Chapter 849 Doubts
It is still diagonally opposite to the corner of the mourning shed.
The difference is that the high-back chair that Sun Shaozong originally sat on has been replaced with a rosewood reclining chair. In his hand, he holds a gilded hand warmer with the image of Kuafu chasing the sun, and a snow leopard skin blanket is draped over his knees.
If he had not firmly refused, there would , serving him tea and snacks.
Most of this was certainly due to Youshi's thoughtfulness and attentiveness.
But it is also because Sun Shaozong's current status is enough to make people treat him seriously - otherwise, no matter how much Youshi wants to please him, she must consider the opinions of others.
Corrupt class privilege.
Sun Shaozong sighed silently as he took the freshly brewed Wuyi Dahongpao from Chen Jingde. He lowered his head to sniff the wisps of fragrant mist while reading the confession that had just been delivered to him, word by word.
As he expected, after reading only three or five lines, the word "righteous indignation" appeared on the paper.
According to the confession of the 'main culprit' Ma Yizhen, he accidentally discovered that Zhao Yixiong was having an affair with his master's wife Ma Chunfang more than half a month ago. He tossed and turned for several days, not knowing whether he should tell this to his master Hong Yuan Zhenren.
Just at this time, in order to confirm many matters concerning the contemporary Zhang Tianshi's journey to the north after the beginning of next spring, Ma Yizhen, Zhao Yixiong and Liu Yiwei were ordered to rush to Jiangxi.
Ma Yizhen felt at the time that this must be God's way of using him to clean up his mess, so he gave him this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
So before leaving Beijing, he began to plan.
First, he used the name of Zhao Yixiong and agreed with Ma Chunfang to elope yesterday evening.
Immediately after leaving the city, he summoned Zhao Yixiong and Liu Yiwei and announced that there was a secret mission to be carried out before heading south to Jiangxi.
That is to seize the opportunity to induce the overflow of spiritual veins in the newly built Tianshi Mansion in order to enhance the reputation of Tianshi Mansion.
Zhao Yixiong and Liu Yiwei did not suspect anything and followed Ma Yizhen to hide outside the city.
During this period, Ma Yizhen reached an alliance with the loyal Liu Yiwei, so the two of them lured Zhao Yixiong to the Tianshi Mansion and killed him the night before.
They took away Zhao Yixiong's head and clothes because they were afraid that someone would recognize Zhao Yixiong and reveal the truth that the three had not left Beijing.
[By the way, the reason why Zhao Yixiong's body was identified was because of the vague mark that Sun Shaozong found on the chest of the body - that was the unique pattern of the token that Zhao Yixiong had worn since he was a child.
At that time, Ma Yizhen also took this thing away and destroyed it, but he never noticed that when Zhao Yixiong was pressed on the incense burner, the token left a vague mark on Zhao Yixiong's chest. 】
After dealing with Zhao Yixiong, Ma Yizhen followed the "agreement " and sneaked into the Zhenren Mansion to kill his relatives for the sake of justice and get rid of Ma Chunfang, the shame of the family.
According to the original plan, they would take a boat south the next day and pretend to be robbed along the way, and classify Zhao Yixiong as a missing person.
In this way, the two murders would be blamed on the enemies of the Tianshi Mansion, and the truth would never be revealed, while the reputation of Master Hongyuan and the Ma family would also be preserved.
However, what they never expected was that when they disguised themselves and arrived at the East Gate this morning, they were captured by the soldiers who brought their portraits!
There was also admiration for the government at the end, but it was unclear whether it was true or not. Anyway, Sun Shaozong was too lazy to read it. He flicked his fingers on it twice, sipped his tea and asked, "Deputy Chen, what do you think of this confession?"
"Cheap Yang... cough!"
Chen Jingde was so quick to speak that he almost blurted out what was in his mind. He quickly coughed to cover it up and stiffly changed his words, "What I am saying is that this is mainly due to your brilliant plan. Since they were captured in the capital, the two criminals' wishful thinking was thwarted and they naturally have no way to quibble."
