The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 20

Hu Xiushi jokingly summoned the county magistrate of Fudi to interrogate the case

But Di Gong reprimanded Hu Zuobin and ordered him to come from the truth. He confessed with tears and prostrated himself on the ground, saying: "Father's platform rests the thunder for a while, and let the students report carefully. The incident of the room the day before yesterday, although Some students made trouble out of it, but it was nothing more than youthful pride, and they laughed along with the crowd.

At that time, there were no less than three or forty relatives and friends in his home. Seeing Hua Guoxiang, the student did not ask others to forgive him, but stopped me alone.Unexpectedly, the elder suddenly reprimanded the student, because he saw each other for a while, he seemed embarrassed to be refuted by him, so he unintentionally said a joke, and taught him to be on guard within three days, not knowing how to use this to turn around.And the next day, Hua Guoxiang set up a wine invitation again, that is, there was a rift, and the reconciliation was made up, how could he be willing to murder people for this illegal thing.The students are members of the scholarly ranks, don't they know that the laws of the country are clearly marked, and they are not leaked. Besides, there are old mothers, wives and children in the family who all rely on the students' tongues to survive. How can they bear to do such indecent things and affect the whole family?If it is said that the students are jealous, how can other people's wives be jealous?Even if you are jealous, you should seek to seize her and commit adultery. This is the trick of lawless people, and you will definitely not poison her to death.If it is said that the students should not play, the more polite and foul, the students will be responsible, and if it is said that the students murder people, the students are wronged.Ask the father to watch clearly. After finishing speaking, the woman kowtowed and complained, in great pain.

Di Gong asked her a few words. It was Hu Zuobin's mother, who had been a widow since she was a child, and had raised her son. Now, because of a joke, she has encountered such a cruel thing. She is afraid of suffering in class, so she came with her to ask the grandfather to understand.

Hearing the three people's words, Di Gong became suspicious, and secretly said: "The Hua and Li families saw their daughter's death, so naturally they were anxious to accuse them, but they involved this Hu Zuobin, saying that he murdered because of jealousy. Don't say that the person who has been making a new house never harms the life of the new person, that is, he is regarded as a human being. That kind of demeanor is not a murderer, and the words he just said are very reasonable. This is not possible. Once, I mistakenly believed the confession." After a pause, he asked Li Wang, "Your daughter married and died before the third dynasty. Although the death is unknown, according to Hua Guoxiang, it was not his family's report. Harm; if Hu Zuobin poisoned and injured people because of what he saw in the new house, who is the proof? This county can't listen to one side of the story, and believe it is definite. Please return the supplementary statement for the time being, and come to see each other tomorrow, then we will be able to distinguish It's true or false. Hu Zuobin made a fuss for no reason, pointing out that he is the culprit, and he will take care of it and check it tomorrow." Li Wang was originally a woman of an aristocratic family. She knew the rules of the public, and she should copy the confession after the inspection. At that time, she and Guoxiang retired from the court. Come, go back in a sedan chair, and wait for tomorrow's meeting.

Only Hu Zuobin's mother, Mrs. Zhao, couldn't help feeling sad when she saw her son handing over to the county school.It's not a problem to prepare for a verdict on the spot.

But after Hua Guoxiang came home, he knew about the test and was crowded with idlers. With tears in his eyes, he ordered people to remove all the objects in the auditorium and the front and rear. A reed mat was set up in front of the new house. Although he knew that the house had been damaged by him, he was helpless. This case is so serious that it has to be done in this way.

Fortunately, he was still a member of the list, the local guards didn't dare to ask him, he was busy all night, only his son saw this beautiful wife, two nights of kindness, suddenly suffered a serious accident, and cried until he died.Li Wang's love for her daughter was so great that she also came to cry bitterly. This disaster really disturbed the gods and ghosts.

