Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2601: Death as Bait

After the strong man said this, Liu Tuiguan was silent for a while.

He said calmly: "I'm afraid you are not an ordinary person, right?"

"You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that you should hurry up and find the person who killed my brother." The sturdy man paused, then spoke in the tone of a superior.

After hearing this, Liu Tuiguan thought for a moment and said, "It's actually not that difficult to find the person who killed your brother."

"There is just one problem. I am not sure of his true identity right now. If I cannot confirm his true identity, it will be difficult for me to identify the real murderer based on the traces and clues."

Wen Rensheng was outside the door and heard these words.

He really wanted to see how this Liu Tui Guan would solve a series of problems.

He did not use his mysterious seed.

Now in order to increase the mystery, he had a hunch that he should explore in his original state.

Otherwise, it would be easy to touch the fragile world consciousness of this world and make it shrink like a turtle.

There is no way to observe the bottom layer.

"You only need to solve the case, not know the true identity of the deceased." The strong man said coldly.

"If you want to know his true identity, you must be prepared to risk your life."

Liu Tuiguan didn't care about this threat at all. He shook his head and said:
"But if I don't know the true identity of the deceased, I can't find out who wanted to kill him."

The strong man also fell silent.

Because he also knew that what Liu Tuiguan said was right.

If we don’t even know the true identity of the deceased, how can we guess who killed him?
Unless you are lucky enough, someone witnesses the murderer or the murderer is caught on the spot.

Or maybe the murderer turned himself in, and was dug up in other cases and confessed...

And it all depends on luck.

The strong man knew the identity of the deceased, so he had a rough guess about the murderer's feelings.

But the strong man was not a constable, he only knew how to kill people and how people died.

However, how to infer the murderer, how to hunt down the murderer, how to find the killer's location based on these traces, and where the murderer is are not his strengths.

So we have to trouble the professional Liu Tui Guan.

Even in modern society, the most important factor in solving a crime is to determine the identity of the victim.

In this way, we can rule out whether the crime was committed with a purpose or randomly.

There is a term called "cold case", which is used to describe something that has no clue and is difficult to solve.

The origin of this is that in ancient times, when someone was killed, their head would be removed, and the identity of the deceased could not be determined, so the case became a mystery and difficult to solve.

The logic of solving random crimes and purposeful crimes is completely different.

Wen Rensheng also nodded.

In fact, in his opinion, the victim this time was definitely not an ordinary person.

It is very likely that it involves internal struggles in the capital.

Otherwise, who would come all the way to kill someone?
The most important thing is that nothing in the package was taken away.

This means that this is not an ordinary robbery at all.

It was a deliberate attempt to silence someone.

The reason why the other party left behind those silver and documents was probably because they discovered Liu Gen, the scapegoat, while they were spying on them.

So they left these things behind, hoping that Liu Gen would take the blame. If they met a foolish prosecutor or even a county magistrate, it would be 100% certain that Liu Gen would be arrested to take the blame.

If you don't sign, you will be forced to use torture.

It can also be used to deter those with ulterior motives.

In short, it kills two birds with one stone.

After thinking about it, the sturdy man didn't say anything, but just bowed to Liu Tuiguan, and then pointed to a bunch of white flowers outside the window.

Then he walked under the white flower, took out a chess piece with the word "帅" on it from his hand, and placed it under the white flower.

There is an old man added under the white flower. What does this mean?
Tui Guan Liu took a closer look and his expression suddenly changed.

"Well, it seems you understand."

"Only God and the earth know, you know and I know. Anyway, I didn't say it. You have to guess the details yourself." said the strong man.

Liu Tuiguan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

But after a while, he suddenly clenched his fists and stomped his feet.

"Okay, I did it!"

"I will definitely find out who the murderer is!"

"That's good." The sturdy man said with a smile.

Tui Guan Liu had already thought of it.

What the other party was actually pointing at was the white words, with a veteran underneath them.

Veteran, actually also means king...

King versus king.

Against the general.

In chess, there is a saying that "two kings never meet".

If there is a king under Bai, then isn’t that the “Emperor”?

This indeed involves a struggle within the royal family.

Why did Liu Tui Guan get involved even though he knew all this?
Because Liu Tui Guan wanted to make progress so much.

Although solving cases is good, for him, the world outside is much broader.

He used to be obsessed with solving cases alone.

As a result, even though he was a sixth-rank official, he never married.

This was simply an incredible thing in ancient feudal society.

The reason for this is that his parents died early.

No one was urging him, and besides, he was in the business of solving crimes, so the daughters of ordinary good families would not look down on him.

