Chivalrous Song Dynasty

Secondly, all three generations of disciples can prove that Uncle Cao Guo had been practicing the Red Fist Heart Technique in the West Second Courtyard before Zishi. If he left the West Second Courtyard at night, it could only be after Zishi, when the three generations of disciples slept. period.

Based on these two pieces of evidence alone, it can be concluded that Bai Sheng did not kill Zheng Su who died in the East Second Hospital.

But is it possible for Cao Zheng and Xun Si to perjure themselves?This is hard to say.Because Bai Sheng was admitted to the Yuquan Gym by Cao Zheng, and since Bai Sheng entered the Yuquan Gym, he has been in frequent contact with Cao Zheng, it seems that the two are very close and familiar.

And Xun Si is Cao Zheng's first apprentice, of course he obeys Cao Zheng's orders in everything.If it can be confirmed that Cao Zheng gave perjury, then Xun Si's perjury is certain.

In addition, Bai Sheng, who was a major suspect, actually took a pill for the deceased Zheng Su, swearing that Zheng Su would not die!And said that the truth will be revealed when Zheng Su wakes up.

As the executive officer of the Yuquan Gym, Yun Wang Zhao Kai has a big head, and he can't solve this case.

At the beginning of the case, he sent someone to invite Zhou Tong, and asked someone to bring a letter, clearly stating the seriousness of the case, but maybe Zhou Tong was not in the museum, or maybe he didn't want to come out to take care of this matter , in short, that letter is like a mud cow into the sea.

When Zhou Tong didn't show up, Zhao Kai had no choice but to order someone to report the case to Dali Temple and ask the Minister of Dali Temple to come forward for trial.At the same time, report the news to the palace to let the emperor know.As for the Kaifeng government, it is not qualified to hear cases at this level.

So officials from Dali Temple came, officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice came, and officials from Yushitai also came, and there were three joint trials!This is Zhao Ji's will.

Even Empress Zheng went to the Yuquan Gym to personally supervise the trial process to see if anyone dared to protect Bai Sheng.Her younger brother was murdered, how could she, a sister, let the real culprit go?

Only Zhao Ji did not come, who was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.The last time he went to the Grand Master's Mansion to interrogate Bai Sheng, he was almost assassinated by Fang La. After learning from the pain, he would not come out no matter what happened, and if he had to come out, he would not come out with great fanfare.

Whoever loves will die, anyway, the one who died was not his Daojun Emperor, so why did he take the risk to come to the scene in person?

Zhao Ji didn't come, but Cai Jing did, with Li Biyun who dreamed of wearing a veil, An Daoquan who was carrying a medicine box, and several important officials in the court.Don't say that Bai Sheng didn't kill Zheng Su, even if Bai Sheng did kill Zheng Su, he must get Bai Sheng's life back!Because Bai Sheng's life is his Cai Jing's life!

On the martial arts arena of Yuquan Gym, Cai Jing and Empress Zheng looked at each other for a long time, and there seemed to be sparks in their eyes.

Finally, Empress Zheng made the first move - gritted her silver teeth and said, "Grand Master Cai, you don't want to protect your disciple and let Aijia's younger brother take revenge for this?"

The old god Cai Jing smiled on the ground, "Why did you say such a thing, the old minister came here just to avenge Uncle Zheng Guo, and the empress must not misunderstand the loyalty of the old minister."

Empress Zheng said coldly: "Don't think that the Ai family doesn't know that you are covering the sky with one hand in the court, but even if the Ai family dies here today, you will not allow you to confuse right and wrong!"

At a glance, he saw that An Daoquan, who was following Cai Jing, had already walked to the side of Zheng Su's "corpse" and wanted to make a move, so he immediately stopped him sharply: "Stop! Death is the most important thing, don't you want to disturb my brother's soul?" ?”

Chapter 222 The Fatal Blow from Uncle Wei Guo

The north side of the Martial Arts Field is divided into three directions: north, east, and west. Officials from Dali Temple, Yushitai, and the Ministry of Punishment sit respectively, and it is arranged as the highest court in the Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing and Empress Zheng sat in the auditorium on the east and west sides, and their relatives and friends stood behind them to cheer.

