The Huang family is not a traditional aristocrat of the Tang Dynasty, but a rising star. But when it comes to the history of their family, they are always inseparable from the support of traditional nobles. The Huang family is rich in beauties, not only beautiful women, but also many beautiful men.

Huang Daotong, the old man of the Huang family, is very smart, marries his beautiful daughter to a wealthy family, and then marries the daughter of a wealthy family back home.

Later, the second son died in the Hexi Corridor, and after the aristocratic relatives were active in the court, they were immediately given a martyr's archway at the door of their home. This is not the end, and later took Huang Qiushui, the youngest daughter of the Huang family, to the palace, and was taken by Emperor Li Heng at a glance, and accepted as a concubine - named Zhaorong.

Now the people who enter and leave the Huang family's courtyard are not ordinary people.

But today, they ushered in two bad people who were not of high rank, and in normal times, their homes were very annoying, and such low-level detectives walked into the house.

Now Huang Daotong is dead, and the report is on the third day after his death. The informant is his eldest son, Huang Qiuhua.

Huang Qiuhua is forty years old, but he still looks in his prime, Wei Chang is ashamed of himself in front of him, looking at other people's jade faces, people's bright big eyes, and people's high nose bridge, standing in front of others, he is completely a mountain and wild man.

However, Huang Qiuhua did not have a grade, and at this time, the super grade silver fish bag on Wei Chang's waist and the rank of the guard with a knife from the ninth rank still brought him a trace of respect.

After Li Heng usurped power, he drastically reduced the expenditure of the harem, and it stands to reason that this is already the uncle of the country, but he has no money, let alone rank. It also made Wei Chang feel a little at ease.

However, people are relatives of the emperor and the country, and when they see ordinary people, they will not take it seriously.

Huang Qiuhua just sang with Wei Chang out of politeness, and then his eyes fell on Qi Qi, and when he took a closer look at Qi Qi's face, he was suddenly startled, and said with a little joy:

"Hey, if I'm not mistaken, this isn't a girl from the Qi family?"

"Exactly." Qi Qi habitually put his hand on the handle of the horizontal knife on his waist, and he was heroic.

After a period of greetings, Wei Chang directly introduced the words into the topic, he knew that this case was complicated, so he prompted Qi Qi to make a record with a pen.

"Knowing that Mr. Huang is not an official, then let's just say, what business are you doing now?" Wei Chang asked.

"This..."Huang Qiuhua hesitated a little: "As a plaintiff, do you still need to disclose this?" ”

Wei Chang said: "Three days after Huang Daotong's death, you reported the case, saying that your father was poisoned, and I have seen the autopsy report of Chang'an County and the autopsy report of Jinchengfang. The post-mortem report of Jinchengfang said that Mr. Huang died of tuberculosis. ”

Huang Qiuhua frowned and said, "Is there anything suspicious about this?" ”

Wei Chang said in a businesslike tone: "The suspicion is that Chang'an County came to the autopsy time, which is very abnormal. Under normal circumstances, if the deceased died during the curfew, the first first examination will be conducted by the Fang City, and the next day the county will be asked to conduct an autopsy. If the county is busy with official business, it will not exceed two days at most, but why is it three days in your family? ”

Huang Qiuhua's brows furrowed even tighter, and said, "I don't understand what Your Excellency means by this, do you think that I, the plaintiff, can't do it?" I can explain to you that Chang'an County was really busy in those days, and I didn't have time to take time on the second day, so it was delayed until the third day. I've finished speaking, and I hope that Lord Wei will stop asking these questions that are not related to the case. ”

Wei Chang said without changing his face: "Your father, who is also the father of Zhaorong Niangniang, can be regarded as the father-in-law of the current saint." What's the matter, if he gives an autopsy to his old man, will anyone be lazy? ”

Huang Qiuhua couldn't hide his anger and said: "Today's saints pay the most attention to the "Tang Law", since they are relatives of the emperor, they must support the law, and they can't bully people and discredit the royal family. ”

Wei Chang suddenly smiled bitterly: "This is true. Then I'll come to you and ask you about the case. Chang'an County said that the old man died of excessive mercury consumption, I was very shocked by this, and now the imperial court has repeatedly ordered that superstitious belief in those elixirs, especially mercury, has been expressly banned from use, so old man Huang, will he not know this? ”

Huang Qiuhua said: "Therefore, we determined that someone was poisoned!" The autopsy report said that it was a one-time dose of deadly poison that led to the death. ”

"Such a simple poison, why didn't Jincheng Fang find it?"

"Then you need to ask me, you shouldn't ask me!"

Huang Qiuhua seemed to have a good temper, but Wei Chang was unmoved, and continued to ask: "Mr. Huang, we are here to help you investigate the case." However, your family's case is special and involves the division of property, so you have to rule out your suspicion first, and then you can continue to investigate. Only when you are completely clear, when we go to check on your brother or sister, will we be more stubborn, right? ”

"I don't agree with your statement, as the eldest son, there is absolutely no reason for me to poison my father."

