Criminal investigation in ancient times

Sima Zhaoliang is the second son of Sima Yun, Prime Minister of Zuo.There is an elder brother on the top, and a younger brother on the bottom. He is a child who is loved and cared for by no one in the middle. He has been cultivated by the servants of the family since he was a child to be unyielding and savage.Today, I was drinking with a few friends in Wenxianglou. It happened that there was an upright official who sang and sold downstairs. Mr. Sima immediately fell in love with him, and they dragged the girl upstairs.

At first, I just asked the girl to sing a little song, but the girl was so frightened that she couldn't continue singing after half a song, she just closed her eyes and cried.Sima Zhaoliang couldn't control himself after drinking a few glasses of wine, so he stepped forward and groped the girl.The girl was so frightened that she wanted to run away, but other people blocked the door to prevent the girl from going out.

Mr. Sima dragged the girl into the inner room of the cubicle. The inner room was a toilet room. Usually the dignitaries would go in after eating to wash their hands, wipe the corners of their mouths, straighten their clothes and so on.

This Sima Zhaoliang is so smart that he is going to marry this girl here.The singing girl was furious, she stretched out her hand and pushed open the window in the inner room, and was about to jump out. Mr. Sima caught her back. When the two were arguing, Mr. Sima accidentally stepped on the water, leaned back, and fell down from the upstairs , directly broke his neck, that's probably how it happened.

Because when the incident happened, only the upright official and Sima Zhaoliang were singing, and the rest of the people did not see the situation inside with their own eyes. They only heard that the two seemed to be arguing and then fell silent.

Others also laughed and said, "Mr. Sima is very charming, don't play this girl too badly." Everyone laughed and laughed for a while.After a while, the woman suddenly screamed, and everyone was taken aback. Zheng Sen, the young son of the Duke's Mansion, ran over and knocked on the door. Seeing that there was no sound inside, he pushed the door open, and saw the upright official fainted on the ground in disheveled clothes. The windows were wide open, but there was no figure of Mr. Sima in the room!

Zheng Sen's legs were so frightened that his legs went limp. He leaned on the window and looked out. Sima Zhaoliang was lying on the ground and twitching.The few people were so frightened that they didn't know what to do, so Guan Xiaoer asked for a rope, tied up the upright official, and took her away when someone from Dali Temple came.

Zhang Yaozhi said after listening, "That's the case. Mr. Sima accidentally fell down when he was arguing with this upright official. No wonder others."

Sitting opposite him was Sima Yun. I saw that the old man was in his sixtieth year. He was dressed in a reddish-brown first-grade court dress, an official hat, and his eyes were like stars. majesty.

Sima Yun: "Zhang Yaozhi, I have worked with me for many years, and today's matter has just been settled like this?"

Sun Yaozhi slandered: I knew this old fellow would not let it go. "This... Your Excellency, the witnesses and evidence of the case are all there, there is no doubt, the case can be closed."

Zhou Yin was sitting in the upper seat drinking tea, watching the two old foxes fighting with their mouths upturned.

Sima Yun sneered and said: "Although my son is not a general, he is also a strong man with a height of seven feet. I don't believe that with the power of an upright official, I can push my son down the stairs."

Zhang Yaozhi corrected, "Lord Sima, Young Master Ling fell down by himself."

Sima Yun said: "I don't believe it even more. I also looked at the window. It is as high as a person's waist. If it slips and falls, it will hit it at most. How could it fall from the window! If you don't find out carefully, the old man will kill you." Your Majesty Zuo Ming, it is perfunctory to visit Dali Temple!"

Zhang Yaozhi was dumbfounded, what a blatant threat!It means that if you don't find out how my son died, I will tell you the emperor.

Jiang Shuo hurriedly came out to make a rescue: "Master Prime Minister, if Dali Temple continues to investigate this case, it will definitely not make Young Master Ling's death unclear."

Sima Yun snorted and got up to stand up, but his head was dizzy, and he sat back on the chair again.The entourage next to him hurriedly said: "My lord, are you okay!" Sima Yun waved his hands and stood up while supporting the table. Although he tried his best to straighten his back, his back was still slightly bent.

Zhang Yaozhi: "My lord, what do you think of this, this..."

The old fox wanted to kick the problem at him again.Zhou Yin sat on the chair and tapped his head in a daze: "Master Zhang, this king suddenly remembered whether the crystal elbows for the emperor's brother's birthday banquet should be served in a large plate or a small plate. I will go and tell them. .”

One side of Zhang Yaozhi's face twitched, he didn't need to make excuses so far-fetched!

Zhou Yin got up, went to Zhang Yaozhi's side and whispered, "I came with you today to say that this matter should not involve Zhang Rui. Today, when he was meeting with me, he saw Sima Zhaoliang fall to his death from a building."

Zhang Yaoyi was stunned, stroked his beard and said solemnly: "The old man has a sense of propriety, and I also value that child... Wang Ye, remember to say a few good words to Dali Temple in front of the emperor~!"

Turn around and walk out of Dali Temple.Zhan Qing followed behind and said, "Master Zhang has already been sent back." Zhou Yin kept silent, looking up at the hazy sky, the snowflakes falling all over the sky, this winter seems to be extraordinarily long...

***

Zhang Rui was hurriedly sent back to the mansion, his heart was beating wildly, Zhou Yin's expression didn't look like he was joking, if the person who died was really the son of Prime Minister Zuo who had great power, then the things inside were not something he could touch as a half-grown child .It's no wonder that Zhou Yin's face changed color at that time, Zhang Rui patted his chest with lingering fear, his meddling problem was an occupational disease left over from being a policeman in his previous life.If you can't change it, you don't know how much you will suffer in the future.

