The occurrence of a thing, whether good or bad, ultimately has its causes and consequences, accidental or inevitable, and the so-called "so-called "sowing beans to get beans, planting melons to get melons" is also the case of Xu Jingshan.

For no reason, he will not be involved in a life lawsuit, let alone become a direct criminal, so Li Su now wants to know who his father-in-law has offended, so that others have set such a big trap to put him to death, or...... Others simply came to his Li family.

The shop was quiet and messy, and apparently the officers of the Criminal Department had searched the store while they were taking people, trying to find some direct and favorable evidence of the killing, and it seemed that they had not found any direct evidence according to the current tone of the Criminal Department.

Li Su took his hands and slowly turned around the empty store twice, his brows tightened, not knowing what he was thinking.

It didn't take long for Wang Zhi to come.

Li Su turned his head to look at him, and Wang Zhi grinned: "What happened yesterday, and he said that he would go to the village to inform you this morning, who knew that you had come." ”

Li Su said in a deep voice: "What the hell is going on? Did my father-in-law really kill someone? ”

Wang Zhi shook his head: "It happened suddenly, I was stunned when the Criminal Department took people yesterday, and then sent many people to inquire, and even bought off a messenger of the Criminal Department, and got some of the tea that was stolen and asked someone to take a closer look, there was no poison or anything like that in it, the tea was clean, but it really killed people." ”

Saying that, Wang Zhi's expression was a little guilty, and he lowered his head and said: "The East Market is my territory, and your father-in-law is trading in the East Market, so I should keep him thorough, but I didn't do enough to let your father-in-law have an accident......"

Li Su shook his head: "It's none of your business, this is someone playing a conspiracy behind your back, even if you send someone to guard the door of my father-in-law's shop day and night, something should happen, and you can't stop it." ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "I can also see that something is wrong, the people behind are not simple goods, and they are not something that I and my subordinates can stop." ”

Li Su glanced at him: "I'll just comfort you a few words, you're really welcome, you hit the snake with the stick, right?" ”

The king looked stunned, hung his head and was silent.

Seeing Wang Zhi's ashamed face, Li Su's mood was a little better, his face eased, and said: "It's good to know that you are ashamed, my father-in-law has an accident right under your nose, how much has something to do with your poor care, the so-called 'shame is almost brave', if you know that you are ashamed, then you will help me check a few things, and make up for it, I ask you, are you ashamed?" ”

“…… Ashamed. ”

"Very good, first go and help me check the unlucky bitter master, you can drink tea to death, his ancestral tomb must have been blown up, and the feng shui is so bad......"

Wang Zhi: "............"

"What do you see, I killed my father-in-law in prison, it's normal for me to curse his ancestors a few words, right? Tell your subordinates to check the details of the bitter master, to see what kind of family it is, and what kind of messy relationship the unlucky bitter master has in the court, such as relatives or close friends, aunts and brothers-in-law, etc., you must find out, this is very important. ”

Wang Zhi grinned: "After the accident yesterday, I immediately sent someone to investigate, and there was such a big thing, I couldn't not move." ”

"I'm still awake, what did I find?"

"The bitter lord surnamed Huang, the name Shoufu, the ancestral home of Fenzhou, Hedong Province, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, his father escaped the war, the family moved to Chang'an City, to Huang Shoufu's generation, has been considered a native of Chang'an, the surname Huang is a good businessman, two generations down, opened two silk shops in Chang'an City, the family lives in the east of the city Chongji Temple next to the Zhaoguo Fang, not too far from the East City, these two years because of poor management, so I plan to sell one of the silk shops, and later was bought by your father-in-law, that is, we are now standing in this shop, speaking of the relationship with the government……”

Wang Zhi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The three generations of this family surnamed Huang have no relatives who have been officials in the court, and none of the distant relatives who have been involved in the border have been officials, and the people who come and go with his family are some businessmen in Dongshi, these businessmen are the same as Huang Shoufu, and they have not mixed up too much fame. ”

Li Su sneered: "Without any official background, this is strange, even if my father-in-law really kills someone, the trial and judgment should be the Yongzhou Assassin Mansion, and there is no reason for the civil murder case to be directly tried by the criminal department, not to mention, do you know who is in charge of the case?" ”

"Who?"

