In a cramped room, where it is impossible to distinguish between a bedroom and a living room, there is a bed made of straw and straw mats, and a simple "table" made of a wooden board and two round fir trees, and a few bowls, a small packet of salt, and a large handful of garlic are placed on the "table...... A clay jar was placed in the corner of the wall, covered with a lid, and Song Ting opened the lid to see that there was less than a liter of rice in it - this was Liu Meng's home.

"When did you die?" Song Ting glanced at Liu Meng's body, which had been lowered from the beam of the house and placed horizontally in the room. There was an obvious hematoma scar on her neck, and a long hemp rope with a loop next to her was scattered at random, and then her snort was probed, and her breath was completely gone, and her body was cold, obviously dead for a long time.

He got up in the morning to rinse his mouth under the old willow tree, and suddenly two officials hurriedly came to him and told him that the county government had received a report from the villagers of Miaowangpo: Liu Meng's tragic death at home, and the county lord asked him to take someone to investigate.

The murder should have been handled by the magistrate, or reported to the county lieutenant Shi, but Wu Ruxiong of the county was sleeping with his concubine in his arms at this time, and the county lieutenant Shi didn't know where to go. Having seen Song Ting's talents, Wu Ruxiong asked Song Ting to take Cao Bin, four catchers, eight officials, and two servants to Miaowangpo to investigate.

"It must have been last night." He probed for a while and said to Song Tingyu.

"Oh......" Song Ting groaned slightly, after he gave Cao Bin two taels of silver last night and asked him to hand it over to Liu Meng's family to deal with Liu Mou'er's funeral, he returned to the small courtyard, and then went to the street with Xiaoman, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

This pair of orphans and widows is really miserable, first her husband died in a war two years ago, and he did not get a single pension, and now his only son was poisoned again, she must have felt that life was too desolate, so she hanged herself.

Song Ting didn't have the idea of helping, he wanted to wait for her to get through this sad and desperate time, and then help her find a kind-hearted family to remarry, who knew that she wouldn't be able to stand it in one night......

In today's world, the poor are particularly difficult, and the house where Liu Mengshi lives now is actually a thatched house next to a red mud house, the red mud house is used to live in people, and the thatched house has a stove to make a fire for cooking; Behind the red mud house, a thatched shed was built, and there were sheep and two chickens in the shed, which was estimated to be all the property of Liu Meng's family.

"Could it be murder?" Cao Bin's eyebrows were knotted, and he stepped forward and asked Song Ting. He actually asked a little knowingly, and when he saw Song Ting shaking his head, he also understood in his heart that this was suicide. He felt guilty, even ...... Feeling a little regretful, before he left last night, by the slight candlelight, he secretly glanced at Liu Mengshi, he saw that although Liu Mengshi's expression was sad, his appearance was good-looking, his heart moved slightly, and he wanted to say something to comfort her, but when the words came to his mouth, he still couldn't say it after all...... With a hint of fantasy and anticipation, he left...... Unexpectedly, this departure turned out to be a farewell. At this time, he was really depressed and depressed.

At this time, a catcher came to the door and stood at the door and reported to Song Tingyu: "Master, the situation of Liu Blind has been ascertained. Liu Blind's real name is Liu Zhiheng, and he is Liu Zhiyuan's cousin, and the grandfather of the two is a brother. Liu Zhiheng was born on the third day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Yuanyou, and his father Liu Mingchang was a famous snake catcher in the neighborhood, and at the age of 33, he was bitten by a poisonous snake called 'Wubu Feng' and died. Liu Zhiheng inherited his father's business and continued to catch and raise snakes, and one year he was blinded by poisonous snake liquid, and the neighbors began to call him 'Liu Blind'. ”

"Is that all?" Song Ting glanced at the catcher, what he ordered was to find out all the circumstances of the "blind man Liu", the more detailed the better, seeing that the catcher was silent, he sighed slightly and asked: "Have you found out whether Liu Zhiheng has ever married a wife?"

The catcher said quickly: "It has been found out that Liu Zhiheng married a wife eleven years ago, but the bride died of a violent illness just seven days after entering the door. My mother's family also came to make trouble, and they went to the county government for this matter. If the master wants to see the file, he can check it when he returns to the county office to find the secretary's room. ”

Song Ting waved his hand and said, "No need." It's too normal for the heart to be sick in this era.