Who can stand the stench of corpses every day?
Liu Tui Guan was also arrogant and looked down on women from humble backgrounds.

He even looks down upon those vulgar women who offer themselves for sex.

It has been delayed like this, and he is still unmarried even though he is in his 30s.

In fact, in ancient times, there were many people who did not marry in their 30s.

Why do they say that? In fact, it’s not that they don’t want to marry, but that they can’t afford it.

There were too many bachelors in ancient times.

For the lower class people, many families would only allow their eldest son or a son they favored to marry a wife, while the other sons would work as free long-term laborers in the homes of their older or younger brothers, earning a living.

He is not even qualified to marry, which means he is sacrificing his entire life to fulfill the family.

Help the family continue.

This was also the source of many family conflicts in ancient times.

As the saying goes, as long as parents are alive, the family will not be divided.

In fact, it is just a legitimate way to keep the whole family alive by exploiting some of the children internally.

However, the sad thing is that even though the people came up with such a cruel method, nine out of ten houses were still empty.

There are fewer and fewer families that can pass it down.

Then why are there still so many poor people?

The poor are all the descendants of the rich, and the original poor have been eliminated by nature...

In modern society, everyone has to marry and have children, and everyone is urged to get married. This would have seemed incredible to ancient people.

This is actually a luxury of pressure.

Another thing is that Liu Tuiguan has solved so many cases that he doesn’t know how ordinary people live.

So he needed a high-ranking official position with a high salary so that he could officially start a family.

And his official position has not been promoted for eight years.

He has been pushing for an official position all the time, but he serves in this government today and that government tomorrow, just moving back and forth and being transferred in turns.

If one day you are blamed, you will be demoted.

Being a teacher is just a lifelong pursuit.

The average life expectancy of people in ancient times was short. Even among the gentry and officials, whose life expectancy was relatively high, it was only over 55 years on average.

It is mainly caused by lack of medicine.

Many minor illnesses that could be cured end up in death.

As a result, the richest people can live to be 99 years old, while the unlucky ones die young.

And if he wants to move up, it is too difficult for him to solve the case on his own.

This is because he often solves cases and has a relatively high clearance rate.

There are still many jobs above that rely on people like him to do practical work, otherwise the situation will continue to decline.

This is the feudal era after all.

If you want to rise, you have to be surprising.

If you want to become an official just by accumulating merits, you have to be lucky.

So Tui Guan Liu chose to delve into the struggle between the princes.

Not only that, he also dragged Wen Rensheng and several other constables who were at his disposal into the water.

Of course Wen Rensheng didn't care, and the other detectives were still unaware of it and felt lucky to be valued by their master.

After get off work, he would treat his colleagues to a drink and go to work on a big case. He would have a chance to become a police chief in the future.

At this time, the strong man secretly told Liu Tuiguan some related things.

Of course they all communicated through riddles.

Neither of them said it clearly.

Tuiguan Liu asked the strong man about the identity of the deceased.

And the strong man just said:

"Once upon a time there was a rich man who had three sons."

“The industry is huge.”

"The youngest son is disabled."

Well, that fits the bill.

The current emperor has ten sons.

Only three survived.

That's not bad.

Many emperors had more than a dozen children, but the last one did not grow up.

The feudal scholars' contempt for strange and tricky skills, their protection of their own orthodoxy, and their inherent discrimination against craftsmen, doctors, etc. eventually backfired on them.

Some people may say, how could doctors be discriminated against? Aren’t there imperial physicians?

Haha, just looking at the earliest medical trouble makers, Cao Cao and others set an example.

Cao Cao dared to say openly that if Hua Tuo was killed, would there be no one left to treat illnesses?
This is discrimination in our bones.

Wouldn’t Cao Cao say that if we kill this coward, there won’t be a second coward?

No, he would just hint to the loser to go and die.

The same thing happened later. At first, doctors dared to open patients' stomachs and perform surgery. Later, there were too many such medical incidents, so everyone just wanted to avoid mistakes instead of seeking credit.

So the emperor would die if he caught a slight cold.

This is the backlash of feudal society's equal treatment.

You suppress the development of science and technology, use feudal ethics to prohibit the dissection of dead bodies, prohibit this experiment, and that experiment...

Even though you are in a high position, you will still suffer the backlash of technology.

And this tenth prince is just like that.

When he was born, a royal physician said that all he needed to do was to remove the growing tumor with surgery.

However, once they heard the phrase "under the knife", they were considered to be plotting against the law and murdering the royal family, and were then dragged out and beheaded...

