Liang Lutao's Ancient Private Love Murder Series - Starting from the "Head", the Headless Case Has a "Head"

Starting from the "head", the headless case has a "head"

Text/Liang Lutao

The world is full of variations, and the difference is thousands of miles.

It is necessary to be cautious in obtaining power for the officials, and the knife falls down and regrets it late.

Qingming is an official, and he is most afraid of handling cases hastily and sloppily. If it is a general dispute, it is enough, if you encounter the traitor and kill someone, if you are careless for a while, you will mistakenly kill a good person, and Bai will lose his life without saying anything, and let the real evildoers go unpunished. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, officials need to be cautious and cautious, and they are perfunctory for their own sake. There is a costume play called "Fifteen Consecutive". Thinking of that Cui Ning Chen Clan, only because they were walking together, and they just brought fifteen copper coins, which were consistent with the amount of robbers entering the house to kill and rob, the confused official did not pay close attention and broke it arbitrarily. The new society changed the text of this drama, portrayed a clean official, carefully observed, in-depth investigation, and finally rehabilitated this great unjust case. For this drama, zhou Enlai, then premier, and Dong Biwu, president of the state, both wrote poems and asked officials at all levels to look at it.

In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, social turmoil, great chaos in the world, uprisings, the division of feudal towns, the replacement of five generations, and the struggle of the ten kingdoms. Yang Yang Huaxia, once again there was a chaotic situation of coaxing you to sing and stop me from appearing. This story took place on the ground in Henan during the Five Dynasties period.

It is said that there is a businessman in the hinterland of the Central Plains, surnamed Du Ming called Liu Sheng, more than 30 years old, shrewd and strong, exquisite in all directions, doing business in Guangdong and Fujian all year round, tirelessly working hard, very capable. It's just that the cost is not large, the business is not ostentatious, and the small business is also booming. The family left his wife Qiao Shi, who lived alone at the door and lived alone.

This Qiao clan was originally a country woman, only because of her handsome appearance, she was favored by Du Liusheng and married into the family. What a look that Qiao Clan looks like: peach face pink cheeks, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes. The peach face blooms a flower, the pink cheeks penetrate thousands of fragrant flowers; the willow eyebrow sweeps a hook of the crescent moon, and the apricot eyes send ten thousand autumn waves. Qiao Shi married Liu Sheng at the age of 16, and 6 years passed in the blink of an eye. In the early 20s, the body should be convex, the concave concave, the real character is rich and graceful, the manners are thousands, not by you do not love. Only this liusheng always had to go out to make a living for the sake of his family, and he had to leave his wife and go to the coast to suffer.

On this day, it was late autumn weather, the crops in the fields had been harvested and returned to the warehouse, and the green leaves on the hillside were shaking a pale yellow. Du Liusheng's business came to an end and he went home to reunite. Along the way, Gu Can't go high and far, the ditch is wide and the water is deep, Xiaoxing stays overnight, the footsteps are hurried, and he comes to the door of the house in a day. But I saw that the door was hidden, and the courtyard was silent, without a sound. Liu Sheng pushed the door in and gently called: "Niangzi", but no one answered. Liu Sheng hurriedly pushed open the door of the house to look, but saw that in the dark room, there seemed to be a person lying on the bed. He tiptoed to the bed and took a closer look, "Wow! The ground screamed, and his hair stood up. But when he saw his wife Qiao Shi dressed neatly, lying on the bed, his head was cut off by whom, and there was blood clotting at his neck. Liu Sheng pounced on it, even calling out to the mother, and let out a loud cry of sorrow, crying enough, before he remembered to report to the father-in-law's family.

Liu Sheng found the neighbor's family for a lifetime, so and so, said again, yang he went to the father-in-law's house to report the funeral. The afterlife agreed to go. It's just that the father-in-law's family is fifty or sixty miles away, and it takes three days and five days to come and go. Liu Sheng was helpless, while sending someone to call, while asking for help, he bought a coffin and buried his wife's body.

