Fifty miles of Puyu Mountain, located in the northeast of Fushi County, is about 30 miles away from Yujiazhuang. The mountains here are dense and the villages are sparse, and the dwellings within the first class are scattered on various hills or slopes, and there is little contact with each other.

Chun's home is a three-room thatched hut built on a gentle hillside, with his nearest neighbor two miles away.

When Weng Junding and the others came up the mountain, Qiu Sen was looking at each other in front of the thatched hut.

"My lord, Chen Gongzi, you are here, Chun Yu is here...... He's dead. Before he could get closer, Qiu Sen shouted from afar.

Weng Junding was taken aback and asked, "Dead?"

As he spoke, he had reached the door of the hut, where two catchers were holding torches and dissecting corpses in the faint light.

Weng Junding didn't alarm them, turned to Qiu Sen and asked, "When did you die?"

Xie Po judged that it was about nine to ten hours. Qiu Sen replied.

"Nine or ten hours? It's midnight. Last night, Meng Guangyun had dinner at Master Xu's house, probably between unitary time and midnight, from this time to midnight, about two hours apart. From the point of view of time, this is the time when there is a crime. Weng Junding asked again: "Where is the family of Master Xu?"

"Back to my lord, I found no trace of them. ”

Weng Junding was shocked again: "There is no trace? inside and outside this house, can you search carefully? Will there be a dark room or something?"

"It's all searched, and nothing unusual has been found. Qiu Sen replied without hesitation.

"It's strange, the person who snatched it back is nowhere to be found, and I died mysteriously, this ...... ...... the hell this" Weng Junding was very puzzled, and turned to look at Chen Wenqi, hoping to get some inspiration from him.

"Brother Weng Nian, don't worry, let's see what he says. Chen Wenqi said expressionlessly.

By this time, Xie Po had finished dissecting and was approaching the torch to inspect what had been taken out of the deceased's stomach. Before long, he removed his gloves and walked out of the hut.

Without waiting for him to speak, Weng Junding hurriedly asked:

"Xie Po, how did he die?"

"Back to the adult, the villain carefully inspected Chun Yuqian's body, he had neither wounds nor bruises on his body, and through autopsy analysis, he died of asthma. (i.e. heart failure – author)

"Is it possible to induce asthma?" asked Chen Wenqi.

"In general, asthma is precipitated. For example, long-term overwork, strong mood swings, improper diet, etc., can induce asthma. ”

"Was he induced by fatigue and strong mood swings?" Weng Junding first thought of imprisoning a few people, and hurriedly walked dozens of miles of mountain roads, he must have been quite tired, and doing such a heinous bad thing, his emotions must have fluctuated strongly.

Exertion and mood swings were certainly factors in his sudden asthma, but it was the poor diet that really caused his sudden death. Xie Po said affirmatively. Seeing everyone looking at him in confusion, he smiled apologetically and continued: "To be precise, he drank a lot of alcohol and ingested too much salty food, which caused his lungs to be undeclared, blood and water to stop, and even death. ”

"Who else is in his family?" Weng Junding asked Qiu Sen instead.

According to neighbors, Chun Yu has lived here for more than ten years and has never seen anyone else. ”

"If Chun Yuqian is the only one who commits the crime, leaving aside how one person can kidnap three people, it is a bit tense to subdue the three people in less than three hours, walk 30 miles home, and then cook and cook and drink for themselves. If you count the time spent painting and writing letters and the time when he hid a few people, it is obvious that there is not enough time. Weng Junding analyzed.

"My lord, in Chunyu's stomach, the villain also found the residue of the 'fire burner'. Xie Po added.

"What is that?" Weng Junding and Chen Wenqi are both from Jiangnan, I don't know why Xie Po specifically mentioned "Huojiao", is there anything abnormal?

"Roasted seeds are a unique specialty snack in Jingzhou, and we don't have them here. "Jingzhou's special snacks actually appeared in Shishi thousands of miles away, which is indeed very abnormal.

"You mean......" Weng Junding was secretly surprised, isn't this Jingzhou the place where Diao Lan's father and son are serving their sentences? Could it be that Xie Po suspects that their father and son did it?

"My lord, the little one didn't say anything, just reported the autopsy findings. Xie Po hurriedly stated that he was afraid of affecting the judgment of the county magistrate and leading the analysis of the case astray.

