442 Zhang San
“Your Excellency, you’re flattering me,” the coroner replied with a smile.
He followed the guard to the court and began to investigate the cause of Zhang Si’s death.
After such an examination, he agreed with the guard. This person had been poisoned and died of drowning.
“Your Excellency, the victim was indeed poisoned, but he didn’t die of it. The poison would have made him unconscious at best.” The medical examiner thought for a moment and added, “He was pressed into the water and drowned after he lost consciousness. There were a few handprints on the back of the victim’s neck, enough to determine that the victim had been held by the neck and drowned.”
Therefore, the cause of Zhang Si’s death was clear.
The court official nodded in satisfaction. Just as he was about to say something, Zhang San said, “Perhaps Marquis Dingyuan poisoned him and saw that the poison wouldn’t kill him, so he pressed him into the water and let him drown.”
“No, I’ve seen the Marquis Dingyuan before,” the medical examiner said. “Come and look at the handprint on the back of your brother’s neck.”
When Zhang San heard this, he was flustered. This was not his biological brother. Zhang Si’s death was very terrifying. He did not dare to look.
He swallowed and refused to step forward. “Just tell me what you have to say,” he said to the medical examiner.
“Look, according to the mark on the back of Zhang Si’s neck, that person strangled him with his left hand. This person’s left hand is missing a finger, or one of his fingers doesn’t have strength. I’ve also been to the teahouse and met Marquis Dingyuan. His hands are complete and he’s very strong. He’s definitely not the murderer of Zhang Shi,” the forensic doctor said.
Zhang San rolled his eyes and said, “Marquis Dingyuan is rich and powerful. He can totally send someone to do it. He doesn’t have to do it himself.”
Ning Yue rolled her eyes at Zhang San. “I’ll go take a look at my guards and see if those people are missing a finger. Or rather, check if one of their fingers doesn’t have the strength.”
“Maybe you hid that person after killing him?” Zhang San said again.
“You have to put the blame on our Marquis Dingyuan’s Residence no matter what, right?” Ning Yue said.
“Princess Mingyue, how can you say that? I’m just explaining what might happen,” Zhang San braced himself and said.
At this moment, a guard from the Court of Judicial Review walked in and said respectfully, “Your Excellency, we’ve already searched the city for people who meet such conditions.”
Then, Ning Yue saw the guards escort the three of them up.
The court official was very satisfied with the efficiency of the guards. He nodded and said to the forensic doctor, “Forensic doctor, can you find the murderer from these three people?”
“All we have to do is compare their hands and we’ll know which one is.” The medical examiner stepped forward and picked up the three men’s fingers to compare them.
“This man’s hands match the marks on the back of the victim’s neck,” the medical examiner said.
As soon as he finished speaking, that person suddenly struggled. Just as he was about to escape, he was stopped by the guards.
In order to prevent the murderer from committing suicide, the guard dislocated his chin.
That person couldn’t speak or bite off his tongue.
That was the end of the matter. Zhang San stared at everything in front of him in shock. How could the murderer be found so easily?
Didn’t that person say that the murderer was definitely Marquis Dingyuan? Why wasn’t the person caught in front of him Marquis Dianyuan?
That person said that the people of the Marquis Dingyuan’s Residence would definitely not confess. What he had to do was insist on targeting the people of the Marquis Dianyuan’s Residence.
But now that the real murderer was out, how could he accuse the people from the Yuan Residence? That person had not taught him to deal with such a situation. What should he do?
“Your Excellency, since there’s nothing for us to do, we’ll go back first. My grandfather is still waiting for us,” Ning Yue said to the minister.
Seeing that Ning Yue was about to leave, Zhang San hurriedly said to the official, “Your Excellency, I’ll take my leave too.”
“Zhang San, you can’t leave! Zhang Si is your younger brother. Now that we’ve found the murderer, we should give you an explanation. Also, you haven’t been sentenced for framing Marquis Dingyuan just now.” The court official ordered the guards to stop him.
Zhang San’s expression changed. That person did not say that this would happen. How was he guilty?
“Your Excellency, I’m innocent! I’m wronged!” Zhang San knelt down to the minister.
Ning Yue and Ning Chen left. In the end, how the court official handled this case had nothing to do with them.