The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 29

Di Liang's Public Trial of Rape Case Yan Liben Baozuo Xianchen
But he said that Di Gong pretended to be the emperor of Yan Luo, frightened Zhou's confession, got the truth, then retreated into the back hall, and said to Ma Rong: "This matter can be regarded as clear. I'm afraid she still refuses to admit it, so I have to open the coffin for inspection. No more troubles. You ride out of the city tomorrow morning, and bring Tang and the mute together. The county once remembered the ancient medical prescription, there is earwax medicine for the mute, use Coptis chinensis for three coins, and yellow coins for five cents. Cure dumbness. Therefore, the two things are cool in nature, and earwax is hot in nature. Treating heat with coolness can be effective. And her daughter was cured, so she was afraid in her heart, believed it was true, and confessed in the hall during the day." Ma Rong agreed to come down, and rested in the street for a while, and left the city until dawn.Di Gong didn't sit in the hall at that time, but first read Zhou's confession at night for a while.

Until the afternoon, Ma Rong brought Tang and her granddaughter back to the back hall.

Di Gong first said to Bi Shun's mother: "Your son's wound is cured, and everyone knows. You wait here for a moment, first cure the child's dumb disease, and then go to court to confront him. I only hate you, old woman." He is a foolish man, his son was making noises for no reason all day long, and after his death, he didn't know the hidden truth, so he said that your wife is a good person." At that time, he ordered the execution room to read Xu Detai's confession to her.After hearing this, the old woman couldn't help crying: "It's a good thing for a daughter-in-law to sit quietly in the boudoir all day long. Who knows that she has been doing this for many months, and there are secret doors to come in and out. If the grandfather is not upright, my son will never be alone even if he lives a hundred years." Avenge him." Di Gong said: "Now that you know it now, there is no need to talk about it." Then he ordered someone to buy medicine and fry it, and ordered the dumb man to take it.About one or two hours later, I saw the dumb man groaning and vomiting profusely, several times in a row, spitting out a lot of reddish blood on the ground.Di Gong asked her to help her to sleep on the kang. At this time, she seemed to be ill, only panting.After sleeping for a while, someone next to her sent a cup of strong tea for her to drink. The girl woke up like a dream, and cried to Tang: "Grandma, why did we come here? I'm so anxious!"

Seeing that her granddaughter could speak, the old woman was filled with grief and joy, but she was speechless instead.

Di Gong walked up to her and said to the girl, "Don't be afraid, I ordered you to come here. Let me ask you, that Mr. Xu Detai, Mr. Xu, do you recognize him?" The girl couldn't help crying when she saw this question. , Said: "Since my father died, he has come here every night. Before my mother told me not to tell my grandma, and then I couldn't speak, and she didn't hide it from me. What happened to you recently, although it is in your heart I understand, but I can’t tell the difference. Where is my mother now? I’m going to find her.” Hearing this, Di Gong didn’t agree with her, since he was a child after all, but said, “Since you want to see you Mom, I'll take you there.

Then he took out his clothes and ordered: "Serve in the lobby!" At that time, the order was sent out, and in an instant, the servants were all ready.Di Gong was promoted to the court, brought Mrs. Zhou up, and then knelt down at the entrance of the hall. The little girl, who had already seen it, had a natural instinct, stepped forward and shouted: "Oh my god, I haven't seen you for a few days!" Mrs. Zhou suddenly Seeing her daughter coming here and being able to speak, she was really surprised. She wondered to himself when King Yama interrogated her last night, how could she be able to speak today?I can't deny that today.I saw Di Gong asked: "Mr. Zhou, your daughter is dumb. How can you cure her in this county?" Zhou said deliberately: "This is the merit of the old man. Bi Shun only has one daughter, who can cure her." Not only the little lady is grateful for making her speak psychically, but also for understanding that Bi Shun is under the Nine Springs." After hearing this, Duke Di laughed and said, "Your eloquence is very sensitive, so you know it's not the county's credit. , It was the instructions of the gods. Because your husband died uneasy. He was accused of Yin, and the emperor Yama, approved of the Yin, and found that your daughter was dumb due to earwax, so he instructed the county to treat it with medicine. From this point of view, it is still you Husband’s success. But he was harmed by you, since you have uttered your confession in Yincao, there is no way to deny it in Yangguan Hall. Since there is a letter from Yinfu here, you must give a true confession, so as not to be tortured again.”

At this time, Mrs. Zhou's heart was as cold as cold water, and she said to her superiors: "The uncle used this nonsense again to coax her. My daughter was not born dumb, and it is also a matter of my wish to be able to speak at this time." Or say that I have confessed to the underworld, and I have never died, so how can I get the underworld?" After hearing this, Duke Di couldn't help shouting, slapping the table and cursing: "Applause!" Di Gongfu said angrily again: "This county is a righteous man, and the gods have sensed it, and have clearly instructed the details. Are you only afraid of the king of Hades, who will confess in the hall, and then talk nonsense when you come to the county official hall? I will tell you the truth It’s said, let’s see what you have to say! Your husband’s wound was on the top of his head; your daughter’s medicine was made of earwax? How did this county know about these two things? They are both written by Yincao and stated above, so The county acted according to the law and cured the little girl. If you don't admit it again, you will be punished by the government now. I'm afraid you won't be able to escape the punishment in the middle of the night. It's better to confess at this time, and the county may give you a lighter punishment "This faction has already frightened Mrs. Zhou out of his wits, and he couldn't deny it, so he had to confess in the hall how to murder, how to provoke, how to commit adultery, and how to drug his dumb daughter.

