Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 148 Female military division

Jia Qiong immediately ordered to go down and conduct a screening of the young and middle-aged men living near Qian's house, looking for those with new injuries on their hands.

Qian Shuangshuang was stabbed in the abdomen. He only injured his spleen and would not vomit blood.

Jia Qiong judged that the slight blood stain on her mouth was because the criminal was bitten when he covered her mouth with his hand for fear of her shouting.

Unlike modern times, there are so many ways to solve crimes in ancient times.

There is no such thing as fingerprint comparison, DNA testing, or video surveillance.

If you are not caught on the spot or have a suspect, you can only use primitive means to find clues and discover the suspicious person through a large number of investigations and visits.

Then analyze whether he had a motive to commit the crime, whether he had the conditions to commit the crime, and whether he could provide an alibi at the time of the crime.

Through interviews and investigations, Jia Qiong knew that the Qian family was a kind family with a good reputation among the neighbors and no enemies.

Qian Shuangshuang is a little girl who rarely goes out and is unlikely to have any complicated social relationships.

After a little investigation, the possibility of intentional murder such as love killing or vendetta was ruled out, so this case is most likely a random incident.

But the murderer obviously knew how to get money to open the window and pull him up, so he must have been someone who had seen her having an affair with Ye Shichang.

Ye Shichang never told anyone else about this matter, and only Po Chen in the Qian family knew about it.

She even hid it from Qian Rong and his wife, and it was absolutely impossible for her to go out and talk nonsense.

Jia Qiong originally judged that the neighbor was most likely to commit the crime.

But Jia Qiong asked the policemen to go door to door for five days, checking everyone in the streets and alleys around Qian's house, but still found nothing.

No one from the nearby residents provided any useful clues, and they all said that they found nothing unusual that night.

No one went out late that night, so no one met the suspect. The case seemed to have reached a dead end.

Under the emperor's feet, a bizarre story happened in which a young girl was murdered at home without anyone noticing.

It also involved an erotic story about a young scholar having an affair with a woman, so the case spread quickly.

Some people took the opportunity to fan the flames and fabricated many more bizarre versions.

Some people say that a flower-picking thief has come to Chang'an City, specifically to harm women from good families. This man comes and goes without a trace, and the government can't do anything about him.

Some people say that the perpetrator is a fox demon who specializes in harming women's martial arts practice. Anyone caught by him will definitely die.

In short, the rumors became more and more outrageous, and within a few days it became a storm in the city.

Young girls and young wives in the city no longer dare to go out for fear of getting into trouble.

The situation in Beijing quickly attracted the attention of the imperial court, and even Emperor Longqing specifically inquired about the case at court.

People from Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple came one after another to inquire about the case.

The cabinet even directly stated that Jia Qiong must solve the case within ten days.

If the case cannot be solved within the expiration date, the case will be transferred to Dali Temple for trial.

Jia Qiong knew that this must be someone maliciously spreading rumors.

Otherwise, this case would never have spread so quickly and there would have been so many bizarre versions.

If he can't figure out this case as soon as possible, someone will definitely take advantage of it to cause trouble.

He might even be charged with incompetent handling of the case, causing panic among the people of Chang'an.

Just when Jia Qiong felt a little helpless, he suddenly received another reprimand edict.

It turned out that during the early morning of that day, a letter from the imperial censor suddenly impeached Jia Qiong.

He said that he ignored etiquette and allowed the widow to remarry during her husband's death, and demanded that Jia Qiong be punished and the case retried.

Li Ruping, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, followed up and said that he had kindly reminded Jia Qiong to change the sentence, but he rudely refused.

Jia Qiong also disrespected his superiors and spoke arrogantly, showing no respect for superiors or inferiors.

Naturally, Jia Qiong's friendly forces could not allow the Fujian Party to attack and annihilate him wantonly, so they all rebutted and started to quarrel with the superiors.

However, in the case of Bai's remarriage, Jia Qiong's judgment was indeed inconsistent with the current world etiquette, so in the end the Fujian Party won.

Emperor Longqing directly issued an order to reprimand Jia Qiong and fined him another year's salary.

Because this case involved etiquette and law, Emperor Longqing subsequently appointed He Chongdao, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, who volunteered, to be the chief judge.

