Chapter 23: Scoundrel Liu Erxiu
Wu Shiliang bowed his head and was silent, regretting in his heart that he shouldn't have accepted the fifty taels of silver.
He is a big dealer, but he didn't expect that he could also look at the fifty taels of silver, it seems that when a merchant gets rich, he will pay attention to details, and he will also pay attention to other aspects.
Yin Jian passed through Bu Huishu's guidance and made it clear that the problem was Liu Erxiu, he did not look for witnesses from nearby, but found people hundreds of miles away.
This is the biggest doubt, because it doesn't make sense.
"Wu Shiliang, you said, did you see Zhou Dong beating Liu Erxiu?" Yin Jian asked.
"Nope."
"So, did Liu Erxiu see you?"
"Nope. I was not there at the time. I was doing business in Shanxi, and I didn't even look at it, I really don't know what the situation is. Wu Shiliang said.
"What's going on? Liu Erxiu didn't ask others to testify, why did he just look for you? You said! Yin Jian said.
"Master, Xiaomin is in business, Liu Erxiu is in Zuiyue Building, and Xiaomin know each other, because Zuiyue Lou is a famous Qinglou, Liu Erxiu and Xiaomin have the same interests, this is a common hobby, it can be said that they are like-minded. There is also a common language, and we can go together. The concepts of the two people are almost the same, and he has something to ask for, and it is difficult to refuse. ”
"You said yes?"
"Yes."
"Don't you know this? Is perjury punishable by jail time? Yin Jian asked.
"Xiaomin knows that he is wrong." Wu Shiliang said.
"This is not a mistake, it is a crime."
"Good! This officer forgives you because of your first sin, and you confess it, and you will be lenient. I won't hold you accountable, but you do. What responsibility? If you don't go to jail, you will be beaten, and if you find the relatives of the deceased, you can give some gold and silver compensation. Yin Jian said.
"Okay, Xiaomin is willing. Thank you for your leniency. Wu Shiliang said.
"Not necessarily. However, the confession must be signed. Yin Jian said.
"That's fine." Wu Shiliang said.
This side has been investigated clearly, Yin Jian has confidence, and with Bu Huishu's guidance, he is doing it according to his prompts.
Knowing the people, then look at the river.
Need to go to the site.
Liu Erxiu's house is by the river, and there are a lot of bamboo poles in the river, I don't know what they are used for.
After inquiry, those were local river mussels that cultured pearls. The bamboo poles are erected on the wooden stakes in the river, and a lot of bamboo poles are set up horizontally on the wooden stakes, and some nets are wrapped around the bamboo poles to fix the river mussels, and if you want to collect pearls, you have to open the river mussels. To open the mussels, you need to plant fine sand and gravel in the mussels.
Some are stakes above the water, some are below the water.
There is a wooden plank on the stake, which is a bridge that leads directly to Liu Erxiu's home.
Yin Jian didn't know when he didn't go to the scene, but when he looked at it, he understood it, and then let him do an examination and found a problem, that is, the fatal injury of the deceased was in the chest and heart.
does not conform to what Liu Erxiu said, he was beaten to death by Zhou Dong. At the same time, Zhou Dong also beat Liu Erxiu and knocked Liu Erxiu unconscious.
After Liu Erxiu was knocked unconscious, he could still see Wu Shiliang passing by the scene of the crime, which is very strange! Could it be that after Liu Erxiu fainted, his eyes couldn't see, but his soul couldn't see it?
In this case, the parts of the deceased's injuries and deaths and Liu Erxiu's descriptions are inconsistent, and they are recorded one by one.
In other words, the deceased was pushed into the river by someone, hit a bamboo pole in the river with his heart, and was poked to death by the bamboo pole, not by someone from behind and beaten to death.
The circumstances of the examination of the deceased were recorded one by one, and the text of the autopsy report was handed over to Yin Jian for inspection.
After the investigation of the case was completed, Yin Jian grabbed Liu Erxiu and began to be tried in court.
Liu Erxiu didn't know that Yin Jian had thoroughly investigated the case, and he still insisted that it was Zhou Dong who bullied others, harmed people's lives, and colluded with the local yamen, and the local yamen specially protected Zhou Dong.
is because Zhou Dong is good at using money to open the way, so that the local yamen masters serve Zhou Dong, and Zhou Dong has become the treasury of the local yamen masters, and he can take it at will.
When the report was reported to Xiangcheng County, Nanyang, he was scared to death, because he knew that Liu Erxiu was a well-known person who was good at exploiting loopholes and could disguise, and once he wanted to sue the county magistrate, he would let the county magistrate step down.
As a result, the lord of Xiangcheng County was afraid, such a person could not be provoked, he looked like a good person, but in fact he was a bad guy.
