Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 96 Moonlight on the third night of the Lunar New Year

Huang Yuntai felt relieved, breathed out from his nostrils, and hummed to Master and Disciple Lao Liu: "Who is the witness and what is the physical evidence?"

Lao Liu was frightened by his force and blurted out: "The neighbors in Ma Yi Ke Lane saw with their own eyes that Wang Sheng and the Shi family's father and daughter, who are still members of the Bai Yuan sect, often interacted with each other. The porters from Dongting Chunshan Goods Store came to the Yamen to report, and the demon Shi family's father and daughter rode on the yamen. The big white bird flew to the mountain behind Ziyang Academy. As for the physical evidence, there is a paper kite hidden in Wang Sheng's room. It is very similar to the paper kite from the White Kite Sect in our old yamen stall. Who will believe that Wang Sheng has nothing to do with the White Kite Sect?" He said. Yang Yi Yang held the paper kite in his hand.

Huang Yuntai's eyes moved, and he said with a bit of contempt: "The porter at the mountain goods store, when did he see it? When did he see it?"

"On the first and third day of this month, the porter saw it in the middle of the night."

Huang Yuntai showed a mocking look and said: "At midnight, what can the porter see? Can he still see that it is a big white bird?"

Lao Liu was quite arrogant. He had thought of this question from the beginning. Of course he would not be put off by the scholar. He said: "On the third night of the third year of the Lunar New Year, with the moonlight, it would be impossible to do embroidery. With such a large movement of people, even if you can't see clearly, you can still get a rough look."

"On the third night of the third lunar month in winter, the Emei Moon rises at dusk (around six o'clock in the evening) and sets at Xu hour (around eight o'clock in the evening). What kind of moon silk can the porters get in the middle of the night?" Huang Yuntai sneered.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was surprised.

Wang Heng was previously fooled into confusion, and he was impressed by Huang Yuntai's ability to point out the key points in just a few words. He really needed to go out to practice his mind. In the countryside, relying on his uncle's influence, he once regarded himself as a detective who upholds justice. Now he has arrived in the city. He was actually afraid of a government servant for no reason.

Lao Liu was also startled. He really didn't think carefully about the issue of time and moonlight. Could it be that there was something wrong with Ali, the porter at Chunshan Goods Store in Dongting, and he came here to pretend to be a mere reward from the government?
Even if what the porter said was untrue, there was no way of escaping Wang Sheng's relationship with the Shi family. Lao Liu deeply regretted that he should not have talked about things with Huang Yuntai. He was a student who had entered the school, and he had already taken advantage of Shen Xianggong from the very beginning. If he was a scholar with a good reputation, he would have done Zhang Zuozhi and detained Wang Sheng to the county government early, and then sent the porter A Li also escorted him, but he was afraid that Chou Yinmao would not be able to be found out during the trial.

Seeing Lao Liu's uncertain expression, Huang Yuntai shook his head and said, "Master Chao, do you know what's the difference between Zaoli and us scholars?"

Old Liu's face turned green and white. He was a powerful figure in the county government. He really didn't pay much attention to the poor scholar without any fame. If he didn't pick him up, he seemed to be afraid of the scholar, so he had to suppress his anger and said : "What are you going to say?"

Huang Yuntai bowed to the south and said: "Only saints in the world know it when they are born. Only by reading the books of sages can we learn and know it."

Lao Liu didn't know what trick he was trying to play, but Huang Yuntai snatched the paper kite from Lao Liu's hand, looked it up and down, and said, "What important evidence is this little paper bird? It has white kite written on it." Have you ever taught me?”

Lao Liu snorted coldly and said: "The evidence of Bai Yuan's teaching in the old Yamen stall looks like this. No matter how clever you talk, you can't deny it."

Huang Yuntai said aggressively: "So, you public servants are just a little stupid. What bullshit physical evidence? I can fold such a little paper bird just by looking at it. We scholars can fold it by just looking at it. How difficult is it?" Isn’t it true that Bai Yuan teaches demons in Chengdu?”

Huang Yuntai asked Wang Heng to bring him a piece of white cotton paper, cut it slightly, and after three or two clicks, a small paper bird came alive and appeared in front of everyone.

Wang Heng praised: "It's exactly right."

"I'm going to blow some fairy air and see if it can turn into a big white bird and fly out." Huang Yuntai said with a playful smile: "Little brother Li from the primary school class promised me a sesame candy and asked me to teach him origami, but I'm If you have magical powers, one sesame candy is not enough, you must at least two."

All the people watching outside the door burst into laughter. I don't know who started it, "Old Hundred Foot", "Old Floating Corpse" and "Old Egg", and for a while, the three Wu slangs started to be slanderous.

Young Master Pu San had quietly left the room in No. D at some point.

Lao Liuliu's scalp became swollen and he began to have a bad feeling. This time, he was afraid that he would be in vain.Immediately afterwards, Mr. Ye brought a message from Yuan Shanchang, asking the people involved in the case to wait at Jingyi Zhai where Yuan Shanchang usually received guests.

Although Huang Yuntai was not involved in the case, he volunteered to accompany Wang Heng as a good friend. Wang Cai heard the news from others and came back in a hurry, so he went with him.

Lao Liu knew that Yuan Shanchang was a high official in the imperial court, so he did not dare to make any mistakes, so he had to follow Mr. Ye obediently with his apprentice.

Yuan Shanchang's Jingyi Zhai is very remote, far away from almost all the academy buildings.

Lao Liu was hungry and felt that the journey was long.

Finally, a monastery appeared. Mr. Ye stopped and it was here.

Everyone climbed up the steps and entered Jingyi Zhai. After waiting for a long time, Yuan Shanchang was nowhere to be seen. Mr. Ye asked him to be patient.

After another half an hour, there was the sound of walking outside, and an official in his thirties stepped in.

When Lao Liu came face to face, he saw that it was Mr. Huo, the official of the Yamen.

Huo Tuiguan looked around the room without looking at Master Liu and his disciples. Wen Yan asked, "Who is the Seventh Young Master Wang?"

Wang Heng bowed and saluted, saying, "Sir, you are a student."

Huo Tuiguan took Wang Heng's hand and said with a smile: "Brother, please don't be too polite. Chief Yuan Shan is someone's cousin, and Brother Shi is Uncle Yuan's disciple. We should be on equal terms, so please call me Brother Huo." .”

Wang Heng then called him "Brother Huo".

Huo Tuiguan turned to Lao Liu and said, "Brother Wang Shi has a clean family background and is a well-educated Confucian scholar. There is no way he is related to the Longxing fake painting case."

Lao Liu said seriously: "There are actually various evidences pointing to Wang Sheng's connection with the Bai Yuan cult demon Shi family and his daughter."

Official Huo said to Wang Heng: "Brother Shi, you might as well tell the situation. Let's put our heads together and settle this case for you."

Wang Heng followed the good example and told him to go to Shijia store to buy candy after he was suffering from a cough. Once again, Wang Cai added some plot points. About half a month ago, Shi Xiaomei's store suddenly closed, and they have never met again since then.

Huang Yuntai also recounted the witness testimony he had just used to refute Lao Liu with his knowledge of celestial phenomena, including the fact that the porter at the mountain goods store saw the Shi family's father and daughter riding a big white bird in the middle of the night.

Official Huo nodded repeatedly, thought for a moment, and said solemnly: "Although it seems to be a coincidence, there is no way that Mr. Wang Qi is related to Long Xingdang's case. The summons ends here and ends here."

(End of this chapter)