Chapter 378 Convinced
Well, people from the Ministry of Justice brought the coroner to the Wang family in Lianzhou to open the coffin and perform an autopsy.
In order to prevent the Wang family from destroying the body, they went directly to the grave of Young Master Wang and announced the order to conduct an autopsy on the spot.
The autopsy was completed quickly, and they should have set off to return to Beijing to report on the same day, but the Ministry of Justice and the coroner stayed in Lianzhou overnight.
During that night, the yamen runner and the coroner first got a stomach upset and had diarrhea for three days, so they couldn't move. Then they sprained their ankle and couldn't continue their journey.
The Minister of Justice values talent, so he sent his confidant. If the autopsy results show that Young Master Wang was indeed killed by Pei Huaijin, then they will not be in danger when returning to Beijing. Otherwise, the journey back to Beijing will be extremely dangerous.
Old Master Pei suspected that there were other reasons for the death of Young Master Wang. The Wang family insisted on not allowing an autopsy, so the matter was brought to the Ministry of Justice, and the emperor issued a secret order for an autopsy.
If the autopsy proves Pei Huaijin's innocence, the emperor will definitely punish the Wang family and may even implicate Marquis Wucheng and Duke Song who are in cahoots with the Wang family.
They will definitely prevent the autopsy results from returning to Beijing.
In order to prevent them from losing their lives on the way back to Beijing, the Minister of Justice simply gave them the opportunity to cheat. It would not succeed anyway, so saving his men's lives was the most important thing.
The Wang family and the Duke of Song thought they had succeeded, so they relaxed their guard and the autopsy results were easily sent to the capital.
The officials from the Ministry of Justice and the coroner were unable to return to the capital. The prefect of Lianzhou and the Wang family thought it was the work of the Duke of Song and the Marquis of Wucheng, so they delayed them in Lianzhou. By the time they returned, Pei Huaijin had already been beheaded.
At the morning court session, Marquis Wucheng and Duke Song were so angry that they didn't listen to anything else in the rest of the session.
As for Chen Wan, after breakfast, she went to pay her respects to the princess first, then strolled in the garden for a while before returning to Zhaolanxuan.
She went to the study, and just as she entered, a secret guard jumped in through the window, holding a letter in his hand, "Master, the letter you asked for..."
The secret guard handed it to Xie Jingyu, and Shen Wan happened to take a look at it.
The five big words above are——
A personal letter from Marquis Wucheng.
Chen Wan asked in confusion, "Why did you rob the letter from Marquis Wucheng?"
Even if the autopsy results were included in Marquis Wucheng's letter, it would not be usable as evidence if it were sent to the Ministry of Justice, and it would also expose the fact that they had robbed Marquis Wucheng's letter.
Xie Jingyu tore the letter open. Shen Wan took a look and saw two red seals. She blinked and leaned over to take a look.
Then the corners of his mouth couldn't stop twitching.
This is not faith.
But the autopsy results.
The coroner from the Ministry of Justice performed an autopsy and found a short needle as thin as a hair in Young Master Wang's heart. It was this short needle that took Young Master Wang's life and had nothing to do with Pei Huaijin.
This letter was written by the coroner of the Ministry of Justice. It not only has the seals of the Ministry of Justice and the prefect of Lianzhou, but also fingerprints.
As long as this letter is sent to the Ministry of Justice, Pei Huaijin will be acquitted.
The autopsy results fell into their hands...
Shen Wan was in a daze and felt a little unreal, "It was so easy to send him to Beijing?"
Xie Jingyu smiled and said, "The most dangerous place is also the safest. Duke Song and Marquis Wucheng would never have thought that I would use the Wang family to send the autopsy results to the capital."
Shen Wan, “…”
I can't help but admit it.
This guy is best at taking people by surprise.
You never know what he's going to do.
If Marquis Wucheng and Duke Song knew about this, they would be so angry that they would die.
After the Marquis of Wucheng left the court, he rode back to his palace. Just as he dismounted from his horse and was about to enter the palace, a servant carrying a bag came over on horseback, "My Lord, please wait..."