Five days later, Yue Zhang, together with his brother-in-law and brother-in-law, hurriedly arrived. As soon as they entered the door, the father and son cried loudly, with words in their mouths and their voices poignant. Liu Sheng hurriedly caught up, helped him up, and choked up his voice: "Lord Yue Zhang, the two uncles are about to get up, crying and breaking their bodies is not a trick." ”

Yue Zhang stood up, wiped his tears, and asked, "Uncle, where is my short-lived girlfriend, look at her, send a gift, but also an old man's heart." ”

Liu Sheng hurriedly said, "Lord Yue Zhang, I don't know." When the son-in-law returned home that day, she saw that the mother-in-law had cut off her head and could not see it. When her uncle came, she could not meet her, so she buried her on her own. ”

Yue Zhang was taken aback when he heard this. Dare to love the girl's death is not clear, just like this into the funeral, what is the matter! Without waiting for Yue Zhang to ask, he had already annoyed the two brothers of the Qiao clan. The brother-in-law grabbed Liu Sheng's collar and said viciously, "My sister was beheaded inexplicably, but you were so relieved that you buried yourself." It is clear that you hooked up with a good friend outside, killed my sister, and had a ghost in your heart, so you buried it in a hurry. Now I use these nonsense to coax them, see that they are countrymen, think that they are good bullies, and so they are sent off. Like such a pig and dog inferior, how can I stop with you! ”

Say it, raise your fist and punch. The wife and brother also hugged up, helped each other, and turned to Liu Sheng, a good fight.

Du Liusheng's wife died for no reason, and his heart was not happy, and now that he was so wronged, he naturally disobeyed, and his face was red and he argued, and he rose up to resist. The three of them pulled and pulled, and fought together. But when Yue Zhang saw it, he was so angry that he yelled at them to stop. Liu Sheng's neighbors also stepped forward at the same time, doing their best to pull the three people apart. The brother-in-law was still scolding and jumping violently.

Watching this family fight a jerk fight, there are fast legs on the side, and a wing of the early wing rushed to the county court and reported to the officials. Pegasus came and took two catchers, tied up a cadre of people, and brought them back for interrogation. Above the court, the three fathers and sons of the Qiao family were righteous and strong, and they accused Du Liusheng of colluding with adulteresses and killing his wife and killing his life. Although Du Liusheng vigorously defended himself, he could finally reason poorly and could not explain clearly. Wang Zhixian personally brought Ya Gong Zuo and a cadre of criminals, and went to open the coffin and inspected it on the spot, and saw that the body of the Qiao clan was indeed headless. Thinking in my heart, things must be on this Liu Sheng. He did not hesitate, returned to the county court, and then served with a heavy punishment and forced Liu Sheng to confess. Poor Du Liusheng's business people, how can they withstand such torture? You can ask about the end of the matter, but you can't say it clearly. Seeing that he could not, he had to confess indiscriminately, saying that he was doing business in Guangdong and had a good woman. Because of this Qiao Clan's eyes, he came back and killed her, and hurriedly buried her to hide his eyes and ears.

When Wang Zhixian saw that Liu Sheng had made a move, he did not ask much, so he ordered Liu Sheng to be sent to death row, and according to this, he wrote a document, reported it in conclusion, and asked for merit and reward.

The clerk arrived at the prefect's desk, but there were twists and turns. The current prefect is engaged, surnamed Xie Mingqiang, nearly half a hundred years old, old and heavy, is a delicate person. Xie engaged in taking the case file, carefully studied it, and found that there were many doubts in it, and many places could not be self-rounded. He went to Wang Zhixian, raised doubts, and discussed them with him. Wang Zhixian was stubborn and quite dismissive. Xie Was not in a hurry and said, "In the simple view of this case, there are three suspicious points: Who is the adulterous woman who said that Du Liusheng committed adultery and murdered his wife?" This is one of them; what weapon is used to kill people? This is the second; where is the head cut off? That's the third. These three are not the main points, how can we conclude that Du Liusheng committed adultery and murdered his wife? ”

Wang Zhixian listened to Xie's analysis and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Sui said: "The adult analyzed the whip into the inside, into the wood three points, the lower official was sloppy, almost accidentally injured people's lives." ”

Xie Ren smiled and said, "Brother Nian doesn't have to blame himself. It's not over yet, it's all over again. Brother Nian first rested, let me think calmly, and then make a district. ”

Xie Engaged in sending Wang Zhixian away, casually took a book from the bookshelf, and browsed it roughly. I took out another one, browsed it, and found nothing. In an impetuous mood, he put down his book, put on a long coat, and paced out the door. But see the first light of the moon, the breeze is fluttering, the milky way is geng, and the jade is leaking. The drums are forbidden in the building, and one is more urgent; the courtyard is cold and broken, and a thousand pounds will be pounded up. In the air, the shadows of the trees swayed, and the jade in front of the terrace was dotted. Xie Engaged looked at the tree, it was a peach and a plum, the peach branch was exuberant, reaching into a plum bush, twisting and hugging, blending into one, not looking carefully and still unable to see it.

