1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 29: Resourceful strategy (9)
Hearing that the county magistrate was going to try the dog, the people in the neighborhood were all surprised, and they all rushed to watch the excitement.Facing the yellow dog, Wang Zhihuan shouted loudly: "Listen, yellow dog, find me the murderer!" Not long after, he found the murderer.

Why did Wang Zhihuan want to interrogate the dog?How did he find out the murderer?

The yellow dog did not bark, indicating that the murderer was an acquaintance of the family.By interrogating the dog, everyone in the village can be attracted to watch the excitement. At this time, all acquaintances are left behind, and whoever has scratches on his back is the murderer.

silver hidden in water

During the Zhide period of the Tang Dynasty, a businessman rented a boat to deliver goods to other places for business.When the ship was sailing on the Yangtze River, the merchant was afraid that the silver around him would be stolen, so he hid the silver among the goods when no one was looking, but was discovered by a young boatman on board.When the boat sailed for a while and stopped at a pier to rest, the merchants went ashore to buy things. The young boatman stole the money while they were away, and put the goods back as they were.

The next day, the ship arrived at its destination.When the merchant unloaded the goods, he found that the silver was missing, so he searched the ship several times, but did not find the silver.The businessman took the boatman to the county government.The county government sent people to search the boat again, but no money was found.The boatman said that the businessman falsely accused and framed him, and asked the county government to punish the businessman for the crime of false accusation.

The case was reported to the governor of the state, and the governor Yan Jimei asked the merchant, "Where did the boat dock the day before?" The merchant told the dock.Yan Jimei ordered the guards to immediately rush to the wharf where the boat docked the day before, and salvage it in the water. As expected, they found a small box full of silver.

After interrogation, it was found out that the young boatman often stole money from customers.How did Yan Jimei conclude that the silver was in the water where the boat was moored the day before?

The assassin thought that if the boatman wanted to steal silver, he must take advantage of the time when the boat was moored to rest and everyone went ashore to buy things; since there was no silver on board, the silver could only be hidden in the water.The boatman wanted to wait for the inspection before sneaking back to pick up the stolen goods.

An urn of horseshoe gold
In the first year of Tang Dezong, a farmer named Song Ren in Fengxiang dug out a small pot-bellied urn while plowing in the field.He opened the lid curiously and saw that the inside was full of golden horseshoe gold.

"Come and see, brother!"

Song Ren's elder brother, Song Guang, heard his younger brother's shout and hurried over.When he saw his younger brother dug out an urn of horseshoe gold, his face flushed with surprise: "Great, it's time for us poor brothers to get lucky! Let's go, carry it back!" "This is not possible." Song Ren He stopped Song Guang and said, "I don't know whose ancestors left this jar full of horseshoe gold. If we keep it privately, it will be a crime."

"Then what do you say?"

"I think we should take it to the county government immediately."

"Carry it to the county government office?" Song Guang looked at this charming gold horseshoe, feeling a little bit reluctant.He rolled his eyes and said, "My younger brother is right. We should send it to the county magistrate. Anyway, foreign money can't change our poor life. However, I think we should go and report to the county magistrate first. How do we deal with it and how do we deal with it."

"Okay, I'll go to the county government office right now, brother, you have to keep an eye on the big urn!"

"Don't worry, I will be optimistic about it, you go and come back quickly!"

Song Ren quickly came to the county government office.When the county magistrate heard that the two brothers of the Song family had dug up a big man with horseshoe gold in the field, he was surprised and happy, so he hurriedly sent a yamen servant to accompany Song Ren to fetch the big urn.

Song Ren led the yamen servants to the field, and saw Song Guang sitting there sweating under the scorching sun and guarding the old man.The yamen servant asked the Song family brothers to tie it up with a rope, wear a pole, and carry the big urn to the county yamen.

The county magistrate opened the lid of the urn and saw that it was indeed a jar full of horseshoe gold. He happily said to the Song family brothers: "It is admirable for you to pick up gold without hesitation. I will report it to the Governor's Mansion and reward you! You go back first."

After the two brothers of the Song family left the county government office, the magistrate felt that the horseshoe gold urn was too precious, so he ordered someone to temporarily carry the big urn to his living room, fearing that the treasury official might make a mistake.

The next day, the county magistrate sent someone to report the excavation of a urn of horseshoe gold to Fengxiang prefect Li Mian.After receiving the report, Li Mian immediately sent a government official to inspect and accept the horseshoe gold.The county magistrate asked the government officials to sit in the lobby, and ordered people to carry the big urn out of their living rooms and put it in the hall for public inspection.Unexpectedly, when the big urn was opened, everyone was shocked: there was no horseshoe gold in the urn, it was already full of clods.The government official suddenly became suspicious, and asked with a livid face:
"Where's the gold horseshoe in here?"

