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

Song Zhen looked at the man and woman sitting at the round table, and saw the woman stood up to pour wine for the man.

The man hugged the woman with a bit of vulgar expression.

Miss Xia He smiled indifferently, and she lightly dodged the devil's claws.

Song Zhen couldn't hear the conversation between the two, but he could guess a little from their movements and postures.

"My dear, come, have another drink."

The man shook his head and refused, saying that he couldn't drink too much.

Miss Xia He didn't bother, she picked up a piece of food and put it in the man's bowl.

Song Zhen looked down and saw that it was a piece of fat pork.

But the man didn't eat it for a long time.

The man hugged Miss Xia He and wanted to kiss her, but she stopped him with her hand.

Miss Xia He covered her mouth with a smile, made a gesture, and the two chased each other in the room.

"I have to say that Miss Xia He's business is really superb, and this trick of playing hard to get is wonderful."

Song Zhen nodded secretly.

As the two ran, Miss Xia He passed through Song Zhen's body.

But the deceased stopped in front of him, he covered his chest tightly with his right hand, and then-

Bang-

fell straight in front of Song Zhen.

......

"?"

Song Zhen squatted down, he carefully observed the traces on the ground.

Behind him, there was a pool of fine blood, which was caused by the deceased falling on the ground.

Secondly, according to the flying dust, the deceased should have covered his chest with his right hand and slightly clenched his left hand when he died.

All of this is perfectly consistent with the traces at the scene.

"Did you see anything?" Di Renjie interrupted Song Zhen's meditation at this time.

Song Zhen replied: "Based on the traces at the scene and the characteristics of the body, the deceased should have died suddenly."

"Death suddenly?" Di Renjie thought with a gloomy face, "Could it be? Miss Xia He poisoned?"

Song Zhen shook his head: "It shouldn't be. Those who die of poison have dark purple or blue faces, purple and black lips, and dark blue fingernails and toenails. This body obviously does not meet these characteristics."

Due to the limited poison technology in ancient times, most people who died of poison had a characteristic that their bodies were different from ordinary people.

"However, I am not sure whether it was poisoned or not. I need to verify it again."

At this time, Song Zhen discovered that Miss Xia He was detained and left by the clerk.

Di Renjie explained: "She is the only eyewitness at the scene, and I noticed that she had scars on her body. I don't rule out the suspicion of murder out of hatred, so I took her back first."

"It should be."

Song Zhen walked out of the room, and Chunhua stopped him. She said with tears in her eyes: "Young man, please make a decision for sister Xia He. She is the kindest person I have ever seen. She is raising a child outside..."

At this time, the tall and long-legged beauty next to Chunhua interrupted her: "Don't say it, Chunhua."

"The law is long and there is no loophole. Don't worry, who is the real murderer will be revealed."

A group of female prostitutes in Huichunfang sent them to the door. It can be seen that Miss Xia He is indeed popular.

......

When riding in a carriage back to the government office, Di Renjie suddenly said to himself: "Miss Xia He, what kind of woman is she?"

"Want to know? Then go together." Song Zhen was not in a hurry to re-examine the body.

First of all, because he was not a coroner of the government, and the coroner in the Tang Dynasty was not even a small official.

He was just a "bad person".

What is a bad person?

"Bad" in the "Dictionary of Tang and Five Dynasties Language": "In the Tang Dynasty, the government recruited people with bad deeds to serve as small officials for investigation and arrest, which was called "bad", also known as "bad back", and the person in charge was called "bad commander". "

Since Song Zhen's case was still under review by the Dali Temple, he had not yet officially gotten rid of his criminal status.

So Di Renjie made a request to the higher authorities not to restrict Song Zhen's freedom temporarily, and to grant him the status of "bad person", and to wait until the official verdict came down before he could be formally promoted.

Among them, he received the support of Minister Yan, who even recommended Song Zhen to the Ministry of Personnel as "Bingzhou Judge Assistant" and asked him to work with Di Renjie in Bingzhou.

Therefore, Song Zhen's autopsy report had no legal effect, and was usually based on the official coroner.

[Coroner: responsible for registering the coroner's report information. 】

The same happened with the previous case of Zhao Siniang, but the results of the official coroner's examination were consistent with Song Zhen's, and even the details that he did not find were discovered by Song Zhen.

