colorful butterfly

Chapter 18 Tricky Cases

After Jiang Sijun received the news from Lin Zixian, he sent someone to investigate the box, but the person who made the box had long since disappeared, and there was no news. It seemed that there must be something wrong with the box. , or may have been silenced.

There was another war of words in the court. Situ translated as the right minister, and asked the emperor to solve the disaster relief. The memorial said: "The people of Qingzhou gather to make trouble. If the problem of silver is not solved, and the people can't eat, they will definitely rebel. I hope that the emperor will give an order to deal with Liu Ruochen, and give the people of Qingzhou an explanation, and quickly collect enough money to relieve the disaster and complain to the common people." Zuo Xiang Jiang Mingyi is Jiang Sijun's father, and said: "The old minister also thinks this matter is inappropriate. If this continues, the people will be full of grievances, please solve it as soon as possible!" After hearing this, Jiang's father wanted to abandon the Liu family, so as not to implicate his own family.Hearing his father's attitude, Jiang Sijun became a little anxious.

At this time, the emperor asked: "What do you think of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Wang Zhun, the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, said: "In my opinion, there is really no big controversy in this case. There is no possibility of outsiders stealing the silver. It is basically possible. The case is finalized, regarding the whereabouts of Yinzi, but Liu Ruochen has not confessed, and there is no whereabouts of Yinzi for the time being."

The emperor asked again: "What do you think of the Ministry of Officials?" Jiang Sijun, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, said: "I think that this case is not as the Xing Ministry said. There is no problem, but there are many doubts. No outsider was found to steal it. Is the evidence of the silver necessarily determined to be self-stealing? If the world judges cases like this, no evidence means that there is no possibility of committing a crime. Where is the justice and why do people in the world believe it? In Yichen's view, we must not only solve the plight of the victims, but also restore the truth. Don't blame anyone wrongly, and never let a bad person go. Give Chen three more days to solve this problem. I hope the emperor approves it!"

The emperor nodded and said: "That's right, I'll give you three days. If you can't solve the case in three days, I'll let you try." Jiang Sijun said: "I will do my best to investigate thoroughly, thank you Your Majesty."

In fact, the emperor is not stupid, he can see right away, Liu Ruochen is just a weak scholar who has always been obedient, and he is regarded as a scapegoat, and he does not want such an innocent person to die like this. The whereabouts of the silver to solve Qingzhou's emergency.

In the current situation, no one dared to stand up and speak for him. He felt that Jiang Sijun was an upright and talented person, and a virtuous minister. With his assistance in the future, the court must have strict laws and disciplines, and clear rewards and punishments. If this matter is handed over It is most suitable for him.

After Jiang Sijun returned home, his father was furious, pointed at him and scolded: "Why did I give birth to you, a rebellious son, do you have to drag our family into it?" Jiang Sijun was also very angry, and the two father and son had a big fight , broke up unhappy.

Jiang Sijun can't take care of so much now, investigating the case is more important.There are only three days, the time is tight, and the people sent out have not found the person who made the box. It seems that we still have to start with the box. What is the problem? Is it a detail that was overlooked.

With Jiang Sijun's authorization this time, Li Qingzhu can enter the Qingzhou government office openly and aboveboard. When the three of them come here again, they must see every corner of this place clearly.

After looking at it, there was no clue, Liu Shiyue said: "Maybe there is a secret room here", she looked carefully at the ground, there were no gaps, and she didn't see any new places.

Jiang Sijun interrogated Liu Ruochen together with people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and asked him to carefully recall the details of that day.

Liu Ruochen recalled: "When we arrived at the government office in Qingzhou that afternoon, there were about 20 people who escorted the money together. After we arrived, we went to count the official bank together. There were three people in total. Mr. Wang, the magistrate of Qingzhou, and Li, who was in charge of distributing the relief money, My lord, and me.

After counting the money, the three of us went out together at You hour, I locked the door, and the key was hanging on my waist. Lord Wang held a banquet at night, and the three of us ate together, during which time the key was always on me. After dinner, I went back to the station to rest.At night, I felt a bit stuffy in the house, so I went out for a walk, lost my way for some reason, and returned late at night.When we got up early the next morning, the three of us were about to distribute the silver, and when we opened the door, we found that the door of the box was fully open, the lock was also opened, and the locks were intact. The silver in the box and the yellow silk cloth underneath the bread were gone. , I really don’t know how the silver was lost, the key has always been with me.

After Liu Ruochen finished speaking, Jiang Sijun said, "Who can testify, where did you go at night?" Liu Ruochen said, "No one can testify for me."

Jiang Sijun had a headache, he did have time to go out and steal money!No one has yet testified for him, and he cannot rule out the possibility of stealing the silver. His men guard the gate and have the convenience to steal the official silver.

It seems that there are still some difficulties in repaying his innocence.

Li Qingzhu didn't have any clues here, and everyone fell into anxiety.

The next morning, just after dawn, everyone woke up. We discussed together for a long time yesterday, and we went to bed very late, but we couldn’t sleep well. Because it was Liu Shiyue, there were two more days, and we couldn’t find out. Her family But it's over, how can she sleep!

After she got up, she was just about to put on her shoes when she saw a little pink dirt on the soles of her shoes. She was thinking where she stepped on it. She thought about it carefully, and she didn't know where she stepped on it when she went to the Yamen. Why is there such a color of soil there?This kind of soil can only be found under the snail flower tree. The snail flower leaves are small and pink. If they fall into the soil, they can dye the soil pink. This is why she saw that the clay figurines made by others in the south of the Yangtze River are all pink. Yes, she only knew about it when others told her, and most people really didn't know about it.

Liu Shiyue hurriedly got up and went to the government office of Qingzhou, searching all the way, and finally saw the snail flower tree in the courtyard on the west side of the office. She came to the room where the silver was kept, and looked carefully at the ground. It was very clean and there was nothing there. It was found on the small road outside the house. When she came to the mud snail tree, she saw footprints under the tree, and it was very deep. It was obvious that someone had been under the tree.

After looking carefully, there is a trace that looks like a box. I followed the trace and found a place where the soil was loose. It was great. I asked someone to dig it. After digging, it turned out that there was a secret passage hidden here. It is long and can lead to several kilometers outside. The three of them were very happy, and they came to a mountain along the secret passage. Li Qingzhu found the officers and soldiers, searched around, and finally dug up the four boxes of silver under a tree.

Everyone was relieved to find the money, but who stole the money?Li Qingzhu said: "I probably already guessed it. Do you remember the day when you were almost shot by an arrow? I went back and thought about it carefully. What they wanted to hide was that they got the key from your brother, and the four empty keys The box is misleading us, and we put all our attention on this box. I have calculated that the key may have been dropped while your brother was eating, and the eating time is enough to carry the box to the secret passage.

"Then people outside can't see it?" Liu Shiyue asked puzzled.

"Perhaps this is the cleverness of this person!"

(End of this chapter)