In the end, Dali Temple Qing Yunhanchi did not agree with Li Ang's plan.
But this is also in Li Ang's plan.
First of all, Li Shenbin was a relative of the royal family. His father, Li Chenghe, Prince of Changxiang County, had a close friendship with Emperor Yu, so he was granted the title of County King from the title of Duke of the County.
For the sake of the royal family, it is impossible to use such an embarrassing method to verify the truth.
Secondly, Li Ang actually didn't know much about the ability of the four soothing dogs, and whether they could still recall Li Shenbin's scent even after several days.
The reason why he proposed that ridiculous method was just to delay time and save Nie Shilei's life.
The facts were as he expected. Now the case involves members of the clan. Yun Hanchi, the minister of Dali Temple, announced that the trial of the case would be suspended and the case would be reported.
Once reported, the level of the case will be raised again and will be jointly reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai.
You can buy more time.
Nie Shilei and the servants of the county prince's palace were taken away by Dali Temple guards and imprisoned, awaiting interrogation.
Li Shenbin himself was not imprisoned for the time being because of his status as the son of the county prince and lack of evidence. Instead, he was asked to return to the county prince's palace to wait for summons.
No one doubts that he will take the opportunity to abscond. Now that there is insufficient evidence, if he escapes, he will directly prove the crime and bring endless trouble to the family.
"Jun Li Xiaolang..."
Old man Nie, who was kneeling on the ground, stood up with difficulty, pulled his daughter with him, and with trembling lips, he was about to salute Li Ang, but Li Ang waved his hand and refused.
It was not appropriate for Li Ang to communicate with the defendant's family now. He walked directly out of Dali Temple and motioned Wu Shiqi with his eyes to follow him to a secluded restaurant.
Li Ang said bluntly: "It will take at least seven days to organize the three-party trial.
The best situation during this period was that the servants of the county prince's palace directly confessed Li Shenbin's crimes in prison. But this is not very realistic.
The worst case scenario was that the servants of the county prince's palace directly took over all the crimes in prison and exonerated Li Shenbin.
The worst-case scenario is that the servants realized that there was insufficient evidence and refused to say anything. As a result, during the three-party trial, it was impossible to prove that Li Shenbin was directly related to the case and he was found not guilty.
As for Nie Shilei, he was still sentenced because he was found at the crime scene. "
Wu Shiqi said nervously: "Then what should I do?"
"Protect Nie Shilei in prison and don't let him come into contact with anyone. As for the evidence, I will apply to the Academy to make me qualified to investigate."
Li Ang said a few words and turned to look at the restaurant box.
Squeak——
The box door was pushed open, and Jin Wusuan, who controlled Liuguang Bank, and Meng Chengye, the father of the deceased Meng Ying, walked in from outside the house.
Li Ang knew they would come and said directly: "Two shopkeepers, what we want should be the same.
That is, to find out the truth about this case. Let the real culprit pay the price. "
"..."
Meng Chengye's eyes were red and he said hoarsely: "Li Xiaolangjun, do you believe that Nie Shilei is innocent?"
"I don't completely believe that Nie Shilei is innocent, but now Li Shenbin is more suspected. If the final investigation finds that Nie Shilei is the real culprit, I will not stop Shopkeeper Meng from taking revenge."
Li Ang said calmly: "You two have many eyes and ears in Chang'an City, so I hope you can protect all private witnesses during the preparation stage of the three-party trial and prevent them from temporarily changing their confessions under external pressure."
"Can."
Jin Wusuan nodded and suddenly asked: "But I want to know why Mr. Li Xiaolang had a hand in this case. I just heard before that the illness of Prince Chang Xiang was announced by you, Mr. Li Xiaolang."
“Healing is healing, righteousness is righteousness.”
Li Ang said calmly: "Just because I checked Prince Chang Xiang's disease does not mean that I am friends with him. It does not mean that I will violate the laws of Yu for his sake."
"Then Mr. Li Xiaolang is not worried?"
Jin Wusuan raised his finger and pointed to the sky, "The relationship with... there."
Emperor Yu?
The corners of Li Ang's lips raised slightly, "Shopkeeper Jin, don't be ridiculous. I am a disciple of the academy."
The Academy has lasted for two generations, and its history is older than that of Yu State. Emperors of the two dynasties changed one after another, but the academy still stood firm.
It is not as dependent on imperial power as on the court institutions.
As the top scholar in the academy and a member of the Neo-Confucian Society, Li Ang did not need to be in trepidation and panic all day long just because he had made the emperor slightly unhappy.
