CHAPTER XV

"Meng Daworm's dead body was found at noon yesterday and buried in the afternoon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoOnly a few servants know about the funeral of the hundred oceans, could it be that they reported the news and attracted the Jiangyang thieves from other places? ”

"Impossible!" The old man said: "The servants sleep in the same house, and the guards are closely guarded, and they never dare to slack off." Who can go out without knowing it? ”

"That's weird." Officer Hou said.

"By the way, I heard this morning that there were people who snatched the coffin, and there were also people who picked up shovels and hoes." Master Toast said suddenly.

Officer Hou's eyes lit up and he said, "I thought there really weren't any clues." It's a big clue, why didn't you tell me in the morning? ”

"I thought, I can determine the tomb robber only by the shovel and hoe?"

"Master Toast, you don't know anything." There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them. At this point, Officer Hou has a complete mind about solving the case.

At lunchtime, Officer Hou walked towards Hedong Village under the cottage. There is a hundred-year-old ginkgo tree at the head of Hedong Village, with a huge canopy that covers dozens of meters of ground, and the thick arm-thick roots are intertwined and exposed on the ground. There is a shiny millstone under the tree, and the Dongxi River of Qingling flows out of the mountains and passes around here. Since the establishment of Hedong Village, it has become a good place for the public and business travelers. The world was so big that Pu Yi was kicked out of the Forbidden City and the second concubine (Shu, Li Erfei - after the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, the last emperor was still in the palace of the Forbidden City, and still enjoyed the title of emperor. Of course, this name is false, but it is valid in the Forbidden City, once out of the Forbidden City, no one recognizes it, so Pu Yi was also known as the "Waste Emperor" and "Emperor Sun" at that time. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing Political "N--" Change" and expelled Pu Yi's family from the Forbidden City, while Pu Yi dragged his family and lived in Tianjin's 'Zhang Yuan', the residence of Zhang Biao, a well-known military minister of the former Qing Dynasty. During that time, in addition to having the queen Wanrong, the abolished emperor Puyi also had a concubine, her name was "Wenxiu" - a Mongolian banner person, and the title was "Concubine Shu". After Shufei Wenxiu married Pu Yi in 1922, she always followed Pu Yi and lived with Pu Yi for 9 years, but in the autumn of 1931, Wenxiu suddenly sued Pu Yi in the Tianjin District Court, and finally reached a divorce agreement in the form of an out-of-court settlement and parted ways with Pu Yi. At the time, this event was a sensation, and it was called the "Knife Concubine Revolution" - there is indeed a little-known secret here. In the early summer of 1931, Wen Xiu suddenly ran away from Pu Yi's residence, where did she go? went to a law firm - Wen Xiu, through a lawyer, sent a lawyer's letter to Pu Yi. Wenxiu's lawyer's letter is roughly written like this: I, Wenxiu, have been with you Puyi for 9 years, and you haven't had a married life with me. I couldn't sleep every day, and I cried secretly. Such a day is simply not a human life. I now formally propose separation to you. In the future, Pu Yi must set a day every month to come and have sex with me once, otherwise, I can only go to the court to sue you. Concubine Wenxiu's sudden departure, and the issuance of a lawyer's letter, openly separated, Pu Yi was very panicked at this time, this matter is related to the face of the Qing Emperor, and it must not be publicized. Pu Yi was in a hurry. Like an ant on a hot pan. So, Pu Yi hired barrister Lin Tingchen and asked him to negotiate with Wenxiu. This lawyer Lin Tingchen is the perennial legal counsel of the "leather bag company" of the "Qing Office in Tianjin". After receiving Pu Yi's entrustment, lawyer Lin found Wenxiu's residence through various inquiries, and tried to persuade Wenxiu to change her mind and embark on the journey home. Unexpectedly, Wen Xiu cried loudly in front of Barrister Lin, and said the following: Lawyer Lin, until now, I am still a "N-" woman, nine years, I have suffered from this kind of nominal marriage abuse "N-", now I have no choice, I can only find a lawyer, according to the law to protect my due "N-" rights! Wen Xiu proposed that Pu Yi should fulfill her husband's obligations and live a married life with herself, Pu Yi could not be satisfied, N-" was sufficient, the reason was very simple, not unwilling, but because Pu Yi was sick, he couldn't do it. Therefore, lawyer Lin's mediation will naturally not have any substantive results. In the autumn of that year, Wenxiu filed a complaint with the district court in Tianjin, formally