conspiracy crime 4

Chapter 15
criminal investigation dossier
(positive volume)
Case Name: Chenghua Injustice Case

Case Number: None
Name of suspect: XXX
Time of occurrence: Ming Xianzong Chenghua 22 years
Source: "Qingyang County Chronicles"

Note: During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Qingyang County was upgraded to Qingyang Prefecture, which was under the jurisdiction of Huguang Chief Secretary.This case happened during the Chenghua period and had a great impact.After careful investigation today, it is found that this case is surprisingly similar to the modern She Xianglin unjust case, so it is recorded here to warn the world.

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In August of the 22nd year of Emperor Xianzong Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty, it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the climate was not very hot.

On a remote path at the foot of Luoyun Mountain at the junction of Sichuan, Huguang and Guangxi provinces, a small sedan chair was slowly approaching from west to east.The sedan chairs were carried by two middle-aged bearers in green clothes with sad faces.

At noon, the sedan chair came to a rocky hill, and the two bearers looked around, but no one was there, so they suddenly threw the sedan chair heavily on the ground and stopped.

"Brother bearers, why don't you leave?"

The person sitting in the sedan chair hastily lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and asked with his head.It was a woman in her 30s, with a thin layer of makeup, her hair pulled up in a high bun, and wearing a light blue dress, she looked upright and quite pretty.

She hired this sedan chair for two taels of silver in Sichuan, and it was agreed that she would cross Luoyun Mountain and send her to the Huguang border on the other side of the mountain.

"Bitch, do you really regard our brothers as bearers?"

The bearer in front cursed and suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled it hard.

The woman in the sedan chair was caught off guard and was dragged out of the sedan chair by him, staggered and fell to the ground.Looking up, I saw two porters who were originally kind and friendly, but at this moment they showed their fierce looks, with murderous looks on their faces, and they were standing in front of him with shining steel knives in their hands.

She couldn't help but lose all her beauty in fright, and shivered: "You, what do you want to do?"

"What do you want? I want your life."

After a bearer said that, he raised his knife and stabbed her chest.

"Wait a minute."

Hearing the sound of "Zheng", another bearer stretched out a steel knife to hold his weapon, and said with a smile, "Diao Qi, don't rush to do it, this woman is quite beautiful, it would be a pity to kill her with such a knife." .”

Diao Qi looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Then Brother Yao means..."

Yao San stared at the beautiful woman and swallowed, and said: "Anyway, she can't run away, brother, you just turn around and let the third master rob you first, and then come and finish her off."

Diao Qi said with a smile: "Yao Sanye is really a romantic person. My brother is going to take a pee. If you want to rob yourselves, just do it and call brother over after you are done." Putting away the steel knife, he turned and walked towards the forest not far away.

Yao San couldn't help being overjoyed, he stabbed the steel knife in his hand into the ground, and immediately threw himself at the middle-aged beautiful woman with a lewd smile.

"Bastard, you, what do you want to do?"

The beautiful woman sat down on the ground, seeing him rushing towards him like a hungry wolf, unable to dodge in time, in a hurry, she raised one foot and kicked it straight towards his lower body.

Under Yao San's carelessness, he was kicked in the face.

Just as Diao Qi walked about ten steps away, he suddenly heard a wail from his companion. Looking back, he saw Yao San covering his lower body with his hands, his back arched, and half squatting on the ground, with a painful and embarrassing expression on his face.

He suddenly understood, and ran back immediately, kicking the beautiful woman rolling on the ground, said angrily: "Smelly woman, you dare to hurt others when you are about to die, let me see how I deal with you." He raised his knife and pointed at her Cut off the head.

The middle-aged beautiful woman was scared out of her wits, and shouted loudly: "Help——"

Before the cry came to an end, suddenly a stone flew out from the woods not far away, with a thud, it hit Quchi acupoint in the crook of Diao Qi's right arm.

Diao Qi felt his arm go numb, the steel knife in his hand didn't listen to his commands, the blade deflected and slashed at Yao San who was beside him like lightning.