After a long time, I know about it, and outsiders don't understand it, and they think he's a good person. After knowing the truth of this matter, Yin Jian took Liu Erxiu to the court for trial.
"Who is the one who kneels?" Yin Jian asked.
"Grass people Liu Erxiu."
"Liu Erxiu, this official asks you, do you confess truthfully, or do you want to serve you on a large scale? If you want to use a great punishment, this officer will satisfy your curiosity and let you taste the taste of all kinds of torture instruments. Yin Jian asked.
"Master, the grass people have not broken the law, why do they bend into tricks? You know, you can't torture to extract confessions. Otherwise, it's hard to say. ”
"Are you saying you're going to sue Mishi Lord?" Yin Jian asked.
"Maybe that."
"Bold Liu Erxiu, are you threatening this official? left and right, flipped Liu Erxiu to the ground, hit 30 boards first, and let Liu Erxiu wake up. Yin Jian ordered, pulled out the red order sign, and was about to throw it out, only to see Liu Erxiu kneel down with a "poof". Liu Erxiu saw this situation and knew that something bad was wrong, and he must have met a ruthless person. It has long been rumored that Yin Jian has solved the case 100%, and in Yin Jian's opinion, this case is like Yin Jian heard it through clairvoyance. Neither quibbling nor deceiving seems to work.
If you don't say it, it will definitely be badly damaged. For example, if a Ling Chi is executed, it will be tragic. Or the five horses split into corpses, which is even more terrifying. It's chilling to think about.
"Master, all the grass people confess." Liu Erxiu said.
"You're kind of acquaintance! Say it, say it, and you will avoid suffering losses. Yin Jian said.
"The grass people once borrowed money from Zhou Dong. A repayment time is agreed. However, after the grass people borrowed, they quickly squandered it. Seeing that the repayment date has arrived, it is a pity that there is no money to repay. Borrowing money to do business is actually a deception, not doing business, or enjoying it personally, and I haven't thought about how to repay the money. As a result, it was sad. Zhou Dong is a very serious person, he never expected that he would have to ask the grass people to repay the money. The grass people really had no choice, so they thought of a way, which was to put Zhou Dong in prison until Zhou Dong was sentenced to death, or sent to the frontier, and he could not come back for the rest of his life. In this way, the grass people do not have to pay back. Liu Erxiu said.
"What did you do then?" Yin Jian asked.
"Later, the grass people recognized an old woman who asked for food as a godmother, and the purpose was to prepare for the rest of the matter." Liu Erxiu said.
"How did you prepare?" Yin Jian asked.
"She is a food eater, she has no parents, children, brothers and sisters, and if you kill her, it will be like killing a dog. The grass people recognized her as a godmother, and ordinary people would not suspect that the grass people murdered the godmother. And it can only be suspected that it is Zhou Dong. That's what the Grass People Project is. Usually, the grass people are very good to their godmothers, just to let everyone see that the grass people are a filial son, so that since they are filial sons, they will never do anything that hurts the heavens and reason, and as a result, to people's surprise, the grass people completed the plan in this way. Liu Erxiu said.
"How did you implement the plan?" Yin Jian asked.
The grass people were waiting at home for Zhou Dong to come to collect debts. Because I'm afraid that he won't come, and if he doesn't, I'll be nerve-wracked. And he did. I let my godmother walk in front, and the grass people hid behind her. ”
"And then?" Yin Jian asked.
"When crossing the river, there is a bridge that connects the outside to the grass people's homes. Because of the situation of the river, the grass people are very clear, and Zhou Dong is definitely not clear. It is equivalent to saying that there are many bamboo poles under the bridge, and if a person falls down, he will either die or be injured. Liu Erxiu said.
"How did you do that?" Yin Jian asked.
When the grass people observed Zhou Dong appearing on the bridge, they asked the godmother to greet him, and then the grass people hid behind the godmother. Taking advantage of her unpreparedness, she pushed her godmother into the river, and there were bamboo poles in the river, and sure enough, she stabbed her godmother, and her godmother died. The grass people shouted, saying that Zhou Dong bullied people and hurt innocents, and then pretended to faint and died. Sure enough, Zhou Dong had never seen such a world, so he was scared away. After the grass people 'woke up', they hurried to report to the official. Liu Erxiu said.
"Really?" Yin Jian asked.
"Sure enough!" Liu Erxiu said.
"This official reconfirmed, you killed the old woman?"
"That's right. It's the grass people. ”
"What is the purpose?"
"Let Zhou Dong be unjustly imprisoned, and finally sentenced or executed, then the money borrowed by the grass people does not have to be repaid."
