Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 55 Murder Case
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The big drum in front of the Huzhou County Yamen was beaten, and the nearby people hurriedly surrounded it.

In the courtroom, a soaked white corpse was lying on the ground.

The county magistrate and master squatted aside to inspect the corpse carefully. Behind them stood the fishermen who found the corpse, and several catchers guarded the surroundings.

Suddenly, the county magistrate raised his head and said, "This man sank to the bottom of the lake after being strangled to death with a rope."

The master nodded, and the county magistrate touched the corpse's clothes lightly: "His clothes are made of silk. It seems that the deceased is a northerner."

The master next to him said in a low voice: "Grandfather, Mr. Di is going to Huzhou soon. A murder case occurs at this time, which is not good for us!"

The county magistrate glanced at him and said nothing.

The master said anxiously: "We must solve the case as soon as possible."

The county magistrate nodded, looked at the fishermen, and asked, "Recently, is there anything unusual in your village?"

Among them, a fisherman shook his head: "Not really."

Suddenly, a fisherman next to him said: "Oh, yes, didn't that boy Wang Wu say two days ago that a guest from other places hired his boat from Zhenjiang to Huzhou. This kid bragged that the foreigner I gave him 30 taels of silver."

The county magistrate raised his head and asked strangely, "Oh? Is there such a thing?"

The fisherman who answered earlier slapped his forehead: "By the way, there is such a thing. For the past two days, Wang Wu has not been out of the boat, and is gambling and drinking with a bunch of rascals in the town every day."

The county magistrate stood up abruptly and shouted to the police: "Detain Wang Wu immediately and search his residence! Hurry up!"

The policemen answered "yes" in unison and left immediately.

The county magistrate looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "Come here, carry the corpse to the workshop."

After finishing speaking, the county magistrate turned around and was about to leave. At this moment, Chief Zhao's voice came from outside.

"Master!"

The county magistrate turned around, Zhao Tou'er was sweating profusely, ran over panting and said, "Master!"

The county magistrate frowned and said displeasedly, "What's the matter, you're in a panic?"

Zhao Tou'er said: "This afternoon, I received a report from the local security guard in Xiaoyang Village. There was a stench coming from the backyard of the villager Zhang Chun's house. The young man led his team to the scene and dug up the floating soil in the backyard of Zhang Chun's house, and found a dead body!"

The county magistrate's expression changed, and he said in surprise, "Oh? It's another corpse!"

……

In the Huzhou County Court, there was a "slap", and the gavel was slapped heavily on the public case.

The county magistrate Zeng Tai looked at Zhang Chun who was kneeling in the courtroom, coughed lightly, and asked, "Who is kneeling?"

Zhang Chun replied: "The villain, Zhang Chun, a villager in Xiaoyang Village."

Zeng Tai asked: "This afternoon, the police found a male corpse in your backyard. What's going on?"

Zhang Chun stammered and said, "Small, I don't know."

Zeng Tai was furious when he heard the words, and shouted: "Bold! The body was found in your backyard, and you even claimed that you didn't know it. It's clearly a lie to deny it! Come on! Your servant!"

The execution clerk took a step forward with a water and fire stick in his hand, and with a "bang!", the water and fire stick hit the ground heavily.

Zeng Tai's gaze was fixed on Zhang Chun, cold sweat rolled down Zhang Chun's forehead, he knelt down and took two steps, and said, "My lord, it's like this, this person stayed overnight at the little man's house the night before, but on the second day I left before dawn the next day."

Zeng Tai nodded and asked, "Who is this person's name? Where is his name?"

Zhang Chun replied: "It is said that the surname is Wu, from Chang'an, the capital."

Suddenly, Zeng Tai raised his head and stared at Zhang Chun: "You said, he left before dawn?"

Zhang Chun hurriedly replied: "Yes."

Zeng Tai sneered: "That's Mao Shi."

Zhang Chun nodded and said, "That's right, that's right."

Zeng Tai asked again, "Which direction is he heading?"

Zhang Chun replied, "To the east."

Zeng Tai sneered: "Okay, well said! According to what you said, this person left your house at Maoshi and headed east."

Zhang Chun replied: "Yes."

Zeng Tai thought for a while and asked, "Xiaoyang Village where your family lives is on the west side of the county seat, less than ten miles away from the county seat. Am I right?"

Zhang Chun replied: "Exactly."

Zeng Tai said: "Okay, then, if this person walks east, he is heading for the county town."

Zhang Chun replied: "Exactly. The man told the villain that he was going to the county seat to do business."

Zeng Tai let out a sneer, and suddenly, he slapped the desk: "I'll take you as a daring villain! The gates of the county town are open at the hour of the day, and it doesn't take even half an hour to get from your home to the county seat. How dare you say This person started from your house at Maoshi. Does he want to stand in front of the county gate and wait for an hour?"

Zhang Chun was stunned when he heard the words, Zeng Tai continued: "Also, since this person has already left, why is the body buried in your backyard?"

Zhang Chun kowtowed desperately, and shouted: "Grandpa, someone must have planted a villain. Grandfather must be careful!"

Zeng Tai snorted: "Let me ask you, your mother is not deaf or blind, and stays at home all day, if someone really buried a dead body in your backyard, would she not be able to hear?"

Zhang Chunlian cried out that he was wronged, and shouted loudly: "Master, please be the master! The villain is wronged!"

Zeng Tai slapped Jing Mutang fiercely, and shouted angrily: "Bold Zhang Chun! It is clear that you killed the hostess because of money, but now you dare to deny it with all the facts. Come and serve me!" !"

With a sound of "cang clang", the four hall sticks poked the ground, and the yamen servants stared at Zhang Chun covetously.

Zeng Tai asked coldly, "How is it?"

Zhang Chun was trembling all over, raised his head, and at some point, his face was covered with tears: "Grandfather, this man was really not killed by a villain..."

Zeng Tai was unmoved, and shouted: "Punishment!"

……

In the gambling house of Yangcheng Town, under the dim light.

A group of gamblers gathered around the table and shouted loudly.

Suddenly, with a bang, more than a dozen police officers broke into the door. The gamblers were shocked when they saw this, and a small young man among them immediately got up and ran towards the back door.

After the little young man opened the back door, unexpectedly, several policemen were already waiting behind the door.

As soon as the police officers saw him, they immediately stepped forward and quickly pushed him to the ground.

The small young man was pressed to the ground and shouted loudly: "What are you doing? Why are you arresting me!"

A police chief walked up to him and asked, "Are you Wang Wu?"

The little young man stammered, "I, I am."

The chief of the police waved his hand: "Take it away!"

……

At dusk, Wang Mang and the three who came back from the suburbs were walking slowly on the road.

Suddenly, a group of yamen servants escorted a small young man from the street, followed by a group of watching people.

The little young man kept yelling, "Why are you arresting me? I'm wronged."

The three of Wang Mang watched quietly the yamen servants passing by, and Di Renjie said, "Come on, let's take a look."

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang nodded.

While speaking, the three of them followed the yamen servants to the county yamen.

(End of this chapter)