Yao San was unprepared, only heard a click, his left arm was chopped off shoulder-to-shoulder, and blood gushed out wildly.

Yao San yelled in pain, almost fainted from the pain, and said angrily, "Damn it, where are you cutting with your knife?"

Knowing that he had caused a catastrophe, Diao Qiqing turned pale with fright and stayed on the spot.

Yao San waved his hands and slapped him, and roared angrily: "What are you doing in a daze, quickly take care of this woman, and I will settle the score with you when I go back to the third master."

Diao Qi just woke up like a dream, he raised his knife and slashed at the beautiful woman again.

Seeing that the steel knife was about to fall on the woman's neck, suddenly there was a sound of brushing, and a small willow-leaf flying knife shot towards Diao Qi's throat like lightning.

Diao Qi let out a muffled snort, fell to the ground, and could no longer move.

"Damn it, what, who is hiding there and stabbing people in the back?"

Yao San was startled, he didn't care about the profuse blood flow and the pain at the severed arm, he immediately jumped up with the knife and looked around.

At this time, with a shriek in the woods, a ray of cold light flew towards Yao San's chest, and another willow-leaf flying knife shot directly at Yao San's chest.

Yao San had been on guard for a long time, he swung his saber to block it, the willow-leaf flying saber hit the steel saber, the head was slightly deflected, but the castration persisted, and with a sound of "bang", it was nailed to his right shoulder.

Knowing something was wrong, Yao San let out a scream, threw away his knife and left.

The beautiful woman managed to get up from the ground tremblingly, but she tripped over Diao Qi's corpse and fell in front of Yao San's bloody severed arm. After getting up, he didn't dare to go to the woods to find out who saved him, so he just carried the burden and fled down the mountain desperately...

It started to rain.

It was dusk when the woman escaped from the valley.After another half an hour of stumbling, I finally arrived at a small town called Daijiapu.At this time, she was covered in muddy water, frightened and exhausted.Fortunately, the bundle wrapped in silver was still there, so he hurriedly found an inn to stay.

Due to the fright she had suffered for no reason and the rain again, she suddenly fell ill in the middle of the night. At one moment her body was as cold as ice, at another moment she was scorching like coals, and she was limp and unable to exert any strength.I asked the proprietress of the inn to ask for a bowl of ginger soup and drank it, but I didn't see any improvement.

At dawn, she couldn't even get out of bed.

Fortunately, the proprietress of the inn is a kind-hearted person, so she quickly invited a doctor for her. The diagnosis was that the Qi was suppressed, and the wind and cold were all over the surface. She prescribed three doses of ephedra decoction. The condition will get better in the future.

Through conversation, the proprietress found out that this woman's husband's family name is Qin, her maiden name is Su, and her name is Su Bi'e. Both her husband's family and her mother's family live in Qingyang Mansion. This time she went home after a long trip.

After hearing this, the proprietress looked her up and down, and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Oh, it's still a long way from Daijiapu to Qingyang, at least three hundred miles away, why are you going on the road alone? Why doesn't your man come to pick you up?" you?"

After hearing this, Su Bi'e blushed slightly, sighed, smiled wryly, but did not speak.

She rested in the inn for another day, and did not pack her bags until the morning of the fifth day and set out on the road again.

Now she didn't dare to hire a sedan chair anymore, if she met two bearers who robbed the road again, then she would be doomed.

After leaving Daijiapu, head east all the way, taking the official road. There are many pedestrians on the road, but I don't feel lonely.

Staying at Xiaoxing overnight, at noon the next day, she got off the official road and came to the foot of a small mountain. She lost her direction and lost her way for a while.

When I was in trouble, I saw a flag slanted out of the woods not far ahead, with a large Chinese character for "tea" written on it.

She strolled over to have a look, and she saw a small teahouse built with bamboo fence and thatch by the side of the road.

