The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Liu Binhua's death was of great importance to other people, so the friends who were friends with him were naturally a little bit sorry, and felt a little bit unhappy about the loss of a man who went to a brothel, ate wine and paid the bills; and for those who had eaten Liu Binhua Those who are suffering secretly rejoice: God has finally opened his eyes for the second time, and there will be times when this disaster will be punished by heaven.

But no one believed that Liu Binhua hanged himself to death, even if those companions who followed him said in unison that they saw Mr. Liu hanged himself on the southeast branch, everyone would never believe it; how can such a person who "loves life" live with gusto? Will commit suicide?On weekdays, eating wine, visiting brothels, gambling, listening to operas and beating people, how much more nourishing and nourishing is life, looking for death?Isn't this a joke?

Someone gave this explanation: the hanged ghost may die in a muddle if he is possessed or hit by an evil spirit. The old people often say that it is easy to hide ghosts in the peach blossom forest. If they really encounter dirty things, it is also God's will.

Xia Song did not believe all kinds of suspicions from the outside world. He was experienced and believed that this was a premeditated murder; it was very simple, the companions said in unison that Liu Binhua followed a woman into the peach blossom forest, and the companions After discovering Liu Binhua's death, they looked back to find the woman, but they had disappeared without even the person and the car. This shows that the woman had a great connection with Liu Binhua's death.

This is the first suspicious point, and the second is the white silk on which Liu Binhua hanged himself. Xia Song recruited the servant girls who dressed Liu Binhua to torture him severely. They didn't see any shop where Liu Binhua went to get Bai Ling in a car on the way to seek death, which showed that Bai Ling belonged to someone else. [

Combining the two doubts, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion that Liu Binhua was lured into the peach grove by the woman, and the killer ambush in the peach grove strangled him to death.This point was quickly confirmed. An abandoned carriage was found fifteen miles outside the corner gate. Although there were no clues on the carriage, it was enough to prove that the murderer was afraid that someone would recognize the carriage when he was guilty, so he abandoned the carriage in the city. outside.

Xia Song was deeply saddened. Although Liu Binhua was his nephew, Xia Song adopted him at home after his sister and husband passed away. He already regarded him as a son in his heart, and in the future he planned to change his surname to replace the Xia family. Pass on the family line; this death, the bamboo basket will be empty, and I am afraid that I will be extinct.

These are all trivial matters, after all, I still have a daughter and several young concubines, if I find some folk remedies, and then nourish them, I might be able to give birth to a boy and a half girl; what Xia Song is worried about is that, very In the past few years, who didn't know his name, his nephew was assassinated, it was obvious that someone had put his black hand on his head.

Xia Song would rather believe that this was a vendetta caused by Liu Binhua's own misbehavior. In order to prove this, he mobilized a large number of officers and soldiers to investigate and arrest those who had close contacts with Liu Binhua on weekdays, and he did not hesitate to use torture to force them to confess.

It's a pity, those people are not fools, how can they confess to killing Deputy Xia's nephew?If you don't recruit, maybe you will die alone. Once you can't bear it, you will recruit casually, and everyone in the family will die. This is a clear thing.

Xia Song's reputation in the capital is notoriously fierce. Many inexplicable cases of mutilating corpses and exterminating families are rumored to be the work of him. When he was in the northwest, Xia Song was notorious for his strict command of troops. Soldiers who have passed the military law are beheaded for fun, but he insists on being tied outside the tent and freezing to death. In summer, he is scalded to death with hot water, which is so vicious and outrageous.But because of this, the soldiers under his command have strict military discipline, and few dare to mess around.

Xia Song worked hard for two days, disabled seven or eight people, but made no progress; these people had nothing to do with Liu Binhua's death, and all had alibi, but the matter was much more complicated.

Xia Song had to think about this matter deeply, if it wasn't for Liu Binhua's own revenge, then the assassination of Liu Binhua could only be aimed at himself, and he might not succeed in killing himself, so he killed his own nephew Liwei.

Who is the one?Political enemy?The family of someone he killed before seeks revenge?If it was the latter, it would be difficult to investigate thoroughly. There were hundreds if not a thousand people who he ordered to kill, and many of them didn't even know their names. How to investigate?If it was a political opponent, it could only be that some people were dissatisfied with his acceptance of the position of deputy privy envoy this time, but in fact, the ministers of the DPRK and China almost unanimously recommended him to take up this position, and even Yan Shu also seconded it, and Xia Song was very happy. Knowing Yan Shu, even if there is a quarrel between the two of them, Yan Shu is not the kind of person who assassinates others behind the scenes. Although this person is an old fox, he is still a scholar after all, and he has strict restrictions on his words and deeds.

