Chapter 135: The horse goes and the horse returns
The woman was later interrogated by Li Li, found out the truth, and felt that there was a reason for the incident, because the woman had suffered domestic violence for a long time, and there was no way, if she didn't do it first, she would probably be tortured to death.
The woman's husband died innocently, but at the hands of the woman, and there was some scum, and the man's brother, a little sad, pleaded with the murderer to be severely punished.
The woman knows the truth of killing people to pay for their lives, but there is really no other way, she can't divorce her husband, only passively divorce her wife, she feels helpless, she is really desperate, only to take this road.
Li Li suffers from the current situation, and he can't change the rules of divorce from his wife, only according to the law, he will open up to her and not kill, but the crime of life is unforgivable, he will be beaten with eighty boards, stabbed for a thousand miles, and if he has a life, he will come back, and if he has no life, he will only lose his life.
Even if this woman confesses, she will save her life, and the fortune teller will wait for him, who knows whether it is true or not.
Besides, Li Li just finished handling this case, he wanted to talk to Tang Lu, who knew that Tang Lu took Huitong monk Yunyou, he was used to this kind of free and easy life, the strange thing is that he took Huitong, he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking all the way, Huitong became a monk who traveled all over the world, everywhere, even if he didn't open his mouth, there were people who came to give alms, this made Tang Lu surprised, it turned out that having the identity of a monk is more effective than having the identity of a master. The master must have no one to give, unless the master teaches students, or writes to people, he can earn some money and supplement the family, not at all like a monk, he has no worries about food and clothing, just recite the scriptures well.
Li Li can only pay attention to Tang Lu's movements at any time, and visit as long as he comes back.
On this day, he was reading a book in the backyard when someone reported the crime, beating the drum and saying, "A good horse has been stolen." ”
Li Li felt strange, in this era, theft of gold, silver and jewelry is very common, I have never seen a thief stealing horses, this thief is a little different, is he disdainful of gold and silver? Or do you find stealing living creatures more exciting?
Li Li, a thief with such a taste, wanted to be taught. As soon as he heard about this case, it was very interesting, as a county magistrate at the grassroots level, the interesting thing was in this place, any strange case could be encountered, anyone could encounter it, it was really a long insight.
Li Li saw that the old man was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, for fear that his horse had now turned into meat and was being eaten by others.
"Don't worry, tell me first, what is your horse like? The more detailed the better, you can understand the case a little more, in order to effectively solve the case and help you recover your horse in time. Li Li said.
"Adult, I'm not good, I blame my little old man for being too sloppy, usually cautious, never make a mistake, but last night, the little old man didn't know what was going on, he fell asleep, usually not like this. As a result, as soon as Xiao Lao'er took a nap, he gave the horse thief a chance, and the horse thief seemed to be observing Xiao Lao'er and the horse for many days, waiting for the opportunity to start. It may be that the moon has disappeared, the five fingers are missing when it is dark, and when the wind blows, in short, it is to use the weather as a cover to carry out theft, so that it can be successful. The old man said.
"You haven't said what your horse looks like?" Li Li asked.
"Oh, look at my memory, the preface doesn't match the afterword, this horse of mine, it's a good horse, it's a good horse. Four-year-old, large, with a broad back, four hooves, snow-white, like four hooves running in the snow, also like stepping on the white clouds in the sky. It's beautiful! Many people have never seen such a beautiful purebred horse in their lives. Its body is as red as coals, it runs like a fire, and its fur is orthodox and bright, like red silk, like satin draped over its body, and it looks very luxurious. It's fast, like Maxima. It's a good horse inside and out. The point is that the horse is not only good-looking, but also functional. For example, it is the most suitable choice for sending letters. Almost all men welcome such horses. The old man said.
"Understood, then, is there any movement outside at night?" Li Li asked.
The little old man was confused, fell asleep, and vaguely heard a group of horses passing by, like a dream, but not like a dream, I don't know if it was a dream or really heard. Adult, when I asked like this, the little old man really couldn't remember. However, one thing is for sure, it is that the neighing of the horse is heard, not the rooster crowing, definitely not the rooster crowing. The old man said.
"Who do you think passed by your house?" Li Li asked.
