From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 278

Zhou Yuan's face was expressionless, only the eternal coldness.

He fixed his eyes on Lv Song, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Lv Song smiled coldly and said, "Lord Zhongwu, you can't just protect the suspect because she is your adopted sister, right?"

"This Shenjing is the best place in the world. As the parent official of the people of Shenjing, I still have to do my job as a judge."

"I can't just flatter the powerful just because you are in a high position, right?"

Countless eyes looked at Zhou Yuan, and they all wanted to eat him.

"Very good."

Zhou Yuan said calmly: "You have been an official for so long, after all, you know how to try a case."

"And what I have to do is to help you get to the bottom of the matter as soon as possible."

"Lord Lu, I will teach you how to try a case."

He strode to the center of the court and said in a serious tone: "Guan Lu! When did you arrive at Huichun Pavilion! When were you captured!"

Guan Lu immediately said: "Before midnight! I remember very clearly that it was after the evening drum sounded that I set out and arrived at Huichun Pavilion close to midnight."

Zhou Yuan said: "Lord Lu, when did you catch these suspects? Close to midnight?"

Lü Song was shocked and thought that this might be a trap, so he smiled and said: "I don't remember clearly, but it should have been past midnight."

At that time, Cheng Yibo and his men should have finished their work, and even if the exact time of death was found out by the autopsy, there would be no clues.

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "Very good, Lord Lu, why did you send out hundreds of detectives at midnight and catch the murderer?"

Lu Song said: "Of course I received intelligence and learned that something big happened in Huichun Pavilion."

Zhou Yuan's eyes were murderous, and he said sternly: "So when did you give the order! When did you send people!"

"Do you dare to lie! Don't think that there are no secret agents of Jinyiwei in the Shenjing government office! Don't think that the inner court can't detect the actions of the Shenjing government office!"

"Tell me! When did you send people!"

Lu Song's face changed, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Three quarters of the hour of Hai! We got the information!"

"Okay!"

Zhou Yuan said coldly: "Then I tell you! The person! Died at three quarters of the hour of Zi!"

Lu Song swallowed hard, his face full of sweat.

Zhou Yuan said, "The person is not dead yet, and there is a difference of one hour between the two. You know something has happened? Does Lord Lu have the ability to predict the future?"

Lü Song said with a stiff face, "It's late at night, and it's normal that you may not be able to detect the specific time."

Zhou Yuan stared at him and said word by word, "Do you think you can really escape?"

Lü Song glared and said, "What do you mean!"

Zhou Yuan laughed, but his face was cold, and he said in a serious tone, "Lord Lu, you sent out the constables at 11:30 pm and knew that a murder had occurred."

"I, Zhou Yuan, don't have the ability to predict the future. I also caught a few murderers at 11:30 pm. Now I'll show you."

After speaking, he shouted, "Take Chen Shaofei and the other five murderers!"

Li Yu'an narrowed her eyes slightly and disappeared in the crowd.

And Lu Song's heart was about to explode. Cheng Yibo and the others would not be caught!

After just a few dozen breaths, Chen Shaofei and the other five were taken to court by a group of strong men.

They were bleeding and covered with wounds. They looked miserable, but not fatal.

Zhou Yuan chuckled and said, "I know all your identities."

"Chen Shaofei, the Earl of Chengyi, Yuan Boyue, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Deng Rong, the son of the Minister of the Dali Temple, Kang Yu, the son of the Guanglu Doctor, oh, and there is a fat man, Qian Yuan, the son-in-law of Bishui."

The people around were more and more frightened as they listened. Aren't these all sons of dignitaries and members of the royal family? How did they become suspects again?

Cheng Yibo was irritable and yelled, "Who the hell are you? How dare you tie me up!"

Zhou Yuan said calmly, "It's not me that's important, it's you. Why were you caught by my people at the back door of Huichun Hall?"

"How did you get the injuries?"

Cheng Yibo said, "It's none of your business! We were drinking and going home. What's wrong with falling on the way?"

Zhou Yuan walked up to him, gently pulled a piece of sawdust off his face, and slowly said, "You haven't been to Huichun Hall?"

Cheng Yibo said angrily, "When Of course not! I am the earl of the dynasty! I have four or five doctors at home at any time. Do I need to go to Huichuntang? "

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, you didn't go to Huichuntang, why do you smell like medicinal materials?"

"This smell comes from the sawdust in your wounds. These sawdust have long been soaked with the smell of medicinal materials. It is the smell that can only be produced by making medicine cabinets and medicine shelves for many years."

Cheng Yibo's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "I...we...I have a pharmacy at home. I was drunk at home and bumped into the medicine cabinet, so I came out to get some fresh air."

