Dongli drinks wine after dusk

Chapter 91 One Coffin, Two Corpses

Digging a grave is a very serious crime, especially in the coffin that was uncovered. The young master of the Jiang family said he was seven years old, but because of congenital deficiencies, his body was weak, and he was very thin. He probably died of lack of oxygen for a long time, and his face was blue. , extremely scary.

He was buried for a short time, and his front feet were basically buried in. In the middle of the night, his back feet were dug out, and his body did not rot.

The point wasn't him, what's so interesting about a dead child, but the other two corpses sitting side by side with him.

A luxurious coffin for adults, with three children side by side is still a bit crowded. The boy in the middle is lying on his back, and the boys and girls on both sides are lying on his side facing him.

The boy in the middle is gorgeously dressed and has a serene expression. The children on both sides are not so lucky. They have pain on their faces, and they wear the servant costumes commonly used by officials in the middle of the capital.

As for why this coffin was dug out, it was probably because the grave robbers were eyeing the funerary objects in it.

The clothes of the child's corpse in the middle are messy, and there are obvious signs of being turned over.

There was nothing else in the coffin, not even traces of the road money and Qiqiao jade that ordinary people would bring to the deceased.

With the degree to which the Jiang family loves the child, and the only male has passed away, even if the child is still young, he will definitely not let his death be so bleak.

You see, even the boys and girls who were buried with him were released, how could they be reluctant to part with money.

Yes, these two children, judging by their age and clothes, should be funeral objects for Mr. Jiang.

Although life martyrdom is banned by this dynasty, it has been banned repeatedly.

There were many superstitious people at that time. Although the living people had never seen the world after death, many ideas passed down from generation to generation have long been regarded as canons.

For example, people of the older generation said that a person has a soul after death, and he has to walk the Yellow Spring Road and cross the Naihe Bridge once. There are no people in the Yellow Spring for [-] miles. Walking alone is miserable and lonely, and there are people with malicious intentions. The lonely ghost is on the side.

For another example, some places believe that dead children are still children, unable to take care of themselves, without sending some people to take care of them, they can't dress, they can't eat, what should they do if they are cold and hungry.

In fact, the most direct reason is the love of parents for their children who died young, hoping that they will not be alone, but have a companion, so that they will not be lonely if they support each other.

All in all, the human sacrifice system has always had a market due to the combination of various subjective or objective factors. After all, with the current market situation, no matter how expensive a slave is, it is nothing more than an item that can be bought with money for the master. As for this item having thoughts and being able to speak, that's not important.

As long as a slave still has the attributes of a slave and can meet the needs of the master's family, it is a good slave.Running errands for the master's house is a good slave for daily use, and going down to take care of dead children for the master's house is also a good slave.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the system of human sacrifice has been banned because it is too cruel. As long as there is evidence to prove, it is a crime that violates the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty to harvest the lives of slaves bought for burial.

Unlike a slave who made a mistake and killed him to report a disease and died, he only needed to pay some money. Torture and killing for no reason, just to be buried with him is a serious crime, ranging from three years in prison to being hanged!
The boy and girl were in pain, with red rashes all over their faces, all of which were hideous and terrifying, obviously not a normal death.

Jiang family, what did you do?
When Jiang's family heard that their son's grave had been dug up, they got angry and hurriedly brought together their hands to bury the coffin again.

After all, it was still a step too late. By the time they arrived at the scene, there were already bold and unscrupulous people who had observed the two corpses at close range and found something wrong with the girl's corpse.

In the palm of the girl's hand, there was a piece of paper money, and ink stains were hidden on the white paper money.

Getting closer, he pulled out the paper money, opened it, held it up high, and read the words on the paper money aloud: "Help me!"

Everyone who heard it was in an uproar.

What does this mean?It shows that at least this girl did not die naturally, but someone killed her. She was not reconciled, so she finally left such a line, but she still did not escape the fate of being put into a coffin.

What about the boy who was thrown into the coffin with her?The two died in exactly the same way, so it must not be a normal death.

Two lives were almost buried in the ground without seeing the light of day
If the coffin hadn't been dug out, if someone hadn't been bold enough to find the paper money with writing on it, if it wasn't...
Does this count as the sky has eyes?

Does it count if people don't know, unless they do nothing?

Is it a definite destiny in the dark?
When Jiang's servants arrived at the scene and drove away the onlookers, they immediately realized that something was wrong. These people looked at them so strangely.

There is fear, contempt, and anger.

Just kidding, obviously their family is the victim, okay?When they catch the tomb robber, they must be given a heavy sentence!Dig the grave and make the decision!

"Don't move! We've already reported to the authorities!" Just as the Jiang family started to pack the coffin, someone among the onlookers stopped them.

Murder can never be dismissed hastily, even if the other party is an official.

The two sides were deadlocked.The Jiang family was eager to calm the incident and reburied the young son. The people at the scene insisted on waiting for the officials to come and prevent them from destroying the scene.

I don't know who yelled: "I've beaten someone!" I saw that one of the servants of Jiang's family really made a move and injured several enthusiastic people at the scene.

One of them had a bloody head and looked very miserable. He lay down on the ground and couldn't even speak.

It's just that seeing injustice and wanting to uphold justice, they end up being bullied and beaten. Is the life of their little people so worthless?
The situation got out of hand, and in the end, Jiang's family even Jiang Xun's servants who went with him were besieged and beaten. If the county magistrate of Tong County hadn't left quickly, these people might have been beaten to death on the spot.

Jiang Xun clamored for the county lieutenant to arrest everyone present. The county lieutenant looked at him like an idiot, thinking that this guy has been in the officialdom for so many years, how can he be so childish.

Grasp?catch who?Who did it and who didn't and who saw it?Are you expecting the other common people at the scene to testify for you?Just when you let your men injure one of them?
The conflict between officials and the people has existed since ancient times, and most of the time it is the people who suffer, but when there are a large number of people, and there are officials who are stupid and want to make the public angry, it is really useless to beat them to death.

At this moment, someone came out to tell: "Master County Captain, they are murderers, please don't let them go!"

ah?who diedThe county lieutenant suddenly remembered that he came here after receiving a report that a pair of boys and girls had been killed.

Where is the dead?He looked around, no one was dead.

"My lord, here it is." Someone pointed to the coffin on the ground.

(End of this chapter)