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Chapter 108

Ye Jingtang got off the carriage, opened the oil-paper umbrella, and looked up at the street.

The surrounding area of ​​Zhuji Street is a residential area, most of which are rich businessmen, retired officials and other middle-class people. The streets are very tidy. Behind the street, you can see the outlines of mansions with white walls and blue tiles, and willow osmanthus protruding from the branches.

At this time, there was an alley on the side of the street, surrounded by many common people, including scholars and Yuanwailang, holding umbrellas and whispering:
"Why did Mr. Zhao die?"

"I heard that he was killed, let's rob money."

"Without children and without a daughter, it's really... Huh? Who's here?"

When the crowd heard the sound of the carriage, they looked back, their faces were shocked, and they hurriedly retreated to the side of the street and bowed their heads to salute.

Ye Jingtang put the umbrella on the head of Dongfang Liren who was wearing a silver python robe, and raised his hand as a signal.

"..."

Dongfang Liren didn't know why, when he saw Ye Jingtang, he recalled the "new knowledge" he saw just now, felt very awkward, and led him to the alley without squinting.

Ye Jingtang was accompanying him, paying attention to the wind and grass around him. When he came to the entrance of the alley, he could see four police officers standing in front of a house in the depths of Qingshi Alley.

Sanfasi yamen, commonly known as "six doors", is an official judicial institution. The clothes are exactly the same as those of the black yamen. The only difference is that the word "catch" is embroidered on the chest of the officials.

The officials standing outside the courtyard noticed that Prince Jing was coming, and one of them went in to report, while the rest came quickly and bowed to salute:

"Meet Your Highness."

"Excuse me. My king passed by here and heard about the murder case. Come and have a look. What's going on?"

"Zhao De, a small official from the Ministry of Industry who lives here, was murdered by gangsters the day before yesterday, and his body was only found this morning..."

While speaking, Ye Jingtang came to the gate of the mansion.

The house has two entrances, the first entrance is planted with flowers and plants, but at this time most of it is damaged, and there are scars on the courtyard wall and pillars.

Five officials inspected the courtyard with umbrellas. In the lobby lay a dead body covered by a white cloth. Several of them came out quickly. The leader was a middle-aged man in a gauze hat, with a red official robe and an official sword, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes. , looked quite majestic, and when he saw Prince Jing, he stopped and bowed his hands:
"Humble post Yuwen Chengde, pay homage to Prince Jing."

Dongfang Liren walked into the scene of the crime, frowning in thought, and looked around:

"You are busy with business first. It is not a trivial matter for an old official in the court to be killed at the foot of the emperor. We must solve the case as soon as possible and give the court an explanation."

Yuwen Chengde knew that Prince Jing was going to intervene in this case, but he didn't dare to say anything, and nodded respectfully:

"The humble position will certainly live up to His Highness' high expectations."

Then he went back to the house and continued to examine the corpse with Wu.

Dongfang Liren kept a thoughtful look, and stopped under the courtyard wall with his hands behind his back. He seemed to understand everything, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Ye Jingtang stood by the side holding an umbrella, waited for a long time and saw that Dongfang Liren did not respond, and whispered:

"Didn't His Highness come to investigate the case?"

Dongfang Liren stood with his hands behind his back, and responded in a low voice:
"How can the superior do everything by himself? The post-mortem and the pursuit of the murderer are done by the headhunter, and what this king is doing is the responsibility of supervision."

"Supervisor...then what do I learn?"

"You only know how to fight and kill. When encountering such a situation in the future, just like She Long, pretend to understand, and deal with it casually, and ask and discuss it in private, so as not to be looked down upon by your subordinates, or Blindly directing, let the people below be in a dilemma and screw things up."

The last time Ye Jingtang was tested by the impermanent She Long with the iron arm, she saw that She Long was an understanding brother, with a serious face full of nonsense.

At this moment, he also understood the meaning-Ben Ben came here to teach him how to be a leader who "inspects the credit with his hands behind his back and his belly upright".

Ye Jingtang glanced at the Queen's waist from the corner of her eye—a jade belt around her waist, the size is full enough to hug her, and she can't see her belly, but the thoughtful standing posture with her hands behind her back has a bit of Di Renjie's flavor.

