Chapter 65: Post-mortem
After retreating from the court, Chen Changzhou hurriedly sat in a sedan chair and returned to the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Chen Changzhou is very doting on his son, he must always prevent Chen Lang from doing anything out of the ordinary, no matter how he is also an important minister of the court, I don't know how many eyes are staring at his words and deeds behind him, be careful, don't let Chen Lang pit himself.
Hum! "Pit daddy!" This kind of thing is not impossible. Chen Changzhou believes that his son Chen Lang will not do anything to cheat his father, but if he is used by someone with ulterior motives, it is not impossible to do something unintentionally to cheat his father, so he must take some necessary precautions, thinking of this, Chen Changzhou said to the official next to him: "Spread the word Huang Qi, Wei Tong came to the lobby to listen to the order." ”
When the official heard this, he hurriedly ran out, and after a while, he walked up to the lobby with two servants.
Huang Qi and Wei Tong are senior servants of Kaifeng Prefecture and have rich experience in handling cases.
Huang Qi and Wei Tong knelt down in the lobby and said, "Lord Prefect, Huang Qi and Wei Tong came to obey orders. ”
Chen Changzhou looked Huang Qi and Wei Tong up and down a few times, and said to the two servants in an aggravated voice: "Huang Qi, Wei Tong, you two listen to the prefect, Boss Wang's matter has alarmed the current saint, just now the emperor ordered us to conduct an autopsy, and at the same time, we must go to the scene of the accident to investigate carefully." ”
Huang Qidao: "My lord, this matter is clearly that Boss Wang is messing around, why do you spend all this effort?" ”
Chen Changzhou glared and said: "Nonsense, who dares to disobey the will of Long Live, do you think that the family that eats your own food is very strong." ”
Huang Qi hurriedly said: "The adults are angry, and the villains are at your disposal." ”
Chen Changzhou waved his hand with Yan Yuese and said: "That's right, the things assigned by the emperor, each of us must seriously implement them, and there can be no mistakes, otherwise there will be no negative grace, you two hurry up and go out for an autopsy." ”
Huang Qi said to Wei Tong next to him: "Let's go, man, since Long Live has issued a holy decree, then let's act quickly." ”
Huang Qi and Wei Tong came to the coffin in front of the yamen and said to Wang Laodao: "Open the coffin." ”
Boss Wang threw himself on the coffin and said, "What are you going to do?" ”
Huang Qi raised his foot and kicked Boss Wang's ass and said, "What are you doing?" You kid didn't want to sue, we came to conduct an autopsy on the orders of the prefect. ”
Boss Wang got down from the coffin at this time, and while lifting the lid of the coffin, he muttered: "People are killed by them, why do you work so hard?" Huang Qi and Wei Tong hurriedly took out a white cloth, picked up a bottle of wine and sprinkled it on it, and then surrounded his mouth, Wei Tong scolded: "Boss Wang, you kid is really fucking enough, in order to blackmail someone else's few taels of silver, you made your younger brother stink like this?" ”
Boss Wang said with a bitter face: "Official, do you think I am willing to be like this, I am doing this to redress my brother's grievances, so that he will not die blindly." ”
Huang Qi patted Wei Tong on the shoulder and said, "Brother, what are you doing with him, hurry up and conduct an autopsy, after the incident is done here, our brothers and sisters have to go to the scene of the accident on Freezer Street." ”
The two leaned down to carefully examine Wang Laosan's head wound and nodded to each other. Then Huang Qi said to Wang Laodao: "Okay, we have already checked your brother's body, you can quickly pull the coffin outside the city and bury it." ”
Boss Wang said with a smile on his face: "Official, my brother was killed by someone." ”
Huang Qidao: "I have no comment, after we go to the scene of the accident to check, everything will be decided by the prefect." ”
Boss Wang said loudly: "My brother was obviously killed by someone else, what else is he going to decide?" ”
Wei Tong stepped forward and pulled Boss Wang and said, "Don't make a big noise in front of the prefect's yamen, didn't the board yesterday hurt your kid." ”
