Chapter 8: Three Lives in One Case
"Master, who do you think I brought here?" As soon as Adu returned home, Master Niu led Miss Li Qinfang to visit Adu Zhixian.
"Would you like to be my maid?"
"The old man saved me from fire and water five times, put life and death aside for justice, and the little woman is not grateful! The little woman has nothing to repay, she should follow the master for the rest of her life, in order to follow the work of dogs and horses!"
"Wei Xishao died because of you, you must live in this mansion, and you must not show your face, lest you have another disaster!
"Thank you, Master!"
Baoding officials, big and small, were afraid of the Wei family's obscenity and did not dare to make a difference. Abdul decided to carefully read the case file left by his predecessor to see what grievances there were. At this moment, someone outside the yamen beat a drum and shouted for injustice! Adu was immediately ascended to the court.
"What is your name, and what are your grievances?"
"The villain Zhao Sanyuan lives in the countryside not far from Baoding County. The villain's second daughter married into Zhang's mansion as a wife for many years and had no children. Master Zhang was resentful, so he married a concubine Liu. How do you know that although the concubine is beautiful, she is stubborn by nature, and she is not compatible with Master Zhang's temperament, so she is estranged. A few days earlier, Master Zhang married a beautiful concubine Wang, but who knew that on the night of the candles in the cave room, the Wang family was actually strangled to death! What is even more bizarre is that the villain's second daughter also drowned in the pond in the back garden of Zhang's mansion! There must be grievances in this, please master the master!"
"Where's Mr. Zhang?"
"Report to the master!" Master Zhang is waiting outside the door!" Ma Zhutou hurriedly replied.
"Pass on Master Zhang!" Ah Du wanted to see what kind of person Master Zhang was.
"Master Zhang!" Ma Zhutou shouted at the top of his voice.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears entered the yamen, and when he saw Adu, he quickly knelt on the ground.
"Who's coming?"
"The villain meets the master! Under the surname Zhang Mingshun, a native of Xingxiang, Baoding, engaged in salt tea trading. When he was young, he married Zhao as his wife, and he did not have children for a long time, and he was afraid that his family fortune would fall into the hands of outsiders in the future, so he married Liu as a concubine a few years later. My wife, Zhao, was jealous, and took advantage of my drunkenness, sneaked into the cave room, and strangled Wang!
"Master! The second daughter of the villain has been kind-hearted and empathetic since she was a child, and the little girl is single and weak, there must be grievances in this! The master is the master for me!"
"Master Zhang, how do you know all this?"
"Back to the master, the concubine Liu saw it with her own eyes when the crime happened, and then told me later!"
"Where are the bodies of the Zhao family and the Wang family now?" Adu decided to conduct an autopsy before making a decision.
"Back to the master, the family suffered from this accident, and the family was ugly and the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so I gave the Zhao family a little silver taels, and then buried it!"
"Open the coffin for autopsy!
"Little obedience!"
Adu and his entourage came to a small hill, and the two new tombs were particularly eye-catching! Adu first taught people to dig up Wang's grave. Everyone lifted out the coffin and pried open the lid of the coffin, and they couldn't help but be shocked one by one! There is no Wang family in this, it is clearly a headless male corpse! Adu hurriedly ordered his subordinates to dig up another new grave, and as soon as the coffin lid was opened, Zhao Sanyuan howled sadly: "Daughter, you died so miserably! Master Qingtian, you have to be the master of the little girl!"
"Is it your wife, Zhao?" asked Zhang Shun.
"Exactly! Exactly!" Mr. Zhang replied while pretending to wipe his tears.
Abdul told the crowd to stand back and take a closer look at the two corpses, thoughtfully.
"It's not early today, Ma Zhutou, you lead the officials to protect the scene, and the rest of the people are not allowed to stay at the scene!"
Everyone sighed, what a strange case!
After returning home, Adu called Master Niu and instructed: "To solve such a strange case, we must find out the source of the headless corpse." From now on, you will lead a group of men and horses to the villages near the small hill to find the whereabouts of one person, without delay!"
"What kind of person?" Master Niu was very curious!
"Tall, stonemason or former stonemason, left-handed, former grave robber, living near a hill. Wait for the visit as soon as possible, and if you have any information, return to report as soon as possible!"
"Yes!"
More than a day has passed, and Adu is waiting for Master Niu's reply from the county government, very anxious.
"Master, master, good news, there really is such a person! His name is Zhang Dacheng, and he has been missing for several days!" Master Niu rushed to tell him.
"Where?"
"In a small village not far from the new tomb, the small village is called 'Bailutang', and the village is not large, there are only about a dozen families! The small one also brought two villagers to identify the body. ”
"Master is shrewd! Well done!"
When they arrived at the small hill, the two villagers, judging by their clothing and physical signs, unanimously believed that it was Zhang Dacheng, a stonemason from their village! According to the villagers, this Zhang Dacheng was more than 40 years old. Although he is a stonemason, he and his nephew Zhang Tiangui often do some unsightly things such as stealing chickens and touching dogs. Due to poor conduct and bad reputation, the uncle and nephew have not married yet.
"Hurry up and arrest Zhang Dacheng's nephew Zhang Tiangui!" Adu gave an order, and everyone rushed towards the Egret Hall. Upon arriving at the village, Abdul ordered the people to surround the village. Under the guidance of the villagers, Ma Zhutou led people to break into Zhang Tiangui's house. I saw a young man with a hammer in his hand, waiting for the plane to resist. Ma Zhutou is not an idle person, and quickly takes it down! When he was about to leave, he vaguely heard a woman in the back room calling for help! Ma Zhutou kicked open the door and saw a woman curled up in the corner of the house, trembling!