As for the reactions of the princes and princes of the Li clan...
Do you need to care?
Li Ang watched Jin Wusuan and Meng Chengye leave. After these two return, they will definitely use their own channels to continue investigating clues to the case.
I just don’t know if I can find any useful evidence.
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In the next few days, Li Ang continued to follow up the investigation.
The Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, the Yushitai, the Zhenfu Division and other departments all dispatched their own officers to conduct separate investigations in various parts of the East City. The results obtained were very similar, and not much progress was made.
Li Ang had also seen the remains of the carriage at Prince Chang Xiang's residence. It was burned to the point where there were only a few small pieces of charcoal left, and there were no clues at all.
If the carriage had not been completely dismantled, Li Ang might still be able to find a way to detect blood stains in his laboratory.
For example, blood testing agents such as benzidine, o-toluidine, and colorless malachite green are used.
Finally, the time came for the three-party trial.
There was a huge crowd outside the Dali Temple, and Chang'an citizens rushed to see it, looking forward to seeing the legendary little medicine king and god Li Xiaolangjun, facing off in court with the son of the county prince.
It would be more enjoyable if we could see the classic plot of "when a prince commits a crime, the common people are equally guilty".
In anticipation, the door of Dali Temple slowly opened.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the highest official, sat in the first seat, flanked by the Minister of Dali Temple and Yu Shi Zhongcheng. Li Ang, who represented the academy, also had a seat.
Li Shenbin, one of the suspects in the case, stood in the audience with a calm and calm expression.
And lying next to him was Nie Shilei.
In other words, Nie Shilei's body.
"Three officers, now that Nie Shilei has committed suicide out of fear of crime, can I go back?"
Li Shenbin stood in the audience and asked questions with a smile.
"..."
The Minister of Punishment took a deep breath and looked at each other with his colleagues on both sides, their expressions were a little gloomy.
Nie Shilei hanged himself in prison a few hours before the trial. The veterans of the Zhenfu Division have inspected the scene and determined that there are no traces of coercion or poisoning.
This is very strange. After the trial ended seven days ago, Dali Temple changed Nie Shilei to a safer single cell. There were no other prisoners in the cells on the left and right sides.
Moreover, during this period, prison management became even stricter, and no jailers or guards were allowed to talk to Nie Shilei alone, or to torture him to extract a confession.
"No one visited Nie Shilei last night. But someone visited the prisoners in the cell diagonally opposite to Nie Shilei."
Censor Zhongcheng said expressionlessly: "That prisoner was recently imprisoned for robbery.
The person who visited him was not related to him and was a gang member. And he was also found drowned in a ditch on the street just now. "
The Minister of Dali Temple on the side looked livid.
The truth of the matter is not difficult to guess,
Prince Chang Xiang, who heard he was about to die of illness, used all his energy to save his son.
Find a gang member and go to Dali Temple to visit other prisoners. During the visit, he took the opportunity to say something to Nie Shilei.
The rogues in the market are more ruthless than jackals and tigers. If the lives of Nie Shilei's family are threatened, it is easy to force Nie Shilei to go to extremes.
The three bureaucrats sitting on the stage all started from the bottom and rose up step by step. We have a clear picture of the tactics used by the rich and powerful to persecute ordinary people.
"Li Shenbin!"
The Minister of Dali Temple slapped the table, killing someone on his own territory, which made him lose face in front of his colleagues. He didn't care about the clan's reputation, and said gloomily: "Nie Shilei did not leave a confession, and the case is not over yet."
"That's what the temple minister said."
Li Shenbin nodded and smiled, looking docile and harmless, "But my father is still ill at home, and he needs me to come home as soon as possible to serve him. If there is no more evidence..."
Li Ang stared at the other party coldly and suddenly said: "Do you want evidence?"
"yes."
Li Shenbin was a little surprised, but still smiled and said: "But it is best not to use the method you proposed, Mr. Li Xiaolang, that will damage the face of the royal family."
"Bring up the body of the deceased."
Li Ang waved his hand and asked the Dali Temple guards to carry Meng Ying's body up.
It has been more than ten days since Meng Ying died. However, because the body has been kept in the underground ice room of Dali Temple, and her father also bought many talismans to protect the body,
So there aren't many signs of decay yet.
Li Ang stood up, took out a white coat, mask, gloves, etc. from the medicine box next to him, put them on, and came to the body.
Li Shenbin smiled and said: "Li Xiaolangjun, are you going to live to death, with flesh and white bones? Or do you also know how to perform injury examinations?"
