Kaifeng mansion's first drama

When Pang Yuanying searched the Zichen Temple before, he arranged for people to go to the back mountain to re-investigate the strange incense burning tripod in the back mountain.

After digging out the floor tiles under the incense cauldron, a woman's skeleton was found, and a newly formed baby mummy the size of a human fist was found in a porcelain jar inside the incense burner.Combined with Zhang Daoshi's tone of speaking while leaning on the incense cauldron before offering incense, it can be expected that Zhang Daoshi must have a relationship with the female deceased and the fetus.

The rice paper that the murderer sent to Kaifeng Mansion before had a fragrance and good flexibility, which belonged to high-grade rice paper. People like Lu Zhe who wandered around and were short of money basically couldn't afford such good paper.In addition, the murderer deliberately wrote with his left hand because he was afraid that people would recognize his handwriting. He also had the courage and experience to dare to game with Kaifeng Mansion, and he also had carpentry skills. Only Taoist Zhang could meet these requirements.

As far as the time of Lu Zhe's death is concerned, he did fall to his death that night, and Gongsun Ce's autopsy has confirmed this.

If Lu Zhe didn't fall off the cliff when Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were chasing him, then he must have fallen off the cliff to his death before that.During this time, Taoist Zhang happened to have the opportunity to commit the crime, and because of the murder, he deliberately found a personal certificate as a cover-up. This witness is Master Sun who asked Taoist Zhang to exorcise the ghost that day.At that time, Daoist Zhang spent about an hour helping Master Sun drive away the ghosts in the back hall.Pang Yuanying and Bai Yutang were still waiting for him outside for more than half an hour.

Pang Yuanying ordered people to go to this Master Sun for verification. At that time, Master Sun was in a comatose state during the whole process of exorcising the ghosts. He didn't know whether Taoist Zhang was there.

That is to say, Taoist Zhang is fully qualified to go to the back mountain to set up organs during the more than two hours of exorcising ghosts.

Taoist Zhang must have been on guard for a long time.So this time when Pang Yuanying and others came to Zichen Temple, after monitoring Pang Yuanying's actions, he would take the opportunity to set up such an exquisite setup in order to clear himself of suspicion.

That night, after exorcising the ghosts, Taoist Zhang pretended to be stubborn at first, but refused to admit it, and insisted that Pang Yuanying, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao take him to the cave to confront him.At that time, after the sound of beeping, everyone noticed the outside of the cave and found the fire, so they chased after it.It didn't look like it was Zhang Daoshi's operation.

In fact, he set up a trigger delay device and pressed the lead wire under a burning incense. When the incense burns to the lead wire, it will be ignited, and the lead wire can burn all the way to the top of the mountain.A pottery whistle and a stone are tied to a tree on the cliff at the top of the mountain, and they are hung with a dry turf rope. A little kerosene is sprinkled on the turf rope and the fixed parts of the branches, not too much, just a little on the rope.Then wrap the lead wires on top.

The burning fuse ignites the kerosene on the turf rope, and when a small flame burns in an instant and the turf rope is half-broken, the falling stones below it will break the thin rope.The stone tied with the whistle fell down the cliff, and under the action of the wind, the pottery whistle made a sound similar to human voice.

As for Lu Zhe, Taoist Zhang used some method to trick him to the top of the mountain after Taoist Zhang had finished setting up the organs, and was pushed off the cliff by Taoist Zhang inadvertently.

In order to confirm these speculations, Pang Yuanying sent someone to check the branches on the cliff again. Sure enough, he found a little burnt black trace on a branch, but it was not very obvious.Water may have been sprinkled on the tree branch at that time, and the flame was not big, but the turf rope was quickly burned, and then the small flame fell and was blown out by the wind.

Every part of the whole design is just right, not easy to be found.It was precisely because of this method that Pang Yuanying, Bai Yutang, and Zhan Zhao were all shaken at that time, and began to suspect that Lu Zhe or Chang Yin was the murderer.

Now it is precisely this subtlety and prudence that further proves that Taoist Zhang is the murderer.Because the murderer also used some unexpected methods in his previous crimes.

After confirming that Daoist Zhang was the real murderer, the direction of the investigation was determined, and the Kaifeng government sent people to search Zichen Temple for the third time.

Under the table in the apse of the Zichen Temple, a cellar was found, which contained bedding, bowls and chopsticks, and unfinished meals. It can be confirmed that this is the real hiding place of Lu Zhe.And the cave in the back mountain is actually a place where Taoist Zhang practiced imps in private.

