Touring the Ming Dynasty

Dou Ming, the village head, knocked on the door. A woman in her 20s opened the door. Suddenly, she saw a crowd of people standing in front of the door. She almost fell down in fright. Fortunately, the village head was right in front of her eyes. She asked tremblingly. : "Grandpa Ming, what's the matter? Why are there so many officials in front of the door?"

Dou Ming, the village chief, comforted: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, these officials said they came to visit your house, just to ask you and your father a few words, don't be afraid, Grandpa Ming is here, hurry up and get ready, call you Father comes out to welcome you adults."

Dou Ming turned his head and said to Duan Fei: "My lord, Dou's family was quite rich, but that bastard ruined it. There is nothing in his house to entertain your lords... Please forgive me."

"It's okay, we're here to work, not to eat and drink, can we go in?" Duan Fei asked.

There are few rules in the small mountain village, Mrs. Dou called to the inside, and then leaned over to let Duan Fei and the others enter the house. The room is not big, and there are not many things but it is very clean. Mrs. Dou took two benches and came out, please sir They were sitting at the dining table, Duan Fei glanced around the room, but the corner of his eyes never left Dou Shi, only to see Dou Shi's eyes were red and swollen, and his expression was haggard. It showed that she was very nervous inside.

The thatched cottage is divided into two entrances, the front and the back, and there is a small door on the left and right of the living room. There was a loud coughing sound from behind the small door on the right. Dou Shi explained: "Gentlemen, Daddy caught a cold last night, and he is seriously ill in bed right now. I can't get up, so please forgive me, sir."

Duan Fei smiled slightly, and said: "I have a little knowledge of medical skills, so it's just for the old man to take a look."

As he spoke, he walked towards the back room, Dou opened her mouth anxiously and called out: "My lord..."

Duan Fei acted as if he hadn't heard, lifted the curtain and walked in. Su Rong glanced at Mrs. Dou, shook her head and sighed secretly, and followed Duan Fei in. She was the one who really knew some medical skills. Just take the opportunity to investigate the case.

An old man is sick in bed, and there are still many mosquitoes in this solar term, so there is still a cloth tent hanging in front of the bed. When someone comes in, there is a movement in the tent, and some cloth rubbing sounds can be heard in the ear. The old man in the tent said anxiously: "Little man!" Occasionally feel the wind and cold, don't get in the way, don't dare to trouble your lord."

Duan Fei smiled and said: "Although wind-cold is not a serious illness, it will kill people if it is not treated in time. I will show you, it's not troublesome."

He opened the curtain and looked inside, only to see a person covering his head and face with his clothes, lying on his side. Duan Fei smiled slightly and said, "Isn't the old man injured on his head and face, so he dare not let me see it?"

The person lying on his side trembled, and the county magistrate of Shangyuan, who covered his nose and followed him, shouted: "Bold Dou Yuan! Why don't you turn around quickly? Don't you really have scars on your face and dare not see anyone?" !"

The village head also persuaded: "Xiao Yuan, what's wrong with you? There is no wind in the house, you should turn around and show the adults."

The person on the bed finally turned over slowly, he automatically lifted off the cloth covering his face, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, I fell down last night, and I just got cold when I fainted in the room, and I hit my face too. I'm hurt, I didn't want to scare the adults..."

Dou Yuan's left face was swollen like a swollen steamed bun, and there was an obvious mark on it, like an enlarged fist...

"Nonsense, this is clearly a punch mark. It was Dou who hit you. You strangled him to death in a fit of anger, and then you suffered cold when you threw his body in the river!" Looking over, he cupped his fists and asked for instructions: "My lord, do you want the yamen servant to take him down immediately?"

The words of the county magistrate of Shangyuan made Dou Yuan tremble all over, two lines of muddy old tears rolled down his wrinkled face, and Dou Shi also trembled at the same time, if Su Rong hadn't reached out to support her in time, she would have fallen limp on the ground land.

Dou Ming was taken aback, and blurted out: "Dou is dead? Do you suspect that Dou Yuan killed him? How is this possible? There must be a mistake. Dou has been gone for almost half a year, and he never came back!"

Duan Fei glanced at the county magistrate of Shangyuan with some dissatisfaction, and said calmly: "The case has not been clarified yet, so the matter of arresting people will be discussed later."

The magistrate of Shangyuan gave a perplexed smile, but Peng Xing asked suspiciously: "Master Duan, isn't the case obvious now? Why haven't you arrested the suspect?"

Duan Fei looked around, and only Su Rong seemed to understand what he meant. He pointed at Shi Bin and Yang Sen, and said, "There are still some doubts about this case. Let's talk about it. If you agree, you will be rewarded." Twelve."

Shi Bin, Guo Wei, Hong Bang, Jiang Jun, and Yang Sen have all decided to be Duan Fei's long-term follower and will follow him forever. Seeing Duan Fei's question and knowing that Duan Fei is testing them, they all racked their brains to think.

Jiang Jun was the first to raise his hands with bright eyes, and he said excitedly, "I've thought about it, the murder weapon, we haven't found the murder weapon yet!"

Hong Bang followed up and said: "The deceased was strangled to death. The old man Dou and the Dou family were both old and weak. It seems impossible to do it. Could it be that Dou was drunk first or gave him Mongolian sweat medicine? Or Is the murderer someone else?"

Duan Fei nodded approvingly. Shi Bin and Guo Wei, who had been following Duan Fei all this time, didn't say a word. Hong Bang and Jiang Jun had said what they had to say, and they also understood what Duan Fei meant, and they intended to give the opportunity to the three newcomers. kid.

I saw Yang Sen rolled his eyes, turned his head and walked out of the room. Hong Bang and Guo Wei also wandered around looking for clues. Duan Fei nodded approvingly, then smiled and said to the others: "What they said is not wrong, although you can It is confirmed that Dou was strangled to death at home, but it is not clear how the murderer strangled Dou, how many murderers there are, how the body was transported to the river and thrown into the river, or how No one knows why Dou came home... These doubts can indeed be obtained through interrogation or even torture, but the officer likes to find out directly by himself, there is no need for the suspect to confess, let alone torture, such a case is irrefutable The iron case!"

Peng Xing exclaimed: "Your Excellency is brilliant, no wonder he was reused at such a young age, and the lower officials admired him so much. County Magistrate Su, you are in charge of the rule of one side, and you have to learn more from Lord Duan."

The county magistrate of Su said sweating profusely: "Master Duan is really smart, but the lower officials are dull, please give me some advice!"

At this time, Dou Yuan turned over and got down on the ground, and shouted with his neck stuck: "I didn't kill anyone, neither did my daughter-in-law. Officials don’t have any good things, they don’t care about those who should be in charge, and those who shouldn’t be in charge just come to the door and talk nonsense, you say that Dou was killed at home, what evidence do you have?”