The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 44
When the news that Liu Wei and Shen Tan were going to compete for a trial trial spread throughout the capital, the Double Ninth Festival arrived.

Since ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival has been a very important festival. On this day, people will plant dogwood, drink chrysanthemum wine, and worship if there is a dead person in the family. Generally speaking, the people today are busy. is lively.

And the lively streets are the most prone to accidents.

Liu Wei has been busy with chrysanthemum wine since the morning. Today, the sales volume of any other wine cannot be as good as chrysanthemum wine. Chrysanthemum wine is also called longevity wine. It is a must-have wine for the Double Ninth Festival. They sell this kind of wine, but in order to occupy a certain market share, they still brew some in good time.

And when Liu Wei was busy with this, a yamen servant came to report that someone had come to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case today, and the king of Jin invited him.

Hearing the news, Liu Wei understood that Tan Shen was about to compete with him. Although Liu's winery was very busy, Liu Wei couldn't shirk it. After explaining the winery's affairs to Liu Quan and Zhang Qixian , Then went straight to the Kaifeng government office.

The news of the first competition spread quickly, and many people rushed to Kaifeng Mansion one after another, and rushed to announce it.Princess Ruyi was paying homage to King Cao at home. After hearing the news, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and then led Lvyi and Xiaoyu to rush there.

When Liu Wei came to Kaifeng Mansion, the inside and outside of Kaifeng Mansion were already full of people. People with status had entered the mansion, and ordinary people without status were waiting outside the mansion. Waiting for the news outside is also exciting.

The lobby of Kaifeng Mansion is very majestic. There are two rows of yamen servants. There are three people kneeling in the hall, an old woman and two men. King Jin is sitting in the lobby. Beside him are Su Jiaokan and Shen Tan.

However, when Liu Wei went in, he found that the current emperor and Zhao Pu were also there. The two of them were sitting in the hall to listen, and behind them stood some ministers who came here to watch the fun. Liu Wei wanted to bow down to Zhao Kuangyin, but was waved slightly by Zhao Kuangyin Seeing this, Liu Wei knew that Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to make it public, so he knelt down to King Jin.

After saluting like this, he stood on one side again.

The King of Jin smiled lightly and said: "A few days ago Concubine Liu had a bet with Mr. Shen from Kaifeng Mansion, do you still remember?"

Liu Wei cupped his hands and said, "Of course I remember."

King Jin nodded: "The two of you have clearly contested three times. If Concubine Liu wins, Master Shen should not use more torture to judge the case in the future. If Master Shen wins, Concubine Liu will be at the discretion of Master Shen, but is that so?"

"Exactly!"

"Exactly!"

Liu Wei and Shen Tan immediately stood up and said.

King Jin nodded, and said: "Okay, Kaifeng Mansion just encountered a case today, and let you each show your skills." Then, King Jin patted the gavel, and said to the people kneeling under the hall: "Wait a minute!" Let me tell you what happened."

After the three people kneeling in the hall listened to King Jin's words, the old woman narrated her own affairs.

"I wanted to go to worship my ancestors today, but who ever wanted to go to the street, and the money bag was stolen by a thief, and the old man chased after him, but when the old man chased after him, he saw the two people wrestling with each other. Together, they declared that the other party was a thief, and they themselves were the ones catching the thief, and the old man didn't see what the thief looked like, so he didn't know how to tell the difference, so they came to see the official."

After the old woman finished speaking, the other two also narrated their own affairs.

"The villain's name is Wang Er. He was wandering in the street today. Later, when he heard someone yelling that there was a thief, the villain rushed to him immediately. He never thought that the thief was very cunning. After being chased by the villain, he turned around and framed him. The villain is a thief, the villain is really wronged, please be careful."

"My lord, don't listen to Wang Er's nonsense. The villain Zhang Si is the one who caught the thief. Today, the villain was going to pay homage to the ancestors. Later, when someone shouted to catch the thief, the villain wanted to catch the thief first and go to worship the ancestors." It's not too late, but the thief is really cunning, seeing that he couldn't escape, he accused the villain of stealing the old man's purse, it is really wronged, please make the decision for the villain."

After the three of them talked about their respective situations, the onlookers were already talking about it. Some people said that Wang Er is a thief. You can see that he looks like a thief, and someone even broke the news , Said that Wang Er is just a street gangster, and he does a lot of sneaky things on weekdays, and the thief must be him.

Of course, some people also said that Zhang Si was a thief, saying that although Zhang Si looked good, he could not be judged by his appearance, so maybe he was the thief.

Liu Wei stood aside and observed Wang Er and Zhang Si carefully, and found that the two were very similar in height and body shape, but Zhang Si was indeed more handsome than Wang Er, but his appearance was not enough. Deciding what to do, Liu Wei smiled lightly, then cupped his hands to Tan Tan and said, "Master Shen, what are you going to do when you encounter this case?"

