Chapter Twenty-Six: Deliberate
Xia Xiang continued: "Although Xu Yuanwai and Ma Yuanwai have changed hands on the granary and grain business, they are unwilling to transfer the granary they built and the existing grain. ”
Xu Heguang was quite surprised: "Since Xu Yuanwai and Ma Yuanwai are no longer in the granary and grain business, why don't they transfer the granary and grain planting together?" What's the use of keeping it in your hands? ”
"The official didn't ask much, maybe the two of them have other uses." Xia Xiang didn't explain too much, and continued what he was going to explain to a few people today, "Third, the case of Fu Ke, the case has been clarified, and the case will be closed in a few days, what do you think about this case?" ”
Xu Heguang said: "Fu Ke is the real murderer who poisoned Dong Xian and Ma Xiaosan, and after reporting to the government and the criminal department, he will be sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn, and the lower officials think that the case will be closed." ”
Ma Zhanguo looked angry: "Although Fu Ke personally admitted that he was the murderer, the motive for the murder is unknown, and there are still many unclear points in the case. ”
"The subordinates also thought that the case would be closed like this, I am afraid that Dong will not accept the people's uneasiness, and will let the real murderer go unpunished." Ding Ke also immediately said what he was thinking.
"Where is the real culprit? Ma County Lieutenant and Ding Zhutou, don't take it for granted that Fu Ke has already pleaded guilty, is it possible to bend into a trick again, and let Fu Ke indiscriminately instruct one person to be the real murderer, so it seems that the two of you are wise and martial? "Three things, the first thing about the selection of the chief bookkeeper made Xu Heguang extremely depressed, the second thing about the granary and the grain business was quite in line with expectations, basically he was satisfied, and the third thing about the case of Fu Ke, he must be completely satisfied, so as soon as Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke spoke out against it, he was furious.
Ma Zhanguo laughed dryly without smiling: "Xu Xiancheng's words are also taken for granted, Xiaguan and Ding Zhutou have been handling cases for many years, what kind of people have not seen it?" Murder and arson, robbery of property and death, robbery of homes and houses, uprisings in the sight of sex, murder of people, murder by mistake, and so on, all human life lawsuits have a cause and effect that can be clearly explained. Fu Ke poisoned Dong Xian and Ma Xiaosan, only the consequences have no antecedents, it does not make sense in terms of reason, and it is unclear in terms of reason, so it must be a case within a case. ”
Ding Ke, as a head catcher, is an official not an official, in front of several people, he has not dared to speak loudly, Xu Heguang's cynicism has also aroused his anger, so he can't take care of it so much: "Xu Xiancheng, other subordinates don't understand, handle cases and investigate cases, and their subordinates are still a little bit tael." Don't say that in Zhending County, it is the city music and Lingshou, and the subordinates are also famous for solving cases. The subordinates guaranteed their lives, and there must be something else hidden in the murder case! ”
Although the words of the two are quite polite, in the politeness, there is undoubted resoluteness, and they must continue to investigate. Xu Heguang was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted: "Now there are many affairs in the county, and Fu Ke is the city of Leren, this case is closed, and it can be transferred to the city of Lexian for disposal, why do you two not understand the law and don't know the law, so you have to take care of the affairs of Xia County?" ”
"It's true that Fu Ke is the city Leren's clan, but the murder happened in Zhending County, and the poison was also provided by Wu Laosi, a guy from Zhending's Origin Herbal Medicine Hall, and Wu Laosi is a Zhending person." Ma Zhanguo was not to be outdone, and his anger rose, "Xu Xiancheng has asked for the case to be closed several times, who do you want to cover?" ”
Xu Heguang was furious and took the case: "Lieutenant Ma, if you dare to slander this official again, this official will go to Cui Fuzun to sue him for defaming the murder of the imperial court." ”
With a "snap", Xia Xiang got up and smashed his wine glass, his face was pale: "The court officials, noisy and unorthodox!" Ding Zhutou, since there are other hidden circumstances in the murder case of Fu Ke as a guarantee for your life, this official will give you seven days to find out the ins and outs of the case. Lieutenant Ma, since you also believe that Fu Ke's case is a case within a case, this official orders you and Ding Zhutou to find out about this case. After seven days, if the truth has not been ascertained, a fine of half a year will be given. ”
"Yes!" Although Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke were scolded by Xia Xiang, they were overjoyed, and the two of them saluted Xia Xiang together.
