Seeing that it is the New Year's Day, and it is not far from the day of retirement, the county officials at all levels from the top to the bottom of the Han Kingdom are a little relaxed in their hearts, which has formed a routine.

Duan Huizong, the county magistrate of Duling County, was also in the same mood, but the world was unpredictable, he didn't expect that at this time, a female corpse appeared in front of the house of the Marquis of Fuping.

Inquest of the scene, post-mortem examination, investigation of matters related to the search for the female corpse, everyone has their own duties, Duan Huizong also went to the Fuping Marquis Mansion to make a special trip to greet, this is to act impartially and perform their duties, and secondly, to take the opportunity to contact Fuping Hou to emotionally.

The difference between a Hou Ye and a county order is too big, and in normal times, Huizong will not be able to see Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, and this meeting will naturally be respectful, and Zhang Bo only said a few words to Duan Huizong lightly, which is nothing more than to let Duan Huizong investigate the case earlier, and to get to the bottom of the matter, otherwise, the Hou Mansion will have some more bad luck for no reason at the end of the year.

Duan Huizong agreed, and said in his heart that this Zhang Bo didn't say bad things about himself to the imperial history and let the imperial history impeach him, which was already benevolent and righteous, after all, the Fuping Marquis Mansion was in his own jurisdiction in Duling County, and there were dead people, and the Fuping Marquis felt unlucky, and he was actually not much better.

Soon the results of the post-mortem came out, the deceased was a woman, there was no sign of being insulted before her death, but her private parts were no longer closed, it was an old sexual trauma, so she was a "woman", not a "sister-in-law".

The woman had no other wounds on her body except for the scars of her neck.

Therefore, in front of the Fuping Marquis Mansion is the first crime scene of the female corpse case.

After the report was completed, the thief Cao came in and said, visiting the people of Duling. No one knew who this woman was. I don't know where it came from. Investigating the Duling family, there is no such woman, so this woman should be from another county.

After the thief Cao finished speaking, Duan Huizong frowned, and the thief Cao looked at it and said, "County order, there are rumors outside." And they all said that this woman was ...... It was a death from love. ”

Duan Huizong didn't say anything, he naturally heard what the people outside were talking about this matter.

There is a way that there is no wind and no waves, and there must be a reason for it, this woman hanged herself in front of the house of Fuping Marquis before the New Year, and ruled out the suspicion that he was killed, so it is not that someone else has the intention to frame her, but that this woman is tired of living by herself, and she can't think of things when she is worried, so she has a hemp rope. In the middle of the night, I was whining and mourning.

But suspicion is suspicion, and discussion is discussion. You can't rely on false speculation and people to handle the case, right?

Besides, who is the Marquis of Fuping? His son Zhang Lin is also Huangmenlang, and in principle, Duan Huizong and Zhang Lin's rank are the same.

At this time, the edict of Liu Zheng, the Son of Heaven, arrived, Duan Huizong received the edict, and immediately increased the intensity of the subordinate inspections, at the very least, to understand the origin of this woman first, otherwise the eyes are black, how to handle the case?

So, the messengers from Duling County ran around, Feng Yi on the left, Fufeng on the right, and Jing Zhaoyin investigated widely to find clues.

At this time, the city of Chang'an suddenly spread the news that Zhang Bo, the son of Fuping Marquis Zhang Bo, Huangmenlang Zhang Lin, was so suave that a woman was forced to die in front of his own house from the beginning to the end.

Moreover, the more the version of this public opinion is interpreted, the more popular it is, and everyone tells it vividly, as if Huangmenlang Zhang Lin met that woman, how he fell in love, how he had a private meeting under the moon, how to dry firewood, and how he was interested, in the end, Zhang Lin avoided the hanged woman, how the woman came to find Zhang Lin, how Zhang Lin insulted and abused, everyone saw it with their own eyes, so it is not surprising that it has now caused a whining and lamenting ending.

Thinking is thinking, doing is doing, the people can speculate and discuss randomly, but Duan Huizong can't rely on these rumors to handle the case.

Seeing that there are only two days left in the New Year's Day, Duling County Ling Duan Huizong is still at a loss for the case of the female corpse in front of the Fuping Hou's house.

The Son of Heaven has an edict to let Duan Huizong solve the case on a certain day, and if there is something to do, the lower will follow suit, and the upper will have an order, and the lower will follow it.

Duan Huizong was ruthless, and asked his subordinates that the case of the female corpse must be concluded before the New Year's Day, otherwise, this year's New Year's Day, everyone will not expect to be ranked.

In addition, those who can obtain and provide breakthrough and constructive information about the female corpse case will be rewarded.

