The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Five days later, Xia Song, who got the news, hurried back to Bianliang from Bazhou in a panic. When he learned the specific situation, he almost fainted out of breath. An angry Xia Song scolded Wen Yanbo for being incompetent.

Wen Yanbo is also wronged. Quan knows that there have never been more major cases in Kaifeng Mansion in the past two years than this year, and each one is more bizarre and bigger than the other. What's even more strange is that most of them are related to the Deputy Privy Envoy. , Tragedy always happened in his house, and dozens of people died.

Facing Xia Song's scolding, Wen Yanbo could only bear it. After Xia Song vented his anger, he explained the progress of the case to Xia Song one by one.

How could Xia Song care to listen to him? The old house in Sock Lane was a mess. Although it had been cleaned up, the dried blood splattered everywhere indicated that there had been a life-and-death fight here that night; One survived, and nearly 60 people including Yan San all died in the house. There was a gloomy atmosphere in the whole house all day long. Not to mention the servants who survived, even Xia Song himself would not dare lived in.

This is not what annoyed Xia Song. What Xia Song was most angry about was that Xia Siling disappeared. She asked the surviving servants. They said that Xia Siling was taken away by a group of men in black. up.

Rumors gradually spread on the streets, saying that Xia Siling, a daughter of the Xia family, was kidnapped by bandits and became Mrs. Yazhai. Xia Song was even more ashamed to hear these rumors. Dead body, the dignified daughter of the deputy privy envoy of the Song Dynasty was kidnapped and humiliated by bandits, and there was nowhere to put her old face.

On the surface, all the officials in the court expressed comfort, but there were many people who gloated in private, and Xia Song was not very friendly on weekdays. He seemed concerned about the progress of the case, but the gloating excitement in his eyes couldn't be concealed.

Xia Song couldn't face it, and chose to ask for leave to recuperate. Zhao Zhen also sympathized with Xia Song's experience. Enzhun asked for leave, and even personally ordered a thorough investigation of the murderer, and gave Xia Song an explanation.

Xia Song temporarily moved to live in a farmyard outside the city, and he didn't want to live outside the city, but the three other courtyards in Bianliang City seemed uneasy. Where did the maidservant Xiaokouzi hang herself? It is said that ghosts are often crying at night. Although Xia Song doesn’t believe it, she can’t afford to experience it. Yuzhang Tower is also the place where the tragedy happened. More than 20 people died there, so Xia Song naturally doesn’t know. Maybe I went to live in it, but the old house was even more outrageous. Eighty-nine people died all of a sudden, and the whole house almost became a haunted house.

Xia Song wanted to cry but had no tears. In just a few months, how did he end up in this situation? His nephew died, his daughter disappeared, and he didn't dare to live in the house. What crime did he do?Are there really ghosts?I have killed many people before, did the ghosts of these people entangle me and cast myself one bad luck curse after another?

After calming down, Xia Song didn't believe in this evil, and he began to slowly clear up the clues. He ordered Wen Yanbo to send all the files of Kaifeng Mansion's investigation of the case, and slowly searched for clues. They called one by one to inquire.

The servants said that it rained cats and dogs that evening, and everyone packed up and went back to their rooms after dinner, but suddenly there was the sound of fighting outside. According to Xiao Dengzi, the coachman, he secretly ran to look at it bravely, but saw the front yard The newly invited leader of the nursing home, Yan San, led a group of people to mingle with the nursing home led by Zhang Heizi in the mansion; Xiao Dengzi thought it was a trick to learn martial arts, but when he saw Yan San's men kill several people in a row, Little Deng Zi was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

Xia Song was startled, and asked, "Then why don't you go out and report to the officials?"

Little Deng Zi said: "I think so too, but when I got to the door, I saw three men with knives holding the door aggressively. The villain knew that he couldn't get out, so he had to find a place to hide."

Xia Song nodded, waved Xiao Dengzi back, and called the two concubines who were in the house that night to question. When the two concubines mentioned the situation that night, they choked and cried non-stop, and Xia Song was upset when he cried. Confused, he kept shouting to stop, and only then did he ask for some clues.

Cuifang, the concubine of the eighth room, choked and said: "After the fighting sounded up that night, I wanted to run away from the door, but the courtyard outside the second room was the place of fighting, and it would be dangerous to go out, so I asked the seventh sister what to do?" Well, Seventh Sister said it would be better to hide in the house, maybe the two gangs turned their faces in order to compete for the master's favor, and they might not hurt us. But who would have expected that the gang from the outer house would suddenly break into the inner house, And then... and then... woo woo woo."

Xia Song's heart was cold, knowing that the bodies of these two concubines must have been defiled by Yan San and his gang, the two of them were in serious trouble, and they would be dismissed casually in a few days, but right now they still need to coax them to explain the situation. Resisting the annoyance in my heart, I said a few words of comfort, and asked, "What happened next?"