Weng Junding didn't know what to do for a while, so he said to Chen Wenqi: "What do you think about Brother Chen?"

Chen Wenqi visited his friends so far, and he held the purpose of not tyranting the owner, so after going up the mountain, he rarely expressed his views. Now Weng Junding asked himself, so he said his opinion:

Brother Weng Nian's analysis is reasonable, and he believes that it is unlikely that Chun Yuqian will commit the crime alone, and he will have at least one or two helpers; Judging from this, there is another person who imprisons the Ye family, and Chun Yuqian is just that person's accomplice. Who is this person? I dare not make a judgment, but the suspicion of Diao Lan and his son cannot be let go, and when the evidence has no other point for the time being, why not check Diao Lan and his son first?"

Weng Junding suddenly brightened up when he heard him.

"Qiu Sen, you sent two people to Pingliang Mansion in the starry night, and asked Lord Yin to help find out whether Diao Lan's father and son are still serving their sentences in Jingzhou Prison. Two more people were left to squat here, and suspicious people were arrested as soon as they were found. Others went to Diaojiazhuang with the county. ”

"Bang - Bang Bang, Bang - Bang Bang. When Weng Junding led the people to Diaojiazhuang, the three watch drums were beating. In the dead of night, the chickens do not crow, the dogs do not bark, and the four fields are silent. Weng Junding ordered to quickly guard the front and back courtyard doors of Diao's house, and then attached it to Chen Wenqi's ear and said:

"Brother Chen, let's go into the courtyard to investigate?"

Chen Wenqi nodded, pulled Weng Junding to the outside of the courtyard wall between the front hall and the back house, lifted the hem of the robe and tied it to his waist, interlocked his hands with ten fingers, squatted slightly on his knees, and said in a low voice: "Brother Weng Nian, I will help you go up." ”

Weng Junding saw that the courtyard wall was more than a foot high, and he asked himself if he was sure that he could go up, so he kicked his toes on Chen Wenqi's outstretched palm, and climbed the courtyard wall with the help of Chen Wenqi's upward support.

Chen Wenqi took a long breath, transported the "Yi Marrow Gong" to his feet, twisted his waist, and jumped over the courtyard wall with a "whoosh", and fell silently in the courtyard. Weng Junding was amazed, bent his knees, and jumped off the courtyard wall.

The two looked left and right, and saw a glimmer of light in a room in the back house, so they slowly moved closer to the candlelight window and heard a faint sound of "hmm" in the room. Chen Wenqi licked some saliva with his fingers, moistened the window paper through a hole the size of a copper coin eye, and looked in with one eye.

On the bed, there was a girl lying on her back, with a hemp rope tied to her hands and neck, and the other end of the hemp rope was tied to the four feet of the bed, pulling the girl into a "big" shape, and the girl was stuffed with an old linen cloth in her mouth, making a "hmm" sound, and her clothes were messy......

"Brother Weng Nian, Miss Xuling, she ...... She...... It's been ruined. Chen Wenqi said with tears in his eyes.

When Weng Junding heard this, he was immediately furious, smashed the window with a palm of "Huh", jumped in, and shouted: "Thief, your limit has arrived." After that, he grabbed Diao Lan with his chest, slapped him twice in the face, and then threw his arms and threw him to the ground.

At the same time, Chen Wenqi let out a long whistle, followed Weng Junding into the room, pulled a sheet over Yu Ling's body, untied the rope for her, and pulled out the linen cloth in his mouth.

With a "wow", he lay on the bed and cried.

Outside the courtyard, the crowd quickly heard the whistling, immediately kicked open the courtyard door, rushed in, and without waiting for Weng Junding to speak, they tied up Diao Roller and his wife and a group of people.

"Ling'er, where are you?" and his wife ran into the room crying, and when they saw Lingling's demeanor, they understood everything, and the mother and servant fell on top of Ling, crying bitterly: "Ling'er, my hard-working daughter." God, why don't you open your eyes, how can you make my daughter who is miserable live. ”

"Mother-woo-" The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.

Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding had tears in their eyes and took everyone out of the room.

"Brother Chen, I want to judge two thieves at night. Weng Junding's eyes were red, and he said in a trembling voice.

Chen Wenqi was also sad in his heart, he didn't speak, just nodded his head a little.

"Come on, set up the public case, and prepare to ascend to the court. Weng Junding shouted in a deep voice.

