The Forensic Doctor's Daughter-in-law

Chapter 538 015, the strangeness of the marriage
The words of this shriveled old man made the couple's hearts move. Could it be that the murder of the Lin family is related to the family history of the Lin family?

It is undeniable that in this era, when various business laws and regulations are not perfect, the history of many businessmen's fortunes is not so glorious, and many of them are the way of collusion between government and businessmen.

The eldest son of the Lin family died in the wedding room, so they naturally went to the Lin family when they were investigating the scene.

Just judging from the scale of the building, the Lin family is certainly far inferior to the Pei family and the Li family, which have been passed down for hundreds of years, but it seems that they have a considerable family business.

How did this family business come about?

Speaking of the family history of the Lin family, the husband and wife have just arrived here, so they really don't know much about it. All they know is that Mr. Lin is now the largest tea merchant in Qingzhou.

In ancient times, tea was not a bad street thing, not only the main export product of the Silk Road, but also the famous ancient tea-horse road and so on.

Although the history of China has turned a corner, with the Eastern Tang Dynasty, a dynasty that did not exist in history, it can be inferred from the historical process of the Eastern Tang Dynasty that it should be similar to the Northern Song Dynasty.

As we all know, the sea transportation in the Northern Song Dynasty was very developed, and there was no sea ban in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and the sea transportation was also very developed.

Not only that, the territory of the current Eastern Tang Dynasty is much wider than that of the Northern Song Dynasty in history. Although there are nomadic peoples in the north, the national strength of the Eastern Tang Dynasty is strong. Still not climate.

As a result, Dongtang has a relatively long coastline, and there are many cities near the sea.

It's just that since Dou Zihan crossed, no matter whether he was in his hometown or in the capital, including following Li San as a foreigner, he was never near the sea.

In addition, she is only more interested in autopsy and solving cases, and pays less attention to other aspects, which leads to her not knowing much about Dongtang's shipping, including maritime regulations.

It was only when I learned that Li San was going to Qingzhou to take office, I opened the Qingzhou Geography by the way, and learned that part of the Qingzhou border was by the sea, and then I noticed that there was a yamen in the Eastern Tang Dynasty called the Maritime Yamen.

The function of this Maritime Office is different from that of the Maritime Department.

The Shibo Department is an organization mainly established in the seaport in ancient times to manage maritime trade. It is equivalent to the modern customs.

The Maritime Office is actually a military department responsible for coastal defense and maritime trade security.

The coastline of the Eastern Tang Dynasty is relatively long. In fact, there is already an established navy. Although this navy is not very good in terms of size and function, this navy already has some prototypes of a modern navy.

Although the most direct commander of the navy in the Eastern Tang Dynasty was the commander of the navy, the commander of the navy was actually only responsible for fighting, and other government affairs were still managed by the magistrate of the Yamen.

Speaking of which, the bride of the eldest son of the Lin family is said to be the daughter of the governor's family of the maritime yamen.

Wait, before Dou Zihan didn't think much about what's wrong with this marriage, but at this moment she suddenly thought that although she had traveled through the Eastern Tang Dynasty for seven or eight years, she still had some modern ideas in her bones, thinking that The Lin family is a wealthy businessman, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with marrying a young lady from the Ren family.

But if you think about it carefully, the reason why the family in the Eastern Tang Dynasty is very powerful is because people at that time paid great attention to family background.

Even though Governor Ren came from a poor family, he was still a high-ranking official of the imperial court. Although the Lin family was rich, merchants still belonged to a relatively low-status category in the Eastern Tang Dynasty. Obviously, they belong to the disadvantaged group.

From the perspective of the family status of the two families, they are both inappropriate.

Not to mention, in subsequent investigations, she also found that although Mr. Lin had no major evil deeds, it also proved that Mr. Lin was mediocre in both talent and appearance. Why do you want to marry your only daughter-in-law to Mr. Lin?

No matter how you think about it, it seems a little strange.

I always feel that this marriage is not that simple.

Could the murderer be the bride, Miss Ren?
But thinking about it again, I think there is still a problem.

If Miss Ren doesn't want to marry Mr. Lin and wants to get rid of him, she should do it before marriage, instead of waiting until the wedding night.

After all, in this way, it will only make things bigger and more eye-catching.

This was in ancient times, even if Ms. Ren and Mr. Lin did not consummate their marriage, after all, she had married into the Lin family and became a veritable Lin family wife. head.

Not to mention, since Governor Ren has agreed to this marriage, will Miss Ren be allowed to kill the newlywed husband?

If this is the case, it is not a marriage, but a feud.

