P. 490 From the root cause
On the twelfth day of the first month, the dynasty opened, the hundred officials congratulated the New Year, there was no major event in the cabinet, the country was very stable, and the emperor was very happy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After dispersing, Cui Yanzhi walked out of the palace gate, and suddenly heard someone calling him, his expression was correct, and he turned around and smiled, "Yanyu." ”
Yan Yu strode over, "For the New Year, only you Cui Tuiguan is in a hurry." Why, is there any big case that happens so that you can't finish the Lantern Festival? ”
Cui Yanzhi responded, "I don't care about the case recently, and I'm still sorting out the old text library." ”
Yan Yu frowned, "I can't find you throughout the New Year's Festival, and I dare to love and still eat ashes." Your superiors still can't get along with you, and blame you for not fulfilling your official duties in order to save Yuzhen? If that's the case, I'm going to ask my father to come forward. That case has been settled, and you have no responsibility. ”
"No, I asked for it myself. After the relocation of the capital, many old records were not sorted out. Last year, Mr. Wang compiled a book of "100 Records of Pushing Cases", and many colleagues said that they were deeply inspired. So I discussed it with Shangguan and planned to make a set of "Ten State Important Cases and Facts" with the Bachelor's Pavilion. ”
Yan Yu smiled, "That's a good idea." ”
"Yes, the Criminal Division has always relied on personal experience and oral tradition to handle cases, but the hundreds of strange cases in Mr. Wang's "Hundred Records of Pushing Cases" involve the influence of geography and climate on autopsies and evidence, how to distinguish testimony, and summarize the ideas of pushing cases. It makes me feel that there are too few books about solving cases, and it is clear that there are so many records stored in the Criminal Division, if they can be sorted out, it will not only help the criminal officer, but also Marble, Six Doors, and the state and county yamen to handle the case. ”
"Lord Wang is the former prime minister of the dynasty, Wang Duanyan, and Wang Ge Lao?" Yan Yu asked.
"Exactly. Mr. Wang also promised to help us make this set of examples, and I collected the case books, and then handed them over to the old man for inspection, selected the cases for detailed evidence, and sometimes had to go to the local yamen to confirm it, so I had to go everywhere this year. Cui Yanzhi raised his palm and patted Yanyu's shoulder, "Yuzhen will ask you." ”
Yan Yu's eyes were clear, "Do you still need to say it?" She is my wife. ”
Cui Yanzhi withdrew his hand, "Speaking of which, I recently sorted out the records in the Jianzhou area, including a strange case in your hometown of Ningping Mansion. ”
Yan Yu's expression did not move, "Ningping Mansion is prosperous, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and there are many evil cases every day. I'm curious, what case can make you know what to call strange. ”
"A case of child abduction." Cui Yanzhi continued, "More than ten years ago, there was a disappearance of a child in Ningping Mansion for several days, which made people panic, and parents panicked as soon as they saw their children, and as a result, the local yamen received more than 100 reports within a month, causing an uproar. However, after investigation, most of them were false positives, and nine children were actually trafficked. ”
When Yan Yu heard this, he seemed to remember, "I know about this case." It's funny to say, my mother was one of the false alarms at that time. When I was six years old, my father found me a great Confucian in a neighboring county, and the chief steward took me to apprentice, but the great Confucian was strict, saying that he would live for a year and not go home. As soon as I heard that there were children abducted everywhere, and I couldn't find me when I went home, I was so frightened that I had no master, and I quickly reported to the yamen. ”
"I was about to say this. I was really taken aback to see your name on the list, and I don't think you ever mentioned it. Cui Yanzhi's eyes were also normal.
"It's not something to be advertised." Yan Yu smiled and shook his head, "You don't know, the servant at home later reminded my mother, my mother didn't believe it, and ran out to find me, but she fell down a steep slope and was in a coma for several days, and she woke up in a daze and stared, and her mind was not very clear." The prefect sent a messenger to find the gentleman's house, saw me with his own eyes, and went back to tell my mother, but my mother was still trembling. When I came home a year later, my mother didn't recognize me, and she said that I was not her son, and ran to the yamen to make a fuss. In the end, even my father, who was far away in the northern capital, was alarmed and rushed home to appease my mother, and I was suspended from school for half a year. ”
"I see." Cui Yanzhi smiled, "Although it is recorded in the case book that your mother's health is not good, it is not detailed. Looking at Aunt Yan's appearance now, she is really blessed and healthy, it is hard to imagine that she couldn't recognize you back then, and ran to the yamen to make noise. ”
"To tell you the truth, my mother was from a bad background, but her appearance was excellent, and my father liked her appearance at first, and he didn't think about anything else, so he married home. The age difference between the two is quite big, my father is very angry, and he has to be famous after becoming an official, so my mother was very anxious in those years, afraid that my father would abandon his wife and children, and was always overly nervous. The doctor said that my mother was stimulated by the disappearance of the child, and the string in her heart was broken, so she was unconscious. Later, my father rented a house in a neighboring county so that my mother could see me nearby, and my mother slowly recovered. ”
"Lord Yan blames the servants at home for not taking good care of them, and after your mother moved to a neighboring county, she fired everyone?" Cui Yanzhi said.
"There are few servants in the old house, and I am not satisfied with my mother's background, and I rely on my old qualifications, so I really despise my mother. When my mother couldn't find me, they still looked at my mother's jokes, deliberately delayed not telling her my whereabouts, and later hid my mother's illness until I went home, and my mother's health was already very bad. Don't say my dad is angry, I'm angry too. ”
"And what are the secrets? That's no wonder. Cui Yanzhi's expression suddenly understood, "If you want to be kind, these servants don't seem to have a long life after leaving Yanfu." ”
Yan Yu was surprised, "Really? Shaking his head, "I really don't know about this, my husband is strict, and my mother is sick, so I really don't have time to care about anything else." Yanzhi, do you mean this strange case when you say it? It's my family affair at best. ”
"Naturally not, I just found your name in the human trafficking case, and I was just a little curious. To say that it is strange, those traffickers came and went without a trace, and there were no clues at all back then, and I didn't expect that there would be new clues after so many years. ”
Yan Yu frowned, but quickly calmed down, and asked with a smile, "What new clues?" ”
"There is a child who claims to be abducted back then, not only has he been found in the home of his biological parents in Ningping Province, but he still remembers the appearance of the traffickers and the hiding dens, and even the places where several children were sold." Cui Yanzhi looked at the entourage not far away, "There is something in the division, I'll go first." Lantern Festival Jade really wants to go back to the door, will you come? ”
Yan Yu nodded, "Of course, I want to accompany her back, see you at Lantern Festival." ”
Cui Yan knew that the sound was good, strode over to the mount, and got on the horse.
Yan Yu's face sank at this time, and he almost threw up his sleeves and turned around.
Cui Yanzhi turned around, just in time to see the back of the sleeves that was gone, raised his eyebrows, and his expression gradually became cold.