It’s quite interesting.
Young Master Lin raised his eyebrows and signaled Commander Wu to continue.
Commander Wu hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and whispered, "We captured a man alive, and he confessed that his surname was Xie... He was a servant of the Xie family, and he used to be the attendant of the eldest son of the third master of the third branch of the Xie family in Jingxi. Later, when he went to Yongzhou Prefecture with the eldest master of the third branch, Xie Liangcheng, he rescued his younger brother, but accidentally fell into the hands of bandits and became a bandit..."
Wei An raised his eyebrows behind his back.
Young Master Lin took a sip of tea without changing his expression and motioned for Commander Wu to continue.
Commander Wu nodded, not wanting to keep the secret, and quickly continued: "This servant named Xie said that after the eldest son of the Xie family became a bandit, he became the military advisor of the bandits. He was very powerful and smart, and helped the bandits kill several officials sent by the court to encircle and suppress them, but then failed in this encirclement and suppression. The bandits fled everywhere, and the prefect of Yongzhou received a strict order, so he chased them relentlessly, ready to catch them all in one fell swoop. Therefore, the eldest son Xie decided to leave this group of bandits and return to the right path."
The story is quite logical.
Everything is taken into consideration.
Commander Wu followed up by saying, "But the bandits refused, so Master Xie had to argue with them. The bandit leader was determined to come to the capital to assassinate the emperor, but Master Xie refused to follow them to do this thing of exterminating the entire clan, so they parted ways."
He said halfway, scratched his head, looked at Young Master Lin, then looked at the people present, and suddenly stopped talking.
Young Master Lin glanced at him calmly, lowered his eyes, and smiled lightly: "Why don't you say anything?"
He was even scarier when he was not smiling. Commander Wu couldn't help but think of the Yi family who had just been raided a few days ago. He was sweating coldly on his back and said hurriedly, "The servant said that later, Xie Liangcheng asked the princess for help and asked her to make some travel permits for the three bandits to stabilize them and settle them in the capital. Then he wrote a letter to the princess to set up this plan, burning the three bandits to death, and falsely claiming that they were servants of the mansion, and wiping out the matter without a trace."
Wei An couldn't help but sigh again and thank the second master for his cleverness.
This guy really thought of everything.
The story is really reasonable.
Xie Liangcheng did go to Yongzhou Prefecture to save his brother, and he was indeed abducted by bandits. More importantly, there was indeed a servant of Xie Liangcheng in Yongzhou Prefecture who testified that Xie Liangcheng had assisted the bandits and done illegal things.
The version that Commander Wu heard and told them was a mixture of truth and falsehood, and every detail was explained clearly. I am afraid that if Master Xie San and Madam Xie San heard it themselves, they would mistakenly believe that their son was really forced to become a bandit out of helplessness, and then did not want to make the same mistake again, so they wanted to kill him to silence him.
It turns out that Second Master Xie was not only working hard in Yongzhou Prefecture, but also set up such a trap in the capital, trying to connect them together and catch them all in one fell swoop.
Young Master Lin tapped the tabletop lightly, once, twice, and Commander Wu was almost scared. He sighed and said, "What you said is quite reasonable."
Commander Wu breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. It seemed that Third Master Lin also felt that this was most likely true.
That's good. Although the case will definitely be taken over by Young Master Lin, it doesn't matter... After all, he was the first one to discover it, and he gave the case to Young Master Lin. When the time comes, Young Master Lin will definitely remember his favor, right
Just think of it as making friends with Young Master Lin.
He thought to himself to comfort himself.
Young Master Lin laughed: "But I just think it's ridiculous."
Commander Wu looked at Young Master Lin in confusion and bewilderment, and his gaze gradually changed.
Captain Xu also echoed his superior's opinion: "This story sounds reasonable at first glance, but it is illogical when you think about it carefully. If Young Master Xie really wanted help, why did he ask Princess Shouning? Princess Shouning has no relatives with the Xie family. Young Master Xie still has parents in the suburbs of Beijing. Why would he leave his parents behind and take the risk of asking the princess for help? No matter how good their relationship is, they would not help like this, right?"
Commander Wu couldn't help but defend himself: "The servant said that the princess and Master Xie have a very good personal relationship. The princess even saved Master Xie's brother before. The two of them..."
He glanced at Wei An, and for some reason, when he met Wei An's calm eyes, he was unable to utter a word.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but not only did Wei An’s gaze make people feel breathless, but even Young Master Lin seemed to have suddenly changed from his previous leisurely state, and the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared without a trace.
He suddenly panicked: "That servant said..."
Master Xie shook his head at Masters Five and Two, signaling them not to interrupt.
Now Third Young Master Lin obviously had no ill intentions and was here to challenge Commander Wu, so there was no need for them to interrupt.
Captain Xu sighed, "Master Wu is so eager to make a contribution. You don't even think about it. There are so many suspicious points in this case. Don't say that Princess Shouning would not do such a thing unless she was crazy. Even if she really wanted to do it, why did she choose her home? Even if she said she wanted to use her own servants to replace her identity so as to conceal the truth, but... she should have replaced the three servants in advance. They are said to be servants but they are actually three strong men. After such a big thing happened, she must have known that the court would conduct an autopsy, right?"
In fact, a young lady who wanted to help could not have anticipated these mistakes.
How can anyone think as clearly as the Jinyiwei
But since Captain Xu said no, then of course there is nothing, and Commander Wu should be dejected.
Young Master Lin then made the final decision and said coldly, "We, the Jinyiwei, are in charge of this case. You hand the servant over to me. Since everything depends on him, I want to see what else he can say."
Commander Wu shuddered violently, dared not say anything, and immediately responded with yes.
Young Master Lin glanced at him and said, "It's getting late and it's curfew. Shouldn't you go patrol the streets? Don't delay."
Meaning to tell him not to get in the way here anymore, Commander Wu quickly said "oh", turned around, bowed to several masters of the Wei family, apologized to Wei An, and walked out of the door in a flash.
Young Master Lin turned to look at Wei An. Although his expression was still stern, his voice was much slower. He asked her, "Are you okay?"
When Commander Wu walked outside the door and heard these words, he couldn't help scratching his head again. Did he hear it wrong just now
Did this iceberg just show concern for someone? And the object was actually Princess Shouning?!