Although there must be brave men under the heavy reward, Duan Huizong still waited helplessly for two days.

Duan Huizong, I'm really in a hurry.

Early in the morning before the New Year's Day, Duan Huizong gathered all the people in the county government together, severely criticized them one by one, and then waved his hand and told everyone to hurry out to handle the case.

Duan Huizong was overjoyed, and there was a sense of relief.

The person who came was a street ruffian in Duling County, and he didn't usually do any work, just to help people eat and drink, he didn't have parents and family, and he didn't know his name, but he had a piece of ringworm on the top of his head, and he didn't see it well for a long time, so everyone called him Erleprosy.

When the two lepers came in, they asked if there was a reward for reporting the case, Duan Huizong agreed, and asked, "What clues do you know about the female corpse case?" Quick as it gets. ”

"County order, doesn't it mean that those who find out about the case of the Hou family of Fuping will have a reward, this reward?"

Duan Huizong frowned and waved his hand: "If what you said is true, you are indispensable." ”

Erle, who usually walks the streets and alleys, doesn't know what fear is, and he has no fear of seeing officials for Duan Huizong: "County order, there is a major discovery." ”

"The villain doesn't know if what he saw has anything to do with the hanged woman, but he saw a strange thing near the Fuping Marquis Mansion this morning."

"Near the Fuping Marquis Mansion? What do you see? ”

Seeing that the county order was really anxious, the second leper swallowed and spitted and said: "The county order is Rongyu, the villain drank with his friends last night and drank too much, so he didn't go home, and slept in the grass nest outside all night......"

A few servants in Duling County knew about this second leprosy, and said that this product had no home at all, and the so-called home was a clay kiln, and it was still crumbling, and where to sleep was actually no different to the two leprosy.

“…… This morning, the villain was anxious to urinate, got up and put the water, it would be bright, and I happened to see a few people in the Fuping Hou Mansion cleaning the streets, and the villain didn't pay attention to it at first, they swept the streets. I pee myself. ”

"Just when you pee. But I heard the men screaming. ”

"Their voices are so weird. Almost made the villain pee on his pant leg. ”

The second leper spoke with a vivid voice, Duan Huizong wanted to interrupt, but he couldn't help but say nothing.

"At that time, the villain was on the slope in the distance, and it was a little difficult to see from a distance, and it was foggy this morning, and I thought they had picked up some treasure."

"As the saying goes, when you meet, you divide it in half, and the villain will go forward to ask for a lottery. However, before I could get closer, they somehow carried an object to a place not far from where the villain slept, threw it into a pit of earth, and buried it with earth. ”

When the villain saw it, he lay there, and they didn't see the villain, and waited for them to leave. I hurried back to plane, and as a result. A man's arm was gouged out. ”

"The villain was frightened, it turned out that the Hou Ye's mansion was burying people!"

Duan Huizong stood up as soon as he heard this: "Where?" Hurry up and take the county order to go! ”

As soon as the second leper heard it: "I thought it was hiding money, but it turned out to be hiding corpses, it's really unlucky......"

Duan Huizong was also unhappy, he thought that there was a clue to the female corpse case, but he didn't expect that things would become more and more chaotic now, and there would be dead people again.

A cadre of people soon arrived at the place that the second leper said, it turned out that this was not far from the back door of the Fuping Marquis's Mansion, and the servants Cao dug people under the guidance of the second leper under the order of Duan Huizong.

Sure enough, in a few clicks, a female corpse was dug out of a dirt pit, and this female corpse was already frozen hard, and she was in her thirties.

Soon, the results of the post-mortem examination showed that the woman's body had been dead for at least three days, caused by being hit on the head with a heavy object.

Duan Huizong groaned slightly, and asked the second leper to point out the location where the female corpse was moved in the Fuping Marquis Mansion in the morning.

It will also be the day has just dawned, the sun has come out, and the snow on the ground is shining brightly, and it looks like this is where the snow is piled up, but it has been cleaned.

Duan Huizong's face was gloomy, he looked around, and suddenly ordered someone to bring the second leper over, glared and reprimanded: "The official thought that this female corpse was killed by you and then buried, and now he wants the thief to shout to catch the thief, intending to deceive the official." ”

"Come on! Take down this ill-intentioned second leprosy. ”

As soon as the second leper heard this, he shouted: "County order, don't bring this, right?" You can't frame us just for not giving the villain those few rewards! ”

"Although the villain is alone and lazy on weekdays, he is not to the point of killing people and robbing money, we really saw the Hou Ye Mansion hiding the corpse!"