There were only two coroners in Bianzhou, named Zhang San and Li Si. (Too lazy to name them)

Usually, they only need to assist in the work when there is a case, and they usually slaughter livestock at home.

In the Tang Dynasty, coroners were a profession that basically no one was willing to do, and their social status was so low that it was almost in the dust.

For those who work as coroners, their descendants for three generations cannot take the imperial examination.Therefore, Yan Liben gave Song Zhen a post as Bingzhou judge.

Although he was a judge, he could do autopsies part-time during the actual investigation, and no one would say anything.

Just like Song Ci, Song Ci's official post was the chief judge of the Song Dynasty, not a minor coroner of the Song Dynasty.

Remember, it's a part-time job! It must not be the main job! Otherwise, Song Zhen will be looked down upon for the rest of his life.

So, in a certain film and television work, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the heroine, who was born in a coroner family (?), traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to take the coroner exam (?) in order to realize the dream of bringing honor to her ancestors (?), isn't this nonsense?

The job of coroner is not worth doing even if it's given for free, and people look down on it for its low salary, but they actually hold an exam? Funny.

Ahem, adaptation is not random.

......

Yan Liben and Wang Yifang, they are going back to Chang'an.

In front of the carriage, Song Zhen asked Yan Liben: "Minister Yan, I have a question to ask."

"Song Xiaoyou, just ask."

"Are officials serving for the sake of fame for generations, or for the country and the people?"

This question is very profound. Yan Liben fell into deep thought, and then he smiled and said: "Huaiying, Jingxian, what do you think?"

Di Renjie replied: "The merits and demerits will be judged by future generations. I think we should not pay too much attention to our reputation after death. We should be down-to-earth, do our own job, and do everything well."

Wang Yifang put forward a different point of view: "Throughout the ages, there are not many ministers who can be remembered by the world. If you can leave your name in history, even if you have to sacrifice your life, you will not hesitate."

Yan Liben nodded, and what the two said made sense.

However, his point of view coincided with Di Renjie's, and he also felt that.

Go to hell with you, I have a peerless painting that will be passed down through the ages.

Yan Liben is like a top student who is recommended to Tsinghua and Peking University, and thinks that it is nothing great to be admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University.

Song Zhen continued to ask a question: "If you are just a small censor, and there is a corrupt official in your class, and you have evidence against him, you will most likely be able to impeach him successfully. After success, you will be remembered for thousands of years, but you will lose everything. What will you do?"

Di Renjie immediately said: "I will choose to remain silent."

"Why?"

"If I remain silent, I will have the opportunity to take a higher position and punish more illegal officials. If I have nothing, I will not be able to do anything in the future. My point of view is not to lose the big picture because of the small."

Yan Liben nodded secretly. It seems that Di Renjie has been educated by him and has begun to become smooth.

Only Wang Yifang was struggling with his thoughts. This question was too difficult for him.

Before leaving, Song Zhen handed him a piece of paper with a line of crooked words on it.

[Be patient for a while and the wind will be calm, take a step back and the sea will be broad. 】

Wang Yifang pursed his lips and put the note in his arms.

This is the advice Song Zhen gave to Wang Yifang.

Because according to the historical trajectory, after returning to Chang'an, he, a small fifth-rank imperial censor, will impeach the third-rank secretary Li Yifu, and the result is self-evident.

Wang Yifang helped Song Zhen before, and he didn't want him to repeat the same mistake and end up being ignored and dying in poverty.

......

Song Zhen took out a flute, and the heartbreaking flute sounded, which was so appropriate in the atmosphere of the setting sun.

Yan Liben's eyes were red when he heard it. For the first time, he knew that parting was so painful.

Pain, it was really too painful!

"Song Xiaoyou, what song is this?"

"Farewell" is the song "Farewell" outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, and the green grass.

"Good. Nice." Yan Liben secretly wiped the corner of his eyes.

Di Renjie picked up two bowls of wine at the right time: "Minister Yan, Censor Wang, come, drink this bowl of wine."

"Let's get going as soon as possible."

"......."

In ancient times, carriages were slow and letters were far away. Sometimes, a farewell lasted a lifetime.

Yan Liben's carriage, accompanied by the faintly sad sound of the "Farewell" flute, gradually went away and disappeared into the twilight.