On the Kuang Hui Mansion, a mansion is not very wide, but it is okay to arrange a spiritual hall.
Because Kuang Hui committed suicide in fear of sin, many colleagues and friends did not dare to come to worship, and several funeral flags and sparse white silk appeared even more desolate.
Lan Feng and Qin Ke's disciples burned incense in front of Kuang Hui Ling after worshipping.
"Lady Kuang." After giving a condolence ceremony to Kuang, Lan Feng said: "Because there are very few clues to this case, we want to find some clues from the corpse of the Kuang prison officer, and please allow us to open the coffin for autopsy." ”
"This, this 、、、、、、," Mrs. Kuang was a little worried, so it would not be humiliating to her husband, after all, his reputation had been destroyed, and now he was going to destroy his corpse, and he couldn't help but feel sad and tears pouring down.
"Madame Kuang, we know your concerns," Lan Feng said softly, "but to find out the truth and give the prison officer justice, we must find a strong clue before we can go to the Punishment Department to request a retrial of this case, I hope you can understand." ”
"I, I 、、、、、、 I understand, do what you have to do!" Mrs. Kuang turned to wipe her tears, remembering her husband's great grievances, if not washed clean, the world will be despised, even if he leaves a complete corpse, it is equivalent to no bones; she will always bear the infamy in front of the world, and she will never look up.
"Thank you Madame for your understanding!" Lan Feng turned to Qin Ke and said, "There are Elder Lao Qin." ”
Qin Ke nodded, and the two of them began to conduct autopsies.
Qin Ke was invited by Lan Feng, and when he was in the Tan Wang case before, he did not help Lan Feng, and he felt guilty, so such a small case also came to help Lan Feng.
Together, Lan Feng carried Kuang Hui's corpse out of the coffin and placed it on a straw mat on the ground. Qin Ke carefully examined the strangulation marks on Kuang Hui's neck, the strangulation marks extended from the throat to half of the neck, which were the normal traces of hanging suicide, not strangled by people, Qin Ke shouted loudly: "The strangulation marks extend to the front neck, there is no trace of other killing." ”
The apprentice Xiaonan took a small notebook and wrote it down. Qin Ke checked all over his head again to see if there were any signs of fainting from being knocked, and looked inside and out of his hair, but he didn't see any signs of injury.
"There are no knocking marks on the head and the back of the neck." Qin Ke shouted to Xiao Nan, "Take the silver needle." ”
Xiao Nan opened the large wooden box he had carried all the way, took out a roll of silver needles from it, and handed it to Qin Ke, who took out a silver needle and tested it on Kuang Hui's mouth, ears, nose and tongue, and the result was that the silver needle showed no signs of turning black. Qin Ke said: "There is no sign of poisoning in the five facial features, but it cannot be ruled out that they have been drugged. ”
Qin Ke checked Kuang Hui's chest and abdomen again, and when he checked his left abdomen, he suddenly felt a hard object, and Qin Ke shouted to Xiao Nan: "Take the knife." ”
Xiao Nan took out a sharp knife from the wooden box and handed it to Qin Ke.
When Mrs. Kuang heard that she was going to use a knife, she quickly picked up her daughter and hid aside, she did not want her daughter to see the bloody scene of her father being disemboweled, and she could not bear to watch it.
Qin Ke scratched open Kuang Hui's belly, looked for a hard object, and took out a small teacup from his stomach, which seemed to be stuffed with something. Qin Ke took out the stuffed in the teacup, it turned out to be a white paper with several layers of bread in it, and when he opened it, although there was a little red on it, the handwriting was still clearly visible.
Qin Ke handed this piece of paper with blood to Lan Feng: "Lan Zongqi, if you look at this object, it should be an important clue." ”
Lan Feng took a look at it, the handwriting on the paper was written in an extremely hasty manner, Lan Feng recognized and read: "After I tracked it down in many ways, 'Ling Langzhong' Qiu Yan had an ulterior motive with the prisoners in the Prison of the Punishment Department, but all the clues were destroyed by him, so that the only clue that could be traced was Lu Chongliang's ear." Now that he is aware of it, I am afraid that time is running out, but I regret that I cannot collect more evidence of the crime and report it -- Kuang Hui is desperate. ”
"General flag." Shan Qing said sadly and happily: "We have a clue to ask for a retrial of this case, and this letter is ironclad evidence for the Kuang prison officer to overturn the case." ”
"Hmmm!" Lan Feng guessed Kuang Hui's situation at that time: "It seems that the Kuang prison officer guessed that he was in an accident, so in a hurry, he swallowed this letter in advance. ”
"It was a matter of determination." Qin Ke shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that such a just and upright person is!" ”
After Madame Kuang's mother and daughter on the side listened, they cried loudly, and all the grief, sorrow, and grievances suppressed in their hearts were released together, and the tears dripped like pearls.