"So, it really wasn't you?"

"No, absolutely not."

"Then, can you still recognize the people who threw the corpses?"

Er's eyes purred, and he muttered: "I was embarrassed not to eat mutton, and I didn't know much if I knew it." ”

Duan Huizong understood what he said, looked at Erle, and said: "If what you said is true, if you identify those who threw the corpses, after the official implements it, the money that should be given to you will not be less." ”

"But if you can't recognize it, you have to be careful."

The second leper listened to the shouting: "I'm not afraid!" I didn't kill anyone, those who threw the corpses were all members of the Fuping Hou family, I recognize it! ”

……

In the middle of the New Year, the officials have a day off, and everyone has been busy for a year, and all of them have gone home to reunite with their families, but some people can't rest, and they still have to stick to their duties and handle government affairs.

In the Vermilion Bird Hall of Weiyang Palace, this clock and drums are ringing in unison, a court musician plays the sheng and dances, dozens of dancing girls describe the beauty, posture and posture, dancing with the sound of musical instruments, and the son of heaven Liu Zheng lies on his back and is a little drunk and hazy.

These dancers trembled one by one, their voices were soft, Liu Zheng was very comfortable, and he couldn't help but feel a little ethereal, and he sang in his mouth.

At this time, the inner servant reported that Wei Xuancheng, the imperial historian, asked to see him.

Wei Xuancheng was famous when Emperor Xuancheng was the emperor, and Wei Xuancheng's family wanted Wei Xuancheng to inherit the position of marquis of his father Wei Xian, but Wei Xuancheng pretended to be crazy and stupid, thinking that he had a big brother and the younger brother could not usurp his brother's title to resign, so he was very favored by Emperor Xuan.

And Wei Xuancheng himself studied poetry and books, especially the content of the Book of Poetry, which also made Liu Zheng appreciate it very much, so although Liu Zheng had a good play, when he heard that Wei Xuancheng was coming, he ordered him to meet him.

"What's the matter?"

Wei Xuancheng saw that the Son of Heaven was slightly drunk, and simply made a long story short: "Your Majesty, Duling County ordered Duan Huizong to sue Fuping Hou Zongzi for murder, and there was no way to teach his son, and he also accused Huangmenlang Zhang Lin of wanton madness. Deliberately beating court officials. I respectfully request Your Majesty's Holy Judgment. ”

"Huh? Fuping Hou? ”

Liu Zheng sat up and asked, "A few days ago, I ordered Duan Huizong of Duling County. If you want him to investigate the case of the former female corpse of the Marquis of Fuping, can there be a result? ”

"Your Majesty, Duan Huizong, the commander of Duling County, said that when he was investigating and dealing with that case, he was obstructed by the Marquis of Fuping and Huang Menlang."

"Why is that?"

Wei Xuancheng lowered his head and said: "Duling County Lingyan said that someone reported that the family of the Marquis of Fuping hid the corpse, but he took someone to investigate, and the whistleblower identified the family of the Marquis of Fuping. ”

But Fupinghou's family said that they were also because of the New Year. I cleaned the snow in the alleyway at the back door, and found a female corpse under the snow......"

"What? The imperial history said that in the Fuping Marquis Mansion, another female corpse was found? ”

Wei Xuancheng promised: "Yes, Your Majesty, a few days ago, Your Majesty issued an edict to ask Duling County to investigate and deal with the case of the female corpse who was hanged at the front gate of the Fuping Marquis's house, and now, another female corpse was found at the back door of the Fuping Marquis's house. ”

Wei Xuancheng saw that Liu Zheng didn't speak, and continued: "Since the Duling County Order has found the female corpse again. asked the whistleblower to report the clues, and the whistleblower said that the family of the Fuping Hou Mansion carried the female corpse out of the Fuping Hou Mansion. Hidden in the outside of the pit with the intention of buried. ”

"The Duling County Commander brought people to ask to see the Marquis of Fuping, but the family of the Marquis of Fuping said that the female corpse was indeed hidden by them in the pit, but it was not carried out of the Fuping Marquis's mansion, but found in the snow at the back door."

"The family of the Fuping Marquis Mansion confessed that the reason why they wanted to hide this female corpse was because a woman had just been hanged at the front door not long ago, in order not to cause trouble for the Fuping Marquis again, they also felt that the New Year's Day was approaching, and they were very unlucky, so they hid it privately, all of this has nothing to do with the Fuping Marquis Mansion."

"Then what does all this have to do with Huangmenlang Zhang Lin?"

