"Murder delusion plus sleepwalking!" Leng Yi said slowly.

The disease of sleepwalking has existed in ancient and modern times, and the ancients also knew about it. However, the term "delusion of victimization" is too modern for everyone present to understand. looked at Leng Yi together.

Leng Yi didn't really want to use this word, but he couldn't find a more suitable word to replace it. He did not specialize in medicine, and he did not know if there was a special term for this kind of mental illness in ancient China. Now, this mental illness can only be explained in more plain language, and if they can understand it, it will achieve its goal.

Leng Yi said: "This disease is what I heard from an old man in Youfang when I was a child, he said that people who suffer from this disease always think that others will harm him, kill him, and rob him of his money, so he is on guard everywhere, and all the plants and trees are soldiers." At the same time, if the patient has sleepwalking, it is even more dangerous, and during sleepwalking, he will unconsciously think of himself as the one who wants to harm himself, and use some methods that he imagines may murder himself. As for you, you are always worried that the officials will want to kill you or make you kill yourself, so when you are sleepwalking, you put into practice some of the methods you imagine how the officials will murder you. Hang white silk, poison cakes, kill your Baoyi with a dagger given by the Emperor, and want to kill your concubine with the golden hairpin given by the Emperor this time. You did it while you were sleepwalking. ”

Li Yu's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and he trembled: "Impossible! How do you know I did it by sleepwalking. ”

"At first, I only felt that you had delusions of victimization, and I didn't know that you had sleepwalking. However, after I found out that these anomalous so-called warnings were probably carried out by yourself, I became suspicious, because the hanging of white silk and the poisoning of pastries, through my investigation, I did not find obvious traces of outsiders sneaking into the crime, on the contrary, from the footprints in the back window, etc., it is very likely that you carried it out yourself. However, there is no reason for you to set up a false case to prove that the officials wanted to murder you, and this will only be detrimental to you. ”

Zhao Tingmei nodded and said, "Indeed, you are framing the official family!" ”

Li Yu was so panicked that he almost knelt down, trembling and arching his hand again and again: "Wechen ......, Wechen don't dare to ......"

"I know you didn't mean to. I'll explain it to you when I need to. ”

Li Yu was immediately grateful, and thanked him again and again.

Leng Yi continued: "In the case of hanging white silk, you first opened the door of your bedroom, then opened the back window of the bedroom and went out, and when you arrived at the window behind the main hall, you poked open the window paper, pulled out the latch, opened the window, turned the window in, hung the white silk, and then entered through the bedroom door and closed the door. In doing so, it seems that you are forging an illusion that someone sent by the official family broke the window and came in and hung white silk. However, you didn't even clean up and destroy the footprints you left on the snow outside the back window, and you didn't even close the back window of your own bedroom, and the layout was very clumsy, and you didn't even have the basic act of falsifying the scene, which made me very strange. I secretly observed your words and deeds, and there was no pretense, and I really thought that you had sent someone to do it with the hanging white silk that you had forged, and I was really very scared and frightened, so I guessed that you might have done it without you even knowing it. Then there is only one possibility, you have sleepwalking. ”

"I ......, I have sleepwalking?"

"Yes, but I was just skeptical at the time. But the case of poisoning the pastry that followed made me even more sure that you did have sleepwalking. - For though you opened the back window and forged a sign that an outsider had infiltrated and poisoned, you did not forge footprints in the snow outside the window, nor did you poke the window paper as you did the first time, so that you could latch in from the outside. These are very simple, and an ordinary person who falsifies the scene can think of it, but you are such a smart person, but you don't think of such a simple question, which can only show that your thinking at that time is not your normal thinking, that is, you are sleepwalking. Because you suffer from delusions of victimization, in sleepwalking, you think that you are a person sent by the government to murder you, and carry out the so-called murder according to your own imagination. - I guessed that, but alas, I didn't guess that you would sleepwalk and kill your own concubine! ”

Zhao Tingmei said: "Yes, Lord Leng told me about this after he went back yesterday, and he said that because your delusion of being killed is very serious, you may sleepwalk and kill people again tonight, so we must stop it, and at the same time, we can also verify whether what he said is true." We secretly told the guards in your house, open the door at night and let us in, and the guard of Lord Leng, Feiyi Shitai, secretly monitored you, and after you and your concubine fell asleep, entered your bedroom, and carried the concubine out unconscious, and Feiyi Shitai herself pretended to be her and lay on the bed. And the two of us are hidden in your bedroom. Sure enough, I saw you sleepwalking and killing, but fortunately I was replaced by Feiyi Shitai, who is strong in martial arts, otherwise I would ......, alas! ”

Li Yu's face was as earthy as earth, and he slumped in his chair and muttered: "Killing pays for life, I ......, am I going to be executed......?" ”

Zhao Tingmei said: "This shouldn't be, after all, you are sleepwalking and killing people, to make it clear, you shouldn't be punished." ”

Leng Yi whispered to Li Yu: "Grandpa, haven't you always wanted to leave the capital?" Even if it's to go to the side. Now, it's a great opportunity! ”

"What chance?" Li Yu asked.