The meaning of Huang Qiuhua's sentence is that as the eldest son, he should have been the first heir of this family and got the most inheritance, but if he poisoned his father and did not make a suicide note in time, then the Huang family's family property will be divided equally among all those who have an inheritance relationship according to the new "Tang Law". Unless those relatives voluntarily renounce their inheritance rights. But even if it is given up, the part that is given up will continue to be divided equally by the others.

The reason why the case of the Huang family is complicated is because the deceased Huang Daotong did not make a will, although he was sixty years old, he was very mental and physical before he died, and he never thought that he would die at the banquet of his own family.

After his death, none of his descendants carried forward his style and took the initiative to withdraw from the competition for family property, which is probably the reason why Huang Qiuhua must "publicize the ugliness of the family".

In other words, if everyone gave up the inheritance, he, Huang Qiuhua, might not sue. And the second post-mortem report must "coincide" with the first.

Of course, the above is just Wei Chang's speculation, and Wei Chang is not sure whether this is the case or not. After all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and they can't be too confident.

However, every time he handles a case, he will definitely dig out the darkest side of human nature, and then restore everyone's moral standard little by little. But to his regret, it is often these darkest sides that determine the truth of the matter.

The darker it is, the closer it is to the truth.

"However, others may not think so, because I heard that Mr. Huang is in very good health. And your body is not very good. You have three sons in your family, let me say bluntly, the three sons are not angry, and you have to worry about it all these years, I heard that the old man Huang also threatened to expel the three grandsons from the Huang family. Hehe, I think this must be an angry remark from the old man. However, I don't know if the other heirs will think the same way, if you die in front of the old man, your three sons will really be expelled from the house. ”

Hearing Wei Chang say this, Qi Qi was stunned, she thought that Wei Chang would never think about things like this, but he said so.

Indeed, Wei Chang would never think about the problem like this, he said this, just pretending to show Huang Qiuhua a profound analysis. This is a slightly embarrassing step, if Huang Qiuhua continues to talk about this topic, it will tear off the dignity that he has been unable to let go of on his face, and it will also save him from always putting on an angry look to talk to Wei Chang.

After that, no one spoke in the room, and Huang Qiuhua fell into deep thought.

For half an hour, the room seemed to be still.

He suddenly sighed and said, "You have a good point. ”

The atmosphere in the room eased instantly, Wei Chang smiled and said: "Now, we have just taken over this case, we have read the file, there are only a few pages, we can only let us know a little bit about the case, this is all a little scratch." Although you have said in your fur that you suspect that someone poisoned your father at the banquet, you have no conclusive evidence to prove who poisoned him. ”

"Yes."

"The old man was poisoned, of course this has to be reported, but I feel strange when the report was made. What happened in those three days? After Wei Chang finished speaking, he suddenly stopped talking.

Huang Qiuhua also fell silent, as if he was weighing something. After another silence, he sighed and said, "I won't tell you the truth, the autopsy report made by the county was indeed suppressed by me for two days. Because I don't want this to get out of the way. But these heirs don't let me worry, and they have to fight with me for the family property. I am the eldest son in the family, and according to custom, my younger brother Huang Qiubao and I are eligible to inherit the family property, but now, everyone follows the new "Tang Law", and as a result, those daughters who marry out, and even their descendants and husbands also come to compete for the family property, which is really unreasonable! ”

Hearing this, Wei Chang said: "The law is greater than the affection, this is beyond question. I can understand what happened to you, after all, judging from the current world situation, as long as the parents are still sober, most of the family property will be left to the son, not the daughter. Not to mention the daughter's children and husband. Of course, if the family is big and the daughters are not doing well, it is still appropriate to help a little. ”

"Of course." Huang Qiuhua said generously: "Don't talk about our daughter, even if it is a widowed daughter-in-law for the third child, we can't treat it badly." ”

Wei Chang asked for the file from Qi Qi's hand, flipped through it again, and said: "Old Man Huang has two wives, and his ex-wife Wu is the mother of you and your eldest daughter Huang Qiuyu, your second daughter Huang Qiuxiang, and the second brother Huang Qiuye you mentioned just now. But Wu died of illness at the age of thirty-five, and then the old man Huang continued to give birth to a son and two daughters, son Huang Qiubao, daughter Huang Qiuju and now Zhaorong Huang Qiushui. I take the liberty of asking, how are you and Mrs. Chang's relationship? ”

"The relationship between the son-in-law and the stepmother, even if the relationship is good, how good can it be? Isn't it common for each to hide his scheming? After my stepmother came, I turned my father into a stepfather, but fortunately, I was already grown up at that time, so I was able to take care of my younger siblings and not be bullied. Huang Qiuhua smiled bitterly and said: "But Chang is also a short-lived ghost, and he died after fighting for a few years." ”

"Hey, that's human nature." Wei Chang nodded in agreement and said, "Mr. Huang, now I suddenly have a bad judgment, and I'm worried that saying it will make you angry." However, if you can answer me this question, then I will be able to face the other heirs calmly, and I wonder if you will be willing to listen to me. ”

"Now that the words have been said and done, there is nothing that cannot be said."

"Well, I'll make a bold assumption ......"