Chapter 24 Evidence
"Duke Li, wait a moment, I still have something to say." Xiao Ning stretched his brows, and stood upright in front of him, showing a sense of courage.

Only the emperor and the regent of the Manchu dynasty dared to let Xianggong Wei stay, and everyone else knew that he was a celebrity in front of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty.

However, today, he was actually stopped by an unofficial and unemployed female class.

Duke Li gritted his teeth, this was undoubtedly an invisible slap to him, but he saw the Prince Regent behind her through Xiao Ning.

Shen Shaojie didn't say anything, just looked at him with a half-smile.Standing behind Xiao Ning seemed to be her protector.

"Miss Xiao, speak quickly, the Ministry of Punishment is still waiting." Seeing that the regent did not speak, Duke Li could only endure it.

Xiao Ning's eyes were sharp, and he asked coldly: "Just now you said, the guards saw the murderer fleeing all the way, pulled out the arrow and threw it aside, that arrow is the unique arrow of Duke Li's residence."

Li Juegong nodded and said coldly: "Yes, the arrows of my Li family are all specially made by craftsmen, and they are unique in the world.

It is impossible to fake it, the one shot by the guards of the Li family must be the murderer!Si Ruiyan said that if it was the Li family's arrow that hit him, he must be the one who was chased that night.

"My lord said that my husband left when I was in Xiangguo Temple, and I didn't have time to assassinate my concubine. If the arrow from Duke Li's mansion stabbed my husband, then dare to ask the Duke, the guards in your mansion are chasing after the one who assassinated the concubine. A murderer?" Xiao Ning's voice was cold and to the point.

These words were like a sharp knife, directly cutting through Duke Li's heart.

His face was as white as paper in an instant, as if someone had been thrown into cold water.

Shen Shaojie frowned, his expression tense.

That night, the people from Duke Li's mansion were in charge of the guards. When the concubine was assassinated, they immediately chased them out. It stands to reason that they could never chase the wrong person.

After being unable to catch up with anyone, the leader of Duke Li's mansion said that the person he saw was suspected to be Si Ruiyan, and that he had been shot in the vest.That tone didn't sound suspicious at all, as if he had already prepared this speech and said it again in front of people.

Just because of the guard's suspicion, Li Juegong swaggered into the Song's restaurant to take someone.Privately wanting to arrest a suspect without going through the Ministry of Punishment is not something that a veteran official like him would do.

Hearing this news, Shen Shaojie's first reaction was to be suspicious.

I learned that Li Juegong went to the Song Family Restaurant, then to the Song House, and then to Xiangguo Temple.He knew that Si Ruiyan had solid evidence, so he asked Xiao Ning to come here to confirm.

He was afraid that Li Juegong would deny him to death and would insist on arresting him, so he rushed to Xiangguo Temple.

Sure enough, this time I saw the old fox messing around.

"Duke Li didn't speak, it seems that he didn't know. I don't know who the guards were in charge of chasing the murderer that night. Why don't you call them now and ask them in front of the prince?" Xiao Ning saw that he was silent. With words, the brows slightly raised.

Li Juegong's eyes flickered, he lowered his head and didn't know what to say.

"The guards of the Duke's Mansion were selected from thousands of people, and the emperor also sent many imperial guards to fill in the vacancies. Surely the murderer would not be mistaken, and the pursuit would become Si Ruiyan, the Fourth Highness?" Shen Shaojie followed, and he was captured Xiao Ning's words were also a reminder.

As long as they are trained guards, they will never follow the wrong person.

Unless, that assassination was simply fake.

Duke Li designed the assassination scene himself, and asked the guards to chase and kill the murderer.

The person he wanted to kill was actually Si Ruiyan.

Shen Shaojie thought about it carefully, the place where the concubine is located is very subtle.The only road between Xiangguo Temple and the Xiao family is only ten miles away from the place where the concubine lives.

As long as the time for Si Ruiyan to return home from Xiangguo Temple is calculated, and the assassin makes a fuss, then this chase can be staged smoothly.

