During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a tragic tragedy occurred in the Chen family in Cixi, Zhejiang. A teenage girl, Ah Mao, was brutally murdered and her body was secretly buried. At that time, this bizarre murder case shocked the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and even spread to the capital, and the government and the opposition all sighed and regretted it. The most despicable thing is that the murderer turned out to be Chen Yongjin, Ah Mao's own grandfather! An old man who was supposed to love his granddaughter, in order to cover up the dirty crime of incest between himself and his daughter-in-law Le's, actually killed the helpless cat with his own hands. What kind of heinous case is this? How did the causes and consequences of the murder evolve? The truth is shocking, who finally got justice for Ah Mao?
The case was exposed: A cat, a girl from the Chen family in Cixi, disappeared mysteriously, and the county magistrate's preliminary investigation involved the incest scandal between Chen Laoweng and his daughter-in-law Le's
When the case was exposed, it caused a sensation in the entire Cixi area. As the granddaughter of the Chen family, Ah Mao has lived in this big family since she was a child. Her father died of illness at an early age, and her mother, Wu, took care of the housework and took care of this well-behaved and obedient daughter.
However, the good times did not last long, and when Ah Mao was fourteen years old, earth-shaking changes occurred in the Chen family. In the spring of that year, Ah Mao's uncle Chen Meisi was ordered by her elder Chen Yongjin to go to Hangzhou to take care of the family business. As soon as Mei Si left home, his wife, Le Shi, began to harass her husband's widow, Wu Shi.
Le's was originally an unremarkable woman, but she was extremely lewd in her bones. She did not hesitate to use her grandmother's authority and repeatedly asked the Wu family to allocate the dowry of her daughter Ah Mao to her two sons. Whenever she was rejected by the Wu family, she would speak wildly and curse a few unpleasant words to the mother and daughter.
What's worse is that Le's actually seduced her husband Chen Yongjin, who was too old, and the two were inadvertently bumped into by a cat when they were stealing fish. Although Ah Mao is still young, he also knows that this is a crime that his ancestors and grandsons often do not tolerate, so he severely reprimanded and threatened to make the affairs of the two public.
Chen Yongjin was worried that his family's ugliness would be publicized, so he secretly imprisoned Ah Mao, and used the excuse to separate his second son Meisi to avoid suspicion and cover up. However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and as soon as Mei Si left home on the front foot, Wu suddenly fell ill and finally died of poisoning due to Le's poisoning. Before dying, Wu told Ah Mao about Le's affairs, prompting Ah Mao to complain in front of the spirit.
Seeing that Ah Mao resisted, he was afraid that she would stab the sky, so Chen Yongjin was angry and imprisoned Ah Mao in the firewood room. Unexpectedly, Ah Mao resisted desperately, and was finally poisoned by his grandfather and Le's. The two secretly buried the cat's body, and announced that the cat had run away from home.
Intricate clues: Wu died of poisoning, the body of a cat was buried, and the Chen family scandal was revealed
The disappearance of Ah Mao caused an uproar in Cixi, and many people believed that Chen Yongjin was responsible. What's even more shocking is that not long before Ah Mao's disappearance, his mother Wu also died of a violent illness, and the cause of death is a mystery.
In fact, the cause of Wu's death was related to Le's obscene style. In order to occupy more of the Chen family's property, Le's has repeatedly asked the Wu family to allocate Ah Mao's dowry to his two sons. Whenever she was rejected by the Wu family, she would not choose her words and scolded the mother and daughter for a few unpleasant words.
Once, Wu was sick due to excessive worry, and Le saw that he could not miss the opportunity and secretly mixed the poison into the medicinal soup. Ah Mao didn't know it at all, and handed the medicinal soup mixed with poison to his mother to take. The next day, Wu died of poisoning.
Cat was not confused, and based on some clues in the kitchen, she quickly concluded that it was Le who murdered her mother. At the mourning hall, she cursed Le's ugly deeds in public, and told Le's dirty things about incest with her grandfather.
Chen Yongjin was shocked when he saw this, and was afraid that the scandal of his family would be publicized, so he imprisoned Ah Mao in the firewood room, and instigated his family Gao Hongdao to frame Ah Mao for having an affair with him. Poor cat is still young, where is Gao Hongdao's opponent? After being desperately resisted by Ah Mao, Chen Yongjin personally picked up an iron hammer, inserted it from her mouth, pierced it into the back of her head, and brutally killed her.
In order to cover up the crime, Chen Yongjin secretly buried the cat's body in a deserted suburb, claiming that she had run away from home. However, the news soon spread in Cixi, and many people firmly believed that Ah Mao was killed by Chen Yongjin's family.
As soon as this case was exposed, it caused a sensation in the government and the opposition and shocked the Beijing Division. When the emperor heard this, he was furious and ordered a strict investigation of the real culprit of this tragedy. The governor of Zhejiang immediately sent personnel to Cixi to search the Chen family's mansion. Sure enough, they found the iron drill in the abandoned firewood house, and arrested Le's and others on the spot.
In prison, Leshi knew that his crime was inevitable, and he attempted suicide. She vomited in prison, cursing Chen Yongjin for putting herself in such a field. This is almost the best footnote to her own crimes.
Such a major human tragedy naturally caused an uproar in the government and the opposition. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty soon knew about this filthy matter of the Chen family, and they all applauded it. This is nothing less than a resounding slap in the face to the bad habits of the old society.
Review and restart: Xu Zhongyuan was ordered to restart the investigation and dispatched Shao Gongdao to secretly collect evidence to find out the truth
Despite the conclusive evidence, the case does not end there. On the contrary, there was an unexpected reversal in the direction of the case.
