I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 157 Clue One
What kind of person is Qin Huaishi?

This is the question Lu Xizhi asked Yuan Yanxi on the way back.

Da Jin has always had five distinguished surnames, all of which are unattainable families in the clouds.

Including the Qi surname of the current emperor, the Xiao surname of the military family, the Wei surname of Jin Nan, the Yuan surname of Jin Bei, and the Li surname of Jin Dong who belong to the same surname as Qi. Among them, the Wei surname is the most profound family besides the current Qi and Xiao families. .

Ten years ago, just as Qin Huaishi was promoted to be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he ran into a big case, which was actually related to the Wei family.

At that time, Marquis Yunxiang was stationed at the border gate, and Wei Baili, the second son of the Wei family, rode a horse on Chang'an Street and killed a man. This matter, nature is big, after all, it is a human life, but then again, After all, the one who died was just a vegetable peddler. Wei Baili, as the son of Yunxianghou, no one thought that the fate of these two people was equal.

However, the more unexpected things happened, the more shocking everyone was in the end.

The daughter of the dead vegetable farmer's family went to Dali Temple to beat the drums to express her grievances. It was the third day after Qin Huaishi's promotion.

Immediately, Qin Shaoqing took a group of people from Dali Temple and went directly to the Shangshu Mansion. At that time, Wei Baili was looking for fun somewhere, and he didn't know that someone came to the door.

When Dali Temple arrived at Hou's Mansion, Mrs. Hou put on a very arrogant posture at the beginning, not believing that Qin Huaishi, a young minister, dared to do anything to him.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, someone had called Wei Baili home, but Qin Huaishi didn't say a word, and directly asked his subordinate jailers to step forward, pin him to the ground, handcuffed him, and Wei Baili was stunned. up.

By the time he remembered on the ground and began to struggle heart-rendingly, it was already too late. How could the servants of the Hou Mansion be the opponents of the jailer Kong Wu of Dali Temple? Even if they were, who would dare to challenge Dali Temple directly?
Qin Huaishi was dressed in official uniform that day, and he looked like he was handling the case. He was heroic and aggressive. First of all, when others saw his outfit, they were already three points weak.

When the eldest son came back and learned that his younger brother had been handcuffed away, he immediately rushed to the important person in Dali Temple.

But Qin Huaishi had already closed the door to thank the guests and did not plan to meet anyone. Even if Cao Jinyue came after hearing the news, he would not let anyone go.

Early the next morning, Qin Huaishi submitted a case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After the Ministry of Criminal Justice reviewed and approved it, he was about to send Wei Baili to the guillotine. , who dares to approve this case file?So of course the people from the Ministry of Punishment immediately passed the letter to Marquis Yun Xiang.

Marquis Yunxiang was also shocked when he learned what his son had done. After being furious, he thought that Qin Huaishi was too serious, so he became even more enraged, and went directly to the palace to find Emperor Qi to reprimand him.

Now it was Emperor Qi's turn to be in a dilemma. On the one hand, Qin Huaishi insisted on convicting him, and on the other hand, Marquis Yunxiang insisted on keeping his son.Later, even the Chang family came to intercede, asking Emperor Qi to think about the lack of incense in the Hou family of Yunxiang, and hope that the net will be lenient.

But at this moment, Qin Huaishi brought the peddler's daughter into the palace and made her kneel in front of Emperor Qi.

The peddler's wife was seriously ill, and the family had only one daughter, who was over [-] years old and unmarried. It was precisely because of the poverty of the family that the only pillar of the family had collapsed.

Emperor Qi's compassion moved, and he immediately hated Wei Baili who killed the peddler. In addition, Qin Huaishi fanned the flames at the right time, so the emperor impulsively issued an imperial decree to execute Wei Baili according to Da Jin's law.

Qin Huaishi took over the imperial decree, and ordered Wei Baili to be escorted to the execution ground when he returned home to prepare for the Fa-rectification.

And the emperor over there wrote the imperial decree on impulse, and immediately regretted it, but it was an imperial decree, how could he go back on his word.In desperation, he could only immediately add another imperial decree. The previous decree did not specify the time of execution, so the added imperial decree stated that it would be executed one month later.

But no matter how delayed it is, it still has to be executed.

Since then, Qin Huaishi's name has become a household name. He was about to kill a son of the Hou family when he took office, and the people in the capital privately gave him the name of an evil star.

"What happened later? Was it cut off?"

Yuan Yanxi shook his head, Li Shangshu gave Emperor Qi an idea, the Wei family paid the victim a large amount of compensation, and a set of Beijing's first admission, and ordered Wei Baili to be sent back to the Wei family's hometown, Not allowed to return to Yangcheng for the rest of their lives, the victim's wife and daughter accepted this solution, and it was finally settled satisfactorily.

"Qin Huaishi is a good official."

Yuan Yanxi followed suit and nodded, what a pity.

When they arrived at Dongchang, Lu Xizhi called Zhao Xuanwu, Qi Yong, and Wang Yuanzhi over, and the two dog-skin plasters from Dali Temple also shamelessly followed.

The thing has already happened... She lightly squeezed the copper plate in her sleeve, and there is no need to hide it in the analysis of the case.

"Well, everyone has their own opinions on Qin Huaishi's death."

Zhao Xuanwu said suspiciously: "For Qin Shaoqing who resigned suddenly, my subordinates really don't know much. The only thing I know is some major cases that shocked the capital that he handled. I really can't tell you about his death." any opinion."

Qi Yong also shook his head.