After successfully killing Si Ruiyan, Duke Li directly said that he was the murderer.Anyway, there is no proof of death, and Si Ruiyan is the neighboring country's protégé who has sufficient motives to murder the concubine of this dynasty. Even if the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot determine who the murderer is, Si Ruiyan has already gone to see Lord Yan.

Shen Shaojie raised his cold eyes, and there was already a strange look in his eyes.

"Young Duke is right, there is a need for a wound test." Xiao Ning's voice was cold, and his eyes were cold and solemn, "Please also ask Duke Li to give the Li family's arrow, I can compare the wound. If it is not an accidental injury, then it will save Wronged the duke."

Cold sweat broke out on Li Juegong's forehead.

"The arrows in Duke Li Jue's mansion are exquisitely crafted, and some of them were given as gifts by the mansion." Shen Shaojie spoke loudly before waiting for him to answer.

"The king will order someone to send the arrow. Miss, there is no need to delay Li Juegong's return to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to assist in the case." In the last five words, Shen Shaojie deliberately emphasized it.

These words were like ice picks, hitting Lord Li's heart hard.

He was shivering, and his legs were a little weak.

"Thank you, Lord, for giving me the arrow." Xiao Ningfu lowered his head and breathed a sigh of relief.

But she also had doubts in her heart, why did Shen Shaojie come to Xiangguo Temple suddenly?Why didn't his majestic prince travel with the guards of the Royal Forest Army, but with the soldiers of his Regent's Palace?

Furthermore, did he really recite scriptures with Si Ruiyan that night until Zi hour?If not, why did he perjure himself?
Xiao Ning raised her eyes slightly, and she saw a handsome face with smiling eyes as warm as spring breeze.

"Go home, he doesn't dare to trouble you anymore." Shen Shaojie whispered softly, flung his sleeves and turned back into the sedan chair Xiao Ning watched Shen Shaojie's sedan chair leave, feeling grateful in his heart.However, sooner or later, a sense of dissatisfaction surged in her heart.

Just now Duke Li couldn't explain why Si Ruiyan hit his Li family's arrow, and he obviously panicked under his own questioning.As long as he continues to press, he will definitely show his feet, but I don't know if the regent wanted to save face for him, and actually found him a step down.

On the way back, the more Xiao Ning thought about it, the more he felt dissatisfied.

If Si Ruiyan died of poisoning, she would become a widow.Then Xiao Wanying and Xiao Qi didn't know how proud they were, they decided to come to her door to pretend to cry and sneer at her.

Depending on their nature, they might spread rumors wantonly, saying that Xiao Ning is a Kefu, or spread rumors that she disliked Si Ruiyan's background as a proton and deliberately murdered her husband.

"Go to Duke Li's mansion!" Xiao Ning refused to accept. No matter whether Duke Li did it on purpose or not, she had to ask clearly that ancient times are different from modern times.

The coachman listened to the eldest lady's order, and waved his whip to speed up.

Just as Duke Li got off the carriage, Xiao Ning's carriage caught up to the door.

The two looked at each other, and they happened to meet again.

Duke Li's face turned pale, and his pupils trembled again when he saw her.

"Bring out the antidote." Xiao Ning was not polite to him, and stepped forward to speak bluntly.

"What antidote?" Duke Li stammered, turning his head away.

"Just now in front of the prince, there are some things I can't say much. But since Duke Li keeps saying that your husband was shot by an arrow, don't you know that your husband is poisoned?" Seeing his guilty look, Xiao Ning suddenly felt a deep chill in his eyes.

Li Juegong's throat trembled, he shook his sleeves, turned around and walked towards the door of the house: "I don't know what you are talking about, I will go to the doctor if I am poisoned, the Li family's arrows never use that kind of poison to harm people! "

"Just a moment ago you kept saying that my husband was hit by your Li family's arrow, slandering him as the murderer. Since it was your family's arrow, then your husband was hit by your Li family's poison! Duke Li can't deny it!" Xiao Ning Seeing that he wanted to escape, she continued to question his back.

Duke Li paused and almost fell on the steps.

(End of this chapter)

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