Early in the morning, there were people beating drums at the yamen gate to express their grievances. It was a case of a missing girl. Since it was not the day when the notice was released, unless there was a murder, the yamen guard at the gate could just collect the notice and hand it over to the clerk of the execution room for processing. But today this notice was
The person who complained was Mr. Xu Dianshi, and the official who received the petition was familiar with Yan Captou and the others, so he handed the petition directly to Yan Captou.
When Capt. Yan saw that it was a case against Xu Yu for murdering his maid and destroying her body, he became excited. He took the complaint and handed it to Lord Min, and turned a deaf ear to Xu Yu.
The more dissatisfied Lord Min was, he immediately filed a case and called the plaintiff and defendant to the court for interrogation. Both sides argued endlessly. Lord Min became more and more confused as he listened, and then he remembered Duan Fei.
Duan Fei didn't even eat breakfast, so he hurried to the court hall, made a report and was summoned in.
I saw a middle-aged man in his forties kneeling in the courtroom. He was dark-skinned, wearing a coarse sweatshirt, dark blue trousers, and a pair of straw sandals on his bare feet. His feet were stained with dirt.
Mud Chen, I guess I walked a long way.
Unlike the peasants who knelt, Xu Yu, who had an official position, stood proudly in the hall. Unless Lord Min took off his turban and stripped off his official uniform, he did not need to kneel in the county court.
Now that Duan Fei is an agent, there is no need to kneel down. Lord Min waited for him to stand still and said: "Duan Fei, it was not your turn to speak in this case today, but Lord Xu, who was originally responsible for investigating the case, was involved in the case... and Yan arrested
The boss recommended you again, so I called you here. This case is simple to say, but it is a bit complicated. Mr. Yan arrested the boss. You tell him."
Capt. Yan briefly told Duan Fei the facts of the case and the focus of the dispute between the two parties. After he finished speaking, Duan Fei said in astonishment: "Sir, what are you waiting for? Send someone to look for it. You want to see people dead or corpses.
, it’s impossible to solve this kind of case if we can’t find anyone.”
Yan Captou said: "Everyone knows this. The problem is... Mr. Xu insisted that the maid had settled the payment for the completion a few days ago and left on her own. Moreover, Mr. Xu's home is behind the Yamen and he has family members at home, so it is inconvenient to let him go.
We search."
Duan Fei made a sound, turned around and cupped his hands to Xu Yu and said: "Sir Xu, this is a case where a person's life is at stake. Since Mr. Xu has become the defendant, please cooperate with Mr. Xu. I remember Mr. Xu is next door to Mr. Min's house? Please approve.
Your Excellency, please let your family members take gold and silver jewelry and other valuables to Master Min's house for temporary shelter. A living person can be searched very quickly. Master Xu can also be present with Master Min for surveillance. This is the best way to remove suspicion.
What do you think, Mr. Xu?”
Xu Yu glared at Duan Fei angrily and said firmly: "You are taking the opportunity to retaliate. I have made it very clear that I have no suspicion. I suspect that the whole thing is a trap deliberately set by you. I will not fall in love with you."
Damn, who knows if you will secretly bury a body in the yard after arriving at my house?"
"Then there is nothing we can do." Duan Fei turned around and handed over to Master Min and said: "Master Min, Master Xu is not willing to cooperate, so we have to put up notices to search for that little maid throughout the county, and also... I
I don’t know much about the rules of the imperial court, so I wonder if I need to submit an official letter to the Yingtian Household Department, the Criminal Department, etc. before I can search Mr. Xu’s home?”
Before Mr. Min could speak, Xu Yu said angrily: "Duan Fei, you are so cruel. You actually want to avenge your private life and want to ruin my reputation! Mr. Min, I request that Duan Fei be thrown into the court and never be punished in this county."
Accepted!"
Duan Fei said innocently: "Why did Mr. Xu say this? This is a normal case handling procedure. If we don't publish an announcement, how can we just rely on a few of our detectives to search the whole county? Mr. Xu has always been responsible for handling cases.
, you should be much clearer about these things than I am, why are you making every effort to hinder our search? Could it be that that maid is really..."
"Don't be slanderous!" Xu Yu pointed at Duan Fei angrily, unable to say anything else to refute.
Duan Fei said calmly: "It's up to everyone to decide whether I have slandered others or not. If someone else had done this, I'm afraid Master Xu would have imprisoned him long ago for obstructing the handling of the case."
At this time, Yan Captou fanned the flames and added fuel to the fire: "Master Min, this kind of case must be handled in a timely manner. If there is a delay, I'm afraid it will be harder to find the maid."
The accuser started shouting at this time and shouted: "My lord, please make the decision for me. Xu Yu must have killed my daughter and then destroyed her body, my lord!"
Master Min hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Sir Xu, it would be bad for everyone if this matter got out of hand. Why don't we just do as Duan Fei said and send the family members to my house, and then we can go to your house for a casual visit? As for the announcement?
It is also necessary for people, so let’s say that a maid is missing in the house and offer a reward to find her.”
Although the words were spoken euphemistically, there was no doubt about it. At this point, Xu Yu could only lower his head. He gritted his teeth, glared at Duan Fei and said, "Sir, that's what I'll do, but I ask Duan Fei to recuse himself from this case."
Duan Fei immediately said: "Master Xu and I have no connection, no reason, no grievances, so why don't you allow me to participate in this case? I don't care, but if you can't solve the case, don't hit me then."
