1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 12 Pure Thought (11)
One morning, he took Lai to the city to sell.He walked briskly, and the shoulder pole sang "creak and creak" on his shoulders.Suddenly, he tripped over a bag of things, picked it up and opened it, and it turned out to be a lot of silver. After he tapped it, there were a total of 300 taels!He thought: This money is enough for me to spend for several years, but this is other people's money, I can't take it.He put down his wallet and planned to continue on his way, but then he thought, if someone sees it, he will take it away. The person who lost the money must be very anxious, so I will stay here and wait for the person who lost the money to come.He sat on the side of the road and waited. The sun rose very high, and the lentils in the basket were dried and could not be sold for money, but the kind vegetable farmer was still waiting.

Suddenly, a businessman ran over and asked anxiously: "I lost a bag of money, did you see it?" The vegetable farmer immediately took out the money and handed it to the businessman.The businessman took the money and counted it, and there was no shortage of one or two.But he was too greedy, instead of thanking the vegetable farmer, he thought: This man is such a fool not to take money, I will take this opportunity to cheat him out of money!So, he exclaimed: "Oh, 200 taels of silver is missing, you must have taken it!" The vegetable farmer was very angry, and quarreled with him, and finally made it to the county government.

The county magistrate asked about the situation and immediately knew that the businessman was lying.He decided to teach the businessman a lesson, and he made the judgment: "The bag lost by the businessman contained 500 taels of silver, but the bag picked up by the vegetable farmer contained 300 taels of silver, which means that the bag picked up by the vegetable farmer was not the bag lost by the businessman. , 300 taels of silver will be awarded to him.” The businessman was anxious, and asked, “What about my silver?” The magistrate said, “Wait until someone picks up the 500 taels of silver bag, and then return it to you!”

Why did the county magistrate know that the businessman was lying and defrauding money?
If the vegetable farmers want to take money from the merchants, they can take all the money at that time, there is no need to wait for the merchants to come.

illiterate dog

King Ning of the Ming Dynasty was a playboy when he was young, and he often wandered the streets of Nanchang with a red-crowned crane with a sign with the word "Yuci" hanging around its neck.

One day, the white crane wandered out by itself and was killed by a dog.King Ning was furious: "My white crane was rewarded by the emperor, and there is an imperial gold medal hanging around my neck. Who dares to deceive the king and commit crimes?" Immediately ordered the slaves to tie up the dog's owner and send it to the Nanchang magistrate. His white crane was killed.

At that time, the prefect of Nanchang was named Zhu Han, and he was very dissatisfied with King Ning's misconduct.Hearing that the steward of King Ning's mansion came to convey King Ning's "will", he was very angry and funny, and said to the steward, "You write a complaint, and this mansion will try it."

The housekeeper of Prince Ning's Mansion submitted the appeal petition, Zhu Han read it, pulled out the warrant stick from the stick, and ordered the yamen servants to arrest the murderer and bring him to justice.The housekeeper hurriedly said: "You don't need to work, the man has been caught under the hall."

Zhu Han pretended to be surprised, and said: "The complaint clearly stated that the culprit was a dog. The government is going to interrogate the dog in the lobby today. Why arrest someone?"

The steward of Prince Ning's Mansion said angrily: "That dog can't understand human language, how can he be interrogated in the hall?"

Zhu Han saw that the butler was both arrogant and reasonable, so he thought of a way and settled the case easily.May I ask, how did Zhu Han decide the case?
Zhu Handao: "Your steward need not be angry, this government has its own opinion. I think, as long as you put your government's complaint in front of it, it bows its head and pleads guilty after reading it, and the case can be finalized."

The housekeeper yelled: "You stupid official, you have traveled all over the world, do you have a dog who can read?"

Zhu Han said with a serious expression: "Since a dog can't read, how can it recognize the word '御祭' on the gold medal? Since it doesn't know it, where does the crime of deceiving the king come from? Dogs are unreasonable. Killing a white crane is a fight between beasts, why punish innocent people?" A few words made the steward of Prince Ning's residence speechless.

greedy blind man

There was a blind man who cheated money by telling fortunes to others.He wore a pair of sunglasses, and carried a business solicitation under the guise of "telling fortunes for others, avoiding disasters for you", and then walked through the streets and alleys, cheating money everywhere.People at that time were very superstitious, and they all came to ask him for fortune-telling when they met the champions, had children, and built houses.That blind man is greedy. He deliberately pretended to be a ghost to scare people, and cheated a lot of money.