"This……"

"What is this? You are so brave, you dare to exchange the horseshoe gold with clods of soil, what should you do?"

"It's really unfair to be humble. Yesterday, the urn was obviously filled with gold horseshoes, but I don't know why..."

"It's just a bunch of nonsense. If you don't tell the truth, you must report it to the prefect and deal with it severely."

The county magistrate couldn't argue, looked at the clod in the urn, and thought, it's useless to say anything now, even if you have a hundred mouths, can you still call the clod a horseshoe gold?Alas, admit it!Thinking of this, the county magistrate said: "I recruited, I secretly replaced the horseshoe gold." "Huh, that's true, where did you hide the horseshoe gold?"

"Hiding...hiding under the dung pile."

"Pick up the dung pile for me!"

With the order of the government official, the dung pile was removed, but the horseshoe gold was not found.In a rage, the government officials ordered the county magistrate to be tied up and taken back to the mansion, and handed over to the prefect Li Mian to deal with it himself.

On this day, Li Mian invited Yuan Zi, his aide, to ask his opinion on the case. Yuan Zi thought for a while, and said to Li Mian:

"If the county magistrate really wanted to take money, he wouldn't have reported the matter to you. Now he admits that he has hidden the horseshoe gold, but he can't find the horseshoe gold. This is simply unreasonable. There must be another story in this case."

Li Mian had doubts about this matter at first, but after hearing Yuan Zi's words, he felt that it made sense, so he asked Yuan Zi to try the case again.

Yuan Zi asked the county magistrate what happened in detail.When he heard that the big urn was carried by two farmers, he suddenly thought of an idea.After testing, it turned out that the urn of horseshoe gold was replaced by Song Guang.As a result, Song Guang was arrested in court and punished for 40 boards.

It turned out that Song Guang became greedy when he saw that Song Ren had dug out an urn of horseshoe gold.He took the opportunity of letting Song Ren report to the county magistrate, and replaced the horseshoe gold with clods, leaving only a few ingots on the mouth of the urn.What the county magistrate saw were the ingots on it.However, after the county magistrate asked the Song family brothers to carry the big urn to his living room, Song Guang also stole the horseshoe gold ingots on the soil block while no one was paying attention.

How did Yuan Zi know that the horseshoe gold was stolen by Song Guang?
Yuan Zi asked people to take out the soil clods from Dawengli, and there were 250 pieces in total.He also sent people to the treasury to withdraw some gold, found a silversmith, cast 250 gold ingots according to the size of the soil block, and weighed them with a scale.It weighed more than 300 catties before half of it was weighed.According to this calculation, if all of them are weighed, there will be at least six or seven hundred catties.Yuan Zi understood in his heart: How could two people lift such a heavy urn?The gold in this urn had been stolen by someone before it was carried to the county government, and it was probably the two urn bearers.So Yuan Zi found Song Ren first, and after listening to Song Ren's narration, he knew that Song Guang might have stolen the horseshoe gold.It is true that Song Guang was arrested for trial.

Change the knife to catch the murderer
One day during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, a cargo ship from the north docked in the bay of Guangzhou City. The young ship owner took a servant off the ship and wanted to visit the scenery of the coastal city.They came to the urban area, curiously asked east and west, and unknowingly came to the door of a large house.At this time, a very beautiful girl came out of the courtyard and almost bumped into the owner of the ship.The owner of the ship said politely and modestly: "Miss, didn't you hit me? I'm here to apologize!"

When the girl saw that it was a handsome young man who apologized to her, her face flushed.

The girl left, but the captain was still standing there in a daze.Suddenly, he called his servant and followed the girl.

The girl crossed several streets and came to a green brick house. She was about to open the door to enter, but was blocked by the ship owner who came up from behind.

The captain wiped the sweat from his face and said, "Xiaosheng is so offensive, may I ask the lady's name?"

Seeing that it was the handsome young man who almost collided with her just now, the girl smiled and said: "My name is Cui Ling, I don't know what the official wants me for, please come in and tell me!"

The captain was very happy when he heard this, and hurriedly followed the girl into the yard.The girl's parents were not at home, and the yard was very quiet.The captain asked the servant to guard the gate of the courtyard, and he talked with the girl himself.After a few words of politeness, the owner of the ship expressed his admiration to Cui Ling, and agreed to come here for a tryst at night.Cui Ling was also fascinated by the young man's unrestrained behavior, and she readily agreed.

