The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that on the night of Xia Kui's imprisonment, a jailer carried a cloth bag into his cell.Xia Kui is the governor, and the bag looked like it was filled with sand. It must be the "homesack bag" used to kill people in prison.However, he was already trapped by someone, trying his best not to get out, so he yelled loudly.The four jailers seemed to have never heard of it.Two stood aside holding the homemade bag and watched quietly, while the other two stepped forward and tried to push him to the ground.Knowing that he would die if he fell to the ground, Xia Kui struggled desperately.The two guards exerted their strength for half a day, but they didn't push him.

A jailer gritted his teeth and said, "What are you two doing?" The two guards put down their homespun bags and came up to help.The four of them exerted all their strength, but they still couldn't move Xia Kui.

Another jailer said, "Two people need to be added."

Another said: "Two are not enough, add four more."

Then someone outside laughed and said, "Can't the four of you hold him down?"

All the jailers were anxious to get angry, and annoyed: "If you have the ability, try it!"

The man said: "All of you give up, let me try."

The guards were really tired, and immediately said: "Try it, let's rest for a while." They all let go.

It was at this moment that the jailers were most relaxed.The man raised the knife in his hand and slashed at the back of the jailer's head.The four jailers didn't know what happened, and they fell down one after another!Xia Kui gasped and refused to relax.The man took out the key from the jailer, unfastened Xia Kui's hand and foot shackles, and looked at him again.Xia Kuisheng was tall, and the guards were shorter than him.The man walked around the four guards for half a day, picked a fat one, stripped off his clothes, and threw it to Xia Kui.Xia Kui changed immediately.The man picked up his feet and left, Xia Kui followed closely.The area where Xia Kui was being held had no prisoners nearby, so it was silent.The two walked out of the cell in a big way, without saying a word from the beginning to the end.

After walking for half a day, the man said: "I have a grudge against Mr. Bi, but I am not capable enough to beat his bodyguards. I know you have a grudge against him too, and you are much more capable than me. I will arrange it for you. , if you kill him, we will both get revenge, how about that?"

Xia Kui's life was picked, and he didn't care about anything, he just said one word: "Okay." Then he followed him out of the city and hid in a farm house in the suburbs.

Until this morning, the man came over and said, "The arrangements are made."

Xia Kui pretended to be a farmer and drove a carriage of chickens, ducks and geese to Mr. Bi's house.The man didn't know what magical powers he had, and bought off several people from the Bi Mansion.Xia Kui only followed the informant, bypassing most of the house and sneaking into the back garden.Master Bi usually takes a nap in a small pavilion in the garden, and it is the same today.Xia Kui hid in the pavilion early and killed Master Bi effortlessly.The informant waited outside the hall and sent Xia Kui out through the back corner door.

When Xia Kui leaves the Bi Mansion, he still doesn't believe that he has avenged himself.After walking the streets for a while, he thought, there are still eleven enemies at large.Then he rushed to Fuyun Hall and started killing.

After hearing this, Zhu Wei stroked his beard and thought for a long while without saying a word.King Qin was a little anxious, and asked Zhu Tong in a low voice: "Mr. Zhu, why doesn't Master Zhu speak?"

Zhu Tong said: "This matter is too complicated, full of doubts, and there are countless possibilities. It is probably difficult for uncle to decide where to start."

Qin Wang wondered: "Isn't it quite clear?"

Zhu Tong said: "There are doubts from the beginning to the end. A woman from a brothel died, and she pushed the matter to a driver, and she couldn't wait a day to kill him in prison that night. If Xia Kui is someone with a background, that's all. But he is not. There are all witnesses and material evidence. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to die him unjustly according to the rules of normal lawsuits? Will someone come to review this case? The person who rescued him would not even tell his name and code. He, and again, just guarding the courtyard, easily killed an old man. After the killing, he left Bi Mansion as if nothing happened and ran to Fuyuntang. My lord, Chang'an City is not a land of green forests, and Fuyuntang is not opened by ordinary people. The mantis catching the cicada and the oriole are behind, I am afraid that Xia Kui was arranged by others from the time he went to Xianyang to pick up the goods to the time he killed someone in the casino. It's just that he didn't know it." King Qin shuddered.

Zhu Wei raised his head at this moment, looked at the shopkeeper with a half-smile and said, "Why don't you confess quickly?"

The shopkeeper had already been paralyzed, lying on the ground and said: "Master, it's not that the villain doesn't want to recruit, but I really don't know... Let Xia Kui go to Xianyang to pick up the goods. Bi Dong's family came to order him personally, and he only ordered him to bring a dozen people." Go, I didn't say anything else, and the villain didn't dare to ask."

Zhu Wei sneered: "Can you have anything else to say?"

The shopkeeper said: "The villain is just hired to run the casino, and he doesn't know anything else."

