Chapter 170
After taking his seat, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice asked, "Your Highness just accused the old lady of teaching her granddaughter to be useless. Does this mean that this person was done by Miss Xia? What's going on here? Please tell the prince what he saw. come out."
The prince suddenly said: "I was walking and talking with Wan'er just now, and I saw Xia Zian chatting with Ximen Xiaoqing, the grandson of the Duke of Jin's mansion by the lake, and the words of the two had some conflicts. I thought they had an affair. Unhappy, so I wanted to come over to persuade them, but who knew Bengong was coming, the two of them separated quickly, Xia Zian hurriedly walked down the corridor in the lake and passed through the rockery, while Ximen Xiaoqing walked towards the back garden."
"I thought it was just a quarrel, so I didn't think too much about it. After swimming around the lake with Wan'er, I also went down the corridor and planned to go to the rockery to see the scenery. I didn't expect that when I went to the rockery, I heard There was a scream, Bengong and Wan'er hurried over with the guards, saw Ximen Xiaoqing just told Xia Zian in a panic that the man was dead, and said that Xia Zian killed him, so Bengong and the guards rushed over. Go and bring her under custody."
The crown prince's words caused an uproar among everyone, who did not expect Miss Xia's family to dare to kill someone.
After hearing the prince's words, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment asked Ximen Xiaoqing, "Tell me, what happened? Was this servant really killed by Xia Zian?"
Ximen Xiaoqing still seemed panicked, he hesitated a bit, "I...I don't know."
"I don't know?" The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment asked sharply, "You'd better tell me honestly, what happened on the other side of the rockery?"
Ximen Xiaoqing glanced at Zi'an in bewilderment, and argued with a mournful face: "This...she didn't mean it. She didn't want to kill him at first. It was he who yelled to tell Xiangye that Zi'an had to be cruel. I stopped him." He, but unexpectedly, while I was turning around, she pulled out the hairpin and stabbed him in the chest. She really didn't want to kill him, she just wanted him to shut up."
"You want him to shut up?" The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice frowned, "Why did you want him to shut up? What did he see?"
Ximen Xiaoqing knelt down in front of Murong Jie with a plop, and grabbed Murong Jie's clothes, "Forgive me, my lord, Zi'an and I have long been in love, that's why she doesn't want to marry Prince Liang, please let me help you." .”
Murong Jie gently pushed his hand away, and said with disgust on his face: "Speak as you say, what are you doing by tearing up this king's clothes? If you two are in love, this king will naturally fulfill you."
"What's going on here?" Prince Li said unhappily, "Don't talk about what's there and what's not, just talk about business."
Ximen Xiaoqing looked back at Zi'an with a sad face, "My lord, the thing is like this, Zi'an and I met a year ago, we have been in love with each other for a long time, and we have made a private decision for life. Later, King Liang wanted to marry Zi'an. She resisted desperately, and I thought she had a deep affection for me. When I was planning to propose marriage to the Prime Minister, I heard the news that the Empress Dowager was going to make a decree for her to marry the Prince Regent. She is so determined not to marry, who knows, this time her attitude is completely different from last time, she actually told me that she would not marry unless the regent king, I was annoyed for a while, just now I had an argument with her by the lake, just in time to see the crown prince coming over, We didn't dare to talk any more, so we agreed to meet behind the rockery. When we went to the rockery, we would inevitably have a quarrel, which involved some intimate things we used to be together. The servant said that he wanted to tell Xiang Ye that Zi An was afraid that people would ruin her marriage with the Prince Regent, so he killed him, thinking that no one could get away there, but he didn't expect the crown prince to come just after he did the killing."
Ximen Xiaoqing's narration was very clear, and the people present couldn't help whispering when they heard it.
Because someone really saw Xia Zian and Ximen Xiaoqing quarreling by the lake, and the faces of the two were not very good.
Moreover, King Liang and the Prince Regent are different. Xia Zi'an rejected King Liang, but was willing to marry the Prince Regent because King Liang was always disabled and an idle prince with no real power.
But the regent is different. He has great power and is in full swing. Marrying him is equivalent to becoming a queen.
Who can not be attracted?
Murong Jie said indifferently: "Go and look at the hairpin on the chest of the deceased."
The minister of the Ministry of punishment bowed his hand and ordered someone to take the old lady to check.
The old lady glanced at it, and could only say, "That's right, it belongs to Zi'an."
The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice looked at Zian, "There are all the physical evidence for authentication, what do you have to say?"
Minister of the Ministry of Punishment has tried countless cases, so he can naturally see that this case is unusual. However, the crown prince came forward to identify Xia Zian, and said that he saw it with his own eyes, so he could only proceed in this way.
Before Zian could speak, Prince Li said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Tai Tuo should have seen the incident with his own eyes. Why don't you just ask Tai Tuo first."
Everyone looked at Mrs. Liang, secretly wondering why he saw it with his own eyes?
Grand Tutor Liang was taken aback, "Why did your lord make such a statement?"
Prince Li said: "My lord Tai Tu just went to find the hut, and there were people in the hut, and then my lord squatted down on the grass behind the hut, and the place where my lord squatted, I could just see the opposite side of the rockery, the angle is very good, and I have a panoramic view of everything. "
"You..." Taifu's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I'm afraid the prince has misjudged someone? I can't squat in the grass."
Prince Li didn't have any expression on his face, "I can't hear the wrong voice if I read it wrong. The person in the hut is my king, and I also ate too many beans. Part of the stench from your stuffy farts is This king's credit... for the hot eyes, this king even ate sweet potatoes in the morning."
The Tai Tuo stared at him blankly, listening to the muffled laughter from the people around him, and secretly swore in his heart that he would not come to any banquet in the future as long as Prince Li was around.
"Even if the official squats down, the official is not facing the rockery."
Prince Li shook his head, "Why did Tai Tuo lie? You are clearly facing the rockery, and this prince is standing not far behind you, and he also saw the rockery."
Liang Taifu suddenly stood up, "Why did you come over? You saw me squatting in the grass, why did you come over?"
Prince Li glanced at him dissatisfied, "Who knows what you are doing squatting in the grass? You didn't put up a sign saying you were shitting. Although I guessed something in my heart, I didn't see it with my own eyes, so I couldn't be sure. Ben Wang felt uncomfortable. After walking over, he saw you staring at the rockery, so he took a look. Your eyes have always been better than this king, and this king can see clearly. How could you Can't see clearly? You're not like Concubine Cui with dizzy eyes."
Die obsessive-compulsive disorder!
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was stunned, "In other words, the prince also saw what happened over there? Who did the murder?"
Prince Li glanced at the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, then looked at the nervous prince and Ximen Xiaoqing, pointed at Zi'an and said, "She killed..."
"It's her, I guessed right!" The prince breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly shouted.
Prince Li frowned, "I haven't finished my sentence yet, why is the prince so anxious? I mean, if she killed someone, just ask the person involved? This person is just in shock, and he hasn't died yet."