Old residence.
After Ji Yunshu and the others returned, they gathered in the hall.
Song Zhi was also present.
One by one, he poured hot tea for everyone.
He was also very interested in this case.
After all, when the city's department went to arrest Fang Tong and the others, he was caught by mistake. Therefore, he could be considered as someone who had one foot in this case.
After learning about what happened today, Song Zhi sighed heavily. "I really didn't expect that the gifted scholar of Nanshen would be wronged like this. What's more, I didn't expect that the person who wronged him was his classmate. Before today, I was still discussing with Fang Tong and Jiang Wen. I thought that before the exam, I would be able to take care of each other and not panic.
Who knew that in the blink of an eye, things would turn out like this? Sure enough, you can't judge a book by its cover! "
Fang Tong had a sunny appearance. At first glance, one could tell that he wasn't a shrewd person.
However, he didn't expect him to be that kind of person.
Before today, Song Zhi had found a few close friends in the field of learning. He bought a few books for Fang Tong and personally delivered them to him. He thought that since they were both scholars and had similar backgrounds, it would be great if they could become friends.
However, this idea was obviously dashed.
Ji Yunshu looked at Song Zhi's regretful expression and said, "Young Master Song, some things can't be explained clearly. It's hard to fathom a person's mind. If we could accurately understand it, there would be fewer murders in this world."
"Yes, you're right! It's a pity that a gifted scholar was wrongly accused. Before his death, he couldn't clear his name. "
"Fortunately, the case didn't go on forever. Now that the truth has been revealed, Du Mubai's innocence has been cleared. At least in the underworld, he can rest in peace."
The others nodded.
Song Zhi asked again, "Then, what will happen to Fang Tong and the others after they are convicted?"
Bai Yin angrily replied, "What will happen to them? Even if they were beheaded, it wouldn't be excessive. If this happened in the grasslands, I would have already beheaded them. How could they still be alive in prison? "
The smell of blood filled the air!
Song Zhi was startled. "Bai Yin, everything can be solved. How can you have such thoughts? A life for a life. If you kill them, you will be sentenced to death. The gains don't make up for the losses! Besides, they only wrongly accused people. They didn't kill Du Mubai. "
"Only a bookworm like you is kind."
"I'm not being kind. I'm just telling the truth."
Bai Yin glanced at him with a half-smile.
She was too lazy to argue with him.
At the end of the day, Song Zhi was a scholar while Bai Yin had lived in the grasslands for so many years that she was used to fighting and killing. Naturally, the two of them had different viewpoints.
Putting aside this point. Ji Yunshu answered Song Zhi's question, "According to Fang Tong and Jiang Wen, they believed that Bing was an honest man, so they decided to testify for him. Therefore, in terms of the mastermind, it should be Zhang Zheng. Their crimes would not be very serious.
As for being disqualified, even if you pass, you will not be able to participate in the court examinations. "
Song Zhi: "In other words, they won't be able to enter the top three in this lifetime?"
"You could say that."
It was the same as when a person committed a crime and there was a record in the file!
He had studied hard for many years and participated in two examinations. Including this year, it should have been his third. But in the end, it was all for naught.
To a scholar, this must be a huge blow!
The hall was silent for a while.
Jing Rong took a sip of hot tea and looked at Ji Yunshu. "The Ministry of Justice has agreed to reopen the case. Where do you plan to start next?"
Ji Yunshu concentrated for a moment.
She thought about it carefully.
"Although Du Mubai's and Su Qiao's cases have been combined into one, there are still two points to investigate."
"What two points?"
"First, why was Su Qiao's head placed in a stone made of plaster? Where are the rest of her bones? And when was the stone? When was it placed in the chests with the gambling stones? I'm afraid we have to investigate this thoroughly. After all, this is the cause of the case.
"Yes." “
"The other point?" "That's Du Mubai!" Ji Yunshu said, "The servant who guarded the room said that he left in a hurry that morning to meet someone. Who was he going to meet? Could that person be the murderer? I think that if we know this, we might have a clue to continue investigating. "
"Yes. “
The two cases were combined, but the clues were independent.
In other words, Ji Yunshu had promised to help Li Cheng investigate one case, but now she had to investigate two.
Obviously, Li Cheng had taken advantage of her.
Jing Rong said, "I believe many people in Gao Ding know Du Mubai. If you want to find out who he went to meet that morning, you should be able to find it. But, do you still want to …"
He wanted to say something but stopped.
Ji Yunshu continued, "Yes, I still want to open the coffin and examine the corpse."
This man really understood her.
"Du Mubai was killed. As long as he was killed, there must be clues on the bones."
She was firm.
Six years ago, Du Mubai's body was not transported back to his hometown. Instead, the people of the memorial hall buried him on the mountain.
Now that the coffin was opened, it must be a pile of bones.
Ji Yunshu continued, "Actually, regarding Du Mubai's case, I think we have to ask someone. Maybe … he knows something."
"Who?"
"Xue He!"
The person who was Du Mubai's disciple in Marquis Pingyang's mansion.
Ji Yunshu said, "Both of them were disciples, so they must have met. Everyone said that Du Mubai did not have many friends and was not good at socializing. The person who spent the most time with him should be his disciple, Xue He. Perhaps, he knows who Du Mubai went to meet that day!"
Jing Rong had the opposite idea.
He said, "Then, have you ever thought that … this case might be related to Xue He? The competition between disciples is unspeakable."
He did not directly say that Xue He was the murderer.
After all, it was just a suspicion.
Ji Yunshu's beautiful face couldn't help but twitch at his words.
Then, she remembered that Bingzheng deliberately exposed a flaw. There must be something behind it.
She said, "Anything is possible."
Just as she finished speaking …
Song Zhi said, "I have met the Xue He you mentioned."
All eyes fell on him.
"It was the time when Fang Tong took me to the poetry competition. I won the twenty taels of silver from his poem."
"And then?" "He gave me the silver, and went upstairs, and did not see me again. Everyone said that he was a genius and that he would definitely pass this year. After Du Mubai was disqualified from being a disciple, he was also disqualified. After that, he failed the exam and didn't take the exam again. Until this year, he took the exam again.
I also heard that there was someone supporting him. "
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