Zhu Wei stared at him for a long time, pointed to those warriors in brocade clothes and asked, "Xia Kui, what do these people do?"

Xia Kui smiled and said: "It's also a nursing home, upstairs. The minimum betting chip upstairs is 1000 taels, and the smallest downstairs is only 50 taels."

Zhu Wei nodded: "I see. You don't know?"

All the guards in Jinyi said one after another: "I don't know everything, but I just work hard."

Zhu Wei ordered: "Take them all down, and separate them at a distance. Whoever confesses first will be able to reduce the crime, and those who commit crimes and make meritorious service may be rewarded."The yamen servant came up and took them down together with Xia Kui.

The King of Qin asked: "Lord Zhu, why don't you interrogate them?"

Zhu Wei said: "Regardless of who the owner of Fuyuntang is, the shopkeeper and the guards upstairs must be confidantes, and they will not tell the truth casually. If they are separated, they will be separated. Within three days, most of the guards will confess and search their stomachs. Think of something that others don't know about." King Qin nodded.So he sent someone to invite Chen Zhifu.

Not long after, the prefect Chen came, and King Qin's uncle, Master Yu Er, also followed him.Zhu Wei hurriedly went out to meet him and entered the lobby.King Qin sat in the hall and watched the three of them step into the door together.Master Na Yu Er said: "What a coincidence, I went to find Mr. Chen on purpose. Mr. Zhu, do you know that a big case has come out today."

Zhu Wei asked, "What's the big case?"

Master Yu Er said: "There are villains committing crimes in the street, and I heard that many people died." He shook his head triumphantly, "It just so happened that I was passing by as a clean-up guy, and I took a few photos, and I got them out for Master Zhu to see .”

Upon hearing this, the King of Qin immediately said: "The idle man who co-authored the photo of the corpse is under the second uncle. The corpse should be photographed by you, and the second uncle will go back and teach you."

Master Yu Er and Mr. Chen were both stunned: "Why is the prince here!"

King Qin said: "The lonely king happened to pass by." Yu and Chen looked at each other, not knowing what "passed by by chance" meant.

But at this moment, someone came in and replied: "Just now, one of the group of thugs said he was willing to recruit."

King Qin was overjoyed: "Master Zhu is a good plan!"

Zhu Wei asked, "What is he willing to recruit?"

The yamen servant said: "He said that he doesn't know who the owner is, but he knows what he usually gambles on. He is willing to write a list and ask the master to keep it secret for him."

Zhu Wei said: "He just needs to rest assured, no matter how Fuyuntang handles it in the end, no one will know who opened the mouth."

The yamen servant said: "It's not Fuyuntang. He said don't let his family, relatives and friends know. He usually only said that he was doing serious things. He also said that he confessed, can you let him go back quickly. He The family didn't know he was in prison."

Zhu Wei said loudly: "I will agree to him." But he ordered a confidant master to go over.The master left with a smile on his face.Zhu Tong stared at Chen Yu and the two silently, seeing that they both looked a little dazed as usual, frowning slightly.

Zhu Wei asked Mr. Chen about Xia Kuina's case.Mr. Chen said: "Officer Xia Kui remembers this. More than ten years ago, someone went to the night patrol team to report the crime, saying that a fan had died. The arrester in charge of the night patrol asked what happened..." He then described the arrest The trial process was no different from what Xia Kui said. "Because the criminal refused to admit to death, and the official saw that he didn't look like a fake, but those witnesses were suspected of bluffing, so he was temporarily detained and investigated later."

Zhu Wei was taken aback.He originally thought that Mr. Chen had benefited from him, but now it doesn't look like it.Nai asked, "Did your lord find anything later?"

Master Chen sighed: "I don't think that Xia Kui looked strong, but he was a sick child! He couldn't stand the cold. He died in prison that night."

King Qin and Zhu Wei shouted together: "What?!"

King Qin stood up and shuddered: "Chen Aiqing, you said Xia Kui is dead?"

Mr. Chen said inexplicably: "Yes."

King Qin's voice trembled a little: "Is he really dead?"

"Is this still fake?"

Qin Wang suddenly felt a chill from the soles of his feet straight to Tianlinggai.Zhu Tong hurriedly said: "My lord, don't be afraid. There is no one who sees ghosts in the daytime." Then he asked Mr. Chen, "Have you ever examined Xia Kui's body?"

Mr. Chen said: "I have passed the inspection. Is there anything wrong?"

"So, your lord didn't do the autopsy yourself?"

"No." Mr. Chen said, "But the officer felt that this matter was strange, so he questioned those witnesses and those who reported the crime again, checked the carriage, and asked for Fantou's body to come over for an autopsy."

Zhu Wei hurriedly asked, "How did Fantou die?"

"Smothered to death." Mr. Chen said, "Suffocated to death with pillows, bedding and other items. The officer thought, if Xia Kui wants to stay with her for a long time, why should she be smothered to death? Dead, no way to find out."

