046 Murder in a coffin
A team of nearly 1,000 people walked on the streets, and Ling Yun, the county magistrate and others, under the leadership of the officials, walked directly towards the palace outside the king.
The two places are not very far apart, after a street, everyone came to the gate of the palace, look around, only to see that the lantern hanging on the gate of the palace is also white, on which is written: Lay, word!
A white silk, under the blowing of the breeze, swayed with the wind, although it has been buried, but has not passed the first seven, the spirit flag inserted on the bamboo pole on the roof is under the scorching sun, back and forth.
Standing at the gate of the palace, the two family members stood on the left and right of the gate with a white belt around their waists, and suddenly saw a large group of people coming towards the palace, and the two hurriedly stopped in front.
Looking closer, the person who came was the county magistrate, and the two didn't dare to be a little lazy, so they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The villain has seen the county magistrate." ”
The county commander raised his hand and flicked the two of them and said, "Quickly go and report to your master, just say that the official has something urgent to find him." ”
After listening to the words of the county order, the two got up and turned around, and ran towards the mansion!
Wang Yuanwai was in the mansion at this time, leaning on a bamboo chair and squinting his eyes to recuperate, and the tears in the corners of his eyes proved that he was very sad at the moment.
At this moment, I only heard the family Ding raise his voice and said: "Master, it's not good, the county order brought someone here......"
Suddenly, he was shouted by the family, which frightened Wang Yuanwai, sat up and pointed at the family and scolded: "The old man is not dead yet!" What are you crying about? It's not that the county magistrate hasn't been here, so he went to the account office and asked the housekeeper to prepare a hundred taels of silver, and gave the county magistrate in a while. ”
The family didn't leave, but just nodded at Wang Yuanwai and said, "Old, master, the county order is followed by more than a thousand people, so let's go out and have a look!" ”
Although Wang Yuanwai said that he didn't like it, but as a businessman, a farmer and a businessman, the merchant was at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, and in the face of the county order, he really didn't have the courage to be arrogant enough to expose the county order at the gate.
After tidying up his clothes, Wang Yuanwai hurried to the gate to greet the county order.
When he walked to the gate, Wang Yuanwai was also surprised, good guy, the entire gate was surrounded by the people, and the county commander and a young man in a strange costume stood in the crowd under the escort of dozens of officials.
Wang Yuanwai looked bitter, went down the steps to the county commander, hugged his fists and saluted deeply: "I don't know why the county lord came with so many people?" ”
The county commander didn't speak, but said to Ling Yun beside him: "You come and talk to Wang Yuanwai." ”
"Yes, sir." Ling Yun hugged his fist in agreement to the county order, turned to Wang Yuanwai and said: "Wang Yuanwai, he is a person from the capital, surnamed Ling Mingyun, and he is the master of Wang Dazhu's mother. ”
As soon as he mentioned his daughter, Wang Yuanwai immediately grieved, beat his chest vigorously, pointed at Ling Yun and scolded while crying: "The old man doesn't care what cloud you are, now that the old man's daughter has just come out of the funeral, you are here to talk nonsense, do you really think that the old man is easy to bully?" ”
Ling Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Senior, don't worry, I am not a man of false words, but I conclude that your daughter is not really dead, but just temporarily in shock, if you open the coffin immediately, there may be a glimmer of life, if the time drags on for a long time, she will suffocate in the coffin." ”
After listening to this, Wang Yuanwai flicked the sleeves of his robe, came to the county order, and hugged his fist at the county order: "I ask the adults to be the masters of the villain, and severely punish this scredgy criminal." ”
Ling Yun heard Wang Yuanwai say this, walked in front of Wang Yuanwai, raised his hand and pointed at Wang Yuanwai and shouted: "Human life is a matter of heaven, this is not just your daughter's life, I am the master invited by Wang Dazhu's mother, so naturally I have to check everything clearly, you are procrastinating and refusing to open the coffin, is there another hidden reason in it." ”
"This ...... This ......" Wang Yuanwai was choked by Ling Yun's words and stammered, and he didn't know what to say for a while, looking at the county order for a while, looking at Ling Yun for a while, he was in a dilemma.
