The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 25

He Kai catches the thief and acts according to the plan, Ma Rong arrests the man
But Ma Rong was hiding on the house, listening to the movement below, only to hear the young man run to the study, light a candlestick in a hurry, turn around and go to the main house, and shouted to the old man: "You are not dead, there are thieves leaving you. Passing by, I don’t know at all, could it be that I fell asleep?” The old man was scolded by him a few times, but he didn’t dare to speak.Everyone rushed into the room, only to hear the young man walk up to the bed and say loudly: "This plague thief just dragged down the bed curtain, I don't care if you steal it, what else is there to see. "

The crowd said: "It's a blessing that your things have not been stolen. What are you talking about. Now the gentleman is still sitting in the study, too scared to come out. Let's go and tell him." After a while, he went back to the study.Ma Rong was on the house, he could hear clearly, then he came up with a plan, climbed over the wall, and greeted Hong Liang, the two jumped down and came to He Kai's house, the three of them went to the guest apartment together, and told Di Gong the above words.So and so, after discussing for a while, Di Gong was overjoyed, and he ordered He Kai to go according to plan.

The three went back to Tang's house. He Kai knocked on the door and shouted, "Master Zhu, come and open the door. Is your house a burglar? We have caught him now, come and help me tie him up." The inside listened. These words were just after the thief left. He Kai knocked on the door without sleeping. All the students were very proud, and they opened the door long ago without telling Tang Dezhong.

I saw He Kai grabbing one person and scolding: "You don't even visit, who is in charge of this place? What kind of people is his family? It's not for me to see. You have to go. Tomorrow, Mr. Tang will report to the official. I will endure hardships for you. Mr. Di in the county is still here today to ask him to do local charitable deeds, but Mr. Tang will not go, and the grandfather will come here in person tomorrow morning. If I know about this theft, my ass is not a wrench Is the mountain falling down?" He Kai scolded outside the door, and the students didn't know what to do, so they hurried inside to report to Tang Dezhong.Tang Dezhong came out immediately, and saw that He Kai was still holding the man at the door and yelling at the door. Seeing Mr. Tang coming out, he hurriedly said: "He has been obtained now, how will your husband deal with him? This is our responsibility. The county magistrate will ask for it tomorrow morning." At this point, please be more convenient, old man, you can stand firm in this business." Seeing what He Kai said, Tang Dezhong believed it to be true, took the candlestick, took a look around Ma Rong, and scolded: "You dog robber , seeing that you are tall and burly-looking, you should make a career out of it. Why don’t you eat, but want to be a thief. Don’t you hate me. I’ll accumulate some Yin skills now and let you go.”

Seeing what Tang Dezhong said, He Kai said, "Your old man is kind. If you let him go, he will go to another place to work on the crime. This is absolutely impossible. If you want to let the thief go, wait until the magistrate comes. Tonight Right now, turn around at the door to see that we are Baojia people, and we don’t let up at ordinary times. But there is one thing, where is the place, please take me in and have a look." He said to Ma Rong: "Come in with me. Tell me the truth, from where did you enter and where did you go out?" While speaking, twisting one hand on Ma Rong, he walked towards the door, thinking that he wanted to take advantage of this to sneak in, so as to find the whereabouts under the bed.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Ma Rong hurried out a young man. Ma Rong saw him, and it was the one surnamed Xu. Let him go, it’s convenient for you, you must alert the government to see what you can do. If the county magistrate comes tomorrow, and my family has not reported the crime, why should he come to investigate the matter? If you say your responsibility, Mr. Tang already knows that even if he recommends you twice in front of the magistrate, he will only get a small reward, and this thief will suffer a lot. Two taels of silver, go eat and drink. This matter can be settled." Ma Rong secretly cursed after hearing this: "You bitch, it's not that you are deceiving, you are willing to be so generous!" He Kai asked: " Your surname is still in the dormitory, or in the residence of the mansion? Can you ask Mr. Tang to teach reading at home?" Before the man opened his mouth, the student next to him smiled and said, "You little thief, you will catch the local people soon. I don't know his surname is Xu, but this house belongs to his family. Since his family members are not here, he invited the local Mr. Tang to come to the church. He is here alone, so only the Tang family's slats are attached to the door. At this time Since Xianggong Xu said so, you can let him go." He Kai laughed and said, "So his surname is Xu, that's it. I heard that there was a murder case in the county, and it was also Xu. Whether it is or not today, please come with me." As he spoke, his face changed, and he said to Tang Dezhong: "Mr. Yang, let me tell you the truth, you think he is really a thief, do I really send the thief here? Although your old man is a good example, why is the education not strict enough to make the students do such indecent things? In Jianbi Lane, the case of Bi Shun has not been cleared up to now. The official has invited the Shangxian to punish him, and the top hat has now been removed. We have suffered so much because of this matter. A few days ago, the grandpa stayed in the temple and said that the murderer was a surname Xu. He secretly ordered us to investigate, and we found out that he was in your house. Please go and see the two of you. It's our business." After finishing speaking, he let go of Ma Rong, moved forward, grabbed the young man, and Ma Rong went up with him, dragging Tang Dezhong.Mr. Tang Dezhong was about to argue, when He Kai shouted, Mrs. Qiao and Hong Liang had already come in to greet him outside. Without any explanation, they surrounded Mr. Tang and Xu Xianggong, and walked to the front of the street.When he arrived at the inn, Di Gonggong was afraid that the two of them would not be able to maintain it, so he brought many servants, and they came to meet him with the light bulb.Seeing that the person has been taken, he followed the order of the officers and went with Hong Liang's avatar, and immediately brought Bi Zhou's to prevent her from escaping.Hong Liang took the order and went away, let's not mention it for now.