As soon as Adu saw the woman, he asked, "Could it be that you are Master Zhang's concubine Wang?"
"Exactly, exactly, sir, save me!"
"Bring them all back to the county office!"
"Yes!" replied.
"Wait!" Ah Du called Ma Zhutou to his side and ordered: "Quickly bring Zhang Shun's concubine Liu to the county office!
The horse catcher led the order and left.
After the relevant personnel arrived, Adu began to ascend to the court to judge the case.
"Zhang Tiangui, how did you kill your uncle Zhang Dacheng, and you didn't recruit it from the truth!"
Zhang Tiangui glanced at the Wang clan and knew that the murder and murder could not be denied! Bi Jing Wang witnessed the whole process of his murder.
"That night, I was alone at home drinking when my uncle broke in. I thought he was here to beg for wine, but he asked me if I had a chance to get rich, would you do it? I asked what the opportunity was, and he said that the old man Zhang Shun of Zhangfu had died of his wife and concubines overnight, and he was buried nearby. The Zhang family is a wealthy businessman, and the deceased must have a lot of gold and silver jewelry buried with him, so it is better to go to him for a vote. I was so deluded that I went with him. As soon as I arrived at the cemetery, I heard a cry! I was so frightened that I ran away! My uncle was so bold that he grabbed me and told me to take a closer look. My uncle and I dug up the grave, opened the coffin, and found a woman alive. My uncle and I pulled out the woman and looked for the burial goods. Although the old man was a wealthy businessman, he was very stingy, and there was no gold and silver jewelry in the tomb, only a jade bracelet in the little woman's hand. My uncle first took off the jade bracelet, and then handed it to me, saying that he wanted the little woman and the jade bracelet belonged to me. When I looked at the little woman, I was a little bit more beautiful. I said I want a little girl, and the jade bracelet belongs to him. He disagreed, and ran away with the little woman on his shoulder! On impulse, I picked up a shovel and smashed it on the back of my uncle's head. I shoveled off his head with a shovel, and then threw his body into Wang's coffin, and after burying it, I carried my uncle's head to intimidate Wang, and the little woman was so frightened that she had to go home with me. ”
"Where is that Dacheng's head now?" Adu asked.
"Buried in his own garden. ”
Adu immediately asked Ma Zhutou to dig up the head, and warned Ma Zhutou: "That's ironclad evidence, don't be careless!"
Ah Du came to the side of Master Zhang's concubine Liu again, and shouted: "Raise your head!
"Back to the master! The little woman's surname is Liu Minglanhua, Zhang Shun, and Zhang Shun is the concubine of Master Zhang!"
"Liu Lanhua, how did you stun the Wang family, and how did you kill the Zhao family, and you still didn't recruit it from the truth!"
"The little girl is wronged! Master! That Wang family is really harmed by the Zhao family!"
"Oh, how did Zhao die?"
"After the Zhao family harmed the Wang family, they committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water!"
"Then how did the pinching marks and nail scratches on Zhao's neck come about?"
"Back to the master! That must have been caught by the Wang family when he was struggling!"
"Master, the little concubine didn't! The incident happened suddenly, and the little woman lost consciousness without any struggle! Moreover, the little woman did not have any nails!" Wang said, stretching out his hand for everyone to see. Everyone sighed!
"Liu Lanhua, do you see what is in the master's hand?" Ah Du thought to himself, with such a quibble with your IQ, wouldn't there be three hundred taels of silver here. Ah Du decided to give her a fatal blow and opened his palm to let Liu see something - a golden butterfly hairpin!
"Liu Lanhua, is this thing yours?"
"No! not mine!" Liu was nervous!
"This item was found from the hands of the Zhao family during my autopsy. The Zhao family held it tightly in her hand until she died, just so that one day someone would avenge her grievances! As far as I know, in Zhang's Mansion, this golden butterfly is only available to you! Ironclad evidence is like a mountain, if you don't recruit it from the truth, the great punishment is waiting!"
"I'll recruit! I'll recruit!" This Liu woman is also a soft egg, and when she heard that she was going to be punished, she hurriedly confessed.
"The little girl married into Zhang's mansion for a few years, and although she couldn't talk about friendship with Master Zhang, she could still be some masters. The little woman was jealous and hated, so I sneaked into the cave room while the old man was drunk, knocked Wang out with a wooden stick, and then strangled her to death! Just as I was leaving the cave room, I heard the Zhao girl scream. The little woman understood that Zhao had peeked into what I was doing. I chased after the little woman, hit her on the head with a wooden stick, and choked her neck. Zhao was slender, but the resistance was fierce, and the little woman pushed her into the pond and fled in a hurry. Little girl, I deserve to die, I hope the old man will be lightly dismissed!"
As soon as he heard Liu's confession, Zhao Sanyuan was so sad that he fell to the ground and died!
At this point, the truth of the case has been revealed. Master Zhang married a concubine, Liu killed Wang out of jealousy, and Zhao lost his life because he unintentionally witnessed it! Zhang Dacheng's uncle and nephew robbed the tomb, and there was infighting between Wang's life, and Zhang Dacheng died because of this! The Wang family did not die in a catastrophe, fortunately! However, Zhao Sanyuan died of great sorrow, which was really pitiful. This case actually caused three lives, Qi Ye! Ah can solve it, Zhi Ye!
After retreating, Master Niu quietly asked Ah Du how he knew that the headless corpse was a stonemason and was left-handed. Ah Du said with a smile: "During the autopsy, I noticed that Zhang Dacheng's left hand was much thicker than his right hand, and there were a lot of gravel slag left on his clothes and shoes, and I saw that there were many quarries along the way.
"The old man is wise, and the little one admires it!"
After solving this strange case, Adu's reputation was greatly enhanced!