One day, the blind fortune teller was going to a small town.The town is across a river, and there is a single-plank bridge to go there.He groped and walked onto the single-plank bridge. The bridge was very steep and narrow, and it was quite old. He walked up it unsteadily, and the blind man was so frightened that his feet trembled.At this time, a farmer came back from the market, and with a newly bought red cloth on his shoulders, he also walked to the bridge.Seeing a blind man in front of him, he kindly said: "Your eyesight is not convenient, I will carry you there." The blind fortune-teller was very happy when he heard that, and quickly fell on the farmer's back.

The farmer was walking with the blind man on his back. When the blind man touched the piece of cloth, he immediately had a bad idea in his heart.He secretly tore a hole in the cloth, and when he crossed the bridge, the farmer put down the blind man, who took the cloth and was about to leave.The farmer asked him: "I kindly carry you across the river, how can you take my cloth?" But the blind man insisted that the cloth was newly bought by him.

The county magistrate tried the case, and he asked the farmer and the blind fortune-teller: "You all say that the cloth is yours, what evidence do you have?" The blind fortune-teller hurriedly said, "I have evidence. There is a tear, please look into it!" The county magistrate saw that there was indeed a hole in the cloth, and said, "It's a pity to tear such a beautiful piece of white cloth!" The fortune-teller immediately said, "Yes. It cost me a lot of money to buy this piece of white cloth!" As soon as his words fell, the county magistrate knew that a blind fortune teller is a liar.

Why did the county magistrate know that he was a liar after listening to the blind fortune teller?

This piece of cloth was obviously red cloth, but the county magistrate deliberately said it was white cloth, but the fortune teller couldn't see it, so he also said it was white cloth, and finally revealed his truth.

husband in the well

In the Qing Dynasty, there was a county magistrate in Nanyang named Wu Xingji.When solving a case, he is good at using his brain. Others often don't pay attention to some very subtle things, but he can analyze and find out the truth skillfully. People call him "Detective Wu".

One day, a woman came to the county government, knelt down with her legs "thumping", and cried loudly: "Three days ago, my husband went to the city to sell watermelons. It was dark, and I didn’t go home. I searched everywhere, broke my leg, cried dry tears, but still couldn’t find it. Early this morning, I heard that there was a body floating in the well at the entrance of the village. I rushed over to have a look , it’s my husband! Please help me, master, to catch the murderer!”

Detective Wu comforted the woman a few words, then boarded the carriage with the woman and came to the entrance of the village together.He probed into the well and saw only a dead body, which was already highly decomposed and emitting a disgusting stench.He covered his nose, frowned, and then turned back to the woman and said, "Don't cry too, go home and rest first, I have my own way, and the murderer must be found before tomorrow morning!" Wait until the woman left After that, Detective Wu immediately ordered his subordinates to go to the village to inform the woman, her husband's brothers and sisters, and their neighbors to gather by the well tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, all the people from the village came. They were all very strange. They didn't know what was the matter of calling them here so early in the morning?Detective Wu asked them to line up and come to the well one by one to identify the corpses at the bottom of the well.However, the corpse was already highly decomposed, so of course they couldn't see who it was.Therefore, Detective Wu immediately judged who was the real murderer.

Can you guess who is the real murderer?

The murderer was that woman.Since the relatives and acquaintances of the deceased couldn't tell who the corpse was, the woman said with certainty that it was her husband. Instead, she explained that she killed him and threw the corpse into the well.

thief under the bed
There was a wealthy family in Ji'an Prefecture who married a wife. A thief sneaked into the new house when there were many people in the clutter, and hid under the bed, hoping to come out to steal things in the dead of night.Unexpectedly, there were people coming and going for a wedding in this house for three consecutive days, and the lights were lit all night, so the thief never dared to come out.On the third day, he was so hungry that he ran out suddenly, was caught and sent to the government.

When the thief was interrogated, he defended and said: "I am not a thief, but a doctor. The new daughter-in-law has a special disease, so let me follow her and often give her medicine." He also told the outbreak of the new wife's disease, and said Many things about the new daughter-in-law's family are very detailed.The presiding judge believed him when he heard that he was speaking clearly, and wanted to send the new daughter-in-law to the mansion to testify so that the case could be closed.

The rich family felt that it was disgraceful to do so, so they begged the government not to let the new daughter-in-law go to court, but the government would not allow it.The rich man went to discuss with an old official in the yamen and asked him for help.The old official said to the presiding officer: "That daughter-in-law has just passed the door. No matter whether she wins or loses the lawsuit, it is a great shame for her to let her out. Maybe what he said about the new daughter-in-law's family He found out from listening to the conversation between the newlyweds under the bed, and he ran out suddenly and was caught. It is not difficult to testify..." So the old official gave an idea to the presiding officer.

