"Who do you want to testify for you?" Lord Liang looked at Shen Zhang and asked.
"Scholar Jin from our academy!" This was the name Shen Zhang had carefully considered before speaking. In fact, there was more than one person who saw him return to the church to look for something that day.
But now that he was involved in a case, and it was very likely that someone was deliberately plotting to harm him, at this time he believed that Scholar Jin might testify for him. Of course, this was just Shen Zhang's speculation.
Lord Liang originally did not know this Scholar Jin. When he saw a scholar wearing a gray fine cloth robe enter the hall, he suddenly remembered that this Scholar Jin was a scholar from a case he had handled not long ago.
"Student pays respects to the Lord!" This Scholar Jin bowed to Lord Liang and said.
"Um! Scholar Jin, I ask you, Shen Zhang said that you can prove that his jade pendant was lost before the incident, is that right?"
Although Lord Liang's words were asking Scholar Jin, he was also a little nervous in his heart. He did not know exactly what had happened, but he could guess most of it.
But now that he had received someone's favor, he could not mess things up.
That Scholar Jin had his eyes always raised high since he entered. Invisibly, it gave people an impression of being arrogant. "To reply to the Lord, the student did see Shen Zhang enter the academy that day, and he also looked like he was looking for something."
"So, you did look carefully and there is no mistake?"
"To reply to the Lord, there is no mistake. The student did see it with his own eyes!" This Scholar Jin's tone was firm and undeniable.
Lord Liang was secretly angry in his heart. This Scholar Jin was too ignorant.
"And the student has one more thing to report to the Lord! That day when Shen Zhang and Qin An had a conflict, Shen Zhang quickly left, but Qin An and the others did not leave. Moreover, that Han Wei picked up Shen Zhang's jade pendant!"
"What are you talking nonsense about? When did I pick up his jade pendant!" As soon as Scholar Jin said this, a person immediately jumped out of the crowd and objected, "Moreover, with my family background and status, do I still need to pick up something from a commoner's son? Isn't this a bit too ridiculous?"
The person who spoke was Han Wei. All along, Qin An had been his little follower.
"You are right. You don't need to pick up anything, but at that time, Young Master Han looked at the jade pendant on the ground a few times and recognized that it was the jade pendant that Shen Zhang always wore. So he thought that by using the jade pendant, he could play a joke on Shen Zhang, so he picked it up."
"Which eye of yours saw me pick it up? I'm telling you, Jin Mingjie, don't spout blood!" Han Wei pointed at that Scholar Jin and said.
"Whether what I said is true or false, you know in your heart. The many gods and Buddhas also know in their hearts. Don't even think about lying to everyone!" Scholar Jin's attitude was tough, and he said it with such confidence that it was easy for people to believe. The situation immediately became deadlocked because of this.
Even Shen Li was stunned for a moment when he heard the name Jin Mingjie. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, but when Shen Li came back to his senses, the look in his eyes when he looked at that Scholar Jin was full of curiosity and confusion.
In his previous life, there was a Jin military advisor beside Xiao Hanzhi who was good at planning. That Jin military advisor was mysterious and never showed his face in front of people. Xiao Hanzhi had many things to ask his opinion, and he respected him very much.
There were many speculations about that military advisor outside. Some people said that the military advisor came from outside the world and saw that Xiao Hanzhi had the appearance of an emperor before choosing to assist him. Others said that this military advisor was a person that Xiao Hanzhi had saved before. That person was grateful and chose to stay to help Xiao Hanzhi plan.
Anyway, there were many speculations outside about the military advisor of the Fourth Prince, but which one was true? Which one was false? It was probably only the two of them who knew.
But after Shen Li got married to Xiao Hanzhi, he also met that military advisor twice with Xiao Hanzhi behind a screen. At that time, he remembered clearly that Xiao Hanzhi said coldly: Mingjie!
Although it was only one sound, Shen Li did not think that he had heard wrongly. Sometimes in the middle of the night, Shen Li would also be curious. What was so powerful about that Jin military advisor? How could he make Xiao Hanzhi, such a proud person, respect him so much? He was just a person who was good at setting up layouts and solving problems.
But later Shen Li found out that that Jin military advisor could not only set up layouts, but he was also very meticulous. The traps he set up were closely linked. Once someone fell into them, they would be ruined.
The Second Prince in his previous life was the best example.
"Cough cough!" Xuan Yuan Jue covered his mouth and coughed, and successfully brought Shen Li's thoughts back. As soon as Shen Li turned his head, his gaze met Xuan Yuan Jue's in mid-air. Before Shen Li could react, Xuan Yuan Jue had already turned his head.
Shen Li looked at Xuan Yuan Jue's back of the head and shook his head helplessly. He only felt that this Xuan Yuan Jue was really a child's temper.
"The current situation is like this. This Scholar Jin said that he saw Han Wei take the jade pendant, while Han Wei said that he did not touch any jade pendant at all. Is this the situation?" Xuan Yuan Jue asked Scholar Jin and Han Wei with his eyes.
And Scholar Jin and Han Wei both nodded at the same time.
"Alright, for now, let's not talk about whose words are true and whose words are false. Let's think about who Qin An was drinking with on the night of the incident! What happened during the drinking? How much do these people know about Qin An's accident?"
Although Xuan Yuan Jue was talking, his eyes were tightly fixed on Han Wei.
If this was in the academy, he would have already taught those who offended him a lesson, but now it was outside, and the target was still the heir of the Prince of Li, so Han Wei did not dare to act rashly.
But Xuan Yuan Jue did not have any concerns. He looked at Han Wei and said, "I wonder if Young Master Han was drinking with Qin An in the Wanchun Tower on the night when Qin An had an accident?"
When Han Wei heard this, he originally wanted to say, how did you know, but then he thought about it and stopped his words. He did not ask.
"Young Master Han is probably curious how I know?" Xuan Yuan Jue said as he "pu" opened his folding fan. "It's also because I have some fate with Young Master Han. That day when the flower girl from the Wanhua Tower came out to perform, I happened to be there!"
As soon as Xuan Yuan Jue said this, there were immediately bursts of laughter from the crowd. They were all male voices. They did not expect that the heir of the Prince of Li would also go to a brothel and watch Miss Peony dance.
"At that time, this heir heard someone shouting in the Wanhua Tower, 'Someone fell into the water! Hurry up and save someone!' I wonder if Young Master Han also heard it?"