Sun Shaozong raised his head and glanced at him, then asked with a double meaning, "According to you, there are no omissions in this confession, right?"
What's missing?
Chen Jingde was slightly startled, then suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, there are still some omissions here. I am afraid that the adults will have to interrogate them personally to fill them in one by one!"
This guy obviously thought that Sun Shaozong's so-called omissions were actually an attempt to cause trouble for the temple secretary Yang Zhiming.
However, his guess was not entirely wrong.
The reason why Sun Shaozong handed the case over to Yang Zhiming for trial was not only because he believed that the two murderers would not confess the truth, but also because he wanted to test Yang Zhiming.
Judging from the current results, Yang Zhiming's performance is really disappointing - of course, Chen Jingde is no better.
Moving his eyes behind Chen Jingde, Sun Shaozong handed the confession out again: "Huang Bin, take a look at this confession and see if there are any omissions in it?"
Seeing that Sun Shaozong bypassed him and asked a small constable, Chen Jingde felt quite embarrassed.
But Huang Bin was even more shy than Chen Jingde . He bent his body awkwardly and stammered, "This... I... I can't read."
I forgot about this.
Sun Shaozong casually slapped the confession into Chen Jingde's arms and ordered without question: "Read it to him."
Chen Jingde felt more and more humiliated, but at this point, how dare he go against Sun Shaozong's will?
He glared at Huang Bin fiercely, then reluctantly repeated the confession.
Huang Bin was terrified at first, but as he listened further, the cloud of doubt on his face grew thicker.
After Chen Jingde finished reading, he hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know if this is an oversight, but I have some doubts in my heart."
"speak."
"First, according to our investigation, Ma Yizhen, Zhao Yixiong, and Liu Yiwei are the disciples that Master Hongyuan trusts the most. It stands to reason that sending two out would be enough, and at least one should be kept by his side."
"Besides, there is a young master in the capital who is in charge of coordinating the trip to the capital. It would be most appropriate for him to do so."
"Second, Ma Yizhen stated in his confession that he and Madam Ma agreed to meet in private yesterday evening half a month ago."
"However, the longer the interval between events, the less reliable it is. This is about half a month later, and there is no signal, and the specific meeting time is restricted - this does not seem to conform to common sense."
"Third, your Excellency has said before that the iron nails that were driven into Zhao Yixiong's body, as well as the instruments used to drive the iron nails into Zhao Yixiong's body, should have been prepared in advance by the murderer."
"In this case, the murderer must have decided from the beginning to hang Zhao Yixiong's headless body under the main entrance porch of the Patriarch's Hall."
"In other words, they should have known long ago that there were several ladders placed in the ancestral hall!"
"But according to the confession, Ma Yizhen and his two companions have been hiding outside the city for the past half month and have never had any contact with the city."
"Isn't this a contradiction?"
Huang Bin said this and shook his head, "Unless they have the ability to predict the future, it is really hard to explain this matter as coincidence."
Chen Jingde was already envious and jealous when he heard half of it, so when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but retort: "How do you know that they don't have foresight..."
He was halfway through his words when Sun Shaozong gave him a look that immediately made him shrink his neck like a quail.
Stopping Chen Jingde's sour words, Sun Shaozong nodded to Huang Bin and said, "Although some details are still missing, it is good to be able to see these doubts."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his voice: "Chen Jingde!"
"I am here."
"Hurry up and go to the government office to bring Ma Yizhen and Liu Yiwei here await trial!"
After saying this, Sun Shaozong turned his gaze to Master Hongyuan in the mourning shed.
I originally thought that Master Hong Yuan was sitting on the Diaoyutai, but if the suspicion that I just suddenly had was true, in this game of intrigue and deception, who is the chess player and who is the chess piece, it is hard to tell!
