[Seventy-five] Kaifeng House Famous Detective Code

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Qiyue struggled desperately, didn't want to face it, and cried with tears all over her face: "Sister, sister... I'm afraid... I don't want to go! Please let me go, please let me go!"

Until this moment, she still tried to escape by pretending to be pitiful.A day ago, she spoke to Yu Yikui in such a pitiful manner, and then showed her cold scissors.

How could Yu Yikui be soft-hearted towards her, she gave a slight wink, and the two yamen servants dragged her to the court.

Once in the courtroom, Qi Yue saw Gu Yulang kneeling on the ground slumped.On the upper seat sat the majestic Baogong with a black face, and on both sides of the courtroom were two rows of government servants holding killing sticks.

The door of the courtroom was wide open, and there were many, many people standing outside, all ordinary people who came to see the case of Wu Qiong's death.

Among them is Wu Qiong's family.

But Qi Yue's parents did not come, only her elder brother came.

When she saw the eyes of Wu Qiong's parents, Qi Yue suddenly trembled all over, not even daring to look at them.

She also didn't dare to look at Gu Yulang, because she was afraid that Gu Yulang would...tell everything.

It wasn't until Bao Gong called Gu Yulang and Zhang Yu that Qi Yue knew that the man who had hurt her so badly hadn't even told her his real name!

Zhang Yu said with a smile, "Yue'er dare not look at me."

Qi Yue trembled all over: "I don't know you! Who allows you to call me by my boudoir name!"

Zhang Yu laughed loudly: "Yue'er, that's not what you said during our private meeting next month!"

Qiyue's face was pale, with a layer of cold sweat sticking to her hands. Every time Zhang Yu said a word, she felt the eyes of those who came to see the fun were fixed on her back, which made her tremble with fear, and she closed her eyes tightly and dared not open.

She spoke incoherently: "You're talking nonsense...you're talking nonsense, you're obviously having a private meeting with Wu Qiong...why do you slander me...slander me..."

Bao Gong slapped the gavel and said sharply: "Qi Yue! According to the murderer Zhang Yu, he entered your house first and lured you to go out with him for a private meeting. You brought Wu Qiong to the appointment, and you Abandoning Wu Qiong while fleeing for his life and running away by himself! Now you say that this person met Wu Qiong privately and has nothing to do with you, you know the consequences of lying in court!"

Bao Gong was majestic, and the sound of the gavel sounded like a thunderbolt in Qi Yue's ears. She was terrified and sat on the ground like a puppet shaking her head desperately, but she couldn't say a word.

Zhang Yufang laughed wildly: "Master Bao, all the prisoners who should be recruited have been recruited. The prisoners like beautiful women, but Wu Qiong is not beautiful. Why should the prisoners seduce her? Besides, Wu Qiong goes out every day. If you know her well, why bother to become a disciple of the Qi family? Isn't it just to get acquainted with Qi Yue!"

He must be dead, but before he died, he was still very happy to drag a pretending lady into the water.

Zhang Yu continued: "Besides, Wu Qiong was yelling at you to run away first at the end... You really didn't care about her running away by herself, haha, Yue'er, in terms of wolf-heartedness, we are really not much different."

Qi Yue screamed: "You nonsense! You nonsense! I don't know you at all! I don't know you!"

Bao Gong said sharply: "Qi Yue! You keep claiming that you don't know Zhang Yu, but today the government officials found the hairpin Zhang Yu gave you from your embroidery building, how do you explain it!"

Saying that, he threw the crooked little hairpin in front of Qi Yue.

When Qi Yue saw it, she immediately collapsed to the ground, unable to say anything other than crying bitterly.

In such a scene, what else is unclear to the onlookers?The truth of the matter is indeed as the murderer Zhang Yu said, he was going to kill Qi Yue, but Wu Qiong became a scapegoat by accident, and later Qi Yue, who was lucky to survive, took away the shit pot that had a private meeting with a man On the dead Wu Qiong's head, so that he is innocent...

This is really... bullying the dead can't speak!The crowd is outraged!

Such a gentle, gentle, quiet and beautiful girl has such viciousness in her heart!

Wu Qiong went to the appointment with her obviously because she was worried about her, but she...she treated Wu Qiong like this!

Wu Qiong's mother couldn't bear it anymore, her feet went limp, she knelt down on the ground and began to cry loudly, pointing at Qiyue and cursing: "Why is Qiyue the one who died, but a bitch like you who survived?" ! Slut! You give me back Qionger... you give me back Qionger!"

Wu's mother rushed over like crazy to grab Qi Yue's face, but Wu's father still had reason, so he quickly grabbed Wu's mother.