Later, on the beam of the Taoist firewood house, the uterus where Taoist priest Zhang had previously hidden several jars of virgin blood and female corpses was found, and the reasons for the murders of Cai Boli and Mrs. Meng were almost confirmed.

Daoist Zhang needed a lot of virgin blood to refine the little ghosts, which must not be available in the temple, so Cai Boli and Mrs. Meng from the bottom of the mountain helped to get it.After the Kaifeng government began to investigate the autopsy case, they suspected that Cai Boli and Mrs. Meng were involved.Zhang Daoshi was worried that the two would confess himself, so he killed them first to silence them.

The entire modus operandi has been completely figured out, but Zhang Daoshi still pleaded not guilty in the face of iron evidence.

After Pang Yuanying reported all the things he had found out to Gongsun Ce, Gongsun Ce was also puzzled.

"It seems strange that the Duke of Song's mansion insisted on identifying Lu Zhe." Gongsun Ce praised Pang Yuanying in surprise, "However, your investigation of this case is very powerful, and you have made great progress without making any noise."

"There are spies in the Kaifeng Mansion, so I ordered people to act in a low-key manner. Many of the people I use are from my own family. The manpower and material resources are all wasted. Mr. Gongsun remember to give me money to compensate." Pang Yuanying said carelessly.

Gongsun Ce narrowed his eyes and nodded, expressing that he would give some compensation later.

"They sent this old servant, so that the master can do whatever he tells you to do. But why did Duke Song's government lie to protect Taoist Zhang?"

"There must be some reason. The more straightforward way is to take Taoist Zhang to the Duke of Song's mansion to see how they react, and then we can confirm it." Pang Yuanying suggested, "This is the work of offending people. I suggest Let Master Bao go."

Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows, "Shao Yin is fully responsible for this case."

"It's fine for me to go, and I will solve the case later, and let Mr. Bao participate in the book and praise me. Everyone says that Mr. Bao has clear rewards and punishments. You can't just participate in faults and not reward me, right?"

Pang Yuanying and Gongsun Ce talked about the same conditions, and Bao Zheng listened to Gongsun Ce's suggestion very much.Besides, Gongsun Ce is kind and doesn't hurt anyone when he speaks, so Pang Yuanying won't have to face Bao Zheng's fierce black mouth when talking to him.

Gongsun Ce understood Pang Yuanying's careful thinking, and nodded with a smile, letting him solve the case easily, and he would not be missing in the discussion of meritorious deeds.

After a stick of incense, Pang Yuanying and Bai Yutang brought Taoist Zhang to visit Duke Song's mansion.

Of course Pang Yuanying would not be so stupid as to directly offend Song Guogong, so he first went to see Wang Ziyun, the third son of the Song family who was fairly close to the original owner before.

When Wang Ziyun saw Pang Yuanying's visit, he was very surprised. He looked at Pang Yuanying happily, grabbed his shoulder and sighed excitedly: "You're thin! Why did you just find me? I haven't seen you for half a year. I fell ill after beating you. I've never seen it before!"

"That's right, since you knew I was sick, you didn't come to see me." Pang Yuanying complained first.

Wang Ziyun was stunned, and hurriedly argued: "I'm wronged, I went to your house with several brothers and was stopped. Your housekeeper said, you don't want to see anyone. I was about to ask you, why didn't you see us?"

"There is such a thing, you have come to see me?" Pang Yuanying widened her eyes innocently, as if she really didn't know about it.He turned his head to look at his entourage, Qing Feng, and asked him what was going on.

Qing Feng shrunk her neck, indicating that the master would not allow the transmission.

"I'm sorry, brother. I guess my father always thinks that I'm ignorant, and that I have suffered from that kind of thing, so he secretly stopped me from seeing you."

Pang Yuanying simply pushed the matter to Grand Master Pang, anyway, these juniors would definitely not dare to confront Grand Master Pang.

Wang Ziyun thought about Pang Taishi's sternness, and felt that he was a father who could do such a thing, so he patted Pang Yuanying's shoulder sympathetically.

"It's all the same, so is my father. But your father should have higher expectations of you. You are the only son in your family, and you want your son to become a dragon. You have to understand, don't get angry with your father anymore."

Pang Yuanying nodded.

"Hey, your temper is softer than before. It seems that you have been irritated by this illness. How about we brothers get together some other day and go to Ruanxianglou?"

"No, I still have business to do." As soon as Pang Yuanying heard the word Ruanxianglou, she immediately understood where it was and resolutely refused.

"Hey, maybe your character has changed for the better?" Wang Ziyun sighed in surprise, and turned to look at the other two behind Pang Yuanying.

