The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Bao Zheng turned to Su Jin and said, "Let's talk about it and see if what you said is the same as what I deduced."

Su Jin bowed and said, "The grassroots obey."

After saying that, he straightened up and said, "Just now, after listening to Mr. Bao's deduction, the grassroots suddenly realized that the two doubts raised by Mr. Bao earlier could not conclusively prove that the suicide note was forged, but Mr. Bao's conversation with Mr. Zhifu just now taught me to understand the most important thing. An important doubt."

"Just to put it bluntly, no one will bother to listen to your ramblings." Someone in the Chamber of Commerce group shouted.

Su Jin said with a chuckle: "Let me explain in detail, seniors, please be safe and don't be impatient; according to what the magistrate said, Qin Dalang committed suicide by drowning himself two or three days ago. The suicide note was found by Wu Zuo from the body, which is obviously Qin Dalang I wrote it on my body when I was dying, right?"

Everyone nodded and said: "It must be so."

Su Jin looked at Zhu Shiyong and waited for his answer. Although Zhu Shiyong felt vaguely inappropriate, Su Jin's inference was common sense, and he couldn't refute it for the sake of refutation. He nodded immediately and said, "So what?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "That's right, no one can write a suicide note after death, right? I just want to ask the magistrate, what kind of texture is this white hemp paper made of? What kind of ink is the handwriting on the paper written on?" ? Why is it still not rotten after soaking in water for two or three days, and the words on it can be clearly recognized? This kind of paper and ink may be hard to find in the world."

Su Jin's series of questions were like a giant hand, and they wiped away all the worries in everyone's minds. No matter how high-quality the white hemp paper is, it is made from the mashed and boiled bark of the mulberry tree. The place is only whiter, smoother and smoother than other papers, but it is absolutely impossible to immerse in water for two or three days and still spread out without rot.

Seeing that everyone had a sudden sense of enlightenment, Su Jin took the heat to hit the railroad: "Master Zhifu, please take out a piece of white linen paper, write a few lines of handwriting on it, put it in a basin of water and try it out, and see if the paper is clean after you take it out. You can also expand the reading, everything is self-evident."

Zhu Shiyong was dumbfounded, he didn't expect such a big loophole in the carefully arranged layout, it was extremely stupid.

Everyone in the Chamber of Commerce was also dumbfounded. For this layout, Tang Jiyuan spared no effort to dig out the body of Mrs. Qin Dalang who had been buried for two days, put a forged suicide note on the body, and threw it into the reeds by surprise. Blaming Su Jin; I thought it was ingenious and flawless, but I didn't expect it to be full of loopholes under Bao Zheng's detailed analysis; Tang Jiyuan was shocked and afraid, and he didn't dare to look at Zhu Shiyong, deeply afraid of having sex with Zhu Shiyong Cold eyes met.

Zhu Shiyong's thoughts turned, thinking about the current situation, and unconsciously made the final sophistry: "This...the reason for this is unknown to me, but the world is full of wonders, maybe Qin Dalang has not lost his mind, and secretly protects you. Also unknown."

When the crowd heard the prefect's words, there was an uproar, some laughed, some shook their heads, and some cursed softly.Even the mummy-like Zhu Yanei looked at his father in disbelief and said in his heart: "Dad, you call me a fool every day, I understand why I am so stupid, because I have fallen for a father like you."

Zhu Shiyong's face turned red, and he sternly shot the gavel and shouted to stop the chaos in the hall, and couldn't think of any good words to justify for a while.

Bao Zheng was already furious, and at this time Zhu Shiyong was still denying it, it was unbearable.

I saw Bao Zheng kicked the bamboo hat on the ground far away, smashed it on the leg of a government servant, and shouted angrily: "Master Zhu, is this how you handle cases? It is obvious that the suicide note was forged by others, but you Ignoring the facts, using false words to fool the people of the world, dare to ask what is your intention? As a parent and official, you are so stupid, do you really ignore the laws of the court, the public opinion of the world, and the human feelings in the world? "

Bao Zheng didn't wait for Zhu Shiyong's answer, he stretched out his hand and waved at the old man next to him, "Take it up."