After the catcher quickly retreated, Song Ting had already walked out of Liu Meng's room, Cao Bin followed behind him, and Song Ting said, "What is the situation of Liu Meng's family?" What about her mother's family? ”

Cao Bin followed his steps, and said as he walked: "Liu Meng's real name is Meng Qinqin, and she is the third daughter of a husband in Suzhou, and later she inadvertently met Liu Zhiyuan, and the two fell in love, and the master did not agree to this marriage, so Meng Qinqin eloped from home......

"Oh." Song Ting nodded deeply, paused slightly, and then said, "In other words, her mother's family may not care about her death...... Let's go, let's find the village is going! ”

The village of Miaowangpo was a barren old man, and when he saw a group of people wearing fast clothes and government uniforms, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed from a distance: "Little old man knocks to see the county master!" It turned out that he had lived in a poor mountain village for a long time, and he had never even seen the magistrate, and mistakenly regarded Song Ting as the magistrate.

Song Ting helped him up, told him that he was not the county magistrate, but the master of the county, and took out a few taels of silver from his waist and asked him to do something......

Two days later, the funeral ceremony was held in Miaowangpo, with the suona, the monk's chanting, and the master's transcendence, two coffins, one large and one small, were buried next to Liu Zhiyuan's clothed mound......

Song Ting returned to the county government and interrogated Liu Blind again, at first Liu Blind kept his mouth shut and refused to admit that he had murdered Liu Mou'er, and when Song Ting told him that Meng Qinqin had hanged himself, he finally confessed all the facts of the crime with remorse.

As Song Ting expected, Liu Blind had really thought about Meng Qinqin a long time ago, he felt that he was a widower, and she was a widow, the two of them could make do with each other, in fact, he hinted to Meng Qinqin a year ago, but at that time, Meng Qinqin was unmoved by her dead husband.

When Meng Qinqin first got married, he was not blind at that time, Meng Qinqin was still a young lady from a big family, dignified and beautiful, knowledgeable, every time he saw Meng Qinqin, he had many fantasies. But at that time, Meng Qinqin and Liu Zhiyuan were in harmony, even if he had ideas, he didn't dare to take any substantive action.

He has such a crush, suffering day and night, and has never been able to find an outlet for catharsis. Until that day, he overheard the quarrel between Meng Qinqin and the Wang couple, and he secretly made a decision in his heart: he wanted to borrow Liu Mou'er's hand and poison several Wang family members with arsenic that he secretly bought. One is to vent evil anger, and the other is for his plan.

He planned to use Liu Mou'er to poison several Wang family members, Meng Qinqin must have panicked, but Hu'er was anxious and would definitely follow him away and flee the county. He had long heard that there was a disturbance in the south of the "Muni Sect," and he had made extensive friends and knew a few "Muni Sect" friends, so he made up his mind to join the "Muni Sect." Shandong is full of green forests, and he also knows it, but Shandong is too far away, and he is afraid that he will not be able to go there; If you go to vote for the "Muni Sect", it will be much more convenient, and some people in Suzhou will accept it. He also knew that the head of this "Muni Sect", who was said to be called Fang La, was a very heroic person.

Originally, the plan was perfect, just waiting for Liu Mou'er to poison a few Wang family members, he could tell Meng Qinqin the idea of joining the "Muni Sect" together, who knew that the accident would happen suddenly......

That day, he brought a large bowl of honey mixed with arsenic to Liu Mou'er's hand, asked Liu Mou'er to bring it to Wang's house, and instructed Liu Mou'er to tell the Wang family: apologize to them and give them a little honey.

Who would have expected that Liu Mou'er was greedy for a while, and he actually drank a few big sips halfway, and when he found out, Liu Mou'er was already foaming at the mouth and dying......

Liu Mou'er died after all, he was very panicked, he didn't want all the previous plans to be wasted, and suddenly a trick came to his mind: to throw Liu Mou'er's body into the well in front of the Wang's house in order to frame the Wang family. In this way, not only can the Wang family be imprisoned, but Meng Qinqin will be alone at that time, and there will be no reason to refuse him...... Thinking of this, he even laughed and threw Liu Mou'er's body into the well......

Later, Meng Qinqin sued...... Until Song Ting said that he was going to release the Wang couple, he had been following the case, and seeing that he was going to let the Wang couple go, he was in a hurry, so he couldn't help but stand up and testify.

It was only after he was in this prison that he regretted making this trip......