He has known Qingfeng a long time ago, who is this handsome young man in white clothes with a crown of jade?And who is the middle-aged man in the Taoist robe next to him, who looks familiar.

"Let me introduce you, this is Bai Yutang, the fourth-rank guard with a knife in Kaifeng Mansion. This is my old friend Taoist Zhang. I had bad luck recently, so I brought him with me."

Before Pang Yuanying came, he had asked Bai Yutang to hit Daoshi Zhang's dumb acupoint, and now he can't make a sound.

When Wang Ziyun heard about the Kaifeng Mansion, he clapped his hands and sighed: "I remembered! Look at my brain, I almost forgot about your promotion to the Kaifeng Mansion's young minister, congratulations!"

Wang Ziyun asked Pang Yuanying whether he came here to see him, or for some business.

Pang Yuanying secretly observed that Wang Ziyun's expression was normal. It seemed that the Kaifeng Mansion had sent someone to Song Guogong's mansion to verify, but he was not aware of it.

"Brother Yun, I'm here today to investigate the case. This matter has something to do with your house. As a junior, I don't want to disturb the elders, so I want to talk to your housekeeper. Your housekeeper Sun is an old servant for more than 20 years. right?"

"It may have been 30 years, and he knows everything in the house that I don't know." Wang Ziyun immediately asked Pang Yuanying what was going on.

Pang Yuanying told Wang Ziyun about the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, Mrs. , but in this way everyone will know. I think we know each other, so we don’t need to make a big fuss about it, lest the matter get out and be laughed at by the rich and powerful, so I came to discuss with you myself.”

Wang Ziyun thanked Pang Yuanying for thinking about their Duke's mansion.

"By the way, I heard that the victim, Mrs. Zheng, is still your mother's niece. This case has been solved, and your Duke's Mansion can be regarded as helping relatives."

Wang Ziyun nodded, feeling that everything Pang Yuanying said made sense.Immediately send someone to call Butler Sun.

After a while, the servant came to report that Butler Sun had something to go out early in the morning and was not in the mansion.

"What a coincidence." Wang Ziyun sighed.

Pang Yuanying didn't speak, but only looked at Wang Ziyun with hopeful eyes.The people in Kaifeng Mansion had been monitoring the various exits of Duke Song's Mansion long ago, but Butler Sun never went out at all.

Wang Ziyun felt a little embarrassed, and asked the boy where Butler Sun had gone, and quickly called him back.

The servant hesitated for a while, turned his eyes and replied tremblingly: "I don't know."

"If you don't know, you don't know. What are you doing? Could it be that you fooled the third son of your family because he was young?" Pang Yuan asked leisurely in English.

Wang Ziyun found that this boy was really guilty, and when he thought of them bullying him when he was young, he became angry.He kicked the boy and told him to tell the truth about Steward Sun's whereabouts.

"If you dare to lie to me, I will ask someone to break your legs today, and then drive you out of the house!"

The young servant was so frightened that he wept, he kowtowed to Wang Ziyun and confessed, "It was Steward Sun who forbade the young one to tell me that he was actually in his room."

Wang Ziyun became impatient, and immediately led someone straight into Butler Sun's house, and caught him right away.Butler Sun was drinking wine and eating peanuts in the room, and was so frightened by this encounter that he knelt down on the ground.

Pang Yuanying advised Wang Ziyun not to get angry.Bai Yutang immediately picked up Butler Sun and brought him to Taoist Zhang.Steward Sun suddenly saw Daoist Zhang, was startled, and immediately lowered his eyes not to look at him.

Pang Yuanying asked Wang Ziyun to avoid him, "This is a common practice in handling cases, please forgive me."

Wang Ziyun nodded and left with his servants.Bai Yutang glanced at Pang Yuanying and followed him out.

"The old people in the Taoist temple are gone, and your Duke's Mansion also sent away a group of people ten years ago, and now the remaining few, except for the three old ladies beside the madam, are only you. If it is not because of guilty conscience, I I don't believe it. I heard that when King Qin passed away, it was your wife who urged Princess Qin to sacrifice those old Taoist priests in Zichen Temple?" Pang Yuanying asked.

Steward Sun glanced at Pang Yuanying in shock, not expecting that this matter would be found out.

"What's the trick between you and Taoist Zhang, tell me about it?" Pang Yuanying turned to look at Taoist Zhang.

Ever since he saw Steward Sun, Daoshi Zhang's face was flushed with suffocation, and he seemed to have a lot to say, with cold sweat constantly breaking out on his forehead.

Steward Sun and Daoist Zhang looked at each other, but they still didn't keep their mouths shut.

