Chapter 182: A Female Taoist Priest Breaks the Law?
"Heaven's things? What's that? Peng Ji immediately sat up straight, his eyes widened and asked.
Li Rizhi frowned, Peng Ji was a little impatient, his expression was easy to frighten Rong Shuxiang, what he dared to say, Rong Shuxiang would not dare to say it, especially when it comes to the things of the Heavenly Family, isn't that what is in the palace!
Sure enough, the cold sweat on Rong Shuxiang's head came out, he wiped a handful of sweat, and said: "That, it seems to be a yellow sweat towel, what it looks like, the villain hasn't seen it, but I just heard my brother say that my sister-in-law used it once, and then somehow disappeared again!" β
Peng Ji snorted, he also knew that he had a little gaffe just now, and as soon as he heard about the things about the Heavenly Family, he was a little excited, but this kind of thing could not be remedied, he frightened Rong Shuxiang, and wanted to ask for any more details, of course, it was almost impossible to refer to the details of the Heavenly Family.
Li Rizhi said on the side: "The yellow sweat towel is not necessarily a thing of the Heavenly Family, for example, there are many things in this Taoist Courtyard that are yellow. β
Rong Shuxiang said to Lian Lian, he suddenly pointed to the futon on the ground, and said, "This is also yellow, maybe it is a sweat towel of this color!" β
In this era of the Tang Dynasty, although the royal family mostly uses yellow, it is not the exclusive color of the royal family, and the common people can't tell what is called bright yellow, what is called apricot yellow, and even earth yellow is the kind of yellow they think is used by the royal family.
Li Rizhi glanced at Peng Ji, saw Peng Ji's eyes flickering, and knew that he might be thinking more about it now, for example, the person in the Jidou Temple, could it be a relative of the royal family, a very powerful kind of person, if it is really that kind of magnate, then for a dead ordinary people, is it worth making a big fight?
Li Rizhi turned his head to Rong Shu and said, "You go on." Well, I guess if your brother was in a situation where he couldn't bear it, especially when your sister-in-law didn't come home for a few days, his temper finally broke out, so he decided to go to Jidouguan to find your sister-in-law, and if he met the so-called guy who used the things of the heavenly family, he still wanted to compete with that person, but he was afraid that he couldn't beat that person, so he came to you specially to explain the future? β
After a pause, Li Rizhi thought for a moment, and then said: "Your brother didn't come to you to help him, because your sister-in-law's affairs have to be handled by him as a husband alone, he just came to tell you that if he doesn't come back at the appointed time, you must go to him, if you can't find it, it means that he is in danger, so you must report to the official, right?" β
Listening to Li Rizhi's speculation, Rong Shuxiang was very surprised, he looked Li Rizhi up and down, although he didn't know what Li Rizhi was doing, but it was estimated that he was Peng County's staff, otherwise how could he get Peng County's trust, and sit here to ask about his brother!
Rong Shuxiang nodded and said: "Yes, this brother is right, I was going to go to Jidouguan with my brother at that time, but I was stopped by my brother, saying that if we go together, if something happens, no one will avenge us, only go to him, and it may not necessarily be dangerous, so I just left me, I didn't go!" β
Li Ri knew: "I guess he should have left some evidence, otherwise you will have empty mouths and white teeth, and after he has an accident, you will have no evidence to sue your sister-in-law!" β
When he said this, Rong Shuxiang was surprised, but was taken aback, and said in surprise: "This, this, this brother, how did you know, when my brother ordered me, you were there at the time?" It's impossible! β
Li Rizhi was able to guess the experience, which was already very shocking, and now even Rong Shuzhi will leave evidence clearly, can this not make Rong Shuxiang shocked, at this time, information exchange is not developed, so people's knowledge is not extensive, and they don't know that there are people in this world who are good at reasoning and analysis, and they often surprise such people as heavens, gods, and immortals!
Now that's the case, Rong Shuxiang has shocked Li Rizhi as an immortal, at least a half-immortal!
Even Peng Ji has a great change in his opinion of Li Rizhi, of course, he doesn't think that Li Rizhi is a half-fairy, and he has nothing to do with Xian'er, he just began to believe that Li Rizhi does have a very powerful case analysis ability, far surpassing others!
Just before that, Peng Ji only thought that Li Rizhi had the ability to solve the case, plus some luck, plus someone praised him, so he said how he was good and would solve some very bizarre cases, but now he doesn't think so, he thinks that Li Rizhi's ability is the first, and the rest is just icing on the cake.
For example, what evidence Rong Shuzhi would leave behind, this was what Peng Ji didn't expect, and he didn't even think about it.
Li Rizhi smiled slightly and said, "Didn't I say it, I guessed." β
Rong Shuxiang nodded and said: "My brother left a small bag with a few pills in it, saying that it was stolen from my sister-in-law, it seems to be a kind of medicine that can make people flutter after eating, it is obtained from Jidouguan, it is a silver medicine, there is no other place, as long as the same medicine can be found from Jidouguan, it proves that Jidouguan is a silver temple, and the government can confiscate it and avenge him!" β
Hearing this, Li Rizhi thought to himself: "Your brother is a little naΓ―ve in his thinking, but if he can do this, it can also prove that there is a cautious side in his character, but he is too idealistic." β
Li Ri knew: "You definitely won't carry that thing with you, it's better to go home and get it, let the two officials go back with you to get it, and then bring your sister-in-law from home and let her recognize the body." β
He gave the order instead of Peng Ji, after Li Rizhi finished speaking, he looked at Peng Ji, Peng Ji nodded at him, and said, "Go ahead, bring those pills and your sister-in-law together." β
Rong Shuxiang agreed, he was about to leave the house, but he stopped again, and said: "County Zun, the corpse of the villain's brother, do you want to take the villain's corpse away, he died so miserably, the villain wants to do a few rituals for him, and surpass his undead." β
Peng Ji waved his hand and said: "This is not in a hurry, this is a temple, but it is just right for the mortuary to be here, and the monks in the temple can do the rituals, your brother was found in the river behind, the monks do the rituals, shouldn't they!" β
Rong Shuxiang thought about it, and felt that this was right, this is the monk's temple, doing things here is much better than going home to surpass the undead, he went out of the house, called two officials, followed him home, went to get pills, and brought his sister-in-law here.
