'Lord Ji has returned to the capital?
Does that mean that Prince Rong is also back? '
Yu Dali couldn't help but tremble. He slowly raised his head and met Ji Yunshu's sympathetic gaze.
"Lord … Lord Ji?" He couldn't hide his astonishment.
Ji Yunshu frowned and crouched down to match Yu Dali's line of sight.
She swept away the messy straws with her hand and placed the candlestick firmly on the ground. She also placed the box of food at the side.
The wick of the candle flickered slightly. The light from the flame shone on Yu Dali's pale and bloodied face.
He squinted his eyes.
It was difficult for him to adapt.
After all, in this dark prison cell, there was very little light at such close range.
"Yu Dali," she called out softly.
Yu Dali opened his bloodshot eyes and looked at her. He opened his dry and bloody lips and asked weakly.
"Why did you return to the capital?"
"I had no choice."
"With the current situation, you shouldn't have come back. You shouldn't have." As he spoke, his back moved away from the cold wall with difficulty. His body leaned forward slightly, and his scarred hands grabbed the messy straws on the ground. Ji Yunshu's expression remained calm. She wasn't affected by his mood at all. She took out a bottle of medicine from her sleeve and placed it next to his hand. Then, she resolutely said, "Since I chose to meet you in prison, I have already explained my relationship with His Highness. Today, His Highness will handle the matters of the imperial court.
What matters is that His Highness will settle the case that Yu Dali is carrying. "" It's useless, it's useless. "Yu Dali was very agitated." Could it be that Lord Ji still can't see the clues? I didn't admit to this case from beginning to end. Moreover, the evidence isn't enough to prove that I killed someone. However, Lord Li is anxious to sentence me and wants to sentence me to death, so he forced me to confess.
The bloodstains on my body explain everything. "He sighed deeply." If the Emperor is determined, this court official must die! "
Of course, she knew!
It was because she knew that she was so bitter and hateful.
Ji Yunshu fiercely swallowed back the tears in her eyes.
He said, "Lord Li has promised to give me five days, so I only have five days to find out the truth. But before the case is solved, Yu Dali must not let anything happen to himself. I have also told the Ministry of Justice that they will not torture you anymore."
"Lord Ji …" Why did you have to do this?
Ji Yunshu interrupted him. "I brought some food. You should fill your stomach first."
She opened the food box!
There were two side dishes, three steamed buns, and a small pot of wine.
She poured wine for him.
Yu Dali suddenly thought of something.
With a trembling voice, he asked, "How is Lord Qin?"
His question caused Ji Yunshu's hand, which was in the middle of pouring the wine, to shake, causing a few drops to spill out.
Yu Dali understood.
He leaned against the cold wall again. He raised his head and stared at the stone slab above his head. He sighed. "I still can't escape!"
Ji Yunshu put down the wine pot and said seriously, "Yu Dali, let's not talk about other things. What's more important now is your case. I only need five days to find out the truth."
But …
Yu Dali smiled bitterly. He didn't have any hope. "This case happened three years ago. There are very few clues. The Ministry of Justice has been investigating for almost half a month, but they still haven't found any clues. Five days is too difficult."
"Difficult! But it's not impossible. "
"Lord Ji …"
"I want you to tell me everything you know. Only when there is evidence to prove that the murderer is someone else can you be absolved of the crime."
Because of her words, a glimmer of hope gradually lit up in Yu Dali's eyes.
He was silent for a long time.
"Fine. If you want to know, as long as I know, I will tell you everything." Ji Yunshu said, "When I returned to the capital yesterday, I went to the Ministry of Justice and looked at the case file. According to the autopsy results, Hua Ling really did die three years ago. Furthermore, according to the case file, she disappeared the day after she left your room. On the day she disappeared, the Ministry of Works was in charge of the shed in the main courtyard.
All the people left. That was the day you moved back to the main courtyard. In other words, if the murderer wanted to put Hua Ling's body in the wall of your main courtyard, then the time of the murder should have been between the time Hua Ling left your room and the time before the shed in the main courtyard was removed. During this time, you were the only one who had a conflict with her.
Because of the blood on the table, the Ministry of Justice suspected that after you killed Hua Ling, you secretly carried her to the main courtyard and put her body in the wall. "
"I didn't kill anyone!"
His face was full of injustice.
Ji Yunshu said, "I need you to tell me everything that happened that night. Don't leave out any details." Yu Dali nodded and carefully recalled, "That day when I returned home from the yamen, the sky was already dark. Just as I was preparing to rest, Hua Ling came in with a bowl of lotus seed soup. I told her to just put it down, but she refused to leave. It seemed like she had something to say. I asked her several times, but she stuttered and didn't speak clearly. She was even a little flustered. Then she suddenly closed the door, tore open her clothes, and threw herself at me. While tugging at my clothes, she repeatedly begged me to grant her wish. At that time, I was extremely angry, so I pushed her. She fell backwards, and the back of her head hit the corner of the table.
She was fine. Instead, she sat on the floor and cried. When I couldn't get an answer from her, she got up and ran out. I remember that it was around midnight. The next day, the people in the residence said that she was missing. I thought that it was probably because she was ashamed of what happened the night before. She was worried that I would punish her, so she ran away in the middle of the night. I didn't want to ruin her reputation and innocence, so it was fine if she ran away. She was just a servant, so I lied and let her go.
I agreed and she left the manor. Since then, I have never mentioned anything about Hua Ling. Until recently, when the walls in my room fell off, Hua Ling's bones were exposed. "
Ji Yunshu digested the information quickly. She asked, "What kind of person was Hua Ling usually?"
"She came to the residence when she was young. She was always well-behaved."
"What was her character like?"
"She was very obedient, but a little timid. She didn't interact much with others."
"Then, did she stay in the residence all the time?"
"Occasionally, she would go out to buy things that the residence needed."
One question, one answer!
Ji Yunshu pondered for a long time. She raised her eyes and frowned. "Yu Dali, you really … didn't hide anything from me?"
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