Xiao Nan, who was beside Qin Ke, said coldly, "What exactly is the deal in the Great Prison of the Punishment Department, so big that it needs to kill people and destroy their mouths." ”
"Don't talk too much for children!" Qin Ke taught lightly.
Oh, yes! What kind of deal did the Punishment Department Prison have, so big that it needed to kill people and kill their mouths, and Lan Feng also wanted to know.
Lan Feng looked at the small teacup with the golden wire wire in the opening piece, although there was nothing special about it, but when Kuang Hui swallowed the Book of Absolute Writing, why did he swallow it together with this teacup? This made Lan Feng feel a little strange, so he comforted Lady Kuang and said, "Lady Kuang please mourn and change!" ”
Lady Kuang knew that Lan Feng had something to ask herself, so she immediately restrained her sadness, wiped the tear marks on her cheeks, and sorted out her makeup.
Lan Feng took the teacup and asked, "Lady Kuang, do you know anything unusual about this teacup?" ”
Madame Kuang looked at the cup and said, "This is my husband's favorite tea set, there are two sets in total, one set at home, and one set in the Prison of the Punishment Department." ”
"That's right! Is it convenient for us to look at the tea set that is placed at home? In a hurry, zunfu swallowed this teacup may have ulterior motives, and may be able to find some clues in it. Lan Feng felt that the tea set in the Punishment Department Prison must have been looked over by Qiu Yan, and now to check the tea set will definitely not find any clues, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope in this set of tea sets at home.
"Adult, please come with me." Madame Kuang took Lan Feng to the study and saw Kuang Hui's tea set, a total of eight small teacups and a teapot, all of which were open pieces with gold wire wire.
Lan Feng picked up the teapot and looked at it, opened the lid of the teapot to see, there were still some remnants of herbal tea inside, just like that sentence, people walked tea cold.
Lan Feng picked up the tea leaves in the teapot and sniffed them, and asked Madame Kuang, "What kind of tea is this?" ”
Madame Kuang pointed to the teapot on the shelf next to her, "It is he who usually likes to drink Tieguanyin the most, and occasionally drinks Biluochun and Mao Jian." ”
Lan Feng followed the direction pointed by Madame Kuang and saw several tea pots with the same open texture, so he opened the tea pots and looked at them, one of which was full of Tieguanyin, and the tea fragrance was overflowing.
Lan Feng reached into the tea pot and touched and felt that there was something in the tea pot, so he took it out, it was a book wrapped in a white cloth, Lan Feng opened and carefully studied a few pages, Shan Qing They also came to watch.
It turned out that this book was Kuang Hui's account book for recording his daily expenses over the years, and the first account began six years ago, of which it was recorded intermittently until a month ago; it recorded that one pound of pork was bought on the street on a certain day in a certain month, and it cost eighty-three yuan, five pounds of sweet potatoes, six yuan and seven dollars, three pounds of cabbage, and eight yuan and eight dollars.
After more than a month, I remembered an account on a certain day of a certain month, remembered that I bought ginseng in the medicine shop for six dollars, spent thirty-three yuan and four dollars, angelica one or two, spent two texts and four dollars, half a catty of goji berries, spent thirteen texts, cooked yellow two two, spent seven texts and five dollars; after more than two months, a certain day of a certain month wrote about going to the suburbs with friends for three days, spending one or two eight 、、、、、、, etc., not to buy vegetables, or to buy medicine, and to play, and so on, and so on, the daily bills were written all over the book.
Shan Qing scratched the back of his head and asked, "General Banner, is this evidence of those corrupt officials?" How can the inferior position not understand it? ”
Guan Changji also echoed, "Yes! They are all small daily accounts, recorded once a month or two, and there is no regularity at all! ”
Although every account in the ledger was clearly recorded, Lan Feng could see it in the clouds, and what they didn't understand was why Kuang Hui wanted to record this? And why hide this 'insignificant' ledger in a teapot? Is he trying to imply something with these bills?
