo thought he was appreciated by him and was greatly encouraged. At the literary and wine party at the princess's mansion, he kept making good sentences and shining brightly.
Even when we got here, we still didn’t forget to show off.
Lu Zhaolin glanced at Wang Bo, then stepped forward and said, "The students also thought that it would never be possible for them to kill each other to death!"
Wu Chengsi glanced at the two of them, smiled and said: "Zian, you go ahead."
Wang Bo responded and walked to the two corpses. Before he could speak, Princess Taiping suddenly said: "Hey, don't say anything yet. Let me think about it."
Wang Bo was stunned for a moment and looked at Wu Chengsi.
"Cousin, don't be ridiculous, the second brother is doing business!" Wu Youji scolded.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I just have to wait for someone. Since my cousin is interested, let's think about it. Fifth brother, you can also take a look."
Princess Taiping gave Wu Chengsi a bright smile and walked to the two deceased men, about to take a closer look.
At this moment, Gu Luoer solemnly said: "Your Highness the Princess, the Duke of the country, Sister Liu Rong and her elder sister are all hard-working people. Now they died at the hands of bad people. The daughter of the people thinks that pursuing the murder case is a serious matter.
How can you two regard this as a game?"
The madam was shocked and hurriedly tried to pull her sleeves, but she threw them away. Lu Zhaolin, Lu Xiong and others were also surprised and looked at Wu Chengsi and Princess Taiping.
The smile on Princess Taiping's face gradually disappeared and she said calmly: "Gu Luo'er, I also want to find the murderer for them. How can I ever regard it as a game?"
Gu Luoer lowered her eyelids and bit her lip without answering.
Wu Chengsi patted his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Miss Gu is right to remind you that the deceased is the most important. It would be too rude for me to wait." He turned to Princess Taiping and said: "Cousin, let's listen to what Zian has to say.
"
Seeing what he said, Princess Taiping had no choice but to respond and glanced sideways at Gu Luo'er, feeling a little unhappy in her heart.
Wang Bo walked up to the deceased and said loudly: "Everyone, please take a closer look at the two deceased. They were both stabbed in the chest. This proves that the two were face to face before they died. This can rule out a sneak attack."
"What does this mean?" one onlooker asked.
Wang Bo smiled slightly and said: "If two people fight head-on, there will be a struggle before death. Look again, these two people are neatly dressed and there are no signs of struggle!"
"Look, I always feel like something is wrong, it turns out it's here!" shouted one of the onlookers. After speaking, he glanced at Wu Chengsi and Princess Taiping, and was slightly disappointed when they didn't look at him.
Cai Yi's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He didn't see these details, he just didn't say them. However, in the eyes of others, his eyesight, which has been working as a policeman for decades, is not as good as that of a scholar. It can be said that
Extremely incompetent.
Wang Bo squatted in front of the corpse and said leisurely: "Besides, if two people used daggers to kill each other, there must be blood on the backs of their hands. But these two deceased people only had blood on their palms, which is enough to show that someone used the bloody daggers afterwards."
Put it into their hands!"
The crowd immediately praised her, and the smile on Princess Taiping's face returned, saying, "Ah! So that's what happened."
Wu Chengsi praised: "Zi'an is really as careful as his hair!"
Wang Bo smiled, bowed his hands to the two of them, and retreated into the crowd.
Lu Zhaolin actually discovered something, but what Gu Luoer said just now made him enlightened. Seeing that Wang Bo had proved that the two of them did not kill each other, he did not speak again.
Wu Chengsi turned to Cai Yi and his face darkened: "It's such an obvious homicide, but you said it was fratricide. Could it be that someone asked you to say that?"
Cai Yi's face turned pale, and with a bang, he knelt down and said, "I was confused for a moment and didn't understand. However, I just said it was possible and didn't draw a conclusion. Please take a closer look!"
As a young minister of Dali Temple, Wu Chengsi was also the prince of the dynasty and the nephew of the queen. He only needed to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to say hello, and he could have officials below the fifth rank dismissed from their posts. What's more, he was a small headhunter, and he couldn't help it.
Don't be a coward.
Seeing that Wu Chengsi's face was still gloomy, Wang Bin knew that things were not getting better, so he said sternly: "Captain Cai, I have put so much trust in you in vain, but you almost misled me. With your ability, if you continue to serve as the captor, you will not be able to do anything."
I don’t know how many more unjust and wrongful cases there will be in the world! After I return to the Yamen, I will report it to the county magistrate and remove you from the job of arresting the head!"
These words plucked him cleanly.
Cai Yi's lips trembled for a moment, and finally turned into a long sigh: "The villain behaved foolishly. He knew that he was no longer qualified to catch the head, so he resigned from the county magistrate after returning to the Yamen."
Wang Bin raised his hands to Wu Chengsi and said: "Sir, this case must be that the monk killed the two women and then committed suicide out of fear of crime. The official will take the murderer's body back to the Yamen. As long as it is tested that it was poisoned, the case can be closed.
, what do you think?"
Wu Chengsi glanced at him and said, "Did County Lieutenant Wang overlook something?"
"...I would like to ask my father-in-law for advice on this."
Princess Taiping chuckled: "Of course this is the monk's motive for killing people. Are you so confused? How did you become such an official?"
She said it in an understatement, but it was like a thunderbolt in Wang Bin's ears. He hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I'm stupid, I'm stupid, please spare my life, Princess!"
Everyone felt contempt for him. Wu Youji strode forward, picked him up, and shouted: "As an official of the Tang Dynasty, how can you be so spineless? Stand up straight!"
Princess Taiping frowned and said: "Second cousin, how can such a person be an official of our Tang Dynasty? Can you report to your mother and remove him from this official position?"
"What my cousin said makes sense, I will go and report it tomorrow." Wu Chengsi said calmly.
Wang Bin turned pale and looked at Cai Yi. Cai Yi glared at him, as if to say: "I have already taken the blame, what else do you want? If you force me again, I will die with you!"
Wang Bin had no choice but to say anxiously: "My lord, my official... I actually received an order from above to try to exonerate the monk. Please tell me what to do!"
The crowd was in an uproar. Lu Xiong slapped his thigh and said to himself: "I knew this was the case. It's a good thing I called Brother Han over, otherwise I don't know how I died!"
"Who instigated you?" Wu Chengsi asked.
Wang Bin hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Yes...it's Xu Hui, a member of the Ministry of Civil Service!"