Chapter 44
Song Zhen was overjoyed. If Zhao Youguang died, Zhao Wenzhong might be able to forge an alibi to escape.
But six unidentified skeletons were just dug up in the backyard of his house.
Now, you can't wash yourself clean even if you jump into the Yellow River.
Don't worry about whether it was arranged by Zhao Wenzhong. Even if it wasn't, it must have something to do with you when it appeared in your backyard, right?
It's not possible that the neighbor next door killed someone and buried the body in your house, right?
Okay, even if you say it is!
Then, please produce evidence to prove that it was the neighbor who framed him!
Whoever objects, shall provide evidence!
"Hahahahahaha!" Song Zhen couldn't help laughing.
Now, the person who framed him, Zhao Youguang, is dead, and Zhao Wenzhuo is probably dead too, leaving Zhao Wenzhong. Now it seems that he can't escape the charge of premeditated murder at all!
When the time comes, when the Zhao brothers are beheaded, Song Zhen will definitely sing two songs at the execution ground.
Farewell to you two!
Have a good journey!
In the next life, open your eyes and don't mess with a man named Song Zhen again.
At the sixth excavation site, Zhao Youguang's official uniform was dug out.
The official uniform was buried deep in the soil for a month and was tattered, but it was still recognizable after washing.
Even Zhao Youguang's copper fish token was found. I don't know what these people were thinking.
The fish token was the identity card of the Tang Dynasty, but only a very few people could have it.
"Tang Liudian·Fubaolang" said: "The prince uses jade, the prince uses gold, and the common officials use copper."
In the Tang Dynasty, those who could wear the fish token were all high-ranking officials.
In addition, "carrying a fish token with you is to show the nobility and humbleness, and respond to conscription."
In the early Tang Dynasty, only officials above the fifth rank could be equipped with fish tokens. Now it is the Gaozong period, and it has developed to the point where officials of all ranks can have them.
Di Renjie had half a fish token, and Zhao Youguang, the Mingfu of Fengqiu County, who was higher than him, naturally had one too.
However, Di Renjie was wearing the fish token of Bingzhou Facao, and the fish token of Bianzhou Panzuo had been taken away.
The discovery of the fish token has confirmed that the rotten corpse in the well is Zhao Youguang.
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Zhao Wenzhong in prison, for some reason, has a very fast heartbeat today, and his right eyelid keeps twitching.
"What's going on?"
Just as he was thinking about it, the cell door was opened.
"Criminal Zhao Wenzhong, the trial is about to begin, come out."
"!?"
Zhao Wenzhong asked carefully: "Officer, what's the matter? Isn't the case closed?"
"Just go if I tell you to go, why are you wasting your words?"
Since the terrible incident of Ah Hua's assassination, the jailers have been almost completely replaced, and they are no longer familiar faces to him.
"Open the court!" The clerks on both sides suddenly knocked on the drum.
Lu, the governor, sat in the high hall, and Xue Zhengqing, the deputy secretary of the Dali Temple, sat below.
The three people standing in the lobby were the thieves who were caught that day.
"Bold criminals, do you know..."
Di Renjie stretched out his hand and interrupted him.
"They are not interrogating now, and there is not much value in interrogating them."
The three breathed a sigh of relief.
Hearing this, the Dali Temple Secretary frowned imperceptibly.
Does this comply with the interrogation procedures? Definitely not! As long as there is a suspicion, it must be arranged.
Song Zhen stood aside with his arms around his chest, and he saw the expressions of the leaders.
Do you think things are really that simple? No, no, no, sometimes not asking is the best interrogation.
Although they don't need to be interrogated, they can't leave the lobby.
"Call Zhao Wenzhong and Cui Hao to the court."
Soon, the two were tied up with chains and brought to the lobby by the clerks.
Di Renjie approached and asked, "Do you two know them?"
Zhao Wenzhong answered quickly, "No."
Cui Hao hesitated, "I don't know."
Di Renjie snapped his fingers. He learned this trick from Song Zhen, and he thought it was very cool.
"Very good answer!" He walked around Zhao Wenzhong and said with a smile, "Sanlang, you didn't even look at them, and you just replied that you don't know them. Isn't it a bit too obvious?"
Zhao Wenzhong frowned, "Could it be that I have to know anyone who comes?"
"No, no, no, they must be known by you, or you can take a closer look?"
Zhao Wenzhong reluctantly moved his eyes away, and suddenly his expression was stunned.
"Do you know him?"
He quickly recovered and shook his head and said, "No."
"You are lying. I noticed the change in your expression just now."
"Di Panzuo, what do you mean by that? Can I understand it as a confession under torture?"
"Yes, you can understand it that way."
Di Renjie turned his head and looked at the three people next to him and asked, "Do you know him?"
"No." The answer was quick.
"Are you sure? "Di Renjie narrowed his eyes and stared at them.
Someone avoided his gaze.
At this time, Song Zhen pulled out the Tang horizontal sword, and he said expressionlessly: "Maybe you don't know how serious the consequences of lying will be. Let me give you an example."
Tian Qi grabbed a chicken in his hand, and Song Zhen chopped it off with a knife. The chicken's head fell to the ground, and the chicken's wings were still flapping.
This change made the three people tremble involuntarily.
Song Zhen laughed and said: "Sorry, I cut the wrong place. Originally, I just wanted to cut off its feet, but I didn't expect my hand to slip and accidentally cut off its head. "
Di Renjie came out to play the good guy at this time, and he said earnestly: "I'll give you one last chance. "
"In fact, I have sufficient evidence. Whether you confess or not, it will not have much impact. Now I just want to see your attitude. "
"If you insist on not cooperating with the interrogation, then at that time, maybe I will slip and accidentally sentence you to death. "
As soon as these words came out, two people's legs trembled.
They were just new brothers who had never killed anyone or dumped a corpse. What if they lost their lives just because of this? How unworthy would that be?
So, someone immediately rebelled. They pointed at Zhao Wenzhong with trembling hands.
"I, I saw him enter the room with our boss."
"That's right." One of them pushed the one standing in the middle out, "That's him, he is our boss."
"What does your boss do?"
"Open a gambling house."
Di Renjie stared at the owner of the gambling house with a fake smile and asked, "Then why did you lie just now?"
"Because, before coming up, the boss said that we had to listen to his answer. We saw that he answered that he didn't know him, so we followed..."
"Okay, collusion, right? "
The owner of the gambling house had a bean of cold sweat on his forehead, and he cursed these little brothers for not living up to his expectations.
In fact, he was caught later.
It was a bit dramatic. When he was running away, he happened to run into Di Renjie and his group who were returning from the house.
It was really a collision!
He was riding a horse in a hurry on the road, and then he couldn't stop in time and knocked down a clerk.
It was as funny as a drunk driver who happened to hit a traffic policeman who was just about to get off work.
He was quickly subdued by the clerk. When he was taken to the carriage, the tied-up little thief happily called out, "Boss, why are you here too?" .
This voice made the gambling house owner silent for a long time.
It's true that people meet everywhere in life.
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Di Renjie turned around, looked at Zhao Wenzhong and asked, "The houses in the south of the city are all your Zhao family, right?"
Zhao Wenzhong was shocked. How did he know?