Boss Wang stomped his feet and said unconvinced: "The prefect decides, the prefect decides, what's the big deal, Lao Tzu is not afraid to go all over the world." ”
Huang Qi said to Wei Tong: "Brother, what are you doing with him with this tongue?" He's a mad dog now, catching whoever bites whomever he wants. Let's go, let's go to the scene of the accident quickly, so that we can give the prefect an explanation. ”
Boss Wang listened and said, "Wait, two officials, I'll go to the scene of the accident with you." ”
Huang Qidao: "The two of us are going to investigate the case, what are you doing with it?" ”
Wang Laodao: "I'll follow you to see if there's any cat there." ”
Wei Tong said impatiently: "Is there any cat that has anything to do with you?" Less blind mixing. ”
Boss Wang glared and said, "This official, how do you speak, the dead person is my brother, it doesn't matter to me!" I don't think you took that Ding Qian's good fee and wanted to deliberately help him hide something? ”
Huang Qi persuaded: "Brother, how can you say such inconsequential words, we don't know Ding Qian at all, since you want to go, it's okay, but if your brother's coffin is lost, it will be troublesome." ”
When Boss Wang heard this, he said, "Then the two officials, please help me put the coffin on the cart, and I will pull the coffin with you." ”
Huang Qi said angrily: "Are you kid crazy, it's okay to run around the street with a coffin all day long, and you are not afraid of filth." Sorry, we are not obligated to carry the coffin for you. As he spoke, he waved his hand to Wei Tong and said, "Let's go, brother!" ”
Boss Wang looked at the backs of the two people leaving and scolded angrily: "Phew, it's all something that looks down on people with dog eyes." At this time, he looked at the corpse of his brother in the coffin, tears flowed silently, this is not all plagued by poverty, he came up with such an idea, now the silver has not been scolded, but the corpse of his brother began to decay, how is this good!
Huang Qi and Wei Tong came to the construction site of Freezer Street, and said to the hired workers who were working there: "That's your shopkeeper, bring him here, and say that Kaifeng Mansion has come to investigate the case?" ”
A hired worker hurriedly ran to the small worker's shed and said to Ding Qian: "Shopkeeper Ding, two officials who claim to be servants of Kaifeng Mansion have come, saying that they are here to investigate the case and let you go over immediately." ”
Ding Qian nodded and said, "Okay, you go and tell them that I will go over immediately." ”
At this time, Niu Wu stepped forward and said to Ding Qian: "Shopkeeper Ding, the official is here, there must be nothing good, don't you need to stuff some silver for these two." ”
Ding Qian pondered for a moment and shook his head and said: "No, in this case, it seems that we really have shortcomings, doesn't this give people the feeling that there is no dispute for three hundred taels here!" We didn't do anything bad, so we had nothing to fear. I'll go check it out! ”
Ding Qian came to Huang Qi and Wei Tong, and bowed his hand and said: "I don't know if the two officials are coming, Ding has lost his welcome, disrespect, and disrespect. ”
Huang Qi looked at Ding Qian and sneered: "Hehe, shopkeeper Ding, you don't have to come up with the businessman's trick of hypocrisy, to tell you the truth, the two of us came to inspect the scene of the accident on the order of the prefect, hurry up and take us over to have a look." ”
Ding Qian said: "Okay, please come with me." Saying that, Huang Qi and Wei Tong were led downstairs, and said, "Official, this is the scene of the accident." ”
Huang Qi nodded, waved his hand to Wei Tong and said, "Go brother, let's take a closer look." ”
After Huang Qi and Wei Tong carefully inspected upstairs and downstairs, they said to Ding Qian: "Shopkeeper Ding, we have completed the inspection of the accident scene, please go to the prefect's yamen with us, the prefect still has something to ask you." ”
Ding Qian followed Huang Qi and Wei Tong to the front of the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, and Huang Qi said: "Shopkeeper Ding, you wait here for a while, and wait for us to go in and report to the prefect." ”
Ding Qian nodded and said, "Official, please!" ”
Huang Qi and Wei Tong walked up the steps to the lobby.