Li Su stared at him and said word by word: "The book of the Criminal Department, Yun Guogong Zhang Liang, a small murder case, was actually tried by the grandfather of the country, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Wang Zhi was taken aback and blurted out: "There must be something strange in it!" ”

Li Su rolled his eyes: "I don't know how to answer, you can choose to shut up, there is no need to say this kind of nonsense." ”

Wang Zhi sighed helplessly: "Anyway, I have checked everything that should be checked, I can guarantee that there is no omission, the family surnamed Huang is an ordinary rich family, and the background is as clean as a blank paper." …… If you dig further behind, I'm afraid it's not something I can find, you know, my subordinates are all in the east and west cities, and it's okay to check the shortcomings of the parents, but there is no way to check the homes of courtiers and magnates. ”

Li Su thought for a while and said, "Have you ever checked if my father-in-law has offended anyone?" For example, the government or the powerful or something. ”

Wang Zhi smiled and said: "Unlikely, your father-in-law's identity is not important, but you are his son-in-law, most of the officials in Chang'an City who can get on the stage know your relationship with him, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, the prince has been planted in your hands, your Li Su's name, in Chang'an City, not everyone can afford to provoke, I don't know your father-in-law's detailed officials, that is, some small officials with small faces and unwilling, small officials don't have so much ability to let the criminal department Shangshu personally try the case." ”

Li Su nodded, after layers of speculation and elimination, it is now basically certain that the other party must be coming for the Li family, and the other party's energy background is not small, knowing that Xu Jingshan and his relationship still dare to start, it can be seen that the other party is not afraid of his Li Su's identity and status, this matter is just the beginning, what they really want to target is him Li Su.

Li Su was silent, his expression was solemn and silent for a long time, and then he began to pace around the empty shop with his hands in his hands.

"Is it really that simple? The old man was impatient, he poisoned the tea, and he poisoned the original owner of the shop, so he could pay the bill? Li Su muttered to himself.

Wang Zhi exclaimed: "Impossible, right? ”

Li Su blinked: "I don't think it's possible, or ...... Let's confirm it? ”

"How can I confirm it?"

Pointing to the only small half of the tea leaves left in the lacquer box on the low table, Li Su looked at Wang Zhi expectantly: "Take this tea to make a pot and taste it?" Wang Zhi, do you have the courage to challenge my father-in-law's character? ”

Wang Zhi's old face turned green instantly, and he opened two small mung bean eyes, and he was so frightened that he took two steps back.

"Mo, don't make trouble! Why do you want me to challenge your father-in-law's character? It's up to you to try. ”

Li Su sighed: "But I don't have absolute confidence in my father-in-law's character......"

"I'm less confident than you!"

The two confronted each other, and after shirking each other's responsibilities for a while, the two broke up unhappily.

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Li Su and Wang Zhi are not professional case-handling masters, Li Su is better, somewhat reasoning ability, Wang Zhi is not enough, he is an expert in drinking wine and eating meat to collect protection money, once he encounters something that requires rigorous reasoning, his IQ instantly decreases to the same level as Wang Zhuan, fully demonstrating the strong genes of the old Wang family's stupid and black coarseness.

"This road has reached a dead end...... Li Su sighed: "The perpetrator has no enemies, and the victim has no background, as if one simply killed someone, and the other was simply killed, but this matter is clearly not so simple...... Since this road doesn't work, let's take another path. ”

"What way?"

"A simple homicide case, the Criminal Department suddenly jumped out to take over, which shows that there is an inside story here, so we will start with the Criminal Department."

Wang Zhi patted his chest: "You say, I'll do it,...... Except for not letting me try the tea, nothing was a problem. ”

Li Su thought for a while, and said slowly: "You ask the door to inquire about it, and ask why the Criminal Department suddenly knew the news when the case happened, and who advocated that the Criminal Department take over this case, and what background this person has, well, just open the gap from him." ”

Wang Zhi nodded heavily, then turned to leave.

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Facts have proved that Li Su's guess is correct, and dragging the Xu family into the water is only the first step of the enemy.

Four days after Xu Jingshan was imprisoned, the fire finally burned to the Li family.

On the fifth day of the court meeting, a commander suddenly played, saying that the Hou of Jingyang County was rampant in the township, bullying and dominating the market, conniving and even instructing his relatives to forcibly buy and occupy in Chang'an East City, occupying other people's shops but not giving money, the master drove them away, and even did not hesitate to poison and murder people after forming a grudge with others......

The same thing is said by different people, and the nature of the same thing is completely changed.

Before the official's recital was handed over to Li Shimin's steps, the entire court was shocked, Li Shimin's face was gloomy, and after reading the official's recital word by word, his expression was condensed and he didn't say a word, and at this time, the family of the victim knelt outside the Taiji Palace and kowtowed, kowtowing to the blood, asking His Majesty the Emperor to make decisions for the people, severely punish the scum of the courtiers, and give the master's family justice.

Although the emperor is a wise emperor, there are laws and rules in the world, and a case of ordinary people cannot be tried by His Majesty the Emperor himself.