When he was hesitating, a waiter came out from the teahouse, nodded and bowed and asked her: "Miss, are you tired from the journey? Come in and have a cup of tea, rest your feet, and then go. Our shop has the best West Lake Longjing and Xinyang Maojian teas." , Fujian Tieguanyin, make sure you drink comfortably."

Su Bi'e thought to herself: I'm just very thirsty, so I might as well go in for a cup of tea and inquire about the route by the way.He nodded and followed Xiaoer into the teahouse.

The teahouse is not big, with three or five tables inside. The room is deserted and there are no customers. An old shopkeeper wearing a square scarf is burying his head behind the counter and making calculations.

Su Bi'e found a clean table and sat down, put the burden on the table, and said, "Bring me a bowl of herbal tea, I'm very thirsty."

Xiao Er nodded and said, "A bowl of herbal tea, I understand."

Su Bi'e thought for a while, then stopped him and asked, "Second Brother, where is this place? How do I go from here to Qingyang?"

Xiao Er turned around and told her, "This is under the jurisdiction of Zaolin Town. After you go out, follow the road to the east and walk two or three miles to the town. Pass through the town and go east. After passing Dianbei, Pingshi, and Wuyun Bridge, and then going down the Yangtze River, you will arrive at the boundary of Qingyang Prefecture. Based on your footsteps, it may take two or three days to arrive..."

He still wanted to go on in detail, but suddenly he heard someone shout: "Xiaoer, bring me a bowl of herbal tea."

The voice was not loud, but it startled both Su Bi'e and the shop waiter. They turned their heads and saw a girl sitting on the small table next to them at some point, wearing a set of black clothes and even shoes. She is black, wearing a Fan Yang hat on her head, and a black veil hangs around the hat. She can see others through the veil hanging in front of her eyes, but others cannot see her clearly.

Seeing the waiter in the shop staring at her, the girl in black seemed a little unhappy, put the Qingfeng sword in her hand heavily on the table, and said loudly again: "Xiaoer, bring me a bowl of herbal tea .”

The waiter in the shop was stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses, and quickly said with a smile on his face, "Okay, okay, girl, please wait a moment, the little one will go and prepare tea for you." After saying that, he turned around and walked inside.

As soon as Xiao Er left, Su Bi'e suddenly felt a chill all over her body, and when she turned her head to look, she saw the girl in black raising her eyebrows towards her, as if she was sizing her up.Although she couldn't see her face clearly, nor her eyes, she could feel the coldness and murderous aura emanating from her body.

She suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.

2
Fortunately, Xiao Er came back quickly, holding a tea tray and two bowls of tea in his hand, and shouted in a drawn-out voice, "Here comes the tea." He walked to Su Bi'e's table first, and carefully put down a bowl Tea, and then turned to the girl in black, and put down another bowl, "Drink tea slowly, please tell the younger one if you want anything."

Su Bi'e was feeling thirsty, and didn't bother to explore the identity of the girl in black. She picked up the tea and opened her mouth to drink.

"Wait." At this moment, the girl in black suddenly shouted in a cold voice, "Xiao Er, I want to drink her bowl, please change it for us."

Su Bi'e was startled, and couldn't help but put down the tea bowl and looked at her strangely.

The waiter's face changed slightly, and immediately changed into a humble smiling face, bowed his waist and said to the girl: "Girl, the two bowls of tea are the same, they are both poured from the same teapot, why do you have to fight?" This one comes first, besides, this lady came before you, so she should be served tea first, don’t you think so?”

The girl in black suddenly took out ten copper coins, slapped them heavily on the table, and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, I'm going to drink her bowl, I'll pay double the money for tea, you go and bring it to me. "

"This..." Xiao Er hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the shopkeeper, only to see that the old shopkeeper was still leaning over the counter, thinking about his abacus, without even raising his head, as if he had endless accounts to settle.

Xiaoer was quite embarrassed, cold sweat broke out on his head, he forced a smile and said: "Girl, the two bowls of tea are the same, why do you..."

