Chapter 795: This Question Is Destined to Be Answered by No One Liu Wei

The atmosphere in the court hall changed subtly.

Liu Wei continued with a clear mind: "Eunuch Qi, there is no need to worry too much. My mood at that time was actually the same as my father-in-law. I thought, could it be that the palace guards were really so casual? But on second thought, I thought it was impossible, if nothing else. , in this palace, only the imperial guards and Zhenggemen are employed. These two military forces are directly under the emperor. How can these people regard the emperor's safety as such and ignore it? Then, I will I thought of another direction.”

Emperor Qian Ling raised his eyes and looked at Liu Wei sharply, waiting for her to continue.

Liu Wei did not say anything, and only said: "I will report this matter later, Rong Hou. Besides, Princess Yuping disappeared, and her body was found outside the palace. She died under strange circumstances. The person who inspected Princess Yuping's body at that time, I don’t know who it is?”

Of course, this person would not be in court, but Lin Sheng had the courage to stand up again and said: "The first person who examined the princess's body at that time was the widow of Jingzhao Yin Yamen. Regarding this, Wei Chen has already prepared the autopsy report. Send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The princess is a female member of the harem. Logically speaking, even if Jing Zhaoyin found the body, she would not dare to touch it, let alone conduct an autopsy.

But Lin Sheng had selfish motives. He was afraid that someone would frame this matter on Jing Zhaoyin, so he asked the people below him to take a brief look at it. The key point was of course to clear away his involvement, and this autopsy report, therefore, also Just appeared.

As for the autopsy report, Lin Sheng didn't know it at first. Later, when he handed the princess's body to Zhengemen and asked Zhengemen to forward it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he heard the master of Zhengemen mentioned that Master Liu had After pushing through the Zhenge Gate, that thing is called an autopsy report.

However, other people's reports are in an orderly format, while his is just a small summary written by himself based on years of experience in handling cases.

But this little tidbit is now the autopsy report.

And this is the first report.

Liu Wei had seen that booklet, and now Liu Wei still remembers the contents.

Liu Wei then asked Lin Sheng: "But it was written that there were multiple injuries and bruises on the outside. It is suspected that the fatal injury was caused by an impact? The wound was on the back of the head?"

Lin Sheng couldn't remember clearly, but he vaguely remembered that it seemed to be almost the same, so he nodded: "That's true."

Liu Wei nodded, and there was no need to pass on the autopsy report for further review, because it was not important.

Liu Wei asked Lin Sheng again: "Has Master Lin seen the body of Princess Yuping?"

Lin Sheng nodded: "Of course I've seen it before."

"Is it miserable?"

Lin Sheng looked at the Ninth Five-Year Master in the hall, winced and nodded.

"How miserable is that? Let's put it this way, could Mr. Lin recognize at a glance that it was Princess Yuping herself?"

"Of course it is possible." Lin Sheng said: "If you can't recognize Princess Yuping, how do you know it is Princess Yuping? Princess Yuping was already out of breath at that time, but it seemed that although she was much injured, her facial features and appearance were not damaged. , it’s still clear.”

Liu Wei nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Did Mr. Lin see the princess's body again later? That is, when the body disappeared and was found again."

Having said this, Liu Wei raised his voice and said to everyone in the court: "There are many rumors outside. I believe you sirs, some of them may have heard of them. The rumors are that the body of Princess Yuping has disappeared, and because of the disappearance of the body, there are many people inside and outside the palace. , rumors began to spread throughout the city of Kyoto that the princess’s ghost is still there, is that true or not?”

Many officials in the court who had gossiped about this all lowered their heads, some looked at their toes, and some pretended to talk to their colleagues next to them.

The so-called child is silent, and the strange power confuses the spirit. Everyone knows that even saints dislike the theory of ghosts and gods. As a scholar, we should not promote ghosts and monsters. But people are like this. The more things cannot be explained, the easier it is to make associations. This is human nature. Who knows? There is nothing we can do.

Liu Wei asked this question not to blame anyone, but just to solve the case.

However, there was silence all around.

This question is destined to be answered by no one Liu Wei.

Liu Wei waited for a while and saw no one said anything. Even Lin Sheng pretended that his clothes were wrinkled and kept pulling them.

Finally, the Marquis of Yue Kingdom couldn't stand it anymore and stood up and said directly: "If I remember correctly, rumors started to spread in Beijing after the princess's body disappeared. Some people in my Yan Mansion also mentioned it, including my wife. Twice, but as military commanders, we never believe in ghosts and gods, Mr. Liu."

Liu Wei nodded and said: "The ghosts and gods said that the cause of Princess Yuping's death has been pushed to the forefront. At this time, it is certain that the body is missing. But fortunately, the princess's body was recovered quickly. Mr. Lin, find it You’ve also seen the body that was returned, right?”

Lin Sheng nodded, and it was that time that he saw Liu Wei again.

Liu Wei asked: "Master Lin, can you tell me in detail the situation at that time?"

Lin Sheng thought to himself, weren't you there at that time?

But Lin Sheng did not dare to say this, and only honestly recalled: "At that time, Princess Yuehai and Eunuch Su from the Queen's Palace recovered the body of Princess Yuping. I did not look at it carefully, but only took a brief look at it. The princess' body disappeared for a few days, and it looks really sad when we look at it again."

"What is sad?" Liu Wei asked.

Lin Sheng didn't know how to describe it, and he couldn't express it.