"What about the lower officials?" Xu Heguang was stunned on the spot, but he gritted his teeth in his heart Xia Xiang's means of taking advantage of the situation, but he was helpless, seeing Xia Xiang turn around and leave, he panicked, and realized that he had gone too far just now, and he shouldn't always come out of Cui Fuzun to suppress Xia Xiang.
Xia Xiang didn't look back, and snorted coldly: "You go to Cui Fuzun's place to complain." ”
Xu Heguang was extremely embarrassed, but it was not easy to attack, so he had to suppress his anger. Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke couldn't help laughing, the two of them were most happy to see Xu Heguang suffocating, not to mention that Xia Xianzun let Xu Heguang eat suffocation, which he didn't want to swallow and had to swallow.
In the afternoon, Xu Heguang really went to the government office, whether he was complaining or ventilating the news, Xia Xiang didn't bother to care about him, the county government and the government were only separated by a river, and it was the time for a pillar of incense to walk over, could he still control a county and not go to the government office? Moreover, Xu Heguang is Cui Fuzun's brother-in-law.
Xu Heguang was not in the county office, and Xia Xiang, together with Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke, interrogated Wu Laosi.
Wu Lao was about fifty years old, with a wisp of goatee under his chin, and he was as thin as a pine tree. His complexion was dark, his hands were chapped, and he stood at the foot of the hall, trembling all overwhelmed.
"Wu Laosi, this official asked you, when did you meet Fu Ke?" Xia Xiang neither knocked on the wood in shock, nor did he make a loud noise, but asked with a pleasant face.
Wu Laosi had already explained in detail how he provided Fu Ke with aconite and ephedra, which also showed that he was interested in seeing wealth, and Fu Ke exchanged ten times the price of ten taels of silver for one tael of aconite and two taels of ephedra. I thought that the county would ask again, but Xia Xianzun asked about things that didn't seem to be related to the case, and his mood eased a little, and he replied tremblingly: "Back to the county zun, the villain is Fu Ke who I met last autumn." ”
"Last fall? It's been more than a year. Xia Xiang thought for a while, and then asked, "How did you and Fu Ke meet, tell me in detail." ”
Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke were very puzzled, did Xia Xianzun not know how to try the case, why did he ask irrelevant questions? It is obvious that Wu Laosi is a fool who was used by Fu Ke for ten taels of silver, he doesn't know anything at all, let alone the real culprit behind Fu Ke's case, and talking to him about the process of his acquaintance with Fu Ke is purely a waste of time.
It's just that although the two of them are dissatisfied, they can't show it, so they have to listen patiently.
"Yes." Wu Laosi moved his steps, his feet were numb, he glanced at Xia Xiang timidly, and saw Xia Xiang's calm face, so he said with confidence, "The villain went to Qizhou to buy medicine last autumn, passed by Shile, and it was getting late, so he stayed in Shile for a night and stayed at the Quanyou Inn." ”
Xia Xiang was stunned, there are all inns? When he entered Beijing to catch the exam, he stayed at the Quanyou Inn, and he didn't want to have a Quanyou Inn in Shile, if nothing else, it should be a chain operation.
"Qizhou is the most famous medicine capital in the north, rich in more than 300 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, among which chrysanthemum, yam, aster, sand ginseng, barley, mustard ear, angelica, pollen and other eight varieties are the most famous." Ma Zhanguo interjected to explain, he was afraid that Xia Xianzun would not know about the production of Qizhou.
Xia Xiang nodded and said, "Although this official has never been to Qizhou, he knows the name of Qizhou's medicine capital. Qizhou was known as Anguo in ancient times, and after the beginning of the Chu-Han War at the end of Qin, Wang Ling led the army to submit to Liu Bang, and made many military exploits in the destruction of Chu and Jianhan. In recognition of the merits of Wang Ling, Han Gaozu took the meaning of 'Anguo Ning Gang' and named him 'Anguo Wuhou', and his fief was the area of Qizhou today. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took his title and placed it in Anguo County. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Dujie County, and Daxia was renamed Qizhou. There is a poem that says - the grass to the Anguo prescription into medicine, the medicine through Qizhou began to grow incense. ”
Xia Xiang didn't mean to show off his knowledge, but wanted to ease the atmosphere, and sure enough, after listening to him bite the words, Wu Laosi's expression eased a little, and his body didn't tremble.