But the way he looked at Qi Yue was also filled with deep-seated hatred.

Of course Zhang Yu deserved to die, but Qi Yue who brought her daughter to see Zhang Yu, and Qi Yue who tried to splash her daughter's dirty water later, couldn't be hated!

In the end, Bao Gong ordered Zhang Yu to be executed immediately, and he will be executed at noon tomorrow.But Qiyue was sentenced to ten sticks for contempt of the court and false testimony.

How could she have suffered such a shameful humiliation, and immediately cried and begged for mercy, but Bao Gong was unmoved at all, and threw down the order sign, and the two yamen servants pressed her firmly on the hall, and raised the killing stick in their hands mercilessly...

Qi Yue screamed and struggled, with tears running down her cheeks and disheveled hair, how could she act like a young lady?

She was in such a miserable situation, but the people watching made sneering voices, pointed at her, and kept saying things like "deserve it" and "deserve it".

The yamen servants in Kaifeng Mansion are all professionals, and they defy the court and beat ten sticks for the purpose of beating people to death.So Qiyue only suffered some flesh and blood, and didn't hurt her muscles or bones.

Even so, she was still in pain—this was the pain of her dignity being shattered.

Bao Gong retreated, and Qi Yue was roughly pulled up by her elder brother.She was still crying, but her elder brother's face was covered with ice, and he slapped Qi Yue's face with a slap, angrily said: "Qi Yue! Look at the good things you have done, where is the face of our Qi family!"

Qi Yue twitched in fright, but she didn't dare to tell, so she could only cover her face and weep.

No matter how ruthless Qiyue's elder brother was, he couldn't just leave her like this, and dragged Qiyue home to deal with her.

But how could the anger of Wu Qiong's parents, brothers, and the onlookers calm down so easily?

Just after walking some distance from Kaifeng Mansion, someone threw an egg on Qi Yue's head.The egg cracked, and the white and yolk slid from her hair onto her face.

Qi Yue covered her face, not even daring to see who threw the egg.But the onlookers didn't let Qi Yue go like this, Wu Qiong's brother rushed up and kicked Qi Yue's brother, grabbed Qi Yue's hair and beat him.

Later, more and more people joined, and the scene was chaotic. It was the servants from Kaifeng Mansion who rushed over, which allowed Qi Yue and his sister to leave.

But... Even if Qi Yue returns to the Qi family, can she still be safe and sound?

The news spread faster than people, and before she even came home, the news had already reached Qi Juren's ears.

Qi Juren always attached great importance to reputation, but now the Qi family has such a crazy daughter Qi Yue. This time, the reputation of the Qi family has been completely ruined. Qi Yue still has a few younger brothers and sisters who have not talked about marriage. Who would dare to marry her now? Let your daughter marry into the Qi family?Who dares to marry the Qi family's daughter!

Qi Ju was so angry that he almost went back to the west, and ordered people to take Qi Yue to the ancestral hall and deal with it according to the family law.

If you deal with it according to the family law, you will be beaten to death!Qi's mother loves her daughter eagerly, cried and almost hanged herself, which made Qi Juren give up this method.

But Qi Juren absolutely can't tolerate Qi Yue!

He said to Qi's mother: "Qiyue is your daughter, aren't Qixue and Qilian your daughters! If Qiyue is not dead, they won't be able to talk about kissing in the future!"

Qi's mother wept bitterly, but she also had to think about the other daughters, and went back to her room silently, as if she didn't have this daughter, and she didn't care about everything that happened today.

Of course Qi Yue knew that she had no good fruit to eat in front of her father.So I went to my mother as soon as I entered the door, and wanted my mother to intercede for me.

But after entering the door, two strong servants dragged her to her embroidered building. Seeing that the situation was not good, Qiyue shouted for help from her mother. Don't even look at Qi Yue.

Qiyue was dragged back to Xiulou, and a servant woman brought out a white silk.She was so frightened that she called out to her mother, but the maid sneered and said, "Madam has a headache, go back and rest!"

Qiyue begged for mercy loudly, she only said that she was willing to go to the temple to be an auntie for the rest of her life, and hoped that her father would not kill her so cleanly and spare her life.

But the servant woman said: Bodhisattvas dare not ask for a lady, only the king of Hades accepts a lady!

Qi Yue's face turned pale, and she could no longer speak.

The next day, the Qi family reported that Miss Qi Yue committed suicide in shame, which somewhat saved the Qi family's reputation.

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Although the news is short, as long as one is sensitive, one can hear the murderous intent in it.