"I guess a horse dealer is passing by. The little old man has little knowledge, just guessing, or the adults decide. The old man said.
"Uh-huh, you go back first, old man! Wait for the news, I hope to give you good news in the near future, and when I find your horse, I will inform you to bring your baby red horse home. Li Li said.
The old man was a little skeptical, but looking at Li Li's firm eyes, it was not good to ask anything, so he could only obey orders, leave the county office step by step, return home, and wait for news. Because I lost my BMW, I didn't have the heart to do anything, I didn't have the energy to work, so I just sat idle in a daze.
Li Li thought for a while, there is, this strategy hopes to work.
He asked Shuli to write a notice and post it at the gate of the city and in the bustling area of the market square, which read: "Benzhi County is ordered by the imperial court to buy a high-quality horse locally and send it to Beijing on a certain day." The horse is required to be large, with a broad back, authentic coat, the color is like burning coals, about four years old, and if there is such a horse, Benzhi County is willing to invest 1,000 taels of silver to buy, and if there is a horse, it will be sent to the county government within three days, and it will not wait for the expiration. This cloth. ”
As soon as the notice was posted, the people gathered, rubbing shoulders one after another, scrambling to stretch their necks to see, some people who don't know the words also want to rush to the front to see the excitement, helpless not to know, have to look left and right, there are people who show off their literary talent and read out the content of the notice aloud, everyone sighs, envy to death, but unfortunately there is no red horse.
His eyes were red from the lure of this huge purchase of silver. In the end, because there was no goods, I only shook my head and left stupidly, but the news spread far and wide, although I didn't get the silver, but I got the capital to show off, and I became a well-informed person, and I can go to remote places such as poor countryside to show off, information is equal to money, I don't have it, it doesn't mean that others don't have it, maybe I can get a little information fee is not known.
Ordinary people, not to mention good horses, even ordinary horses or lame bad horses, who can afford them? Even if you have money, you will consider buying a donkey, you can travel, you can buy cattle to plough the land, buying a horse is basically not much use, as long as you don't fight, the horse is not as good as a cow and a donkey.
The news spread all over the city, and everyone inside and outside the city knew that the county government wanted to buy red horses.
There are some big families and some horses at home, and they are also brought to Li Li to see, maybe Li Li has taken a fancy to it. Who knows, Li Li's purpose is to be a red horse, and other colors of horses are not wanted.
Some rich people want to paint other colors of horses with red paint, think about it or give up, deceive the old dizzy county order is almost the same, if you want to hide Li Li, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, before you get out of the county office, maybe you will be killed by the big board. It's better not to take this risk! lest you be left with a limb or a disability for the rest of your life.
It was also very difficult for the rich families to get the thousand taels of silver, and they came and went, but they didn't meet the requirements, and Li Li's horse never came.
Just as he was discouraged, on the afternoon of the third day, a horse dealer came. He probed his head into the ground, looked left and right, for fear of being recognized, shrunk his head and shrunk his head, and his sharp mouth monkey cheeks, always restless. Thinking about the escape route, while exploring the way forward, while watching the retreat behind.
Li Li looked at the horse, and sure enough, the red horse, with snow-white four hooves, was about four years old, and it looked so good! It's a thousand-mile horse, no wonder the old man is obsessed with it.
Li Li said: "Visually this horse is the selected horse, you wait for the time being, this county orders someone to fetch the silver." ”
Li Li said, talking about looking for someone to get the silver, but in fact, he arranged for someone to go quickly and ask the old man to come and identify the horses.
Soon the old man arrived, and the horse dealer thought he had brought the silver, and was glad to see an old man coming.
As soon as the red horse saw the old man, he immediately broke free from the reins, "Da Da Da" quickly ran over, and rose into the air against the front hooves of the old man, high on the top, and stood with the hind hooves, which was originally a big horse, so raised the front hooves, it looked taller, the horse's mane flew elegantly, the big horse cracked its mouth and barked, sprayed, snorted, as if it had seen an old friend, and then, the red horse put down its front hooves, happily circled around the old man, and after stopping, began to lick the old man's hand. The old man smiled and said, "My lord, this is it!" ”
When the horse dealer saw this situation, he was already frightened, after all, he was a thief with a weak heart and wanted to sneak away, who would dare to ask for money?
