The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Li Wen hurriedly put on his official uniform and went out, only to see that the people from the Pan family had already crowded the hall of the county yamen, crying and shouting loudly.The yamen servant hastily shouted mighty twice, but he didn't have any strength in his dantian.Li Wen panicked Zhang Shengtang and asked, "Who is wronged below?"

The three sons of Pan's family howled dryly for a long time in unison, uttering one sentence after another.It turned out that the maid of the sixth aunt in their mansion went to help the master get up early this morning, but saw that the house was in a mess, the sixth aunt and the master were both half dead on the kang, screaming loudly in fright.A few bold women who came later came forward to check. The two of them were tied up with small clothes or torn-off curtains, and their mouths were stuffed with pieces of the curtains. Sixth Auntie woke up after being shaken for a long time. , Their master has already died of anger.

The sixth aunt seemed to have been frightened into a fool, everyone pinched and screamed, still dazed, but in the end it was their wife who ordered someone to fetch a basin of cold water and pour it on her head to wake her up.After waking up, she looked around for a long time, and suddenly screamed: "There is a thief~~~Catch the thief~~~" It was the wife who cursed her several times to calm down.After a while, she finally burst into tears.

Later she said that last night she and Master Pan were both in a dream, and she didn't know when they were suddenly awakened by someone shaking. Hear them whisper "Say it!"The master had already been tied up by them at that moment, and she was about to shout, but when the thieves found out, they pinched her throat, stuffed her tongue and tied her up, and then hit her on the back of the head, and she passed out.I didn't know anything about what happened next until I woke up.

For a while, everyone checked the items, only the account room was missing 120 four taels of silver, the warehouse was pried open but nothing was lost, and everything else was intact.Because old man Pan was dead, he came to the Yamen to report the case.

Li Wendun felt that dark clouds were covering the top.He is just an ordinary county magistrate, so how can he bear the responsibility if the family members of the Hou family are dead?I had no choice but to bite the bullet and call the sixth aunt to come over and ask questions.

That sixth aunt was only seventeen or eighteen years old, she was so frightened that her face paled and her face was pale, she knelt down and trembled all over.Li Wen first asked her to recount the incident in detail, and then asked what the culprit looked like, she said: "The two thieves are both very tall and strong, dressed in black, and one of them is quite fat, although they are both covered with black scarves." I can see that the fat man has a beard, and the fat man has a goatee like our master."

Li Wen asked, "How's the sound?"

Six Yiniang said: "That fat man's voice is muffled, not fat..." She thought for a while, "It's the same as an ordinary person's voice."

Li Wen asked again: "Where is the accent?"

Sixth Yiniang shook her head: "I don't know."

"How old do you sound?"

She thought about it again: "If you don't say anything, you should be more than 40."

Li Wen asked her to tell the story again, which was the same as before, so he ordered her to draw a charge, and then called the police to go to Pan's house to have a look.Their county is small and quite poor, and they don't even have a clerk. In the past, if there was a murder case, they would invite the clerk of the county to look at it.Now that the big man is dead, I have to send someone out to borrow it.He comforted the members of Pan's family, promised to solve the case and avenge old man Pan, and said many good things before sending those people away.

It was almost noon when he finished his work, and when he returned to the back office, he saw that all kinds of account books were still spread out, Young Master Gao and others were sound asleep, it seems that he was busy last night until very late.He suddenly shuddered: Why did Mr. Pan get robbed as soon as they came?Among the people accompanying them, there were more than a dozen burly men, some fat and some thin.Who in this county would dare to mess with the Pan family!If it was a thief passing by, it would be too coincidental.Without disturbing Young Master Gao and the others, he came to the desk to check for any clues.

But he saw that there were three blank sheets of paper on the case, with some frames drawn on them.Li Wen took a closer look and couldn't help but praise.

There are words in those boxes, the first column of the vertical column is the month, the horizontal column is the title of taxes, the number of taxes is filled in in the middle, and there is a blank space for those that are not there. , and a few unfinished sentences. "Angu County has a total of citizens counting men and women (blank), and children under the age of 16 are not counted. Balance this year's tax payment per person (blank). Common people (blank) households, balance this year's tax payment per household (blank). Above sixteen and six Men under ten are counted (blank), and each male’s tax is balanced (blank)." What year, month, when, what tax was added, and how much tax was added are clear.