"Yes. Ascend-hall-"

"Bring Diao Roller, Diao Lan, and Diao Jiang up. ”

"Might-Martial-" Qiu Sen brought a quick catcher who temporarily acted as a station soap, using a waist knife instead of a water and fire stick, knocking on the ground to make a "clang" sound, which was very terrifying.

"Who is kneeling?" Weng Junding shouted.

"Grass people are rolling. ”

"Grass people Diao Lan. ”

"The folk woman Diao Jiang. ”

"Come on, Diao Roller and Diao Lan will be beaten on fifty boards, and Diao Jiang will be beaten on twenty boards. Weng Junding didn't ask about the case, and began to torture indiscriminately.

"My lord, how can you be punished if you don't ask about the case?" Diao Roller shouted loudly.

Weng Junding turned a deaf ear, and was determined to let this wicked family suffer some flesh and skin first.

Qiu Sen found two flat poles from the courtyard, assigned two sturdy catchers to serve as thugs, and took turns to torture the three people, until the three of them screamed and screamed.

"Say, are you willing to recruit or are you willing to fight?" Weng Junding's voice was stiff, and he did not have the demeanor of asking about the case in the past.

"Lord Weng, you abuse the punishment, I will go to Yan'an Mansion to sue you. Diao Roller said angrily.

"Then you have to have your life to get out of Fushi County. Weng Junding glared angrily and shouted: "Since you don't recruit, then good, come on, Diao Roller and Diao Lan will play another fifty boards, and Diao Jiang will play another twenty boards." ”

"My lord, this ......" Qiu Sen said hesitantly.

Weng Junding shook the black yarn on his head and shouted: "What is this, that? According to what the county said, the county will take responsibility for the life." ”

"Yes, sir. Still don't do it?" Qiu Sen shouted at the two "thugs".

The two "thugs" pushed Diao Lan to the ground and raised the flat pole to be executed.

"My lord, I am willing to recruit. Diao Lan finally couldn't hold it anymore, and told what happened like a bamboo tube pouring beans......

The beauty he liked didn't grab it, but instead went to Jingzhou to serve his sentence for thousands of miles, wanting to suffer from three years in prison, Diao Lan was both annoyed and hateful, so he secretly complained to Diao Roller, begging him to think of a way to get out of the cage, otherwise I am afraid that he will die in prison. Diao Roller tried his best to comfort Diao Lan, while secretly looking for opportunities. A few months later, Diao Roller discovered that a jailer surnamed Cui often found excuses to blackmail prisoners, and also took special care of prisoners who "honored" him. Diao Roller was secretly happy, so he found an opportunity to promise the jailer a lot of money, hoping to exonerate his father and son and release them from prison as soon as possible. When the jailer surnamed Cui saw the money, he made a pretext to get through the prison officer, and asked Diao Roller for a thousand taels of gold. Diao Roller's beloved son was heartfelt, and he didn't want to suffer in prison, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to the jailer's conditions. When escaping from the cage, the jailer specially explained that after returning home, he could only live in seclusion at home, and he was not allowed to hide in the open, and he must stay until the end of his three-year sentence, otherwise everyone would finish playing together.

When they returned home, both of them felt that "freedom" was better than anything else, so they honestly lived in seclusion at home, not daring to make any extraneous branches. As the saying goes, the nature of the country is easy to change, and half a year has passed, and the calm but dull life has made Diao Lan's thief heart begin to be restless, and the desire to forcibly occupy the beauty is increasing day by day. He found his father Diao Roller again and told him what he thought, but who knew that Diao Roller refused and did not let him go out for half a step. Diao Lan was haunted, how could he give up lightly? So he sprinkled and played tricks at home, looking for death and life, and there was a momentum that the beauty would not give up if she did not enter her arms. was disturbed by him, and there was nothing he could do, so his family secretly found Zheng Fangda. A year ago, the government ruled that he was not allowed to litigate on behalf of others, and Zheng Fangda, a lawyer, was worried that there was no income at home, and when he heard that Diao Roller asked him to conspire, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he opened a high price of 1,000 taels of silver to Diao Roller, and told Diao Roller a plan that his father and son regretted that "even fools can think of": stealing people secretly. Zheng Fangda explained, your Diao's house is surrounded by high walls and deep courtyards, and few people enter and leave, as long as you hide the soul in the inner house of the second hall, no one knows. He also gave an example, "Your father and son have lived at home for more than half a year, isn't it unknown to anyone?" However, for the Yuye couple, they must not stay outside, nor should they harm their lives, so as not to alarm the government. Just snatch them together and confine them down for a while. When the raw rice is cooked, the family of three will definitely change their minds, and then they will become relatives with each other, and everything will be fine. It sounded so simple, Diao Lan was distressed and lost a thousand taels of silver in vain, but Diao Lan was very happy and thanked Zheng Fangda. Zheng Fangda also said, your father and son are incompatible with Xuye's father and daughter, if you come forward in person, you will definitely be resisted by his father and daughter, and it is very likely that you will fail like last year. It is necessary to find reliable people who are unknown to the father and daughter, and suddenly attack when they are not paying attention, so as to succeed immediately.