The old man hurriedly waved to the crowd in the hall, and a young servant came up to the hall with a big basin of water, put the basin on the ground, took out a roll of paper from his arms, handed it to the old man, turned around and said Without sending a bow, he retreated.

Bao Zheng pointed to Zhu Shiyong and said: "Master Zhu, since you are so convinced of the illusory, Dalang Qin has not passed his first seven days today, and the ghost is still there. If he really wants to bring the person who killed him to justice, he should be in court now." Zhong Huyou, Bao will put this white hemp paper into the basin, if it can be identified within a stick of incense, I will believe your words."

After finishing speaking, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed a pen from the main thin case, and "brushed and brushed" several sheets of white linen paper he brought, held it in his hand and said: "Everyone, open your eyes and see clearly, this is a family home. Take the white linen paper I just brought, and see if it is as tough as a rock, or if it is protected by ghosts as the magistrate said, it will be safe in the water."

Reaching out and throwing a few pieces of paper into the basin, Su Jin saw that the same sentence was written on the several pieces of paper: "The top is worthy of the emperor's grace, and the bottom is worthy of the people of Liming." Reflecting his psychology, Bao Zheng wrote this sentence casually, which shows that this sentence is the belief and creed that he sticks to in his heart, and this is a real man with pursuit.

Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at the paper in the copper basin, only to see that the paper was soaking wet quickly, and the ink marks on the paper could just distinguish the handwriting, and in the blink of an eye, strands of it drifted away like dark clouds and disappeared into the clear water. After a while, the whole basin of clear water was dyed into light black ink water.

Zhu Shiyong knew that he couldn't go all the way to the dark, so he gritted his teeth and made a decision. It's not too late to make up for it. As a veteran in the officialdom, his brain shines brightest when he is threatened.

When Bao Zheng carefully tried to pick up the damaged white linen paper with bamboo sticks to show the public, Zhu Shiyong had already figured out a way out.

"Come here, tell me to go to court." Zhu Shiyong didn't wait for Bao Zheng to speak, it would be better to strike first.

Zaoyi Wuzuo was in the side room earlier, when he heard the message from the magistrate, he staggered to the hall, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed.

"Boldly act, dare to lie to the official, quickly recruit the truth, where did you get this suicide note?" Zhu Shiyong glared, with a look of hatred and hatred.

"Reporting to my lord, it is indeed obtained from the corpse, how dare the young one do something foolish." Wu Zuo's whole body trembled like chaff, and his face turned pale with fright.

"Then why did the suicide note remain unbroken after being flooded for three days? How do you explain it?" Zhu Shiyong knew how to play football.

"This... how does the villain know." Wu Zuo was sweating profusely, and in his heart, he had sent the eight generations of Zhu Shiyong's ancestors to heaven.

"It seems that you don't want to be punished if you don't want to be punished. Come here and use the stick." Zhu Shiyong decided to let this gangster act as a scapegoat. Probe out of him in private.

Wu Zuo's complexion changed drastically, he didn't expect the magistrate to be so ruthless, seeing the sticks on his body, the yamen servants didn't put on a show at all, but tried their best, only then did he know that he was betrayed; Said: "You sinister and despicable stupid official, I want to make your actions public, Qin Dalang is not..."

Zhu Shiyong had been guarding against his move for a long time, and before he finished speaking, he had already passed his eyes to the head of the yamen servants, who took out the bamboo board from behind his belt and used all his strength to "slap" it on Wuzuo's mouth, forcefully Shengsheng took Wu Zuo's words back into his stomach.

< In the same way, all the teeth fell out, and even the tongue was cut into several pieces by the broken teeth, making it impossible to speak at all.

That gangster's temperament was also strong, he whimpered and spewed blood from his mouth towards Zhu Shiyong.

The common people couldn't react in time. Why did the magistrate's yamen become the leader of the case in a blink of an eye? Then he was accused of being fierce and beat people badly, which really echoed the words of the prefect: "The world is so big, there are no wonders."