Shi Lan, who had received the approval of the saint, turned to He Qizhou and started to ask: "He Qizhou, let me ask you, your master is Zhenren Yuanbao, and the person who actually taught him should be Yang Zhan, so where did you learn the art of disguise?"
He Qizhou's heart was already in doubt. He also knew that Shi Lan must be very confident if he dared to interrupt the emperor's speech. Hearing his question, he was about to make it up, but Xu Mu knelt down and said: "Your Majesty,
It was Xu Mu who gave He Qizhou the family honor, and the matter of punishing the profiteers in Jiangling Prefecture was done after our mutual discussion. The minister can confirm that what He Qizhou said is true!" Being awarded the title of Jinshi is equivalent to an official status, so Xu Mu calls himself a minister.
.As soon as she finished speaking, there was another uproar in the hall.
Shi Lan was also a little dazed for a moment, but his focus was not on this, and he did not dwell on it. He continued: "According to the report from Wei Jinxian, Wei Chen's subordinate in Jiangling Mansion, three people did appear while the grain ship was stationed.
He claimed to be a member of Liu Yushi's family in the capital. Later, Chen Yan's merchants in the city also reported to Chen Yan and Wei Jinxian, suspecting that they had been deceived.
Merchants of the Chen family said that at that time, someone from the Liu family claimed to be familiar with the captain of the official ship, and could negotiate and purchase some grain for the Chen family, and they would receive some benefits from it. At this time, the grain in the city was controlled by some speculators, and the price reached one pound per catty.
More than one hundred and fifty cash, but the "people from the Liu family" said that they could sell it to the Chen family at less than fifty cash per catty. The Chen family thought about the livelihood of the people in the city, so they agreed, not wanting a large amount of official grain to enter the city later.
Prices fell three times a day, and Chen quickly found himself unable to make ends meet.
They found the "Liu Family" and wanted to return the grain, but they were partly forced and partly helpless, so they could only sell the grain at a reduced price to official ships and the fake Liu Family. They thought they were contributing to disaster relief, but they suffered heavy losses.
!After that, these three 'Liu family members' disappeared, and then they became suspicious and reported it to the government."
"What's the use of talking so much?" Liu Yan said helplessly: "He Qizhou has almost said all this just now, and the Chen family did not sell the grain at a low price in the city after purchasing it. This cannot be denied."
Shi Lan ignored it and continued: "The two murder cases we discussed in the palace before seemed to be unrelated, but He Qizhou himself admitted that he deceived the Jiangling Chen family after disguising himself, so all the doubts have been reasonably answered!
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Ma Yi, who jumped out first, immediately asked in agreement: "What's the connection?"
Shi Lan paused for a moment, and said with a hint of pride: "Chen Yang, the nurse of the Chen family, was found to have died from a broken neck, not from a sharp weapon. This is similar to the characteristics of He Qizhou's Kung Fu, which was strong at the time but did not open the meridians.
Anyone who practices internal kung fu knows that if you want to kill an opponent with bare hands, the places that are most likely to cause damage are the head, heart, acupoints, and meridians, while in external kung fu, you always think about breaking the neck! Chen Yang has already cultivated the five meridians.
, only those who are familiar with internal Kung Fu and master external Kung Fu can win. This is the combination of Kung Fu;
Chen Yang and the Liu family disappeared almost at the same time, and the time matched extremely well!
Chen Yang's body was found at Jiangling Wharf. On the day when someone discovered that the three Liu family members disappeared, two young men took away the horses and bows stored at the wharf storage area! The locations matched again!
In the afternoon of that day, Wang Ling, the deputy chief of the bandit suppression team in the Qimen Mountains, was chased all the way, and finally died from an arrow piercing his throat! The shooting range was more than a hundred steps! I asked myself that I might not be able to do it! That Wang Ling was traveling at extremely high speeds
He was shot while running! Everyone must know He Qizhou's shooting skills, right? A mere eight-dou bow can pierce the target with arrows. How many people in this small Jiangling can do it?
As I said just now, there is a bow and a bag of arrows at the depository! I rushed for 800 miles and asked the shopkeeper of the Jiangling depository again to tell him how many arrows and how many bows he had. Although the old man couldn't remember clearly
It looks like a bow and arrow, but he said with certainty that he tried to pull the bow once and could only pull it three inches! Everyone, he can pull the most powerful one-stone-five-doll bow in Jiangling Mansion's arsenal by five inches!
Another coincidence is that you can go to Jinling from Jiangling Prefecture by waterway or by land. However, the waterway is slow and you will definitely miss the provincial exam, so riding through the Qimen Mountains is the best route. Of course, this way he will run into trouble.
We arrived at Wang Ling, whom we met in Jiangling Mansion! The time and place have matched again! He Qizhou, do you dare to show your bow and arrow to everyone?"
He Qizhou was already breaking out in a cold sweat. Shi Lan was really powerful, but his face was still extremely calm. He said calmly: "Don't look at it. The bow I have is the two-stone bow that Mr. Yang Zhan used in the army. I can bring it back."
The home is authorized by the army where it belongs!" According to military regulations, officers and soldiers with meritorious service do have the right to take back some of their personal equipment.
There was another uproar in the hall, and Shi Lan continued: "After you killed Wang Ling, you were afraid of being captured by the officers and soldiers on the mountain road, so you went directly to the capital and continued your martial arts journey through the Fourth School! The first of these two cases
Therefore, it is not possible to make a conclusion. What is missing is, firstly: eyewitness testimony; secondly: motive for committing the crime! As for the eyewitness testimony, there is probably no witness at all. Therefore, as long as you find a reasonable motive, He Qizhou, you will not be able to escape the law.