How could someone like Qi Yue commit suicide?Yu Yikui originally thought that the Qi family would let Qi Yue become a monk and raise her half-dead, but she didn't expect Qi Ju to be so cruel that she killed Qi Yue directly.

Ask Lord Bao and Mr. Gongsun, they also have doubts about Qi Yue's death, so they launched an investigation. Qi Juren thought that no one would care about killing his daughter in his own home, but he didn't expect Kaifeng Mansion to be so conscientious.

Their family didn't hide anything at all. After the Kaifeng mansion dug up Qi Yue's hastily buried body, they could tell at a glance that she didn't commit suicide, but was strangled.

Qi Juren, who had a clean reputation all his life, was also arrested, and the Qi family was torn apart.

In the evening of that day, Yu Yikui, Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang were sitting in the private room of Baifanlou, with a table full of dishes scattered around.

Fan Lou is also brightly lit at night, there are dozens of lamps flickering in the house, and the dishes on the table are all gold plates and jade dishes. The honey-roasted ham and white jade-like crystals on the plate are delicate and luxurious.

Today is Bai Yutang's host to treat guests, in order to celebrate the arrest of Zhang Yu, the killer who killed dozens of people.After this battle, the relationship between the three became familiar.

The Bai family is a wealthy family, and this Bai Yutang is even more exquisite and lavish. When he treats guests to dinner, of course he wants the biggest ostentation, the best dishes and the most beautiful wine.

Baifanlou is the first of the 72 main restaurants in Bianjing, and the food is naturally exquisite. Now that it is autumn, in addition to the regular dishes, there are naturally many autumn seasonal dishes on the table. Crab alone , there are four or five kinds of tricks.

In addition to the original steamed crab, there are also Fanlou famous dishes such as crab stuffed orange, bald butter tofu and so on.

Stuffed oranges with crab are rarely seen in modern times. They taste salty and fresh, with the fragrance of oranges and the tenderness of egg custard.

As for the bald butter tofu, under it is the white jade tofu that is so tender that it can slide down the throat, and on the top is covered with yellow and oily bald butter, which makes people appetite after seeing it.People in Bianjing like to eat crabs, and they have reached new heights in the tricks of eating crabs.

And another season of this autumn is autumn chestnuts.The chestnut cakes made by Fan Lou are ingenious. The chestnut shells are boiled slowly in water to bring out the unique flavor of chestnuts. Then the water is mixed with noodles, and the chestnuts are finely mashed into mud to make fillings, wrapped in water and oil skin, and baked. Layer upon layer, crispy and crispy, it is delivered to the dining table of the diners while it is hot...

This chestnut cake is not purely sweet, but because of the water boiled with chestnut husks, it adds a bit of a slightly bitter complex autumn flavor, which balances this small dish very well, sweet but not greasy.

Well, this dessert is not too sweet!good, very good!

Yu Yikui has a sweet tooth, and this chestnut cake is very suitable for her.Since I came up, I ate one after another, so I was not satisfied.

It's just that she didn't even touch the steamed crab.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao tilted his head slightly, and asked her warmly, "Yu...why doesn't brother eat crabs? Is it because you don't like it?"

Yu Yikui: "No, it's because it's too troublesome to eat."

This is true...Yu Yikui is a person who likes to eat and doesn't like to eat. He likes to eat all kinds of new things, but he really doesn't like to do it himself.

So this kind of prawns, crabs, snails, etc., which are troublesome to eat, although she thinks they taste good, she doesn't bother to move them.

After Zhan Zhao heard this, he couldn't help laughing, but shook his head helplessly and said, "In that case, Zhan will do it for me."

As he spoke, he stretched out a slender hand and picked up a crab. The eight pieces of the crab in his hand were excellent. After a while, the eight crab legs, crab roe, and crab meat were neatly removed. .

What's more terrible is that the crab that was brutally dismembered was actually put back into a whole corpse by him...

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, picked up the small plate of crab meat in front of him, placed it in front of Yu Yikui, then reached out and picked up the small pot of crab vinegar, poured it into a small bowl, and sprinkled some shredded ginger on the cloth. Then he said appropriately: "Brother Yu, please."

Yu Yikui's dark eyes also showed a bit of a smile, but she was not polite, she just said "Thank you" to Zhan Zhao, and put a chopstick of crab roe into her mouth.

Zhan Zhao sat at the banquet, only looked at her with a smile, but his hands were unambiguous, took another crab and began to chop it into pieces.

Bai Yutang: "..."