suing Pu Yi for divorce. Soon, the parties reached an agreement on reconciliation and divorce through out-of-court settlement. According to this agreement, Wenxiu and Pu Yi severed all relations, Pu Yi needed to pay Wenxiu 55,000 yuan as alimony at a time, and Wenxiu promised not to marry again for life. Why did Pu Yi ask Wenxiu not to marry again in the divorce agreement? Because Wenxiu is the concubine of the royal family after all, if the former concubine marries a commoner, it will damage the face of the Qing emperor - Pu Yi thinks so. Soon, at the instigation of a group of widows, the Qing royal family also announced the official abolition of the title of "Shufei" in Wenxiu. Since then, Wenxiu has become a commoner. After Wen Xiu saw the letter, he also replied to this distant brother, the original text is as follows: Although you are my brother, but we are not the same grandfather, nor father, have never interacted, I have been married to Pu Yi for 9 years, you have not visited me once, and now I want you to disregard the provisions of articles 299 and 325 of the Criminal Law of the Republic of China (N-) in the name of your brother, and openly call me to die, and openly slander me. Your loyalty to the Qing Dynasty is admirable, but I have been taught by my ancestors to abide by the law as the foundation of life. When I was a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, I abided by the laws of the Qing Dynasty; As a citizen of "N-. 〉 The people of the country, I guard the people (N-. The law of the country. At the end of 1924, when Pu Yi was driven out of the palace by Feng Yuxiang, he once said: Resolutely not to be a citizen of the People's [N-] country, I brought scissors with me at that time, ready to follow Pu Yi to death at any time. Martyrdom for the Qing Dynasty. Later, Pu Yi himself went to Tianjin and began to become a citizen of the Republic of China (N-), so he should abide by the people (N-). The laws of the country are based on the N-. Article 6 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China stipulates that all citizens of the People's Republic of China shall be equal in law regardless of gender, race, religion or class. After I married Pu Yi, I was a widow for nine years and never received equal treatment, so I hired a lawyer and asked for separation, which was just because I wanted to urge Pu Yi to do my husband's duty and give me humane treatment according to the laws of the civil [N-] country, and I didn't want to die an embarrassing death as a parent. But you blindly slandered me, saying that I had fled, divorced, extorted money, violated the teachings of my ancestors, was deceived by villains, and was betrayed...... You must know that when the reconciliation negotiations have not broken down now, I cannot hide the unspeakable from the world! I entrusted a lawyer to ask Pu to fulfill the duty of a husband, and I am protected by law for this right, but if you teach me to die, you are breaking the law and committing a crime, and it is possible for the prosecutor to read the newspaper and arrest you. I hope that you will read more books on the law in the future, and be careful in your words and deeds, so as not to offend the people. The law of the kingdom is for the most hopeful. After Wenxiu's divorce, she became a teacher in an elementary school and fulfilled the unique obligation agreed in the divorce agreement - insisting on celibacy and not marrying. It is said that Concubine Shu's good sister, Concubine Li, later married a Kuomintang officer. Glory and wealth, such as dreams and illusions, are all bubbles, should be viewed as such. love and hatred; As small as Hu Xiaosan stealing Zhang Siye's chicken and touching Li Er's duck eggs, they are all released here. The tomb of the old man Tusi was robbed, and Meng Daworm was eaten by wild dogs (red wolves on the mountain), which was shocking. The people in the west and east of the cottage Hexi have always been simple, and Hu Xiaosan stealing a chicken and touching an egg is still news, not to mention the bold tomb robbers robbing the tomb. When Officer Hou arrived here, the villagers holding bowls of sweet potatoes and yam eggs had already sat in the dark, and the atmosphere was a little dull. They really couldn't have imagined that such a terrifying event could happen to them. When everyone saw Officer Hou, they all got up and gathered around, eager to hear the latest progress in solving the case.

Officer Hou didn't say a word, his sharp and sharp gaze swept through the crowd over and over again, sweeping people to look at each other, as if they were all tomb robbers. After a long time, Officer Hou finally spoke: "Last night, who left a hoe and a shovel in the grave?" Who is it that picked up this hoe and shovel in the Rangang grave this morning? ”

There was a commotion in the crowd, you look at me, I look at you. In the end, everyone focused their attention on the "old crooked neck".

