When Su Jinchun and Gu Yunheng arrived at Dali Temple, Sizheng and others hurriedly greeted them, saluted Gu Yunheng, and followed them to the main hall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Gu Yunheng was sitting precariously, and when he saw the two of them kneeling in the hall, he patted the hall in shock, and said with a serious face: "This king heard that someone came here to complain, saying that there was a major murder case, and I think it was the two of you who sued, what is the truth, and report it truthfully?" ”

The two people in the hall, one was dressed in a blue coat and black pants, and at first glance he was dressed as a servant, and the other was dressed in silk and satin, looking panicked, looking like a catastrophe was coming.

I saw that the person dressed as a servant spoke first: "Lord Qiyu, the small name is Wang Shun, and the master next to him is the villain, Yang Chengzhang." A year ago, Yang Chengzhang killed and abandoned the body, and the evidence of the crime was conclusive, so the villain came to sue today. ”

Gu Yunheng pondered for a moment, frowned, and said: "This is strange, since it was a year ago, why didn't he file a complaint at that time, but only came to sue until today, what is the reason for this?" ”

Wang Shun kowtowed to the ground, thinking back to the events of a year ago, and slowly talked about the original situation.

A year ago, in front of the Yang Mansion.

A hawker was carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, and half a basket of ginger and garlic was placed in the bamboo basket, and he was arguing with Wang Shun at this time, Yang Chengzhang happened to be out of the house, and when he saw this, he scolded: "Wang Shun, in front of the door of the house, arguing with people, what kind of system has it become, what happened?" ”

Wang said by the way: "Master Qiqi, the little one saw that the ginger and garlic were in good condition, so he planned to buy some, who knew that this hawker was asking for a price, and one or two of the ginger and garlic cost ten yuan, which was two cents more expensive than others, so the villain would reason with him." ”

Yang Chengzhang glanced at the peddler, looked at the ginger and garlic again, and said: "Okay, look at the color of this ginger and garlic, it is worth eight cents at most, if you sell it, just go away, and make noise in front of my house, like what?" ”

The peddler is also an honest person, seeing Yang Chengzhang's disdainful look, as if there was no one in his eyes, he couldn't help but be annoyed: "The master is dressed in silk and satin, but he still has to calculate us poor people, it's really a little family's rotten, and it's not embarrassing." After speaking, he snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Yang Chengzhang runs several shops, and there are more than 100 people under his hands, all of whom are respectful to him, where has he been so ridiculed, his face turned red, he walked a few steps quickly, caught up with the vendor, kicked a few times, and scolded hatefully: "Where did you come from, dare to talk to me like this, look for a fight." ”

After kicking a few times, Yang Chengzhang's anger gradually subsided, and he casually took out a piece of broken silver from his body, threw it on the ground, and said coldly: "Get out." ”

But seeing the hawker lying on the ground, motionless, but his face was very pale, Yang Chengzhang panicked, leaned forward, pushed the hawker, and said loudly: "Hey, what's wrong with you, get up." ”

Wang Shun hurriedly walked over, and also leaned down, looking at the pale face of the peddler, and saw passers-by coming over, and hurriedly said: "Master, this person is young, even if he kicks it a few times, it will not be in the way, but I am afraid that he is sick, I will go and ask for a doctor." ”

Yang Chengzhang hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, okay, you go quickly, I'll help him to the house to rest first." ”

Placing the hawker on the couch, Yang Chengzhang hurriedly asked someone to get a bowl of hot tea soup, raised the hawker's head, and poured it on the hawker. After a while, the doctor came, and after the pulse diagnosis, he only said that the phlegm was surging, and it was no big deal, and it was just a matter of careful recuperation, and Yang Chengzhang was relieved.

After a while, the hawker woke up, Yang Chengzhang couldn't care about his identity, and hurriedly compensated the hawker, and enthusiastically asked the hawker where he was from, what his surname was, and why he made a living?

The peddler saw that Yang Chengzhang's attitude was quite sincere, and he felt that he was a little too impulsive to speak, so he revealed that Yang Chengzhang beat him, and only said that he was from Huzhou, surnamed Jiang Mingfeng, and came to the capital to do some business, but unfortunately it was unsatisfactory, and now even the coils to go home were about to be exhausted, so in desperation, he had to sell some ginger and garlic and make up some travel expenses to go home.

Yang Chengzhang heard this, looked down and saw a half-old jade pendant on his body, so he took it off, handed it to Jiang Feng, and said: "You and I don't know each other, now that you are sick, it is better to go home early to recuperate, you can carry this jade pendant with you, if there is a difficulty on the way, you can sell it for some silver." ”

Gao Feng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, thanked him again, and then left the Yang Mansion with the bamboo basket.

