Chapter 362
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Not only was Ning Shu confused, but Tianwen, Huimo, and even Xiahou Qing found it hard to believe.
Tianwen blurted out, "The Prime Minister's son? There are only two sons in the Prime Minister's residence. Isn't that Tan Siwei and Tan Shaoqing? The token of the Prime Minister's residence can't be faked. Yongchengwei isn't blind either. Then why didn't he say anything? Could it be that … he has a guilty conscience? My goodness, do you still remember that Tan Shaoqing's name was on the brothel keeper's list? Could it be that he lied to us and knew the location of the secret passage?! "
Heaven's Inquisition only made a bold assumption, but it gave him goosebumps.
If.
If this case was really related to Tan Siwei, then it wasn't just a simple case. It was a scandal that would shock the whole country. If the Minister of the Supreme Court committed the crime, then the Supreme Court, which had been in charge of correcting cases and punishing serious criminals for the people for hundreds of years, would lose its authority.
"We can't make baseless guesses without evidence. Based on my understanding of him, Tan Shaoqing isn't that kind of person." Ning Shu thought of her previous judgment of an acquaintance and calmed down. "Did the envoy have any contact with Tan Shaoqing after entering the capital?"
Jiu Si had roughly flipped through the small mountain of files earlier and had a rough understanding. She said, "A few times. The first time was when the envoy entered the capital. The Emperor ordered the Prime Minister to welcome him outside the city. Tan Shaoqing was accompanying him. Then, at the palace banquet to welcome the envoy, the envoy praised Tan Shaoqing, saying that he had the style of his father and had a bright future. After that, Tan Shaoqing became familiar with the envoy. Tan Shaoqing also met the envoy a few times, but they didn't talk much. But there was once, eight days ago, when the envoy had set the date of his return trip, he specially sent a letter to Prime Minister Tan, inviting only Prime Minister Tan to meet alone. Prime Minister Tan used the excuse that he was busy with official business and did not meet. It was Minister Tan who went to meet him. He stayed at the envoy's posthouse for more than two hours before he came out.
In this way, it was barely acceptable that these two were acquaintances.
Then, Jiu Si added, "According to the spies, when Minister Tan came out of the post house, his face was very ugly, as if he had been greatly offended. The envoy sent someone to send him off, but he didn't even say goodbye before getting into the car and leaving."
After hearing this, Ning Shu's expression became serious again.
Tan Siwei was like Le Gongqian. He was like a dough that wouldn't get angry no matter how you kneaded it. However, he didn't even care about basic etiquette at that time, which meant that the two of them had a very unpleasant night. What kind of inappropriate words did the envoy say to infuriate him? Would this become Tan Siwei's opportunity to kill him? No one knew.
For a moment, several scenes related to Tan Siwei flooded into her mind like flying catkins, floating through her mind one by one. In those fragments, there was his bashful smile, the brothel keeper writing down his name, the joke about the man who cut Zhou Yu's robe and Tan Shaoqing's size, the carriage that passed by the White Horse Lane, and the hesitation and absent-mindedness in his eyes after rummaging through the old files all night. In the end, it all became the alibi that he said two days ago in Dong Lai Shun Li.
Ning Shu pursed her lips and said with a serious expression, "That night, he was in a hurry to take stock of the list of criminals, so he stayed at the Supreme Court and worked through the night. Deputy Zheng and Deputy Xie in the temple can testify for him. So, if you want to know if there is a possibility that he killed someone, there is the fastest way — to verify his alibi! "
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