The next day, a well-dressed new daughter-in-law came to the yamen by car to confront her in court. When the thief saw her, she yelled, "Why did you arrest me as a thief when you invited me to treat your illness?" , couldn't help laughing out loud.He told the thief's trick on the spot, and the thief saw that he had been exposed, so he had to plead guilty.What did the old official think of the presiding judge?

A thief is a doctor who treats the new daughter-in-law, so he must know the new daughter-in-law; if he is a thief, sneaking under the bed and just eavesdropping on the new wife, then he must not know the new wife.The old official suggested to the presiding officer that another woman should testify against him. As expected, the thief did not know each other, which proved that he was a thief.

two sons vying for inheritance

During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, there lived a highly skilled carpenter Li in Lijiazhuang, west of the county seat of Puning County, Guangdong.Almost every family in ten miles and eight villages has his work, and even the rich in the city always invite him to build their mansions.

Carpenter Li has two sons. He wanted them to inherit his craftsmanship, but they are lazy and idle all day long.A few years later, Carpenter Li grew older, and his two sons also married.However, those two unsatisfactory sons still didn't learn any skills at all, and their eyes were only on the legacy of the old father.Carpenter Li saw his son so unfulfilling, and became sick with sorrow, and his condition became more and more serious.

One day, the eldest came to the old carpenter's bed and said, "Father, I am your eldest son. Have you thought about when will you hand over the silver to me?"

When the old carpenter heard that the eldest son asked for money without even a word of greeting, he said angrily, "I've made up my mind, I'll give it to you, get out!"

The boss was so happy when he heard this, he hurriedly called the invited old school teacher and said: "Write it down quickly, my father said, give me all the money!"

So, the old school teacher took out a pen and paper and wrote a will for someone else.

The next day, the second child also came to the old carpenter's bed and said, "Father, I am your youngest son. You are going to die. It is useless to keep the money. Give it to me!"

The old carpenter became even more angry when he heard his youngest son's bastard's words, and said angrily, "I'll give it all to you, you bastard! Get out of here!"

The second son clapped his hands happily when he heard this, and called the invited old school teacher and said: "Quick, write clearly, my father gave me all the money!"

So, the old school teacher took out a pen and paper, and wrote another will on behalf of someone else.

A few days later, the old carpenter passed away.Before the old carpenter's bones were cold, his two sons fought over the dozens of taels of silver.They all said that the silver was left to them by their old father.There was no way, the two of them came to the county government office together to ask the county magistrate to make a decision.

After the county magistrate asked the reason, he ordered the guards to send the old school teacher.The old school teacher confirmed that these two wills were indeed written by him on behalf of the old carpenter.

The county magistrate thought about it for a while, and said to them helplessly: "Your case is really strange. You blame your foolish father. How can you write a will like this? I can't stop it!"

"Master must be the master for Xiaomin!" The boss and the second child begged at the same time.

The county magistrate thought for a while, and said: "I should have punished your foolish father, but he is already dead. The only way now is to stop..."

"How?" Both the boss and the second child interrupted the county magistrate impatiently.

"Don't worry, listen to me." The county magistrate looked at them and asked, "Do you all have sons?"

"Yes." The two replied in unison.

"How many?"

"Two." The two replied in unison again.

"Both?"

"All."

"Great, I can be fair this time."

What does this inheritance have to do with their son?The eldest and second child looked at the county magistrate suspiciously, waiting for him to tell the result.

The county magistrate knew how they felt, so he purposely remained silent for a while before saying, "Your lawsuit shouldn't have happened, but things have reached this point, and there is nothing you can do about it. But in order not to happen again, this shouldn't happen. For the matter, this officer now puts forward a condition, whoever can do it, the inheritance will belong to him.”

After the county magistrate explained the conditions, both the eldest and the second child no longer competed for the inheritance.

Later, the county magistrate shared the silver left by the old carpenter among them.The two brothers also reconciled as before.

What condition did the county magistrate put forward so that they would no longer fight for inheritance?
The county magistrate said: "Your father only gave birth to you two sons, which caused this inheritance dispute. And each of you has exactly two sons, which is not easy to handle. Because no matter the money is broken Who, when you are old, this kind of brothers fighting for property will still happen. Therefore, this official has decided that as long as any of you is willing to kill one of your sons, the money will be cut off to him."

The boss and the second child were not willing to kill their sons, so they didn't dare to argue anymore.In this way, the county magistrate settled the lawsuit between brothers fighting for inheritance.

The Cloth Merchant Hiding in the Black Cabinet
One day, a porcelain vendor named Li Xiaoshan stayed in a small shop.The shop owner led him into a room, and saw two cloth merchants already lying on the kang, and five or six bolts of cloth were piled up on the top of the kang.Li Xiaoshan took off his shoes and got on the kang, and soon fell asleep.Not long after, he was dragged up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a black-faced drunk.