"Xia Xianzun really knows astronomy and geography, and he is not wrong at all." Wu Laosi wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to say, "There is nothing to do at night, the villain wants to listen to a little song, so he left the inn, and after walking a short distance, he arrived at a Washe Goolan." It's not very big, but it can accommodate hundreds of people. ”
There are as many as forty or fifty Washe Goolan in Shangjing, each of which can accommodate thousands of people, and the Washe Goolan in the city of Leyi County can accommodate hundreds of people, which is not small.
"The villain found a place where there were not many people and sat down, and spent twenty wen to ask for tea and snacks, and as soon as the storyteller came to the stage, the villain was dumbfounded......" Wu Laosi's expression was a little lively, and his eyes lit up, "The number of times the villain listens to books is not less, and the number of listeners I have seen is not a thousand but eight hundred, and it is the first time I have seen a female storyteller." ”
Xia Xiang also heard about the female storyteller for the first time, and couldn't help but be surprised, he had also been to Vashegoulan, and knew that most women were engaged in geisha, singing, and drinking, and there were almost no storytellers.
"This female storyteller's name is Sister Yizhang Bai Zhu, who looks like a white, white and tender, with a thin waist and long legs, charming eyes, a curled mouth, and even her ears are watery and smart, which makes people like it......"
"Ahem, get down to business, get down to business." Ma Zhanguo saw that Wu Laosi was getting more and more off topic, and hurriedly reminded him not to talk nonsense in front of Xia Xianzun.
Wu Laosi beat a spirit, only to know that he was carried away, and hurriedly changed back to a trembling look: "Yes, yes, the villain is wrong." As soon as Sister Zhu came on stage, she won the applause of the house, although the villain came for the first time, she was also conquered by Sister Zhu's demeanor, and she applauded vigorously, and her palms were red. One of the people next to me asked me, are you from outsider? I was stunned, Zhending and Shile are fifty or sixty miles away, and there is no difference between accent and appearance, how can he recognize me as a foreigner at a glance? ”
"This man was about thirty years old, and he had a fleshy face, dry and thin, and a scar on his face, and he looked very vicious. Although the villain was timid, he still had the courage to say that it was a local. The other party smiled contemptuously and asked the villain if he knew whose woman Sister Zhu was on the stage? Ask the villain if he knows who he is? The villain first came to the city, and he used to buy medicine from the medicine hall, how could the villain know who Sister Zhu was, and who was the thin and strong man in front of him? I had to say that I was a foreigner. The thin man smiled, and chatted with the villain for a long time, and the villain knew that Sister Zhu was his woman, and his name was Fu Ke. ”
Xia Xiang nodded slightly, Fu Ke and Wu Laosi met, which can be regarded as a coincidence.
The villain thought that Fu Ke would be a bad guy with a vicious face, but he didn't want him to be very talkative, and he chatted with the villain quite speculatively. Speaking of Sister Zhu Yi, he danced with his eyebrows, saying how slender Sister Zhu is, her eloquence is good, and her waist skills are even better. I heard that the villain was going to Qizhou to buy medicine, and Fu Ke said that he was also going to Qizhou for a trip and could go with me. There are more than 100 miles of Shile to Qizhou, there are official roads and mountain roads, the mountain roads are remote and difficult to walk, I heard that there are bandits infested, there are Fu Ke to go together, the villain is naturally happy, and he can keep safe. ”
Xia Xiang didn't speak, and quietly listened to Wu Laosi. Although Wu Laosi is a fellow of the medicine hall, and his appearance is not good, his level of storytelling is not ordinary, and he has the potential to be a storyteller.
The villain and Fu Ke made an appointment to leave early the next morning, but Fu Ke was still punctual and came to the Quanyou Inn early. The villain thought he was alone, but unexpectedly he came with three people, in addition to Sister Zhu, there was also a man. The man said that his name was Yan Sun, and he was Dong Xian's bookkeeper. Although the villain doesn't know Dong Xian, he knows Dong Xian, and Dong Xian is a well-known wealthy businessman in the city. It's just that I haven't heard that Dong Xian is also in the medicinal materials business, Yan Sun said that Dong Xian's business is mostly in Quanzhou. If the medicinal materials from the north are sent to the south, he can also make a lot of money, so Dong Xian sent him to Qizhou to learn about the medicinal materials market, and wanted to do some medicinal materials business by the way. ”
Ma Zhanguo was shocked, it turned out that Wu Laosi provided Fu Ke with aconite and ephedra, there were so many things? At first, I thought that Dong Xian's case was really a murder caused by the revelation of Yan Sun and Dong Li's adultery, but after Fu Ke admitted to the murder, it seemed that Yan Sun had nothing to do with the case, and he didn't want Yan Sun to know Wu Laosi, but he was even more familiar with Fu Ke.