Li Shimin can ignore it, but the folk market in Chang'an City is boiling, or in other words, the family of the bitter master originally did not expect Li Shimin to stand up for their family, what they have to do is to put on a weak posture and create public opinion in Chang'an.

A family of old and young people kneeling outside the Taiji Palace, one by one, the blood flowed, calling the sky without opening their eyes, the tragic situation was pitiful, the guards were helpless to take them, but the people of Chang'an City stood in the distance and pointed, there were many people, and all kinds of statements appeared on the stage, true, false, exaggerated, ridiculous, a simple life lawsuit, after the people passed down from generation to generation, it has become a monstrous case of the Tang Dynasty, and the most widely spread one of the sayings is that the Hou Nian of Jingyang County is young and domineering, Relying on the emperor's favor and great achievements, he gradually committed bullying, and even more excessively, the father-in-law of Li Xianhou was especially arrogant, not only forcibly occupying other people's shops, but even simply murdering other people's lives after quarrels.

The rumors flying all over the sky came to Li Su and the Xu family without warning.

Even Li Su didn't expect that this murder case would make such a big fuss, and when he had become a street rat that everyone shouted and beat in the mouths of the people, Li Su's reaction was really a little caught off guard.

After the initial shock and anger, Li Su quickly regained his composure, and at the same time, he became more and more sure that there was someone behind the case, otherwise a murder case would not have been instigated all over the city in a few days.

Immediately after, Li Su reacted quickly.

The Li family closed the door to thank the guests, and the Marquis of Li County not only reflected on his own mistakes at home, but also put on a letter, in which he implored His Majesty the Emperor to be impartial and impartial, the so-called debt repayment, murder to pay for life, the Li family will never interfere, and close the door to refuse visitors to avoid suspicion, as long as the evidence is conclusive, I implore His Majesty to punish severely according to law.

The words are beautiful, but a discerning person can know at a glance that Li Xianhou's recital has left foreshadowing.

The so-called "impartiality", the so-called "impartiality", the so-called "conclusive evidence", etc., anyway, there are many prerequisites, and the unfinished meaning of the words is also very clear, to put it bluntly, no matter who of you comes to trial, you must come up with evidence, you must be fair and just, and you must convince the Li family.

At the same time, there were military generals such as Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda coming out to ensure that the Li family had nothing to do with the case, and implored Li Shimin not to involve innocent loyal ministers Yunyun, and the court quickly divided into two factions because of this ordinary murder case, and quarreled for several days. As for the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng and other old foxes, they stood in the court and closed their eyes to recuperate, not saying a word.

The wonderful thing is Li Shimin's attitude.

After reading Li Su's recital, Li Shimin threw it on the low table, and in the face of the endless arguments and even insults of the ministers in the palace, Li Shimin also had a light face, and his casual appearance made people suspicious, and he didn't know whether Li Shimin's attitude was not taking this case to heart, or not taking the courtiers' quarrels to heart, at this moment, it was still unfathomable.

Three days of quarrelling, which went back and forth without any result, were the most ineffective and futile of words, no one could convince anyone, and there was no direct evidence or confession to make it an ironclad case.

When the quarrel on the Golden Palace gradually subsided and silence was restored, Li Shimin opened his mouth leisurely.

If everything is not clear, and the investigation is not clear, the edict ordered the criminal department to thoroughly investigate the case, and the evidence should be tried together with Dali Temple.

The example of the trial between the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple was rare in the early Tang Dynasty.

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Taiping Village.

said that it was "closed doors", but Li Su was still running around, the difference was that he never went out of the village again, only walked in the village.

Chang'an City and Taiji Palace were in trouble because of him, but Li Su went up to Qingshan to hunt rabbits and went down to the Jing River to catch turtles with a senseless face, and his life was very full and heartless.

"It's not good to make trouble again......" Wang Zhi squatted beside Li Su and sighed sadly: "These **** people haven't seen much trouble in Chang'an City, the people are crazy, everywhere you go in the streets and alleys, you hear someone scolding you, saying that you have lost your reputation and character, and the original work "A Fang Gong Fu" was angered by His Majesty and imprisoned, and the people are all grateful to Dade, but the reputation that has been accumulated has been ruined by your father-in-law...... Now that the people of Chang'an City are increasingly angry, if this continues, I am afraid that even the Criminal Department and Dali Temple will have to comply with the will of the people and hastily set the case as an iron case......"

