The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 22

Thinking about the case, suddenly enlightened, listening to dumb words, carefully observing whereabouts
However, after listening to Hu Zuobin's defense, Mr. Di deliberately said angrily: "You are ignorant and inferior, and you have a bad heart. It is beyond the law to cause human life. When you come to this illustrious court, you should make a statement according to the facts and make a good confession. Why do you involve other people and try to get rid of it? We know that this county is an official who knows everything, how can you allow you to argue with it! If you continue to deny it, the law of the country is in place, so you can use Xia Chu to show your power." After hearing these words, Hu Zuobin , Can't help kowtowing and saying: "The student is really wronged. If the father does not propose the maid of the Hua family, even if the student is put to death, this matter will not be understood. Moreover, the father has always tried cases, and there is no reason to listen to one side." If Guoxiang resists and does not comply with the mention, there are obvious reasons for it, and I beg my father to think twice." After hearing this, Di Gong shouted to him: "Hu Zuobin, seeing that you are a student student in this county, I can't bear to bear the hardships and blame you. You argue so cleverly today, if the county doesn't raise his maid to forgive you, you won't be willing."

Immediately ordered someone to raise the Chen family.There was a mighty sound from both sides, and the companion had been brought up a long time ago, and she knelt down in front of the case.Di Gong said: "According to your family head's accusation, this county is really a hooligan who poisoned people's lives, but he denies it. You will tell him how you made trouble in the new house the day before, and when you took the time to poison, and confront him one by one. "Gao Chen said: "It's an auspicious day. The owner of the family has made a statement about what happened that night. It is always because the owner of the family reprimanded the bad words that he has bad intentions. When he left, he asked me to wait for three days. Be careful. At that time, I thought it was a joke, but who knew that when I came that day, I put the poison in the room, and it was always around the time of lighting. At that time, there was a banquet inside and outside. Although the old slave was in the room, at dusk, I can't tell, and there are so many people coming in and out. That is to say, he came and went alone, from noon to noon, no less than several times, most of them came here under the pretext of pouring tea at that time. I just ask Master Qingtian to detail his fame first. If you torture him, you won’t be afraid that he won’t confess.”

Before Mr. Di could speak, Hu Zuobin argued to him: "You old dog, didn't you just talk nonsense and kill me! The trouble in the new house the day before yesterday was not my fault. It's just because your master reprimanded me alone, so you said How can I use this as a proof? If I say that I came to poison before and after the lamp was lit, this is a false accusation. I have been talking and laughing with all my relatives and friends in the new house since noon. Hui, after that, not only I did not go in, nor did anyone else go in; before and after the lights were on, just after your young master thanked the guests and returned home, he did not even go to the upper room, and drank with the public in the study room. Isn’t this something out of nothing, intentionally harmful! At that time What's more, it's still far away from going to sleep. At that time, there is no one else to pour tea. Why did others not die, but your young lady died? This must be because you usually think that the young lady is mean, or have a bad heart, so you lay down these vicious hands and kill her. One is to avenge the former, and the other is to seize some property while in a hurry. Otherwise, the father and son of the Hua family will plot against each other in order to marry another high-ranking family. No matter what, this matter is none of my business! Just think about it After entering the room with everyone before noon, you are the dowry companion, and you can't leave her side, have you ever seen me go back into the room?" Mrs. Gao was refuted by him, thinking back to that day, she didn't pay attention , I don't know when the poison came from; besides, I went to make the pot of tea at night, and I was really scared.Seeing that Di Gong was so majestic, he was afraid for a while and couldn't speak.When Di Gong saw this situation, he said: "You said that Hu Zuobin came into the room in the afternoon, but he said he never went in, and what you said earlier, when you came out for dinner, Hu Zuobin was drinking with your young master in the study. Your master, too. It is said that Hu Zuobin came into the room at noon, so judging from this, it is obviously not his fault. If you don't invite him honestly, you will be served with severe torture." Seeing this, Mrs. Gao Chen dared not speak.Di Gong said again: "since you have been a servant for many years, you pay attention to everything, and you made the teapot yourself. How can you frame him! The county's legal affairs are accurate, and this case is all done by you. Confess so that you won’t be punished.” Kneeling in the hall, Mrs. Gao Chen was terrified when she heard Di Gong’s words. She kowtowed and said, “Master Qingtian calm down. How dare this old slave have such a bad heart? Besides, this young lady was brought up by an old slave, so why would she do it all at once. Master Qingtian must find out the root of this matter." Seeing Gao Chen finished speaking, Di Gong thought to himself: This case is very strange , he made two such confessions, even the county was confused by him.One is an elegant scholar, and the other is an old servant for many years, there is absolutely no reason for murder.This case cannot be concluded, what kind of parents are people!From this point of view, we had no choice but to pursue the matter on the teapot.Sitting alone in the hall, silent, unable to think of a reason.

Suddenly, the family members on duty brought a bowl of tea. Because he had been on trial for a long time, the family members were afraid that he would be thirsty.When Duke Di saw him offer it, he opened the lid and saw some black ash floating on the tea, Duke Di asked the man, "Why are you so careless.