Di Gong ordered the torture room to record the confession, stamped his fingerprints, and ordered him to be imprisoned.

At that time, Tang Dezhong was brought up from the arresting hall and reprimanded him, saying that he was stubborn and incomprehensible, and neglected to investigate, "Because you are a famous person, you can't bear to be involved, so you still go home to teach and study. Although Xu Detai did not conspire with the Zhou family, after all For the sake of adultery, Xu Detai was charged with being hanged in prison. Bi Shun's mother and the little girl were rewarded with fifty thousand dollars to live." After finishing the order, he left the court and ordered the three of them to go back. This is not a problem.

Mr. Shan Biao returned to his study and prepared four pillars of official documents. He submitted the plot of the original case and the confessions of the prisoners to the Constitution.Bi Zhou's drafted Ling Chi's felony, and waited until it was approved, and then announced the canonical punishment.

Unexpectedly, when the case was found out, there was a lot of discussion in Changping County, talking on the streets and alleys, saying: "This county magistrate is really unique from ancient times to the present. In such a difficult case, he actually found out the true confession and prosecuted the dead ghost." This is our good fortune, there are such good and honest officials in the locality." The one said: "Do you know about Bi Shun?" The other said: "Hu Zuobin insisted on it because of Hua Guoxiang. It is extremely difficult to say that he poisoned the newcomers! If another county magistrate had to torture this surnamed Hu, Grandpa Di would know that it was not him. He stayed in the temple to burn incense, and got a dream omen, so he found the man surnamed Shao, and these suspicious cases were completely resolved. I heard that when the official documents come down, the Bi Zhou family will be late, then we will have to Go to the court to see."

Unexpectedly, the people talked about it privately, and from then on you passed it on to me and I passed it on to you. In less than half a month, the official document of Di Gong had not arrived in Shandong, and the governor of Shandong knew about it.This person is Yan and his name is Liben. He has been upright and selfless in his life. Since he took office, he has specially visited people's conditions and observed bureaucrats.One month ago, Di Gong opened the coffin to examine Bi Shun's body, but he didn't get Bi Shun's life-saving injuries. At that time, he asked for punishment. How can he open the coffin without a trace? It’s just that he exacted money from the poor and failed to achieve what he wanted. He found out this and threatened the people’s money. Later, he met a local gentleman and forced him to open the coffin, which made him self-defeating. I have to ask for punishment." I was planning to reprimand and order dismissal, but I thought again: "Even if he is out of greed, if he is not sure, even if someone instigates him, how dare he open the coffin to test him? I don't know if the test was done without injury, but the crime was done instead? From this point of view, it is suspicious, or he is a good official who sincerely avenges the people's injustice. You see, in his letter, he said that he knew about the private visit, so he opened the coffin for the test If you find out or hear about any incidents, you must deal with them in a realistic manner, so as to entangle yourself. This is an official matter, and this person has been ugly all his life, so he can distinguish it. , so that the truth can come to light. Once the murderer is apprehended and the case is heard, the case will still be reported.'" After the approval, the reply arrived in Changping, and Di Gong visited privately day and night to get the truth, which has been given in detail.

This day, Liben got this official business, pushed back and forth the confession, and couldn't help shouting: "there are such good officials in the world, who can't be used by the court, but in this small county of Pianzhou, it's a city. Zai, isn’t it a pity! I, Yan, don’t know, let’s just let it go. Now that I know it today, if I don’t mention it, I’m going to block the way!” Then there was a draft of recommendation, and it was handed over eight hundred miles away. First, I will narrate the case. Then recommending Di Gong is the talent of the prime minister, and he should not be subdued.

At this time, today's son is after Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong took over the throne, was demoted to Fangzhou, and Empress Wu Zetian sat in the court to govern.Empress Wu was a talented person of Emperor Taizong, and she was given the title Wu Mei. When Emperor Taizong died, she let go of the maids, so she shaved her hair and became a nun and a disciple of Buddhism.Who knows that she has a sinister temperament and a good appearance, and after Emperor Gaozong came to the throne, she went out to burn incense this morning, seeing this nun, she was very happy.At that time, Queen Wang knew Gaozong's intentions, so she secretly ordered her to grow hair again and be brought into the harem. Within a few years, Gaozong favored her and named her Zhaoyi.As a result, she had a bad heart, and instead killed Queen Wang and Queen Xiao, and she took the position of the main palace.

From then on, he declared obscenity and immorality, and the erotic palace was filthy and chaotic.After Gaozong's death, she demoted Zhongzong to Fangzhou and became the king of Luling, not the emperor.All the nephews in Empress Wu Zetian's family, such as Chengsi, Sansi, etc., were enshrined as top-notch positions and took charge of the government; and the old ministers of the former emperor, such as Xu Jingye and Luo Binwang, were all ministers who cared about life. , Tuogu's elders and elders all ignored them.At that time, Empress Wu Zetian was desolate and immoral day and night, making a fuss at home and abroad, and almost changed a family of the Tang Dynasty to the surname Wu.Moreover, Empress Wu Zetian, who established her own country, was known for all kinds of bad habits in the later Zhou Dynasty, which are hard to describe in one stroke.Fortunately, there is one advantage, she is willing to respect anyone who is talented and knowledgeable in the court.Yan Liben knew that Empress Wu was a respectful and loving person. Although Yan Liben wanted to sort out the imperial court, he had no choice but to have a small manpower. At this time, he saw that Di Renjie, the magistrate of Changping County, was so upright and talented. .We specially invite Empress Wu Zetian, who has different qualifications, to be promoted to the official position of Di Renjie.

I don't know what Wu Zetian can listen to, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.

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