After the sun sets, the amorous girl opens the courtyard door, looking forward to the early arrival of her lover.

At this time, the girl saw someone walking towards here, so she happily greeted him.But the person who came was not the owner of the ship, but a thief.The thief thought that he had been discovered and the girl was here to catch him, so he swung his knife and chopped the girl down to the ground, then threw down the butcher knife and fled in a hurry.

It so happened that the captain of the ship came to the girl's house just after the robbers escaped.He didn't know that such a serious case happened in the small courtyard, so he went to find the girl in the dark.Before I took a few steps, I felt my feet slipped and fell to the ground with a "plop", with many wet things on my body.Just as he was about to get up, he heard a strange sound beside him. He touched the girl's severed throat with his hand, which made him jump up in fright and ran out of the courtyard.He didn't dare to neglect, rushed back to the shore, and left Guangzhou by boat overnight.However, he failed to escape, and was soon tracked down and caught by the people sent by the prefect.

Master Yang, the magistrate, ascended to the hall to ask questions.But no matter how he tortured and interrogated her, the captain refused to admit that he killed the girl.Helpless, the case was sent to the residence of Liu Chonggui, the governor of Guangzhou.

Liu Chonggui is very good at solving cases. He personally brought people to the murder scene for investigation.He found that the murder weapon was a strange-looking butcher knife, so he ordered all the butchers in the city to gather in an empty field with butcher knives, saying that an unprecedented grand banquet would be held.None of the butchers dared not come, and stood for a long time.They waited in the empty field for a whole day, until it got dark, Liu Chonggui came to them, told everyone that the banquet had been changed to tomorrow, and asked them to keep the butcher knives, number them, and come back tomorrow morning.After the butchers left, Liu Chonggui asked people to continue to follow the plan... The next day, the murderer Zhao Si was caught.

How did Liu Chonggui catch the murderer Zhao Si?
After the butchers left, Liu Chonggui asked someone to exchange the butcher knife left by the thieves at the girl's house for a butcher knife placed on the playground.

The next day, the butchers stood in front of their knives according to the number of the previous day.At this time, a butcher said to Liu Chonggui, "My lord, this butcher's knife is not mine, but Zhao Si's." .

Collage of false accusation letters
When Tang Ruizong Li Dan was emperor, it was Empress Dowager Wu Zetian who was actually in power.Some courtiers such as Xu Jingye opposed Empress Wu's participation in politics, and raised a banner in Yangzhou to ask Empress Wu to step down.Wu Zetian was furious, killed Xu Jingye, and eradicated Xu Jingye's remaining party.

The Yangzhou rebellion was quelled, Wu Zetian got rid of a heart disease, and was very happy.But on this day, Huzhou Zuoshi Jiangchen kowtowed to Wu Zetian and handed her a letter.When Wu Zetian opened the letter, he was quite surprised. It turned out to be a secret letter of rebellion sent by Governor Pei Guang to Xu Jingye.Wu Zetian was very shocked and ordered Pei Guang to be arrested immediately for questioning.

After Pei Guang was captured in the capital, Yang Gong, the censor, interrogated him.

Yang Gong handed the letter to Pei Guang and asked, "Did you write this letter?"

Pei Guang looked at the letter and felt very strange: "The words on this letter are indeed written by me, but this letter is not written by me!"

"How do you say that? What a joke!"

"It's really strange, and I can't explain it, but what can I do?"

Yang Gong informed Wu Zetian of the case information, and Wu Zetian thought that Pei Guang was making sophistry, so he changed the censor Li Gong to try Pei Guang again.But after Li's public trial, the result remained the same.Wu Zetian asked Yushi Qigong to go to trial again, and it was the same.At this time, someone recommended to Wu Zetian that Shangshu Zhang Chuxi was very good at handling cases, so he could be allowed to try the case.Angel Wu Ze summoned Zhang Chuxi immediately and ordered him to clear the case quickly.

After Zhang Chuxi accepted the case, he checked the case file and felt very strange.He thought, if it is confirmed that this letter is a forgery, but Pei Guang admits that the words on the letter are written by himself; evidence.Zhang Chuxi pondered over and over again, but couldn't figure out the mystery.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhang Chuxi was worried that Wu Zetian would be blamed because the case had not been found out, and she was restless.That night, when he was analyzing the case, he didn't close his eyes for another whole night. He didn't fall asleep until the east was getting brighter.After an unknown amount of time, he woke up and opened his eyes to see that it was already noon.He felt very tired and didn't want to get up, so he picked up the secret letter of rebellion from his pillow and began to think.Suddenly, he found small shadows appearing on the letter.He was very surprised, so he quickly aimed the letter at the sunlight, took a closer look, and almost cried out in surprise.It turned out that under the projection of sunlight, wherever there are words on the letter, the color of the paper is darker; where there is no word, the color of the paper is lighter.Zhang Chuxi concluded that this secret letter of rebellion must be forged.

