Chronicle of Emperor Jing

Zhao Shi was worried that others would go, so he went to Xiaozhai Street and called Da Lang's wife out.

Da Lang's family used to walk behind Zhao Shi, but before she reached the bridge, she heard the phrase "Da Lang" coming with the wind from time to time.She was anxious, hurried a few steps, passed Zhao Shi, and saw idlers standing on the bridge looking down, a few government servants were scattered along the river, and one person was lying on the ground.

The clothes on that man were very familiar to her at the first glance, and they were clearly the clothes Da Lang wore when he went out today.

"Da Lang!" Da Lang's family realized something, shouted, and ran.

She ran so fast that she didn't even feel that a shoe was dropped halfway. One foot was high and the other was low. She stumbled to the edge of the river, threw herself on the man on the ground, and burst into tears.

No matter how much she cried or how she shouted, the lying person just lay there stiffly, unable to respond to her anymore.

The onlookers, who were discussing whether Dalang met a strong man, would be murdered for money and thrown into the river, when they heard the woman crying so miserably, they all closed their mouths and became quiet. With a soft heart, the eye sockets couldn't help but moisten.

"Master Hou!" Zhao Shi saw Yongninghou standing there, holding the hilt of his sword in his hand, and his whole body was emitting a chill, so he called him worriedly.

"What does the government office say?" Wei Yan took a deep breath and calmed down before asking.

"The government office will take the person back first, and will not send the person back to the bitter master's house until Wu Zuo has passed the autopsy." Another guard replied.

"Discuss with the government office, and let's handle the matter today." Wei Yan ordered.

"Yes." The guard quickly stepped forward to negotiate.

Today is 28, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the next day is New Year's Eve. Although the government office in Kyoto belongs to the government office with annual leave and people on duty, if the people in the government office delay their work for a few days, they will not be able to finish their work after the New Year's Eve. If the corpse is returned again, the funeral of the bitter master's family will be difficult.

According to funeral rules, funerals cannot be reported on New Year's Eve and the first and second day of the new year, and the funeral will not be held until the fifth day of the new year.But if you return the body today, you can report the death to your relatives now.

The people in the government office are not unreasonable people, they are all aware of these things, not to mention the face of the Marquis of Yongning, so they agreed immediately.

After all this time, the news has been scattered, and everyone who should know knows about it. Dalang's surname is Li, his relatives, and neighboring relatives all heard about it and came out to help.

"Okay, okay, Dalang has already left, and if you cry again, what will you do to the old man and the children?" An aunt of the family knelt down to help Dalang's wife put on the dropped shoes, He helped her up from the ground and persuaded her.

Dalang's family endured it for a while, and tears fell down again.

"Auntie!" She threw herself into the arms of the middle-aged woman and burst into tears again.

The middle-aged woman touched her shoulder, and persuaded her for a long time before finally persuading her to stop her tears.

The people from the government office found a wheelbarrow and came over, covered it with straw mats, put Da Lang on the cart, and went to the government office.Several men from the Li family also went to the government office together, and the women from the Li family hugged Li Dalang's wife and walked to the small narrow street together, discussing what to do about the funeral along the way.

As for the funeral, if it is an ordinary family and there is no need for communication and entertainment, the host family only needs to be responsible for mourning, and the specific matters are presided over by the family members and close neighbors.

These things, as long as there are old people with a lot of experience, they will naturally know what to do, and there is no need for others to worry about them.

Wei Yan watched for a while, and when they were far away, he said to Zhao Shi, "Go back."

Li Dalang's clue has been cut off at present, and the investigation can only continue unless the murderer is found.

Wei Yan will send people to investigate this homicide case. The Governor of Kyoto will not take it lightly when such a murder case occurs. He will definitely send arresters to investigate it quickly, but it is hard to say whether the murderer can be caught. .

However, there are other clues on Wei Yan's side, such as those guards. If you continue to investigate, you will definitely find some clues.

Wei Yan returned without success, but Wei Ze went to the government office first after the court was over, and set up a friendship with Zhou Fu Yin, and asked that this happened on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and then drove the horse back When they arrived at Zhongyonghou's mansion, they discussed this matter with Wei Laohou.

"Check, check carefully who went to Dongping County that day." Old Master Wei immediately understood the key to this matter.

"Father, our Wei family has spread branches and leaves for several generations. There are hundreds of people in the clan. There are probably no fewer than a thousand people in the shops in the three residences and in the farm, plus the servants of the family. Even if we want to investigate, it will not be done in a short while We can find out." Wei Ze expressed his concern, "If you add relatives and friends, the scope will be even bigger."

"Anyone who provides clues will be rewarded ten taels of silver, and if someone is found based on the clues, a reward of one hundred taels will be rewarded." Old Master Wei took out a huge reward and came to find someone.

"My mansion also does the same. In Xiao Qi's mansion, I'll let someone go and inform Minwen first, and I'll go there in person later. I'll give the reward to my family." Wei Ze said.

"Alright." Old Master Wei didn't argue with the eldest son about this.