At this time, the crowd of onlookers coaxed one after another: "Open the coffin...... Open the coffin ......"
Wang Yuanwai lost his mind for a while after being argued by so many people, and finally came to Ling Yun with a helpless sigh, and asked with a gloomy face: "You said that the coffin was opened, in case you can't find out the reason, what should you do?" ”
Ling Yun listened to Wang Yuanwai's words, pointed at Wang Yuanwai and said: "The time has dragged on for a long time, even if your daughter is not dead, she will be suffocated alive in the coffin, hurry up and take us to the cemetery, I will bear it if something happens." ”
Seeing that Ling Yun said that something happened to him, he took it, and Wang Yuanwai stopped procrastinating, and walked towards his own cemetery with Ling Yun and the others.
Lingyun was eager to save people, and the wind was blazing along the way, urging Wang Yuanwai to trot to the cemetery, and the official controlled the crowd of onlookers ten steps away, and began to dig the grave.
There are many people and great strength, and it didn't take long for dozens of officials to dig up the grave, and the black coffin was presented in front of everyone.
The county commander came to Ling Yun's side with some confidence and asked, "Are we sure we want to open the coffin?" If the person who opened the coffin is already dead, I'm afraid even the official will not be able to explain. ”
Ling Yun didn't think about it, and said in a firm tone: "Open the coffin!" ”
The officials around the tomb looked at the county order, and now, the county order is also difficult to ride, so they can only nod to the officials.
With the county's permission, the officials began to pry open the lid of the coffin.
In the next scene, not to mention the officials, even Ling Yun himself stood on the spot.
I saw that the person lying in the coffin was not Wang's Xing'er, but there was a man lying on his stomach in the coffin, half of his neck was cut off by a sharp weapon, only half of his head was attached, and his flesh and blood were blurred in the coffin.
There was also a county magistrate outside the king standing in the distance, and when he saw the expressions of the people around the coffin, he came up one after another, which was okay if he didn't look at it, but when he saw it, the two of them immediately vomited.
The county magistrate raised his finger and pointed to the dead body lying in the coffin and asked Wang Yuanwai: "Is this your daughter?" ”
Wang Yuan looked sideways, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "Where is my daughter, it is clearly a man." ”
The county magistrate frowned and said, "Then why is he in your daughter's coffin, and where did your daughter go?" ”
Wang Yuanwai was a little flustered at the moment, obviously he watched his daughter bury with his own eyes when he was buried, but now there is a man's dead body.
Just when everyone was talking, Ling Yun said to the county order: "Don't make any noise, where is the paperwork?" ”
A man in his thirties, listening to Ling Yun shouting papers, hurriedly came to Ling Yun with a pen and paper, and turned his face sideways to avoid a scene in the coffin.
Ling Yun said to the clerk: "I'll tell you to remember." ”
After finishing speaking, Ling Yun took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth and nose and tied it, came to the coffin, looked at the wound and said: "The wound is from back to front, it was injured from behind, the incision is blurred outside, obviously it is not injured by a sharp weapon, the wound is about three and a half inches wide, and it is definitely not injured by an ordinary sword." ”
After carefully looking at the corpse, he turned it over and lay down in the coffin, Ling Yun continued: "The deceased has no other injuries on his body, the neck or even the death wound, the deceased is about fifty years old, and the clothes on his body are ninety percent new, but the cuffs are worn out, there are also tears on the knees, and the hands are calloused, it can be concluded that the deceased has been digging other people's graves for a long time, and the deceased is a tomb robber." ”
Speaking of which, Ling Yun looked through the coffin, only to see the burial goods in the coffin, but now there was nothing left, and after looking around carefully, he finally found a few vague footprints from the soil.
Ling Yun smiled slightly, and said to the clerk: "There is also a fat man who came with the deceased, and the footprints are deep and shallow, indicating that the fat man is a lame, and the footprints of leaving, the limping footprints are obviously deepened, indicating that he is carrying heavy objects, and he should have taken away the funeral goods in the coffin, and there is also a three-inch golden lotus footprint, which is messy back and forth, obviously being held hostage and leaving." ”
Speaking of this, Ling Yun said to the people on the field: "Who will identify it?" Who was the deceased lying in the coffin? Sometimes if you know someone who gives your name and address, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. ”
As soon as I heard that the reward was ten taels of silver, dozens of officials hula all surrounded them, and they all shook their heads after watching it for a long time.