On the same day, Zhang Chuxi passed the defendant Pei Guang and the plaintiff to the mansion for a new trial.When Zhang Chuxi asked Pei Guang, Pei Guang answered the same as the day before.Afterwards, Zhang Chuxi turned to Jiang Chen and said, "I have fully investigated this case, and now I will remind you one more thing: If you sue Pei Guang for treason, if it is found out that it is a false accusation, you will naturally know the consequences."

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, then replied: "The lowly job exposes the traitors because they are loyal to the country, and they have already disregarded life and death. I hope your lord will see clearly!"

"Hey!" Zhang Chuxi sneered twice, and then said sharply: "You despicable villain, you forged secret letters to frame innocent people, but you pretended to be a gentleman, and you didn't really do it!"

"My lord, I have been wronged by my lowly position!" Jiang Chen knelt on the ground with a "plop".

Zhang Chuxi said angrily: "Wrong? I will verify this forged letter for you on the spot!"

Facing the facts, Jiang Chen trembled with fright, his face turned pale, so he had to truthfully confess the crime of falsely accusing Pei Guang.It turned out that Jiang Chen was usually at odds with Pei Guang, but Pei Guang was his boss, and there was nothing he could do to punish him.After Xu Jingye was killed, Jiang Chen saw that this was a good opportunity to frame Pei Guang, so he asked his confidants to steal some of Pei Guang's letters, and invited a craftsman with high glue-up skills to cut out words, collaged into this secret letter of rebellion.

After Zhang Chuxi reported the case to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian ordered Jiang Chen to be beheaded in public.

How did Zhang Chuxi verify the forged letter?

Zhang Chuxi ordered the yamen servant to fetch a basin of clear water and put the secret letter of rebellion into the water.After a while, I saw the words on the letter separated one by one.In this way, he verified that the letter was a forged letter made of cut and collaged words.

bag turmoil
In the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng was prosperous in business, and the streets and alleys were full of hotels and restaurants.There is a "Dafugui" hotel in the east of the city. The food and drinks there are of good quality and the price is fair. Coupled with the warm service of the boss, the business is very good.

On this day, a businessman came to the tavern with a bag on his shoulder.What is a bag?It is a long cloth pocket, which was specially used by ancient people to put money.The boss warmly greeted him to take a seat, and he took off the bag, looking for a place to hang it.The boss pointed to the crossbar under the table, where there was a gap as big as a fist, and the boss said, "It's safe to hang it here." The businessman hung the bag on the crosspiece, ordered wine and vegetables, and began to eat slowly.The businessman left drunk after eating and drinking.When the boss was clearing the table, he found that the bag was still hanging on the crosspiece of the table. When he opened it, he found that there were thirty copper coins in it.He thought, the merchant must have been drunk and forgot to take it away.He kept the bag and waited for the merchant to come and get it.

The next day, the businessman really came. He took the bag, and instead of thanking the shopkeeper, he said, "Hey, why is there less money in my bag?" The official came to decide the case.The county magistrate came to the scene and first asked the businessman, "Where did you forget the bag?" The merchant said nonsense: "There are three hundred coins!" The county magistrate then ordered the shopkeeper: "Why did you steal his money? Make up for his three hundred coins!" Money, fill the bag full.The businessman was enjoying himself when the county magistrate yelled: "You will repay your kindness and accuse a good person, and you haven't really recruited him!"

Do you know how the county magistrate exposes the lies of the merchants?

The bag was filled with [-] Wen coins, and it became so bulging that it couldn't hang on the crosspiece with only a big gap between fists, which showed that the businessman was lying.

flying dad
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there lived a man named Qu Ning in Jincheng, Zezhou.His father was an old man who died not long ago.

On this day, Qu Ning had just had breakfast when he saw an old man walking in from the door.The old man took Qu Ning's hand, burst into tears, and cried:
"Ning'er, our flesh and blood relatives are finally reunited!"

How is this going?Qu Ning was stunned for a moment.Could it be that the ghost of the old father has returned?He rubbed his eyes and saw clearly that he did not know the old man standing in front of him before, so he hurriedly asked, "Old man, did you recognize the wrong person?"

"How can this happen? Don't call me old man, I am your own father!" The old man looked sincere.

"Dad? My father just passed away not long ago, you..." Qu Ning became more and more confused.

(End of this chapter)