The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 56
Autumn night, wind and cold.

The streets were empty, with occasional barking of dogs.

When Liu Wei followed the yamen servants to Kaifeng Mansion, there were lights inside and outside the Kaifeng Mansion, but it was much quieter than before, not even a commoner watching the excitement.

Entering the mansion, Liu Wei was led to the living room by the yamen servants. The living room was dark and the lonely lamp was blowing in the wind. King Jin, Su Tongkan and Tan Tan were waiting inside. matter?"

King Jin looked deeply, and said: "Someone reported the case, it was a female corpse, and the government servants have gone to check, let's wait for a while."

Liu Wei nodded, but felt a little uneasy in his heart. After about half a stick of incense, the yamen servant carried the corpse and led the relevant personnel into the Kaifeng government office. There were two relevant personnel, a man and a woman, both middle-aged in their 40s people.

After the two relevant personnel entered the government office, they immediately knelt in the hall and began to cry.

"My lord, my daughter died unjustly, please avenge my daughter's death."

After the two said this, everyone already understood that the deceased was the daughter of these two people, but they didn't know about the specific grievances.

"Let's tell the details." Jin Wang frowned slightly and asked.

The two were crying hard, their words were a little choked up, but they still made things clear.

"The little old man's name is Zheng Yin. He opened an inn in the capital. His family is fairly well-to-do. He has only one daughter under his knees. Unexpectedly, he died tragically in the boudoir tonight. Please find the murderer and avenge my daughter."

Zheng Yin was talking in the hall, but Liu Wei's expression was slightly condensed. Since ancient times, when solving a case, destroying the scene of the crime is the most taboo. Now that the body has been brought, I don't know how many clues will be destroyed.

Just as Liu Wei was thinking this way, Shen Tan immediately asked: "What's the matter, why did your daughter die tragically in the boudoir?" Then, Shen Tan leaned over to examine the body.

Zheng Yin was sad, and said: "I don't know the villain, but when I went in, my daughter had already hanged to death, but my daughter will never commit suicide, someone must have killed her."

After Zheng Yin finished speaking, Shen Tan got up, and said: "Ling Ai indeed has a strangle mark on her neck, and her eyes are closed, her lips are black and black, her lips are parted and her teeth are exposed. I'm afraid she really committed suicide." After pondering, he asked, "Is there anything unusual about your daughter today?"

As soon as Shen Tan finished speaking, Mrs. Zheng suddenly cried out in the hall: "My daughter has food and drink, and she has been betrothed by a good man. How could she seek death? My daughter must have been killed by someone, please be careful."

As Zheng said, she pulled Zheng Yin, and Zheng Yin also cried and said that their Zheng family was well off, and their daughter would never commit suicide.

Shen Tan frowned slightly, then turned to King Jin and said, "My lord, the mark on the neck of the deceased is undoubtedly the result of hanging himself, and there is no other scar left, there is nothing to investigate in this case, please let the lord decide. "

King Jin glanced at Su Tong, who frowned deeply, glanced at Liu Wei slightly, King Jin nodded, and then looked at Liu Weiwei: "What does Lord Liu think about this case?"

Liu Wei bowed his hands to the King of Jin, and then went to the corpse to examine the neck of the deceased carefully. After the inspection, he got up and said: "If you go back to the prince, the subordinates agree with Mr. Shen's words. The deceased has undoubtedly died by hanging himself."

As soon as Liu Wei said this, Jin Wang, Su Tongjian and Shen Tan were all very surprised. In previous competitions, Liu Wei and Shen Tan almost had different opinions, but this time they both thought that the deceased died by hanging himself .

After Liu Wei's words were uttered, Zheng Yin and his wife wanted to make trouble again. They believed that their daughter was murdered, and just before they were about to make a big fuss, Liu Wei suddenly said: "My lord, the deceased It is true that he died by hanging himself, but on the condition of the deceased, how could he commit suicide for no reason? Please file a case for investigation, your lord, there must be something hidden in it.”

After Shen Tan heard Liu Wei's words, he wanted to reject them psychologically, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Liu Wei said made sense. How could a young girl commit suicide for no reason?Although Zheng Juan said that she committed suicide, she still needs to investigate clearly. It is rare for the two of them to have the same opinion this time. The only thing to compare is who should figure out the cause of Zheng Juan's suicide first.

At this time, after hearing Liu Wei's words, Zheng Yin and his wife stopped making trouble, and only asked the government to investigate the suicide of their daughter.

King Jin nodded slightly when he saw this, but because it was getting late, everything will be checked tomorrow.
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The next day, the autumn wind was even more bleak. After hearing about the murder case last night, the people in the capital came to watch the fun. Of course, the most important thing was to know the contest between Liu Wei and Shen Tan.

After being promoted, Detective Shen was the first to interrogate.

"Zheng Yin, it is now certain that Ling Ai committed suicide. I am here to ask you, did your daughter have any abnormalities yesterday?"

Zheng Yin knelt in the hall, his face was quite ugly, because of his daughter's death, and also for Shen Tan and Liu Wei, they had to be sure that his daughter committed suicide.

"Returning to the adults, the little girl went out with the servant girl Xiaohong yesterday, and she didn't look very good when she came back, but...but this can't be the reason for her suicide, right?"