The eldest son leads soldiers outside, no matter how honest and honest he is, he will still have money.In order to exonerate Wei Yan that day, Old Hou Ye Wei made some people shut up and spent a lot of money. His family is indeed not as rich as his son's.

It didn't take long before Wei Minwen received the news. He didn't say much, and immediately asked the big housekeeper to gather all the stewards in the house, and then ordered him to call all the stewards in the shop in the farm. return.

"Where are you all on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month? Write it down on the paper, and then write down the witnesses of two people who are not subordinates." The first step Wei Minwen has to do is to make sure that there is no such insider thief among these managers. .

Theoretically speaking, only the steward of the Yongning Hou Mansion, who bullies others outside and provokes a life lawsuit, can achieve the goal of making his father ashamed and losing his prestige even if he can't bring down his father by virtue of this incident. For the people in the mansion, this effect is even worse.

After all, the people in Yongning Hou's mansion caused troubles, and they could participate in their father's lax family management and slavery. People in other mansions could only find out about his father, but they couldn't make him take the responsibility.

At this time, Wei Minwen regretted it a little.

Since the founding of the mansion, his father has been busy with official business, but he evaded his responsibilities as a housekeeper and did not pay attention to family affairs for some time. If someone sneaked in at this time and caused this incident, it would be his fault.

The stewards don't know what happened yet, but on the 22nd, only a few days after today, everyone remembered where they were, and they all wrote pens and witnesses on the paper, even if they were adults. Butler, no exception.

But the butler appeared under Wei Minwen's nose from time to time, so he never doubted him.

The butler also knew this, he did this to set an example and let others follow suit obediently.After all, he has already done this. Do other people have more face than him, can they not do it?

After finishing writing, the housekeeper helped to collect all these papers, and called witnesses to cross-examine them one by one.

They were busy when Wei Ze came over.

Seeing Wei Minwen put on this posture, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he told Wei Minwen about his discussion with Old Master Wei.

"Uncle, let's do the same in our house." There is no conflict between heavy rewards and strict investigations. Wei Minwen didn't say much, so he asked the big housekeeper to post a notice at the place where the servants gathered at home.

"Your method is good. My mansion over there will follow this method and check again." Wei Ze praised him, ordered people to go back to the mansion, and to Zhongyonghou's mansion, and explained the situation here.

Because of this incident, the three guards were all in a hurry, trying to find this person, the servants also racked their brains, tried hard to remember who had abnormalities that day, and wanted to earn this reward.

However, as Wei Ze said, there were too many people to investigate, and no useful clues were found in a short period of time.

On this day, Wei Yan returned to the palace when it was getting dark again.

He had dinner with the emperor, and after washing up, he put on a casual robe, and sat behind his desk where he usually handles the official affairs of the Guards. He spread out a pen and paper, and sat expressionlessly.

His appearance made the servants even more terrified than the emperor's anger.

After all, the emperor was angry, as long as Yongning Hou was present, he would be able to persuade the emperor.But Marquis Yongning was angry, even if he was angry with the emperor, the emperor would not be able to use his strong words, and in the end he would do a little fuss to make him happy. If he was angry with others, the emperor would definitely help him out.

Fudge stepped forward quietly, helped him sharpen the ink, and served him hot tea before quietly retreating.As for persuasion, he didn't have the courage.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Wei Yan like this, Jing Li didn't go up for a while, but sat in the living room and asked Fu Ji softly.

"The slave does not know."

"Hmm..." Jing Li put his index finger on his chin, and pondered for a moment whether he had offended Wei Sheng.

These days, he has indeed done a lot of things. Wei Yan knows that he thinks he shouldn't do it, and he will definitely persuade him. After being angry with the queen mother, even Wei Yan himself, he has been lying to him.

Thinking of this, Jing Li frowned.

He has done so many bad things, and every one of them may cause Wei to get angry with him and not want to pay attention to him, what should we do?

With a guilty conscience, he didn't dare to provoke Wei Yan who put on such a posture, and whispered to Fu Ji: "Go, Xuan Zhaoshi comes to see me."

Fudge looked at the clock leak, said yes, and went out.

Zhao Shi couldn't come to help him solve his doubts for a while, and Jing Li didn't want to make fun of himself, so he ordered the little servant to test Wei Yan.

Even if Wei Yan was angry with him or others, he would not vent his anger on the servant at will.

Then, I saw the little servants coming in and out, delivering sweet soup to Wei Yan for a while, fruit for Wei Yan for a while, and supper for a while.

No matter how angry Wei Yan was in his heart, his anger would slowly dissipate after being interrupted again and again.

"Your Majesty, I'm fine." He stood up, walked to the emperor's side, bent down, and hugged the emperor.

"What's the matter?" At this time, Jing Li realized that the matter had nothing to do with him.

"I'm just a little tired." Wei Yan said softly.

In the past, he didn't need to worry about these things, because he didn't care, but now he wants to do something, for the emperor, for the world, for the people, so these things, no matter how tired he feels, he still has to face them.