In the middle of the field stood Zheng Su's "corpse".And Bai Sheng stood at the focus of the trilateral trial, and Zhao Kai personally led two third-generation disciples to take charge of the custody.

Empress Zheng stopped An Daoquan, but An Daoquan didn't dare to move again.But Bai Sheng turned his head and said, "Empress, I don't know if your purpose of coming here is to kill me, Bai Sheng? Or to keep your brother alive, can you explain?"

Empress Zheng wished she could bite Bai Sheng to death on the spot, not giving Bai Sheng a chance to talk, and said angrily, "What qualifications do you have to talk to Ben Gong? You just wait to die!"

Seeing this, Dali Temple Minister slapped the gavel, stared at Bai Sheng and shouted: "Bold Bai Sheng, you can only argue with this official, and you can't talk to others, otherwise don't blame this official for torture you!"

After finishing speaking, he blinked at Bai Sheng, and then gave Cai Jing a look.

Of course Bai Sheng knew this minister of Dali Temple, because this person was Li Qingzhao's father, Li Gefei.When Bai Sheng first came to Bianjing, he followed Li Qingzhao to stay at Li Gefei's house for one night.

Li Gefei was originally the minister of the Ministry of Rites, but after being dismissed by Cai Jing, he re-entered the official position through Bai Sheng's coordination, and was transferred to Dali Temple Minister, which is equivalent to the president of the Supreme Court in later generations.Although the grades have not changed, they are all the second grade, but the real power is a little heavier.

My own people, what are you afraid of when you have your own people to judge the case?But he understood what Li Gefei meant, no matter what he said to Empress Zheng at this moment, it was useless.

Cai Jing understands better than Bai Sheng, so after Li Gefei signaled, he said to Empress Zheng: "Your Majesty, don't be upset if you are a thousand years old. This doctor An is the number one doctor in the world. He has the ability to bring the dead back to life. Let him diagnose it, maybe he will be able to do it." To save my uncle’s life, why not give it a try?”

What Cai Jing said made a lot of sense. In fact, a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor. The worst result is that it cannot be saved, but what if it is saved?Isn't it a big profit?

Empress Zheng was dubious, so she stopped blocking An Daoquan, and just snorted to Cai Jing and said, "The Ai family will believe you for now, but if the life cannot be saved, the Ai family will argue with the grand master!"

So An Daoquan began acupuncture on the "corpse". Here, Li Gefei presided over Bai Sheng. During the trial, Zhao Kai first explained the matter in detail, then Bai Sheng defended himself, and finally the witnesses It's a three-room collegiate meeting.

Based on various confessions, the case is generally as follows. Today, at Yinshi Sanpai Xu, Zheng Guojiu suddenly came to the courtyard where the fourth generation of disciples lived, and asked Bai Sheng to come out by name. At that time, the fourth generation of disciples were all awakened, but no one heard Bai Sheng. go out.

A total of 97 fourth-generation disciples lived in eight houses in the courtyard, and the twelve disciples who shared the room with Bai Sheng all confessed that Bai Sheng did not return to sleep here last night.

At the beginning of Maoshi, when the disciples of the fourth generation got up to practice, they found Zheng Su lying in the middle of the courtyard with a feathered arrow sticking out of his back. According to the specifications of the arrow, it can be determined that the arrow came from the west front yard, that is, the disciples of the fourth generation were practicing arrows. In the courtyard of surgery.

The disciples of the fourth generation were so uproarious that they attracted the disciples of the third generation to enter the courtyard. Then Cao Zheng rushed to the scene with Xun Si and Bai Sheng. Bai Sheng fed Zheng Su a pill on the spot and stood by Zheng Su's side. No one is allowed to come near.

Under such circumstances, people have already decided that Bai Sheng must be a murderer and will be punished by the national law. Instead, no one stepped forward to argue with Bai Sheng. Even the three generations of disciples who have always been against Bai Sheng chose to wait and see.

Later, Zhao Kai came after hearing the news and made a preliminary investigation and evidence collection on the case.

If the analysis is based on the above facts, then the murderer who killed Zheng Su must be someone else, but the only thing that cannot be determined is whether Cao Zheng and Xun Si gave perjury.