So no matter what, when you think about this marriage carefully, there are really many doubts, not to mention, after the murder of the Lin family, there were rumors in the market that the bride who married into the Lin family was a fake?
Fake?Can a dignified daughter-in-law of a high-ranking third-rank official cheat at will?

But there is no storm without waves, and perhaps the answer to this case lies in these confusing rumors.

It seems that now, before they figure out the family history of the Lin family, they should also check the Ren family, the Governor of the Maritime Yamen, who are in-laws.

After all, from the words of this shriveled old man, they heard that the Lin family also lived in the sea long ago.

Even in the modern era of advanced technology, sea freight has its risks, let alone in this era of nearly 1000 years behind.

Since the Lin family is the largest tea merchant, it is naturally impossible for fishermen to rely mainly on fishing. If they want to make a fortune, they can only sell goods by sea.

Could it be that in the process of accumulating wealth, his hands are very dirty and he has accumulated some enemies.

In the final analysis, the murder of the Lin family was the revenge of the enemy?
Dou Zihan has always believed that, except for indiscriminate crimes and random crimes, most crimes in this world have their inevitable criminal motives.

Finding the murderer through criminal motives is the most commonly used and most effective means of solving crimes in criminal investigation.

The two sons of the Lin family died unexpectedly in different places. No matter how you look at it, the possibility of death from vendetta is relatively high, and the possibility of indiscriminate crime is very small.

The reason why the investigation of the previous case was deadlocked was because they lacked a main direction of attack on the people who had feuded with the Lin family.

The unintentional words of this shriveled old man now provided them with a direction.

Although Li Mengyang is often a little out of tune, he is not stupid. After some training by Dou Zihan over the years, and he himself is really interested in criminal investigation and solving cases, although he looks lazy at this time. , but also thoughtfully.

"Big brother, what do you mean by begging at sea? Are you begging at sea?" Wushuang little friend sat at the table, waiting for the dishes to be served, she was a child, and she sat very solemnly. She also heard the discussion on the table next door, and immediately raised her tied head and asked in a soft voice.

Because she is very sensitive to feel that her parents seem to have a different look now, subconsciously feel that this sentence seems to be very important.

Naturally, she asked her eldest brother who she thought was very knowledgeable.

"Those who make a living at sea rely on sea transportation for their food."

Pei Qifang lowered her head and smiled and touched the small bump on Wushuang's little friend's head.

When he arrived in Qingzhou, he happened to hear about the murder case of the Lin family, so he became more or less interested.

Even though the Lin family has some reputation in Qingzhou, this alone cannot catch the eyes of a top son of a family like him.

It's just that this case is indeed complicated and confusing at first glance, because of the relationship between mother and aunt Dou.

He also wanted to see how Uncle Li, an outlier in the capital and family circle, finally found the murderer.

I would also like to see how Aunt Dou, a female widow, conducts an autopsy.

Although in this dynasty, since his brother-in-law ascended the throne, the status restrictions on some special talents have gradually been lifted.

For example, professional talents such as midwives and patriarchs are no longer classified as humble, and their children and grandchildren are not restricted from participating in the imperial examinations. The government also ordered to reward such outstanding talents among the people.

But even so, when ordinary people hear that a certain person has dealt with corpses, they will still involuntarily stay away from the other person, lest they also get bad luck from the dead.

Before meeting Aunt Dou, he thought she was a very tough woman.

But after they actually met each other, they found that the other party's words and deeds were no different from those of the noble ladies of the aristocratic family, and it was not obvious that she was a person who liked to deal with dead people's bones.

But if he probed more carefully, he always felt that the other party's words and deeds were somewhat similar to his own mother's.

It's no wonder that the friendship between my mother's meeting and Aunt Dou seems to be a little different from the friendship between other noble ladies in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and it seems more relaxed and casual.

This also made him subconsciously have a good impression of Aunt Dou's family, so he planned to stay in Qingzhou for a while.

As for how the Lin family made their fortune at sea, what he didn't tell Wushuang's sister was that although Dongtang's sea transportation was relatively developed, very few ordinary merchants participated in it.

Although their Pei family has been passed down for hundreds of years, they have also accumulated some wealth, as well as various royal rewards and so on.

But the family has a large population and costs a lot. A hundred years ago, one branch started to engage in shipping business, transporting some tea, silk, pottery and other things from the Central Plains to some overseas countries, and then trafficking some spices, corals, and even Gold and silver are back.

My mother once said that shipping in this era is all about profiteering.

But profiteering is not something everyone can get involved in.Although these dignitaries ordered the imperial court to build a naval force, and also set up a city ship department and a maritime office in order to protect their own interests at sea, they still couldn't stop the desperadoes who were begging for life at sea.

(End of this chapter)