Daming: At the beginning, the big snow dragon rides to create a martial arts court

Suffering the punishment of hacking into pieces, the pain intensified a thousand times and made him go crazy. The pain was like a wave hitting his brain's defenses in waves. Every time the knife fell, he felt that there was a Hell has gone by.

In order to prevent him from dying suddenly, ginseng soup was prepared at any time on the execution ground, and he was given a sip after cutting dozens of dollars, catching his dog's life.

From sunrise to sunset, one group of onlookers left and another group came, witnessing that the flesh on Xining's body was getting less and less.

"A thousand knives...a thousand and one knives..."

Except for the fact that Xining was still wailing dozens of times before, for the rest of the time, Xining seemed to have no strength to scream, and just stared at the old man who was being executed.

His arms, legs, shoulders, abdomen, and flesh had all disappeared, exposing thick bones and fascia.

"My lord, the limit has been reached. If you cut him again, he will die. It's time to quarter him."

The old man bowed and walked in front of the officials in charge of the execution.

"Okay, five horses and quarters!"

Soon someone brought in five horses, tied Xining's head and limbs with ropes, and connected the other side to the horses.

The horse whip lashed the horse's buttocks hard, and the five (cgcb) horses suffered from pain and galloped forward. Xi Ning, who was dying, immediately let out a heart-piercing cry of pain like a flashback.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

The dismemberment of five horses will not be completed in a short while.

Xining's howl rang for a long time, from loud and powerful to powerless, full of shriek and extreme despair, it made one's hair stand on end.

Click!

In the end, Xining's limbs and neck were all broken, and he died immediately. I don't know what he would say when he saw Zhu Qizhen on Huangquan Road.

"My lord, my lord... something serious happened."

A small official found Di Renjie who was watching on the execution ground.

"What's the matter?" Di Renjie is rich and handsome, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. At first glance, he looks like a rich man, but whether the sparkle of wisdom in his eyes shows that he is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"Something happened to the student who came to Beijing to rush for the exam." The clerk looked around and whispered in Di Renjie's ear.

"what?"

Di Renjie's eyes widened, his face was full of shock.

"go!"

The minister of Dali Temple settled the prison lawsuit.

Dali Siqing is one of the three chief justices in the country, and is the third rank.The highest official in charge of the country's prisons.

He is now Dali Shaoqing: the deputy of Dali Temple Qing, and the second in command of Dali Temple.

Di Renjie in history is indeed a master at solving crimes.

After Di Renjie was promoted to the chancellor of the Dali Temple, within a year he had adjudicated a large backlog of cases involving 7000 people, but none of them filed an unjust case.

Zhu Qiyu put him in the position of Marble Young Minister. In just a few days, he handled a large number of backlog cases and showed his talent. Therefore, when a student who came to Beijing to rush for the exam had an accident, the Minister of Dali Temple immediately sent someone to invite him .

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In the hall.

People from the Ministry of Punishment have already arrived, and Dali Temple is not needed for ordinary cases, but this time the scholars who came to Beijing to rush for the exam were poisoned collectively. The so-called joint trial of the three law divisions.

"what happened?"

At the scene of the case, Li Yuanfang, who bought one and got one free, greeted him with a solemn expression: "My lord, more than 70 scholars were poisoned, and one of them died."

Di Renjie's complexion changed again. When it comes to the scholars who came to Beijing to rush for the exam, there is no small case. No one knows whether there will be senior court officials such as Gelao, Shangshu, and Shilang in the future among these scholars, and they are still 70 The collective poisoning of many scholars.

Probably not an accident, but a premeditated poisoning!

While walking inside, Li Yuanfang said: "My lord, the poisoning this time is because the scholars were poisoned by taking pills."

"Pill?"

Di Renjie frowned slightly. He naturally knew that the so-called elixirs were poisonous. Although they might not kill people at once, if they were eaten too much, the toxicity in the body would cause death.

It's a pity that there are still countless people who take the elixir. Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once visited famous Taoist priests everywhere, hoping to get the secret of longevity.

Chengzu Zhu Di, Renzong Zhu Gaochi and Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji all took various elixirs.

From the emperor to many dignitaries, they all wanted to take elixir to achieve the goal of longevity.

In the Tang Dynasty, elixir was popular, and the literati in the Tang Dynasty also took elixir. Many famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, etc. were interested in Jindan and took it.

And these so-called longevity pills are mostly composed of heavy metals, which are more harmful to the human body than many people imagined.

It turned out that today some of the scholars were selling pills, and almost all the scholars took the pills, but not long after, the people who took the pills felt severe pain in their stomachs, and someone in the guild hall heard the cry for help, and immediately called the doctor, Then report to the officer.

