Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 118
In the 24th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, Yu Alu, a citizen of Cangwu County, Guangxi, sued Qiu Yicheng in the county, saying that Qiu sold himself to his father as a servant in the 59th year of Kangxi, as evidenced by the contract of sale.After his father died, the family was too poor to support servants, so Qiu went out to make a living.Now Qiu is rich, but I am very poor. I asked Qiu to redeem my life with money, but Qiu beat me.

But Qiu said that after he opened the rice store, Yu Alu repeatedly credited rice and refused to pay back the money.

The county magistrate saw Qiu Yicheng's deed of prostitution handed over by Yu Alu, and asked Qiu Zhao to write a few lines with similar handwriting, but Qiu firmly refused to admit that there was any prostitution.

At this time, a friend looked at the deed carefully and found that Qiu's writing method was wrong and his age was also suspicious, so he concluded that the deed was forged.According to the strict interrogation by the county magistrate, Yu Alu could not deny it, so he had to plead guilty.

Do you know how Muyou reasoned?

[Answer] The word "Qiu" was only used as a place name before the early years of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, and "Qiu" with the surname "Qiu" was not added with "ear".In the early years of Yongzheng, because of avoiding the taboo of Confucius (Qiu), "ear" was added to form "Qiu".

The deed of selling one's body was written in the 59th year of Kangxi, when "Qiu" could not be called "Qiu".In addition, Qiu Yicheng confessed that he was 48 years old. He was born in the 50th year of Kangxi and was just 59 years old in the 10th year of Kangxi.

(End of this chapter)