The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 12

Talking about couplets, suspecting Xu's surname, meeting Ma Rong by chance
But Di Gong saw that Hong Liang didn't know the allusion to "Ruzi", so he said: "This Ruzi is not a child, but a person's name. There used to be a man named Xu, named Xu Ruzi, who was a wise man in the local area. Later, there was a Chen Fan is good at getting acquainted with famous people, and no one else has contact with them, but he is good with Xu Ruzi. Because he heard of his virtuous name, when he came to office, he bought a bed so that Xu Ruzi could come to live, and others wanted to live there. On this couch, it is like going to the sky to meet the sun. This is just the meaning of respecting the sages, I don’t know what it has to do with this case?" Hong Liang didn't wait for him to finish, and quickly replied: "Your Excellency, there is no need to doubt, this case must be There is one surnamed Xu, otherwise, the adulterer must be surnamed Xu, lest this person escape."

"Di Gongdao:" even so, why did you see him run away? Hong Liang said: "The villain also guesses dreams based on dreams."The first sentence of the first couplet is "Looking for Ruzi's trace", isn't it to track down this Xu?This couplet has a clue, and please listen to the original "Yaofu" with the villain. "

Di Gongdao: "The second couplet is very clear. 'Yaofu' is also a personal name. This person's surname is Shao, and his name is Kang Jie. The word 'Yaofu' is his nickname. This alludes to the case of Liulidun. This person surnamed Shao , was originally an important criminal, but now I can’t find him. I don’t know if he fled to Sichuan, and I don’t know that he is originally from Sichuan. After trading in Huzhou, you should interrogate the case carefully. If you encounter a Sichuan accent, you must interrogate carefully.” The solution is not bad, but the woman who played the pot, and the girl, blocked the man's way, and saw many dead people later, this faction is specious, it can be solved in this way, or in that way. In short, these two cases, in general There are some clues." The two talked about it, and when they saw the light in the window, they knew that the sky had turned white.Di Gong didn't want to go back to sleep, so he stood up and checked his clothes.The abbot outside had already greeted him outside the window, and when he heard the inside get up, he rushed in and said good morning.After worshiping the gods before the god's case, he went out to call Si Zhu, boiled some water, brought tea, and asked Di Gong to clean his face and rinse his mouth.Mr. Di finished his grooming, Hong Liang had wrapped up his luggage and handed it to the abbot so that he could send someone to pick it up, and then told him not to let anyone know about it outside.The abbot obeyed one by one.Then he and Di Gong came back to the street.

When we arrived at the study, Tao Gan had already come to ask questions.Hong Liang said what Su Miao had said, and immediately asked him to cook some snacks, and invited Mr. Di to eat, and the two waited on him in the courtyard of the study.When it was time for Chenpai, Di Gong sent a message, and Hong Liang cooperated with the day's errand, and first brought Huanghua Town Dijia to question.Hong Liang led the order to go out. In the afternoon, He Kai had arrived in the Yamen.Di Gong did not go up to the hall, so he took him to the signing room.He Kai kowtowed and stood aside.Di Gongdao: "In this case of Bi Shun, if his death is unknown, the county will take this anti-sitting punishment in order to avenge his grievances. You are the first in his town, so why don't you just stay out of it? Isn’t it deliberate contempt for such a delay?” Seeing what Di Gong said, He Kai quickly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed, and said: “The villain visits day and night, dare not be lazy and slack. Please forgive me, my lord." Di Gong said: "I can't solve the case for the time being, and I can't force you at this time, but how many families are there in the area under your jurisdiction, and how many families have the surname Xu in the town?" He Kai asked when he saw it. "There are no less than two or three thousand families in this place, the villain, and there are more than a dozen families with the surname Xu. I don't know which one the adult asked, please tell the adult clearly. The villain will go to visit." Di Gong said: "You are too confused Well, if this county knows about this person, he has already issued a signature to raise the quality, so why do I still need to ask you? Because of the seriousness of this case, I have heard that there is a man surnamed Xu who conspired with him. If this person can be found, this will be broken. case, so I ordered you to come here. When you are in the town, have you ever seen someone surnamed Xu interacting with Bi Shun? If you see one or two people inside, tell the truth so that you can bring the county for interrogation."

He Kai pondered for a while, then looked at the above and said: "The villain only responded to the mission in April last year, and the interview case was published in May, but it took only one month. I don't know who Bi Shun usually associates with, and he dare not talk nonsense in front of adults.

Fortunately, there are not many people with the surname Xu. When the villain goes back and visits one by one, he can get traces. "

Di Gongdao: "Your humble idea, although you have a good idea, you know that it is hard to find if you get out of the wind. And since this person has committed such a big case, there is no reason not to avoid it. You must go quietly, first follow From Zuo Jin's visit, as soon as there is a shadow, hurry up and report, and the county will send soldiers to go." He Kai obeyed, retreated, and returned to the town without mentioning it.