Thinking of the weird posture of the deceased, something seemed wrong. Zhang Rui pinched his earlobe and thought, what is it?

Back at the Lin Mansion, it happened that Lin Xiaoqing was leaving the house in a hurry.

"Hi cousin, are you still going out at this hour?"

Lin Xiaoqing said: "There is an urgent case in Dali Temple, and I may not be able to come back tonight."

Zhang Rui said: "Then cousin, be careful on the road." Lin Xiaoqing nodded and got into the carriage.

Uncle Han was packing up the old things of the two of them. Seeing Zhang Rui coming back, he was surprised and said, "Young master, why did you come back so early?" As he spoke, he took off Zhang Rui's cloak and shook off the snowflakes on the cloak.

Zhang Rui rubbed his hands together and said, "I came back first when I encountered some trouble." He poured a cup of tea with the teapot on the table and took a sip, "This tea is pretty good."

Uncle Han smiled and said, "Master Sanbiao brought this today."

"Xiaomin, this child has a heart."

Uncle Han couldn't help laughing. "Young master, this old slave has a saying, don't take it for granted. Sometimes I feel that the young master speaks and acts like an adult. If I hadn't been by your side all the time, and your habits hadn't changed, you might think it was a mountain spirit that turned into a monster to deceive people. of it."

Zhang Rui paused the hand holding the teacup, and smiled unnaturally.I seem to be too obvious and too careless these days. Although I have a good heart, I never thought about what I should do if I fell into a deep hole?Do you count on Uncle Han?Who else could you count on besides Uncle Han?His uncle?A person who can give up his own son for his own benefit, would care about this nephew who is not famous? !Do not make jokes.

Zhang Rui frowned. It seemed that he should reflect on himself. If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it;I should have understood this truth long ago.

***

In Dali Temple, Zhang Yaozhi threw the cup in his hand on the ground in anger.

"You said that upright official committed suicide?!"

The yamen servant who came to report was so frightened that he didn't dare to pant his head and kept nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Has Wu Zuo checked the body?" Jiang Shuo couldn't help asking.

"Check... Check it out, it is said that he committed suicide by taking poison... the poison was hidden in the earring in advance."

Jiang Shuo waved to him to make him retreat, the yamen servant was relieved, kowtowed and retreated.

Zhang Yaozhi: "There is no way to explain that the singing girl is not dead. Once the singing girl committed suicide, she will be accused of murdering Sima Zhaoliang. Now we have some busy work."

Jiang Shuo: "Then... what should we do now, my lord?"

Zhang Yaozhi: "The Twelve Princes have been dragged onto this boat by me again. Let's check the details of this singing girl first. Although I don't want to accept this case, in order to reduce the number of people affected, it is better for Dali Temple to come forward.

Jiang Shuo arched his hands and said: "The subordinates know, so I will order them to investigate."

Because there are still five days until the emperor's birthday, the emperor is also very annoyed when such a thing happens. If there are civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty who can speak in front of the emperor, one of the five princes is one, and Sima Yun is also one.It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to him.

The emperor ordered that Dali Temple must thoroughly investigate the case, and all those related to the case can be captured first and then reported.

In Dali Temple, after two days of careful investigation, it was only found that the upright official who sang was from Jiangzhou. He came to the capital alone without any relatives around him.Such a thing happened within ten days after arriving in the capital, presumably it was premeditated, and the purpose was to kill Sima Zhaoliang.But Zhang Yaozhi couldn't figure it out, this upright official and Sima Zhaoliang couldn't fight each other, why kill him? !There must be someone instigated behind the scenes, but who instigated... What is the purpose of killing Sima Zhaoliang?

***

Mu Xiu's time passed quickly, three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the three of them divided into two carriages to go to the school on the ninth day of the ninth day.When Lin Xiaoze saw Zhang Rui and Lin Xiaomin coming out together, guilt flashed across his face.

Lin Xiaomin slowly pursed his smiling mouth, and looked at him coldly.

"Rui'er...then what... you and... and the third brother, I will get in the carriage first." After speaking, she fled and got into the carriage with a flattering smile.

Zhang Rui patted Lin Xiaomin on the shoulder, and the two got into the car.

"Brother Rui... I, I know I shouldn't be so indifferent to my second brother just now, but... when I think of the child my mother didn't have, I can't help it..."

Zhang Ruidao: "Xiaomin, no matter how bad the previous generation's troubles were, you have to remember that you are brothers. Except for the closest relatives of your parents, blood is thicker than water, no matter how much his mother and your mother have. Even Tsao can't cut off your brotherhood."

Lin Xiaomin nodded and said, "I see."

In three days until Emperor Xinglong's [-]th birthday, the school has also launched birthday celebration activities, whether it's piano, chess, poetry, or painting, anything that has something to do with birthdays is fine.The president and husband of the school are responsible for selecting the top three. The champion, second place, and Tanhua can face the saints and present them to the emperor face to face.

Together with this matter, the students in the academy are gearing up and ready to show their abilities. It is not impossible to find a good future in one fell swoop if they really win the emperor's favor.

In the competition, the master of each class recommends ten people, and there are a total of forty people in four classes. Among the forty people, the same skills are compared, and the best among them is selected.Finally, three people were selected from these students.

Compared with other people's high spirits, Zhang Rui's was obviously lacking in spirit.Can't play piano, chess can't think of anything related to longevity, calligraphy is better than his own, there are many people, even Lin Xiaoze's calligraphy has to be praised for its beauty.Poems... are all from the ancients, even if you think of them yourself, they are all plagiarized, which doesn't make much sense.