Chapter 173: Murder
The city gate was heavily guarded, and Wen Shaoan and Cheng Jin were all investigated when they returned to the city.
Wen Shao'an looked at it from a distance, and saw that Dali Temple was bloody, and Cheng Jin was also keenly aware of the strong smell of blood in the air, looked at each other, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and hurriedly drove the horse forward.
There are many people in and out of the gate of Dali Temple, there are officials and officials of Dali Temple, as well as soldiers and doctors, everyone looks solemn, under a closer look, many officials of Dali Temple even have a touch of sorrow on their faces.
Wen Shaoan casually grabbed a familiar commentator, "What's going on?" ”
"Remember the last prison robbery? It was a false alarm, but today it has come true. The commentator's face was stunned, and no one could have imagined that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the dignified and judicial Dali Temple, someone would dare to rob the prison!
"What kind of felons are there in prison?" Cheng Jinshi couldn't help but ask curiously.
Fortunately, the commentator was still immersed in shock and fear, and did not care whether it was appropriate for the little servant to ask random questions, and replied woodenly, "There are many repeat offenders, but that person is not going to the prisoner in custody at all, he is going to kill people!" ”
"The man? Only one person? "Cheng Jin Daqi, even if Dali Temple is negligent in defense today, there are more than a dozen soldiers, it is impossible for a person to rush into the prison single-handedly and kill people, unless this person is strong in martial arts and different from ordinary people, "Has that person ever been captured?" ”
"Died on the spot." Ye Ping came out with a black face, and the commentator casually arched his hand at them, and went out to get busy with a sad face.
"The entrance of Dali Temple is also heavily guarded, how did he get in?"
Ye Ping's face darkened a little, and he said in a muffled voice, "He is a handyman, he is in charge of delivering food to the prisoners in the dungeon on weekdays, so no one guards guards guard him, after he slipped into the dungeon, he killed four jailers in a row and stabbed eight ......."
"He's the only one in the dungeon?" Wen Shao'an once again confirmed that those jailers were equipped with knives, and they usually faced the most annoying and vicious people, and they were more brave than ordinary officials, but they were killed by a miscellaneous servant and had no power to fight back, which was simply incredible.
"Exactly, a handyman can kill four people and injure eight people in a row with a dagger, these jailers are really incompetent!" Ye Ping said angrily, there is such a scandal in Dali Temple, from Han Dao, the Qing of Dali Temple, to her, Shaoqing, the imperial majesty is not strict and negligent, not to mention that the imperial history platform wants to kill them, even Emperor Longqing and Cui Xiang will not let them go.
"How did he die?"
"Later, he alarmed the guards outside, and after being surrounded, he wiped his neck and committed suicide."
"Which prisoner has this person ever been more familiar with? After entering the dungeon today, have you ever come into contact with that prisoner? ”
"I don't know," Ye Ping led them to the dungeon, "As soon as he entered the dungeon, he shouted and shouted to kill, and went straight to those jailers, and didn't particularly care about any prisoners, who usually befriended him, where did he think that he would suddenly draw a knife against him...... I have already checked his yellow register, and I have also ordered his relatives and friends to be detained in Dali Temple. ”
Ye Ping smiled bitterly, "According to the few still living jailers, after these handymen entered the dungeon, they behaved like the yellow paper villain that day, they couldn't react for a while, and they thought that there was another yellow paper man to tease them, but they didn't expect it to be really ruthless, and they were caught off guard for a while...... Oh, I know they're making excuses at this point, but there must be a connection between the two. ”
Wen Shaoan nodded, "Does this person have a family?" ”
"You know that I have always been cautious, where do I dare to stay with such a careless person." Ye Ping complained that she had been in this industry for a long time, and she often had the idea of doubting everything, and she was always worried that that the kind of person who was alone would be a fine work, even if she was a miscellaneous servant, she didn't dare to stay, but she didn't expect that this kind of person who dragged her family would also be a fine work, "You, tell Master Wen that the person's net worth is fine." ”
The one who was pointed out by Ye Ping was a thin and tall pusher, and he arched his hand towards Wen Shao'an and said, "The murderer's surname is Zhou, the third line in the family, known as Zhou Asan, a native of Beijing, his father died when he was five years old, the eldest brother died seven years ago, the eldest sister-in-law remarried, the second brother died young, and there is only one old mother left in the family. He married his wife Liang, and Liang gave him a son and two daughters, the eldest son was seven years old, the second daughter was five years old, and the younger daughter was just over one year old. ”
"This person is a native of the capital?"
"Exactly, Zhou Asan was born and raised in Beijing, since his great-grandfather's generation moved from the suburbs of Beijing to the city, he and his mother, wife and children have lived in the capital all their lives, and have never even left the city."
After all, Zhou Asan is the miscellaneous servant of Dali Temple, and it is effortless for them to investigate his details, since his ancestral home is in the capital, there are neighbors to testify, which cannot be faked.
Wen Shaoan frowned slightly, Zhou Asan's resume looks flawless, a person who has never been out of the capital, has an old mother to support, and a wife and children who are tired, why would he rush into the dungeon and kill people regardless of it?
Ye Ping and Wen Shaoan both looked at Cheng Jin, this incident happened too coincidentally, this Zhou Asan is afraid that he has been hit by Gu like Xiao Shami.
"Has he ever had a grudge against anyone?" Cheng Jin asked to himself.
The magistrate glanced at Ye Ping, and saw that she did not object to the little servant's questioning, so he replied honestly, "Zhou Asan is a good person, whether it is in the neighborhood or in Dali Temple, he has a good reputation in the dungeon all the year round, and has a very good relationship with those jailers, so those jailers have never been defensive at all. ”
has no grievances with others, and it is not a meticulous work, but he rushes into the dungeon to kill people for no reason, this is what they can't figure out the most, and it is also the reason why Wen Shaoan and Ye Ping think that he is very likely to have fallen into the Gu.
In the dungeon, several corpses were lined up, and a few of them were busy in the dim light, with solemn expressions.
The expressions on the faces of the four dead jailers were frozen in horror and disbelief, which made everyone present feel heavy, the dead and injured were their own colleagues, and the killers were also the miscellaneous servants they were used to seeing on weekdays, and the murderer and the deceased were all their acquaintances, this feeling made it difficult for these people who were used to seeing life and death to accept it for a while.
Han Dao, the Qing of Dali Temple, was finally late, but it was not that he was lazy, when the accident happened, he was kneeling in the study of Emperor Longqing to ask for guilt, not only him, but also Jingzhao Yin Song Fangren, and Yao Min, the secretary of the Criminal Department, all followed Cui Xiang and tremblingly pleaded guilty.
Shengpingfang opened today, is a major event of the imperial court, this matter is Cui Xiang they pushed, but also a major event supported by Emperor Longqing from the heart, the two sides of the court and China are rarely so consistent in one thing, so this matter is regarded as a great event to prepare, Cui Xiang also made a special trip to Shengpingfang today to cut the ribbon.
Who knew that the problem was the ribbon cutting.