Ye Jingtang was a bit funny, but at the scene of the crime, the deceased was not far away, so the expression on his face was deep and serious because the deceased was the most important thing.

The five officials carefully looked at the traces in the yard.

Yuwen Chengde's autopsy in the hall probably felt that it was wrong for King Jing to respond or not to respond, so he came to him again and looked at the traces on the wall:

"After investigation by a humble official, the murderer used a sword, but what kind of move left the trace, I have not been able to confirm it. I wonder if Your Highness has an opinion?"

The traces on the wall were left by the sword move 'White Crane Sweeping Tail', the bad sword moves in Jianghu, as long as you have a little kung fu foundation, you can see it. Yuwen Chengde obviously wanted to make Prince Jing feel a little involved when he said this.

Seeing Yuwen Chengde's long eyes, Dongfang Liren was quite appreciative and explained earnestly:
"The traces are caused by the sword move 'White Crane Sweeping Tail'. Judging from the strength, the martial arts are not low..."

Originally speaking up to this point, with Prince Jing's participation, he could go back home.

Yuwen Chengde was "instructed" by King Jing, and when he closed the case, he wrote King Jing's name first, and wrote a letter praising "King Jing's eyes are like a torch, and he can discern every detail", so he will inevitably be taken care of by King Jing in the future.

But Yuwen Chengde hadn't had time to say "So that's the case, Your Highness has a high opinion", when he found the black-clothed guard standing behind Prince Jing, he shook his head and said:

"Don't talk nonsense, it was cut with a knife."

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As soon as this remark came out, the officials, office workers and even the black Yamen arresters in the courtyard quickly fell silent.

Dongfang Liren's words stopped abruptly, the hands on his back tightened, and he glanced at Ye Jingtang.

(→_→)!
The corners of Yuwen Chengde's eyes twitched, and he thought to himself: Where did this lunatic come from, dare to tear down Prince Jing's platform in person...

But looking back at Ye Jingtang's appearance, Yuwen Chengde knew it in his heart again - he looks so handsome, but he doesn't look like the son of a prince, he is most likely the male favourite that King Jing brought out for a walk, no wonder he speaks without restraint...

Yuwen Chengde's face became serious, indicating the marks on the wall:
"I think His Highness's opinion is correct. The marks of swords and swords are very different. All the servants present at the scene thought they were sword marks. This young master said it was a sword mark, but do you have other opinions?"

Ye Jingtang opened his mouth because he was afraid of foolish nonsense, and the professionals present would find out that the atmosphere was not right, so he realized that the courtyard was full of idiots.

Seeing everyone looking over, Ye Jingtang couldn't just follow the crowd and insist that he was wrong, so he really explained to everyone:

"The traces are indeed left by the 'White Snake Sweeping Tail', but it looks very awkward. It is said that the sword is too heavy, and the saber is too light. It seems that it is a master of sabers all the year round. He uses a saber similar to a sword and uses sword moves to fight against the enemy... ..."

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The officials in the courtyard gradually became at a loss.

Yuwen Chengde frowned and thought about it, feeling that the words were even more awkward, and asked:

"Where did the young master see this?"

Ye Jingtang made a judgment based on the feeling of using a knife all the year round, and he couldn't explain it in detail. After thinking about it, he said:
"When you hold the knife for a long time, you can feel it, um... the feeling of the knife!"

"..."

Yu Wencheng has touched the official knife for more than 20 years, and he is older than Ye Jingtang. When he heard this, his eyes were complicated. If Prince Jing was not present, he might have to make gestures with this nonsense kid.

Dongfang Liren knew how powerful Ye Jingtang was, seeing what he said so seriously, his eyes softened, and he said seriously:

"Handling a case pays attention to factual evidence, just relying on feelings, as long as one mistake is made, it is an unjust, false and wrongly decided case. You said using a knife, maybe you can give an exact explanation?"

Ye Jingtang thought for a while, handed the umbrella to Dongfang Liren, and checked the traces on the walls of flowers and trees in the yard...

(End of this chapter)