Li Wen's eyes turned red immediately, and he no longer doubted this young master Gao.These three sheets are the county's taxes for the past three years. If you can fill in the first few blanks, it is obvious that the tax increase is extremely fierce, and anyone who is not a fool can understand it when they see it.Among them, there was a line approved on the old one, "The Master said, a tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger." There are so many account books, it is extremely troublesome to check.No need to ask, these teenagers were busy with this last night.

However, Yao'er was already awake at this moment, so he hurriedly woke up others, and the children gradually packed up and got up, yawning.For a while, Jia Huan rubbed his eyes and bumped around, seeing Li Wen in sight, hurried over to say hello: "Master Li, good morning!"

Li Wen hurriedly wiped away his tears, cupped his hands and said, "Morning, Young Master Zhao." It turned out that Jia Huan had pretended to be Young Master Gao's cousin, and he gave his mother's surname according to the custom of princes and princes.

Jia Huan blinked: "Why do I feel sad looking at your lord?"

Li Wennai pointed to the frames on the case and sighed: "I, Li Wensu, have always known that there are capable people in the world. I don't want to have such a genius! Master Zhao, whose idea is this?"

Jia Huan glanced at it and said, "Oh, this form was taught by my cousin's husband."

Li Wen couldn't help sighing again.At this moment, Jia Cong, Gong Kun and others gradually came over, they were a little embarrassed, cupped their hands and said, "I overslept." Li Wen hurriedly thanked them again, this time he was more sincere than yesterday.

He suddenly remembered the case of Pan's family, and said somewhat embarrassingly: "Young master Gao is extremely talented and compassionate. Just now there was a big case in this county, and I dared to ask the young master for help to think about it."

As soon as Jia Cong heard the "big case", he came to his senses: "What big case? Tell me quickly!"

Li Wen then told about Master Pan's murder, and Jia Cong, Gong Kun and others pretended to be curious while listening to it, and their hearts were in a mess.Last night Wu You had already said that he would go to Pan's house to do business. Because he was afraid of causing trouble, Gong Kun repeatedly told him not to hurt anyone's life, why didn't he listen?If old man Pan had to be killed for some reason, it would be as if he killed that aunt along with him, but he was still alive, what on earth was he thinking?Just looking back and thinking about it again, Wu You is only a young man, how can he be a burly man?Besides, he doesn't have a beard.More and more puzzled.

Gong Kun first suspected that his own people did it. After thinking about it for a long time, he said in a mysterious way: "I'm afraid this matter is not simple."

Li Wen hurriedly bowed to ask for advice.

Gong Kun said: "It's just more than 100 taels of silver, it's really nothing." Li Wen thought to himself, how can it compare to your wealth?More than 100 taels in this county are enough to make money and kill.Gong Kun went on to say, "They never let Mr. Pan see their face, they can't kill people to silence them, they just take the money and leave."

Li Wendao: "If you don't keep it all, you're asking Master Pan where their family's savings are?"

Gong Kun said: "The old man was injured? How did he die?"

Li Wen said with a wry smile: "There is no work in this county, and someone has already borrowed it from a neighboring county. I heard from an old servant in their family that he was probably suffocated to death, but he seems to be unharmed."

Gong Kun hurriedly said: "That's it. Even if you want to ask for money, you should use some vicious means. There is no reason to suffocate to death if you don't speak out." He sneered, "If someone has the ability, let this It is very easy to wait for the rich man to speak."

Li Wen suddenly shivered.Although he had already guessed that this gentleman was unusual, it seemed even more unusual now.

Gong Kun suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Since this old man Pan is related to the Dingchenghou's mansion, and the fifth girl of Dingchenghou's third room has recently received the holy favor and made her a nobleman. As Master Li said yesterday, he is the wife of the third young lady. dear uncle?"

Li Wen nodded repeatedly.

Jia Cong coolly interjected: "The third master of their family happened to belong to the third bedroom, the elder brother of the nobleman with the same father and the same mother, and now the third wife is the continuation. After all, there are only the third master and the nobleman in the entire Dingcheng Hou Mansion. Dearest."

