Chapter 95 Let's Autopsy

Sikong Yan didn't say anything, but just winked at Shen Qingyuan who was standing behind Lu Jinqiang.

Shen Qingyuan understood and shouted to the outside of the hall, "Call the witness Cai Wenpo."

Soon, an old woman with gray hair followed the guards and walked into the Golden Throne Hall tremblingly.

She had lived in their village all her life. When she entered the palace, she looked at the majestic and magnificent buildings with her eyes wide open.

At this time, looking at the magnificent hall, she was almost blinded by the light.

She hunched her shoulders and glanced at these officials in court robes.

She was shocked and terrified.

When the official brought her out from the village, he only asked her about the twins she brought to the Lu family fifty years ago.

However, the official did not tell her that there were so many great officials here!

Shen Qingyuan looked at the old woman who stopped beside him and said, "Mr. Cai Wen, I have some questions for you and you must tell the truth." Mrs.

Cai Wen looked at his stern and majestic appearance and was so frightened that her legs went weak and she knelt on the ground on the spot.

She kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I have done nothing bad! I have been law-abiding for the past few decades. Apart from stealing three eggs from Mr. Wang next door and two bellybands from Mrs. Shao from the same village, I have really done nothing bad! Please be wise, sir!"

Shen Qingyuan looked at her kneeling on the ground and trembling. He thought that maybe his voice was too loud and scared the old lady, so he immediately lowered his voice, "Grandma Cai Wen, you are not a prisoner, and none of us will force you to hurt you. We just want to ask you, fifty years ago, you delivered a pair of twins for Lu Dayong's family in your village, do you remember?"

Grandma Cai Wen was stunned, and after a long moment she slapped her thigh, "Yes, Lu Dayong, I remember "The eldest son of his family is so promising! He passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official in the capital! He also brought Lu Dayong and his wife to the capital to enjoy a good life! People in our village are so jealous!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, and she was not timid and afraid as she was when she first entered the palace. "I have been doing midwifery since I was 18 years old. I have delivered at least 800 babies, if not a thousand. Among them, the eldest son of Lu Dayong's family is the most promising! In fact, from the first moment I saw that child during the delivery, I knew that he would definitely be extraordinary in the future! Because he was born different from others!"

Shen Qingyuan had discussed this issue with Cai Wanpo on the way back to Beijing, and he also knew what made Lu Jinsong different from others.

However, it was not enough for him to know it alone, he had to let all his colleagues in the court today know it.

"Oh? Mrs. Cai Wen, I want to ask, what is the difference between Lu Jinsong and others? Why do you think he is different?"

"Because, other people are born with only five toes on each foot, but Lu Dalang is different. He was born with six toes on his left foot!"

When Lu Jinqiang heard this answer, his expression froze, and then he denied it, "Nonsense! Shen Qingyuan, where did you find this country woman from, and how dare you allow her to talk nonsense in front of the emperor!"

"No! I am not lying! I can swear to God that every word I said is true! If I lie to the Lord of Justice, I will go to the eighteenth level of hell! I will be thrown into the frying pan! I will not die a happy death!"

Cai Wenpo did not know Lu Jinqiang, nor did she know his identity, but seeing him kneeling on the ground, she naturally assumed that he must have the lowest status among all the Lords of Justice.

So, she opened her voice and shouted at him with full force, "You are not from our village, why do you butt in? I, an old woman, can swear that the eldest son of the Lu family was born with six toes!"

"I am not! Your Majesty, I am not born with six toes! This old woman is full of lies! She is old and speaks crazy, obviously she is senile! Her words are absolutely unreliable! Please judge by your majesty!"

"Your Majesty?" Cai Wenpo followed Lu Jinqiang's gaze and looked up in the direction of the dragon chair.

Only then did she realize that there was a handsome man in bright yellow sitting on the golden dragon chair.

The man looked like a god who had descended to the earth in the storybook, and he was too handsome to be a mortal.

Cai Wenpo kowtowed several times in the direction of Sikong Yan, "Your Majesty, every word I say is true! If I say even one word is false, I will be struck by thunder and lightning!"

This old woman was brought from Lu Jinqiang's hometown, and her words are very credible.

However, it is not enough for Sikong Yan to believe it alone, and everyone present must be convinced.

Sikong Yan's eyes turned and fell on the coffin in the center of the hall, "I believe everyone is very interested in this coffin. This coffin was dug out from the ancestral tomb of Lu Xiang's hometown."

Before he finished speaking, the officials present looked at the coffin again, their eyes were straight.

If this coffin was dug out from the Lu family's cemetery, then the person lying in the coffin should be Lu Jinqiang who died unexpectedly thirty years ago.

That is, Lu Jinsong's twin brother.

However -

everyone heard clearly what Cai Wenpo and Shen Qingyuan said just now, and combined with Prime Minister Lu's reaction, it seems that someone else died thirty years ago.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him inquiringly, Lu Jinqiang spoke again, "Your Majesty, the words of a country woman are not trustworthy! You must not be deceived by her! Moreover, Minister Shen and I have some grudges. It is possible that he is acting like this in front of Your Majesty today just to seek revenge!"

Shen Qingyuan was named by Lu Jinqiang, and he retorted neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Prime Minister Lu, you and I are just colleagues. We have no business dealings and no conflicts of interest. Where does the grudge come from?"

"You!"

Lu Jinqiang also knew that his excuse was untenable. He and Shen Qingyuan had no intersection except for attending court together every day.

In today's situation, even if there is no grudge, we have to create something out of nothing.

Lu Jinqiang stiffened his neck, "Both your daughter and I entered the palace to serve the emperor, but my daughter's position is much higher than your daughter's. Your daughter regards my daughter as a thorn in her side, so naturally you want to help your daughter overthrow me, so that no one can suppress your daughter in the harem in the future!"

"Prime Minister Lu, before my daughter Chao Yan entered the palace, I told her that after entering the palace, she must get along well with other concubines. She and all the concubines in the harem are sisters, and have never been hostile to anyone. Prime Minister Lu, there is no need to make up stories here. What we are discussing today is who the person in the coffin is. Since Prime Minister Lu insists that he is Lu Jinsong, the eldest son of the Lu family, then you should take off your shoes and socks, and we will know the truth after checking!"

"Shen Qingyuan, you just found a crazy woman, how can her words count?"

Shen Qingyuan knew that he would not admit it, so he handed a document in his hand to Sikong Yan, "Your Majesty, this is the identity certificate of Cai Weng! Please take a look! In addition, Prime Minister Lu keeps saying that I fabricated evidence, why don't we perform an on-site autopsy and verify it in front of everyone!"

The body has turned into a pile of bones, how can we verify it?

Shen Qingyuan's words made everyone very curious.

They also wanted to know if they could verify the true identity of the body with just a pile of bones!