Early in the morning, someone beat the drum at the entrance of the yamen to sound the grievances, it is a case of the disappearance of the girl, because it is not the day of the announcement, unless there is a murder, the official guarding the door received the certificate and handed it to the clerk of the torture room to deal with, but today this paper is Xu Dianshi Lord Xu, and the official who received the paper is familiar with the head of the strict arrest, so he directly handed the paper to the head of the strict arrest.

Yan Zhutou saw that it was a case of suing Xu Yu for murdering the maidservant in the family and destroying the corpse, and the spirit came, he directly took the pleadings and handed them to Lord Min, and blew a lot of wind in his ears, and Lord Min, who was more and more dissatisfied with Xu Yu, immediately filed a case, and sent the plaintiff and the defendant to the court for interrogation.

Duan Fei didn't eat breakfast, hurried to the court, and was summoned in after a report.

I saw a middle-aged man in his forties kneeling above the public court, he was dark-skinned, wearing a coarse cloth sweatshirt, dark blue trousers, and a pair of straw sandals with bare feet, and his shoes were covered with mud and dust.

Unlike the villagers kneeling, Xu Yu, who has the rank of official order, stands proudly in the hall, unless Lord Min takes off his top and strips off his official uniform, otherwise he does not need to kneel in the county-level public court.

Now that Duan Fei is catching fast, there is no need to kneel, Lord Min waited for him to stand still, and said: "Duan Fei, it was not your turn to speak in this case today, but Lord Xu, who was originally in charge of investigating the case, was involved in the case...... And Yan Zhutou recommended you again, so I called you up, this case is simple, but it is a little complicated, Yan Zhutou, you tell him. ”

Yan Zhutou concisely told Duan Fei the facts of the case and the focus of the dispute between the two sides, and after he finished speaking, Duan Fei was stunned and said, "My lord, what are you waiting for?" Send someone to find it, you have to see people alive and dead to see corpses, this kind of case can't be handled if you can't find someone. ”

Yan Zhutou said: "Everyone knows this, the problem is ...... Lord Xu insisted that the maid had already settled the money a few days ago and left on her own, and that Lord Xu's home was in the back of the Ya, and there were family members at home, so it was inconvenient for us to search. ”

Duan Fei sighed, turned to Xu Yu and said, "Lord Xu, this is a case where a person's life is at stake, since Lord Xu has become the defendant, please cooperate with Lord Xu, I remember that Lord Xu is next door to Lord Min's family, right?" Please let your family members take gold, silver, jewelry and other valuables to Lord Min's house for temporary refuge, it is very fast for a big living person to be searched, and Lord Xu can also be on the scene with Lord Min to monitor, this is the best way to clear the suspicion, what does Lord Xu think? ”

Xu Yu glared at Duan Fei angrily, and said stiffly: "You are taking the opportunity to retaliate, I have made it very clear, I have no suspicion, I suspect that the whole thing is a trap deliberately laid by you, I am not fooled by you, who knows if you will secretly bury a corpse in the yard after you arrive at my house?" ”

"Then it can't be helped." Duan Fei turned around and bowed to Lord Min and said, "Lord Min, Lord Xu is unwilling to cooperate, so we have to post a notice to find that little girl in the county on the one hand, and ...... on the other hand I don't know much about the rules of the imperial court, so I don't know if I need to send an official letter to apply to the Ying Tianhu Department, the Criminal Department, etc., in order to search Lord Xu's home? ”

Before Master Min could speak, Xu Yu said angrily and angrily: "Duan Fei, you are so vicious, you even declare a personal vendetta, and want to ruin my reputation!" Lord Min, I request that Duan Fei be beaten out of court, and he will never be hired in this county! ”

Duan Fei said innocently: "Why did Lord Xu say this? This is all a general case-handling procedure, if we don't make an announcement, can we just search the whole county with a few of us? Master Xu has always been in charge of handling cases, and he should know these things much better than me, so why do you have to make it difficult to hinder us from finding people? Isn't that the maid really ......"

"You don't want to spew blood!" Xu Yu pointed at Duan Fei angrily, and couldn't say anything else to refute.

Duan Fei said lightly: "Everyone has their own opinions on whether I have blood or not, if others were like this, I am afraid that Lord Xu would have put him in prison in the name of obstructing the case." ”

At this time, Yan Zhutou fanned the flames and added firewood and said: "Lord Min, this kind of case must be dealt with in a timely manner, if there is a delay, I am afraid that the maid will be even more difficult to find." ”

The plaintiff shouted at this time, and shouted, "My lord is my master, Xu Yu must have killed my daughter and destroyed her body, my lord!" ”

Lord Min hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Lord Xu, it's not good for everyone to make trouble about this matter, why don't you send your family to my house as Duan Fei said, and then we will go to your house for a casual stroll?" As for announcing the search for someone, it is also necessary, let's just say that there is a maid lost in the house, and a reward will be offered to find it. ”

Although the words were tactful, there was no doubt, Xu Yu could only bow his head when he reached this point, he gritted his teeth, glared at Duan Fei and said, "My lord, just do it, but I ask Duan Fei to avoid this case." ”

Duan Fei immediately said: "Lord Xu has no relatives, no reason, no grievances and no hatred with me, why don't you allow me to participate in this case?" I don't care, but if I can't solve the case, don't beat me up then. ”

Min Xian Ling was shocked and said: "Lord Xu doesn't need to say much, Duan Fei doesn't need to avoid it, you and I, plus Yan Zhutou, Duan Fei and the plaintiff, will go to your house to drink tea and visit, and the rest of the people will prepare a notice, and after I look back, I will post it, and that's it." ”

Everyone came to the back office, this is the residence of officials and their families, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that local officials must live in the yamen, Baoying County does not have a county and the lord, the county commander and the history of the county each occupy a large compound, and the head can only be avoided in a corner.