Marquis Wucheng turned around when he heard the sound.
The servant dismounted from his horse and said, "My master has written you a letter..."
"Give it to me."
The servant hurriedly took out the letter from the bag behind him and presented it respectfully to Marquis Wucheng.
Marquis Wucheng tore open the letter.
Open it and take a look.
I almost died of anger on the spot.
The letter read:
Thank you Wang family for sending the autopsy results to Beijing.
Marquis Wucheng's lips turned purple with anger, and the letter crumpled into a ball in his hand.
I've seen arrogant people, but I've never seen anyone as arrogant as this.
Not only do we have to get the autopsy results, but we also have to tell them how we got them.
This is murder and it also destroys the heart!
Marquis Wucheng was so angry that his vision went dark.
The Minister of Justice would never do such an infuriating thing. It must be the Prince of Jingbei!
But the autopsy results have already been in the hands of the Prince of Jingbei and cannot be retrieved.
Unable to let Chen Ping send the autopsy results to the Ministry of Justice, Xie Jingyu had to go there in person. Mrs. Wang happened to be there as well. She didn't know that the Minister of Justice had revealed that the autopsy results sent yesterday were fake and asked the Ministry of Justice to execute Pei Huaijin.
Xie Jingyu walked in, and the Minister of Justice asked, "Why is the Prince of Jingbei here?"
Xie Jingyu said, "I have obtained the results of the Lianzhou autopsy and sent them to the Ministry of Justice."
Mrs. Wang immediately had a bad feeling in her heart, her face darkening, "Is this necessarily true?!"
The Minister of Justice took it, glanced at it, and said, "This is definitely written by me, the coroner of the Ministry of Justice."
"Bring a candle."
In front of Mrs. Wang, the Minister of Justice roasted the letter over a fire and wrote on the back of the letter: Liu Mingzhi, the coroner of the Ministry of Justice.
Liu Mingzhi was the coroner sent to Lianzhou to perform an autopsy, and he also had the handwriting and official seal of the Lianzhou prefect.
The Minister of Justice said, "If Madam Wang still doubts the autopsy results, I can have the handwriting verified."
Mrs. Wang angrily flung her sleeves and left.
The Minister of Justice entered the palace and presented the autopsy results to the emperor for review. The emperor ordered Pei Huaijin to be released without charge.
The Pei Mansion was surrounded for many days, and the officers and soldiers finally withdrew.
But this is not the end of the story.
The next day, Old Master Pei went to court and impeached the Wang family for stealing the official seal of the Lianzhou prefect, falsifying the autopsy results, and wanting to put his grandson to death.
The fake autopsy result that asked the Ministry of Justice to execute Pei Huaijin became a sword hanging over the heads of the Wang family.
Duke Song retorted, "There is no evidence to prove that the Wang family was responsible."
Old Master Lin said, "But the Wang family is the most suspicious! Young Master Wang's death is full of doubts. Instead of investigating the real murderer of Young Master Wang, the Wang family is blaming Pei Huaijin.
If it weren't for the upright prefect of Lianzhou, who insisted on sending Pei Huaijin to the capital for retrial, Pei Huaijin's life would have been in danger and he would have been imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice. The Wang family also repeatedly pressured the Ministry of Justice, even seeking the Empress Dowager's imperial decree, which damaged the Empress Dowager's reputation and prestige.
"Your Majesty, please punish the Wang family severely to serve as a warning to others!"
Old Tutor Lin had many disciples in the court, and they immediately stood up to agree.
Pei Huaijin is a son that the emperor has never seen before and has no idea what he looks like. He was almost wrongly killed by the Wang family. How could the emperor tolerate this?
The emperor ordered an investigation into the falsification of the autopsy results. Until the matter was thoroughly investigated and the Wang family found the real murderer of Young Master Wang, all the officials of the Wang family were suspended.
If these two matters cannot be clarified, the Wang family will no longer have to serve as officials in the court.
After punishing the Wang family, the next step was to reward them.
The prefect of Lianzhou was a man of integrity, so the emperor promoted him by one rank and awarded him one hundred taels of gold.
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