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Chapter 1142 - 1142 557 Pulling the firewood from under the cauldron
Chapter 1142 - 1142 557 Pulling the firewood from under the cauldron
?Chapter 1142: 557 Pulling the firewood from under the cauldron! (Second Update) Chapter 1142: 557 Pulling the firewood from under the cauldron! (Second Update) Minister Xing had absolute trust in Xiao Liulang, first because Xiao Liulang was just a frail scholar who, facing a vicious criminal, could not ever possibly commit murder to silence someone, and second, because Xiao Liulang had always made an impression as someone who avoided worldly affairs and was incorruptible and upright.
Nobody could fabricate evidence, but Xiao Liulang would not!
Far from worrying that Xiao Liulang might falsify anything, Minister Xing was more concerned that Xiao Liulang, seeing a living person die before his eyes, might feel compunction and be left with a shadow over his investigation.
Minister Xing did not recall in the slightest that Xiao Hen had once worked as a coroner; having dissected corpses, was he going to be scared by a living person dying?
The main thing was that Xiao Hen’s current state made him look rather shaken, “…If only I had given him a heavier dose, he wouldn’t have recovered so quickly and committed suicide out of fear of his crimes. We could have learned much more.”
Yes, that man had only confessed to a royal princess but did not specify which one.
This was where Xiao Hen’s cleverness lay.
Sometimes such a small regret or imperfection could instead make an event seem more natural and logical.
Minister Xing patted Xiao Hen’s shoulder, consoling him, “You’ve already done very well. Not just anyone would’ve been able to find any clues.”
“I appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him…” Xiao Hen started to say, then hesitated, a flicker of doubt crossing his face.
Minister Xing said to the two yamen officers, “You go in and clean things up a bit first. Liulang, come with me.”
“Yes.”
Xiao Hen followed Minister Xing to his office.
“Do you have something to say?” Minister Xing asked.
Xiao Hen replied, “Bai Kun did not commit suicide out of fear of his crimes. He committed suicide by biting his tongue because he dared not reveal his mastermind behind the scenes.”
Minister Xing looked curiously at the confession that had just been placed on the table. “Then this confession…?”
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