In addition to the main entrance, the two families also have a small garden gate to communicate, which is convenient for daily exchanges, Xu Yu went in first to let his wife and concubines and children avoid the Min family through the garden gate, and then opened the door to let Duan Fei and others enter to search.

After entering the Xu family, Duan Fei looked like a businessman, looking east and west, and didn't let go of anything, especially paying attention to the bottom of the bed, cabinets, garden meadows, wells and other places, although Xu Yu was angry, he couldn't stop it.

Xu Yu first took everyone to the backyard study, where a scholar named Xiao Zhao brought tea to him, but when he crossed the threshold, he tripped and smashed several tea bowls along with the plates.

Xiao Zhao was frightened, spilled the tea all over the ground just like oil poured on the fire, Xu Yu was furious, jumped up, came to Xiao Zhao and slapped it, and at the same time roared angrily: "Dog kills, you are dead!" ”

The scholar was knocked to the ground, the whole person was stunned, Xu Yu wanted to chase and beat, Master Min shouted: "Okay, you don't have to drink tea, the case is important, bring up the account book you said." ”

Xu Yu turned around angrily, took out a book of accounts from his sleeve, handed it to Min County, and said, "My lord, the maid Xiaoyun has paid her salary and left five days ago. ”

Master Min only glanced at it and handed it to Yan Zhutou, who didn't know a few big characters, so he handed the account book to Duan Fei again.

Duan Fei quickly found the relevant entry, which said that on a certain day in a certain month, the maidservant Xiaoyun received 200 yuan in last month's salary, and then quit his job and went to Yunyun.

"How? I said she's gone. Xu Yu said loudly, and turned his head to look at Duan Fei proudly.

There was a fingerprint on the entry, which didn't look like a fake, but Duan Fei still flipped through the accounts and found the entry of Xiaoyun's salary last month and compared it carefully.

After the comparison of the magnifying glass, the fingerprints should be the same person, but the number is quite different, last month Xiaoyun received 500 Wen, but this month only received 200 Wen, why is this?

To this question, Xu Yu replied confidently: "She has been nervous this month and has broken a lot of household belongings, and the three hundred wen is naturally deducted, if you don't believe it, you can ask other maidservant families." ”

Duan Fei flipped through the account book, and said: "I'm still a little strange, Lord Xu, I see that there are also broken things and deductions in the previous records, which are very detailed, such as this one, on the 23rd day of the first month, the maid Xiaoju broke a fine porcelain vase and deducted fifty words for the month, why is it not written in the record of Xiaoyun receiving money this month?" ”

Xu Yu said proudly: "She has quit her job, why do you remember so much?" Anyway, she pressed her handprint, which means that I didn't lose her. ”

"It's hard to say, she's a weak woman, and it's not uncommon for someone to forcibly press her handprint......" Duan Fei's words were interrupted by Xu Yu angrily before he finished speaking, and he roared: "Enough!" …… Lord Min, Duan Fei has no evidence but always uses words to frame me, please be aware of it! ”

Before Master Min could speak, Duan Fei had already retorted, "Who said I had no evidence?" My lord, please see, this is the record of another servant who quit his job two months ago, and then look at Xiaoyun's record this month, can you find any difference? ”

Lord Min squinted and looked at it for a while, but Yan Zhutou saw something wrong first, he pointed to Xiaoyun's record and said: "Lord Min, you see, this entry was written in one breath two months ago, accounting for a total of three columns, and Xiaoyun's article only has one column, although I can't read, I can see that the following small characters were added later." ”

"That's right, Yan Zhu's eyes are like torches!" Duan Fei held him and continued: "The fonts before and after are different, the size is different, the resignation is stuffed in the cracks, and it is not covered by the fingerprints, it is obviously made up after the fact, because other entries have been recorded next to it, these words have to be stuffed in the cracks, my lord, I think it is true that Xiaoyun has received a salary, but it is difficult to say if he quit his job." ”

PS: Today a reader told me that Duan Fei has developed too fast, and it seems unlikely that he will solve cases one after another, but I think it is nothing, the level of criminal investigation in ancient times is very low, injustice = false = wrong = countless cases, many cases are determined by playing the board and moving the big punishment, not that these cases are very complicated, but because most of those officials read the dead book, and they don't know anything about solving cases, just like pulling the current Peking University Chinese doctor to the scene of the murder, it is simply messed up, and Duan Fei is different, The introduction said, this kid is a miscellaneous, he knows everything, and he is not proficient, and he is a waste in modern times, but it is different in ancient times, and those miscellaneous studies have made him like a fish in water, and the cases he is currently handling are relatively simple, I can't say that Duan Fei is smart, I can only say that those officials are not professional enough, I hope you can understand it, well, the first time I wrote a book about crossing, and it was also the first time I wrote a book to solve a crime, there will definitely be a lot of mistakes and omissions, I hope you don't hesitate to teach more thorns, Let's work together to complete this book......

Damn, injustice = false = wrong = cases are shielded, and there are too many mosquitoes.