Therefore, the leaders of the three halls can't agree on the same opinion. One side represented by Li Gefei thinks that the scene should be carefully inspected to find the real culprit, while the other side thinks that Bai Sheng, Cao Zheng, and Xun Si should be punished to see if they are in the same place. Conspiracy to lie.

The debate gradually expanded to between Cai Jing and Queen Zheng.Cai Jing believed that the punishment would definitely turn the case into an unjust, false and wrongful case of torture, and Empress Zheng certainly believed that killing Bai Sheng was not an exaggeration.

Neither of the two sides can convince the other. The shortcoming of Cai Jing and Li Gefei's faction is that you said to investigate the scene to find the real culprit. This scene has already been destroyed by nearly two hundred disciples of three or four generations. How to investigate?No one can detect it!

Besides, on the other hand, you said there is another real culprit, so what was the real culprit's motive for murdering Uncle Zheng Guo?If the real murderer had the motive to murder Uncle Zheng Guo, why did he hold back for so long before Bai Sheng entered the Yuquan Gym before choosing to do it?

Although Cai Jing, Li Gefei and others are very wise, they also questioned the three generations of disciples one by one, only asking whether Zheng Su went out alone this morning, but because of Zheng Su's special status, he lived in a single room in the courtyard of the three generations of disciples Yes, so no one can answer this question.

But Cai Jing and Li Gefei did not give up in despair.They then focused their defense on Bai Sheng's martial arts.Bai Sheng's martial arts level is the key clue to solve the case.

It is said that Bai Sheng does not know martial arts, so, as a fourth-generation disciple who just entered the Yuquan Gym, how can Bai Sheng beat Zheng Su among the third-generation disciples?If the two fought, wouldn't it be Bai Sheng who was the only one killed?

You said that he used a bow and arrow to attack Zheng Su from a long distance. Well, how can an apprentice who has just entered the Yuquan Gym master such precise shooting skills?

He was able to accurately hit Zheng Su in the back of the heart in the pitch black night, and there were no other arrows left at the scene. It was obviously a one-shot hit. Does Bai Sheng have this ability?

Don't say that Bai Sheng doesn't have this ability, even the other disciples of Yuquan Gym may not have this ability.Li Gefei asked Zhao Kai on the spot: "His Royal Highness, I wonder if any of your three generations of disciples can do it?"

Of course Zhao Kai shook his head, even he himself could not do this kind of archery.

When Bai Sheng heard this, he secretly complained, thinking that I really have this ability, but how can I admit it under this situation?I can only kill myself because I don't know martial arts or archery.

Since he doesn't know martial arts or archery, the person who killed Zheng Su must be someone else. At most, he can only accuse Bai Sheng of hiring a murderer, but he can't convict Bai Sheng of killing himself.

At this point in the debate between the two sides, Cai Jing's faction has gained the upper hand, but one of the three generations of disciples stood up, "I can prove that Bai Sheng understands martial arts, and his archery skills are superb!"

The person who stood up was little Uncle Wei Guo, and his name was Wei Xianda.

Empress Zheng was overjoyed immediately, and asked Wei Xianda to tell the details. Wei Xianda claimed that he and Gao Qiu's son, Gao Baoen, were childhood friends. The thing about beating someone again.

Wei Xianda said that Wang Wenbin, the instructor of the 80 imperial army, can testify that Bai Sheng has excellent archery skills and is good at shooting at night.

Xiaowei Guoshu's confession was astonishing, and the leaders of the third hall immediately sent someone to find Wang Wenbin.Not long after, Wang Wenbin was summoned here and told the truth about what he saw and heard.

In such a high-level court trial, Wang Wenbin did not dare to lie, and could only state the truth. He said that Bai Sheng might not know martial arts, because he had never seen Bai Sheng fight with others, but Bai Sheng's archery skills were indeed extremely powerful. He also described to everyone the process of Bai Sheng shooting the green lantern with an arrow in Mangdang Mountain.

What Wang Wenbin said, Cai Jing and Li Gefei, including Bai Sheng himself, and even Li Biyun and others on Bai Sheng's side, are already heartbroken. It doesn't matter whether they know martial arts or not. Words become one's own slap in the face.