Li Su held a fishing rod in his hand, his eyes stared at a buoy floating on the river, and said lightly: "Your Majesty personally ordered a thorough investigation, do you know the meaning of the word 'thorough investigation'?" It means that there must be both reasonable antecedents and natural consequences, antecedents, consequences, confessions, and physical evidence, all of which add up to be considered an 'iron case', so that I can be convinced and willing to accept the guilt, otherwise, I will not admit it at all...... Oops! Quick, there's a fish on the hook! ”

Wang Zhi got up in a hurry, helped him to pluck the fish from the hook, threw a handful of liquor and wheat into the river, made a fish nest, and then hung a small half of earthworm on the hook.

Li Su shook the rod, and the river returned to calm.

Wang Zhi sighed at this time: "But you don't do anything now, it's only a matter of time before your father-in-law's case is determined to be an iron case, you have to do something, okay?" Or...... I mobilized my subordinates to say something good for you in Chang'an City, and tried to turn the tide of the people in the market? ”

Li Su shook his head: "No, never do this." ”

Wang Zhiqi said: "Why? ”

Li Su pursed her lips and smiled.

After Jin Yang saw the person named Chang Shun, Li Su was shocked in vain that Li Shimin was not as simple as he imagined, and the power of Chang'an City, which was cultivated by him and Wang Zhi himself, whether it fell into Li Shimin's eyes, it is really hard to say, whether he noticed it or not, he must be obscure at the moment, and there must be no more big moves, if it arouses the emperor's suspicion and disgust, Li Su will not be far from death.

I couldn't explain this to Wang Zhi clearly, and Li Su didn't bother to explain.

Just when Wang Zhi jumped to his feet in a hurry, planning to plunge into the Jing River to wake up Li Su with death, Li Su finally spoke leisurely.

"Although the matter is big, but the momentum is not big enough, how many times have I told you, no matter what you do, the word 'fire' is very important, at present, the heat is not enough, I want to avenge the injustice of the father-in-law, others will not accept it, since the matter has made a big fuss, I am thinking, just make the matter bigger, so big that it will become the biggest homicide case in Zhenguan year, after attracting everyone's attention, perhaps, the fire is almost here."

Wang Zhi was confused, desperately using his pitiful IQ to understand Li Su's words, and finally gave up after a while.

"Tell me what you want me to do."

Li Su turned his gaze from the buoy on the river to Wang Zhi's face at this time, and then found that Wang Zhi's face was much uglier than the buoy, Li Su was unwilling to grieve his eyes, so he quickly turned his head again, the corners of his mouth twitched in disgust, and his eyes continued to stare at the buoy.

"The bitter lord is called Huang Shoufu, right?"

"Yes."

"Wouldn't it be beautiful to ask a few people to slaughter him all over the house, wronged and headless, and the debtor has no owner, and this case has been successfully concluded?"

"Huh?" Wang Zhi was momentarily stunned and froze......

"Oh, just kidding, why take life too seriously...... Huang Shoufu doesn't have the background connections of the government, so let's create a little background connections for him. ”

"System...... Fabricate? ”

"Yes, has the criminal department official who advocated taking over the case found out?"

"It was found out, a waiter named Han You did it, less than an hour after the incident, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs heard the wind out of nowhere, a group of errands rushed into the store, locked your father-in-law and everyone in the store, and then the Han waiter immediately made a file, and sent the file to the desk of Shangshu of the Criminal Department non-stop, so the case was tried by the Criminal Department."

Li Su's smile deepened: "Is this Han You proficient in astrological fortune telling?" For no reason, you know that there is a murder in Chang'an East City? ”

Wang Zhi also smiled: "This Han You must have a ghost, let's start the knife from him?" ”

Li Su thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow, you prepare a large box of silver cakes, and then turn out Huang Shoufu's handwriting before his death, find someone to copy his handwriting and write a letter of thanks for bribes, and put it in the money box together, and find a way to buy Han You's family and bury the box in any corner of his house......"

Wang Zhi froze: "This ...... What does that mean? ”

"Stupid! First drag that Han squire into the water, make him have a hard time arguing, and tie the relationship between Han You and Huang Shoufu together, think about it, if an ordinary murder case involves a squire of the dynasty, how will Your Majesty react when he knows about it? ”

Looking at the evil smile on Li Su's face, Wang Zhi found that his brain could no longer keep up with the rhythm, so he asked a very stupid question.

"You speak slowly, don't jump too fast, I can only count the arithmetic you taught me to single digits at most...... What does the money box buried in his house have to do with dragging him into the water? ”

Li Su laughed and said leisurely: "Because I know astrology and fortune-telling like Han Shilang, as soon as I anonymously reported to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, when the errand officials dug up the money box and Huang Shoufu's handwritten letter from Han Shilang's house, tell me, is Han Shilang dragged into the water?" (To be continued.) )