The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 6

The old geotechnical worker made a speech without merit and ordered Yin Wen to be promoted to the court

But when Di Gong saw the old man coming, he said, "You are too rude. Although I am a friend in the world, I don't have much reputation, so I don't have to be so stupid to come here to sell medicine.

Just because of a reason, I want to come to ask you.I think this cemetery is very lucky, but within ten years, the children and grandchildren will surely grow up, so I would like to ask you, do you know who is the owner of this land, and whether you are willing to sell it or not? After hearing this, the old man sneered, turned around and left. Hong Liang took a step forward and grabbed him and said angrily, "Because you are old and don't want to fight against others, if ten years ago, you would have beaten you first." Dun, ask you can ignore people.You are not a mute, my husband asked you this, why did you not hear back? "The man was caught by him and couldn't get away, so he had to say to Hong Liang: "It's not that I didn't talk to him, and the words had some meaning. He said that the descendants of this cemetery are high, and now the descendants of this family are extinct.Since he was buried here, we earthworkers have never seen anyone from his family visit the grave, and even his daughter has become dumb. What good is the Feng Shui of this grave?Isn't it just talking nonsense? Hong Liang deliberately said: "Could it be that you admit your mistake?"Although I am not a citizen of this place, I often come here in this place. The family of the person who became dumb is Bi, and the family of the grave burial.Where is the surname Bi? The old man said with a smile: "Fortunately, you still said you know, his surname is not Bi, can you change his surname for him?"The old man has something to do in the field and has no time to chat with you. If you don't believe me, just go to Liulidun and ask, and you will know. As he said, he waved Hong Liang's hand and hurried away. Di Gong waited for him to go far away, and said, "This must be an unjust murder. Otherwise, why is it so miraculous? Let me go back to the city with you and talk about it." At that time, Hong Liang led the way, and walked out of several small roads, heading straight for the main road. In the afternoon, they felt hungry in their stomachs, so they chose a restaurant, had a full meal, and then walked forward again, and it was about the time when the lights were lit. , has arrived in Changping City.

The master and servant arrived at the yamen and sat down in the study. At this time, all the errands saw that the official had not been promoted to the hall in the past two days, and they were already puzzled. It's over." You talk to each other, discussing in private, Di Gong has arrived in the office, first ask Mrs. Qiao and Ma Rong if they have come back.A family member came back early: "The two of you came back the night before. Because the uncle is not in the office, you went to work early the next morning. But the surname Qiu has not been visited yet, what's the matter?" Di Gong nodded, Immediately, the sentinel came in for questioning.At that time, Hong Liang greeted him, and it took about half a cup of tea, and the messenger had already come in, and asked Mr. Di to stand down.Di Gongdao: "there is a Zhu sign here in this county. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Gaojiawa, Huanghua Town, and send the geotechnical site A together. I will ask questions in the morning hall." The messenger took the Zhu sign and arrived. The classroom said to the crowd: "We have been quiet for two days and haven't heard any news. At this time, this unprovoked incident has come out again. I don't know what the grandfather is listening to, and suddenly ordered me to go to Huanghua Town. Do you know where the place is?" Who is A?" The crowd said: "He Kai is still in the city today, why have you forgotten it? Last year, at the time of Shangmao, we invited all of us to have a drink in his town. How can you be so forgetful? Go tomorrow morning, you must I can meet him. This gentleman is too late, he is very clean, although there is such a good official in the local area, it is only a lot of trouble for us to sit here all day long, and can't find a penny." People heard him say that it was He Kai, who returned home that day, rested overnight, and got up hurriedly at five o'clock the next day.

When I arrived in Huanghua Town, I went to He Kai's house first, left the business, and asked his assistant to go to Gaojiawa to pass on the geotechnical worker, and I was in the town.After lunch, the man had brought the earthworker, and the three of them arrived in the county together.

After sending people to report, Di Gong immediately sat in the courtroom, first took He Kai and asked, "Are you the first emperor of Huanghua Town? When did you go to Fang in Shangmao? Is there any case in the territory, why did you mislead the public and be lazy?" , don’t you come to report?” He Kai said these few words when he saw Di Gong’s mouth, knowing what happened during his visit, he hurriedly replied: “The little man went to Mao in March last year, and on the first day of April. In the workshop, I have always been careful in my work and dare not make mistakes. Since the grandfather took office, the government has been clean and the people have been safe, and there has been no case to report in the town. The villain Meng Si went to Mao, why dare to be lazy and ask for the grace of the grandfather." Di Gong said: " Since I came to the workshop in April, why didn't you know about the murder in May last year?" He Kai heard this, pouring cold water on his body, his heart was beating wildly, and he said hurriedly: " The villain is in the square, patrolling day and night, but there is no such case. If there is such a case, the grandfather is close at hand, how dare you hide the case and not report it?"