The result was that the tenth prince's tumor grew larger and pressed on his nerves.

As a result, his eyes became useless and his legs became lame.

Naturally, they were excluded.

Of course, there are risks in resection, but the consequences of not resection are inevitable.

The tenth prince's two elder brothers are the third prince and the seventh prince.

That’s right, the eldest and second oldest children also died young.

They were all very kind to this disabled brother.

Every day he was given various valuable things such as royal jelly, bird's nest, ginseng, etc.

This disabled prince was raised to become a fat man.

Now that’s good, the lifespan visible to the naked eye won’t be much longer.

Because the ancients did not have antihypertensive drugs.

Unlike modern people, even if they are obese and have high blood pressure, they have various medications to maintain their health until they are over 80 years old.

He also gave him his best guards.

His two elder brothers fought with each other for their old father's property.

In order to show their brotherly love and respect, they tried their best to win over the third brother.

Although the third child is disabled, he can at least make a sound.

When it comes to family inheritance, it seems to others that the third son has a considerable say.

Of course Wen Rensheng wouldn’t see it that way.

This only looks at the strength comparison in key positions.

Which ones are the key positions?

The palace guards, several eunuchs in the inner court, the city gate guards...

Those areas that are directly related to the struggle for force are the key.

Rather than the court, the emperor, or the princes...

It's just that other people don't see it that way.

They will just think that if you can't even accommodate a disabled third child, then obviously few people will be willing to follow you.

Even if you succeed in getting to the top, you are still a mean person, so who would be willing to support you?

That is why many readers cannot see the details.

I just feel that there needs to be support from everyone.

And many princes were also deceived by these superficial articles.

Those princes who truly understand how to grasp the key points are often those who do more practical work.

They know the importance of key positions.

Grasp the key and everything can be solved.

If a mean prince wants to ascend to the throne, he must be favored by the emperor, recognized by the emperor and believed that he can help him.

After the sturdy man finished speaking, Liu Tuiguan finally understood everything.

In his opinion, this was just a servants' fight between two princes.

A servant of a certain family wanted to go out and hire guards to secretly develop military force.

And the servant of the other family came and killed him.

You see, discovering your true identity is that simple.

In addition, the perpetrator was so professional and brutal, and he turned a blind eye to the money, so the murderer could be identified immediately.

The accuracy rate cannot be said to be 100%, but it is at least 80%.

"We've identified the murderer. It's easy."

"But how do we catch the murderer?" asked the strong man.

Liu Tuiguan thought about it carefully, and then said: "We can spread a message saying that the servant is not dead."

"Aren't you insulting other people's brains by saying that?" the sturdy man said contemptuously.

"How did that person survive with his throat slit and the back of his head smashed in?"

Liu Tuiguan laughed and said, "Your Excellency still lacks experience."

"How come you've ever seen someone like this survive?" the sturdy man asked puzzled.

"No, this would naturally lead to death. I mean, this servant can say that he used a substitute."

"Think about it, it was pitch dark and the assassin didn't want to alert others, so it was impossible for him to carefully examine the deceased. He could only simply confirm the identity and then take action." Tui Guan Liu said very confidently.

"So that's how it is. It's really high." The strong man was very happy.

If he could catch the murderer, he would have made a great contribution to the prince.

There will definitely be a good future in the future.

He naturally didn't know that those who did such dirty things would basically die in the end.

So the two decided to design this bait.

If you want to catch the other party, you can only use fishing as a means.

It would be meaningless if they took the initiative to catch him.

Because there is no way they could go deep into another prince's house to capture someone, that would be seeking death.

Only by transferring people out can things be made into reality.

The evidence is irrefutable. Once this is handed over, even if the prince is very favored, he will suffer in silence.

Because when it comes to these serious matters, if you don’t weigh them, they won’t be more than three taels; but if you weigh them, they won’t be able to weigh even a thousand pounds.

Sending people to assassinate court officials, what kind of behavior is this?
This is an act of disregard for imperial authority.

The emperor must have felt threatened.

Today I was able to kill a small border guard.

When the critical moment comes tomorrow, I will dare to kill him.

The key is to have the execution ability.

Once the emperor feels threatened, things will get serious.

Therefore, the key to many princes being able to ascend to the throne safely is to always show filial piety and not be involved in any use of force.

Be cautious in everything you do.

Similar to several princes of the Ming Dynasty, they all ascended to the throne safely in this way.

Of course, there are also disadvantages to rising to power in this way.

That's when the psychological compensation mechanism kicks in.

Being a crown prince is as frustrating as being an emperor is.