Chapter 249 Learn from His Highness

Liu's mother said coldly, "No, he is lying. Liu Wu has two wounds on his head."

"You!" Zhao Kun was furious.

Seeing that she was determined to commit suicide, he said in a tough voice, "Yes, there were two. One time, she hit Liu Wu when he was not prepared, but as a woman, especially as she was Liu Wu's mother, she certainly couldn't bring herself to kill him. I was afraid that Liu Wu would wake up and cause trouble for us, so I used a hammer to send him to his death."

"Zhao Kun, stop talking nonsense. This matter has nothing to do with you." Mother Liu scolded.

The Dali Temple Minister also sensed the meaning, and he continued to ask: "In that case, can you describe the size of the hammer?"

Zhao Kun: "It's just an ordinary hammer. The most common size is about two feet long."

"Where is the weapon?"

"I was at home, I was so scared after killing them that I left them and ran away."

"Where did Liu Wu fall after he died?"

Zhao Kun: “…”

All the news he got was heard from the public. Who would care where a body died?

He stammered, "Next to the bed, oh no, it should be next to the door. I was in such a hurry to run, maybe she moved it somewhere else later."

The Dali Temple official's stick of shock fell heavily: "What nonsense!"

Zhao Kun was so frightened that he quickly lay on the ground, his body shaking with fear.

The little devil thought to himself: This is really nonsense, it becomes more and more false and full of loopholes.

Liu Wu died in the kitchen, and judging from the blood and marks on the floor, his body had not been moved. The murder weapon was a hammer, but it was not nearly two feet long. It was a small hammer, only a little over one foot long.

"I'll ask you again, where were you the day before yesterday afternoon?" the Dali Temple Minister asked with gritted teeth.

Zhao Kun was so scared that he didn't even dare to raise his head, but he lowered his head and said something tough: "In... in Liu's house. My lord, you can ask me a hundred times, and I will give the same answer. I was the one who killed him, and she has nothing to do with it."

The Dali Temple Minister wanted to swear.

You are confessing a crime without any basis or evidence. You are really seeking death.

This crap thing...

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not been sitting here, he would have ordered someone to beat Zhao Kun with a few heavy sticks.

I am so angry. It is so hard to play the role of a polite and reasonable civil servant...

"Send Liu Wu's wife, Wang, here."

Wang looked like an ordinary woman and dressed simply. She had been crying for two days after Liu Wu's death and her eyes were so swollen that she could only open a slit. According to neighbors, the couple was very loving and Liu Wu's death was a great blow to her.

Zong Jincheng asked quietly, "Your Highness, it's only early autumn now, and the weather is not cold yet. Why is she wearing a scarf? Is she hiding something, or is there an injury on her neck?"

The prince was startled.

Suddenly I didn't know how to tell him.

That is something that married people will understand, but no matter how smart Jincheng is, he is just a child. He thinks it is really difficult to explain such things to a child.

The prince said awkwardly, "It's nothing. We have checked and there are no signs of abuse on her body."

"Ah? Traces? What traces?" The little devil was even more confused.

Prince: “…”

He raised his hands, and after a long while, he patted the child's shoulder and said helplessly: "Listen carefully to the trial."

"Oh..." the little devil responded reluctantly.

But I was wondering in my heart: What kind of strange thing is this...

Your Highness hasn't told me yet. Humph, I'll go home and ask my mother.

The Dali Temple Minister continued to ask: "Wang, have you ever seen this man in the audience?"

Wang looked at Zhao Kun and her eyes jumped.

She has seen it.

"My Lord, I have not..."

The Dali Temple Minister interrupted and said, "You have seen it."

When people face strangers, their eyes are either confused or puzzled, but Wang's reaction clearly showed that he had seen this before.

Wang bowed her head deeply, her voice filled with tears: "My Lord, please spare my life. I, I can't remember clearly. I may have seen her before. I just feel that she is familiar, but I really have no impression of her."

The case became confusing again. Zhao Kun lied one after another. As long as Wang said she had never seen him, he could be basically ruled out as a suspect. However, Wang had seen him.

"Come here, take these three people away and interrogate them individually." After the Dali Temple Minister said this, he took the people away and interrogated them individually again.

The prince said to the little devil at the right time: "Interrogate them separately to avoid collusion. Also, it is convenient to use false confessions to make the murderer reveal his flaws."

Zong Jincheng let out a long sigh, and gained a bit of insight. He quickly asked, "Then can I go and listen to the false confession?"

The prince smiled and asked, "Who do you want to hear from?"

"Wang!" the little devil said excitedly, "She looks the most deceitful."

This is the type of person my brother told him about, the simplest type of person who can read people's expressions, and their thoughts are written all over their faces.

The prince couldn't help laughing. He teased, "You are really good at picking people."

The little devil was very proud: "Of course, we have to pick the weak ones. That Liu's mother is too stubborn, Zhao Kun is just talking nonsense, and Wang is the only one who is simple. Although she is also lying, it is easy for people to see through her."

The prince nodded with a smile: "Indeed. Come on, I will take you over to have a look."

The trial hall was located in a room in the Dali Temple. There was a dark room inside from which one could see the outside scene, but no one could be seen from outside.

Wang knelt on the ground and confessed everything she knew: "I have seen him. He came to my house to look for my mother-in-law once, wanting her to remarry. But my mother-in-law refused. She said she wanted to guard this family and refused to go with Liu Wu."

"Has Zhao Kun ever met Liu Wu? Has there been any quarrel between them?" The Dali Temple judge interrogated her alone.

Wang said weakly, "No, I haven't seen it. I don't know if my husband has seen it. But my mother-in-law is very sensible and would not do anything beyond the rules. Liu Wu should not be able to tell that they used to have that kind of relationship."

The Dali Temple Minister quickly grasped the key point: "That kind of relationship? Do you know the past between Liu's mother and Zhao Kun?"

Wang was shocked and immediately changed her words, "I, I don't know, I was just guessing. We are all married women, so we are especially sensitive to matters between men and women. I saw it myself, Zhao Kun looks at his mother-in-law differently. I, I was just guessing... Yes, I was just guessing."

The little devil wanted to laugh when he saw this. This Wang was really as simple as a blank sheet of paper. She hadn't even started to make false confessions, but she had already said a bunch of things that were full of loopholes.

But the Dali Temple was full of shrewd people, and they soon realized that Wang was the key to the breakthrough, so they asked her again: "Where were you when Liu Wu died the day before yesterday afternoon?"

"I'm taking my son for a nap..."

"Did you hear any fighting? Or any quarreling?"

"No, no... Sir, haven't I asked this before? Why are you still..."

The Dali Temple Minister turned fierce in an instant: "Just answer what I told you to answer, why are you talking nonsense?"

Wang shrank her neck in fear and continued, "No, I didn't hear anything. When I woke up, my mother-in-law had already turned herself in. My son and I were so scared that we kept crying at home..."

Zong Jincheng looked at His Highness in confusion in the dark room, not understanding what the Dali Temple Minister meant by these two actions.

The prince smiled and said, "Asking the same question over and over again can easily expose the liar. Also, when people are frightened, they are more likely to speak their mind subconsciously. These two are common interrogation methods, and of course, they can also be applied in other places."