"Get up, I want to buy a bowl!"

Li Xiaoshan has never met such a customer, and said angrily: "It's late at night, I don't sell it!"

"Not for sale?" The drunk picked up a pole and threw it on the porcelain pole.Li Xiaoshan hugged the drunk man desperately.

"Brother Zun, my brother has a violent temper, please forgive me." The black-faced drunk's companion politely advised: "I think you'd better change the room."

Li Xiaoshan is right when he thinks about it, what can he do with the drunk.The owner of the shop rushed over and arranged Li Xiaoshan in another room.

At this time, the drunk man's companion ordered four people to bring in a large black cabinet, and said to the shopkeeper, "All six of us live in this room."

Li Xiaoshan felt sullen for a while, lying on the kang, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.After an unknown amount of time, he heard a drunk man's voice from the next room: "Did you kill them?" Someone replied: "Killed..." Li Xiaoshan was startled: Are they robbers?But on another thought, the six of them plus two cloth merchants made a total of eight people. If two people were killed, the number of people will be checked tomorrow morning and two people will be missing. Wouldn't it be possible to arrest them?Thinking of this, he quietly went to the owner's room.Hearing what he said, the owner of the shop hurriedly called more than a dozen guys in the shop to hide sharp weapons and guard the door of the shop.

At dawn, the drunk and other six people carried the big cabinet out of the room, followed by two cloth merchants.The owner of the store was dumbfounded, only to hear the drunk call him: "The store settles the score!"

Li Xiaoshan was even more puzzled. He stared at the big black cabinet, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he shouted: "Take down the robber!" All the assistants rushed out immediately, and arrested six robbers including the black-faced drunk.And the bodies of two cloth merchants were found in the black cabinet.

How did Li Xiaoshan solve the case?

Li Xiaoshan suddenly thought, why did the robbers insist on driving me away last night? Didn’t I also have money with me?From this, he thought it must be because of the number of people.Sure enough, he guessed right.It turned out that the two cloth merchants with huge sums of money had long been targeted by these six robbers.They asked two accomplices to hide in a black cabinet and carry them into the guest room in advance. After killing the cloth merchant in the middle of the night, they exchanged the two dead ones for two living ones.If we don't drive Li Xiaoshan away, we won't be able to match the number of people.

accused melon thief

There is a melon farmer named Wang Haisheng, who grows more than ten mu of watermelons. His melon field is on the side of the road, and passers-by often come here to buy melons to eat. Wang Haisheng is tricky and always fantasizes about making a fortune one day.How can I make a fortune?Sell ​​melons for money?That is impossible.So, he thought of crooked ways: when he met an honest person passing by, he tried every means to extort money from him.

One day, Wang Haisheng squatted on the side of the road for a whole day, but he didn't meet anyone who could blackmail him.He returned to the melon shed dejectedly.After an unknown amount of time, I suddenly heard someone talking outside the melon shed:

"Mom, I'm thirsty and want to eat melon." It was the voice of a little girl.

"Let's go. You will be home not far ahead." It was a woman's voice.

"No! I want to eat, I want to eat..."

"Good boy, don't make trouble. Look, there is no one in the field. Who do you give the money to?"

"Put it on the ground, put your money on the ground."

At this time, Wang Haisheng was secretly watching the roadside in the melon shed.Seeing the woman's hesitation, he thought to himself, I've waited all day for nothing, and this time I must blackmail her. He saw the woman take a few steps towards this side through the crack of the door of the melon shed, and shouted:

"Is there anyone in the melon shed?"

Wang Haisheng didn't answer, but still stared at the woman.He saw the woman take out a few copper coins from her bag, knelt down, put the money on a melon leaf, and unscrewed a small watermelon.

"Stop it, it turns out that you are stealing my melons! Go. Go to the government!" Seeing that the time had come, Wang Haisheng shouted and rushed out of the melon shed.

When the woman saw a man suddenly jump out of the melon shed, she was startled and froze with a watermelon in her hand.But soon she said softly: "Brother, don't be angry, it's not because the child is thirsty, I won't do it. Look, I have put the money here for you."

"Just that little money. Want to eat melons too?" Wang Haisheng glared at the woman.

"Then how much do you want?" The woman said and took out a few copper coins.

"Wait, let's see how much these melons are worth?" After Wang Haisheng finished speaking, he bent down and picked the watermelon like crazy.After a while, more than twenty were picked.

The woman didn't know what Wang Haisheng was going to do, so she hugged her daughter tightly in her arms in fright.

"Let's go! Come with me to see the official!" Wang Haisheng gasped and said, "You stole so many melons from me, how much do you have to pay me?"

"You're blackmailing!" the woman said tremblingly with anger.

(End of this chapter)