Chapter 146
Meng Lian asked Ding Datian, "On the day you sent the poison dart to His Majesty, did you enter through the well in the abandoned garden behind the palace?"
"Yes."
"You are so brave that you dare to shoot poison darts into His Majesty's bedroom!" Meng Lian said.
"I have no choice. If I don't do this, I will have nowhere else to go. This is my last resort." Ding Datian said helplessly.
When Ding Datian arrived at the palace, he was very cautious. As long as there was a little movement around him, he had to stop and not act rashly. It was not a big problem to move slowly, but if he was discovered, the situation would be serious. Therefore, since there was always a possibility of being discovered, he had to move slowly. Therefore, when he arrived at the open space outside the window of King Jingyin's bedroom, Yin Ruchen had already made the last adjustment for King Jingyin. After he arrived, he immediately sent a poison dart to King Jingyin. At that time, Yin Ruchen was about to get up and walk towards the door, so the poison dart he sent was hit by Yin Ruchen's dart and hit the wall. Although that dart did not put King Jingyin to death, it could also be used to frame Yin Ruchen.
After Meng Lian figured out Ding Datian's situation, he looked at Ding Dadi. At this time, he saw that Ding Dadi's complexion had improved and he looked completely back to normal, so he asked Ding Dadi: "Those things were all done by Ding Datian. He has already told you everything. Do you still insist that it was you who did it?"
Before Ding Dadi could answer, Zhao Lin said to him, "When Miss Yin first saw you, she mistook you for the assassin. You said that on the night Miss Yin encountered the assassin, you slept until the early morning and never stepped out of the bedroom. Do you admit that you said that?"
Ding Dadi hesitated at first, not knowing what to say, but then he realized that since things had come to this point, no one would believe him if he said he did it, so he replied, "Yes... I really didn't step out of the dormitory that night."
"Last night you stayed in a special bedroom arranged by His Majesty, and there were masters from the palace guarding you. I asked the people who were guarding you, and they said you had no contact with anyone else. Then why did you change your words after waking up? When Miss Yin first saw you, you said you didn't step out of the bedroom that night. How come you suddenly admitted that you were the one who assassinated Miss Yin just now?" Zhao Lin asked curiously.
"At first I didn't understand why Miss Yin pointed out that I was an assassin. Since I really didn't step out of the dormitory that night, when I was pointed out as an assassin at first, I didn't react at all and told the truth. The people who shared the dormitory with me were also present, and they also testified for me. Last night in the special dormitory arranged by His Majesty, I wondered why Miss Yin said that. Suddenly I thought of my elder brother who looked exactly like me. I thought she must have mistaken me for him, so it must be my elder brother who tried to assassinate her. I thought that my elder brother was a killer, and it was not uncommon for him to assassinate others. He must have received a mission to assassinate her. Everyone has already believed that the person who assassinated Miss Yin was the same person who shot His Majesty with a dart. If my elder brother was caught for doing that, he would definitely be sentenced to death. Since more than one person believes that I am the assassin, I will simply admit that I did it. If I am executed, my elder brother will be fine!" said Ding Dadi.
(End of this chapter)
