But...it's obvious that it's not just Zhou Qin's murder.

Could it be said that Shen Lian even grasped the deeper clues.

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he looked at Shen Lian and said: "Shen Lian, have you also identified the person behind this?"

When Shen Lian heard Li Shimin's words, he took a deep breath, and immediately he was stunned and said: "Before that, I want to tell you about an unsolved case that has been pending in Dali Temple for ten years!"

“Ten years of unsolved cases?”

"What case?"

“A ten-year cold case?”

"Is that case related to Zhou Qin's case?"

Everyone looked puzzled when they heard Shen Lian's words.

Li Shimin also looked at Shen Lian, with a searching look in his eyes.

Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were also curious at this moment. It was obvious that they did not expect that Shen Lian would talk about a case ten years ago.

So, what kind of case is it?

Everyone's eyes were focused on Shen Lian again.

At this time, Shen Lian said: "Ten years ago, a case occurred in Chang'an City that shocked the government and the public."

He looked around the crowd and said slowly: "This case had a great impact back then, and at that time, most of you were serving as officials in court, so I think you all should still remember this case."

After hearing Shen Lian's words, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but look thoughtful.

The case that caused a sensation in the government and the opposition ten years ago?

Or did it happen in Chang'an City?

What case?

Ten years is not a short time, and these officials will experience countless things every year, and they really can't remember them.

Shen Lian looked at the crowd, and no longer pretended to be evasive. He said directly: "Ten years ago, natural disasters continued in the Tang Dynasty, and the foreign emperors were closely guarded. The soldiers on the border had not been paid for several months, and there were many complaints. In order to ensure the soldiers' pay, His Majesty ordered The wealthy gentry from all over the Tang Dynasty contributed money and effort, and spent a lot of effort to finally collect 500,000 copper coins to distribute military pay and supplies to the soldiers and ensure the fighting strength on the border."

"But as a result, not long after the military pay arrived in Chang'an, before it was sent to the border, 500,000 copper coins disappeared without a trace!"

"The five hundred thousand copper coins were the only money that the Tang Dynasty court could produce at that time. As a result, they disappeared before they could be used. That incident almost caused a mutiny among the soldiers. His Majesty was furious and ordered Dali Temple and others to wait. The agency will conduct strict investigation.”

"But in the end, we still haven't found out where the salary is."

"In the end, the case remained unsolved for ten years, and even now, the payment has not been found."

"This case..."

Shen Lian looked at everyone and said slowly: "My lords, do you still remember?"

Fang Xuanling and others actually had some thoughts when they heard Shen Lian say that their household registration was short of money ten years ago.

And after Shen Lian finished speaking, they completely remembered it.

And, I still remember it with a deep impression!

Really can't help but be impressed.

After all, at that time, the foundation of Datang, a country that had just been founded, was almost shaken.

If His Majesty hadn't sold off many valuable things in the palace, took the initiative to save money, and spent some money to obtain some money from aristocratic families in exchange for profits, the difficulty would have been unsurmountable.

That was the second huge crisis Li Shimin encountered after he ascended the throne, besides the Weishui Alliance!

And at that time, Li Shimin was really furious...

People from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai went to search every day, going door to door. If they found someone with a problem, they would immediately arrest him first.

At that time, people were also panic-stricken.

All officials cannot feel at ease.

At that time, the search and arrests lasted for a full month, and they did not have enough food or sleep for a month.

In the end, Li Shimin found that the efficiency of officials was affected and many affairs of the court were delayed, so he stopped his crazy investigation.

Therefore, everyone has a very deep memory of this incident.

Even Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, their houses were also searched, and they also have deep memories.

Therefore, after hearing Shen Lian talk about this case, they quickly thought about it.

At the same time, they all looked at Shen Lian with great curiosity.

They want to know...why Shen Lian talks about this case for no reason!

Could it be that Shen Lian has already found out what happened to the missing military pay?

Could it be that... that case is related to the case in which Official Bai Yan was framed by Zhou Qin?

But that was already a case ten years ago.

Many evidence clues have long since disappeared without a trace.

Shen Lian, can you really find out the truth?

Fang Xuanling was curious, and Changsun Wuji was also puzzled.

And the emperor Li Shimin, who was under the most pressure at the time, had a pair of tiger eyes shining with dazzling light at this moment.

He stared at Shen Lian tightly and said in a deep voice: "Shen Lian, you suddenly brought up this case, but have you already found out the truth?"

Everyone's attention was focused on Shen Lian.

Even Bai Yanguan looked at Shen Lian.

Although he knew that he was framed and what happened.

But for the case ten years ago, he still had no idea who was behind the scenes.

So he also wanted to know whether Shen Lian had solved the case and found the person behind it.

The originally bustling court hall became quiet again.

When Shen Lian heard Li Shimin's question, he said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Please wait for me to come one by one."

As Shen Lian spoke, he said: "Come here, bring the dossier selected by me."

Soon, two government officials came in dragging two trays, and on the trays in their hands were piles of files.

Shen Lian said: "Give the file to His Majesty and all your lords to take a look at."

The Yamen officials distributed those files to Li Shimin and others.

Li Shimin casually opened a file.

He then discovered that the file was about a murder case in Chang'an City.

However, there was nothing special about this murder case. It was just that two people had a conflict and the other person was accidentally beaten to death.

This case was solved by Jing Zhaoyin, and the evidence was sufficient, nothing special.

And Dali Temple also gave the final conclusion.

No matter how Li Shimin views it, this case is nothing short of normal.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So he looked at Shen Lian with some confusion, wondering what Shen Lian meant by taking this case out alone.

Fang Xuanling and others also finished reading the files in their hands.

Those files were similar to what Li Shimin had seen.

They are all homicides.

But these are all cases that have been solved.

And the evidence is very sufficient.

The witnesses and physical evidence are all there.

Even they couldn't see any problem.

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask Shen Lian: "Master Shen, are there any problems with these cases?"

Everyone also looked at Shen Lian.

Then I heard Shen Lian say: "My lords, don't be impatient, just listen to me slowly."

"Please look at the dates of these cases."

"date?"

After everyone heard this, they quickly looked at the file.

Then, their eyes widened slightly.

"this……"

"These dates are so close."

"That's right, they all seem to have happened within the past month or two!"
To be continued...