Su Bi'e also frowned slightly, and turned her head to look at this unreasonable girl, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

The girl in black snorted coldly, seeing that Xiaoer refused to change her tea, she stood up suddenly, walked straight to Su Bi'e's table, put down her own bowl of tea with her left hand, and quickly picked up the other's bowl with her right hand, Pretend to drink.

The waiter in the shop was taken aback, and suddenly his face darkened: "Are you looking for death? Put it down quickly!" He rushed forward and wanted to snatch it.

Unexpectedly, the girl in black was extremely agile, and before Xiao Er could pounce on her, she stretched out her left hand and tightly pinched his throat.

Xiao Er involuntarily let out an ah, and opened her mouth wide.

The girl in black smiled and said, "I invite you to drink tea."

When the shop waiter heard this, he was so frightened that he was frightened, he waved his hands wildly, screamed, and tried desperately to struggle away.But at this moment, how could he let him go, the girl in black sneered, and poured a bowl of herbal tea in his hand into his mouth.All of a sudden, the tea splashed, half of it spilled on the ground, and half of it poured into his stomach.

The girl let go and pushed, the waiter couldn't stand still, took a step back, pointed at her face and said in horror: "You, you..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly fell sideways on the ground, his whole body curled up into a ball, his hands desperately clutching his neck, his throat cracked, he convulsed for a moment, his seven orifices bleed suddenly, he wailed a few times, and died.

Su Bi'e got up in shock, lost all her beauty, pointed at Xiao Er's body and said, "This, this tea..."

The girl in black said coldly: "This tea is poisonous, they want to poison you to death!"

"what?"

Su Bi'e sat down on her buttocks, and she was already in a cold sweat, only then did she realize that this girl saved her life, or else she would be the one who fell to the ground, bleeding from the seven orifices, and died of poison.

"Smelly girl, how dare you destroy Lao Tzu's good deeds."

The old shopkeeper who was leaning over the counter to settle accounts suddenly raised his head, his eyes were full of murderous intent, he slammed on the counter, and as soon as the abacus sounded, a dozen abacus beads flew out immediately, hitting the girl in black and Su Bi'e face to face.

Su Bi'e didn't know martial arts, so she screamed in fright and was already stunned.

"careful!"

The girl in black hurriedly pulled Su Bi'e behind her, and at the same time raised her foot and kicked, the table flew up, and there was a fluttering sound, and a dozen or so abacus beads were embedded on the table.

Before the table landed, the shopkeeper gave a loud shout, jumped up, and rushed over, the abacus in his hand was his weapon, and hit the girl's chest with a whoosh.

The girl in black screamed coquettishly, dodged the opponent's blow, picked up the long sword on the table with her left hand, turned around to fight, but found that the shopkeeper's blow missed, suddenly raised the abacus, and threw it straight at Su Bi'e's head.It seemed that the person he really wanted to kill was not himself, so he hurriedly raised his long sword and pointed it at the opponent's back.

The old shopkeeper heard the wind of swords behind him, so he had no choice but to let Su Bi'e go, parry with his backhand, and turn around to save himself.

The Qingfeng sword touched the abacus, and the fire flashed.

Only then did the girl in black realize that the opponent's abacus was made of fine iron, she was startled, and suddenly changed her move, raising her long sword upwards and stabbing tremblingly towards the opponent's front door.

The old shopkeeper saw the opponent's sword tip trembling slightly, and the sword flowers changing magically. He recognized the skill of the sword, and was shocked. He immediately raised his iron abacus and tried his best to parry.At this moment, he raised his hands high, exposing the gap between his chest and abdomen.

The girl in black stretched out her left hand, and the fish-skin scabbard in her hand had already pierced into the opponent's lower abdomen without a sound.At critical moments, even the scabbard has become the deadliest weapon for killing.

The old shopkeeper frowned, took three steps back, looked down at the scabbard stuck in his stomach, his face was full of disbelief, but his body had already slowly fallen backwards.