Yang Chengzhang thought that this matter was over, but who expected that in the evening, he heard someone knocking on the door, and his voice was hurried. Immediately afterwards, Wang Shun ran in, with a panicked look on his face, and he didn't care about etiquette, so he walked to Yang Chengzhang's side and whispered: "Master, it's not good, Gao Feng is dead, and the ferryman has already arrived outside the door, saying that he wants to sue the official." ”

Yang Chengzhang was startled, and hurriedly ran out of the door, but saw Li Xingzheng, the ferryman, standing at the door, and when he saw Yang Chengzhang, his face changed when he landed, and he said in a deep voice: "My lord, you are not short of gold and silver, how can you do something that hurts people's lives?" ”

Without waiting for Yang Chengzhang to speak, Li Xing shook the bamboo basket and jade pendant in his hand, and continued: "These objects, the lord recognizes them, I supported the boat today, and a hawker crossed the river in the afternoon, but he suddenly became ill on the boat, foaming at the mouth, and told me before he died, his name was Gao Feng, and he said that he was injured by the master, so he couldn't hold it, begging me to call the shots for him, let me take these objects and report to the official, and then go to Huzhou to inform his family, and then kicked his leg and died. Now the body is still on the boat, and the master can go and inspect it himself. ”

Yang Chengzhang's face was instantly frightened, but after all, he had seen some of the world, and after a while, he said: "Li Xing, we have also taken pictures on weekdays, why do you bother to put a knife on my neck for a foreigner." It's better to do this, while it's dark and quiet, I sent someone to bury the person secretly, wouldn't it be a hundred. Now only you, me and Wang Shun know about this matter, as long as you don't say it, I will never treat you badly, what do you think? ”

Seeing that Li Xing's face softened, as if he was moved, Yang Chengzhang saw that Wang Shun was still standing next to him, and hurriedly said: "What are you still doing in a daze, go to the account room, no, go to my house, and ask Mrs. to give you a hundred taels of silver tickets." ”

Wang Shun hurriedly responded, and Li Xing said: "It's easy for the master to say, for a while, where to bury the dead?" What's more, this is something that can't be known to outsiders, find someone to bury it, and if the news leaks, even I will be punished. ”

Yang Chengzhang thought about it and felt that this was also the case. At this time, Wang Shun also took out the silver ticket, Yang Chengzhang took it, and handed it to Li Xing, seeing Li Xing in his sleeve, he was a little relieved, and asked: "Then according to your idea, what should I do?" ”

Li Xingyi gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "Things have come to this point, and I can't get out of it, but coincidentally, about five or six miles away from here, there is a tomb, and my father is buried there, so it is better to bury the body a hundred meters west of my father's grave, my father had a bad temper before his death, and he buried this person there at night, and on my father's territory, he can also have a town to avoid some bad luck." ”

Yang Chengzhang hurriedly said: "It's better, when the people are buried, I will give you some more benefits, this matter will rot in the stomach, and you are not allowed to mention it in the future." ”

Li Xing hurriedly responded, Yang Chengzhang was still not at ease, and said to Wang Shun: "Li Xing is alone, he will definitely not take advantage of it, and it is night, the place is windy, you follow him, you can also give him courage, and when the matter is done, your benefits are indispensable." ”

Wang Shun was not a bold person, and when he heard that he was going to go to the tomb to dig up the soil and bury people, he was a little reluctant, but considering that the stakes were high, he could only go hard.

When he arrived at the tomb, Wang Shun just took a hoe to dig the soil, although the corpse was swept by the grass all over the body, and even the head was covered, but Wang Shun did not dare to take a closer look, and when he dug a three-foot pit, he and Li Xing threw the corpse inside, and hurriedly filled in the soil and buried it.

After listening to the whole thing, Gu Yunheng's brows furrowed even tighter. Su Jinchun was also thoughtful, carefully sorting out the context of the case, always feeling that something was wrong, looked up at Wang Shun, and asked again: "Wang Shun, in this way, you have already known about this matter, if you have been hiding and not reporting, it is reasonable, why did you suddenly report to Dali Temple today?" ”

Wang Shun saw that it was a girl who asked him, and saw that this girl was standing next to Gu Yunheng, and it was expected that she must be a weighty figure. Then he said: "Since the little one did this, he has been having a bad conscience, he doesn't know the taste of food, he can't sleep at night, he has been struggling for a year, and he feels that he can't hold it anymore, so he wants to simply confess it, whether it is imprisonment or execution, it is better than having his conscience condemned every day." ”

Gu Yunheng sneered: "Really? What does this king think about this matter, it is not as simple as you say. As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Chengzhang, who was kneeling on the ground and didn't say a word, and said seriously: "Yang Chengzhang, what he said is the truth?" ”

Yang Chengzhang sighed before he said: "Yes, what Wang Shun said is true. The matter has come to this point, and the villain has no way to argue, it is indeed the villain who accidentally injured people, causing people to die of illness, and the villain confessed his guilt. ”

Su Jinchun frowned, this case seems to be simple and clear, and Yang Chengzhang also took the initiative to admit his guilt, but why do you always feel that this matter is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface!