In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the population of the capital was different from that of other places, not that the population of the capital was large - the number of large cities in the world was not small, but that the proportion of the population of the capital was very special.

In the capital, military households account for a large proportion, and the proportion of civilian households is smaller than in other places, such as Li Dongyang's ancestor was born in a military household.

In addition, the population of artisan households is also very large, because the construction affairs of the Beijing division are intensive, and there is an endless stream of craftsmen and errand servants from all over the country.

The artisan household system in the Ming Dynasty was more complex than that of ordinary households, for example, in the capital, there was a difference between sitting on duty and working in shifts. Theoretically, artisans from all over the world should take turns to serve, and return to their hometowns after the service period expires.

However, in practice, some craftsmen have served in the capital for a long time and do not intend to return to their hometowns, and have become de facto residents of the capital. Such artisans are called sitting, and those who still maintain the tradition of rotation and return to their hometowns at the end of the period are called shifts.

The artisan households in the capital are often concentrated according to their region of origin, and many streets and alleys with the names of foreign state capitals originate here.

The Huotan Hutong in Xuanwu Gate is an alley where craftsmen are concentrated, among which there is a family surnamed Jiang, who found that there is no salt at home when they cook today, so Jiang's lady went to Cai Sanlang's house next door to borrow salt. Although Cai Saburo has been busy at the construction site outside the city during this time, Cai Niangzi is still at home, and it is normal for neighbors to help each other.

said that Jiang shouted a few times outside Cai's house, but no one answered. When he knocked on the door again, he found that the door was empty, and no one came out after that.

So Jiang was suspicious, and walked into the Cai family's courtyard. When I looked up, I was terrified. He sat unsteadily on the ground.

But I saw a large, two, and three figures hanging on the branches of the jujube tree in the courtyard, swaying back and forth in the mottled and gloomy shadows. on the side wall. I also saw a striking blood-red letter: "Injustice".

The Jiang family and the Cai family are very familiar, and they immediately recognized it, the figure hanging on the tree is the Cai lady and her two sons, who washed clothes together yesterday, but today they were hanged on the tree, how can it be a tragic word?

"Ahhhh Suddenly frightened like this, Jiang's mind went blank, and when she regained her soul slightly, she couldn't help but cover her face and let out a terrible scream.

Most of the artisans are poor people. The house is not big, and Jiang's scream immediately spread to the neighbors. The crowd didn't know what had happened, and they followed the sound to investigate.

Entering the courtyard of the Cai family, the timid people were as frightened as the Jiang family, and the bold people had to gasp and turn pale. This scene is so miserable, it's so miserable, it's almost annihilated!

The crowd is ordinary people. Where have I seen this, and those who are only a little sober can only shout in a panic: "Report to the official!" Report to the officer! Report to the officer! ”

The law of the Ming Dynasty is the most important case of human life, and Taizu has an edict, but whenever there is a life case. The magistrate must go to the scene as soon as possible to investigate. Even in the troubled Jingshi, it is a very shocking case, and no one in the local area dares to ignore it.

In just half an hour. The county government of Wanping County, the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Five Cities, and the Imperial Historian Office of the Patrol City all came, crowding the small courtyard and small alley into a crowd.

Naturally, the results of the government's investigation could not come out so quickly. But there has been news circulating in private, saying that the three members of the Cai family hanged themselves. As for the injustice on the courtyard wall. It may refer to the fact that the Cai family has suffered some huge grievances, so the Cai family is not angry and committed suicide.

What grievances did the Cai family suffer? The neighbors didn't understand this at all, Cai Sanlang went out to serve and work, and Cai's lady didn't see anything abnormal at home, why did he suddenly commit suicide because of grievances?

Not to mention the people, even several officials are confused, if he kills, the Cai family has not offended anyone, who is full of food and runs over to kill these three people? If it is suicide, what does the word "injustice" refer to?

Previously, the neighbors of Huotan Hutong sent two groups of people, one group of people went to each yamen to report to the officials and called the government to solve the case; The other group went to the southern suburbs to find Cai Sanlang and called Cai Sanlang back to mourn and change.

At this time, I saw that the people who went to the southern suburbs were panting and ran back, as if they were in a hurry, and shouted in the alley: "Cai Sanlang is not on the construction site of the street hall, I heard from others that he was arrested by Dongchang!" ”

East Factory? When everyone present heard these two words, they seemed to vaguely understand something, and the word "wrong" refers to this! Who doesn't know that the factory guard is a place that specializes in creating unjust, false and wrongful cases!

The people in the government also shook their heads and smiled bitterly, some things are really not strange, and it is not a day or two for Dongchang to indiscriminately arrest criminals, so there is no need to make a fuss about this. But I'm afraid that no one would expect that it would lead to a situation where the whole family committed suicide.

There are also experienced old officials who ask: "Why did Dongchang arrest Cai Sanlang?" ”

The person who brought back the news replied: "I heard that there is also a death lawsuit on the construction site, and a person who just came to serve this year was killed. Cai Saburo was treated as a suspect and was arrested and tortured by Dongchang, who was eager to solve the case. ”

The officials did not care much about the movements of the upper echelons, and did not hear any useful information from them. However, among the officials who came to inspect the scene, many of them had heard of some recent events.

The "righteous man" who replaced Fang Yingwu died inexplicably, and the suspected murderer was Cai Sanlang, who was arrested by Dongchang again, but the murderer's family committed suicide because of grievances. Is this chain of events really just a coincidence?

The old officials who handle the case can also smell the dangerous breath contained in it by their intuition, as if as long as they are implicated, they will be crushed immediately, but no one can see through where this dangerous breath comes from.

After investigating the scene and the body, it was a little late, and the people from the government left Huotan Hutong in groups. They talked as they walked together, but there was not a word about today's tragedy. Because most of them already smell the weird smell.

It would be unwise to expose their views until the truth is known, even though they may never understand the truth.

Fang Yingwu didn't know anything about what happened in Huotan Hutong at this time, but he received a copy of the confession sent from Dongchang, which contained the confessions of Cai Sanlang and Li Che'er, as well as the drawings of the two. Although it can't be exchanged for the life of the dead, there are some scum who don't deserve life at all!

"This time, the East Factory is very efficient." Fang Yingwu sincerely admired, he didn't expect Dongchang to find the real murderer so quickly. If you master the real murderer, you have the initiative! (To be continued......)

PS: Do you know why Kavin? I stood in the villain's position and came up with a way to harm the protagonist, but when I returned to the protagonist's position, I couldn't think of a way to solve it......