On the way to the house where the accident happened, Ji Yunshu asked the boy.
"By the way, that day, did you meet Du Mubai?"
"I've seen it!"
"when?"
"I saw it once in the morning and once in the evening."
"What was it like when you saw him?"
Xiaotong: "Du Mubai went out in the morning, but when he came back in the evening, he was lost."
"How do you feel lost?"
Xiaotong recalled: "In the morning, Du Mubai seemed to be going somewhere. He seemed to be in a hurry, but he walked very slowly! When he came back at night, he lowered his head and looked depressed. I called him, but he didn't answer. I kept walking forward, in a hurry."
Ji Yunshu said "Oh".
Xiaotong took them to the room where Du Mubai committed suicide.
"Since something happened here, it has been blocked, and no one has gone in for six years."
"Open."
"what?"
"The yamen does business."
"Yes."
The boy took out the key and opened the door.
I haven't gone in for six years, and the moment the door opened, an unpleasant smell came out from inside.
Several people couldn't help covering their noses.
It wasn't until the smell inside gradually dissipated that he entered the door.
Xiaotong got an oil lamp and a lantern from nowhere.
Handed the oil lamp to Ji Yunshu.
Ji Yunshu took it and walked in.
The house has not been inhabited for six years, it is very old, and there are cobwebs everywhere.
The furnishings inside are the same as those in Fangtong's house before.
But there is a table in the middle.
Xiaotong said, "This table is the one that Du Mubai stepped on and hanged on."
Leave it intact.
The upper sling from the beam has been removed.
Ji Yunshu brought the oil lamp close to the table, then turned around.
Check the top of your head every now and then!
But he never spoke.
Just frown!
Jing Rong and Bai Yin stood aside without disturbing them.
The child was about to ask something aloud, but was stopped by Jing Rong in time.
Tell him not to make a sound, just wait quietly...
That night, Ji Yunshu watched for a long time in the room, and the frown between his brows stretched a little when he came out.
Said a sentence: "Tomorrow will be the truth!"
the next day.
Ji Yunshu, Jingrong, and Bai Yin went to the city department. She returned the dossier and said to Li Cheng, "Senior Cheng, please bring Fang Tong, Jiang Wen and Bingzheng."
Um
Li Cheng is unknown.
"Didn't you ask me yesterday?"
"You'll know when you bring them here."
Mysterious.
Li Cheng also had to order someone to bring them.
Soon, the three were brought over again.
One by one, they were pressed into the department court.
Li Cheng was sitting in the front seat, and those old officials, Jing Rong and others were sitting on both sides.
They all stared at the three Fang Tong who were brought in in the middle.
Fang Tong and Jiang Wen were still as guilty as yesterday. They asked, "I don't know... why are you looking for us?"
Li Cheng looked at Ji Yunshu because he didn't know either.
Ji Yunshu got up and walked straight to the front of Bing.
Bingzheng still lowered his head at this moment.
"Master Bing, do you still remember what I asked you yesterday?"
Bingzheng is silent! "I ask you, have you ever eaten Cunzhi, you said you don't know what it is, right?" Ji Yunshu continued with a faint smile, "Then let me tell you, the Cunzhi I said, In fact, it is the famous Cuihua Cake in Jiangnan. But Cuihua Cake is called Orchid Bamboo by the local people in Jiangnan, which is the Orchid Bamboo written in your poem! It is not the splendid bamboo that you mentioned in your mouth, Bing Gongzi. In the Jiangnan area, there has never been a bamboo called Lanzhu! It can be seen that, Mr. Bing, you have never been to Jiangnan.
The flower cake is orchid bamboo, not the bamboo you mentioned. "
Uh!
Everyone was surprised.
They all stared at Bingzheng.
He was still very calm, lowered his head, and buried his face deeply.
Ji Yunshu: "Also, you are lying when you said that you had a rash all over your body due to flying in April! Because there is no flying in Jiangnan at all, but in Nanshen near Jiangnan, which is Du Mubai's hometown. "
Bingzheng smiled.
It was as if a stone in my heart finally fell to the ground.
For six years, he buried this knot in his heart for six years.
Feeling guilty every night.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the handsome Mr. Ji in front of him, "You are different from others."
Um
"At that time, the people from the Ministry of Rites thoroughly investigated Du Mubai's theft of my poems, but they couldn't see anything from the poems, but you are different. You are very smart and see clearly better than anyone else."
Unspoken.
He admitted that he had wronged Du Mubai.
Li Cheng immediately questioned: "So, Du Mubai didn't steal your poem at all. He wrote that poem himself."
"That's right! Du Mubai is the most talented person I've ever met. I like the poems he writes very much. In April, Xu Feifei, the old man hears the lake in front of the lake, the orchid bamboo fights the spring rain, and the small bridge has the south of the Yangtze River. If I It would be great to be able to write such poems."
After that, he smiled!
Li Cheng: "Bingzheng, why do you say he stole your poems?"
"Is it important?"
"This officer needs to know the truth."
"He's talented, and I'm jealous," he said succinctly.
envy!
Simply enchanting.
Li Cheng glared at him and waved his sleeves: "Bingzheng, you slandered Du Mubai, saying that he misappropriated your poems and caused him to be disqualified as a student, so he committed suicide, do you know that you are completely unforgivable! Wang Neng chopped your head off."
Furious!
He turned to question Fang Tong and Jiang Wen, who were standing beside him, and said, "And the two of you, you dared to give false evidence for Bingzheng, causing Du Mubai to carry such a crime.
Fang Tong and Jiang Wen were sweating profusely.
Then-
"Boom!" Kneeled down.
Double down.
No wonder they were so guilty yesterday.
Fang Tong is a wise man after all, he said: "Sir, forgive me, we don't know anything, but Bingzheng said at the time that he wrote the poem. We saw that he was honest and would not lie, so we helped him testify. Ah!"
"Dare to shirk responsibility."
"We didn't dare. It was indeed Bingzheng who asked us to help him testify. At that time, Du Mubai was a disciple of the Marquis of Pingyang, and he was backed by Marquis Pingyang. We saw that Bingzheng was pitiful, so we agreed to testify for him."
Li Cheng asked Bingzheng, "Is what they said true?"
Bingzheng smiled, completely unconcerned.
He has come to the point where he is today, and he has no way out.
Said: "Yes, I begged them to testify for me. If your lord wants to ask for the crime, just ask the crime. Even if I die, I am willing to do it. If it wasn't for me, Du Mubai would not have been disqualified as a student, and he would not have committed suicide. Death, my life belongs to him, and now, it should be repaid."
Sudden-
Ji Yunshu said: "His death has nothing to do with you."
What
Bingzheng smiled bitterly: "Mr. Ji, why do you comfort me now? Although I didn't kill him myself, I killed him indirectly. I am a sinner."
"You didn't understand what I meant. Actually, Du Mubai would never choose to commit suicide because you slandered him and stole your poems! Because... he was killed!"
There was an uproar in the yamen. Everyone was surprised.