At this time, Boss Wang stepped forward and sneered at Ding Qian: "Hmph, isn't this the shopkeeper of Ding Da, I didn't expect you to come here too." ”
Ding Qian patted his chest and said, "This is not the Hades Palace, why can't I come!" Besides, I didn't do anything bad, so why don't I dare to come! ”
Boss Wang said fiercely: "It's not up to you to say whether you have done something bad or not, and you will know if you have done something bad when you get to the lobby." ”
Ding Qian said coldly: "Boss Wang, I have seen shameless, but I have never seen you so shameless, in order to extort a few taels of silver, you actually put your brother's body on the street, where is your conscience?" ”
Wang Laodao: "Bah, what conscience do you have to tell me about your red mouth and white teeth, if you have a little conscience, my brother can die." ”
Ding Qianzheng said: "Boss Wang, your brother's death was purely an accident, and it has nothing to do with me and half a penny, please don't spew blood." ”
The two of them were arguing there, when they heard a servant shouting, "Spread Ding Qian, go to the court." ”
Ding Qian glared at Boss Wang and strode up the steps.
Boss Wang stomped his feet behind Ding Qian and said, "What are you staring at, there is good fruit for your kid to eat in the lobby." ”
Ding Qian walked into the lobby, came to Chen Changzhou, knelt down on one leg and said, "Little people Ding Qianbai is an adult." ”
Chen Changzhou sat on the chair, leaned forward, looked at Ding Qian, and said, "You are Ding Qian!" ”
Ding Qian said: "Yes, Xiaomin is Ding Qian. ”
Only then did Chen Changzhou grab the shocked wood and "snap" and said sharply: "Ding Qian, you are guilty." ”
Ding Qian said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The adults are clear, and the small people are not guilty." ”
Chen Changzhou said: "Okay, this prefect asks you, that Boss Wang accused you of murdering his brother, but is there such a thing?" ”
Ding Qian said: "My lord, this is purely the boss Wang's inner complaint about the small people, and the purpose of his nonsense there is to blackmail some silver taels. ”
Chen Changzhou said: "So, if you tell the truth, what grievances and grievances do you have with Boss Wang?" ”
Ding Qian straightened his waist and said: "My lord, when this Wang Boss was relocated on Freezer Street, he procrastinated in every possible way and had a conflict with the demolition personnel, and later the government came forward to solve the demolition matter. Because of his violent resistance to the law, he was detained in a prison for one night and given a police warning, but who knew that he held a grudge against this and put the account on the head of Xiaomin, which led to his Wang Laosan taking advantage of Wang Laosan's accidental death to do such a thing that disregarded human feelings and legal principles. ”
Chen Changzhou nodded when he heard this: "In this way, the third Wang Lao did die accidentally, but the prefect asked you, since you have such an entanglement with the Wang family, why do you still hire someone from the Wang family to work on the construction site of Freezer Street." ”
Ding Qiandao: "My lord, the small people think that the demolition of Freezer Street has caused certain economic losses to the original residents there, so when I hire labor, I can hire those old neighbors of the original Freezer Street, so that they can increase their income, which can be regarded as an indirect compensation." Then he carefully stated the employment of the Wang brothers from beginning to end.
Chen Changzhou listened to Ding Qian's words and muttered for a moment and said, "Oh, in this way, you can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. ”
Ding Qian said humbly: "My lord, I can't talk about the word benevolence and righteousness, but the people think that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and no matter how he does, he can't loot the poor people." ”
Chen Changzhou happily appreciated: "Okay, then you can stand aside for the time being." Then he waved his hand and called Liu Bantou to his side, whispered a few words, Liu Bantou understood, and walked out of the door with five officials.
Old man Wang was sitting next to the coffin and dozing, and the officials couldn't help but drag him to the lobby and fell in front of Chen Changzhou.
Boss Wang got up in confusion, knelt there and said, "My lord, what's going on?" ”
The prefect suddenly slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Boldly Diao Min, are you guilty?" ”
Boss Wang pulled his neck and shouted, "My lord, the villain is not guilty." Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Ding Qian, and said, "The guilty person is him Ding Qian." ”
Chen Changzhou sneered: "What is Ding Qian's crime? ”
Wang Laodao: "My lord is clear, it was this Ding Qian who instructed someone to kill my third brother." ”
Chen Changzhou "snapped" and slammed three times, and said sharply: "Boldly Diao Min, things have come to this point, you are still there to talk about it, do you think that the prefect is going to be deceived!" Then he shouted: "Where is Huang Qi!" ”
Huang Qi hurriedly stood up from the queue of officials and said, "My lord Huang Qi is here!" ”
Chen Changzhou said: "Huang Qi, you will tell this Boss Wang about the results of today's inspection with Wei Tong. ”