Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 45 The Murderer Is You!
"At the beginning of the preparations, the murderer first trapped the Taoist priest in the Longevity Temple of Qijiawu," Xu Zun continued his narration, "At the same time, he built an iron coffin in a secret place. I made a semi-finished product with the remaining iron plate, and put it in the underground secret room of my house to frame it...

"In this way, they secretly prepared for nearly a year, and when everything was ready, they finally started their plan.

"The first step," Xu Zun said, "they used You Dalang and his wife to frame me, and let You Dalang's wife, Chunniang, lure me and have an affair with her.

"Then, You Dalang took the opportunity to kill Chunniang, confirming that I had raped another man's wife and killed her, thus destroying my reputation.

"In the second step, they killed You Dalang again, creating the illusion that I was using my power for personal gain, killing the merchant's couple, and embezzling their property.

"The third step," Xu Zun continued, "that night, they killed the Taoist priests, activated the iron coffin, and placed the iron coffin on Zhangqiao, recreating the tragedy of the iron coffin.

"The purpose of doing this is to magnify the case and create a sensation, so as to attract higher-ranking officials to investigate.

"Sure enough, the higher authorities sent the Ministry of Punishments to investigate the case together with the prefectures and counties. Only in this way can they have enough qualifications to shake Mr. Shen!

"The next step is the fourth step," Xu Zun said again, "They used that jade pendant to elicit the identity of a Taoist priest.

"As a result, the situation has escalated again, and the iron coffin case has become a serious case of collusion with the Japanese assassins. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs has been unable to handle it, and has to hire more senior people to handle it.

"Coincidentally, the Empress Dowager was well prepared and specially dispatched Mr. Cai to investigate the case secretly. In this way, Mr. Cai accepted the case logically and became the person who has the absolute right to deal with Mr. Shen.

"So, in the fifth step, the whistleblower letter appeared in due course, leading Mr. Cai to my residence, so as to find out the evidence of my plotting the iron coffin case.

"As everyone knows, I'm just a foolish magistrate, I can't solve such a big case with my own strength, and people will definitely point the finger at my father-in-law, Mr. Shen!
"Thus, the murderer's plan was perfectly realized in this way. Shen's residence was investigated, and Mr. Shen and I were arrested. Their goal of bringing down Mr. Shen was finally achieved!"

After Xu Zun finished speaking, the scene was completely silent at first, but after a few seconds of silence, people started making noise like frying pans.

During the period, most of the people laughed, obviously they didn't dare to catch Xu Zun's rhetoric, and even found it ridiculous.

"Ahem..." Seeing that the situation was out of control and the low-level officials didn't dare to speak, the governor Li Yan could only cough a few times and said to Xu Zun, "Xu Zun, don't you think that your remarks are a bit too taken for granted? Is it? In our opinion, it is not convincing at all, and it is full of loopholes!"

"Yes!" Hearing this, Luo Wanwan couldn't help but agree.

At the same time, all the observers nodded frequently, obviously agreeing with what the governor said.

"Okay," Xu Zun said directly without refuting, "Since your lord said that I am full of loopholes, then point it out to me! I will give you all the answers."

"Well... okay," Li Yan looked at Cai Kun first, and then said to Xu Zun after finding out that Cai Kun didn't mean to stop him, "First, you said you didn't harm the merchant couple, how do you prove that?" ?
"You are the county lieutenant, in charge of the prison, if someone kills the merchant in the prison to frame you, does it sound like a joke?

"Also, you said that you did not embezzle their property, but we saw with our own eyes that the merchant's silver and valuables were placed in the closet in your bedroom. How do you explain this?

"Secondly, you said that the iron coffin in the underground secret room was used to frame you, that is to say, the murderer had to arrange the iron coffin before you lived in it.

"But we saw that there was no dust in the secret room, and it was obvious that someone came in and out and cleaned it frequently. You said you didn't know about it, is it credible?

"In addition, you said that the iron coffin was not made in your secret room, how can you prove it, and where is it really made?
"Thirdly, let's talk about the Taoist priest again, since someone is going to frame you, why don't you put the jade pendant directly on the Taoist priest?
"Isn't this going to prove his identity immediately? Why bother to lead you to the Longevity Temple to look for it? What if you can't find it?
"Also, how could the murderer be so accurate, even the Queen Mother would send someone to investigate secretly?
"Finally," Li Yan asked loudly, "You keep saying that someone framed you, but then tell me, who is this person who framed you!?

"Do you know? If you don't know anything, what's the point of making it up out of thin air here to confuse people?"

Li Yan's series of clear questions made the atmosphere more intense.

Everyone looked at Xu Zun, wanting to see Xu Zun's embarrassment when he was speechless.

However, what they saw was Xu Zun whose eyes were shining and his expression became more and more stern.

"Okay! Master Li, everyone," Xu Zun said frankly, facing everyone, "I wanted to leave a suspense, since you have already asked this point, then I will not keep it secret, I will tell you now, the one who framed me And Shen Gong’s people—who the hell is that!!?”

After Xu Zun said this, the scene immediately fell silent.

But after Xu Zun scanned the crowd, he finally stretched out his arm and pointed at a person:

"The person who framed me, the real mastermind who planned the iron coffin case, is - him!!!"

ho...

After seeing the person Xu Zun was pointing at, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene.

what! ?

Chen Taiji and other officials also couldn't believe their eyes.

Looking at the whole audience, only Cai Kun, who is aloof, did not feel any surprise, but squinted his eyes, watching the big scene in front of him with relish.

But see, what Xu Zun was referring to was none other than the county magistrate of Xinye County——Qiu Yongnian! ! ! ! !

"This..." Qiu Yongnian spread his hands to express his innocence, and then asked Xu Zun, "Jiying, what do you mean?"

"Master Qiu, I expected that you would have the reaction you have now." Xu Zun stared at Qiu Yongnian with lightning-like eyes and said, "Master Li asked just now. As a county lieutenant, I am in charge of the prison. Killing people in prison and framing me sounds like a joke.

"But if the person who framed me is the head of a county, our county magistrate, then...does it sound like a joke?"

"Heh, heh heh..." At this time, the county magistrate Luo Wanwan suddenly laughed, "This... this is simply nonsense! No, it is simply a mad dog!
"Xu Zun," he stared at Xu Zun and asked, "Have you lost your mind? Are you hallucinating? Magistrate Qiu, how could it be the murderer you mentioned?"

"Yeah, Jiying," Qiu Yongnian said angrily, blushing, "You and I have known each other once, why did you drag me into the water? How did I offend you?"

"Xu Zun," Li Yan, the governor on the other side, shouted, "You really don't know what to do, County Magistrate Qiu is a literati and scholar, can you use a tougher slander?"

After several people said this, laughter appeared again at the scene.Obviously, people just took Xu Zun's testimony as a joke.

"My lords, don't worry," Xu Zun said at this moment, still gnashing his teeth confidently, "You listen to my analysis first, and after listening, you can savor it carefully to see if I am talking nonsense. ?”

(End of this chapter)