Zhao Tingmei and Li Yu are close friends, and Li Yu has also said in front of him many times that he wants to leave the capital, even if he goes to the border. Zhao Tingmei also wanted to help him, but couldn't help. Now that Leng Yi said this, he didn't react for a while, and he also looked at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi said: "If you kill people according to sleepwalking, you will not be punished, but if we kill people according to normal intentional homicide, it stands to reason that we will be sentenced to death, as long as we do not sentence to death, but change the sentence to exile." ”

Li Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "Exactly!" Then it darkened again: "However, what if the official decrees that I will be sentenced to death......"

Leng Yi said: "Impossible. ”

"Why?"

"What you killed was your original Baoyi, which is equivalent to a concubine. According to the provisions of our Great Song Dynasty Criminal Law, the husband who kills the concubine must be reduced by one degree. That is, the original capital crime was reduced to exile. Exiled thousands of miles away. Isn't it what you want? ”

When Leng Yi was the magistrate of Yinling County, he had carefully studied the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty, so he knew the provisions of punishment such as respect and descent in the "five punishments" of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Yu was overjoyed: "Yes, yes! You're right! But then he said, "But what if the officials don't sentence me to exile, but to sentence me to another punishment?" ”

Leng Yi said: "The judgment is not the matter of the official family, but the matter of the yamen, that is, the duty of King Qi and me. At the same time, only the death penalty needs to be submitted to the government for approval. Exile is not required. Moreover, you are a crime and must be sentenced, the so-called 'prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people', and the official family has no way to keep you in the capital. ”

"Great!" Li Yu couldn't imagine that he would be blessed by misfortune, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he thought of the freedom that was coming. However, I was worried that this dream would not come true, so I couldn't help but look at Zhao Tingmei with gains and losses: "What do you think?" ”

Zhao Tingmei nodded: "This is also an idea, but, it's just that the exile is to serve hard labor in the border plug." ”

Leng Yi said: "You can use the ransom to ask others to serve on your behalf." Spend some more money, and it will be better. When I was the magistrate of Yinling County, I knew that many rich prisoners did just that. ”

Zhao Tingmei said: "This is also true. Looking at Li Yu: "Do you really want to use this method to leave the capital?" ”

Li Yu wept and said: "I'm afraid that the official family will kill me, and I'm sleepwalking to the point of killing people." If I stay here any longer, I'm afraid that if the officials don't kill me, I won't be able to live. I have to leave the capital so that I can have any hope of living. Please both of you must help me achieve what I want. ”

Zhao Tingmei pondered for a long time before she said slowly: "Since this is the case, then you should go to the yamen after dawn to surrender." ”

"Good! Thanks a lot! Li Yu was very excited.

Zhao Tingmei said: "Now you don't want to sleep anymore." Tomorrow I will put you in prison and give you a private room, so that you will not hurt anyone even if you sleepwalk. ”

Li Yu remembered his strange illness, and couldn't help but sigh: "Could it be that I can only sleep alone in the future?" ”

Leng Yi said: "Don't worry, I'll talk to the Divine Doctor of Hua Mingzun and ask him to help you treat it." His medical skills are unrivaled in the world, and I believe that he will soon be able to cure your illness. Moreover, once you leave the capital, the mental pressure is reduced, and it should be much better. ”

"Well, thank you very much!"

The next time.

Zhao Tingmei took a stack of confessions and entered the palace to ask to see the official Zhao Guangyi on the horse. Said there was an urgent report. Zhao Guangyi was immediately heard.

Zhao Tingmei held the stack of confessions, bowed down and said, "Brother Huang! The Duke of Longxi killed his concubine Huang, and surrendered to Yamen this morning. ”

Zhao Guangyi was taken aback, opened his mouth wide and said, "He ......, will he still kill?" ”

"Yes, polite, I can't imagine being so vicious!"