Together with Yin Handong of Jingzhao Prefecture and Zhou Chen, the left deputy capital censor, they jointly re-examined the case of Bai's remarriage.

The Fujian Party had obviously planned this time. Taking advantage of Jia Qiong's difficulties due to the murder of Qian Shuangshuang, they brought up the case of Bai's remarriage.If he can't solve the murder case of Qian Shuangshuang, the sentence of Bai's case will be changed again.

Doesn't this mean that Jia Qiong is incompetent and ignorant of etiquette, and his official reputation will be greatly tarnished.

Regarding Emperor Longqing's will, Jia Qiong was speechless.

He had only been in office for a month, and his two years of salary had already been taken away. Does this still have human rights?

Although this little money is nothing to him, he is still angry.

He planned to teach the Fujian Party a lesson when he got his hands on it, and teach them what it meant to be unable to touch a tiger's butt.

He already had a countermeasure for Bai's case, so he didn't need to worry too much. The key was to solve the Qian Shuangshuang case as soon as possible.

But after a day of investigation, there was no progress.

During dinner, Jia Qiong was still thinking about the case.

Wang Yuyan and Qin Keqing obviously felt that he was a little absent-minded and didn't take a few bites of the meal.

Wang Yuyan couldn't help but ask: "Husband, what happened to you today? Why are you always distracted while eating?"

Jia Qiong's thoughts were interrupted and she came back to her senses and said: "It's nothing, I just encountered a difficult case.

After searching for several days, I had no clue. Just now I couldn't help but think about the case again. "

Wang Yuyan complained: "It's just a meal, but you still think about the case.

We've almost finished eating, and the rice in your bowl hasn't been touched much yet.

Eat quickly, the food will be cold in a while. "

Jia Qiong smiled and said, "My wife said, I will eat first."

Qin Keqing asked at this time: "Husband, what case have you encountered? Can you tell us about it?"

"Of course, this is a murder that just happened a few days ago..."

Jia Qiong told the two of them about the case, thinking that maybe they could help provide some ideas.

Wang Yuyan said: "From what my husband said, the person who committed the crime must have met Qian Ye and their tryst.

It must have been more than once, otherwise it would be difficult to defraud Qian Shuangshuang. I think most likely it is someone who lives nearby. "

Jia Qiong shook his head and said: "I thought so too, but I have sent people to investigate the people in the nearby streets and alleys, and found nothing."

Qin Keqing said at this time: "Husband, you said that Qian Shuangshuang always goes out late at night.

At this time of year, ordinary people probably rarely go out, so it's unlikely that they would catch the two of them having trysts many times.

I think your husband can check those people who often go out late at night, so that the scope can be narrowed down a lot. "

After listening to Qin Keqing's words, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Jia Qiong's mind, and he suddenly realized who the prisoner was almost immediately.

He hugged Qin Keqing excitedly, kissed her, laughed and said, "Keqing, you are really the female military advisor for my husband!"

Qin Keqing was startled by Jia Qiong's sudden attack and quickly pushed him away.

He took out his handkerchief and wiped the oil stains on his face, and secretly glanced at Wang Yuyan.

Wang Yuyan did not react with jealousy, but asked very curiously: "Husband, have you thought about it, who is the prisoner?"

Jia Qiong smiled and said: "Don't let the secrets leak out. I'm going out for a while. You don't have to wait for me. If you feel sleepy, go to bed first."

After saying that, he strode away, leaving only the two daughters-in-law looking at each other.

Wang Yuyan and Qin Keqing looked at each other and asked, "Have you thought about who the culprit is?"

Qin Keqing shook his head and said, "I just said it casually. I can't think of who the prisoner is."

Wang Yuyan said angrily: "This person is really, I don't know why he is walking so fast.

He made me anxious in vain and came back to see how I would deal with him. "

Qin Keqing chuckled and said, "Sister, it's still early, let's play chess."

Wang Yuyan no longer thought about the case and said, "Okay, my husband won't let me go out these days. I'm very depressed at home.

Tomorrow I will bring some sisters from the Jia family over, and we will have a lot of fun together, so you can get acquainted with them. "

Qin Keqing nodded and said, "Just follow my sister's arrangements."

(End of this chapter)