Chapter 154: The Cow's Tongue Case
Chapter 154 Ox Tongue Case.
After returning to Tianchang County, several of them had an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
And after coming back, they immediately went to see Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng also missed him very much in the past few days when Hua Lang left, two friends, they haven't seen each other for a few days, and it is inevitable that they will miss him.
Everyone drank tea and chatted in the county government living room, chatting until late at night, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce told them about the cases they had encountered in the past few days, and there were many interesting things, Hualang listened to Gongsun Ce's narration, and his heart was full of worship, thinking, if he was not free one day, it would be a great pleasure to come to see Bao Zheng's trial.
When I left the county office, it was late, and the autumn wind hit the cold and abnormal, everyone talked and laughed, and they went to the detective agency.
What makes them feel strange is that they have been gone for so many days, and the imperial court still hasn't sent anyone to say anything about Jiangnan Wolf Valley, and Jiangnan Wolf Valley has not moved at all.
This made Hua Lang a little puzzled, that Zhou Ting had been canonized as a beauty by the emperor, and Zhou Ping was the national abbot, and he was killed by thieves in Tianchang County, how could Zhou Ting and the court not tolerate this matter?
I couldn't figure it out, and I had to think about it in the end.
After a few days of returning, everyone played to their heart's content, and the weather was getting colder day by day, the wheat sown on the outskirts of the city had sprouted, and many people were working in the fields, all of which seemed so peaceful.
This day was really boring, Hua Lang and the others decided to go to see Bao Zheng's trial, and after coming to the lobby, they found that a person named Li Sanpi had come here to report the case, saying that the tongue of his cattle had been cut off.
After listening to the people's narration, Hua Lang suddenly thought of the cow tongue case recorded in history, and he remembered clearly that Bao Zheng asked the people to go home and slaughter their own cattle, because ploughing cattle were urgently needed in ancient times, so it was forbidden to slaughter ploughing cattle, and slaughtering was a crime, so after the man slaughtered his own ploughing cattle, the grudge of the cow tongue man immediately reported the case the next day, and Bao Zheng found out the culprit.
This is indeed a good way, but Hua Lang thinks that this sacrifice is too great, although the cow's tongue is gone, but it can still be cultivated, wouldn't it be a pity to kill it?
It would be too stupid to find the murderer in this way, as if a man had lost a copper coin, and he had lost his money in order to find the person who had picked it up.
However, although Hwarang felt that this method was stupid, he did not say much else, because he felt that the thoughts of the ancients were incomprehensible to the minds of modern people like him, and it was up to them to do what they wanted.
Sure enough, after Bao Zheng listened to Li Sanpi's words, he said very casually: "Since the cow has no ears, let's go back and slaughter the cow." ”
Li Sanpi knelt under the hall, feeling unbearable, but after listening to Bao Zheng's words, he didn't dare to disobey, and left in a hurry after leaving the hall.
Everyone saw that Bao Zheng did not find the person who cut the cow's tongue, so they discussed and dispersed, and after everyone dispersed, Wen Meng felt that this matter was a little ridiculous, so he smiled and said: "A cow, if the tongue is cut off, it is worth reporting it, it is really a big fuss." ”
Hearing his righteous sister say this, Bao Zheng shook his head again and again: "No, a cow didn't provoke anyone, how could it be innocent to be cut off by someone, presumably someone must have hated Li Sanpi and wanted to take revenge on him, if that person is not found, his revenge will definitely intensify, and if it leads to an uncontrollable ending, it will be troublesome." ”
After listening to Bao Zheng's words, everyone finally understood the danger, this kind of vision of seeing the subtleties was something they didn't expect, and Hua Lang also admired it, he just thought about the case itself, but didn't think about it deeply.
But everyone is not very worried, and now when the man returns, he will slaughter the ox, and the man who hates him will come tomorrow morning, so that the matter will be settled.
It's still early, and the autumn weather is very pleasant, Hua Lang has not had a case to solve in the past few days, so he took Wen Meng and a few of them to play around, and they had a good time.
It's just that when they were playing, Hua Lang always felt that this cow tongue case was wrong, if that wicked man was in the crowd watching the excitement, and he heard with his own ears that Bao Zheng asked Li Sanpi to slaughter the cow, then would he be stupid to come to the county government to sue Li Sanpi?
Besides, Li Sanpi is just a poor person, and a cow is all they rely on for farming, is he willing to slaughter his own cattle?
Bao Zheng just said that he should be slaughtered, but he did not order him to slaughter, so I am afraid that this matter will be variable.
There were doubts in their hearts, and it was inevitable that they would lose some fun when playing, so after playing for a short time, they went back, and there was nothing to say.
The next day, Hua Lang got up early, because he wanted to see if the person who cut the cow's tongue would go to the county office to report the case today.
Wen Meng and the others are all martial arts practitioners, and they also have the habit of getting up early, but Hua Wan'er, seeing everyone getting up so early, was a little uncomfortable, but thinking that she could catch the person who cut the cow's tongue today, she still endured the sleepiness and got up.
Everyone came to the county office early, just waiting for the thief to come.
But after waiting for a long time, there was no one to see, and the people on the street were busy, as if they had forgotten what happened yesterday.
In a blink of an eye, it was noon, Bao Zheng and Hua Lang and others were a little anxious, and Hua Lang felt even more incredible, how could there be mistakes in the things recorded in the history books, the person who cut the cow's tongue didn't come to report the case, why didn't Li Sanpi come?
Did he feel that Bao Zheng wanted him to slaughter his cattle, and that Bao Zheng was cheating him, so he no longer trusted Bao Zheng?
All kinds of possibilities flipped in Hua Lang's mind, but all kinds of possibilities were ruled out by him, and the only thing he could do now was to wait.
The quiet autumn sun shone into the county hall, making the outside of the hall very bright, but the inside was faintly dim, everyone's stomach was hungry and growling, but no one came to report the case.
The development of things is somewhat unexpected.
Wen Meng couldn't wait any longer, and said, "Maybe this matter is over, let's eat first, I'm almost hungry." ”
Everyone is starving, and now that no one has come to report the crime, they have to deal with their stomachs first and then go to investigate.
Because he was in the county office, Bao Zheng didn't let Hua Lang and the others leave, and ate some casually in the county office, and after everyone filled their stomachs, Hua Lang felt more and more strange things, so he was going to go to Li Sanpi's house to see what was going on.
But just as he was about to go, a drum suddenly sounded outside the county office, and a person came to report the case, saying that he saw Li Sanpi's family's cattle die in Li Sanpi's courtyard, and said that it was illegal to kill the cattle privately, and he should be severely punished by Lord Bao.
After hearing this, Hanalang wondered, is history really like this?