"Why did he kill his own concubine?"

According to his own confession, the night before, he had an argument with his concubine over trivial matters, and killed her in a fit of rage. I didn't report it for a whole day, and I didn't figure it out until last night, and I went to the yamen early this morning to surrender. Here is his confession. ”

Wang Jien next to him hurriedly stepped forward to take it and presented it to Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi hurriedly looked at it and said angrily: "Is he crazy? Because the tea sent by the concubine is too hot, you want to kill? ”

"That's right. I have already investigated the scene, and I was stabbed in the heart and killed. He also took the testimony of witnesses in his house. Now the Duke of Longxi has been detained by me in the prison. ”

Zhao Guangyi pondered for a moment and said, "How do you plan to judge this case?" ”

"According to the criminal law, it should be sentenced to exile!"

Zhao Guangyi said with a gloomy face: "Why don't you execute this guy?" Sentence him to death, and behead him after next autumn! Zhao Guangyi thought to himself, now until next autumn, almost two years, and he is almost tired of playing with Xiao Zhouhou, and then he can send Li Yu to see the king of Hades. Now, it's the perfect opportunity to kill him. Keeping him in prison is more convenient for raping Xiao Zhouhou.

Zhao Tingmei said: "According to the criminal law of our dynasty." If the husband kills the concubine, the sentence must be commuted. Therefore, the death penalty cannot be imposed. ”

"The criminal law is dead, and the man is alive, so the sentence is given. No one will say anything. ”

"Brother Huang, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the people did not have a sense of awe for Wang Fa. At this time, it is necessary to strictly enforce the law, and no matter who violates the criminal law, they must strictly follow the criminal law to punish the crime, so as to convince the public. If this extrajudicial capital punishment will inevitably make the people dissatisfied, so as to despise the royal law, it will be a great harm! ”

Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment. Nodding with a wry smile: "This is also the case." "I secretly thought in my heart, I still can't use criminal law to kill him, and other ministers of the court will not agree to my extrajudicial punishment, I don't sit on the throne now, and I can't be too presumptuous, so as not to commit public anger and have a bad impact on my rule, anyway, I want to kill him in the future, there are ways, and I am not in a hurry this time. Sentenced to exile, let this kid go to the side to serve hard labor, and play with his wife here, it's cool to think about it. I couldn't help but smile with a silver smile on my face. said: "What you said is very reasonable, you are the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, this case is under your control, and you will be sentenced according to the criminal law." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Guangyi thought for a while, and then said: "The place of exile is in Lingnan, he was originally from the Jiangnan clan." It's also easier to get used to going there, hehe"

Although Lingnan and Jiangnan both have a southern character, at that time it was an underground and a sky. Two different things at all. Jiangnan was the land of fish and rice, and Lingnan was a wild land at that time. belongs to the most bitter penal colony, and it is obvious that the official family is going to torture him.

The emperor made an order, and it was in line with the criminal law, so Zhao Tingmei had no way to argue, so she could only nod her head and agree.

Zhao Guangyi said again: "Li Yu, as the Duke of Longxi, should have obeyed the criminal law in an exemplary manner, but it is really infuriating to kill his beloved concubine for a trivial matter. You have to publicize this case widely, so that the court and the people of the whole country know that my Great Song Dynasty governs the country strictly, even if the king and the general violate the criminal law, they will be severely punished by the royal law! ”

"Okay, I'll let you know."

Zhao Guangyi sighed and said, "Their family is really a disaster. I heard from the flower doctor that Mrs. Zheng Guo was frightened by the roar of a tiger in the palace that day, and she actually suffered from insane evidence! Taking advantage of the fatigue of the flower doctor's guard, he pulled off his beard! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Tingmei said: "Yes, I also heard about it. By the way, what is the sound of the tiger roaring? Is it really the tiger of Tiger Mountain who ran out? ”

"I asked them to check, and the tiger in Tiger Mountain did not come out, and there were no tiger footprints on the snow in the grove. However, it was strange that I actually heard the roar of the tiger that day. So far, I haven't found out what is going on. ”

Zhao Tingmei thought for a while and said in a low voice: "It can't be something unclean, right?" ”

Zhao Guangyi's face changed slightly. In fact, he himself has had this suspicion for a long time and has never said it. Now, my younger brother Zhao Tingmei said it, and when I think of the strange things that have happened to me in the past few days, I can't help but be even more suspicious. Touching his beard, he muttered.

(To be continued)