He was about to slip away when he saw an opportunity, and was swept away by Li Li's eyes, and he saw that he made a move for the catcher, his eyes were swept away, his mouth was spent, and the catcher understood the meaning, and immediately shouted, "Where is the thief escaping!" Then he shook off the rope and tied the horse dealer, so firmly that he could not find the door if he wanted to run.
The horse dealer knew that he had won the scheme, but he couldn't help it. Only honestly.
It turned out that he had long fallen in love with the old man's red horse, but he didn't have a chance to do it, because the old man was very shrewd, and he was attentive to taking care of the red horse day and night, and the thief had no chance. Later, he learned from the experience of others, and said that the old man was not sleepy, but he was fine, and if he wanted to get a horse, he had to put the old man to sleep.
He asked how he could put the old man to sleep, and he was told that there was no other way but to use ecstasy incense.
Ecstasy incense can make people fall asleep.
The thief prepared the Ecstasy incense, practiced at home first, and failed the first practice, not the problem of the Ecstasy incense, but the inhalation of the Ecstasy incense, which was originally the incense that was spit out, but he swallowed it by mistake and made himself faint, and when he woke up, it had been several hours.
So he continued to practice, swallowing ecstasy incense is to practice, if he didn't practice well, he would go to the scene, I'm afraid that people haven't been fascinated yet, and he poured it first, so don't you catch it?
After practicing for a few days, he finally mastered it, and felt that he was fine, so he took advantage of a dark night without a moon to quietly touch the old man's home.
Look at the old man "fishing", in the middle of the night, he opened the window paper, and then spit the Ecstasy incense into the room, after a while, the Ecstasy incense worked, and the old man fell asleep.
He was just about to make a move, and found that there were people patrolling the night outside, so he quickly hid, and when the night patrol was far away, he touched the stable, found the red horse, and led the red horse out of the old man's house. The old man was still asleep.
He led the horses to the other horses he had stolen and tied them up for the opportunity to take them to other places and sell them.
Before he left, he heard the notice, and he thought to himself that it was better to digest some of it locally first, so that he didn't have to take it all to the field. You know, if a horse doesn't have an accident on the road, it is earned, and if an accident happens to a horse, it is a loss.
He made up his mind to try it, and maybe he could get a thousand taels of silver!
He wanted to come on the first day, thinking, what if this was a trap? Maybe it's the county order that lures the snake out of the hole! Let's take a look first.
The first day, it was fine, he was a little tempted and wanted to try it the next day. But after thinking about it, it's still a little abrupt, I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, what if it's a pit? Once you fall into the pit, you can't get out.
Or wait.
On the third day, a rich family came and brought all kinds of BMWs, but the color did not match, how to bring how to take away, seeing that the time limit was approaching, think about it, the last half day, if there is no eligible horse, then, the horse will win. If you don't go, you won't wait, if you go, you're going to take a risk, how can you be rich if you don't take a risk? It's better to try, starve the faint-hearted, support the bold, don't know if you don't try.
Sure enough, Li Li didn't see it, he went to get the silver, which made him very happy, seeing that he was only one step away from success, but he didn't expect the silver to come, waiting for the owner of the red horse, this thing is unimaginable.
didn't say anything, Li Li found out the fact that he stole the horse, and then sentenced to confiscate all the horses, beat forty boards, and then sent the frontier to feed the horses, and deal with the horses well, as for whether he can come back, it depends on the situation of raising horses. You know, the horses in the frontier are full of wildness and are not easy to discipline, if you go to the frontier to raise horses, it really takes time and patience, and it is estimated that you will be in the frontier for the rest of your life. It is said that you have to cross the desert, and if you can't find the direction, you will die of thirst in the desert and become a dry corpse.
Li Li helped the old man find the red horse, the old man was very happy, he praised Li Li whenever he met people, he was a parent official, helped the people, supported the people, helped the people find horses, he was really a good official, it was really rare! I never dreamed that the red horse would be lost.
This is good, the horse went and came back, like a dream, however, the horse returned the horse, the person is still a person, more this experience, the old man cherishes the horse more, and takes care of it more carefully, this case has spread far and wide, many people have heard about this case, praised Li Li's practice, and talked about it with relish.