"In this case, let Catcher Zhao talk about the deaths that happened in the Qin family before."

After all, Zhao Xuanwu has worked as a police officer for so many years, and he still remembers the cases he has handled clearly.

"We have participated in the interviews of the Qin family's cases. Looking back now, those cases were closed somewhat hastily."

Let’s talk about Qin’s mother first. Her husband was thrown into a well within a few days after being hit by a carriage. It was an abandoned well in the city. well.However, after Wu Zuo's autopsy, it was determined that Qin's mother had not suffered any external damage, and that she jumped into the well and drowned herself.

"Didn't you find any useful clues and traces around that well?"

"No, all the evidence shows that Mrs. Qin committed suicide." Zhao Xuanwu went on to say, "Although we told Dali Temple about these doubts, they didn't pay much attention to it."

Then there was Mrs. Qin. The two old people passed away one after another, and everyone was in great grief. They were in a hurry to attend two funerals. One can imagine how much pressure there was.

It was raining lightly that day, Mrs. Qin and the servant girls came back from Mr. Feng Shui, and when they passed the moat, the coachman said that there was water on the ground, and they were afraid that the wheels would slip, so he asked them to get out of the car and walk a few steps before getting on the car.Unexpectedly, an accident happened. Mrs. Qin slipped and fell into the river, but no one on the bank could swim, and she just disappeared when she opened her eyes.

Qi Yong interjected: "Yes, I still remember that I did the questioning. At that time, a passer-by said that she saw Mrs. Qin swimming in the water a few times. Many people saw it. She is a person who can swim, so I thought she would go ashore by herself in a short time. Unexpectedly, Madam Qin swam farther and farther until she gradually sank."

"Did no one reach out to pull her?"

"It was summer at that time, men were not easy to approach because men and women were very defensive, and women were afraid, so..."

Really ignorant and indifferent.

Lu Xizhi asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with his son? How could he fall to his death at home?"

"Maybe it's because there have been many accidents at home, and both father and son are living in a muddle. The servants in the family said that after lunch that day, Young Master Qin went back to his room to rest, and the others were busy with the mourning hall. When they heard a loud noise, When I ran to the backyard, Young Master Qin had already fallen to his death."

Lu Xizhi shook his head.

"Speaking of which, if you think about it carefully, the death of Mr. Qin is the most strange." Zhao Xuanwu and Qi Yong looked at each other.

"Oh, how do you say that?" Lu Xizhi asked.

"Mr. Qin is a teacher. He is humble and honest. After the test, he said that he was hit and killed by an oncoming carriage after drinking and getting drunk! But we visited many relatives, friends and students around, so we learned I know Father Qin doesn't drink at all!"

"Master Qin doesn't drink?" Lu Xizhi was a little surprised.

Zhao Xuanwu nodded and replied: "Yes, it is said that Mr. Qin is very honest, not only does he not drink alcohol, but also he never touches all kinds of bad habits that men have. It is said that he got under the wheel of the carriage when he was drunk. In such a situation, even if you kill them, you won’t believe it!”

Hearing this, Yuan Yanxi groaned and said, "Did the old man ask for an autopsy after his death?"

Qi Yong said in a secretive way: "Qin Huaishi is the young minister of Dali Temple. If something happened at home, he would naturally ask the assistant of Dali Temple to do an autopsy. However, according to the autopsy results, there was indeed a lot of alcohol in Mr. Qin's body. It is said that when he died in a state of intoxication."

A man who had never drunk suddenly got drunk and was hit and killed by a car. There is indeed a lot of fuss about it.

Lu Xizhi frowned slightly, and asked, "Are there any witnesses at that time?"

Zhao Xuanwu sighed and said: "Except for the driver of the carriage, there are no witnesses. I also asked the driver, but he said that he didn't know how Father Qin got under the wheel. There was still a distance between the carriage and the people, but All of a sudden it's... just... alas!"

"The cases of the Qin family are all the autopsied corpses of Dali Temple?"

"Yes!" Zhao Xuanwu nodded with certainty.

There was nothing more to ask, Yuan Yanxi asked them to go back first.

"The Qin family's cases are too weird." Lu Xizhi drank his tea sullenly.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple is also a fourth-rank official. No one has investigated such a major incident in his family within a month.

"Jingming, if you say that no one did it deliberately about the Qin family's affairs, I will never believe it."

Yuan Yanxi nodded, took her hand, and let her sit beside her.

"The Qin family had an accident because of the skinning case. When Qin Huaishi was investigating the skinning case, he must have found important clues. Therefore, he smelled danger and resigned because he was afraid of getting burned. Unexpectedly, the murderer didn't want to let him go. , This moved his family. Qin Huaishi’s return this time may have something to do with this case. When the skinner is caught, these things will be solved. The top priority is to find clues from the seven existing cases.”

Lu Xizhi also agreed: "The murderer is very cunning. He peeled the skin and dumped the corpse in the water. All clues were wiped out. I haven't thought about where to start yet."

Yuan Yanxi smiled mysteriously, "That's not necessarily the case."

With that said, he stood up, took out something from the closet behind him, put it in his hand, and showed it to Lu Xizhi.

"This is..." Lu Xizhi exclaimed, jumping up from the chair in surprise.

"This is what Donghai found not far from the corpse in the second case before."

After being surprised, Lu Xizhi rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand to touch it, and showed it to Yuan Yanxi to show him.

A comparison, while looking up at each other.

In the hands of the two of them, there were two identical copper plates!

There is a word 'Yong' engraved on it.

(End of this chapter)