The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 24

Investigating the news and falsely claiming that the guests are thieves are careless

But he said that when Di Gong saw everyone's consent, he ordered them to close the case.Hua Guoxiang had nothing to say, but Li Wang couldn't help crying loudly when he saw the poisonous snake in front of Di Gong.Di Gong also ordered people to burn the snake to ashes as a punishment.As a result, it was already afternoon, so he immediately got up and went back to the yamen, and brought Hu Zuobin from the school to reprimand him, telling him to be honest and cautious next time, so as not to cause trouble.At this time, Hu Zuobin's mother and son were naturally very grateful, and they pleaded for their lives and kowtowed in the hall.Di Gong finished his hair and retreated into the back hall.

Let's say that Hong Liang received his business card yesterday and rushed to Huanghua Town to explain the reason to He Kai. The next morning, he came to the front of Tang's house.First ordered He Kai to go in and asked inside, "Is Mr. Tang at home?" Someone asked inside, and an old man came out and replied, "Where do you come from? Why ask my husband?" It's Mr. Zhu. Don't you recognize any local cannibals?" The man looked at He Kai and said with a smile, "You asked him what's the matter, he hasn't got up yet." After hearing this, He Kai, Turning around, he gave Hong Liang a wink, and the two walked inside.Standing still at the door of the study, Hong Liang said to He Kai: "Why are you so slack in doing things? Since Mr. Tang is at home, where do you sleep now, so that you can ask him to get up and talk." He asked: "What do you have to say about this business, you can tell me, go in and inform him." He Kai replied: "He was sent by the county magistrate, and here is his business card. Due to local affairs, please ask your husband There is something to discuss when entering the Grand Master’s yamen, so we can’t wait any longer.” The old man took the business card in Hong Liang’s hands, went into the study, walked through a small courtyard, and faced south to the main house with three hatchbacks.At this time, He Kai also went into him with that person, and he thought to himself: Knowing that he lives in the first room above, it is connected by the wall of Bi's house.Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw that person walking to the door of the next room. He Kai felt very uncomfortable, and said to himself: "This idea is over again. If you don't live in the room, what else is there to say on the wall?"

One person was talking secretly, and suddenly a person came out of the first room, about 25 or [-] years old, with delicate features and extraordinary appearance, he was a very beautiful man.As soon as the old family came in, they hurriedly asked, "Who is here to invite you, sir?" The old man said, "This is also strange. Although our husband is a student, he doesn't care about other things except studying at home on weekdays. I don't know the county. Mr. Di, why did you send someone to come to invite him? You said that there is a business in the local area, and you should discuss it with him. Isn’t it strange? Mister might not be willing to go.” The young man couldn’t help but look pale when he heard him talking about Mr. Di. After a change, his expression became flustered, and he said, "Why don't you turn him back and say that Mr. Don't have affairs with outsiders? Why did you bring him inside?"

After hearing this, He Kai looked the man up and down, but it happened that this man's room was behind the wall of Bi's house, and he was very puzzled, so he hurriedly asked, "Your lord's surname, but where is the place?" Send it to the embassy? Our grandpa, it’s not for other things, because there is a good deed that no one does, and I heard that Mr. Tang is a gentleman with a heart and justice, so he ordered someone to bring a photo to invite him.” Saying this, he saw that the old man had already arrived In the room, there were two loud shouts.I only heard the man inside wake up and asked: "I cleaned up the accumulated lessons on behalf of all the students last night and didn't sleep until dawn. Didn't you know why you came and shouted at this time?" Only the old man replied: "It's not I don't know, because the county magistrate sent someone to invite, and the existing tolerance is waiting for an answer." Tang Dezhong said: "Why don't you repay him for me? At this time, go and get my business card. It has been said in the past that I will pay my respects. He honored the magistrate of the county, saying that I was a scholar who closed my household and taught apprentices, and ignored my business. Although it is a good deed, there are many gentlemen in the local area, so please ask his majesty to hire someone else to work." Hearing this, the old man had to come out Replied to He Kai again.

At that time, Hong Liang was in the study and had already heard it. He Kai came out and said, "Mr. Tang refuses to go to the city. In my opinion, the only way to go back is to report to my uncle. Please come here by yourself. Don't slack off on this matter, don't delay it." Fang Hao. You can go to the city as you said right now." The two of them went out of the gate, and the old man closed the gate.When they got to the street, He Kai said to Hong Liang, "Did you see that man?" You know, there is someone in this room talking to the old man, haven’t you seen it? It’s a young man, and when we said he was sent by the county, his expression was not as good as before. That’s why I came out and told you to go back quickly , This sentence is based on his movement. If he is afraid, if you and I go out, he will go somewhere else. You can go back to the city at this time and report to the lord, please come by yourself, aunt Baiting Mr. Tang's words to the inside, let me ask you a question, and then check. I will wait around here to see if he can come out, and I will find out his name by the way." The discussion between each other stopped, and it was time for Chen Pai .Hong Liang then came to the city and told what he had just said.Grandpa Di was very happy in his heart. At that time, it was said that Qi's guards came with Ma Rong, Mrs. Qiao and Tao Gan in a sedan chair. They did not dare to neglect along the way.When it was time to light up the lights, Fang went to the town and ordered Ma Rong to stay in the former guest house, and all the government servants were not allowed to go out. At night, there was a wind, saying that the county came to this guest house; the master also ordered so.Everyone followed orders and unloaded their luggage at that time, cleansing their faces and drinking tea.