Looking at this peach and plum entanglement, Xie Jian suddenly remembered two idioms: one is "stealing peach to repay Li", and the other is "Li Dai Peach Zombie". Engaged in the mouth groaning, pacing under the tree, his heart suddenly lit up, hurried back to the house, lifted the pen on the rice paper and wrote "Li Dai Tao Stiff, steal the beam for the pillar" eight big characters. After writing, clean your hands, and go to sleep.

The next morning, Xie Engaged summoned a few close followers and asked them to cast a wide net in the surrounding villages and towns to see who had died in recent days, whether it was a man or a woman, and to report it quickly. From the people went their heads apart, headless flies rushed around. The messenger Li Bao came up with the idea: "Let's simply go to the cemetery to see, find the new grave that has not yet grown grass, and then follow the vine to touch the melon, we can know whose house it is." "Everybody listened, and they all said it was a good idea. So they went to the southeast, south, and northwest separately, and went to the cemetery to see the grave.

However, it is said that Li Bao came to a hillside cemetery and saw a new grave on the side of the group of graves, the grave soil was slightly dry, and the grass had not yet grown, and it seemed that it was not long after the burial. Li Bao saw that the terrain of this cemetery was majestic, facing south and north, and the cemetery was surrounded by pines and cypresses, and knew that this was not the home of ordinary people. So he asked a farmer, and Fang knew that it was the ancestral grave of the rich Qian Hao family in the nearby town. Li Bao asked the people in the new grave, and the farmer replied that Qian Hao's mother-in-law died not long ago and was buried here. Li Bao listened, so he disguised himself as a cargo man, picked up the cargo burden, went to the town to inquire deeply, and finally found out that the Qian Hao family's nursing mother died strangely, it was said that she died at night, and the five were buried, and did not go through the gate, and the coffin was carried out from the wall and quietly sent to the cemetery. Because there were no relatives in the nursing mother's family, no one asked questions, and the matter was closed.

Li Baojian said that if he obtained the most precious treasure, he rushed back to the county court and made a report to Xie Ren. Engaged in immediate dispatch, on the grounds that the dead man did not report the land Bao Lizheng, Qian Hao was detained and summoned to the case. Qian Hao trembled and knelt down in the hall, Xie Engaged looked at it carefully, and saw that Qian Hao had a fat head and big ears, a wide mouth, a dense turn and a beard, trimmed smoothly and neatly. A pair of eyes turned around, looking very panicked.

Xie Ren asked, "Qian Hao, your grandmother died, and you neither reported the official autopsy nor sent a funeral, so you secretly buried it. ”

Qian Hao hurriedly prostrated his head as if pounding garlic: "The little people know their sins, the little people know their sins, and I hope that the adults will forgive one or two." After saying that, the inside of the crown was already cold sweat like rain, gushing down, and it was too late to wipe it.

Xie Ren also stopped asking, and turned back to the messenger and said, "Go to the Qian family cemetery quickly, open the coffin of the nursing mother, and rebury it!" ”

The servants agreed, and the flight seemed to go. Qian Hao had the heart to block, but he had nothing to say, there was a ghost in his heart, and he watched the messengers go, and he was already shaking up. Without much effort, the two servants carried the coffin and came to the hall. Xie was ordered to open the inquest on the spot, but saw that there was only a woman's head inside the coffin.

Xie Ren took Du Liusheng to see it, and Liu Sheng said that it was not his wife Qiao Shi.

Xie Engaged didn't ask much, and he was shocked to clap and cut off: "Take down the murderer Qian Hao!" The servants shouted, and rushed up, even if Qian Hao killed the pig, he also shouted, and seven hands and eight feet tied Qian Hao to a strong end.

After the binding, Xie Ren asked, "Qian Hao, is your wet nurse inside the coffin?" ”

Qian Hao replied, "Exactly." ”

Xie Ren asked again, "Why do you see only the head and the body?" ”

Qian Hao was torn apart and wanted to vomit and scream. Xie Jian drank, "It seems that you did not shed tears when you saw the coffin. Come on, torture apparatus! ”

I think that Qian Haoben is a rich party, well-bred, sound and color dogs and horses, eating, drinking and having fun, is a wanderer, who has been treated like this. After only three or two rounds, it was 1510 confessions.