Bai Yutang stood by the east window and nodded to Pang Yuanying, then left.

"If we don't talk about it, we can only dig up Miss Song's grave to see if she is really pregnant with your seed." Pang Yuanying suddenly said fiercely.

Butler Sun frowned, "What is my seed? What does this have to do with me..."

"Don't pretend, it was you who had an affair with Miss Song. To save your life, Daoist Zhang made up nonsense to fool your wife and let the Duke's Mansion take care of it." Pang Yuanying raised her voice. .

The door slammed open.

Song Guogong's wife, Mrs. Liu, rushed into the house first, followed by Wang Ziyun with a surprised face, but was dragged away by the old woman.

Mrs. Liu glanced at Taoist Zhang first, and her eyes stopped for a moment before she looked at Pang Yuanying.

"Young Master Pang Da is now very powerful. He didn't even know to meet me in advance when he came to this country's mansion, so he first reprimanded the housekeeper of our country's mansion."

"Ma'am, it's best to explain clearly what happened back then, and this case will be considered closed. Otherwise, with Mr. Bao's temperament, Madam should know that if this case continues to be investigated, it will affect the reputation of the Duke's Mansion. The junior came today because he thought about it." I wanted to resolve this matter as privately as possible because of my friendship with Mr. Wang before. But if Madam doesn’t want to accept this junior’s favor, this junior will leave right now and invite Mr. Bao to come.” Pang Yuanying was not affected by Liu at all. Shi's momentum was shocking, but his words were aggressive.

Liu said with a cold face: "If your Kaifeng government wants to arrest someone, you must first produce evidence, otherwise our government will not accompany you."

Pang Yuanying promised to leave now, and immediately ordered his subordinates to bring Butler Sun with him.

"Wait a minute, didn't you understand what I just said?" Shi Liu glared at Pang Yuanying angrily.

Pang Yuanying asked Liu if she didn't see it.

"See what?" Liu frowned.

Pang Yuanying wiped her face with her hands, and turned to Liu Shi to see, "The slap prints are all red. Just now I asked the steward Sun of your mansion, but he went crazy and resisted, and slapped me with a slap. It's a big deal." The crime of disrespect, the evidence is conclusive, and there are witnesses, of course I will obey my wife's order and take him back."

Pang Yuanying then asked Qing Feng and the others if this was the case.

Qing Feng nodded immediately, and agreed with everyone that that was the case.

"You—" Liu was too angry to speak.

"Let's go." Pang Yuanying said, and took the people there.

Liu wanted to order someone to stop her, but because of Pang Yuanying's status, she had to grit her teeth and endure it.

When Pang Yuanying returned to Kaifeng Mansion, he washed off the cinnabar red on his face and hands.

Bao Zheng heard that Pang Yuanying got Steward Sun here by cheating, and lamented that his move was inappropriate.

"They took advantage of their situation and refused to cooperate with the investigation first, so they can't blame me for playing tricks later. Otherwise, this big family has a lot of secrets, and the Kaifeng Mansion can't afford to offend, so it's up to me to do it. It's not that I don't give you a chance, Mr. Bao. I asked Mr. Gongsun, and he asked me to do it myself." Pang Yuanying shrugged, expressing that he was also very helpless, if it wasn't for solving the case, he would not have sacrificed himself so much.

Gongsun Ce smiled helplessly and said, "You child."

Bao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not impossible to use extraordinary methods in extraordinary situations. But in the future, let me know in advance, don't take risks alone."

"That's right, Mr. Bao is not as rigid as you think. You don't have to make such detours next time." Gongsun Ce patted Pang Yuanying on the shoulder, but he was very happy that he could devote so much to the investigation.

"But the result was beyond my expectation. I thought that my hook of 'wronging Steward Sun' would make Mrs. Guo curious and tell the truth of the year. I never expected that she would kick me out directly, as if she She doesn't care who her daughter is having an affair with, he has more serious things to hide. It is probably because of this that she is willing to lie for Taoist Zhang."

"Where is Taoist Zhang, why don't you say anything?" Gongsun Ce asked.

Pang Yuanying: "Well, it's the same for him with or without acupoints, silent."

"Then what is more important than the death of your own daughter?" Gongsun Ce looked at Bao Zheng.

"Now we have two domestic servants in the Duke's Mansion. One is the mother-in-law sent to identify Lu Zhe before, and the other is the housekeeper Sun brought back by Shao Yin. Now we can only draw evidence from these two people. .” Bao Zheng pondered for a moment, then said to Pang Yuanying, “The water in Duke Song’s mansion is very deep, you have to be careful.”