Chapter 107: Different opinions
The autumn is clear and the guests are constantly commuting in front of the flower stall. Zhang Zong introduced the habits and maintenance methods of various flowers to the guests, while Wan'er helped to move flowers and check out the bill. Sometimes when she was free, Wan'er was busy cooking tea and pouring water for Zhang Zong, and sometimes explained to Zhang Zong, as if she was afraid that he would be tired.
However, with such a caring little maid, Zhang Zong did save a lot of effort. In fact, at the beginning, he was a little uncomfortable being served, but now he found that he was increasingly unable to live without Wan'er.
At this time, another customer came to the stall. Zhang Zong was about to ask the other party what flowers he wanted to buy, but when he looked up, he found that the person in front of him was Di Renjie. However, Di Renjie's face was full of gloom, and when he saw Zhang Zong, he even smiled bitterly.
"Wan'er, please work hard. I have something to talk to Brother Di!" Zhang Zong guessed that something was wrong when he saw Di Renjie's appearance, so he gave Wan'er an instruction, and then took Di Renjie into the yard.
As soon as he entered the yard, before Zhang Zong could ask the other party to sit down, Di Renjie took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Zhang Zong and said, "Brother Zhang, please keep this book of remembrance for the time being. I am afraid I can't submit it to you in the past some time!"
Zhang Zong was stunned when he saw this book of the repentance he wrote. Then he guessed Di Renjie's intention, so he said in a deep voice: "Brother Di, are you handling the case of Princess Ying?"
"How do you know about this case?" Di Renjie was shocked when he heard this. The tragic death of Princess Ying was strictly blocked. He was not even informed by his boss until Dali Temple intervened in the case. However, he did not expect that Zhang Zong, a little gardener, not only knew about this matter, but also guessed that he was handling this case, which made him unable to understand anyway.
"Brother Di, don't be surprised. I not only know this case, but also know it very clearly. If you don't want to present the retribution for this time, I'm afraid I will be involved in this case, right?" Zhang Zong smiled calmly.
Di Renjie was stunned for a while before he realized, and then nodded, "Yes, Princess Ying's case is very difficult. The palace requires us to find out the cause of the princess' death, but we are not allowed to destroy the body. Even the autopsy must be supervised by the palace, which makes us unable to investigate, so now is not a good time to clear the injustice!"
If you want to find out the cause of Princess Ying's death, you must have an autopsy. If you know at this time, Zhang Zong was proficient in autopsy, you would definitely be recruited by the court. However, Princess Ying's case was a hot potato, so Di Renjie did not present this book to clear the wrongdoing.
Zhang Zong took the record of the wrongdoing and flipped it out. Then he gently tore off the page with his name, and handed it back to Di Renjie again and said: "Brother Di, this book is very helpful for investigating cases. The sooner it is promoted, the better. Since you are worried about involving me, just say that this is written by Anonymous!"
"How can this be done? This book is in the present and the future. This book alone is enough to make you famous in history. How can you easily give up such an opportunity to become famous all over the world?" Di Renjie hurriedly refused when he heard this. Scholars value profit and value fame, and regard being famous in history as the highest pursuit in life. But now Zhang Zong easily pushed this opportunity away, which made him a little unbelievable.
"Brother Di, although the autopsy technique is very important, don't forget that autopsy is a cheap karma, so even if this book is famous, it is not a good thing for me. Disguising my name may save me a lot of trouble." Zhang Zong explained with a smile. He didn't expect this layer before, and it's not too late to react now.
"This" Di Renjie also showed a meditative look when he heard Zhang Zong's words. He had to say that Zhang Zong's words made a lot of sense. In the past, when the yamen performed autopsy, he usually asked some poor and humble people to check it out briefly. In addition, dealing with corpses was discriminated against, so the reputation brought by this book of the sacrificial record may not be a good thing.
"Brother Di, don't hesitate. It's just a book. Even if I want to become famous, I won't be short of this book!" Zhang Zong smiled and stuffed the injustice into Di Renjie's arms.
This is the truth. Not to mention anything else, Zhang Zong wrote two of the four great classics, which is enough to be famous than Xi'an Lu. After all, almost everyone knows about the four great classics in later generations, but when it comes to Xi'an Lu, his popularity is probably much worse.
Seeing Zhang Zong so persistent, Di Renjie had to nod and said, "Brother Zhang is very talented and is indeed very comparable. But I have a close relationship with Brother Zhang. What if someone speculates in a day that this book is written by Brother Zhang?"
"If you don't say it, I will never admit it. As for others who want to guess it, just guess!" Zhang Zong waved his hand indifferently. In the eyes of others, there are too many mysteries in him, and this one is not bad.
Seeing that Zhang Zong didn't care, Di Renjie finally felt relieved, but at this time, Zhang Zong asked curiously: "Brother Di, how did you investigate Princess Ying's case? Isn't the other party's cause of death obviously starved to death? Why do you still have to investigate?"
When he heard Zhang Zong ask about this case, Di Renjie also smiled bitterly: "This case was handed over by His Majesty to Zongzheng Temple and Dali Temple together. Among them, Zongzheng Temple is only an auxiliary, and the investigation of the case must be handled by Dali Temple. However, now both parties have different opinions, and it is very difficult for Dali Temple to be sandwiched in the middle."
"Each person has his own opinions?" Zhang Zong was also stunned when he heard this, "Isn't the case very obvious? Princess Ying was starved to death?"
"There are two different situations when starving to death. The Queen of Heaven insisted that Princess Ying died of a hunger strike, that is, suicide, but the Princess's Mansion said that the Queen of Heaven starved to death by the Queen of Heaven, that is, he killed. Now His Majesty wants us to find out whether to commit suicide or kill him. Brother Zhang, how should we investigate?" Di Renjie spread his hands and said helplessly.
Zhang Zong was speechless when he heard this. Princess Ying was imprisoned alone, and there was no one around him. Moreover, Wu Meiniang strictly prohibited anyone from visiting him. She didn't even know when Princess Ying died. When people outside felt something was wrong, when they went in to visit, they found that Princess Ying's body had begun to rot. In this case, only the genius knew whether she committed suicide or killed him?
"Although even if he commits suicide, the Queen of Heaven will bear certain responsibilities, at most he will be scolded by His Majesty and will not be affected. But if he kills him, the Queen of Heaven will deliberately starve Princess Ying to death, then the crime will be serious. It is precisely because of this that both sides began to mobilize all forces to put pressure on the Dali Temple." Di Renjie said at the end and smiled bitterly again.
"Brother Di, you are good at determining cases, so why not this time?" Zhang Zong guessed again, feeling bad.
"Yes, Wu Siqing is busy dealing with the pressure from both sides, so he handed over this case to me. Now the pressure on the entire case has fallen on me." Di Renjie sat upright and said. As a recognized expert in case determination in Dali Temple, he could not defeat such a case with great influence.
"Then Brother Di, how do you plan to investigate the case?" Zhang Zong immediately asked again. His previous guess finally came true. The direction of the case now depends on the final conclusion of Di Renjie, a middle-aged official from the sixth rank?
"I don't know!" Di Renjie smiled bitterly and shook his head. Although he was good at filing cases, he was helpless when encountering such cases that he could not investigate at all.
Chapter completed!