Magistrate Min was stunned and said: "Master Xu, there is no need to say more. Duan Fei does not need to avoid it. You and I plus Yan arrester, Duan Fei and the five plaintiffs will come to your house for tea and a visit. The rest
I prepare the notice, and after I look back at it, I put it up, and that’s it.”
Everyone came to Houya, which was the residence of officials and their families. The Ming Dynasty stipulated that local officials must live in the yamen. Baoying County did not have a county magistrate or a lord, so the county magistrate and Dianshi each occupied a large courtyard, and they were strictly arrested.
I can only hide my head in one corner.
In addition to the main entrance, there is a small garden gate connecting the two houses, which facilitates daily travel. Xu Yu went in first and let his wife, concubines and children escape to Min's house through the small garden gate, and then opened the door to allow Duan Fei and others to enter and search.
After entering Xu's house, Duan Fei looked businesslike, looking around and looking around, paying special attention to the bottom of the bed, cabinets, gardens, lawns, wells and other places. Although Xu Yu was annoyed, he couldn't stop him.
Xu Yu first took everyone to the study room in the backyard. A book boy named Xiao Zhao brought tea to them, but when he crossed the threshold, he tripped and smashed several tea bowls together with the plates.
Xiao Zhao was so frightened that he spilled tea all over the floor, just like pouring oil on the fire. Xu Yu was furious, jumped up, came to Xiao Zhao and slapped him down, and at the same time roared: "Kill the dog!"
Cai, you are seeking death!"
The book boy was knocked to the ground and was stunned. Xu Yu wanted to chase him. Master Min shouted: "Okay, there's no need to drink tea. The case is urgent. Bring up the account books you mentioned."
Xu Yu turned around angrily, took out a book of accounts from his sleeve, handed it to Magistrate Min, and said: "Sir, my maid Xiaoyun paid her wages and left five days ago. This is Zhuo Jing's daily diary.
Please take a look at your account book."
Master Min only glanced at it and handed it to Yan Captou. Yan Captou didn't know a few characters, so he handed the account book to Duan Fei.
Duan Fei quickly found the relevant entry, which said that on a certain day in a certain month, the maid Xiaoyun received two hundred cents as last month's wages, and then resigned and left.
"How? I said she has left." Xu Yu said loudly, and proudly tilted his head to look at Duan Fei.
There was a fingerprint on the entry, which didn't look fake, but Duan Fei still flipped through the account and found the entry for Xiaoyun's salary last month and compared it carefully.
After comparison with a magnifying glass, the fingerprints should be of the same person, but the numbers are quite different. Last month, Xiaoyun received 500 cash, but this month he only received 200 cash. Why is this?
To this question, Xu Yu answered confidently: "She has been crazy this month and broke a lot of household items. The three hundred coins will naturally be deducted. If you don't believe me, you can ask other maids' families."
Duan Fei flipped through the account book and said: "I'm still a little strange, Mr. Xu, I saw in the previous records that there were deductions for breaking things, and they were written in great detail, such as this one, on the 23rd of January, maid Xiaoju
If you break a fine porcelain vase, you will be deducted 50 yuan per month. Why is it not written in the record of Xiaoyun's payment this month?"
Xu Yu said proudly: "She has already quit her job, why is she still remembering so many things? Anyway, she pressed her fingerprints, which means I didn't lose her."
"It's hard to say. She is a weak woman, and it is not unusual for someone to force her fingerprints..." Duan Fei was interrupted angrily by Xu Yu before he could finish his words, and he yelled: "That's enough!
...Lord Min, Duan Fei always makes excuses to frame me without any evidence, please be careful!"
Before Lord Min could speak, Duan Fei had already retorted: "Who said I have no evidence? Sir, please look at this, this is the record of another servant who resigned two months ago. Look at Xiaoyun's record this month, sir.
But is anything different now?"
Master Min squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, but Yan Captou saw something wrong first. He pointed at Xiaoyun's record and said: "Master Min, you see, this entry was written in one breath two months ago.
, it occupies three columns in total, while Xiaoyun’s one only has one column. Even though I am illiterate, I can tell that the small characters below were added later.”
"That's right, Yan Captou has a burning gaze!" Duan Fei praised him and continued: "The fonts on the front and back are different, and the sizes are different. The matter of resignation was stuffed in the cracks, and it was not covered by fingerprints. It was obviously made up afterwards.
, because other entries have been recorded next to it, these words have to be stuffed in the cracks. Sir, I think it is true that Xiaoyun received wages, but it is hard to say that he quit his job. "
p: Today a reader told me that Duan Fei developed too fast and solved cases one after another. It seems impossible, but I don’t think it’s okay. The level of criminal investigation in ancient times was very low, and there were countless unjust, false and wrong cases. Many cases were
The fact that the cases were decided by imposing severe punishments is not because these cases are very complicated, but because most of the officials were educated in death studies and knew nothing about solving crimes. It was like dragging the current Ph.D. in Chinese from Peking University to the scene of a murder.
, he is completely messed up, but Duan Fei is different. It is said in the introduction that this guy is a miscellaneous person. He knows a little bit about everything, but he is not proficient in it. In modern times, he is just a waste. In ancient times, it was different.
, Those miscellaneous studies made him feel like a fish in water. Besides, the cases he is currently handling are relatively simple. I can’t say that Duan Fei is brilliant, I can only say that those officers are not professional enough. I hope everyone can understand. Well, this is my first time to write a book about time travel.
, this is also my first time writing a crime-solving book, and there will definitely be many mistakes and omissions. I hope you will feel free to give me your advice and criticize me, so that we can improve this book together. I appreciate this...
Damn, unjust, false and wrongful cases are blocked, and there are too many mosquitoes.dd