Touring the Ming Dynasty

Early in the morning, someone was beating drums at the gate of the yamen to call for grievances. It was a case of a missing girl, because it was not the day of release, unless there was a murder case. It was Master Xu Dianshi who sued, and the yamen servant who received the pleading paper was familiar with Yan Butou and the others, so he directly handed the pleading paper to Yan Butou.

When Yan Butou saw that it was a case of suing Xu Yu for murdering the maidservant at home and destroying her body, he became energetic. He directly took the pleadings to Mr. Min, and blew a lot of rumors, and he became more and more fond of Xu Yu. The more dissatisfied Master Min immediately opened the case, and sent both the plaintiff and the defendant to the court for interrogation.

Duan Fei didn't even eat breakfast, he hurried to the courtroom, and was summoned in after a report.

I saw a middle-aged man in his 40s kneeling on the court. He was dark-skinned, wearing a coarse sweater, dark blue trousers, and a pair of straw sandals on his bare feet, which were covered with mud. Dust, I guess it took a long way.

Unlike the peasants kneeling on their knees, Xu Yu, an official with rank and order, stood proudly in the hall. Unless Mr. Min took off his hat and his official uniform, he didn't need to kneel in the county-level court.

Now that Duan Fei is the arrester, there is no need to kneel down. Lord Min waited for him to stand still, and said, "Duan Fei, it is not your turn to talk about this case today, but Mr. Xu, who was originally in charge of investigating the case, was involved... and the arrester The chief recommended you again, so I called you up, this case is simple, but it is a bit complicated, strictly arrest the chief, you tell him."

Chief Yan briefly told Duan Fei the facts of the case and the focus of the dispute between the two parties. After he finished speaking, Duan Fei said in astonishment: "My lord, what are you waiting for? Send someone to look for it. If you want to see people, you need to see dead bodies." , This kind of case can’t be handled if no one can be found.”

Yan Butou said: "Everyone knows this, the problem is... Mr. Xu insisted that the maid had settled the wages a few days ago and left on her own, and Mr. Xu's home is behind the yamen. We search."

Duan Fei let out a groan, turned around and cupped his hands to Xu Yu, and said, "Master Xu, this is a case of personal life. Since Mr. Xu has become the defendant, please cooperate with Mr. Xu. I remember Mr. Min's family is next door to Mr. Xu? Please Xu?" Your Excellency asked the family members to bring gold and silver jewelry and other valuables to Mr. Min’s house for temporary shelter. It is very fast to search for a living person. Mr. Xu can also be on the scene with Mr. Min for surveillance. This is the best way to remove the suspicion. What does Lord Xu think?"

Xu Yu glared at Duan Fei angrily, and said forcefully: "You guys are taking a chance to retaliate. I've made it very clear that I don't have any suspicions. I suspect that the whole thing is a trap deliberately set up by you. I won't fall for you Damn, who knows if you will secretly bury a dead body in the yard after you arrive at my house?"

"Then there is nothing we can do." Duan Fei turned his head and cupped his hands to Master Min and said: "Master Min, Master Xu is unwilling to cooperate, so we have to put up notices to look for that little maid in the whole county on the one hand, and... I I don’t know much about the rules of the imperial court, so I don’t know if I need to send an official letter to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, etc. to search Lord Xu’s home?”

Before Master Min could speak, Xu Yu said angrily, "Duan Fei, you are so vicious, you even avenged your own private revenge, and wanted to destroy my reputation! Master Min, I request that Duan Fei be beaten out of the court with a stick, and no one in this county will ever be punished." Hired!"

Duan Fei said innocently: "Why did Mr. Xu say such a thing? This is a normal case-handling procedure. If we don't make an announcement, how can we search the whole county with a few police officers? Mr. Xu has always been in charge of handling cases. , I should be much clearer about these things than I am, why do you have to make things difficult and prevent us from finding people? Could it be that the maid really..."

"Don't spout blood!" Xu Yu pointed at Duan Fei angrily, and couldn't say any other rebuttals.

Duan Fei said lightly: "Whether I swear or not is anyone's opinion. If someone else is like this, Mr. Xu would have already imprisoned him in the name of obstructing the case."

At this time, Yan Butou fanned the flames and said: "Master Min, this kind of case must be dealt with in a timely manner. If there is a delay, it may be even more difficult to find the maid."

The plaintiff yelled at this moment, and shouted: "Your Excellency, it's up to me, Xu Yu must have killed my daughter and destroyed her body, Your Excellency!"

Master Min hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Master Xu, it's not good for everyone if this matter gets out, why don't you just follow what Duan Fei said, send the family members to my house, and then we will go to your house for a casual stroll? As for the announcement People are also necessary, just say that a maid is lost in the house, and a reward is offered to find her."

Although the words were tactful, they were beyond doubt. Xu Yu could only bow his head at this point. He gritted his teeth, stared at Duan Fei and said, "My lord, let's do this, but I ask Duan Fei to avoid this case."

Duan Fei immediately said: "Master Xu and I have no relatives, no reason, no grievances, no enmity, why don't you allow me to participate in this case? I don't care, but if you can't solve the case, don't hit me then."

The magistrate of Min County patted the gavel and said: "Master Xu, there is no need to say anything, Duan Fei has no need to evade, you and I, Yan Butou, Duan Fei, and the plaintiff, five people will come to your house to drink tea and have a look around, and the rest Someone prepares a notice, and after I look back, I will post it, and that’s it.”