Ding Ke was also shocked in his heart, and then secretly admired Xia Xianzun who seemed to be inferior to him and Ma Zhanguo to investigate and try the case, but in fact, Xia Xianzun was smarter and more sophisticated than him and Ma Zhanguo.
"The villain is just a guy from the Origin Herbal Medicine Hall, where can I care if Dong Xian Dong is in the medicinal herb business, it is a good thing that someone walks with him, and he didn't think much about it at the moment, so he went on the road with Fu Ke and a few people." When Wu Laosi said this, the expression on his face was a little strange, "Fu Ke said that Sister Zhu is his woman, but the villain found out that Sister Zhu rarely talked to Fu Ke along the way, and ignored the villain, only talking and laughing with Yan Sunyou." Yan Sun also didn't care about Fu Ke, flirting with Sister Zhu Yi, sometimes saying some meaty words, even the villain felt blushing when he heard it, but Fu Ke didn't hear it at all, and didn't care about Yan Sun and Zhu Yijie's teasing. ”
Xia Xiang's mind moved slightly, the relationship between Yan Sun, Zhu Yijie and Fu Ke was quite complicated, I am afraid that Zhu Yijie is also a person with a great background.
When passing by Wu's house, it was getting late, Fu Ke wanted to continue his journey, but Yan Sun wanted to stay overnight. Sister Zhu also wanted to stay overnight on the grounds that she was unwell, but in the end she had to let them go. In the middle of the night, Fu Ke suddenly woke up the villain, saying that Yan Sun and Zhu Yijie were fornicating next door, and asked the villain to catch the rapist with him. The villain went to Qizhou to buy medicine, and he didn't know Yan Sun and Sister Zhu Yijie, so he didn't have to elope or not, and it was a villain's? The villain wanted to continue sleeping, but Fu Ke had to take the villain with him, claiming that if the villain didn't go, he would let the villain come and go. The villain was scared, so he had to go with him to catch the adulterer. ”
"The villain caught rape for the first time in his life, and I thought that there would be a lot of fragrant and exciting scenes when I caught the rape, and I didn't want to be too disappointing. Fu Ke kicked open the door and saw Yan Sun and Zhu Yijie lying on the bed sleeping soundly. After being awakened by us, the two of them got up, but they slept in their little clothes, and saw nothing. The villain was bored, but Fu Ke was as excited as if he had taken medicine, and he stepped forward and grabbed Yan Sun is violent beating, causing Yan Sun to kneel and beg for mercy. ”
"What about Sister Zhu?" Ma Zhanguo keenly thought of a detail and asked, "What was she doing at the time?" ”
"Didn't do anything? What can she do? Wu Laosi also wondered why Ma Zhanguo asked, "She is a woman's family, what else can she do except hide aside?" ”
Ma Zhanguo wanted to scold Wu Laosi for being so stupid, but he swallowed back when the words came to his lips, if Wu Laosi wasn't stupid enough, he would be played by Fu Ke? And he said no more: "Go on." ”
"By the way, as soon as the county lieutenant Ma said that the villain remembered, Sister Zhu didn't seem to be flustered at all, so she sat on the bed and watched Yan Sun being beaten and rolled all over the place, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, just like Yan Sun was a completely irrelevant person." Wu Laosi was very puzzled and rubbed his hands, "The villain has never had an adulterous affair with anyone, but he can also think of a woman who is willing to have an adulterous affair with him, most of them are also affectionate, and they will also feel distressed." First Sister Zhu's eyes were frighteningly cold, as if she didn't know Yan Sun. Is it true that women are so ruthless when their adultery is exposed? ”
"Don't go too far!" Ma Zhanguo snorted coldly, as soon as Wu Laosi said this, he strengthened his judgment even more, Sister Zhu and Fu Ke were designing Yan Sun.
"Yes, yes, the villain knows it's wrong." Wu Laosi was so frightened that he bent over, and hurriedly said, "Yan Sun couldn't stand it, so he begged for mercy for a long time, and wrote a letter of guarantee in front of Fu Ke. What is the content of the guarantee, the villain didn't see it, but later I heard Yan Sun talk to himself along the way, and I probably knew something. ”
"What is it?" Ding Ke also understands a little now, Fu Ke seems to be domineering, but he is also a scheming person, or he has a master behind him.
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