After the doctor arrived, he immediately induced vomiting and vomited out the ingredients of the elixir that the scholar had taken. The symptoms of poisoning were greatly relieved. Therefore, except for one person who died, the others were not life-threatening.

The ingredients of the elixir and the food tasted bad. Di Renjie covered his mouth and nose, and said, "Order people to surround the hall immediately, and no one is allowed to go out. Also, those poisoned scholars must be protected. Those who sell the elixir are Which scholar, take me there, where is the dead scholar?"

Li Yuanfang immediately replied: "The scholar who sells the elixir and the scholar who died are the same person."

"That's weird..."

Di Renjie felt that the case became more complicated. The person who sold the elixir was suspected of committing the crime, but now that he is dead, the clues were immediately cut off.

Chapter 75 Detective Di Renjie

"Doctor, why did the dead scholar die?"

Di Renjie walked up to a doctor and asked.

The doctor said in a deep voice: "All the poisoned scholars took only one pill, but the dead scholar took four pills. The poison is too heavy for immortals to save."

Di Renjie nodded slightly, and continued to walk into the guild hall. Dozens of scholars were lying on the ground, each of them was extremely pale, unable to speak a word, and he called Li Yuanfang again: "Yuanfang, it seems that I can't do it for the time being." Ask, see if there is anyone in the guild who has not taken the elixir and knows more about this matter."

The guild hall is generally used as a lodging place for scholars who come to Beijing to catch the examination. Scholars who are far away will leave for the capital a year or even half a year in advance. Therefore, although there is still about a month before the scientific examination, the guild hall is already full for a year. There are more than a hundred scholars from all over the country, and the composition is extremely complicated.

"My lord, I'm going right now."

Not long after, Li Yuanfang brought a scholar in his twenties. When he saw Di Renjie, he hurriedly bowed and introduced, "My lord, Wang Shou, whose name is Renming, has met Master Di."

Di Renjie sized him up and said, "You seem to know me?"

Wang Shou said with a smile: "Master Di is like a god in solving cases recently, and it has been spread all over the capital. I will naturally hear about it. Famous is not as good as meeting. The image in my heart is different between my lord and me."

"Oh? What is my image in your mind?" Di Renjie asked curiously.

"Well, my lord should be a shrewd and capable image in my heart, but after meeting my lord, I will realize that judging someone by their appearance is not advisable."

Di Renjie laughed and stepped into the topic: "Wang Shou, tell me everything you know."

Wang Shou pondered for a while: "Actually, I don't know much about the specifics. Zhou Xin was promoting the elixir today, saying that after taking the elixir, he felt refreshed, quick-thinking, and helpful for reading and making a fuss. I don't believe it." These, so they rejected him, but there are still many people who believe in him.”

"Why do so many people believe in him?"

Wang Shou was also a little puzzled: "Actually, I don't understand. I just asked other scholars in the guild hall. It turns out that Zhou Xin's literary talent is average this week, but after taking the elixir, his literary talent has skyrocketed, and he can always write amazing articles. , the others also believed that it was the elixir... who would have known that knowing people and faces but not their hearts, I didn't expect this person to have a human face and a beast's heart, and wanted to poison us to death."

"Okay, thank you very much."

Di Renjie asked a few more questions, Wang Shou answered truthfully and left.

"Yuan Fang, how do you see?"

Li Yuanfang was filled with indignation: "Zhou Xin's intentions are vicious, his heart can be punished, and his death is not a pity. Those scholars have no grievances or enmity with him, and he actually poisoned them to death. It is really insane."

"Wang Shou has a problem." Di Renjie said.

"Huh? What's wrong with him?"

"He knows too much, as if he has personally experienced many things, Yuan Fang, find a few more people to watch him."

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An hour later, Di Renjie came out from the scene of Zhou Xin's corpse and took a few breaths of fresh air. Dali Temple Minister Wang Wen patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Renjie, you have worked hard."

Di Renjie smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your concern. I'm fine."

From the bottom of his heart, he still respects Wang Wen, his immediate boss. Since he took office, he has not dragged him back. He has fully supported him in solving the case. It stands to reason that the first and second leaders rarely get along peacefully. But the two get along relatively peacefully.

Of course, Di Renjie also knew that it was because he was promoted by His Majesty. From Wang Wen's point of view, he was His Majesty's confidant, so naturally he didn't want to offend him.

"Did you find any clues?" Wang Wen asked.

Di Renjie took out a documentary, and Wang Wen glanced at it. It was written about Zhou Xin's daily actions, and there were some words of encouragement for himself, probably to encourage himself to pass the exam and not to embarrass the elders in his hometown.