Only Li Rizhi and Peng Ji were left in the house. Peng Ji turned around and knew to Li Ri: "Nephew Li Xian, according to you, this is a case of a female Taoist priest murdering with a murderer?" Do you have a clear description in mind, you might as well tell the official. β
Li Rizhi was waiting for him to ask, coughed, cleared his throat, and then he said: "After yesterday's rough investigation by the little nephew, and what I heard from Rong Shuxiang just now, the little nephew feels that this is a vicious homicide case, but the identity of the murderer may be ...... How to say it, it may be more troublesome, and it may not be possible to really arrest him, if he says something wrong, I hope Peng Shibo will correct it. β
This is a hint, after all, Li Rizhi is just a student who came to participate in the scientific examination, he has no right to try the case, it would be good to allow him to observe, after all, this is Chang'an, not his hometown Xingyang, and he and Peng Jiman are full of calculations, this is just the second time they have met, and some words cannot be said in depth.
If the identity of the murderer is troublesome, then there are means to deal with the trouble, and if the identity of the murderer is ordinary, then there is a decent way to solve the case, so how to solve the case is up to Peng Ji to decide.
Of course, Peng Ji understands this hint, don't look at his ability to solve the case is not too high, but the level of being an official is quite powerful, and the person who can sit on the throne of Chang'an County cannot be a mediocre talent.
Peng Ji hesitated slightly, and quickly made a calculation in his heart, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, nothing can be kept secret, he encountered such a case, it is impossible to be vague in the past, the Criminal Department will definitely know, maybe it will reach the ears of today's son, so under this premise, he will enforce the law impartially than vaguely, the benefits are greater, as long as the Son of Heaven can be satisfied, any powerful person can stand aside, and no one is afraid of offending!
quickly made up his mind, Peng Ji's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, and said: "Li Xian's nephew, the sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, no matter who the murderer is, no matter what kind of identity he is, in the acre of three points of land in Chang'an, whoever dares to break the law, the official will dare to repair whom!" β
This is a statement, tell Li Rizhi, don't be afraid, this case is solved normally, no one needs to give face!
Li Ri knew: "The little nephew thinks that the Jidouguan must be a place of silver filth, and the female Taoist priests in it are not serious, and there are many lovers, or there are fixed lovers who come to them and provide them with money, otherwise they will not be able to live the life of a rich lady." β
Peng Ji nodded, and Li Rizhi said: "Because the god enshrined in the temple is the Queen Mother of the West, so it is mainly to seek children, and the female pilgrims who come to worship the gods of course want to have sons, and they will definitely have a dialogue with the female Taoists, and even talk a lot, which will naturally go to the backyard, and some female pilgrims will fall into the backyard if they can't withstand the temptation, then they will fall into the background, but quite quickly." β
Although he couldn't say what kind of depravity method was, it was conceivable that Peng Ji didn't speak, and made up the specific situation of how to degenerate in his mind.
Li Rizhi said: "Among the lovers of the female Taoist, or they have only one fixed lover, this lover is very powerful, and often comes to the temple to play with the female Taoist, and that day I happened to see the sister-in-law of the Rong family who came to burn incense and worship God, and the two of them hooked up, and often came here for private meetings, and that lover must have bought a lot of things for the sister-in-law of the Rong family, which made the sister-in-law of the Rong family live a good life, but it also aroused Rong Shuzhi's suspicions. β
Peng Ji nodded again, and praised Li Rizhi quite a lot in his heart, he was in charge of Chang'an County, which was one of the highest-ranking county commanders in the Tang Dynasty, of course, there were officials who knew how to solve the case, but they had clear ideas and could sort out the approximate cause of the case based on various evidence, but there were very few such officials.
Most of the current officials are looking for tricks, and few take the initiative to analyze the case, but what kind of things they encounter, first find the suspect, and then use the board to beat down, if the right person is hit, the case will be solved quickly, if the wrong person is hit, then find another suspect, and then beat the board down.
The so-called masters of solving cases are basically officials who beat people and make mistakes relatively few times, but there are very few people like Li Rizhi who can take the initiative to analyze the facts of the case and do not rely on playing boards as the main means of solving cases.
In this era, there was no place for the training of criminal investigation officials, and even the "Tang Law and Discussion" had just been compiled, which was one of the earliest written laws in East Asia, and even the laws had just been formed, so the officials were still in the stage of exploring by themselves to solve the case.
Of course, it is not without officials who have successfully solved one or two cases, and they will even solve them very beautifully, but there are very few officials who can analyze each case and roughly restore the situation at the time of the crime, anyway, Peng Ji has been an official for most of his life, and he has never seen any of them.
Peng Ji looked at Li Rizhi and said, "So Rong Shuzhi went to Jidouguan and wanted to catch the traitor?" But why did he go alone? β