It is only said that He Kai grabbed the young man and came to see Di Gong. After reporting all the details, Di Gong immediately said: "This man is going to commit crimes. You, Mrs. Qiao and Ma Rong will take him into custody first, and we will visit him tomorrow morning. Afterwards, we will torture him again." He Kai agreed, and Ma Rong and Mrs. Qiao immediately took out the torture tools and put him on.Tang Dezhong is a member of the list, and he dare not be executed suddenly. Di Gong ordered him to be brought into the shop alone, and questioned first.Ma Rong had to hand over Tang Dezhong to Du Riyuan.I and Mrs. Qiao went to He Kai's house to supervise the murderer.Di Gong took advantage of this to arrive at Tang Dezhong's house and sat down in the study.All the students saw that Mr. was arrested by Dijia, so as not to be involved in the case, leaving a few students who were sent to the library far away. They couldn't escape for a while, so they had to sit inside with fear.I don't know why, suddenly I saw many high-pole lanterns, came in, one by one, wearing livery, and said in their mouths: "Our grandfather is here, you can tell me directly, how did he conspire with the Zhou family?" I don't know what happened, but after hearing this, everyone fell silent.But I saw one person sitting down in the middle, wearing a small cap in green clothes, wearing a Confucian scarf, and asked the student above: "What is your surname? How many years have you been with Mr. Tang? What is the name of the person named Xu Hefang? What are you waiting for?" To be honest, it's none of your business." The student said: "My surname is Du, and my name is Du Junfu. I came here in the spring of this year. The surname Xu's name is Detai, and he is the senior here. Sir, I like it the most. He, sir, wished me to live in the room next to this study in the study." Di Gong nodded at that time, got up and said: "Since he was arrested for this county, you and I will go to his room to have a look. Do it for proof." Everyone dared not violate it, and immediately led the way.When he got to the room, Mr. Di ordered someone to move the bed frame to another place. He looked down and saw that it was made of square bricks.On the ground floor, there are four hemp ropes at the four corners under the bed, which are fastened underneath.Mr. Di tripped the rope on purpose, and saw that the two bedposts in front of the bed fell down in response to his hands, and knocked to the ground with a "plop".Taking a closer look, I found out that the rope was tied to the foot of the pillar, and the foot of the pillar was placed flat on the bed frame, so that if I tripped the rope lightly, it fell down.After seeing it, Mr. Di took back the candlestick and ordered someone to find an iron picket and pry it up against the two square bricks in the middle.Suddenly, when the copper bell below rang, a hole had already appeared, like a crypt.

Looking down again, he said to Tao Gan: "It's pitch black inside, and there's no reason for it. The county is afraid that there may be another ambush below, so I dare not order anyone to go down. Since there is a secret passage underground, this criminal is a good one. You Let's keep watch here, and come to check again in the morning." After finishing speaking, he opened the list of all the students.All the students were stunned and looked at each other blankly, wondering why there was such a place in the room.After Di Gong asked one by one, he ordered all the students and waiters: "It has nothing to do with you." After the order, he turned back to the shop.

At this time, four drums had been played, Mrs. Qiao stepped forward and said: "The grandfather left for half an hour, and the villain questioned Tang Dezhong, but he really didn't know about it. Looking at him like that, he is an old-fashioned gentleman. It is already late at night. Please rest for a while, my lord. Fortunately, the traitor has been seized, so it’s not too late to ask." Di Gong said: "This county already knows, but Hong Liang has been gone for a long time, why hasn't Bi Zhou come here? Could it be that Bi Zhou Mrs. Zhou can't escape after hearing the news?" The two were chatting in the inn when they heard the noise outside the door, Hong Liang suddenly came in and said: "Mr. Zhou has already mentioned it. Please tell me whether to hand over to the official media temporarily, or whether to be a young man." Someone bring it back to the yamen?" I don't know how Mr. Di will deal with it later, let's see the explanation in the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)