Wei Xuancheng said: "Since Duling County ordered Duan Huizong to ask in the Fuping Marquis Mansion that it was indeed the Fuping Marquis family who hid the corpse, he wanted to take those family members away for questioning, at this time, Huangmenlang Zhang Lin came back from outside, and did not let Duan Huizong take people away, so between the disputes, Zhang Lin injured Duan Huizong. ”

"Therefore, Duan Huizong came here to impeach the Marquis of Fuping and Huangmenlang, and asked His Majesty to cut it."

"Nonsense!" Liu Zheng was angry when he heard this: "If you investigate the case, you will investigate the case, what is Zhang Lin preventing?" Isn't this the place without three hundred taels of silver? ”

"The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are self-turbid, take away a few subordinates to question, is it possible that the face of the Fuping Hou family is gone?"

Liu Zheng frowned and said: "In this way, the previous woman's case, which had nothing to do with Zhang Lin, is now related." ”

Wei Xuancheng replied: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the minister thinks that Duan Huizong's investigation of the case is out of duty, and in addition, human life is at stake, and Your Majesty has an edict, and Duan Huizong acts in accordance with the edict, which is very reasonable." ”

"Marquis Fuping doesn't say that Zhang Lin stopped Duan Huizong from investigating the case, which seems to protect the face of the Hou Mansion, but in fact, it is disrespectful to His Majesty, therefore, Zhang Lin is guilty."

Liu Zheng thought for a while and said: "Yushi is right, but it seems that it is the New Year's Day, and it is not appropriate to punish the minister." ”

"You go to the Duling County Order on my behalf, let him recuperate, investigate the case, and talk about it after the New Year."

"In addition, go and reprimand Zhang Lin, make him think about it at home, recite the royal chapter of the "Analects" and write it silently a hundred times, and it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol for fun on the seventh day of the New Year!"

The Analects of the Imperial System talks about the Son of Heaven formulating Dai Lu and titles for his subordinates, as well as the authority and obligations of each class.

As for how to punish Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, Liu Xoti didn't mention it.

Wei Xuancheng left, Liu Zheng was no longer in the mood to watch singing and dancing, and said in his heart that this Zhang Lin was really troublesome, Liu Min was right, this Zhang Lin was really a headache, and he didn't know what trouble he was going to get out of in the future.

On the other hand, Wang Jieyu's younger brother Gou Shen is shrewd and talented, and he is very likable, Liu Min seems to like Gou Shen very much......

New Year's Day, after the Son of Heaven sacrifices to the sky, he has to go to Wuling to worship the temple of the high ancestor, and the pennant of Zhuque Street in Chang'an City is displayed, and there are many guards all the way, which is really a royal weather.

Etiquette: The Son of Heaven drove six, the rest of the auxiliary cars were driven four, the princes drove five, the secretary drove four, the doctor three, the scholar two, and the Shuren one.

The Son of Heaven is the shepherd of heaven and the master of all the people under heaven, and the chariot and horse that the Son of Heaven rides are six horses of pure color, each of which is eight feet long, and the horse is eight feet long, which is called a dragon.

Dragon Car".

The dragon carriage that Liu Zheng was riding had just passed through the moat of Chang'an City, and suddenly the two horses neighed, which immediately disturbed Liu Zheng. The guards ordered Zhu Bo to leap on his horse and attack. Quickly survey the surroundings. After stopping the riot, Liu Zheng was shocked and asked Zhu Bo what happened?

"Your Majesty, a corpse was found in the moat, and therefore, it disturbed Your Majesty."

Liu Zheng was furious when he heard this, today is the first time he has gone to worship his ancestors after becoming an emperor. Encountering such a thing before leaving the city gate is not a good sign for the ancestors and themselves.

"Where is the captain of the city gate? Take! ”

Liu Zheng was really angry: "Let Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an Ling, and Tingwei thoroughly investigate this matter, otherwise, they will all take off their hats and take off their seals, and they don't have to see me again." ”

"Whoa!"

Taichang Du was in charge of the sacrificial ceremony, and this time he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't be angry. It's still early, so it's better to go to Wuling quickly. As for the matter here, it will be handed over to Tingwei Chen Wannian to deal with, that is. ”

Liu Zheng left in a car in a rage, Chen Wannian hurriedly ordered someone to salvage the body in the river, and after a while, the following people reported that the dead person seemed to be Wei Heyi, the former envoy of Wusun State.