"This is a clue that the Prison Officer risked his life to save, and it must have another meaning!" Although Lan Feng felt that this ledger was very important, he did not understand what was hidden in it, so he turned to Madame Kuang and asked, "Madame Kuang, I don't know if you have ever seen the Kuang prison officer record this ledger?" ”
Mrs. Kuang looked at the color of the book cover and thought back for a moment: "Uh! When I brought tea to my husband, I seemed to have seen it once or twice. ”
Lan Feng asked, "Then did you hear anything from the Kuang prison officer?" Or what else did he do while keeping the accounts? ”
"What did you say?" Mrs. Kuang quickly recalled and replied, "Usually, I don't dare to disturb him in dealing with official documents, so I haven't heard anything he said or seen him do anything else." ”
Lan Feng continued to ask, "Then can you recall anything else?" Anything goes! ”
Madame Kuang looked at the desk next to her, recalled the bits and pieces of Kuang Hui's life, suddenly thought of something, and said: "When my husband jun handled official documents before he was born, he would usually open a book with many volumes and compare it from time to time. ”
"Books? What kind of book is it? Lan Feng glanced around in the study, then looked back at the desk that had only ink and pen left, and quickly asked, "Is the book still in this room?" ”
"Sorry!" Madame Kuang said with some shame, "The little woman is illiterate and unrecognizable. ”
Hearing such an answer, Lan Feng was disappointed, shan Qing looked at the two bookshelves in the study, and sighed: "These two bookshelves are full of books, looking for it is like finding a needle in a haystack, even if you find the correct book, you can't recognize it!" ”
Just as everyone was frowning and sighing secretly, suddenly Madame Kuang said, "But I seem to remember the color of the book cover." ”
Guan Changji and Shan Qing asked together, "Really?" ”
"Hmmm!" Madame Kuang nodded, and went to the bookshelf, which was filled with all kinds of books, but most of them were dark blue book covers, the only difference was the difference in the shade of color; Madame Kuang, by virtue of her own keenness for color in the process of embroidery, and the thickness of the book in her memory, and then rummaged through the bookshelf, and in a short while found the thick book.
Lan Feng took down the book and looked at it, and it turned out to be a copy of the 'Prison Collection List of the Punishment Department', a total of more than a dozen thick volumes; Lan Feng reconfirmed to Lady Kuang: "Are you sure it is this book?" ”
Madame Kuang said firmly, "Yes, this is the one." ”
"Okay." Lan Feng handed shan Qing the transcript of the 'List of Prisons in the Punishment Department' in his hand and continued, "Let's take these books back first and see what clues we can find from them." ”
"Okay." Madame Kuang said sadly, "As long as I can wash away my husband's grievances, even if I take away all the books here." ”
Lan Feng said gently, "Well, if there is a need, we will come back to get it." ”
Madame Kuang nodded and said solemnly, "And that ledger is so secretly hidden, even I don't know, there must be some important clues, please adults must carefully investigate." ”
Lan Feng promised, "Lady Kuang, please rest assured, we will definitely study it carefully and will never let go of any clues." ”
Lan Feng was actually comforting Lady Kuang by saying this, because he was not sure that he would be able to find the clue, after all, this was a clue buried by Kuang Hui in ciphertext, and it was not easy to decipher it, and from the point of view of the book, Kuang Hui himself did not find any strong evidence, not to mention that all the evidence had been destroyed.
"Thank you very much!"
"Madame Kuang doesn't have to be polite!"
Lady Kuang faced the direction of the spiritual hall at the door and prayed, "Husband, thanks to your blessing in the Spirit of Heaven, these clues have been brought to light again." She thought of the tragic death and grievances of her deceased husband, and there was another wave of grief and tears.
"Lady Kuang, please mourn the change!" Shan Qing went over and comforted, "We will definitely wipe out this group of glamorous rays and use their blood to sacrifice the undead spirits of Zunfu."
"Great grace does not say thank you." Lady Kuang and her daughter bowed to Lan Feng again and thanked them: "For my husband to wash away the grievances, please ask all the adults." ”
"This is our duty, and Madame Kuang need not thank you." Lan Feng went over to help Lady Kuang's mother and daughter.
Mrs. Kuang prayed three more times before they would get up.
Qin Ke examined the other parts one by one, but did not find anything suspicious. Qin Ke stitched up Kuang Hui's corpse, and together with Lan Feng, he put the corpse back into the coffin and sealed the lid of the coffin. After packing up his tools, he and Lan Feng said goodbye to Lady Kuang's mother and daughter together, and then walked out of the Kuang Mansion.
Chapter Forty-Three: A Thousand Ancient Injustices