However, it is said that since the departure of her husband Du Liusheng, the Qiao clan has lived alone at home. On that day, she went to the neighbor Huang Po's house to work and talk, not wanting to meet this Qian Hao. Qiao Shi couldn't dodge it, and Fang Shy replied and hid aside. However, that Qian Hao saw that this little lady was very moving, beautiful and delicious, and the spring heart had already rippled. Zuo Yiyi said, "Dare to ask whose inner chamber is this little lady, such a talent?" ”

Qiao Shi's face was red and he couldn't open his mouth. Huang Po saw it and hurriedly said, "There are Lao Officials who ask, this little lady is du Liusheng's wife in the village." That Liu Sheng has been living outside for many years, leaving off this lovely person like a flower and jade, so that he is afraid. ”

Qian Hao sighed, "It's a pity, how could Liu Sheng be so desperate that he was willing to give up such a beautiful woman to go away, even if it was to earn that ten thousand family wealth, what use would it be?" Sigh! ”

Qiao Shi was touched by this Qian Hao, and he was already in tears and rolled down. When Huang Po saw this, she hurriedly advised: "Don't cry, don't cry, the qian officials are so angry, they love to joke, don't take it seriously." Crying is bad, and the burden is even more your own. ”

Unexpectedly, Huang Po's persuasion made Qiao Shi sob and cry. When Qian Hao saw the scene, he took out a snow-white veil and handed it up, exhorting: "The little lady is wronged in her heart, and it is better to cry." It's just that the heart is going to let go, don't bend yourself. It is a pity to see that your heavenly posture and national color have been wasted in vain. ”

Qiao Shi wiped his tears, handed back the veil, and did not say a word, said a blessing, bowed his head and hurried away. This Qian Hao was a habitual family, and when he saw qiao shi hurriedly leaving, he greeted Huang Po and hurriedly followed. Qiao Shi came to the house, before he could close the door, this Qian Hao squeezed in, returned to close the door with his hand, and did not say much, lightly stretched the ape arm, and put Qiao Shi in his arms, the mouth of "little lady" and "little kiss" screamed, and his hands were pinching and rubbing on that body. This Qiao Shi was ashamed and choked, and could not scream, and second, he was thirsty for a long time, flustered, and had no idea. I saw that I was lifted up by a pair of large hands, put on the bed, pulled my dress, and there was no resistance.

This Qian Haohua was used to swimming in the bushes, not in a hurry, and comforted the Qiao clan, teasing it, making a Qiao clan obsessed, forgetting so. One is a veteran of the battlefield, who is accustomed to calling the wind and rain; the other is a long drought and rain, shy and shy. After the cloud and rain were over, Qiao Shi put his arms around Qian Hao and said, "Now that you have taken the Dao, you must not leave the slave family and never come again." ”

That Qian Hao pointed to the heavens and swore, "Today I can kiss My Wife Fangze, and I will never abandon someone with money." When I think of a foolproof solution, I will marry the little lady and follow me to let you enjoy the glory and wealth. ”

In the next few days, Qian Hao came every day. The two turned the phoenix upside down, and they were even more affectionate.

It is also no coincidence that the book is not written, on this day the two are working, and Qiao Shi just received a letter from Liu Sheng, saying that he could arrive home on a certain day. Qiao Shi showed the letter to Qian Hao, and Qian Hao's eyes turned and he thought of an idea of stealing beams and pillars from the sky. First hide Qiao Shi in his own home, wait for Liu Sheng to arrive home, kill a helpless nursing mother in the family, cut off his head, wear Qiao Shi clothes on his body, and put them in Liu Sheng's home. Then he lied that the nurse suddenly fell ill and died, and was buried overnight. Afraid of being known, he secretly carried it out of the wall and buried it.

Xie Jian saw that Qian Hao had made a move, and then he matched the man's head with the corpse, and it was the wet nurse. Then he ordered someone to go to Qian Hao's house, searched for the Na Qiao clan, tied a rope, went down to prison, convicted him of coercion and murder, and was detained together.

After finishing, Xie Ren pointed to Qian Hao and said, "If people don't know, unless they can't do anything about it." You think you are smart, but you are clever and are mistaken for smart. As the saying goes, death is dead. Besides, how heavy is a coffin containing dead bodies? You lifted it out of the wall, and it was obvious that it was fake. You have exhausted your calculations, killed innocents indiscriminately, thought that you could hide the sky and cross the sea, and Li Daitao was stiff. Unexpectedly, the Skynet was restored, neglected but not leaked, and the murder was killed, and it was necessary to pay it back for a long time. You Qian Hao have today, but also self-inflicted, can not blame others! ”

At the end of the sentence, he waved his pen and criticized it on the judgment document: "Report", threw away the pen, swung it loudly, and flew away.