Liu Wei helped him and said: "But the body is like rotten meat, with a blurred face and no bones inside, just like..." Liu Wei pointed to the door of the main hall with one finger, and saw two young eunuchs holding a stretcher at the door of the main hall, with a cover on the stretcher. Wearing white cloth, they were walking in in unison from outside.

But before the little eunuch arrived, the smell of rancidity was already filling the air.

Suddenly, several adults standing near the entrance of the hall began to cover their noses. The smell of corpses was suffocating.

Two young eunuchs brought the body in and placed it on the ground.

All parties have opinions on this.

Emperor Qian Ling's eyes were filled with anger, and he looked at Liu Wei with an even sharper gaze.

Liu Wei first apologized and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Logically speaking, I should not bring Princess Yuping's body to the court at will. But Princess Yuping died unjustly, and I really don't want Princess Yuping to walk away without any excuse. Today is the real murderer." On the day of the announcement, I think the princess will be willing to witness it and seek justice for herself!"

Liu Wei's statement was reasonable and unmistakable. No matter how angry Emperor Qian Ling was, he had no choice but to suppress it and said in a cold voice: "The dead are the most important. If you can redress the injustice for Yuping, I think Yuping will be able to walk peacefully after he is buried."

Liu Wei didn't seem to notice the displeasure on Emperor Qian Ling's face, and only said: "That's what the emperor said. Then Master Lin, take a look. Is this what you saw when the princess's body was recovered?"

As Liu Wei spoke, he knelt down and lifted up the white cloth. Suddenly, a pool of soft and rotten meat wrapped in robes appeared in front of the officials.

Because all the bones in her body were broken and she had been left there for so long, Princess Yuping was in much worse condition now than when Liu Weigang found her. The most obvious change is that Princess Yuping's face is almost only a piece of skin, with no bones to support her facial features.

"Well, yuck..."

The sound came from someone unknown, and then a series of retching came from all around.

The once high and mighty golden branches and jade leaves have now become this miserable and disgusting mass of dead flesh, with such an impactful appearance. Among the hundreds of officials present, most of them were civil servants. When they first saw this scene, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't bear the nausea.

Especially the older bachelors, all of them were shaky, as if they were going to faint at any moment.

Liu Wei didn't care about the situation of other people, only looked at Lin Sheng and asked: "Master Lin?"

Lin Sheng's face was pale, he covered his mouth and his whole body felt bad.

Liu Wei repeated: "When Princess Yuping's body was recovered, was it like this?"

Lin Sheng finally came back to his senses and said in a daze: "Yes... just, that's it... but at the time, no, it wasn't that serious."

Liu Wei nodded: "A few days have passed since then. It is normal for the body to be difficult to preserve and become uglier. However, this rate of erosion is not normal. According to Mr. Lin, the time of Princess Yuping's death should be It is very clear. Even if the body later disappears and is found again, the body has strange changes, and the time of death will always remain the same. But the result is not the same. Princess Yuping disappeared from the inner palace and was found in the busy river outside the palace. From the time the body disappeared to the time it was recovered, it took nearly five days. However, when I first saw the princess's body in the suburbs of Kyoto, I judged from various aspects that the princess had been dead for no more than five hours. That is to say, regarding the time of death, there is a serious contradiction between my judgment and the public statement. Why is this happening? Is it a mistake on my part? Or is there really some mysterious power on the body of Princess Yuping that can make a person who has been dead for five days , keeping it fresh for less than a day after death?"

When Liu Wei said this, she rolled her eyes in a circle and saw that everyone was silent. She didn't know whether they were so shocked by the princess's body that they couldn't speak, or whether they didn't want to speak at all.

Liu Wei did not sell his official position and said directly: "Fake death."

As soon as the word "suspended death" came out, the first person to react was Marquis Yan Zhenli: "Fake death?"

Liu Wei looked at the Marquis and said: "Someone took Princess Yuping from the palace and made her successfully fake her death before she was discovered by the Yamen. But as far as I know, the fake death medicine has a time limit, at least two hours. It’s only twelve hours at most, and when a person who fakes death wakes up, how can she still be a dead person? If she’s not a dead person, where does the time of death come from?”

Having said this, Liu Wei stretched out his hand.

Then, the little eunuch who came in carrying the body of Princess Yuping took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to her respectfully.

Liu Wei said: "Your Majesty, this is the inspection report of the stomach residue of Princess Yuping. It states that the last time Princess Yuping ate was one day after her known death. In other words, Princess Yuping 'died' , and even had something to eat.”

Emperor Qian Ling glanced at Qi Fu. Qi Fu flicked the fly whisk and walked down the hall. He took the fold from Liu Wei's hand, then turned and walked up the steps and presented the fold to Emperor Qian Ling.

Emperor Qian Ling opened it and looked at the dense text and some pictures on it. He frowned and remained silent.

Liu Wei saw Emperor Qian Ling's dilemma and said: "The content of the autopsy report may be too numerical. If the emperor doesn't mind, I can dissect Princess Yuping's body again in court and explain it in detail to the emperor and officials!"

Liu Wei's words were neither humble nor arrogant, but Emperor Qian Ling, who knew what "anatomy" meant, tightened his eyes, glanced at the group of officials who looked like weak scholars, and finally put the book aside. He said: "Since Liu Qing has made a conclusion, I believe it. There is no need for anatomy. You can go on."