Di Gongdao: "this county will not punish the crime at this time, but how did Bi Shun die in that town? Since you are a dijia, you don't know this reason, so hurry up and ask the truth!" He Kai knew what he said when he saw him ask this There must be a reason, and he replied at that time: "Although the villain is working in the town, there are things that should be asked, and there are things that should not be asked. There are thousands of families in the town, and there is no day without weddings and funerals. Bi Shun died. It is also a common thing. His family members have neither reported the case nor neighbors charged him. The villain knows that he died after the Dragon Boat Festival last year. As for how he died, the villain really doesn’t know and dare not talk nonsense.” Di Gong shouted: "You dog head can argue clearly. The county has already known that you are still prevaricating like this. It can be seen that you have misunderstood the public on weekdays." Then he ordered the earthworker to come up.

That old man, when he heard the county magistrate passed him on, he was terrified like death, knelt down in front of the case tremblingly and said: "The earthworker from Gaojiawa, my villain, please greet the majesty." When I was running, I laughed in my heart.At that time, he asked: "What's your name? How many years have you been a geotechnical worker?" The man said: "The old man's surname is Tao, and his name is Tao Daxi." In front of the grandfather, if you dare to call yourself an old man, I will beat you with two hundred rods, and you will see how old you are!" Seeing the messenger yelling at you, the earth worker turned pale with fright, and hurriedly changed his words: "Damn the villain! The villain is a soil worker, 30 years old It's been a year, what orders does Grandpa have today?"

Di Gongdao: "Look up, is the gate of hell closed here? Take a look, can you recognize this county?" Tao Daxi frightened his tongue short again when he heard this, and said in his heart: "I was with that county yesterday. What Mr. Lang Zhong said, is it a violation of the law? This grandpa is no better than others." Seeing that his buttocks were about to show his ugliness, he was anxious for a long time before he said: "My lord is superior, the villain dare not raise his head The villain was reckless yesterday, and occasionally joked with the doctor who sold the medicine, begging for forgiveness once." Di Gongdao: "Since you know the crime, you will not be held accountable. Just take a look, how is this county with that man?"

When the old man looked up, he was already out of his wits, hurriedly kowtowed below and said, "Damn the villain, I don't know if it is the grandfather, the villain will not dare to do this again no matter who it is next time." When the servants saw this, they knew that Di Gong Went out to investigate the case again.I saw the above said: "Since you know that the grave is buried by Bi's family, when he came to be buried, what was his appearance, and who sent it, why do you know that his daughter has become dumb? You can tell the truth."

The old man said: "The villain does this earthwork. Anyone who comes to bury the grave will give the villain two hundred green coins to cover the grave for him. Three days after the Dragon Boat Festival last year, I suddenly saw a coffin brought forward. , the two women kept crying, saying they were the officials of the Bi family in the town. One of the two sent off was his wife, and the other was his biological mother. The villain wanted to be buried in a chaotic tomb before he came to the coffin. Suddenly there were two noises from inside, and the villain was terrified. At that time, he said to his mother, "Your son refused to accept his death, but he is still making noises. Could it be that you were encoffined early, what disease did you die of?" Before his mother could speak, his wife cried and scolded the villain, saying that I held the public land and would not allow him to be buried. The old woman started arguing with the villain when she saw what she said. At that time, because she was two I'm a woman, so it's inconvenient to argue with them. I'm afraid that the deceased is unknown, and when the case is solved, they will come to testify. If they rely on the random tomb, won't they bring trouble to others? Therefore, the villain buried him in another place. Unexpectedly, after being buried, there would be ghosts screaming every night late at night, and there would be no peace in every possible way. When the grandfather was there yesterday, it was not because the villain was bold, but because he didn't dare to stay there. This is what the villain heard and saw. I don't know if the deceased is dead or not, and I really don't know, so I beg for your grace." After hearing this, Duke Di said, "In that case, let me let you go back from this county, and I will serve you there tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Tao Daxi retreated.Immediately, the imperial edict was issued: "Hong Liang, together with the dispatcher, arrived at Huanghua Town that night, and brought Bi Shun's wife to the case for an afternoon interview tomorrow morning." After finishing the order, he retreated into the back hall.

Those quick messengers shook their heads one by one, and said, "We are in this town, and we have to go back and forth at least five or six times a month. We have never heard of such a thing. Why is the grandfather so open-eyed? The murder case of Liulidun has not yet been heard." This case was seized, and this case was discovered again, isn’t it just asking for trouble! You see, this incident came out of nowhere, who do we ask for money?” At that time, you talked and talked for a while, so you had to go with Hong Liang .I don't know what will happen next, let's see the next chapter.

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