Diao Roller thought about it, and thought of Chun Yuxuan, the distant cousin of Diao Lan's mother, Diao Jiang. This man lives in the mountains in widowhood, no one knows him, and he often helps him, so he thinks it is very reliable. So, he asked Chun Yuqian to sneak into the house quietly under the cover of night with two reliable family members, pretending to beg for saliva and drink, and at the same time when they were removing their guard, and captured the three of them in one fell swoop. Chun Yuqian stuffed the sackcloth prepared in advance into the mouth of Yu Ling, then put a dagger against her throat, and whispered to Yu Ye and his wife: "Don't make a sound, otherwise your daughter will die." Both husband and wife were blindfolded by the two subordinates, and they could not make a sound, so they had to nod their heads again and again, for fear that he would accidentally cut their daughter's neck. "Let them go. Chun Yuqian said to the two subordinates. "You ...... What are you going to do?" asked Yu Ye with a shudder. "Take you and enjoy it. "Where to ......" "Don't be long-winded, either follow us obediently, or I will send your family of three to the Netherworld immediately, you can choose for yourself." Chun Yu said intimidatingly. "Don't, I'll go with you. But I'm going to leave a few words. "You dare. "I don't mean anything else, my righteous son Meng Guangyun is going to come to spend the night with me at the second watch, if he doesn't see us when he comes, he will definitely look around." "That's not ......" "Uncle, let him leave a word." A subordinate winked at Chun Yu. Chun Yuqian didn't know what he meant, and thought to himself, let you write it, and when I left, I didn't tear it up? "No, it won't. After Yu Ye finished speaking, he walked to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on rice paper, took another piece of rice paper, and quickly drew a picture. When Yu Ye put down the wolf's hair, Chun Yu pushed Yu Ling to the subordinate and said, "You go first, and I will come later." The man knew his intentions, and hurriedly whispered in his ear: "Uncle, it is written that the family is moving away, so that others can know better, so that they can report to the official to find it." "But this painting ......" "This painting has to be kept." Think about it, the county official asked him for a painting, he must be a corrupt person. If the painting is not in hand, you must hold a grudge against him and seek revenge. If you find out that he has moved away, won't you have to do everything possible to find him?" Chun Yuqian thought about it reasonably, so he dispelled the idea of destroying the letter and destroying the painting, and returned to Diaojiazhuang with the three members of the Yuye family unknowingly.