Due to the extremely large population of the Chen family at that time, and Chen Yongjin was a very authoritative elder in the family, the local officials naturally handled the case with gentleness. Some people even privately operated for the Chen family in an attempt to exonerate them.
All this soon reached the ears of the imperial court. The emperor at that time was Emperor Jiaqing, who had always been known for his honesty, and he was indeed very concerned about this case. Seeing that the local bureaucrats were delaying their decision, Emperor Jiaqing issued an order and ordered Xu Zhongyuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to personally restart the investigation.
After Xu Zhongyuan received the order, he immediately hung his crown in the mirror to inspect his image, so as not to lose the face of the official family. Subsequently, he selected a group of honest and honest officials to form an investigation team, including the world-famous Shao Gongdao - Shao Gongdao.
Shao Gongdao is the chief examiner of the dynasty, upright, and well-known in Beijing. He has a group of capable generals under him, all of whom are highly knowledgeable talents, and they have a bit of a sense of talent. This investigation team was led by him to secretly collect evidence and investigate the truth about the bizarre murder case of the Chen family.
For a time, Cixi County, Zhejiang Province became the base camp of Shao Gongdao. Master Shao did not make a noise in advance, but quietly assigned his officials to break into the Chen family's mansion, disguise themselves as servants, and secretly collect evidence and investigate. Other officials went to nearby villages to collect clues and traces.
Shao Gongdao personally interrogated Le Shi and other suspects, and ordered some officials to raid the Chen family tree overnight. Whenever there was any omission in the evidence, Shao Lao personally surveyed the scene and traced it to the end.
The case reversed: Chen Yongjin's Ding Gao Hongtong surrendered himself, framed Ah Mao and his incestuous premature stillborn baby, and quibbled to kill relatives
Just when Shao Gongdao and others were fully investigating, there was an unexpected reversal in the case.
On that day, Master Shao set up an interrogation ground in Cixi Yamen, summoned the suspects one by one, and interrogated them in detail. Le's is still stubborn and stubborn, and his mouth is not right. But Chen Yongjin began to talk about it, and actually framed Ah Mao.
According to Chen Yongjin, Ah Mao has been a girl with a perverse personality since she was a child, and she usually likes to cause trouble. Last spring, she suddenly behaved erratically, often moaning alone. A few months later, her belly gradually bulged, and she turned out to be having an affair with a family member and was pregnant with an illegitimate child!
Originally, Ah Mao planned to hide this disaster. But she was too ashamed to talk about it, and accidentally ingested too many lactation drugs during pregnancy, and as a result, she had a difficult birth and was born prematurely, and the baby was born breathless. In order to cover up this matter, Chen Yongjin had to order Le's to bury the dead baby, but he never expected that the cat's body was also buried in the same place by Le's.
As soon as these words came out, the interrogation scene was in an uproar! All the officials were dumbfounded, unable to believe that Chen Yongjin was so despicable, framing his own granddaughter for incest with his family and giving birth to a stillborn baby prematurely. The officials were angry and ready to ask questions, when suddenly an unexpected figure broke in.
I saw a man kneeling in front of everyone's eyes, saying, "Nu Gao Hongtong has really woven a big disaster, and the crime deserves death!" It turned out that this Gao Hongtong was the Chen family's family, and it was he who turned himself in for the sake of a cat.
Gao Hongtong said bitterly that last spring, Chen Yongjin and Le's incest affair was broken by a cat. In order to seal his mouth, Master Chen imprisoned Ah Mao. Later, she resisted for some reason and was killed by her grandfather Chen Yongjin himself. It was in order to cover up this matter that he made up incestuous pregnancy and other nonsense, wanting to kill his relatives with righteousness!
Revenge: Gao Hongtong confessed the truth, the criminal was punished, and the innocent cat was wronged
Gao Hongtong surrendered, confessed frankly, and finally revealed the truth of this tragedy to the world. Under his instruction, Emperor Jiaqing issued an order to bring Chen Yongjin, Le Shi and others to justice.
Gao Hongtong recounted that last spring, a little-known incest incident occurred in Chen's family's room. Chen Yongjin actually seduced his daughter-in-law Le's, and the two fornicated. It just so happened that Ah Mao accidentally bumped into such a dirty thing, and immediately reprimanded him and threatened to make the matter public.
In order to avoid suspicion, Chen Yongjin secretly imprisoned Ah Mao in the firewood room. At that time, Ah Mao's father died early, and his mother Wu died of poisoning due to Le's poison scheme. All of a sudden, the cat was alone, with no one to accompany her.
During his captivity, Chen Yongjin ordered Gao Hongtong to serve Ah Mao. Gao Hongtong was originally a kind-hearted young man, but when he saw that Ah Mao was pitiful and helpless, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for her. He witnessed the whole process of Ah Mao's abuse by Chen Yongjin and others, and also saw Le's conspiracy to secretly poison Ah Mao. Whenever he persuaded the cat to settle the matter, the cat always spoke righteously and would rather die than obey.
Finally, in a severe torture, Ah Mao struggled to resist and was killed by Chen Yongjin in a fit of rage. Gao Hongtong had no choice but to endure the crime because he was out of reach. Later, in order to cover up the crime, Chen Yongjin secretly buried the cat's corpse and ordered people to spread rumors of leaving.
Gao Hongtong really couldn't help it, and he kept thinking about it. When he learned that Jingshi was furious and sent officials to investigate the case thoroughly, he finally mustered up the courage to turn himself in and tell the thrilling truth.
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After Gao Hongtong's evidence, Shao Gongdao finally brought Chen Yongjin, Le Shi and other criminals to justice, and wronged Ah Mao Zhaoxue. The government and the opposition all gritted their teeth in an uproar at this tragic case, hating Chen Yongjin's loss of conscience. And the innocent cat finally got his due name in the sympathy of the majority of subjects.