"Bold Liu Erxiu, haven't you thought about it? If the case is solved, Zhou Dong is wronged and rehabilitated, then, do you know what the consequences are when the real murderer is found? Yin Jian said.
"I know, it's Ling Chi's execution." Liu Erxiu said.
"You're kind of human. Then, this case has been solved, Liu Erxiu, wait a while Shuli will let you see what you said, and if there is no problem, sign and draw it. Yin Jian said.
"Okay, thank you, sir, all of the above is true, if not, be willing to be punished, have no regrets, and be killed." Liu Erxiu said.
"Good! That official will fulfill you, if you want Zhou Dong to go to the frontier, then the official will satisfy your yearning for the frontier and go instead of Zhou Dong. However, a beating is inevitable. Beat you to the eighty boards, and when you get to the frontier, if you behave well, maybe you can come back, and if you don't behave well, then stay there, protect the land, and serve the country. Yin Jian said.
"Thank you, master, for not killing." Liu Erxiu said.
"However, this official's sentence of immortality does not mean that you will not die in the future. If you can go to the frontier, then there is also the suffering after you get to the frontier, if you can endure the harsh conditions there, then you can survive, otherwise, you can't survive. The so-called, life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky. Yin Jian said.
"I didn't die this time, it's the old man's kindness. What happens in the future depends on one's own creation. Liu Erxiu said.
"Okay, you sign your confession, put it in jail, and then set off on a later day. Left and right, quit! Yin Jian commanded.
The crowd shouted, and then dispersed.
Yin Jian's reputation for solving the case is far and wide, which is actually the credit of Bu Huishu.
Bu Huishu doesn't like to be public, and likes to do things behind the scenes.
Once Bu Huishu went to the teahouse, and Yin Jian happened to go too, and the two met unexpectedly and were very happy.
Bu Huishu is famous for his love of tea, and the teahouse also knows that this master has been doing hot business recently, and the reason is because the store has a treasure of a town store.
What is the baby?
It's that the store has an ancestral treasure - a clay pot. This clay pot has some origins, it is said that when the emperor was in the palace in the previous dynasty, someone gave a gift to the emperor, because the emperor also loves to drink tea. The things used by the emperor are naturally valuable and are cultural relics, and this pottery pot is exquisitely worked, and has a good collection value.
I heard that the store has the treasure of the town, and everyone is very interested and wants to come and see this clay pot used by the emperor.
Originally, this teahouse was high-grade, very elegant, beautifully decorated, and it was one of the best teahouses in the local area.
Many literati and ink writers come here to take advantage of the fairy spirit, drink tea in such a teahouse, enjoy it very much, and the boss himself is also very qualified, and he is more influential in the local area.
This time, with the heirloom clay pot, it is even more famous.
Yin Jian and Bu Huishu were drinking tea, and saw a rich man come in, this rich man, dressed gorgeously, made extraordinary moves, because the guests in the teahouse were either rich or expensive, and the shopkeeper was very happy about their arrival, so he was willing to entertain the guests with valuable utensils. This rich man is his honored guest.
The distinguished guest asked, "Boss, please take out your heirloom and take a look." ”
The shopkeeper, of course, was happy and proud, and said, "No problem." ”
So saying, he took out the clay pot.
The rich man took the clay pot with both hands, observed it carefully, played with it with both hands, and after a long time, refused to put it down and return it to the shopkeeper.
Bu Huishu said: "Master, this rich man has bad intentions and wants to exchange the tanuki for the prince. ”
"Understood." Yin Jian said.
"Bold Diao Min, you don't have to think nonsense, you want to steal this clay pot, this official is here, if you try to do something wrong, be careful to ask you!" As soon as Yin Jian shouted out, he frightened the rich man.
The rich man trembled and said, "Just look, just look!" ”
He said as he left the teahouse with a red face.
When the shopkeeper saw this, he asked, "Do you dare to ask if it is the Yin County Order of the county government?" ”
"Exactly!" Yin Jian said.
"How does the lord say that? Is there a fiery eye? Is it Monkey King? If yes, please tell why. The boss asked.
"The person who came was rich and gorgeously dressed, but his eyes wandered, and he probably came prepared. When he came, he directly named the treasure of the town, maybe to see what was special about this pottery pot, and then he would go back to imitate one, and after the imitation, he would bring it, and if he was not prepared, he would put the fake pottery pot here and take away the real pottery pot. If the boss doesn't have the treasure of the town store, the boss can only report to the official, and he may not be able to recover it. Yin Jian said.
"Then how did the master see it?"
"This depends on the judgment of the master, the master is very smart and has the ability to predict. He could predict the plans of this rich man, so he asked the official to tell him. Sure enough, it scared away the rich. The official didn't expect this ending. Yin Jian said, looking very proud.