Zhu Tong stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask my lord, who is that fan, and the body is still there?"

Mr. Chen said: "Fantou is Miss Bailan from Baihualou in Xianyang. Someone from Baihualou came to ask for the body yesterday. I was very suspicious and refused to agree."

Zhu Tong hurriedly bowed to the ground: "I beg your lord to hand over Miss Bailan's body to my uncle."

Master Chen frowned, and said displeasedly: "This is the case of the lower official."

Zhu Tong hurriedly said: "Wansheng doesn't mean to be disrespectful. My uncle also has a case in his hand, which can be merged into one with your lord. This case is very complicated and involves a lot of things, and..." He said with a little embarrassment, "Brother-in-law of Wansheng It's also in it. Please help me." He said, looking at King Qin.

Qin Wang had just seen a bloody scene with Zhu Tong and the others, and then watched the trial of Xia Kui in person.Now he knew that Xia Kui was not a ghost, so he thought: Chen Aiqing didn't even know whether Xia Kui was dead or alive, so maybe someone tricked her into something.Not very reliable.Then he said: "Since the two cases are merged into one, let Master Zhu investigate."

Mr. Chen was not very happy, so he had to answer "Yes." Immediately he called for someone to fetch the body of the oiran Bai Lan.Nai asked, "I don't know what case Mr. Zhu is dealing with?"

Zhu Wei said: "It's a major murder case this afternoon." He looked at Master Yu Er, who was at a loss. "The murderer was captured on the spot and confessed." So he ordered people to bring the murderer here.

Not long after, Xia Kui came.Master Chen was taken aback immediately: "Xia Kui!"

Xia Kui snorted, dragged the iron lock and swaggered past him, kneeling straight in front of the hall: "Lord Zhu."

Zhu Wei asked, "Master Chen, is this the Xia Kui you recognize?"

Master Chen pointed at Xia Kui and said tremblingly, "Aren't you dead?"

Xia Kui gritted his teeth and said, "Officer dog! I didn't satisfy you, the uncle is still alive!"

Master Chen hurriedly asked: "Master Zhu, what's going on?"

Zhu Tong said: "Which of Mr. Chen's subordinates said that Xia Kui was dead? Mr. Chen should deduct his salary."

Master Chen immediately shouted: "Go and call Liang Yuzuo!"

The King of Qin whispered: "Mr. Zhu, but Mr. Chen was tricked by this gangster?"

Zhu Tong also said in a low voice: "It may be. It may also be that someone even coaxed Mr. Chen and Liang Yuzuo together."

Most of the people in the room were anxiously scratching their hearts, only the second master Yu sat blankly, a little bored.After a long while, he coughed, "Master Zhu, should I send someone to look at the place I just mentioned?"

Zhu Wei said: "Master Guo, don't worry, he has already sent someone away." He pointed at Xia Kui and said, "He was the one who took care of the Fuyuntang case."

Master Yu Er raised his eyebrows and said, "What is Fuyuntang? I said it was the case of Tongling Street."

"Uncle Guo, do you know where the Floating Cloud Hall is?"

"How do I know."

"Fuyuntang is on Tongling Street." Zhu Wei said, "The place where people kill people is Fuyuntang."

Master Yu Er was stunned.After a long while, he laughed dryly and said, "Master Zhu has already started to investigate, hehe. Let me just say, how can Master Zhu not know about such a big matter."

Just as he was in embarrassment, the master came back, holding in his hand the list of gamblers confessed by the Jinyi nursing home.Zhu Wei took a look: "This is not your handwriting."

The master said: "This is written by the nursing home."

Zhu Wei nodded: "It's well written. This person must be someone from an ordinary family, check it out." The master agreed.Zhu Wei looked at it carefully for a long time, and ordered someone to hand it over to King Qin.

Qin Wang saw that besides the name, there was also an identity on the list.The gambler is either rich or expensive, and the first few names are his cousins.After reading it, he gave it to Zhu Tong again.Zhu Tong slipped away with a glance, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and four words were written on his face: As expected.Qin Wang Babaer looked at him: "Mr. Zhu?"

Zhu Tong said: "Wan Sheng knows what business is going on upstairs in Fuyuntang."

Qin Wang said: "Isn't it gambling?"

Zhu Tong said: "The downstairs is gambling." He waved the list, "Half of the above are relatives and children of officials and dignitaries, and the other half are accountants of merchants from all over the country doing business in Qin. Officials and merchants themselves None of them ever showed up. The minimum bet is 1000 taels of silver, it was not a gambling, but a bribe.”

Qin Wang Zhu Wei exclaimed in unison: "What?!"

Zhu Tong said it again: "Upstairs in the Fuyun Hall is where power and money are traded. The bribe giver sends the accountant to lose money from the gambling table to the relatives and friends of the bribe taker."