As soon as he saw the beauty arriving home, Diao Lan smiled with joy, hurriedly left everyone, and returned to his room with Yu Ling in his arms. Seeing Diao Lan's elated appearance, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, and he hurriedly ordered to drink and buy food, and reward Zheng Fangda, who gave advice, and Chun Yuqian and others, who went out on his behalf. During the banquet, Chun Yuqian and others talked about the process of catching people in a colorful way, and heard that Yu Ye left a word and left a painting, Diao Roller was a little unhappy at first, and after some explanations from the next person, he turned his anger into joy, and praised the next person a few words. After all, Zheng Fangda is a lawyer, and he pays attention to details when encountering problems. When he heard that a group of dogs were depicted on the painting, he was very puzzled: It is rare for dogs to be in the painting, not to mention that there are so many groups in a small painting? After speaking, his face turned pale. Zheng Fangda "chuckled" in his heart, "Nine dogs?" He hurriedly pulled Diao Roller in a secluded place, and asked nervously: "Can you know your cousin?" Diao Roller shook his head: "I don't know, they have never met." "If you think about it carefully, you really haven't seen your face?" Zheng Fangda was still not at ease. Diao Luo thought about it again, and suddenly said in shock: "It's not good, when Yu Ye was teaching at home school the year before last, there was a time when Chun Yu came to the house to borrow money, and the two had dinner at the same table, and I remember that the two of them also chatted a few words. Hasn't that nerd forgotten?" Zheng Fangda secretly screamed, "Something bad", his eyes rolled a few times, and a vicious thought came out. He asked Diao Roller: "Is there any major problem with this pure Yu Pingsu's body?" "There is no other problem, but there is asthma." Zheng Fangda was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "This person has been exposed, and if you want to keep your father and son safe, you must be him." Diao Roller was shocked when he heard this: "Why did you do him?" "The painting of the nerd was made for the official." With Weng Junding's literary knowledge, it is not difficult to get a glimpse of the meaning. "Since there is something wrong with this painting, why don't you destroy it at night? After all, my wife is a relative of Yu Qian. "Didn't you hear them say that Yu Ye's righteous son was going to spend the night with him at the second watch? Don't hesitate, or everyone will be in trouble. Diao Roller was helpless and asked, "Why did you 'do' him?" Zheng Fangda said a few words in Diao Roller's ear, Diao Roller did not squeak, and returned to the table with Zheng Fangda. "Come, my uncle has worked hard, I will give you three glasses. "I...... I had a little problem and couldn't drink alcohol. "Chun Yu pushed the road. "Ahem, what's the big deal with a little bit of wine? Uncle doesn't look down on him?" Chun Yuqian was "willed" by him, so he toasted with him three times in a row. "Come, drink soup, drink soup. Zheng Fangda diligently scooped a big bowl of pickled vegetable and catfish soup for him, and secretly glanced at Diao Roller. Diao Roller understands that for the safety of the whole family, Chun Yuqian must die. He lifted the wine jug and poured three glasses of wine for Chun Yuqian: "My cousin is out today, which can be regarded as saving the dog's life." Come, I will also toast you three glasses. "Cousin-in-law, I'm ......" "Ahem, don't prevaricate, come, cheers." After going back and forth, Chun Yuqian drank more than ten glasses of wine and three bowls of soup, and saw that his breathing was getting thicker and thicker, and he couldn't breathe, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. Zheng Fangda knew that the impermanence of life had arrived, so he got up and left his seat, hugged his fists and said to Diao Roller: "Thank you Master Diao for your hospitality, and I will leave after drinking and eating." Diao Roller understood, stood up and said, "Sir, go slowly, it's time for me to send my cousin home." Seeing that Chun Yuqian was having difficulty breathing and wheezing, Diao Roller was afraid that he would die at home, so he hurriedly brought a fast horse and sent him home. Before he could be hugged to the bed, he was already dying. Diao Roller placed his body properly, carefully cleaned up his traces, and then led the horse in one hand and a broken branch in the other, swept as he went, covered up the footprints of himself and the horse, and swept it all the way to the road, and then galloped home across the horse.

......

"A bold thief, with such a sinister intention. Qiu Sen, quickly arrested the litigant Zheng Fangda. The rest of the people sent a cadre to the county government jail for detention, and the county announced the sentence at a later date. ”

"Yes. "All the hunters quickly took their orders and left.

Weng Junding and Chen Wenqi came to the room where Yu Ye's family was, Yu Ling's mother and daughter wept bitterly, and Yu Ye also sat aside and cried with old tears. Seeing Weng Junding and Chen Wenqi coming in, although he was sad in his heart, he still stood up and saluted the two, choked up and said, "Thank you two for rescuing you in time." ”

Weng Junding stepped forward to help him sit down, glanced at the mother and daughter, and said guiltily: "Old man, we are late in our rescue, and it will cause a ......." This happened under the rule of this county, and I am sorry for you. ”

When he heard this, he burst into tears again.

"Sir, the facts of the case have been clarified, and the criminal has been transferred to the county prison for detention, and the conviction will be carried out after the arrest of the litigator Zheng Fangda. Do you wait with me until the county government to hear the verdict or ......," Chen Wenqi said.

"Daddy, let's go home, let's go home, my daughter has no face to face the world. The spirit said as she cried. Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding listened to it, and their noses were sour and their hearts ached.

"Okay, Brother Weng Nian, let's send them home by the way. Chen Wenqi said tactfully.