The old crooked neck had a high fever when he was a child, and he burned to death. Later, after being cured, his head and neck were crooked to one side, and since then he has earned the title of "old crooked neck". The old crooked head and neck are crooked, not flexible, but the hands and feet are agile. In the morning, I heard people shouting that Meng Da's insect grave was dug up, and I was anxious to see the excitement, and I ran faster than a rabbit. He was almost the first to arrive at the scene. The hoes and shovels dropped by the horse, as well as the mouse traps clamped on the hoe handle, naturally became the "reward" of the old crooked neck. The old crooked neck doesn't know the value of Nanmu, otherwise the coffin lid would be him. Hoes and shovels, who doesn't have a few? Nothing. Everyone knows that the old crooked neck has nothing to do with tomb robbers. Most of the day passed, and if it hadn't been for Officer Hou mentioning it, people would have forgotten about the old crooked neck and his "reward".

People forgot, but Officer Hou didn't. His sweeping gaze made people understand that the hoe and shovel that the old crooked neck picked up were left behind by the tomb robbers after they got their hands on them, and when they got carried away, they took them out and recognized whose family they belonged to, wouldn't the tomb robbers be exposed in broad daylight? Without waiting for Officer Hou to speak, everyone cheered and urged the old crooked neck: "Bring it quickly, bring it quickly." "When Officer Hou spoke just now, he was so shocked that the old crooked neck almost urinated, and then he was stared at by everyone. He thought, this "reward" really shouldn't be taken. At this moment, the only way to escape is to quickly hand over the two "rewards" that caused the fire.

The old crooked neck panicked, he splashed the sweet potato porridge on the ground, and hurriedly ran home. His home is at the head of the village, not far from the white fruit tree, and he can go back and forth in the blink of an eye. A quarter of an hour after the old crooked ran away, he did not come back. Everyone was anxious and began to discuss. Someone said: "The old crooked neck, this stupid man, did he see a woman urinating and couldn't move his body?" Everyone laughed.

Officer Hou didn't laugh. He said "no" in his heart, and strode towards the old crooked neck's house.

A group of people followed Officer Hou to the old crooked house, only to see the old crooked head, sitting in the patio and looking at the sky, with a confused face.

Officer Hou asked, "What's going on?" ”

The old crooked neck replied, "Looking up and down, strange?" The hoe and shovel were gone. ”

"What about the rat trap?" "The rat trap is still there. When I came back this morning, I untied it and left it here. As he spoke, the old crooked neck kicked the rat trap out of the corner of the door.

Officer Hou picked up the mouse trap, touched the sharp grip teeth, and said, "The hoe and shovel are also placed here?" ”

The old crooked replied: "Yes." ”

Someone interjected: "Ask your mother, did you lend it to someone?" ”

"My mother was just picked up by my sister and will stay for two days before coming back."

The crooked sister married in a neighboring town, dozens of miles away, who wants to run and ask?

Tao Tao came out and saw Ma ** standing on the side of the door, so she asked, "Dad, you haven't left yet?" ”

"Wait for you."

"Dad, you don't have a good face, and you're tired from work?"

"Dad's face is like this every day. That bit of carpentry work, not tired. As soon as the father and daughter asked and answered, they went to the old ginkgo tree at the head of the village. Ma **zi to the west, on the west of the river to the village Li Sihai's house to repair the panes, Taotao to the south, to the field drainage. When they were about to break up, Ma **zi suddenly remembered something, and suddenly called Taotao, and said, "Tao'er, wait a minute, what did you hear in the morning besides hearing that Li Laosan was scared by a ghost?" ”

Tao Tao thought for a moment and said, "It seems that someone said that the old crooked neck picked up a hoe and a shovel." Hey, by the way, did the tomb robbers really steal our house, and when they ran out, they were thrown there and picked up by the old crooked neck? Dad, you go and see, it's our family's that we have to come back. You see, the shovel I'm using now is all polished and not good. ”

Ma **zi heard Taotao say this, and his heart was overjoyed. He must hurry to the old crooked neck's house and take the hoe and shovel home. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable. He asked Tao Taohua to go to the field, and he hurried towards the old crooked neck's house......