Bai Yutang: "Hey, Zhan Zhao, Fifth Master also thinks it's very troublesome to remove crabs, how about giving this to Fifth Master to eat?"

Zhan Zhao's face was still gentle and gentle. He glanced at Bai Yutang, who was seated and unoccupied, smiled, and said, "There are many idlers waiting to run errands outside. If Brother Bai finds it troublesome, why don't you call one in and ask him to come in?" Do it for you?"

The fan building is full of rich customers, and the idlers waiting to solicit business here are naturally not ordinary service personnel, they are all high-level service personnel, it is not difficult to dismantle crabs, you must do it properly!

But Bai Yutang, who is as keen as he is, naturally realized that something was wrong, he glanced at Zhan Zhao very strangely, and said, "Zhan Zhao, you have been dismantled by Brother Yu, and there is nothing wrong with helping someone like Bai." Why not?"

Bai Yutang didn't know that Yu Yikui was a woman, so he naturally felt that this discrimination was really hateful!

As for Zhan Zhao, his mind was already hazy, even he himself didn't quite understand it. Sending umbrellas and unpacking crabs were all just a matter of effort for him, so why had he ever thought about it carefully?

Hearing Bai Yutang's words now, his hands froze immediately, and the movement of removing the crab was a little slower, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Yu Yikui.

But Yu Yikui didn't seem to hear this, she propped her head in one hand, and fiddled with the food on the plate with chopsticks in the other, looking absent-minded.

Zhan Zhao pursed his lips, took a crab leg from the crab he had disassembled and gave it to Bai Yutang, and pushed the rest to Yu Yikui.

Bai Yutang: "..."

Hey you, this distinction is so obvious!

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After uncovering Zhang Yu's serial murder case, Mr. Gongsun also had a more intuitive understanding of Yu Yikui's ability.

Yu Yikui stayed in the study to deal with things.However, Kaifeng Mansion does not have cases every day, and Yu Yikui does more to deal with some files accumulated in the past.

In the past few days, Zhan Zhao went out on business, and Bai Yutang's elder brother Bai Jintang's birthday was approaching, and Bai Yutang couldn't stay in Bianjing any longer, so he hurried back to Songjiang Mansion.

Of course, Yu Yikui is not a lively character.She didn't feel bored when the two of Zhanbai were away.

After all, you can see a lot of things by looking at the dossier.For example, the different customs in various places, the general methods of handling cases by the officials of this dynasty, and the unjust, false and wrongly decided cases left by the predecessor, etc., Yu Yikui never tired of watching.

This day happened to continue to sort out the files, and one of the cases a few years ago caught Yu Yikui's attention.

This is actually a very, very simple case, and the file is only a few words.

It only said that a woman came to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case, accusing her husband of buying her from Ren Yazi.

Before that, she had been sold several times.However, when the husband came to court, he produced evidence that the woman was insane and liked to talk nonsense.

Therefore, considering that the woman was ill, the governor of Kaifeng at that time only sentenced her to twenty sticks, and then asked her husband to take her back.

It seems that there is no problem, but after thinking about it, there are many problems.

The difference between this dynasty and the previous dynasty is that there are basically no slaves. The laws of the Song Dynasty clearly stipulate that slavery is not allowed. The relationship between slaves and masters is employment, not pure personal dependence, and human trading is not allowed——

Of course, that's what the law says, but in reality it's another matter for big families to take advantage of loopholes.

Even slaves cannot be bought and sold, so can wives be bought and sold?Of course not, since this case is suspected of involving human trafficking, how can it be let go lightly, and the matter is only dismissed in the name of the woman going crazy and talking nonsense?

Even if the woman is really a lunatic, then how is she crazy?Maybe it was during these few times of reselling that he gradually became crazy.

At that time, the governor of Kaifeng had already had his head beheaded for embezzling huge sums of money. It was also reasonable for such an unscrupulous person not to seriously handle the cases in his jurisdiction.

The dossier was so scribbled that it only wrote that the woman was named Mei Xiang, and the man was named Wang Laoer.As for the address, I only said it was rented, and I don't know where I live now.

Meixiang?Mei Xiang without a last name?

This is a standard maidservant's name. This Mei Xiang was probably sold from a wealthy family who ignored the law to the second son of the king. At the feet of the emperor, such unscrupulous human trafficking, it seems that this wealthy household Their status is not low.

The former governor of Kaifeng probably saw this, so he didn't want to investigate the matter at all, and sent that poor Mei Xiang back with just a few words.

She closed the file expressionlessly and took it to Gongsun Ce.