Here, Duke Di ordered Hong Liang and Tao Gan to go out by the city gate when the lights were on, and go to the alley of Bi Shun's house to inquire for a while. They didn't have to come back that night, but followed He Kai secretly to see how he came to arrest him. .Why don't you ask Mr. Di to ask him to go with He Kai? It's because when the coffin was opened the day before yesterday, Hong Liang lived in Huanghua Town for several days. Most of the people there recognize him. When people see it, they will run away.He Kai is a local ruler, even if some people ask Zhang and Li, this is his duty, and others will not doubt it.He was also afraid that He Kai would catch the murderer alone, and he would not be able to hold him alone, so he ordered Hong Liang and Tao Gan to go there at night.One is to visit the case, and the other is to know whether He Kai is hardworking or lazy in the workshop.Mr. Di's intention was that the arrangement was completed that day, and the family members brought the lamps in their palms, and looked at the backlog of official affairs in the study alone.

After dinner, I was about to rest, when suddenly there was a puff, puff, two people jumped out of the window, which surprised Duke Di.When I looked up, it was Ma Rong and Mrs. Qiao.At that time, the greetings were over, and Di Gong asked: "You two strong men, you have worked hard these few days, but I don't know what happened to you."

Ma Rong said: "Although the villain has visited some shadows in the past few days, he just doesn't dare to believe it. He is afraid that there will be mistakes in the future, or that he will be outnumbered and not beautiful, so he came back to report to your lord."

Di Gongdao: "Where the strong man sees a flaw, tell us quickly, so that we can discuss it."

Mrs. Qiao said: "After the villain was ordered, he went to the northeast corner, and the villain was on the southwest corner. He divided the plots and visited privately. The day before yesterday, it was getting late at the cross-water bridge in Xixiang, so I picked a guest at the fair. Stay in the shop, and listen to the chats of the guests in the same apartment. Most of the people who talked about Gaojiawa were their own family members. Hearing that they had a reason, he answered and asked: "You people, What are you talking about? Are you talking about the case of the Kong’s inn?” The man said: “Why not? You don’t have the accent of this place. How do you know this? Do you do business here?” Seeing him, the villain asked this question Then, I had to answer Ji Feng and said: "I am a fur seller in Shanxi. When we met a few days ago, we had a fellow who also came here to do business, but happened to live in this shop that day. Later, we met and talked about it. I know. I heard that the county is very strict about the visits, and there are rewards. Since you know that your family has killed him, why don't you catch this person and send him to the county? One is to avenge the deceased, which is a great merit, and the other is how much If you get a few hundred silver, you will be happy. You and I are friends in business. We travel here and there, and we have suffered so much. We don’t know how much money we make and how much money we lose. If there is such a beautiful thing, wouldn’t it be nice to end up looking for something out of it?’ Then The class said with a smile: "You guest, although you are right, we are not fools. Don't we know that money is good? Just for one reason, we sell goods from the north. We are three or four stops away from here a few days ago. A big man, about thirty, was pushing a small cart by himself, and there were two huge packages on it. He was in a hurry, looking straight ahead. Unexpectedly, he was in a hurry, and the people on the opposite side didn't seem to care. Pay attention, there was a bang, the wheel hit our cart, the axle broke immediately, and the package fell to the ground. I thought he was always in a hurry, not beating, and he was going to yell, but he didn't know Without saying a word, he jumped out of the car, fixed the axle, and hurriedly picked up the package from the ground. Taking advantage of this confusion, he scattered a package, which revealed a lot of lake silk. He didn't ask what to do, put it into the big package, went up Good axle, in a panic, pushed the cart forward, heard the accent, it was from Huzhou. Later, when I came here, I heard that this case happened. Isn’t this man the real murderer? He obviously killed the coachman and fled in a hurry , this is not my own family? If not, how could it be such a coincidence to meet this person, who is also from Huzhou. I am afraid that he has gone far away. If he got the news early, wouldn't it be a great source of money.' This faction The words are all from the villain who listened to the innman and asked the way at that time, so that he could go to catch up the next day. Fortunately, Ma Rong also came to stay in this inn and talked to each other. The next morning it was not yet clear, so he got up I followed the path and rushed all the way. After walking for three or four days, I came to a neighboring place. There was a huge village. I saw many people surrounded by a car, blocking his way. The little people looked at it from a distance. Look, I saw a young man who cursed loudly: "I have walked through the infinite pass, from south to north, and never feared anyone. I have done great things. What a strange thing, it hurts you." The field rice is not worth a lot of money, how dare you invite people to stop it? If you tell me well, even though I have no money, I will give you a bag of silk goods, and the land will make you suffer for a few years. Now that you are acting wild, don’t blame it I do it." He put down the car with both hands, raised his fist, andFour, the beating made those people run away with their heads in their hands, and ran back.Later, there were forty or fifty heroes in the village, each armed with hoes and farm tools, and came to take revenge.Unexpectedly, he not only refused to run away, but rushed forward, grabbed a shovel, and knocked down several people.The villain saw that man, he was not a kind person, he wanted to go up and capture him, but he was afraid that he would be outnumbered, so he had to wait for him to drive them back and move forward.The two of them followed to a big town called Shuangtu Village, and he stayed in the guest house.I visited and learned that he wanted to sell goods there, but there was a delay for a few days, so I hurried back and reported to my lord.How exactly? "

After hearing this, Duke Di was very happy.Frowning, he made up his mind and sent someone to arrest the murderer first.I don't know what will happen next, let's see the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)