After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 159 I am not a murderer

Yes……

She is the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo!

The whole audience was shocked.

The old emperor rudely dropped the tea he was drinking on the ground.

Everyone rubbed their ears, wondering if they had misheard.

The Minister of Justice, who had been clueless about the case, stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes.

His expression showed the same astonishment as his.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review said tactfully, "Duke Zhenguo, haven't you noticed that your daughter is missing?"

"Are they all... all there?"

If it weren't for Shen Zhiyi's words, the Zhenguo Guild would be absolutely certain that everything would be there.

But Shen Zhiyi has never missed it, which means it really might be his daughter.

The Duke of Zhenguo racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out which daughter had gone missing.

"It seems like they're all here."

"Please think about it carefully."

Good heavens, this isn't the first time a faceless corpse has been found in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review looked at the person in front of him in shock.

"Not just once?"

"Is this your first time?"

The Duke of Zhenguo clapped his hands and said anxiously, "I really didn't lie. This is the first time I've heard this."

But Shen Zhiyi couldn't be wrong; it could only mean that it had happened at home before, but the people below hadn't told him.

This angered the Duke of Zhenguo, who felt that his position as the head of the family had been challenged.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review said irritably, "Is this the time to be angry about this? We should be investigating how many people died and who the murderer is."

“My wife must know about this. She would have told me if the servants hadn’t discovered the body. I’ll go back and ask my wife right away.”

[Holy crap, is this killer real?]

Shen Zhiyi rubbed her eyes hard in disbelief.

"I must be seeing things, I must be seeing things, how could he be the murderer?"

The Duke of Zhenguo, who was originally going to leave, decided not to go.

After listening to Shen Zhiyi's heartfelt words, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review made a conclusion.

“Shen Lang must know this person.”

"This person is sure to surprise everyone."

[Holy crap, this Duke Zhenguo is a psychopath! He killed his servants first, and now he's killing his own daughter.]

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, who had just finished his analysis: ...

That was truly astonishing.

Even the Duke of Zhenguo himself was taken aback.

The old emperor angrily threw down his teacup and said to Chen Decai, "It is said that even tigers do not eat their cubs, this Duke of Zhenguo is truly absurd."

Chen Decai could only agree.

If Shen Zhiyi were beside the old emperor right now, she would definitely be grumbling.

You've killed countless sons and daughters yourself.

"No, no, no, it wasn't me!"

The Duke of Zhenguo was stunned by Shen Zhiyi's words and hurriedly shook his hand so hard that it left afterimages.

"If I were really the murderer, would I be coming to find you?"

Before the Minister of Justice could speak, the General of the Cavalry sneered, "That's not necessarily true. We've seen plenty of cases where the thief cries 'stop thief!' and there are countless cases where murderers come to the authorities to report crimes."

"But it really wasn't me. If I really killed him, how come I have no recollection of it at all?"

General of the Cavalry: "You're just making excuses. You're just making excuses."

“I’m not a good person, but I’m not so heartless as to kill my own daughter. I don’t even know which daughter was the one who got into trouble.”

General of the Cavalry: "Solving excuses, still making excuses."

"Fatty, you have to believe me, I really didn't kill him."

The General of the Cavalry slapped away the Duke of Zhenguo's hand: "You can try to argue all you want, but who gave you the right to lay a hand on me?"

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review ignored the General of the Cavalry.

Looking at the Duke of Zhenguo's expression, he realized he truly seemed to know nothing.

A person's subconscious reaction in a very short time cannot be faked.

When Shen Zhiyi said that he was the killer, the other party was clearly just as shocked as he was.

But Shen Zhiyi's artifact system would never make a mistake.

What went wrong?

"Duke Zhenguo, His Majesty is calling for you."

The Duke of Zhenguo felt as if the sky had fallen.

Looking at Chen Decai's smiling face, I always felt a sense of unease.

On the way to see the old emperor, the Duke of Zhenguo kept repeating in Chen Decai's ear, "I really didn't kill anyone. I'm not that kind of beast."

"If you weren't a beast, you wouldn't have done what you did back then."

The old emperor defeated the Duke of Zhenguo with a single sentence.

Shen Zhiyi, who was still arguing with the Crown Prince about not wanting to ride a horse, heard this sentence.

She looked up at the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, what did the Duke of Zhenguo do back then?"

The crown prince gave a half-smile; of course, he knew.

But not many people know about this. If he tells Shen Zhiyi, and she doesn't mutter a few words about it in her heart, then it would be a waste of his time.

and so……

"I'm curious too."

[Ugh, this Crown Prince is really useless. He doesn't even know how to enjoy the show or eat melons. I'll do it myself.]

The Duke of Zhenguo, who had just been shot with an arrow, was almost ready to turn around and kneel down before Shen Zhiyi.

Grandma, please don't look.

[It turns out that this Duke Zhenguo was also a man who favored his concubine over his wife.]

Duke Zhenguo: Where did he get that! His wife died of natural causes, he didn't kill her!

[While the first wife was still alive, he elevated the concubine to the status of a secondary wife, which literally drove the first wife to her death.]

[His concubine bore him many sons, earning his favor. His first wife, however, had only one daughter, who was also his eldest legitimate daughter.]

However, the eldest daughter rarely appeared in public, and over time, everyone assumed she was born to the concubine, not to the Duke of Zhenguo's first wife.

[What a pitiful child! His own mother died of anger because of his father, and he was even murdered by his own father, his face peeled off, and his body thrown into a dry well. If he becomes a vengeful ghost, he will never let his father go!]

The old emperor raised his eyes, his voice stern yet imposing: "Duke Zhenguo, do you have anything else to say?"

The Duke of Zhenguo cried out that he was innocent. He admitted that it was true that he favored his concubine over his wife, but no, it was true that he elevated his concubine to the status of an equal wife.

It is true that he ignored his eldest daughter.

But he didn't kill anyone.

If he had killed someone, how could he have no recollection of it at all?

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review stepped forward and whispered in the old emperor's ear, "Your Majesty, there is something strange about this matter. The Duke of Zhenguo's expression does not seem to be fake, but Shen Lang's side is certainly not wrong either. It can only be that someone is impersonating the Duke of Zhenguo to commit the crime."

The old emperor glanced at the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

"If someone were to impersonate him, wouldn't Shen Zhiyi be able to tell?"

Under the surveillance system, nothing can hide. If someone were to impersonate the Duke of Zhenguo, Shen Zhiyi, with her digging nature, would surely expose them.

Therefore, the murderer must be the Duke of Zhenguo without a doubt.

As for why I don't remember, that must be because...

"Pretending."

The General of the Cavalry pulled the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review back.

"Don't get involved in this matter. His Majesty has absolute faith in Shen Lang."

"But we have to get to the bottom of things, what if we wrongly accuse someone?"