The only possible one is Pang Ji. I heard that he also wanted to be the deputy privy envoy this time, but after hearing Lu Xiang talk about himself, he never mentioned it again; could it be that he harbored a grudge and took revenge? ?

Xia Song quickly overturned her guess that Pang Ji would not do this. Although the relationship between the two was not good, both of them were Lu Xiang's people, and Pang Ji completely relied on Lu Xiang's peace. Asylum is the only way to gain a firm foothold. At this time, it is impossible for him to make such a foolish move.

After eliminating one by one, Liu Binhua's death seemed to suddenly become a mystery. He knew that someone murdered him, but he didn't know who did it. Could it be true that he met a hanged ghost as rumored by the outside world?

In the middle of the night, Xia Song, who was sitting in front of Liu Binhua's spirit, was in a daze. Suddenly, there was a flash in his mind, and he thought of a person: "Could it be him? After calculations, how can this person be killed?" Did you miss it?"

But soon he denied himself again: "How can he have the guts to challenge himself? He wouldn't dare to lend him a few guts."

But another voice said in his heart: "It's hard to say. The stubbornness shown by this person that night is very worrying, and I humiliated him very much that night. My nephew Liu Binhua also wanted to kill him several times that night. If you kill him, it's hard to guarantee that he won't have murderous thoughts in his heart, and this kind of fledgling young man can't use common sense to predict everything, and everything is unpredictable."

After thinking back and forth several times, Xia Song suddenly saw the two feet of white silk hanging on the coffin, and suddenly he understood that it was probably him who did this.

The way Liu Binhua died was exactly the same as that of Xiaokouer who died in the room that night. He was also hung up as if he committed suicide, but when he ordered Xiaokouer to be strangled that night, he hanged him alive, while Liu Binhua was strangled. Hanging on the treetops after death, there is actually no difference between the two.

More importantly, that person had witnessed Xiao Kouer being hanged on the beam that night, and the method of killing Liu Binhua was so similar, could it be that this person did it on purpose?If it was done on purpose, it would be to leave a metaphor, implying that he did it, and this is a demonstration to himself. If this is really the case, this kid is not only scheming, but also clearly challenged himself.

The anger in Xia Song's heart reached its peak, but he warned himself that the more angry he was, the more he would not lose his position; even if the facts were as he had guessed, without evidence, he could not easily take action publicly, because Su Jin was not Anyone who can accuse and frame him casually has the big tree of Yan Shu behind him. Unless he has full evidence, he will not only have nothing to do with Su Jin, but will cause a lot of trouble. [

The more it came to this kind of time, the more excited Xia Song became, and her innate desire to fight with others was as fascinating as a drug addiction.

After careful consideration for a long time, Xia Song worked out a preliminary action.

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Su Jin has been in a very happy mood for the past two days, and the pleasure of revenge made him feel good. Last night, he went to Yuzhang Building in Pinghu Lake to see Xia Siling, but as the dead ghost Liu Binhua said, the security there was heavy. There are guards inside and outside the building, and it is really impossible to get in.

It seems that Xia Song wants to treat her daughter as a prisoner!Su Jin had no choice but to give up and find a chance to send a message to Xia Siling later to comfort her. Now it is the seventh day of March, which is the exam day, and Su Jin can no longer be distracted to think about it.

On the morning of the sixth day of March, Su Jin had just finished exercising in the backyard, took a warm bath, and was letting Huanniang and Rouniang do her hair when Xiao Sui'er hopped in like a deer. He kept shouting in his mouth: "Young Master, Young Master, who do you think is coming?"

Su Jin frowned and said: "Early in the morning, I was startled and startled. Even Huanniang and Rouniang were frightened by you, tearing out a few strands of my hair. Who is here? "

Xiao Sui'er's eyes sparkled and said: "Didn't the young master keep talking about them these days?"

Su Jin stood up impressively, and said with great joy, "It really is they who have arrived?"

Rou Niang said angrily: "Mo Dong, just after finishing it, it fell apart again."

Xiao Sui'er nodded and said, "It's Prince Wang and the others who have arrived and are waiting in the front hall."

Su Jin repeatedly urged: "Hurry up, how can you keep them waiting for so long, you miss me to death."