There is no need to decoct clean water to drink the tea served in the tea room. There is a lot of black ash on it. Where did it come from? The family hurriedly replied: "This matter has nothing to do with the tea man. The younger one saw that when the tea was being made, a piece of dust suddenly fell from the cornice house and fell inside, so that it was not clear." " Hearing this, Di Gong came to his senses and said to Mrs. Gao Chen, "Since you said that the tea in the teapot was made by you, should you buy this tea from a teahouse outside or cook it at home?" "Gao Chen said: "Master Hua has a lot of guests because of the happy event for several days. He is afraid that the water bought outside will not be used. Since that day, he has burned it himself at home. "

Di Gong said: "Since you burned it yourself, did you burn it?" Gao Chen said: "The old slave uses ready-made boiling water, and someone else takes care of it." Di Gong said: "Since you haven't poured it, the boiling water Where is the place?" Gao Chen said: "In the first room under the kitchen." After hearing this one by one, Mr. Di went down and said, "The county already knows about this case, and you both have the right to step back. The county will expose the case tomorrow and then release them." At that time, he got up and retreated into the back hall.

At this time Hua Guoxiang was listening to his interrogation from behind, speaking on behalf of Hu Zuobin first, wishing to stand up and insult him, because it was the court of the country, so he didn't dare to make mistakes; Without any reason, the two parties suddenly retreated, and they were even more displeased.Seeing Di Gong coming in, he asked angrily: "Father has always listened to cases, is this how he judges things? He dare not use torture, why is he not even willing to refute? From this point of view, by this day next year , I can’t really understand it. I don’t know that the state government office here has never been closed, and there is a sky beyond the sky, so don’t blame people for overreaching.” He said with a lot of enthusiasm, and got up to go out.When Di Gong saw it, he said with a smile: "this county has already understood the matter of Zun's mansion. Please be calm and calm. Tomorrow afternoon, we will find out in Zun's mansion. This is a matter within the county. Why bother to go to the constitution?" Sue? If you don't understand tomorrow, then you don't have to respect yourself to prosecute, and the county itself has no face to be the official. Please go back at this time." Hearing what he said, Hua Guoxiang was also suspicious, so he could only He replied: "It's not because Juren is so anxious. It's because the case has been out for many days, and the deceased has been wronged. I can't bear it. Since my father has seen the clues, I will wait at home tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he got up and said goodbye, and went back home.

Here Di Gong came to the study, and Ma Rong stepped forward and asked, "My lord is promoted today, why do you decide to judge tomorrow?" Di Gong said: "Everything is just a word of reason. Look at Hu Zuobin, he is a murderous traitor. Is it nothing more than a young man's arrogance, playing blindly, mistakenly said that joke, but happened to have this disaster the next day, so he insisted on him. If the county agrees and tortures him carefully, he is a member of a family. Now that this has happened, the mother and son are already in great pain. If he is convinced and he confesses, then before the county can investigate, his mother and son will definitely commit suicide at this time. Could it be that the case is not closed yet? A case of injustice? As for Mrs. Gao Chen, according to her words, the Li family is her benefactor, and she can't bear to do harm. Therefore, the county has been thinking about it for a few days and can't find the reason for this case, so it refuses to be promoted. Today, Hua Guoxiang came to urge the trial, and the county had no choice but to perfunctory, knowing that the teapot was harmful. Unexpectedly, when sitting in court today, the county was thinking about the case, and it could not be solved. The floating ash is from the house. The place where the tea is made in his house is in the wooden house under the kitchen, so why should this case not be understood?" After hearing this, Ma Rong said, "This is the god's lesson, It’s really meticulous. But if such a pursuit can’t be concluded, the case will be even more difficult to distinguish than the case of Bishun in Huanghua Town.”

Just as they were talking, Hong Liang and Tao Gan also came in from the outside, greeted Di Gong, and stood aside.Di Gong asked: "You have been there for many days. What kind of flaws have you seen? How about investigating sooner or later?" At another time, I went to visit Bi's house, and there was no sign of him for several days. Last night, the villain was anxious, and Tao Gan and two people were anxious to perform night travel kung fu, jumping on the room and listening carefully. But Wen Zhou was outside first, and asked The mother-in-law yelled and scolded once, complaining that she brought the grandfather to her home for medical treatment. The villain thought it was her habitual trick. Then the dumb man suddenly yelled in the room, and Mrs. Zhou scolded: "Little bitch, rebellion again." The rats are noisy, what’s the fuss!’ He heard a plop and closed the door. At that time, the villain was a little confused. Although her daughter was dumb, she would scream when she couldn’t see the mice. The villain had to lie on the house and listen carefully. , it seemed that there was a man talking inside, and he wanted to go on, but he didn't see the place where he came in and out, so he didn't dare to make a mistake. Later, Tao Gan took off the tile house, looked down and took a closer look, but there was no trace. So the villain came back and told the grandfather, please Show me."

After listening to this, Duke Di asked, "He Kai has been investigating the man surnamed Xu for several days, and he has already figured it out.

Is there such a person near his house? "

I don't know how Hong Liang will answer, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)