On the next day, Dangfang Dijia came to arrange the case on the same day, set up a public case before the court, and opened the screen door wide so that the autopsy could be carried out in the courtyard of the upper room, so as to be opposite to the public case. Complete.At that time, Hua Guoxiang invited a proper relative to prepare a coffin and clothes for the funeral, and prepared to collect the body after the examination.When everything is done, it's time.Hearing the sound of gongs outside the door, he knew that it was Di Gong who came on the stage. Hua Guoxiang hurriedly dressed and went out with his son to meet him.Li Wang also cried to the back hall.Di Gong disembarked from the sedan chair at the Fuci Temple and entered the front hall. Guoxiang invited him to sit down, and his family brought him tea.After Wen Jun went up to kowtow, Di Gong knew that it was his son. After looking him up and down, he was also a well-educated scholar. When did you enter the room last night? When she entered the room, how did she look, and then how did you know that the teapot was poisonous, and he swallowed it by mistake and died?" Wen Jun said: "Tong Sheng invited relatives to come to pay respects because of a happy date, and because of his father I was ordered to go to each house to thank. All the way back, I was already tired, and it was time to make up for the guests at home. After I returned to my life, I had to deal with them. After a while, I went to the room. At that time, my wife was sitting under the edge of the bed. Seeing Tongsheng coming back, I ordered my companion aunt to pour two cups of strong tea for each other to drink. Tongsheng was already drinking in the study room with his parents because of drinking. I hadn’t eaten it, so I didn’t drink it. My wife was about to eat that cup, and then went to bed. Unexpectedly, after three drums, Tong Sheng was about to fall asleep. Hearing her faint cry of pain, Tong Sheng suspected that she was caused by the accumulated cold. Tight, screaming, and was about to order someone to call for a doctor, but at the time of four drums, her soul had already returned to the ground. After searching for the source, I found out that the cause of her abdominal pain was caused by drinking tea, so I looked at the teapot, It has turned red and black, isn't it caused by poisoning?" Di Gong said: "according to this, did the Hu Zuobin enter the room during the quarrel the day before yesterday?" Wen Jun said: "Tongsheng went out to thank the guests before noon, but he couldn't I know." Hua Guoxiang then said, "This man entered the room with the public before noon." Di Gong said, "Since he entered the room at noon, where is the teapot located? Has your wife ever had tea in the afternoon? Who is it?" Hua Guoxiang was asked these two sentences by Di Gong, but he couldn't answer for a moment, and he fell down in a hurry and cried: "Juren knew this disaster a long time ago, so he paid attention to everything at that time. Besides, he is newly married. My daughter-in-law, you don't need to ask about such trivial matters, how can you know?" In short, this Hu Zuobin was always playing, and the day before yesterday, he also came in and out from time to time, he wanted to poison, so naturally he didn't see people.What's more, he went back with everyone at the second watch, and it was hard to guarantee that he would poison someone in front of the lamp in the afternoon.This is but begging his father to torture him, he naturally confessed.

Di Gongdao: "This matter is not a joke. A serious case of human life, how can we believe it based on our own prejudices. Now that Hu Zuobin has always been playing, how can he do it with his companion and aunt around these two days. There is another reason for this matter. And please hand over my companion, let the county ask her."

Seeing that he was defending Hu Zuobin on behalf of Hu Zuobin, Hua Guoxiang suspected that he wanted to protect Hu Zuobin, so he couldn't help becoming anxious, and said: "Father Taiwan is the parents of the people. He lives in an official position and eats his salary, so it is reasonable to avenge the people's grievances. Could it be possible that Juren intends to harm this Hu Zuobin? What my father said may have been poisoned by him, so it's just vague? If you are still a gentry, and you are so negligent when this case comes out, wouldn't the people be wronged? .”

When Duke Di saw him talking nonsense, it was inconvenient for him to be angry at that time because he was a poor man, so he had to say: "It's not that this county doesn't handle this case, and pursuing it at this time is just to avenge your daughter-in-law. If you listen to your one-sided words If Hu Zuobin is questioned, if he is also wronged, who will defend him? There is an understanding of everything, but it has not been tested at this time, so why are you so anxious. This companion is going to be interrogated." At that time, officers were ordered to come in to pick up people.Hua Guoxiang was speechless at what he said, so he could only listen to what he did.In a blink of an eye, the companion was prostrate on the ground.

Di Gongdao: "Are you the companion? Did you come here as a dowry from Li's house, or is it an old servant girl here? There are many people coming and going in the new house in recent days, why didn't you take care of it carefully?"

Seeing Di Gong's vicious and harsh words, the woman trembled in fright, bowed her head and said: "This old slave's surname is Gao, her mother's family is Chen, and she was kindly given by Mrs. Li since she was a child. She was asked to stay at home as a maid. Later, she was married , and Gao Qi as wives, and the couple have always served in the Li family. Recently, due to the old lady and the old man's accidents, the lady married as a young lady. Seeing that the old slave is an old servant, she specially ordered her to come as a companion. Unexpectedly, this disaster happened the night before. The lady is dead, so I begged the lord to torture Hu Zuobin." At the beginning, Di Gong suspected that the companion was cheating because she was a personal servant, and he was afraid that Hua Guoxiang disliked the poor and loved the rich, and had other matters, so the companion Beginning to assassinate him, he deliberately wanted to bring a companion to interrogate him.At this time, after hearing what she said, she was an old servant of the Li family, and she was the one who brought the eldest young lady with her. There was no reason for the sudden poisoning, so I lost my mind, so I had to ask her: "Since you are from the Li family When you come here as a dowry, you have been taking care of making tea and fetching water for several days. When did you make the teapot in the evening?" Gao Chen said: "I made it once in the afternoon, and after turning on the lamp, I made it again. What I ate at night was brewed for the second time." Di Gong said again: "After making tea, did you leave the room? There was a banquet in the study at that time?" Companion said: "The old slave came out once for dinner, and the rest He didn't come out. At the banquet in the study room, the aunt and young master Hu were also having wine there. But young master Hu seriously left at night angrily and said hate words. He must have given the medicine." Di Gong said: "According to you To put it this way, it’s just a suspicion, but I asked if anyone would eat the pot you brewed in the afternoon?” Companion Gu thought for a while, but she still couldn’t remember clearly, so Duke Di had to go into the inner sea for an autopsy to find out what happened next. Let's see the breakdown next time.

(End of this chapter)