Shen Tan frowned slightly, and then smiled coldly: "Since everyone says they are not thieves, it's easy to handle. Each of them will hit [-] big boards until one of them is willing to tell the truth."

Shen Tan used to solve cases like this, but he did this before. The thief only stole the money bag, and he was caught in the prison for a few days at most. This account, especially when the thief knows the pain when the stick is pressed down, will admit to the crime again and again.

After Shen Tan finished speaking, he turned to look at Liu Wei and said, "What is Liu Concubine planning to do?"

Liu Wei shrugged: "My son-in-law can know who the thief is without torture."

As soon as Liu Wei's words came out, everyone present was shocked. It's not easy to do things like this. Why is Liu Wei so confident that he can know who the thief is?

Princess Ruyi stood in the crowd, and couldn't help but sweat for Liu Wei. If Liu Wei could find the thief, it would be fine, but if she couldn't find it, she would be a shameful adult. Princess Ruyi thought about it, But he couldn't think of how to make the thief confess his crime without punishment.

Hearing what Liu Wei said, Shen Tan said coldly: "Okay, then let me see how Mr. Liu can find the thief without torture."

Liu Wei smiled lightly, and then looked at King Jin. After seeing King Jin nod his head in agreement, Liu Wei came to Wang Er and Zhang Si and asked, "Listen to what you two said just now, they are all catching up from behind. A thief on the run, but so?"

"Exactly!"

"That's right!"

Liu Wei got the confirmation, nodded slightly, and then cupped his hands to King Jin and said, "My lord, let these two people run back and forth on the street in front of Kaifeng mansion, I wonder if it's okay?"

"what?"

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard Liu Wei's words, and they didn't understand what Liu Wei wanted to do. Could it be that if these two people ran around the street once, Liu Wei would be able to know who the thief was?
King Jin hesitated for a moment, Liu Wei saw this, and said again: "My lord, you don't have to worry about the thief escaping. If the thief escapes with a guilty conscience, it's easy to handle, isn't it?"

Hearing what Liu Wei said, the King of Jin felt relieved, and said, "Okay, I will follow Liu's son-in-law."

As he said that, the King of Jin glanced at Su Tongkan, but Su Tongkan also frowned slightly at this time. At first, Su Tongkan thought that Liu Wei wanted to make the thief feel guilty and then took the opportunity to escape, but now Liu Wei said all those words How dare the thief escape?
After getting permission from the King of Jin, the people in the lobby came to the gate of Kaifeng mansion one after another, and the common people stood on both sides of the street. Liu Wei came to the front and back of the Kaifeng mansion gate, and said to Wang Er and Zhang Si: "You two go east. Run, turn back when you meet an intersection, you must run with all your strength, whoever runs slowly is a thief."

After Liu Wei finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar. This... what kind of logic is this?What does it mean that whoever runs slowly is a thief? This is too much of a joke. Shen Tan was even more upset, and he cupped his hands to King Jin and said, "My lord, it's ridiculous to use such a trick to decide who is a thief. It's embarrassing."

King Jin didn't feel this way, even using torture was better than using this method. King Jin felt ashamed of Liu Wei for a while, but when King Jin looked at Su Tong, he found that Su Jiao looked suddenly smiling nodded.

Princess Ruyi was also stunned for a moment, and Xiaoyu felt ashamed as if she was looking for a crack in the ground to sneak in.

Everyone was talking about it, but Liu Wei didn't care, and said to Wang Er and Zhang Si: "You two get ready."

With an order, the two rushed out like rabbits. At this time, the street was cleared, and the two ran without hindrance. Although the people nearby were not optimistic about Liu Wei's method, but with this excitement, they also quickly Excited, some people couldn't help shouting "Come on, run fast" and so on.

The east of the gate of Kaifeng mansion is not very far. After about half a stick of incense, Wang Er and Zhang Si ran back. You are a thief, please admit your crime."

Everyone didn't expect that Liu Wei would actually use this method to judge who was a thief. Tan Shen snorted coldly with disdain on his face, while Zhang Si panted and defended: "I'm wronged, I'm wronged, I'm not a thief, The thief is Wang Er..." Saying this, Zhang Si suddenly pointed at Liu Weiwei: "You use this ridiculous method to judge who is a thief, I don't accept it, I am wronged..."

While Zhang Si was yelling, Liu Wei snorted coldly and said, "You don't have to complain, you are a thief. I will analyze it now to convince you. First of all, the thief was running ahead on the street, and the one who caught the thief People are chasing behind, and they can catch the thief at a certain distance. This means that the person who catches the thief runs faster than the thief, and the one who runs slowly is naturally a thief. You are much slower than Wang Er. You are not a thief. Who is the thief?"

As soon as this remark came out, the people who were talking about it suddenly fell silent. It was such a simple thing, and the reason was so obvious, but why didn't they think of it before Liu Wei said it?

(End of this chapter)