After eating and drinking, Mr. Di said to Ma Rong, "you four, go in different shifts tonight. Hong Liang and you will wait on the house of Bi's house. If there is any movement, you can call for the thief and see what happens below him; Mrs. Qiao and Tao Gan Waiting in front of Tang's house, if someone comes out in the middle of the night, he will be captured. I wish Ben County not to go at this time, because I am afraid that if I go to get things done, I will make the murderer go." The four of them took the order and went without mentioning it.

Let's say that Ma Rong and Hong Liang went out of the store, and Hong Liang said: "I have worked hard for this matter recently, so I have this idea. If you don't solve the case tonight, it will be even more difficult. I think you are capable." , why is it not feasible? Here is a plan, I wonder if you will do it or not?" Ma Rong said: "You and I are both doing things for the master, as long as we can do it, where can't we go? Just tell me." Hong Liang said: "The young man of the Tang family is really suspicious. For fear of finding out about him, he kept himself safe for several days and did not interact with that Zhou family. Even though we were in the house, we could not go down after listening to it for a few days. It is strange that you pretend to be The thief, jumping into his room from the top of the room, peeking at the movement in his room is not as sure as the outside. I am afraid that you have washed your hands long ago and are not concerned with this matter. Now I invite you to do this business, lest you will be offended, so you It's inconvenient to say. What do you think?" Ma Rong said with a smile: "What's the matter with me, but it's because of my old business. This plan is very clever. How about going tonight?" The two of them went to He Kai's house and sat down to talk for a while.

About two drums later, the pedestrians on the street were quiet. Ma Rong ordered Hong Liang to wait at the entrance of Bijia Lane. Hanging upside down on the cornice, looking inside.I saw that the lights in the study were bright, and there was a gentleman in his 40s sitting in the middle, with about five or six disciples on both sides, talking there.Ma Rong secretly said: "Is such a house a place to propose? I'll go to the back of the house and take a look." Still moving around the small courtyard, close to the wall, to the south-facing house.He raised his head and saw that there was another person lying down at Bi's house, he was startled suddenly, and then he took a closer look, it was Hong Liang, the two made a secret whistle, and Ma Rong was still lying on the eaves.Seeing that there is also a lamp in the first room above, there is indeed a young man in his twenties, his appearance is as good as Hong Liang said, but he is silent, sitting on the chair alone, thinking look.Pausing for a while, he got up and looked at the study, and then at the wall room, as if he was talking to himself.Ma Rong was peeking, when suddenly he heard the sound of the lattice fan in front of him, and a person came out and shouted into the room: "Brother Xu, sir, I have something to ask you." The body retracted and turned, only laying down on the eaves tiles.But when he saw the young man, he responded, and said in a low voice: "Why are you yelling so much tonight!" After saying that, he went out of the room and went to the study.Ma Rong saw that he had gone.Knowing that there is no one in the room, he hurriedly used a butterfly piercing flowers, flew down from the eaves, arrived at the courtyard, and jumped from the courtyard to the middle of the main house. Looking around, he saw an old man lying on the table, dozing off. appearance.Taking advantage of this time, Ma Rong arrived in the room, first blew out the lamp, and then listened carefully along the wall, but there was no sound, and he was determined not to give up, so he tapped with his fingers for a while, and the sound was also real. .

Ma Rong got up in a hurry, turned his body sideways, walked to the front of the guest bed, lifted the curtain, huddled under the bed, kicked his feet on the ground, but there was a hollow sound.Ma Rong said: "It's obviously the embarrassment of the underground." At that time, I tried several square bricks, only two of them were different, because I couldn't see clearly in the dark, so I had to touch the ground with both hands. One touch, but one step on Pingyang, there is absolutely no difference.He thought to himself: "We have to pick up this square brick, and then we will know the way below.

It's so solid, teach me how to think? When he was in trouble, he touched it with both hands, and suddenly a rope was tied to the bedpost. Ma Rong thought it was holding some iron to pry the square brick. With a sound, the bed curtain was dragged down. At that time, Ma Rong was quite shocked and was about to escape. In the study, some people came earlier and shouted that there were thieves. Plotted, dared not go in, only shouted, no one stepped forward to arrest. Ma Rong jumped on the room at this time, seeing that he had escaped, he simply did not go back, lying on the ridge of the roof tiles, listening carefully to the movement below, how to behave.

I don't know how the young man entered the room and what he did. Let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.

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