Li Ang was too lazy to talk to him. After confirming that the mask was on, he lifted the white cloth to reveal the horrific face of the deceased Meng Ying, who was beyond recognition.
"ah!"
The onlookers outside the temple subconsciously exclaimed, but Li Ang was not affected and continued to explain.
“There were maroon strangle marks on the deceased’s neck, four on each side of the neck, bleeding on the skin under the neck, and fractured throat cartilage, which proves that the murderer’s hands exerted pressure and strangled the neck before death.
Because the neck was strangled, the deceased could not breathe. His face was swollen, cyanotic, and purple in color. There were scattered spots of bleeding in his eyes, and there were bite marks on the tip of his tongue.
Injuries caused by suffocation and struggling can be found on the chest, back, limbs and other parts of the body. "
Li Ang analyzed them one by one: "And the other cause of death of the deceased is here."
He used his mind to gently lift Meng Ying's body, revealing the entire dented back of his head.
"If you have read the agricultural paper I published in Xuegong Neo-Confucianism journal half a month ago, you should know that when livestock are slaughtered in some places in Yu State, in order to prevent blood from flowing out, the heads of livestock will be hit hard with sticks. His skull was cracked and he died quickly.
Depending on the size, shape, weight, and location of the hitting object, skull fractures will also show different characteristics.
It can be roughly divided into linear fractures, depressed fractures, hole pile fractures, comminuter fractures, disintegration fractures, etc.
There were traces of comminuted fractures on the back of the skull of the deceased. Based on the direction and cutoff of the fracture line, it can be seen that the blow was at the back of the head, and there was only one blow. "
Li Ang took out a piece of drawing paper from the medicine box. On the paper was the image of the alley he copied.
Red paint was used to mark the direction of the blood spatter.
“Based on the direction of the blood spray on the wall, it can be seen that the injury was caused by the stone wall itself.
In other words, the murderer strangled the deceased that night. He became angry because of the struggle of the deceased, choked his neck, and banged his head against the wall, causing his skull to break and he died on the spot.
To achieve this effect, the murderer's body must be very strong. "
Li Ang pointed at Nie Shilei, who hung himself to death, "Nie Shilei came from a poor family, was in poor health, and was weak and thin. Even if he was stronger than Meng Ying as a woman, it was impossible to crack Meng Ying's skull with just one impact. "
Li Shenbin's face changed slightly, and he said coldly: "So what, it only proves that the murderer is very powerful, but it does not prove that it is me."
Li Ang said indifferently: "I remember that the father of Prince Chang Xiang banned his children from practicing martial arts because of some things, right? Do you practice martial arts?"
"No..."
Before Li Shenbin finished speaking, Li Ang had already pulled out the triangular spear tied to his waist, injected spiritual power into it, stretched the spear, and smashed it toward the opponent's front door from top to bottom.
Li Shenbin subconsciously raised his hands and grabbed the spear.
Hearing a dull bang, he actually grabbed the heavy metal spear with his bare hands, without any sign of bending in his arm.
Li Ang withdrew his spear indifferently, "You are indeed practicing martial arts."
"So what?!"
Li Shenbin gritted his teeth and argued: "My grandfather's ban was imposed on my father and uncles, and has nothing to do with me. And my martial arts practice does not prove that I am the murderer of Meng Ying.
To put it bluntly, you still have no direct evidence. "
"You've already given me the evidence."
Li Ang took out a hairpin from Meng Ying's stretcher through his gloves, "Do you remember this jade hairpin?
This was used by the murderer to scratch Meng Ying's face, in order to prevent Nie Shilei from discovering that Meng Ying and the woman who deceived him were not the same after waking up.
There are the murderer's fingerprints on it. "
Since the deceased Meng Ying's father, Meng Chengye, was a close friend of Jin Wusuan, her belongings would naturally not be tampered with. As for fingerprints, the Yu people already have the habit of signing, stamping, and pressing fingerprints, so there is no need for the special characteristics of Li Ang's popular fingerprints.
The only problem is how to get the fingerprints on the hosta to show.
Li Ang took out a vial from the medicine box. The vial contained iodine crystals that he had prepared from kelp, sulfuric acid, etc.
He placed the hosta over the heated iodine crystals, and as the steam swirled, clear fingerprints appeared on the hosta.
It was compared with Li Shenbin's fingerprint on the triangular gun and confirmed to match.
"it's over."
Without even looking at the ashen-faced Li Shenbin, Li Ang coldly took out a white cloth, wiped off the traces of iodine on the spear, and walked out of Dali Temple.