Shen Tan frowned slightly: "Any clue may be the cause of the deceased's suicide." After speaking, Shen Tan cast his eyes on the maid Xiaohong who was kneeling behind Zheng Yin, and asked, "Why was your lady angry yesterday? "

Xiaohong knelt on the ground with her head lowered, and said: "Returning to the words of the adults, the servants don't know, I went shopping with the young lady in the street yesterday, but for some reason, the young lady suddenly said that she didn't want to go shopping, and then she went home a little bit unhappy."

Xiaohong trembled, Chen Tan frowned slightly, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, if you tell the whole truth in the end, then how could Zheng Juan suddenly get angry while shopping? Something must have happened. If you refuse to answer truthfully, you will Don't blame me for serving me with a heavy punishment."

When Xiaohong heard that he was about to use a severe punishment, she cried and begged for mercy in fright, but Shen Tan had a cold expression and was unmoved at all.

"Speak, or not?"

Xiao Hong slightly turned her head and glanced at Zheng Yin, and then said hastily: "Please forgive me, Miss has been in a bad mood for the past few days, because... because Master and Madam found a house for Miss, but Miss doesn't like it. .”

As soon as Xiaohong said this, Zheng Yin immediately said angrily: "Nonsense, how could my daughter not like it? The person we found for him is the son of Zhang Yuanwai's family in the capital. Mr. Zhang is both talented and handsome and rich. My daughter can I don't know how happy I am to marry him."

Xiao Hong immediately shrank her neck when Zheng Yin said on the phone, and then bowed her head in silence.

Liu Wei was listening, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

At this time, Shen Tan snorted coldly: "Zheng Yin, how can you intimidate witnesses in the court? You think that Mr. Zhang is a good son-in-law, but does your daughter think so?"

After Shen Tan finished speaking, Mrs. Zheng burst into tears, and beat Zheng Yin while crying: "You who killed a thousand swords, I said at the time that the young master was not suitable, but you just took a fancy to his family's financial resources. Now my daughter is Suicide because of this, you...you pay me a daughter..."

The lobby was in chaos, but everyone believed that Zheng Juan committed suicide because she was not satisfied with the family her father found.

And just when King Jin felt that it was time to judge the case, Liu Wei suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I request that the corpse be reexamined."

The King of Jin frowned slightly, a little puzzled, and said, "Lord Liu, now that the case has been revealed, you also think that the deceased died by hanging himself, but why do you need to re-examine the corpse?"

Tan Shen snorted coldly, as if he felt that Liu Wei was dissatisfied when he saw that he had cleared the case, so he acted accordingly.

Liu Wei didn't care, and said: "The cause of the deceased's death is indeed correct, but the subordinates still have doubts about the circumstances of the deceased's suicide. If the deceased is dissatisfied with the marriage that her father arranged for her, it makes sense to be angry and troublesome, and she can commit suicide." But it is puzzling. Just imagine, a woman has no place in her heart. Since it is the order of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, if you want to bear it and marry it, but Zheng Juan committed suicide. The prince does not think this is unreasonable ?"

As soon as this remark came out, Su Tongjian was the first to react, and said, "Master Liu, you mean that the deceased had something to belong to, that's why he couldn't bear the marriage that his father had arranged, and that's why he committed suicide?"

Liu Wei smiled lightly: "This is just a guess, but whether it is true or not, we have to verify it."

Everyone was a little puzzled, how to verify this kind of thing?

"How does Master Liu want to verify?"

"Re-examine the corpse, and this time the entire body of the deceased needs to be examined, including the genitals of the deceased."

Just as Liu Wei said this, a roar suddenly came from the lobby: "No, my daughter is dead, how can you allow such insults?"

Zheng Yin's face was full of anger and sadness, and even Zheng Shi, who had been choking all the time, felt the same hatred with her husband at this moment.The people outside the hall were even louder, how could they test the place where they claimed to be a woman?

Princess Ruyi stood in the crowd, her face was already reddish, Xiaoyu was even more shy, and said softly: "Princess, shall we go back?"

Princess Ruyi hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

Above the lobby, Shen Tan stood aside, and said coldly: "Master Liu, the cause of the deceased's suicide has already been found out, so why do you need to do anything extra? Besides, the deceased is a woman, how can you inspect such a place? If it spreads out, won't it ruin the reputation of our Kaifeng Mansion?"

Saying that, Shen Tan slightly cupped his hands to King Jin, and said: "Please make a decision, Your Majesty."

King Jin was a little hesitant at this time. After thinking for a while, he looked at Liu Weiwei: "Can Mr. Liu give you a reason?"

Liu Wei thought for a while, and said: "When judging a case for an official, it is most taboo to be unclear, otherwise it will inevitably cause people to be wronged and wronged. The subordinates feel that anyone who examines a woman should not be ashamed. If the deceased is not identified because it is a woman, Isn’t it suspected of putting the cart before the horse? Furthermore, if there are no evil thoughts in mind, how can testing a woman’s vagina be considered an insult to the dead?”

Liu Wei's words made sense, King Jin was shocked after hearing this, and said: "Master Liu is right, that's the case, please ask Master Liu to re-examine the corpse."

(End of this chapter)