"Later...later..." The little concubine Cui Fang kept sobbing.

Xia Song shouted sharply: "Say it quickly, why are you hesitating?"

Cuifang was startled, and hurriedly said: "Later, another group came, and after they entered the room, they fought with Yan San's subordinates. There were many of them, but Yan San's subordinates were few, and they all killed them in the end. gone."

Xia Song frowned and said, "Have you seen their faces clearly? What does the leader look like? Is he a fair and handsome young man?"

The two concubines shook their heads and said, "It seems not. We were terrified at the time, and it was dark at that time, so we didn't see clearly at all."

Xia Song waved his hands and said, "Go down and rest."

Cui Fang still refused to leave, and said: "Master, they have taken away my savings for the past few years, Master wants to make decisions for us."

Xia Song yelled angrily, "Get out!"

Xia Song called the people around Xia Siling to inquire again, and the situation of that night gradually became clearer.

First of all, what is certain is that Yan San and the others must have had a falling out with Zhang Heizi and the others that day. Judging from the behavior of Yan San's subordinates, Yan San must have done nothing and kept killing Zhang Heizi and the others. Unable to come to an end, he came up with the idea of ​​looting, rape, and adultery. He had lured wolves into the house. He knew that this group of people were desperadoes, but in order to avenge Su Jin, he shot himself in the foot with a rock.

Secondly, there were three groups of people fighting that night. In addition to Yan San, Zhang Heizi and others, a group of mysterious men in black entered the house, and finally killed Yan San and the others; Judging from the damage on the iron door, it is obvious that someone inserted a sharp weapon into the iron door as a step to climb over the wall and enter the house; although there is no trace on the outer wall, a thick branch was broken on the big tree against the wall, which is enough to prove that at this point.

The third is that this group of people seems to have come prepared, and according to the people around Xia Siling, Xia Siling seems to have followed this group in the end. Although everyone was tied up and thrown in the wing room with their mouths gagged Her ears could hear her, and she vaguely felt that Xia Siling obediently followed the group of masked men without any resistance.

The fourth point is the conclusion of the autopsy provided by Kaifeng Mansion. Yan San's body had a huge wound on the lower abdomen, just like the face of the person who died in Yuzhang Tower was covered with iron sand. The stomach is also riddled with holes, and a large amount of iron sand has been driven into it. Needless to say, this is again caused by firearms.

Xia Song's scalp was numb. He had already determined that what happened in Yuzhang Tower was done by Su Jin. Of course, the basis was not the firearm, but the act of rescuing the woman named Rou Niang; Again, this only shows that this group of men in black is the same group as the culprit of the Yuzhanglou murder case, and it can only be Su Jin's work.

This kind of speculation can also just explain why Xia Siling followed the group of men in black without any resistance.

Xia Song didn't know whether to hate Su Jin or to thank Su Jin. Obviously, Yan San and his gang had the upper hand that night. Zhang Heizi and others all died at Yan San's hands. Inner house; and Yan San's body was found in Xia Siling's upstairs boudoir, all of these showed that Yan San had evil intentions against Xia Siling.

If it weren't for the group of people who came from behind, Xia Siling might not be able to escape the situation of being polluted; from this point of view, Xia Song is somewhat grateful; He didn't take Xia Siling away, but this time, he simply wiped out all the people and money, completely disregarding himself.

Xia Song paced the room with a gloomy face. Now her daughter had run away with Su Jin. She had no evidence to prove that Su Jin took him away. Although she knew it was definitely him, it was all speculation after all, and no one saw Su Jin clearly. Jin's face; unless Xia Siling is found in Su's residence, this dumb fault will continue to be swallowed.

And right now there is one most urgent thing to do, that is, after Yan San's death, his appearance was recognized by the arrest department of the Criminal Ministry, this is the news I just got today.

Yan San used to be a gangster. In the past few years, he has committed a lot of flower-picking murders in the rivers and lakes. Governments all over the country are looking for Huaying, but he died in his own house. There are servants who prove that he is the guard he invited. Courtyard, this matter is really tricky.

After much deliberation, Xia Song decided to secretly investigate Xia Siling's matter first, and concentrate on getting rid of Yan San's matter first. The gang was not in the nursing home at all, they entered the room to commit crimes that night, and they were discovered by Zhang Heizi and others in the nursing home, which led to a vicious fight.

Although Xia Song was resentful, Xia Song regained his composure after sorting out his thoughts, and the whole thing was not all bad news, and there was also something that made Xia Song gratified, that was Xia Siling's nine out of ten She is still alive, although it is unworthy, but she is her daughter after all, knowing where she is and living well, I can be regarded as letting go of one thing on my mind.