At this moment, there was a sudden rustling, and a figure flashed at the door of the inner room.

"who?"

The girl in black gave a loud shout and hurried to catch up.Behind it is a kitchen, the back door is open, and there is a green hill outside.When she broke in with her sword, a figure had already rushed several feet away from the back door, and it was impossible to catch up.

Su Bi'e was still in shock, and followed up tremblingly. Seeing the back of the fleeing man, she felt a little familiar, and then saw his left sleeve was empty, fluttering in the wind. She suddenly understood, and said in surprise, "Isn't this Yao San?"

The girl in black was startled and turned her head.

Although Su Bi'e couldn't see her eyes, she could feel that her gaze had penetrated the black veil, like a knife's edge, and she suddenly felt uncomfortable all over her body.

The girl asked her, "Do you know him?"

Su Bi'e nodded, and told her how she was robbed by Yao San and Diao Qi who pretended to be bearers at the foot of Luoyun Mountain a few days ago.

The girl in black snorted and said, "I'm afraid they didn't rob you. They want your life."

Su Bi'e was startled, and said in surprise, "You mean they want to kill me? Why?"

The girl in black glanced at her, and analyzed: "First, if they were really robbers, they would have robbed you of your silver bag on the rocky hill, so why would they take a knife to kill you as soon as they came up? Second, if things were really as simple as you said, this guy named Yao San would not have worked with the waiter and the old shopkeeper to painstakingly build such a teahouse here to poison you."

"You're right, but I don't know them at all, let alone have any enmity with them. Why do they insist on killing me?"

Su Bi'e frowned, puzzled.

The girl in black stared at her closely and said, "Think about it carefully, have you missed anything or offended anyone?"

Hearing her words, Su Bi'e suddenly trembled all over her body, as if someone had stabbed her in the heart, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, she lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "I, I made a huge mistake and let myself down. Dearest and dearest, and my two poor children..."

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something, raised her head and said: "Ah, I remembered, could it be him? Could it be that he wants to kill me?"

The girl in black hurriedly asked, "Who?"

Su Bi'e blushed, and whispered: "Yes, he is my man...but, but he is not my husband."

The girl in black was taken aback, and said, "It's your man, but not your husband? Then who is he?"

Su Bi'e glanced at her, sighed and said, "It's a long story. There are two dead people here. I feel uncomfortable looking at them. Let's talk outside."

The girl in black nodded, and the two walked out of the teahouse, came to a big tree, sat down on the grass, and then Su Bi'e began to talk about her life experience.

Su Bi'e's natal family can be regarded as a well-known and well-known family in the Qingyang area.

Her mother, Mrs. Ma, died early. Her father, Su Runmo, used to be in the Beijing palace. He offered wine to the Imperial Academy in his early years and was the teacher of the current emperor. After the crown prince ascended the throne, he was highly valued. , very prestigious in the court.However, because he was upright, outspoken and dared to advise, he offended Concubine Wan Gui, and was demoted from Beijing in the third year of Chenghua, and returned home with his job cut.

She also has an elder brother named Bicheng, who is three years older than her, well-versed in classics and history, good at poetry and prose, and a Jinshi in Chenghua Yichou year, and has a very high reputation among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River.

In June of the year Su Ge returned to his hometown, a theft occurred in the Su family mansion.

A Duan inkstone collected by Mr. Su Ge in his study was stolen. This inkstone is called Su Shi Dongjing inkstone. It is made of rocks in Songkeng water, purple and fine in color, and the word "Shi" in running script is engraved on the back of the inkstone. An ancestral item, known as a priceless treasure.

Mr. Su Ge went to the government office to report the case in person, but the people in the office didn't pay much attention to it. After more than a month of investigation, there was no clue.

Old man Su Ge was afraid that the family heirloom would be lost, and he would have no face to face his ancestors. In a hurry, he made a promise that whoever could recover the inkstone for him would marry his daughter Su Bi'e to him.

(End of this chapter)