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He Qizhou's heart trembled again, and Lin Chuan in the corner looked extremely ugly.
Shi Lan laughed and said: "I was originally puzzled as to what your motives were? But your statement in the palace just now clearly told everyone!"
He Qizhou, who was about to collapse, suddenly saw a bright vision. He killed Chen Yang because the other party wanted to rob him of his wealth, and killed Wang Ling because he wanted to fight an injustice. They were all impromptu motives, and they were not the same as what he just said. Then Shi Lan must have got the wrong motive.
, then said calmly: "Please give me a clear explanation from Sikyong Shi!"
"You killed Chen Yang because you defrauded the Chen family of their money. Chen Yang followed you all the way and found out your identity through your weird horse. You were afraid of the Chen family's revenge, so you planned to kill and silence! As for Wang Ling, it was the same.
The truth is, you were once summoned by Wang Ling, and then you were bumped into by Wang Ling in the mountains in the name of the Liu family. Maybe it was because your horse was too conspicuous that Wang Ling knew your true identity, so he tried to silence you, or maybe it was because your horse was too conspicuous.
You just killed Chen Yang, and you are terrified in your heart. You are afraid that Wang Ling will find out, so you are determined to kill Wang Ling!" Shi Lan suddenly paused, and then shouted loudly: "He Qizhou! You crazy thief! You haven't confessed yet.
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He Qizhou, who was becoming increasingly calm in his heart, glanced sideways at the Jin Yiwei tycoon who was feared by everyone, and said with his palms: "Shi Si Zheng, what a good story!"
He Qizhou was not in a hurry to speak. He quickly turned around in his mind and couldn't see where there was any flaw, so he began to argue: "Master Shi, you mean that I was killed by the two of them after taking back the big yellow horse in the name of the Liu family.
When someone bumped into him, they had no choice but to kill him and silence him? Then how did they know that the big yellow horse was not kept by the Liu family? "
"Because when you entered the city, you had a conflict with several young masters of the Chen family outside the Jianghu Tower in the city. Chen Yang and Wang Ling were both present. They should have seen you holding the yellow horse with their own eyes. This is not unexpected. If you want to blame, you are the one to blame.
That horse is too eye-catching. Don't think that our Wu Cha Division are just idiots, these Wei Jinxian have all checked." Shi Lan said.
"Well, do you know why Chen's merchants lost money? Originally, they had bought some of the excess grain from the official ships, but instead of giving it away and selling it, they were worried that the grain sent by Jinling would be sold in the city, which would lower the price of grain.
So they sent people to buy it desperately. Even though Magistrate Zhang later borrowed grain from the official ships to sell it again, they still refused to stop, so that they hoarded too much grain. Later, when they saw that the official grain was flowing in continuously, they saw that huge losses were unavoidable, so the Chen family
The owner of the business came to us with Chen Yan.
Of course, this is what we expected. Their nature is hard to change. They wanted to return the surplus food on the official ship, so we followed suit and completed the last part of the plan. We first returned the benefits that Chen had given before, and then contacted the navy.
, take back the grain that was first sold to the Chen family at a lower price, and then purchase the remaining grain from the Chen family in the name of the Liu family. Of course, the price is slightly higher than usual, otherwise they would not sell it.
These grains were the official grain that finally paid off the borrowed water division. However, it was impossible to check them one by one in a hurry, which allowed the gangsters under Chen to take advantage of the situation and use bad grain to make up for it. As for the Liu family, they seemed to
They were quite afraid, but not at all resentful. After all, it was the Liu family who purchased their old grain, which reduced their losses. Of course, most of the money for purchasing grain was spent on official grain they had purchased in the city.
It should be noted that during this process, we, Magistrate Zhang, did not receive a penny in benefit. Magistrate Zhang had someone set up a ledger, which should be well-documented. The young lady from Mr. Liu’s family in Jiangling Prefecture also understood the righteousness and donated money.
Got a lot of money!
Well, that is to say, until all the transactions were completed, the Chen family never doubted our identity. Maybe they thought that just knowing the fact that Magistrate Zhang used official funds was enough to impeach him. Besides, the Chen family merchants knew when we
They set off to leave, and half-sold and half-gifted a maid they cheated to us. As you just said, they only asked people to investigate after being suspicious. Therefore, at that time, there was no relationship between them and me.
If there is no grudge, what reason do they have for sending people to follow me?"
"How do you know they don't doubt you?" Shi Lan asked.
"Okay, let me correct you first. What we told the merchants of the Chen family was to return to Beijing, not what you said about disappearing. According to what Wei Jinxian said, the dead nursing home disappeared the night before we returned to Beijing.
, so did the Chen family suspect that I secretly killed him? Did they report it to the authorities to search for the missing nursing home before they found the body? "
"I don't know if I have any suspicions, but I haven't reported it to the official before. It's like people in casinos and brothels. If they don't want to do it anymore, it's normal for them to leave privately." Shi Lan said.
"Okay! In other words, the Chen family did not send Chen Yang to follow us. Otherwise, if Chen Yang had been missing for so long, they would have suspected us immediately! As for why Chen Yang died on the dock, could it be that the Chen family did it for us?
Did he find a scapegoat and lynch him using family law? Or did Chen Yang think that someone was going to do harm to him and escaped on his own? Could the body be that Chen Yang put his personal belongings on that person after killing him?
?Can an unknown body be used to frame people? Also, it has been three months, has the Chen family ever confronted the Liu family? Maybe they knew they had been deceived but did not dare to point it out?" He Qizhou asked.