The above is the whole process of what Song Ting conceived in combination with his confession and his own inference. While some of the details may no longer be known, the general context should be like this.

After reading all the confessions, Song Ting wrote the verdict for Wu Ruxiong of Zhixian County: "This criminal deliberately murdered people, the heart of jackals, snakes and scorpions, arsenic harmed people, the circumstances are extremely serious, and he should be beheaded after the sentence!"

The blind man didn't know what the sentence would be, and after he signed and painted, he sighed against the wall of the cell: "I really shouldn't have come out to testify......

Hearing him sigh like this, Song Ting just secretly sneered, did he really think that if he didn't come out to testify, he wouldn't be able to find out on his head? This small temple Wang Po is only about 20 households, even if you ask from door to door, you can find out his head.

The confession was stamped with the big seal of the county official, and it was delivered to the criminal department of the capital, and the criminal department was handed over to the emperor Gou Zhu...... This is the procedure for the Liang to review the death row, and the death penalty must be carried out by the emperor Gou Zhu, which was created by Emperor Taizu. In the previous dynasty, there were many military disasters, the feudal towns were divided, and the local warlords set up torture halls and killed people at will...... Emperor Taizu took pity on the common people, and specially established the rule that the death penalty must be carried out by the emperor himself, and it was written into the "Liang Statute".

After the conclusion of the "Liu Mou'er tragic death case", a notice was posted at the entrance of the county ya, telling the villagers of the cause and effect of the case. Some say that Liu's blind heart is too poisonous, some say that Meng Qinqin's background is pitiful, and more people regain awe and trust in the plaque of "Yongtai County Ya".

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In front of the tombstone, two candles, three incense, two plates of offerings, and the grave burned paper money and emitted wisps of green smoke......

A man with a rugged expression, wearing a fast hunting suit, buried his head, knelt in front of a stele with the words "Tomb of Liu Mengshi of Miaowangpo" engraved on the stele......

The barren mountains and mountains here, far away from the village, and there is no store behind it, this man saw that there was no one left and right, so he simply cried, and while crying, he muttered to himself...... Seems to blame himself.

He only cared about crying, but he didn't notice that Song Ting was secretly standing behind him, and when he finished crying, he turned around and couldn't help but be surprised: "Master Song?"

Song Ting smiled faintly, and also lit three incense sticks in front of Meng Qinqin's grave, bowed to him, and then said to the man: "Cao Zhutou, you seem to have something on your mind......

Cao Bin's rugged face turned slightly red, as if his heart had been guessed by Song Ting, and his expression was quite nervous.

Song Ting smiled slightly: "I can see that you have pity for Liu Meng's family, and you have not dared to remarry in the past few years because of low self-esteem." Now that I meet such a woman with a hard life, she has a three-point appearance, and a person with low self-esteem like you will naturally feel pity. ”

"Master Song, ...... you" Cao Bin seemed to be poked in the chest, and everything in his heart was seen through the hole, and he couldn't help blushing for a while, and his face was blue for a while.

"Oops...... Don't worry......" Song Ting was already laughing and stretched out his hands, "I can't beat you." ”

Cao Bin was teased by him like this, and instead of being angry, he laughed: "I have asked Master Song to guess everything in my heart." Master is an understanding person, can you show me a clear way? ”

"Minglu, it's not without ......"

"Please also ask the master for advice."

"Follow me in the future, drink a lot of wine, and eat meat in a big bowl!"

"Isn't that a bandit?"

"Hahahaha!"

Two figures walked on the road, and suddenly an old man dressed as a farmer trotted over, shouting: "Master Song, Master Song......"

The old man ran to him, panting, and took out a bamboo basket from his hand, in which there were bacon, fruits, noodles and other things, the old man knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again: "Little old man, thank you Master Song for saving your life!"

Song Ting and Cao Bin were puzzled, and hurriedly pulled up the old man, asking why, and only after asking did he know that the old man turned out to be Wang Fugui's father, and he came to thank Song Ting, if it wasn't for Song Ting to find out the real murderer who killed Liu Mou'er, his son and daughter-in-law would inevitably be killed......

"Oh, why did the old man come in person? How rich is your family? Song Ting asked with a smile.

"This rebel has been beaten by the board, and he is still lying at home to recuperate...... "The old man said.

"Oh?" Song Ting couldn't help laughing, "Then this board is also a bit more powerful." ”

But then he thought about it, this was also the punishment that he and his wife deserved.