Zhou Yuan said: "You are in a good mood. You are injured and you came out to get some fresh air, and you came to the back door of Huichun Pavilion."

After speaking, he looked at the others and squinted his eyes and said: "What about you four? How do you explain it?"

These people are all playboys. They usually listen to flattery. How can they make up a reasonable lie at this moment?

They were stunned on the spot, looking ashen.

Zhou Yuan grabbed Qian Yuan and chuckled: "Bishui Prince Consort, can you tell me where the rouge in your nails comes from?"

Qian Yuan was shaking all over, his teeth were trembling, and he murmured: "I... I naturally... came from the princess."

"Very good, the answer is perfect. After all, we dare not trouble the princess, right?"

After speaking, Zhou Yuan turned around and said: "Come here! "

Several guards stood up and half-knelt on the ground.

Zhou Yuan said in a serious tone: "Go to Princess Bishui's mansion and invite Her Royal Highness the Princess. I want to know if she was affectionate with our Prince Consort last night."

"I obey your order!"

The four guards went out directly.

Qian Yuan was so scared that he was shaking all over and sat on the ground, almost crying.

Lv Song saw this scene and felt desperate.

He knew that everything was irreversible and the evidence was conclusive.

What's more...

"It's them!"

Xue Ningyue had already shouted, with tears in her eyes, and shouted: "It's the five of them! They killed eight senior sisters!"

"They blocked me in the pharmacy and kept banging on the door. Fortunately, Brother Zhou rescued me in time, otherwise I couldn't escape. "

The people of Shenjing clenched their fists and gnashed their teeth in hatred, but they dared not curse, because they were all important people.

Only the dozens of victims' families cried and cursed.

Soon, the guards ran in.

One person shouted: "Report to the Grand Commander, Princess Bishui is not coming. Her Royal Highness confessed that the prince consort went out at night, and she asked the Grand Commander to deal with it according to the law!"

"No!"

Qian Yuan shouted loudly when he heard it: "No! She can't do this to me! She can't!"

"It's her who won't give it to me! It's her who won't let me have a good life! Otherwise, I can't hurt people! Everything is her fault!"

Cheng Yibo and others saw that he admitted it, and their faces turned pale for a while.

Zhou Yuan said softly: "Lord Lu, look, investigating the case is actually that simple."

Lv Song's face turned pale, and he laughed dryly: "It's the wisdom of the Loyalty Martial Lord, I admire him. "

Zhou Yuan said: "But why do you insist that my men are the murderers?"

Lü Song hurriedly said: "I was confused for a moment. After all, I am old and should return to my hometown to retire."

"You want to leave?"

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said: "Are you begging for mercy?"

Lü Song swallowed his saliva continuously, sweating continuously, and whispered: "Zhongwu Bo, you...you are so..."

Zhou Yuan interrupted directly: "Let me tell you, the reason why you have foresight is because you closed the door of Huichun Pavilion, and you also provided the information about the nine female apprentices to Cheng Yi Bo."

"You, are also the murderer!"

"Hahahaha!"

Cheng Yi Bo couldn't help laughing: "Old thief! Do you think you can run away? I don't even need to say it, you are in big trouble!"

"It's a pity that I am an earl in the current dynasty, and at most I can only be deprived of my title, but you are miserable. "

Lü Song collapsed in the chair, his face ashen.

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "No, no, no, Cheng Yibo, you are wrong."

"Lord Lu said something well, Shenjing is the best place, and it still needs a judge."

"It's just that he doesn't want to be the judge."

"If he doesn't want to do it, I, Zhou Yuan, will do it!"

He drew out the knife in his hand and said coldly, "As a royal noble, as the son of a high-ranking official, he is rich and unkind, takes human life lightly, rapes good women, and kills the people..."

"According to the laws of our Great Jin, he should be beheaded!"

After speaking, Zhou Yuan took the lead in chopping off Cheng Yibo's head amid the exclamations of all the people.

Blood was all over the court and also splashed on Zhou Yuan's face.

His face became more ferocious, and he walked towards Qian Yuan and said grimly, "Son-in-law? Ha! The son-in-law deserves to die! "

A knife slashed out, and the head flew up.

"Good kill!"

Someone among the people shouted.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone roared!

"Kill them! Kill these beasts!"

"And that dog official!"

"Don't let any of them go!"

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Ningyue! I said! Use fire!"

He raised the knife and cut off the heads of the remaining three murderers, and then strode towards the official position.

Lü Song wet his pants directly, and trembled: "Mercy, mercy...Mercy, Zhongwu Bo!"

Under the plaque of "A clear mirror hangs high", Zhou Yuan raised the knife,He chopped it down heavily.