In the evening, Liu Zheng, who had returned from the sacrifice, arrived at Weiyang Palace, and Chen Wannian, the court captain, came to report: "Your Majesty, the moat male corpse that disturbed Your Majesty today, confirmed by the minister, is Wei Heyi, the former envoy of Wusun State, in addition, the minister has found out that the two women who died outside the mansion of the Marquis of Fuping in Duling a few days ago, one is Wei Yan, the daughter of Wei Heyi, and the other is Wei Wangshi, the wife of Wei Heyi. ”

"Wei Heyi's family of four, three of them have died, and there is a child who is now missing, thinking about it, it is also more auspicious."

Liu Zheng listened and asked: "Then, why did Wei Heyi die?" ”

"Your Majesty, Wei Heyi was hit on the head with a sharp weapon and died, and after his death, his body was thrown into the moat, but ......"

"But what?"

"Your Majesty!" Chen Wannian knelt down and said: "Minister, I found a silk silk in Wei Heyi's mouth, with handwriting written on it, although these handwriting is a little blurry, but vaguely recognizable, with ...... written on it"

"What?"

"It reads, 'Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, conspired with the Huns to instruct his ministers to assassinate the mad king Nimi, and the minister's whole family died because of this, and it was too late to regret it'."

Liu Zheng stood up "pout": "What are you going to say?" ”

Chen Wannian said: "Your Majesty, this Wei Heyi was indeed beaten to death before being thrown into the water, otherwise, if a person falls into the water, he will inevitably open his mouth to breathe and shout for help, and the silk silk in his mouth will inevitably be soaked in water and blurred." ”

"And only when you die first and then throw yourself into the water, can you keep your mouth from parting, so that the handwriting can be roughly legible."

"The minister thought that Wei Heyi just felt that he could not escape the poisonous hands, so he wrote those handwritings before he died."

Liu Zheng's eyes closed, pointed at Chen Wannian and said, "You, go, arrest Zhang Bo and Zhang Lin to me, and ask, what point am I sorry for his Zhang family!" ”

"What benefits did the Huns give to this father and son?"

"Go!"

Chen Wannian saw that Liu Zheng was furious, and walked away quickly, knowing in his heart that Zhang Bo's family was doomed from now on.

People are dying, their words are good, birds are dying, and their songs are also mourning, Wei Heyi doesn't know what to do with Zhang Bo, but just by relying on these words in his corpse, it is enough to copy Zhang Bo's family from the bottom to the sky.

Everyone has shit under their buttocks, as long as they check, they can always investigate and deal with some problems, things have nothing to do with the size, but the leader's attitude towards you, since the Son of Heaven asked Chen Wannian to check Zhang Bo, if Chen Wannian doesn't make something out of Zhang Bo's family, it will be sorry for the Son of Heaven and live up to the expectations of the Son of Heaven Liu Zheng for himself.

Zhang Bo, this time if you don't die, you have to shed your skin.

Life is always a few happy and a few sad, Gou Shen is actually not too happy in his heart, he feels that he has made a small mistake at the beginning in dealing with the affairs of Wei Heyi's family, and some women are kind.

Since he wanted to frame Zhang Lin and Wei Yan for having a relationship between men and women, why did he forget to "check" whether that Wei Yan was a virgin ^ woman?

In case Wei Yan is still the eldest daughter of Huanghua, there will be some flaws in this framed plot.

Fortunately, Wei Yan was finally confirmed as a "woman" by Du Ling's Duan Huizong, not a "sister-in-law", I don't know if Wei Yan had a relationship with a certain man in the past, or what did the people Ye Weiguang find do to Wei Yan?

However, as events developed, Wei Yan's matter was no longer important.

As for the silk silk that Wei Heyi pointed to Zhang Bo's family, as long as Chen Wannian or other people investigating the case can see the general meaning, anyway, Wei Heyi is dead, there is no evidence of death, and Zhang Bo's desire to cross-examine Wei Heyi may not exist, who can say whether Zhang Bo has any conspiracy with the Huns?

The New Year's Day is not over, and soon the city of Chang'an will be reported that the court lieutenant copied the Fuping Marquis Mansion, and then, the Son of Heaven will be Fuping Marquis Zhang Bo abandoned the city on the charge of treason, and his son Huangmenlang Zhang Lin was disrespectful, beheaded, the family property was confiscated, and his whole family was sent to exile to Dan'er County, South Vietnam.

The family of Fuping Hou has since disappeared from the field of vision of the people of the Han Dynasty......

After the New Year's Day, Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty is still so gloomy, the sun is behind the dark clouds, and the answer is not to show his head, Gou Shen is still struggling with whether to go to Wei County, or for what reason not to go to Wei County, something happened in the court. (To be continued......)

PS: [Dan'er County, South Vietnam, now Sandu Town, Danzhou City, Hainan. 】