Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What to do if you are beheaded at the beginning?

Song Zhen continued, "Everyone has the right to choose. Painting is her hobby. I shouldn't keep her in a cage for my own selfish desires."

Cui Qiuhua lowered her head in shame.

The two chatted for a while, and Cui Mengzhu came back after an unknown amount of time.

"Old Song, come and give me a hug."

Song Zhen ran over and picked her up, rubbed her face with his, and said softly, "Why did you come back so late today?"

"Because the people from the Dali Temple went over."

"?"

"I also saw Di Pangpang at the scene."

"Nonsense, he's young now, not fat at all."

"Old Song, why isn't Li Yuanfang next to Di Pangpang?"

"Maybe, I'm his Yuanfang."

"?"

"Ahem——" Cui Qiuhua, who was standing aside, couldn't stand watching the two young people being intimate as if no one was around.

"Aye..." Cui Mengzhu quickly broke free from Song Zhen's arms, stood aside and lowered her head shyly.

Cui Qiuhua smiled: "This is your own home, not the Cui Mansion."

He was very pleased that his daughter seemed to have a good relationship with Song Zhen. He hadn't seen his daughter smile from the heart for a long time.

But...

Finally, Cui Qiuhua really didn't know what to say. He took out a manual from his arms and handed it to Song Zhen solemnly.

"What is this?"

"Marriage certificate."

"?" Song Zhen was stunned.

"The people in the clan don't know, I got it myself."

After saying that, Cui Qiuhua pursed his lips, lowered his head and left the Song Mansion, got on the carriage and went away.

In ancient times, marriage was based on the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. It was not that you two young people liked each other and eloped and got married naked.

What if both of you are in other places and your parents are not around?

Article 188 of the Tang Law Commentary stipulates: "If the younger generation is away from home, the elders will arrange for their engagement. If the younger generation marries a wife, if the marriage is already completed, the marriage shall be carried out according to the law; if the marriage is not completed, the elders shall follow the elders. Those who violate the law shall be punished with 100 strokes of the cane."

Song Zhen and Cui Mengzhu belong to this situation. Cui Qiuhua does not know whether they have held a wedding privately.

But as a father, he reissued the marriage certificate to Song Zhen, which was a recognition of Song Zhen as a son-in-law.

And this recognition only represents him personally, not the Qinghe Cui family.

In the Tang Dynasty, marriage certificates, private agreements and betrothal gifts all belong to the category of engagement. As long as one of them has been completed, the man and woman have a legal marriage premise.

Cui Qiuhua thought so. Since his daughter liked him, it can be seen that Song Zhen also liked her, so as a father, he should respect his daughter's decision.

As for what the family thinks, that is their business.

His only wish is that his daughter can marry well.

Song Zhen's current achievements have far surpassed 90% of his peers in the Five Surnames and Seven Families. The only shortcoming is that he is just a poor boy.

Cui Qiuhua secretly went to see "Liang Zhu" alone some time ago.

After returning, he locked himself in the room for a day and a night.

Finally, he made this difficult decision.

He knew that the family would definitely oppose this marriage, so he came alone secretly.

Just to hand over a marriage certificate, so that his daughter and Song Zhen's marriage would have a legal premise.

Even in the future, no matter how unreasonable the Qinghe Cui family is, they can't break up the couple.

Song Zhen looked at the "Reply to the Marriage Certificate" in his hand speechlessly. Every word in it was written by Cui Qiuhua, the old father.

Page 2: "Cui Mengzhu is the seventh daughter. She is over the age of 15 and is close to the age of 20. She has not yet met the rules of etiquette. I heard that the virtuous man, Song Zhen, the eldest son of the Song Mansion, has not yet married. I would like to have a good marriage and hope to ask for help. I respectfully reply to the matchmaker Cui Qiufang, I dare not disobey. Cui Qiuhua is."

This marriage certificate is very important, and it contains all the deep love of an old father.

Qinghe Cui family does not know that Cui Qiuhua has secretly found Song Zhen. Cui Yu is planning to find a suitable husband for Cui Mengzhu in public.

However, no family dares to take this hot potato.

First, exclude the Boling Cui family. The Tang Dynasty stipulates that people with the same surname cannot get married.

Article 182 of "Tang Law Commentary" stipulates: "Those who get married with the same surname will be sentenced to two years in prison."

Cui Yu can only look for three families: Longxi Li family, Zhaojun Li family, and Xingyang Zheng family.

But people are not fools, who dares to take it?

Even the Qinghe Cui Clan couldn't stand this outrageous move.

"Elder, isn't it too immoral for you to do this?"

Cui Yu glared back at him: "What's immoral? Aren't parents the ones who decide when their children get married?"

The people below were muttering in their hearts, you are not their parents, why are you worrying about it?

In the end, it was because he couldn't save his face and wanted to fight for his parents before he died.A breath.

......

The next afternoon, Song Zhen came to the Dali Temple as usual.

I saw a group of people holding a meeting with solemn expressions.

"Huaiying, what's wrong?"

Di Renjie frowned and said heavily: "Longmen Grottoes, a Buddha head is missing."

"Ah?" I was surprised. There are still people stealing treasures in this era?

The key is that the Longmen Grottoes are not a cultural relic now. What can you do by stealing a Buddha head made more than ten years ago?

Xue Zhengqing said sternly in the crowd: "This case is very serious, because the thief cut off the Buddha head cast with the appearance of Tian Khan."

"?"

"The saint was furious and thought it was a provocation. He ordered our Dali Temple to find the real culprit within one month and find the Buddha head!"

Xue Zhengqing saw Song Zhen coming, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It should be stable now. Both brothers are here.

Song Zhen asked Di Renjie softly: "Huaiying, did you go to the scene to investigate last night?"

Di Renjie nodded: "Yes, at 5 p.m. last night, the Dali Temple received a report that the Buddha head of Longmen Grottoes was lost. We immediately rushed to the scene and detained all the workers working on the scene."

"However, after an investigation, no clues were found."

"And the suspicion of the Ministry of Works stealing can be ruled out."

Song Zhen was puzzled: "Why?"

"Because according to the Jinwu Guard's report on entering and leaving the city, no one has brought illegal items into the city."

Song Zhen smiled: "Is there a possibility? The Buddha head does not need to be transported into the city?"

"What you said makes sense. I also thought of this, but no cave that can hide the Buddha head was found at the scene."

To find the real culprit, we must first guess why the other party did this? What is the motive?

The Buddha head is not worth much, it should not be used to sell for money.

It seems that there is only one possibility, that is, a provocation to the royal family.

Because the thief just happened to cut off the Buddha head made with Li Shimin's image.

What does this mean?

Could it be just a coincidence?

"How many caves have been excavated in Longmen Grottoes now?"

Di Renjie was stunned. It seemed that this had never been investigated.

"Let's go to the Ministry of Works and ask Minister Yan."

......

【Let's not deal with murder cases anymore. Let's try something fancy. 】