Mr. Gongsun also agrees with her opinion, and after discussing with Mr. Bao, he decided to start the investigation of the case again, but what was written in the case file was very vague, and he didn't know that Mei Xiang and Wang Laoer are currently living in Where, it is also very difficult to investigate.

Yu Yikui really has no good way to find someone with only a few lines of vague descriptions, so he can only rely on crowd tactics to find them slowly.

Mr. Gongsun has nothing to do here today, so Yu Yikui went home to feed the dog first.

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That night, Zhan Zhao came back from a business trip.

He went to a county not far from Bianjing to deal with the case, and the dust settled today. He didn't want to stay there any longer, so he rode a horse at night, and when he returned to Kaifeng Mansion, it was already midnight. , even Bianjing, which has always been known for its rich nightlife, has become quiet.

Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion has naturally fallen asleep.

Zhan Zhao set off in the evening, and didn't return until late at night. The warrior's body and bones naturally didn't feel exhausted. He just ate some supper casually, and rode on the road for several hours. At this moment, he really felt hungry in his stomach. very.

Zhan Zhao lay on his bed, closed his eyes and wanted to sleep, but unfortunately his stomach was empty, so he couldn't fall asleep. He tossed and turned for a while, finally sighed, turned over, put on his coat, and went out to the kitchen Find something to eat.

Kaifeng Mansion is an institution with a large number of staff, and there are at least a hundred people in the upper and lower levels.Therefore, the scale of the kitchen is not small, and some dishes are also stored on weekdays.

But it happened to be such a coincidence!

For the first time ever, Zhan Zhao's cats hunted for food in the middle of the night, and the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion was also clean for the first time, not even a mouthful of rice soup was left behind!

Zhan Zhao: "..."

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to sigh and back out of the kitchen, wishing to knock himself out so that he would have something to eat the next day after falling asleep.

When passing by the study, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

The desk where Yu Yikui works is in this big study room. She usually likes to buy random things on the road and put them on the desk. eat.So Mr. Gongsun turned a blind eye and pretended not to see...

It can only be said that Mr. Gongsun really has a preference for Yu Yikui.

No, the point is not this now!

Zhan Zhao stood at the door, folded his hands on his chest, frowned slightly, thought for a while, but finally couldn't resist the hunger in his belly, pushed the door open and entered.

A few oranges are scattered on Yu Yikui's table.

Zhan Zhao's eyes brightened.

He likes oranges the most, although it seems that it is not good to eat them when you are very hungry, but it is better than nothing.

He and Yu Yikui are already very familiar with each other, and it is common for them to bring each other some food on weekdays. Zhan Zhao only thought about buying some for her the next day, explaining the situation, and presumably she would not blame him. he.

After peeling the orange peel and taking out the pulp, Zhan Zhao put one of the teeth into his mouth.

Zhan Zhao: "..."

Zhan Zhao: "Hiss..."

God!very sour!How could it be so sour!

This is really the most sour...orange he has ever eaten in his life...

Oranges are inherently sour and sweet, so it's normal to eat sour ones, it's just a matter of luck.But to be so sour that his whole body was unrecognizable... This is really bad luck!

Moreover, is this Yu Yikui's bad luck, or his Zhan Zhao's bad luck?

Zhan Zhao covered his mouth and carefully looked at those oranges, only to feel that the oranges on the table all had hideous faces like ghosts, which is really unflattering...

Miss Yu, she... must have bought it and put it here. She likes to eat very sweet and sweet things. If she eats oranges that are so sour, why don't she throw away the whole bag in a fit of anger?

Zhan Zhao frowned, staring at the oranges bitterly, and slowly backed out of the study.

After returning to his room, he lay on the bed, feeling that his teeth were sore for a long time, and he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

In the early morning of the next day, when the morning market just opened, he hurried to the fruit shop he was familiar with. After confirming the pure sweetness with the boss three times and rigorously trying one, he bought two catties of oranges.

He sneaked into the study room when most people in the mansion were still up, confiscated all the sour oranges from Yu Yikui, and replaced them with the sweet oranges he bought.

He also restored the original placement very rigorously, making sure everything was safe, so as to prevent Yu Yikui from seeing something different.

As for those sour oranges…

He certainly couldn't eat it himself, why not...how about feeding it to Yu's dog?

Yumao couldn't help laughing at his own dangerous thoughts, shook his head and burst out laughing.Then he conveniently stuffed the orange in his hand to Zhao Hu who was coming to meet him.

No, you can't do this to Yu Yikui's dog, let it be Zhao Hu.Zhao Hu who was fed inexplicably: Brother Wow Zhan gave me oranges!Brother Zhan is so nice, hehe...)