During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Nanhai County (now Guangzhou) became the largest commodity agglomeration in the south, and there were large and small merchant ships moored on both sides of the Pearl River.
At noon on this day, a cargo ship full of silk docked by the river, and from the boat stepped a young man, white-skinned, dressed in elegance, and somewhat frivolous.
His name is Qian Fa, the son of a wealthy merchant, who is rich in silver and money, and often sleeps in flowers and willows, going in and out of the fireworks of the Qinglou. He heard that the women here had a Nanyang demeanor, which was different from the mainland, so he came here on behalf of his father to do business and take the opportunity to find beauty.
Qian Fa went ashore, his eyes looked east and west, and suddenly saw a small one next to the shore, there was a young and beautiful woman probing the window, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, charming and charming, Qian Fa was suddenly fascinated, unconsciously stayed there, the woman also found him, and did not shy away, and eyebrows were affectionate, as if there was a heart of admiration.
Qian Fa boldly said to the woman: "I have to see the young lady's fangrong, very admired, can Xiaosheng come to visit tonight, so as to imitate the wind and phoenix, and the mandarin ducks cross their necks..."
The woman was not angry, nor did she answer, but only smiled slightly, nodded, closed the window, and went inside.
This clearly implied that he agreed to the meeting, and Qian Fa was overjoyed: such a sexual encounter, a rare opportunity, returned to the ship, and only hated that the sun had fallen too slowly.
It was easy to look forward to the darkness, Qian Fa ate some food haphazardly, changed into new clothes, ordered the servants to guard the ship, and rushed to the ground, and on the way he met a fellow villager and delayed for a while.
Qian Fa came to the woman's residence, saw that there was a small corner door next to it, sure enough, it was not closed, it must be left for him, secretly happy in his heart, quietly went in, climbed up the ladder, saw the room door was half hidden, there was no light in the room, he thought that the woman was afraid that her family knew, and was secretly waiting for him, so he boldly touched it, and whispered: "Miss, I am coming..." No one answered, was she asleep?
He sneaked into the inner chamber, but unexpectedly slipped under his feet, fell to the ground, thought it was water, touched it with his hand, viscous, a bloody smell went straight to his nostrils, and then touched it forward, lying on a person, as if he had died, not good! Hurriedly withdrew, got off and returned to the ship, and sailed the boat overnight.
After dawn, the woman's parents did not see their daughter for a long time, and ran to see that her daughter was lying in a pool of blood, had been killed, there was a kitchen knife next to her, the blood on the top had long been solidified, and it was concluded that the murderer had dropped it, so she took the knife to the government office to report the case.
At that time, Liu Chongli, a native of Pengcheng, was appointed as the Assassin of the South China Sea. He was honest and honest, discerned and judgmental, and praised the people.
After receiving the report, he immediately came to the scene to investigate, followed the blood stains to the riverside, the blood stains were gone, and after investigation, it was learned that a cargo ship drove away last night, and there must be something strange among them, and the official ship was quickly sent to chase after it.
On the third day, he caught up with Qian Fa, the son of a rich merchant, and after interrogation, he admitted the truth of the private meeting with the woman, but he denied the murder and had to be temporarily imprisoned.
In the middle of the night, Liu Jingshi took out the murder weapon presented by the victim's family - the kitchen knife, carefully examined, this is not an ordinary kitchen knife used by the family, from the size, shape and weight, it is a chef's knife, the blade is sharp, the knife face is shiny, it cannot be a thing of money, it must be related to the chef, he pondered and finally came up with a plan.
The next day, Liu Shishi ordered his men to post a notice throughout the city, scheduled to set up a banquet in the palace on a certain day, and all the chefs in the city should come to participate in the cooking performance on time.
On the agreed day, after the chefs came together, Liu Shishi passed down the words: the guests did not arrive, changed to tomorrow, each person left the kitchen knife, and came back tomorrow.
After the cooks left, Liu Shishi took out the murderous knife and quietly replaced one of the knives left behind.
The next day, when the chefs arrived, they were asked to claim their knives. Of course, the knives he used were quickly recognized and taken away, and in the end only one chef did not recognize them, saying that the remaining knives were not his own.
Liu Shishi secretly called him to the inner chamber and asked him to carefully identify again, whose remaining knife belonged to him, he looked at it for half a day, and finally recognized it, saying that it was Li Yi's, because he often partnered with Li Yi to cook, so he recognized it.
Liu Shishi told him not to tell outsiders about this, so he let him go back, and this side quickly sent people to arrest Li Yi, but he pounced. After a few more days, Li Yi still did not see li Yi return home, and it seemed that he had absconded in fear of crime.
Liu Shishi had another plan, proposing one person from the death row prisoners, claiming to be Qian Fa, the son of a businessman, and pulling him to the street market overnight to kill him, and announcing to the four parties that he was the murderer of the little girl. And sent a catcher to monitor near Li Yi's house.
Speaking of Li Yi, who was hiding in other places, he heard that the murderer of this case had been brought to justice and the case was closed, so he returned home with confidence and was immediately arrested.
When he saw the kitchen knife he had thrown away from killing people, he could no longer deny it, so he had to confess the crime.
It turned out that that night, Li Yi gambled money and lost a fine light, went downstairs, saw that the side door was not closed, and suddenly had the heart of theft, so he touched it, and the woman was sitting on the embroidery bed with the lights off, waiting for the teenager, when she saw someone coming, she mistakenly thought it was the person who was dating, so she went forward and hugged it.
Li Yi thought that he had been caught, so he hurriedly pulled out the kitchen knife he had brought with him, hacked the woman to death, and in a panic, the knife fell to the ground, and he could not care about looking for it again, and hurriedly fled.
As a result, Li Yi was sentenced to death, and Qian Fa entered the people's house at night, attempted to commit adultery, and was released by cane.