Chapter 715: Detailed suicide note
Sun Shaozong didn't get drunk after all.
He had just drunk three pounds of wine in the bun shop when someone from the government office came to report that there was an accident in the prison. The county official named Yang could not bear the punishment and died in prison.
Secondly, the case of Lu Jijian from the Ministry of Revenue has now been uncovered, and the Lord Chief Justice specially summoned the left and right junior officials to listen to the report from the left deputy minister Chen Jingde.
The first part was fine, after all, it was expected.
The latter case was beyond Sun Shaozong's expectations.
The last time Wei Yi pressed him on the issue, Chen Jingde seemed to be at a loss. But only two days have passed and the truth has come out?
in addition……
Chen Jingde, although an official of the Zuo Temple, directly reported the matter to Wei Yi. This kind of "unhealthy trend" must not be tolerated.
In line with the standard of strict discipline, Sun Shaozong immediately calmed down, went back to the yamen to change into his official robe, and rushed to the meeting hall with murderous intent.
Although it was a 'three-court trial', Wei Yi did not make any special arrangements, nor did he choose an inner hall suitable for office work. Instead, he and the two Shaoqings still sat in a triangle shape at a small table in the flower hall.
During the previous morning meeting, it was Wei Yi who first raised the issue, questioning Sun Shaozong and directly bringing the case to the emperor.
But this time it was Sun Shaozong's turn to speak coldly.
"Your Excellency."
He picked up the top-quality Longjing tea that had just been served, blew on the floating tea stems, and asked casually, "Excuse me, why did you suddenly summon Sun again? Do you have any other instructions?"
Although Wei Yi was a man without ambition, he had been in officialdom for many years after all, so he was no stranger to this tactic of asking questions even though he knew the answer.
He immediately said, "I also heard rumors that he found the murderer who poisoned Lu Jijian. I'm afraid we need to find him and interrogate him carefully to find out the truth."
"Really?"
Sun Shaozong put down his teacup and said calmly, "Then please ask Deputy Temple Master Chen to come out and tell us about it. Deputy Temple Master Chen, come in and talk!"
The second half of the sentence is a greeting.
Chen Jingde was waiting in the west wing, and had no idea that Wei Yi had just cleared himself. When he heard someone calling him, he hurriedly picked up his official robe, trotted into the hall, bowed and said, "My humble servant greets all the superiors."
"Look, look."
Sun Shaozong burst out laughing and pointed at Chen Jingde, saying, "The officials in my Zuosi are so well-informed. Before the Minister of Justice sent anyone to look for him, he was already waiting outside the flower hall."
Even though he was slapped in the face in public, Wei Yi remained calm. He waved his hand at the obviously flustered Chen Jingde and said as if nothing had happened: "Deputy Chen, please tell us the truth about the poisoning of Lu Jijian."
In fact, Chen Jingde also knew that this matter should not be reported to a higher level.
But at the beginning, Sun Shaozong threw this hot potato to him on the grounds that he had just arrived and was not familiar with the people yet, and did not ask any questions for seven or eight days. Naturally, he felt resentful.
Therefore, when he came back from the restaurant just now and heard that Sun Shaozong was not in the yamen, Chen Jingde knowingly reported it to Wei Yi.
However, seeing this scene, Chen Jingde couldn't help but regret it - it seemed that the Lord Chief Justice was unable to suppress Zuo Shaoqing at all. If the matter was really investigated later, he was afraid that he might not be able to count on him.
But it's already been done, and there's no point in regretting it now.
So he forced himself to cheer up and began to report the cause and effect of the poisoning case to Lu Mingsi, the Censor of the Ministry of Revenue.
Lü Mingsi, a member of the Ministry of Revenue, died of poisoning at a crossroads not far from his home on the evening of September 30.
According to subsequent investigations, he had dined with another person in a private room in the backyard of a nearby restaurant before his death - it was initially suspected that he was poisoned in this restaurant and died of the poisoning shortly after leaving.
And the diner who had dinner with him naturally became the biggest suspect.
The only problem was that no one in the restaurant had any impression of the other diner, so the real culprit could not be identified.
However, after several days of investigation, Chen Jingde initially identified several suspects. However, due to the lack of evidence and the fact that the suspects were not ordinary citizens, it was difficult to conduct further investigation.
However, at this moment, things suddenly took an unexpected turn - the restaurant's kitchen assistant Wang Erhu hanged himself at home.
According to the suicide note left at the scene, Wang Erhu was the real murderer who poisoned Lu Mingsi.
As for the reason, it was because Lu Mingsi got drunk one time and insisted that the food smelled rotten, so he called Wang Erhu and scolded him, causing Wang Erhu to have half a month's wages deducted.
Wang Erhu held a grudge against him and secretly collected poison. He then smeared the poison on Lu Mingsi's bowl and chopsticks, causing Lu Mingsi to die of the poison.
After that, the government investigated the case strictly. He felt that the clues would be discovered sooner or later. Fearing the punishment, he simply left a suicide note and hanged himself.
At this point, Chen Jingde pulled out an envelope from his sleeve, presented it with both hands and said, "Here is Wang Erhu's suicide note, please have a look at it."
Wei Yi was about to reach out his hand, but Sun Shaozong had already taken Wang Erhu's suicide note, and opened it without hesitation, reading it word by word and line by line.
After reading for a long time, he suddenly raised his head again, stared at Chen Jingde and asked word by word: "Deputy Chen, 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 toxicity found by the coroner is basically consistent with the remaining poison in Wang Erhu's home."
"He described in detail how he prepared the poison before the crime and how he switched the poisoned utensils and food with the leftovers, cups, plates and bowls left by other guests."
Sun Shaozong smiled slightly when he heard this, but did not comment.
The scene was awkward for a moment, so Wei Yi tried to smooth things over by saying, "Since the confession in the suicide note is consistent with the case, I think there shouldn't be any mistakes , Sun..."
At this point, he subconsciously cast his eyes towards Sun Shaozong, and then quickly turned to Li Wenshan, and solemnly instructed: "Li Shaoqing, please go to the Ministry of Revenue with Deputy Minister Chen Si and tell the truth of this case, so that the Ministry of Revenue will not be suspicious all day long and even neglect their official duties."
He was now overwhelmed by the financial crisis, so naturally he wanted to take the opportunity to curry favor with the Ministry of Revenue so that the funds he had applied for before could be disbursed as soon as possible.
Li Wenshan didn't think much about it, and stood up and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will..."
"Wait a minute."
Sun Shaozong suddenly interrupted them, shook the suicide note in his hand, and sneered, "Since this suicide note lists so many details, it can be seen that Wang Erhu was concerned about every move of Lu Jijian on the day he poisoned him."
"Then I am confused. Since he recorded it in such detail in his suicide note, why did he only mention it twice to another guest?"
"To put it another way, if he just tells the government the guest's appearance, wouldn't it be easy to clear himself of suspicion?"
"In this case, why would you have to go to the point of committing suicide?!"
