Sun Shaozong couldn't get drunk.
He had just poured three kilograms of turbid wine in that steamed bun shop, and someone from the yamen came to look for him. First, he reported that there was an accident in Tianjing, and that the county official surnamed Yang could not be punished but died in the prison.
Second, the case of Lu Guijian of the Ministry of Housing has now been found out. Lord Tingwei specially summoned the left and right Shaoqing to listen to the report of Chen Jingde, the deputy of the Zuo Temple.
It's nothing more than the front, after all, it was already expected.
The latter case was beyond Sun Shaozong's expectations.
The last time Wei Yi asked, it seemed that Chen Jingde was still at a loss. After two days of hard work, the bottom line has already come to the fore
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As an official of the Zuo Temple, Chen Jingde directly reported to Wei Yi's place by leaps and bounds. This kind of 'unhealthy style' cannot be tolerated.
In line with the standard of being stricter than discipline, Sun Shaozong immediately cleaned up his emotions, returned to the yamen, changed into official robes, and rushed to the meeting room with murderous aura.
Although it was a 'Three Court Trial', Wei Yi did not arrange it specially, nor did he choose an inner hall suitable for office work, but still sat at the small table in the flower hall with the two young ministers.
During the previous morning meeting, Wei Yi was the first to attack, questioning Sun Shaozong and directly stabbed the case before the emperor.
But this time, it was Sun Shaozong's turn to speak coldly.
"Lord Tingwei."
He picked up the top-quality Longjing he just served, blew on the floating tea stems, and asked casually, "I dare to ask you to summon Sun again, but what other orders are there?"
Although Wei Yi is not aggressive, after all, he has been immersed in the officialdom for many years, and this routine of knowingly asked is naturally not unfamiliar.
Immediately, he said, "I also heard rumors that he had found the murderer who poisoned Lu Guijian, how to be afraid to ask him to come, and carefully cross-examined to find out."
"Is it?"
Sun Shaozong put down the teacup and said indifferently: "Then please ask Chen Sifu to come and speak - Chen Sifu, come in and talk quickly!"
In the second half of the sentence, he raised his voice to say hello.
Chen Jingde was already waiting in the west wing, and he didn't know that Wei Yi had just cleared things up. Hearing his greeting from inside, he hurriedly picked up his official robe, trotted into the hall, bowed and saluted, "I have seen you before. Sirs."
"Look, look."
Sun Shaozong laughed dumbly, pointed at Chen Jingde and said, "My official at Zuo Temple is so well-informed. Before the Lord Tingwei sent someone to look for it, he was outside the flower hall."
Being beaten in the face in public, Wei Yi's face was as usual, he waved to Chen Jingde, who was obviously a little flustered, and instructed as if he was okay: "Chen Si, what is the truth about the murder of Lu Guijian by poison? And be careful."
In fact, Chen Jingde also knew that this matter should not be reported.
But at the beginning, Sun Shaozong threw this hot potato to him on the grounds that he had just arrived and the staff was unfamiliar, and he didn't ask questions for seven or eight days. Naturally, he felt resentment in his heart.
Therefore, when I came back from the restaurant just now, I heard that Sun Shaozong was not in the yamen, so Chen Jingde knew the crime and reported it to Wei Yi.
However, seeing this scene in front of him, Chen Jingde couldn't help but regret it - Lord Tingwei didn't seem to be able to hold Zuo Shaoqing at all.
But I have done it, and regretting it now will not help.
So he cheered himself up and began to report to the Ministry of Housing to Lu Mingsi, the cause and effect of the case of being poisoned.
Lu Mingsi died of a poisonous attack on a cross street not far from his home on the evening of September 30.
According to post-mortem investigations, he dined at a nearby restaurant with another person in a private room in the backyard before his death. It was initially suspected that he was poisoned in this restaurant, and died of poisoning shortly after leaving.
And the diner who ate with him naturally became the biggest suspect.
It's just that I have no impression of the other diners up and down the restaurant, so I can't pinpoint the real culprit.
However, after several days of visits, Chen Jingde also initially identified a few suspects, but because there was no evidence, and the other party was not a common man, it was difficult to carry out further investigation.
However, at this moment, things suddenly took an unexpected turn - Wang Erhu, the assistant chef of the restaurant, hanged himself at home.
According to the suicide note left at the scene, this Wang Erhu was the real murderer who poisoned Lu Mingsi.
As for the reason, it was because Lu Mingsi got drunk and called Wang Erhu to scold Wang Erhu for half a month's wages.
Wang Erhu held a grudge for this, secretly collected poison, and waited for an opportunity to smear the poison on Lu Mingsi's tableware and chopsticks, so that Lu Mingsi died of the poison.
Since then, the government has strictly investigated the case. He felt that sooner or later, he would be found out. Fearing the pain of punishment, he simply left a suicide note and hanged himself.
Speaking of which, Chen Jingde took out an envelope from the sleeve and offered it with both hands: "The existing Wang Erhu suicide note is here, please read it, sirs."
Wei Yizheng was about to stretch out his hand, but Sun Shaozong had already accepted Wang Erhu's suicide note.
After reading for a long time, he suddenly raised his head again, stared at Chen Jingde and asked word by word, "Deputy Chen Si, do the details of Wang Erhu's confession in his suicide note match the facts of the case?"
"It matches."
Chen Jingde bowed and replied, "The poison detected by Zuo Zuo is basically consistent with the remaining poison in Wang Erhu's house."
"Before the incident, how he prepared to poison, and how he changed the day after the incident, exchanged the poisonous utensils and meals with the leftovers, cups, dishes, and chopsticks left by other guests. "
Sun Shaozong smiled slightly when he heard the words, but he was noncommittal about these words.
The scene was embarrassing for a while, so Wei Yi hurriedly said: "Since the confession in the suicide note is consistent with the case, there shouldn't be anything wrong, Sun..."
Having said this, he subconsciously turned his attention to Sun Shaozong, and then turned to Li Wenshan in a hurry, and solemnly explained: "Li Shaoqing, please go to the Ministry of Housing with Deputy Chen Si, and tell the truth of the case, so as not to avoid The Ministry of Household is suspicious all day long, and they can't even care about serious official business."
He is now devastated by the financial crisis, and naturally he is eager to take the opportunity to sell it to the Ministry of Households, so that the money he applied for can be paid as soon as possible.
Li Wenshan didn't think much about it, got up and said, "Don't worry, sir, Li is here..."
"Wait a minute."
However, Sun Shaozong suddenly interrupted them, shook the suicide note in his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "Since this suicide note lists so many details, it can be seen that Wang Erhu was concerned about Lu Guijian's every move on the day he was poisoned."
"Then this officer is puzzled. Since he recorded such details in the suicide note, how could he only mention it twice in a vague way to another diners?"
"Take a step back, as long as he truthfully informs the government about the appearance of the guest, wouldn't he be able to clear his suspicions easily?"
"In this case, why bother to the point of committing suicide?!"