Li Wenhao sat down on the floor.How can he understand such princes and princes and relatives and the depth of the palace?It took half a day to ask in a trembling voice, "Sir, what do you think?"

Gong Kun shook his head and said, "God knows what he shouldn't know. Silence is common."

Li Wen was so shocked that he couldn't keep his mouth shut for a long time.

Gong Kun said again in a low voice: "Your Excellency, you can do whatever you want. They are just two little thieves who can't be kept together. If they are caught, they will be caught; if they come from extraordinary backgrounds, they won't be discovered by anyone."

Li Wen nodded hurriedly, and quietly left this matter in "untouchable" in his heart.

For a while, everyone went out to eat again, and had a round with Wu You and others.Seeing Wu You's face, he knew that he didn't sleep well last night, so Gong Kun stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?" Wu You told the story of last night from the beginning with a sad face.Gong Kun suddenly felt a pain in his head, choked for a long time, raised his hand and poked his finger: "You are a firecracker!"

Wu You said with a worried face, "I clearly took that girl out."

Gong Kun tapped him again: "That's a person! It's not a thing! People have legs! Legs can walk!"

Wu You argued: "I know this... I think she is a little girl in a small place, and she has no courage to come, she will definitely listen to me..."

Gong Kun couldn't help hitting him with all his strength: "What's your idea? How big is this county? Her master died, and the tent lost money. She took the money and rubbed a layer of dust on her face to escape? Then Don't you just hang your neck and wait for death? She can be caught within a few days after running away, and it's a capital offense for her to say flowers, don't you believe? Whether it's adultery or adultery, as long as Mr. Pan is alive, she can't live."

Wu You shouted in a low voice: "You told me not to hurt anyone..."

Gong Kun said: "Who told you to drag that woman into it? Just take that old man and ask if it's okay?" He scolded him for a long time before starting to discuss business.

After they finished their lunch, Jia Cong, Gong Kun and others went back to the county government, and Wu You and others went back to the inn.When I arrived at the entrance of the inn, I saw people crowded inside and out, at least hundreds of them, all of them were young men, holding knives and sticks and shouting: "The thief will leave!"

Wu You and the others hurriedly put on a frightened look, boldly stepped forward and asked, "Fellow folks, what happened?"

The leader was the son of Pan's parents. He pointed at them and cursed, "You brave thieves! If you don't let go, you will be arrested and hand over your money!"

Wu You said blankly, "What kind of thief? We were passing by."

Uncle Pan's family sneered and pointed at the next few bodyguards and said, "Among them, there must be culprits!"

Wu Youlian shouted: "How can you spit blood on people! We are good travelers, there are no thieves here. Do you have evidence?"

Uncle Pan said with tears in his eyes, "I asked you to steal all my father's life savings. Want evidence? It's easy. Since you are passing by, even if you have money on your body, it should be regarded as a bank note. You won't have a lot of cash. If we found a lot of cash, we would be robbers."

Wu You hurriedly said: "Brother, you belong to the Pan family. I went to the county government to watch the excitement this morning and saw you. I heard your family said that they only lost more than 100 taels of silver. There are people like us who have lost more than 100 taels." Two are not unusual."

Uncle Pan sneered and said, "You also stole 400 taels of silver from my father!"

This place is originally a remote place, who has heard of such a large amount of 400 taels of silver?The onlookers were in an uproar.

Wu You also sneered twice: "There are still such reliance on others, has anyone heard of it?"

Uncle Pan ignored him and shouted: "Search!"

The bodyguard behind immediately rolled up his sleeves: "Grandpa is afraid that you will fail?"

Wu You waved his hand to the back, and said grimly: "My young master is not afraid of the shadow. It's true, we never took so much cash on the road. But, Mr. Pan, if the search is over, will you do it? How will you treat me? An upright man, if you want to be wronged, you can be wronged, and if you want to search, you can search? Do you think that the last name is Pan? The young master would like to say something. Mr. Pan, I am very powerful and have many capable people. You may not be the one who provokes everyone. You just closed your eyes and act recklessly today, and if you think we are as easy to bully as ordinary people in Angu County, I am afraid that you will suffer a lot. You can't afford me!"