Chapter 64 Telling the Truth (Additional update 1, thanks to Mint Weiliang’s monthly ticket~)
What Li Sanniang heard about Takeshiro from Gao Yahui was really not surprising at all.
It turned out that Wu Shilang was the concubine of Emperor Wu's second brother, and he was not very capable. Because Emperor Wu came to the throne, he was given an honorary official position at will. He was not a bully of men and women, but he often Some tidbits of news came out.
But Zuo was just spending a lot of money on a certain nobleman in Pingkangfang, which is considered a male affair nowadays.
So, everyone in the garden was surprised when they heard from his boy that he had been killed.
After that, even the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple came. As someone from a distinguished background, no one knew that there must be something going on inside, so he obeyed the arrangements obediently.
After waiting for more than half an hour, someone finally called my name, and then a little girl in a pink skirt stood up and went out.
The little girls in the room couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they saw this. Gao Yahui lowered her head and whispered to Li Sanniang: "Only now can I see that Sister Li is a few years older than me. I’m not afraid at all. I feel a little panicked. Aweng is always so kind at home, and I wonder if the officials at Dali Temple are the same.”
What can Li Sanniang say? I can't say that I actually saw a murder case today with a beautiful man, and it happened to be this man named Takeshiro.
“Yahui, you don’t know, I’m all pretending, but I’m actually very nervous inside. However, we are all affected, and today’s murder case has nothing to do with us. After a while, we will probably go back to our homes after asking questions.”
Gao Yahui nodded, smiled obediently and said, "Well, I listen to Sister Li, it's none of our business."
Li Sanniang felt bitter, but she couldn't say it.
Li Sanniang was still thinking, should she tell her what happened in the garden today when she was asked later?
To say it or not to say it?
If I say that, will I fall into a trap? Will it implicate the beautiful husband? Will it affect the Li family?
If I don’t say it, will the beautiful man tell me? Is it possible that a third party was present and saw me and the beautiful man meeting Rou Niang and Lin Lang's private meeting?
At this moment, Li Sanniang's mind was running rapidly, and a dozen questions flashed through her in an instant.
However, before Li Sanniang could make a decision, her name was called.
When she heard her name Li Mingfang being called outside the door, Li Sanniang didn't react for a moment. She was stunned for a moment and then realized that her original name was Li Mingfang!
Nodding to Gao Yahui on the side, Li Sanniang walked out of the room and followed a maid around. Finally, she came to a courtyard where there were also government officials at the door. She watched one of the government officials go in to report, but after a while someone came Come out and tell Li Sanniang to go in.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Di Shaoqing smiling at him. Of course, there was not only Di Shaoqing in the room, but also his two deputies. At this time, both of them were holding charcoal pens and recording.
The other party was naturally an official from the Ministry of Justice. An official here asked directly, "Li Mingfang?"
Li Sanniang first saluted several officials, then nodded and said: " "Yes, Li Mingfang paid a visit to Di Shaoqing and"
"This is Minister Zheng of the Ministry of Punishment," Di Shaoqing stroked his beard and reminded. Someone reminded me that it would be easy to handle, "Meet Mr. Zheng."
The next step is easy. I just ask some general questions about posts, and then ask who received the post from, when did I receive it, what time did it come today, who did it come with, and after it came. What have you done? In particular, I focused on a certain time period and asked where Li Sanniang was at that time. Is there any witness?
Li Sanniang had thought about it on the way here. Everything she saw with the beautiful man in the garden today should be reported to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment as it is.
After all, first, Li Sanniang did not have an alibi during that time period, and there were no witnesses who deliberately testified against each other;
Second, even if he said that he overheard the private meeting between men and women, The voice was just heard, and it was definitely not Li Sanniang’s fault. It was better to tell the truth than to conceal it and make it self-defeating;
Thirdly, Li Sanniang didn’t know how much Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment already knew. If Li Sanniang had asked the beautiful husband or the maid Bitao before, so it was very likely that he could tell where Li Sanniang was at that time.
Therefore, Li Sanniang decided that it was better to tell the truth.
Then Li Sanniang told the story from beginning to end about how she overheard the private conversation between a man and a woman at the rockery out of curiosity, and how she met the beautiful husband and saw Lin who fell to the ground with him. Lang and Rou Niang's story were told in detail.
“Sanniang really doesn’t know the husband’s surname, but he is quite tall and has good looks. If Sanniang can go and see the husband who is coming to attend the banquet today, Sanniang will definitely be able to identify them."
"Then Li Sanniang can clearly see who this Rou Niang and Lin Lang are?"
"Returning to Di Shaoqing, the distance is too far. Sanniang didn’t see clearly, but Lin Lang was wearing dark blue clothes and Rou Niang was wearing an apricot-colored skirt.”
After saying everything that should be said, Li Sanniang felt that she had said everything that she shouldn't have said. The big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. Then she looked up at Di Shaoqing who was standing above her. It was strange that this Di Shaoqing was actually Eyes and eyebrows are smiling!
Li Sanniang felt very strange, why was Di Shaoqing so happy after hearing what she said?
This is a murder!
He is still a close relative of Emperor Wu and was sent to investigate the case. Even if he is not stern, there is no need to be so happy.
Di Shaoqing saw Li Sanniang's doubts, and then gave Zheng Shilang who was standing by a look of "look, I'll just say it", then slowly took a sip of tea and said to Li Sanniang : "Sister, please see if that man with outstanding appearance is the person behind you?"
After hearing this, Li Sanniang couldn't understand. She turned around suddenly and saw a man behind her wearing an indigo robe and a white jade hairpin. Isn't this Xu Sanlang, Xu Jingzhen!
Xu Jingzhen was smiling happily at this time, and his eyes were narrowed. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Xu Jingzhen could have laughed over a cup of tea.
In fact, when Xu Jingzhen was standing by and saw people coming from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, he knew that this matter must be a big deal.
Although he grew up in a Taoist temple, his family Aweng told him since he was a child that he must be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and to the saints. Their Li family is already famous enough, as long as they keep " If you are loyal, you can continue to be famous.
So, after being taken away from Huayuanzi, Xu Jingzhen found an opportunity to meet with Di Shaoqing and Zheng Shilang in advance, and directly said that he came too early because he was urged by his grandmother and felt that he was bored. I took a walk in the garden. Because I knew some kung fu and saw the ingenuity of this garden, I went up to the rockery stone platform and meditated there for a while.
As a result, unfortunately, not long after the meditation, he found a man and woman having a private meeting opposite the rockery. Adhering to the principle of doing more than doing less, he was speechless.
But what a coincidence, Li Sanniang bumped into him at this time.
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(End of this chapter)