Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 318 Strange Murder Case ([-]) Second Watch

Shang Gong was inexplicably happy when he heard Wu Chen's phrase "not an outsider" in the second year of high school.

The most rumored in the capital these days is whether Wu Chen is a fairy or a god?
In the eyes of the sophomore in high school, Wu Chen can't fly to the sky and escape the earth, but in the mouths of the people in the capital, Wu Chen has long been able to step on the auspicious clouds, subdue demons and eliminate demons, but he may not be able to turn stones into gold.

Everyone said that they had nose and eyes, as if they had seen it with their own eyes, especially when Chen Zhong and Yuan Shuchun were tortured, the people who stood in front of the crowd of onlookers even firmly claimed that they saw Wu Chen communicate with ghosts and gods with their own eyes...

It wasn't because of these things that Shang Gong looked at Wu Chen differently. Chen Zhong had been the commander of the Imperial City Division all these years, how many officials had been in his hands?Among them was Shang Gong's best friend, and now that Chen Zhong was overthrown by Wu Chen and killed, Shang Gong was naturally grateful.

Among all kinds of speech skills, the most feared thing is to say the truth and lies together, and the same is true for business affairs. Chen Zhong used the emperor's order to punish corrupt officials, and he would also clean up dissidents by the way. Li Heng trusted Chen Zhong, and Chen Zhong was careful. Naturally, all the way is smooth, and some people's grievances may never be cleared.

But Wu Chen descended from the sky!
The government's trust in Wu Chen is obvious to all, and Wu Chen's ability is very easy to open the floodgates of people's imagination, who wouldn't want to use it?Even if you don't use it, you don't dare to offend.

None of the officials at all levels wanted to see Wu Chen yesterday, no matter how big or small the official position was, but today Shang Gong came, although it was for business, but Wu Chen said he was not an outsider, how could Shang Gong not be happy?
Shang Gong followed Song Gu and Xu Da, a sophomore in high school, to Wu Chen's room, right next to the round table in the middle, Wu Chen was sitting there having breakfast, but he didn't get up when he saw Shang Gong came, and said: "Shang Fu Yin sits down as you please, I'll eat two bites That's fine, just treat it as your own home, feel free."

Shang Gong nodded repeatedly, but still followed Song Gu cautiously. Seeing Song Gu was sitting at the round table, he could only sit beside Song Gu.

Wu Chen raised his head and drank the porridge in the bowl, waved his hand and said, "Take it away."

The third and fourth children waited by the side, and the table was cleaned after a while.

Wu Chen wiped his mouth, and the third child brought the teapot again and poured tea for everyone.

"The case that the officials asked me to investigate was the case of the wealthy businessman Jinwu Zangjiao ten years ago. 'Jiao' was beaten to death by the mistress, but the body could not be found?"

Shang Gong almost got up to answer "yes", but was held down by Song Gu, so he could only stiffen his body and say: "Exactly!"

Wu Chen naturally saw that Shang Gong was very reserved, so he said with a smile:
"Shangfu Yin knows that I am unruly, and I am used to being loose at ordinary times, but I will be more serious when investigating cases. If you are a good official, you will be fine. If you are a corrupt official, I will soon know. , if you are worried about this, why don't you go to the official to clarify it first, if not, you can be frank and frank, and the rich businessman and his wife are still alive?"

Shang Gong didn't answer in one breath, took another deep breath before replying: "I died before I took office."

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Then the family of the little lady who was beaten to death is still alive?"

Shang Gong shook his head and said:
"After I took office, I also wanted to find out about this case. However, after some visits, I found that the people involved in the case were no longer alive. This puzzled me. The woman's name was Yingniang, and her maiden name was Liu. It was Zou Shi, the first wife of the wealthy businessman Hao Kui. There are all evidences for this matter, but why would someone want to exchange the body? And the old man who was exchanged was unrecognizable in the whole city. , all died due to various reasons, the Liu family is equivalent to exterminating the family..."

"Is it written in the case file that the old man who was replaced also died just now?"

"The time of the old man's death was not specified, but it was said that the old man was nearly seventy years old, as thin as a stick, with neat clothes and no injuries on his body, so he should have died of illness."

"What season was the incident?"

"Early summer."

"Since there is no abnormality in the old man's body, it must have been dead not long ago... Yingniang's family members died one after another, but are the neighbors still alive?"

"Alive, there are their transcripts in the case files, and I have personally asked them, and what I said is about the same. The Liu family opened an inn in Sanyang Lane, Kyoto. All the family members help in the store, and there is no employee. Behind the inn is a The two-entry courtyard is the usual residence of Yingniang's family. There is also a courtyard in Qiaoxi Lane. Yingniang's three sisters-in-law live there. The merchants nearby and the neighbors of the house made transcripts, and I see that the contents of the transcripts are only asking about the marriage between Yingniang and Hao Kui, whether Yingniang was forced to marry..."

"That is to say, the people who handled the case in the government office at that time thought that after Yingniang died unexpectedly, maybe there was hatred in his heart, and the ghost was responsible, so the corpse turned into an old man."

Shang Gong nodded and said:

"It should be like this. Later, Yingniang's parents got sick and passed away one after another. There was a gap between the brothers because of the family property. Several brothers died one after another. At that time, the Kyoto Prefecture and Dali Temple had carefully checked. When the eldest died, he suspected the second and other brothers. Those with slight suspicions were once held in prison, tortured during interrogation, and had to be released if nothing was found. Unexpectedly, they all died one after another, but the cause of death was not poisoning, and the deceased had no injuries. Before, it was either diarrhea or high fever, and when Yingniang’s brothers are all dead, it will be the turn of the sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces, how will the common people spread the word about such a death?”

"What happened to Ying's family's inn?" Wu Chen asked.

"I heard from the merchant nearby that someone bought the inn from Yingniang's third sister-in-law for a very small amount of money."

"Is this what you asked?"

Shang Gong nodded and said:
"I thought it was too coincidental that the whole family died of illness, so I wondered if someone had missed the inn? In Kyoto, the inn is still relatively profitable, so I asked, and the businessman bought the inn , the management was not good, and I stopped doing it within two years, but I wanted to sell it for a high price, but I haven’t made a move until now, thinking that the murder case ten years ago is still remembered by many people.”

"What else did you ask?"

"I asked the neighbors, does this family have any enemies? The old neighbors all said that this family welcomes and sends them off on weekdays, and they are the most superficial. I have never heard of offending anyone, or having any grudge against..."

"Why do you think of hatred?"

"Hao Kui's hometown is Kangshui County in the west, which is about a thousand miles away from the capital. I read Hao Kui's transcript. He has been hiding it from Zou for almost 20 years, which means that he also raised other women before Yingniang. They didn’t mention marriage, but before Yingniang came, these women were all sold out by Hao Kui, and they had been concealed for 20 years. How could Mrs. Zou suddenly find out, and come here all of a sudden, taking advantage of Hao Kui’s absence in the capital, Someone must have tipped off the news, but Zou’s records say that Hao Kui made a slip of the tongue after drinking when she returned home that year, and she learned that Hao Kui had another wife in the capital, so she rushed here.”

(End of this chapter)