"Prime Minister?" Cui Geng chuckled lightly and said, "This official has fought against Junchen, resisted Erzhang, and mocked the Turkic Khan. Mr. Zhang, you scare me when you are the prime minister, but you underestimate me "Cui Qingtian". ”

Zhang Jiazhen's eyes flashed, and she said, "Okay, what I want is Cui Qingtian's words!" To tell the truth, the prime minister of the current dynasty involved in this case is Yuan Shuji, who has just been promoted from the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple to the Pingzhang of Tongluantai Pavilion......"

Then, Zhang Jiazhen told the story of the case that happened that year.

Xu Yuanqing's father's name is Xu Shuang, and he is the richest man in Xujiazhuang. More than 20 years ago, Xu Shuang's wife died of a violent illness, and soon a matchmaker took the initiative to come to the door to tell him a continuation.

However, speaking of which, Xu Shuang was not satisfied.

The matchmaker was really anxious later, and asked: "I can't look down on this, I can't look down on that, and the concubine is wondering, what do you want?" ”

Xu Shuang replied: "I just want to be like Yuan Xiaoniang." ”

The so-called Yuan Xiaoniang is Yuan Shuji's only daughter Yuan Ruoxi. At that time, Yuan Shuji was the supervisor of the imperial history, patrolling the Fang, Tong, Zi, Ba, Li and other prefectures of Jiannan Road. Somehow, he took four entourages and his daughter Yuan Ruoxi to Xujiazhuang.

The matchmaker smiled at the time and leaned back and said, "Yo, just you Xu Shuang, a hillbilly, and you still want to marry a young lady from someone else's official eunuch family, isn't that a toad who wants to eat swan meat?" ”

"......" Xu Shuang smiled but did not answer.

But something happened that night.

A terrible scream came from Yuan Ruoxi's boudoir and resounded through the night sky. Yuan Shuji came to the scene with his entourage, but saw Yuan Ruoxi with a knife stuck in his body and fell in a pool of blood. Xu Shuang's hands were covered with blood, and he stood there, stunned.

So what else is there to say?

Yuan Shu ordered someone to tie up Xu Shuang and go to Xiafeng County to ask for the crime.

At that time, the county order of Xiafeng County was vacant, and the county lieutenant was called Zhao Shiwen. The situation at the scene, coupled with the matchmaker's confession, is ironclad evidence. Zhao Shiwen convicted Xu Shuang of "beating people to death because of rape", and the criminal department quickly opened the knife and beheaded him.

After this incident, Zhao Shiwen won Yuan Shuji's blue eyes, and was promoted from the county lieutenant to the county commander of Renqiu.

As for the person who succeeded Zhao Shiwen as the lieutenant of Xiafeng County, it was Zhang Jiazhen.

As soon as he glanced at the case file, he found many suspicious points.

First, Xu Shuang once defended that Yuan Ruoxi was in love with him and took the initiative to invite him to her boudoir. Although this statement is unbelievable, according to the dossier, Xu Shuang's "beautiful appearance" does not seem to be completely impossible.

Second, Xujiazhuang has no unjust cases, no talents, and no official eunuchs. Yuan Shu, as the superintendent of the imperial history, came to live in this poor and remote place for more than a month for no reason, what is the purpose?

Third, the knife that was used as a witness to the murder at that time did not know what to do.

Fourth, for an autopsy, the "corpse grid" must be filled. However, in this dossier, there is no "corpse" at all. At that time, the autopsy was done, and I don't know what happened.

Fifth, and most crucially, can Yuan Ruoxi sleep without interfering with the door? Xu Shuang is not a Jiangyang thief, how did he get in? There is no record in the dossier.

Therefore, Zhang Jiazhen is eighty percent sure that Xu Shuang was wronged.

So, he personally went to the scene to investigate, wanting to avenge Xu Shuang's grievances. However, God did not follow people's wishes, and in the end he did not find out anything.

Zhang Jiazhen is a person who admits death, and since then, this case has been haunting his heart, and he can't eat or sleep well.

In the end, he couldn't help it anymore and did a bold thing - secretly digging up Yuan Ruoxi's grave and taking out his body for an autopsy.

Count him unlucky, this matter was discovered by the people of the Yuan family. beat him up and tied him up in front of him.

In this year, according to the laws of the imperial court, the grave was stolen and dug up, and the decision was made. It is said that Zhang Jiazhen is not lucky.

Fortunately, his incomplete autopsy discovered a secret of Yuan Ruoxi - the deceased's body had a wide pelvis and should have been produced.

Now the question is, Yuan Ruoxi Yunying is unmarried, how could she have a child? Yuan Shuji came to Xujiazhuang for no reason, is it because Yuan Ruoxi is pregnant again and wants to hide from others?