"Imperial examination..."

Wang Wen sighed. He also studied hard in Han Chuang for more than ten years. He didn't dare to slack off for a day. Only then did he pass the Jinshi exam. He knew the bitterness of it. Many scholars are like Zhou Xin, carrying their parents, brothers Sisters, the expectations of parents in their hometown.

"My lord, what matters is not the front, but the back..."

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Di Renjie turned a few more pages, which recorded what happened after Zhou Xin obtained the elixir:

"I just found out today that there is such a good thing in the world."

"In the past, it was difficult to gather the mind while studying, but after eating Penglai Dan, the mind is happy, the thinking is quick, and the writing is as if there is spirit, wonderful! Wonderful!"

"However, you can't take too much of this pill, just one pill will do. If you take two pills, you will experience unbearable abdominal pain. Unfortunately, there is no perfect thing in the world. If this pill has no side effects, and if the effects can be superimposed, it will be easy to win."

"It's a pity that Penglai..."

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Wang Wen frowned: "Zhou Xin knows that the elixir is poisonous, and after taking two elixir, he will have unbearable abdominal pain, so he can't take more, but why did he take four elixir? Was it because he was forcibly fed or did he lose consciousness after taking the elixir?" Unclear, took four pills by mistake? Someone tore down the back of the documentary, obviously someone didn't want us to know the content behind it..."

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Wang Wen's speculation is getting smoother and faster, and his speech is getting faster and faster, "So many scholars have been poisoned. According to the records, a pill will not cause such an effect, so it is obvious that the pill has been tampered with. , the movement was too loud, so the murderer wanted to kill people to silence the story, and then destroy the record..."

"What Master Wang said is very true."

Di Renjie nodded in agreement, and a wise smile appeared on Yuan's face:

"Yuan Fang, you said that since the murderer wanted to destroy the documentary, why didn't he destroy the entire book?"

Li Yuanfang thought for a few seconds: "If it burns, there will be fire, and it will take a certain amount of time, so it is not safe. It is impossible to take it outside the guild hall and throw it away. In order to ensure the safety of the scholars, there are soldiers guarding the outside of the guild hall. It is hard not to be discovered, if it is hidden in the guild hall, we may find it after searching."

"But just tearing off a few pages, there are too many ways to destroy it. The most direct way is to eat it directly."

Di Renjie nodded, showing a smile of "you have been with me for so long, and finally learned something": "Since Zhou Xin knows the toxicity, he will definitely not take more pills, so someone can only force him to take it." Four elixir to explain." Nai.

Chapter 76 There is reason to suspect that this matter is related to you...

"The murderer just tore off a few pages in a hurry, indicating that he was in a hurry and didn't have enough time to deal with the funeral. But compared to forcing Zhou Xin to take the elixir, wouldn't it be easier to kill him with one knife? Mr. Wang thinks there is something strange about it ?”

Di Renjie looked at Wang Wen, as if he was waiting to be teased to talk, Wang Wen was thinking all the time, and said:

"Because I killed him with one knife, everyone knows that someone killed Zhou Xin, and the murderer is still there. The murderer hopes to pretend that Zhou Xin committed suicide or died accidentally by swallowing a pill, so as to cover himself up."

Di Renjie nodded in agreement: "The murderer has racked his brains and is in a hurry to destroy the record. At a time like this, what identity can prevent us from suspecting him to the greatest extent?"

Li Yuanfang and Wang Wen Qiqi changed color: "Become a victim!"

The three of them looked at the weak scholars of "[-]", and Di Renjie said in a deep voice, "The murderer is probably among these victims."

"It's hard to do."

Wang Wen sighed.

Dozens of scholars were poisoned together, which is a rare vicious case in ten years. If you dare to interrogate the victims at this time, it would be a disgrace to the world, and it doesn't look like they are weak and dying. The appearance of being able to stand interrogation.

At this time, a fast horse came, and an eunuch hurried in: "Your Majesty summoned Wang Wen, and Di Renjie entered the palace!"

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Qianqing Palace.

When Wang Wen and Di Renjie came in, Yu Shiyue, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Bao Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had already arrived.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the head with his eyes closed and his face was gloomy. Yu Shiyue and Bao Zheng didn't know if they had been trained, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Although the imperial examination has various disadvantages, it is the most important means of selecting talents at this time, and after the civil fort change, the court lost [-]% of the officials, and there is an urgent need to replenish talents to fill various positions.

However, just one month before the imperial examination, this kind of group poisoning incident happened, and the impact was too bad.