Everyone came to Houya, which is the residence of officials and their families. The Ming Dynasty stipulated that local officials must live in the Yamen. Baoying County has no county magistrates and masters. The county magistrate and Dian Shi each occupied a large courtyard. You can only hide your head in one corner.

In addition to the main entrance, the two families also have a small garden gate connected to each other, which is convenient for daily communication. Xu Yu first went in and let his wife, concubine and children escape to Min's house through the small garden gate, and then opened the door for Duan Fei and others to enter and search.

After entering Xu's house, Duan Fei acted like he was doing business, looking around, not letting go of anything, especially the bottom of the bed, cabinets, garden lawn, well, etc. Although Xu Yu was annoyed, he couldn't stop him.

Xu Yu first took everyone to the study room in the backyard. A school boy named Xiao Zhao brought tea, but he tripped over the threshold and smashed several tea bowls and plates to pieces.

Xiao Zhao was so frightened that the tea spilled all over the floor was like pouring oil on the fire. Xu Yu was furious, jumped up, came to Xiao Zhao and slapped him down, roaring at the same time: "The dog kills you!" Cai, you are going to die!"

The book boy was knocked to the ground, and he was completely stupefied. Xu Yu wanted to chase after him. Master Min shouted, "Okay, there's no need to drink the tea. The case is important. Bring up the account book you mentioned."

Xu Yu turned around angrily, took out a book of accounts from her sleeve, handed it to County Magistrate Min, and said, "My lord, the servant girl Xiaoyun paid her wages and left five days ago. This is Zhuo Jing's daily diary. Please have a look at the account book, my lord."

Master Min just glanced at it and handed it to Butou Yan, but Butou Yan didn't know a few big characters, so he handed the account book to Duan Fei.

Duan Fei quickly found the relevant entry, which said that on a certain day in a certain month, the maid Xiaoyun received two hundred cash for the previous month, and then she resigned and left Yunyun.

"How? I said she has already left." Xu Yu raised her voice and turned her head to look at Duan Fei proudly.

There was a fingerprint on the entry, and it didn't look like a fake, but Duan Fei flipped through the accounts to find the entry for Xiaoyun's salary last month and compared it carefully.

After comparison with a magnifying glass, the fingerprints should belong to the same person, but the numbers are quite different. Last month Xiaoyun received [-] cash, but this month he only received [-] cash. Why?

To this question, Xu Yuli replied bluntly: "She has been nervous this month and damaged a lot of belongings. The three hundred wen is naturally deducted. If you don't believe me, you can ask other maids' family members."

Duan Fei flipped through the account book, and said again: "I'm still a little strange, Mr. Xu, I see that there were records in the past where money was deducted for breaking things, and they were written in great detail. A fine porcelain vase, with a monthly deduction of fifty cash, why didn't it be written in the record of Xiaoyun's receipt of money this month?"

Xu Yu said proudly: "She has quit her job, why do she still remember so much? Anyway, she pressed her fingerprint, which means that I did not lose her."

"It's hard to say, she's a weak woman, it's not uncommon for her to be forcibly pressed with her fingerprints..." Xu Yu angrily interrupted Duan Fei before he finished speaking, and he roared: "Enough! ...Master Min, Duan Fei has no evidence but always uses words to frame me, please be careful!"

Before Master Min could speak, Duan Fei retorted: "Who said I have no evidence? Sir, please take a look, this is the record of another servant who resigned from work two months ago, and then look at Xiaoyun's record this month, Sir But is there any difference now?"

Master Min squinted his eyes for a while, but it was Yan Butou who saw something wrong first. He pointed to Xiaoyun's record and said: "Master Min, look, this entry was written in one breath two months ago. Yes, it takes up three columns in total, while Xiaoyun’s has only one column, even though I can’t read, I can tell that the small characters below were added later.”

"That's right, Boss Yan's gaze is like a torch!" Duan Fei gave him a hand, and continued: "The fonts are different, the size is different, the resignation is stuffed in the cracks, and it's not covered by fingerprints, it's obviously an afterthought. , because other entries have been recorded next to it, these words have to be stuffed in the cracks, my lord, I think it is true that Xiaoyun has received wages, but it is hard to say that he quit his job."

p: Today, some readers told me that Duan Fei developed too fast, and it seemed impossible to solve cases one after another as soon as he came up. But I think it’s nothing. It is not that these cases are complicated, but because most of the officials are from rote books and know nothing about solving the case. It is like dragging the current Ph.D. in Chinese from Peking University to the scene of the murder. , he messed up his hands and feet at all, but Duan Fei is different, as mentioned in the introduction, this kid can be regarded as a miscellaneous family, he knows a little about everything, and he is not proficient in it. , those miscellaneous studies made him like a duck to water, and besides, the cases he is currently handling are relatively simple. I can’t say that Duan Fei is brilliant, I can only say that those officials are not professional enough. I hope everyone can understand. Well, this is the first time I write a book about time travel , It is also the first time to write a book on solving crimes, there will definitely be many mistakes and omissions, I hope everyone will give us a lot of criticism, and everyone will perfect this book together, so...

Damn, unjust, false and wrongly decided cases are blocked, and there are too many mosquito meat.