When Zhang Jiazhen raised these suspicions, Yuan Shuji could not send him to the official. Otherwise, the Yuan family's reputation will be ruined. Of course, Zhang Jiazhen is an official of the imperial court no matter what, and it is even more impossible to kill people in private.

In the end, the two sides bargained and reached two agreements.

First, Zhang Jiazhen took the initiative to provide a handle, but was caught by Yuan Shuji in order to remove him from all his functions.

Second, Yuan Shuji handed over the knife that killed Yuan Ruoxi to Zhang Jiazhen and asked him to investigate the case in detail in private. When the case is clarified, Zhang Jiazhen can re-enter the office. If he can't find out, Zhang Jiazhen will have to be a commoner for the rest of his life as a punishment for disturbing Yuan Ruoxi's spirit in the sky.

Speaking of this, Zhang Jiazhen took down a knife from the wall and said, "Cui Dizhi, please see, this knife is the murder weapon that killed Yuan Ruoxi's little lady." ”

Cui Geng took it and saw that this knife was really not simple. It should not be made of ordinary iron. It's been more than 20 years, and although it's not as bright as new, there's no rust.

In addition, although there is no handwriting on the whole knife, the back of the knife is very thick, and there are many inexplicable bumps on it.

Cui Gengdao: "This knife, is it the Yuan family, or the Xu family?" ”

"Probably neither, but I can't say for sure." Zhang Jiazhen said helplessly: "Yuan Shuji said that he didn't recognize this knife, and he couldn't interrogate him." The villagers of Xujiazhuang can be interrogated, but if Xu Shuang has such a knife in private, it is not impossible. ”

Cui Geng pondered for a while, but he didn't find any breakthrough, he looked at Zhou Xing and said, "Brother Zhou, what do you think of this case?" ”

Zhou Xingyan said succinctly: "There are nothing more than three possibilities: First, there is nothing strange about it, Yuan Ruoxi was indeed killed by Xu Shuang." Second, this is a game within a game, and the other person who killed Yuan Ruoxi is likely to be related to her adulterer. Third, by mistake, a thief came in and killed Yuan Ruoxi by mistake, and Xu Shuang happened to have a secret meeting with Yuan Ruoxi. ”

Cui Gengdao: "Then Brother Zhou thinks, which of these three possibilities is more likely?" ”

Zhou Xing shook his head and said, "This subordinate can't say it well." Belch...... To tell the truth, in the case 20 years ago, the human and physical evidence were almost lost, and it is really unlikely that it will be clarified. ”

In fact, Cui Geng also thought so, and immediately asked Zhang Jiazhen what his plans were for the future.

Anyway, twenty years have passed, and Yuan Shuji should be gone, even if he is angry. I asked Zhang Cambodia to intercede with Old Man Yuan, and asked him to agree that Zhang Jiazhen's comeback should be no problem.

However, Zhang Jiazhen was more dead-eyed, insisting that her husband would be difficult to chase after him, and if he didn't solve the case, he would not go out of the mountain.

Cui Geng didn't have any good way, he planned to stay for a few more days and do his best, if Zhang Jiazhen really didn't listen to persuasion, he had to go.

But at noon on the fifth day, after Cui Geng had just finished lunch, the dramatist Kai and Huang Youwei walked in with solemn faces and said, "Cui Dizhi, I'm afraid something is not good!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Outside Xujiazhuang, not only did a lot of sneaky people probe their brains, but they also asked the villagers about your whereabouts."

Cui Geng frowned slightly, and said, "Could it be someone from the government?" ”

Huang Youwei shook his head and said: "Impossible, they have that smell of thieves, and their subordinates can smell it from a distance of eight hundred miles, these people must be on the Tao!" ”

Cui Geng said: "Then what should we do?" ”

The playwright said: "The thief is roughly estimated to have seventy or eighty numbers, and the force is not bad, and it is definitely not possible to fight hard." For today's plan, it is still 36 ways to go. Without further ado, whether to go up the mountain to avoid or go down the mountain to break through, please decide quickly. ”

Xujiazhuang is located on a platform halfway up the mountain, within a radius of dozens of miles, there are no people, and the difference between going up the mountain to avoid and going down the mountain to break through is really not big. Cui Geng thought for a while and decided to ask Zhang Jiazhen's opinion.

Zhang Jiazhen was extremely enthusiastic and said: "The thief has come here from afar, and the path is not familiar, so it is better to follow a few people up the mountain together." When the time comes, even if you just take a detour, you can make them dizzy. ”

"Okay, then please Mr. Zhang."

Immediately, Zhang Jiazhen took off the strange knife from the wall, and together with Cui Geng and others, he left Xujiazhuang and ran along the path to the mountain.

At the same time, there was a loud shout from behind everyone, saying, "Cui Gouguan has run away!" Everyone, chase after it, kill the dog officer, and pay tribute to the spirit of the old master in the sky! ”