At this moment, a servant said: "This person seems to be Yu Laohan from Yujiazhuang, who begged for water at their house when I arrested a fugitive last year." ”
When Ling Yun heard this, he immediately became interested, took two steps forward, came to the official and asked, "Is there a lame fat man in their house or in the village?" ”
The official rubbed his hands and smiled: "Childe, that ......"
Ling Yun smiled and said to Wang Yuanwai: "Wang Yuanwai, how about you pay for the ten taels of silver?" ”
Wang Yuanwai hurriedly took out ten taels of silver from his arms, held them in front of Ling Yun with both hands and said, "As long as the son can find the murderer and save my daughter, the villain will definitely be grateful." ”
Ling Yun stretched out his hand and took the ten taels of silver in Wang Yuanwai's hand, handed it to the official who rubbed his hands and said, "Wang Yuanwai said that after finding her daughter, there will be heavy thanks." ”
After listening to this, the officials were like being beaten with chicken blood anyway, all of them were full of energy, and they looked more and more eager to try.
"Now you can say it!" Ling Yun asked the official who had taken the bounty, "In their village, or relatives, in the surrounding villages, are there any big fat people with lame legs?" ”
The official smiled all over his face, put the silver in his hand into his arms, pointed to the dead body lying in the coffin, and said in a firm tone: "This person is an old bachelor, adopted his eldest brother's son, named Yu Hu, he is five big and three thick, likes to fight and fight, he broke his leg a few years ago, and after he was healed, he fell into the sequelae, and walked with a limp, the two of them usually don't farm, and they don't know what to make a living. ”
After listening to this, Ling Yun walked up to the county order and said: "When I came, two tomb robbers, one died in the coffin, according to the corpse spots on the body of the deceased, it can be seen that the deceased died for about three hours, according to the current time, it should be who was about four watch last night." ”
After finishing speaking, Ling Yun stretched out his hand and pointed to the two footprints and said: "When leaving, the lame man's footprints were obviously deeper, indicating that he was carrying a lot of things, and there was a three-inch golden lotus beside him that was messy, indicating that he was held hostage, so it can be concluded that the lame tomb robber killed the dead tomb robber lying in the coffin, and after the dead tomb robber, he took the burial goods in the coffin, and before leaving, in order not to let people find out, he covered the coffin again and buried the grave, and no one would pay attention to the new grave, and then the lame tomb robber took the burial goods." , holding Wang's Xing'er who came back to life from the coffin and hurriedly left. ”
Ling Yun's eloquent talk made the people present, whether it was the county order, the king, as well as the officials at all levels, the three classes of officials to catch the fast, the onlookers Ma Chunfeng, the purple void road chief, and nearly a thousand onlookers, they were all surprised, originally to witness the miracle, to see how Wang's Xinghua came to life, but they never expected that in the coffin of the dead man, there was a murder case hidden.
Slightly taken aback for a while, the county order no longer had an official stand, and asked Ling Yun with an expression of seeking advice: "Who does Ling Gongzi think the murderer is?" ”
Ling Yun smiled and said: "It's still uncertain, only go to Yujiazhuang first, first arrest the tiger, and then see if there is any Wang's apricot blossom, if you can't find Yu Hu, the adult can issue a sea fishing document, because it means that Yu Hu has absconded in fear of crime." ”
Although the county commander Zhong is useless and has little talent, he is not a fool, Ling Yun's examination of the corpse and the investigation of the scene all point the biggest suspicion at Yu Hu, even if the perpetrator is not Yu Hu, he should be arrested and interrogated by the Yamen at present.
The county order said to the third class of officials: "Send a few people to carry the body back to Yizhuang, and the rest of the people will quickly arrest Yu Hu, if you find the traces of Wang's apricot blossoms, you must bring them safely, if you find the funeral goods, they will all be brought back as evidence in court, and there must be no mistakes." ”
"Yes......" dozens of officials quickly agreed, and each went to catch the suspect.
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