The straight man who wears bright clothes is also afraid of messing with him

On the New Year's Eve of the 13th year of Hongwu, a homicide occurred in a gold shop in Beiping City, and Wu Kun, the procurator, went to the scene to investigate. Cui Miao became suspicious of the behavior of the wife of the deceased, Cuixiang. secret.

Cui Miao brought Cuixiang into the door, but the yamen guard at the door knew Cui Miao's identity and dared not stop her.Cuixiang saw the dead Wang Penghai coming from it, she fell to the ground, crying, "Master, why did you leave like this, who killed you?"

Seeing Cuixiang coming in, Mrs. Wang and Zhang's complexion changed, and she began to cry too, saying: "Cuixiang, master, he was poisoned to death, you know that after the master had breakfast, he didn't die. After eating, only after arriving here, did the master eat the refreshments prepared by Wang Gui, and he poisoned the master to death because he wanted to renege on his debt!"

Wu Kun looked at Wang Gui, and said in a cold voice, "Wang Gui, if you do it now, you can save yourself the pain of flesh and blood."

Wang Gui hurriedly cried out for injustice when he heard the words: "My lord, Xiaomin was wronged. You didn't kill someone, so where did you start? My lord, you can't beat me to death!"

"Presumptuous! You scumbag, killing people's lives in full swing, and slandering this official, if you don't beat you, what is the majesty of this official, come here, drag him out, and beat him! Beat him until he moves!"

Wang Gui was completely panicked now, kowtowing desperately to call for grievances, but Wu Kun was determined to beat him, and for a while there was a commotion in the gold shop, and the noisy Shen Qing frowned.

"Wait!" Cui Miao stopped the yamen servant and said, "My lord, please ask me boldly, why do you think Wang Gui is the murderer?"

Seeing that the torture was stopped, Wu Kun showed displeasure on his face, and said: "Only Wang Gui and Wang Penghai have an interest relationship among the relevant people present, and he was in his shop and ate the tea prepared by him, so Wang Penghai was poisoned and died. , aren’t these enough to make me suspect him?”

Cui Miao did not answer Wu Kun's rhetorical question, but looked at Shen Qing and asked, "Brother Shen, has Wu Zuo been here before?"

Shen Qing shook his head, and replied: "Never."

Cui Miao looked at Wu Kun and said, "My lord, since Wu Zuo didn't arrive, how do you know when Wang Penghai was poisoned? If it was extremely poisonous and he would die immediately after ingesting it, then Wang Gui would be suspected. If not, Wang Penghai came He was poisoned before, so Wang Gui is not suspected. Why didn't your lord wait for the inspection to be completed before making any plans."

Wu Kun subconsciously looked at Shen Qing, and Shen Qing looked back lightly, and said: "Cui Miao is right, this is also good for Master Wu's reputation."

Wu Kun was annoyed, but he didn't dare to get angry at Shen Qing, so he could only yell at the yamen servant: "Wu Zuo, why haven't you arrived yet? What's the use of the imperial court supporting you trash!"

The yamen servants hurriedly confessed their crimes, and a clever yamen servant ran out in a hurry. Except for Cuixiang's low cry, everyone stopped talking.

About a quarter of an hour later, the yamen servant rushed over with his assistant, Wu Kun reprimanded him angrily, picked up the teacup on the table and wanted to smash it, but Cui Miao stopped him by grabbing his wrist.

Wu Kun looked at Cui Miao who didn't know when he came to his side, and said displeasedly: "What does Baihu mean?"

Cui Miao smiled slightly, and said, "My lord, this teacup was on the deceased's table. It is a witness and cannot be smashed."

There was a gloomy look in Wu Kun's eyes, and then he said shamelessly: "In a moment of anger, I almost destroyed the evidence, thanks to Baihu who stopped it in time."

Cui Miao said with a smile: "When you are angry, you will inevitably do wrong things. This is human nature, and you don't have to worry about it."

Wu Kun let go, Cui Miao took the teacup, handed it to Wu Zuo, and said, "Please check it, the tea left in this cup may be poisonous."

Wu Zuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at Cui Miao gratefully and replied, "Yes, my lord."

Wu Zuo took out the silver needle and tried it in the remaining tea in the cup. After a while, the silver needle did not change. Wu Zuo replied: "My lord, there is no poison in this teacup."

Cui Miao nodded, and came to the table where Wang Penghai was sitting, pointed to the teapot and teacups on the table, and said, "Please, try the food and tea here."

Wu Zuo glanced at Wu Kun subconsciously, and seeing that he had no objection, he followed suit.

Cui Miao looked at Zhang Quan, who had never made a sound, and asked, "Zhang Quan, who prepared these teas?"

Zhang Quan hurriedly bowed and replied: "My lord, this tea is prepared in the kitchen, and the snacks are bought outside."

"Who is in charge of the kitchen? Has your shopkeeper been there today?"

Zhang Quan replied: "My lord, Sun Ergou is in charge of the kitchen. Our shopkeeper has never been in the kitchen, and today he has never touched tea and snacks. Sun Ergou was ready to bring them over and put them on the table."

"How can you be sure that your shopkeeper has never touched tea?"

"My lord, since Master Wang came here today, the younger one and the shopkeeper have been serving him all the time. The younger one can see clearly whether he has touched tea or not."

Wang Zhang interrupted Zhang Quan excitedly, and said: "You are his Wang Gui's job, so naturally speak to him. My lord, his words cannot be trusted!"

Seeing this, Wang Gui said angrily: "Mr. Wang Zhang, what kind of enmity do you have with me, so that you do everything possible to put me to death?"

"You killed my master and left us orphans and widows with nothing to rely on. This is a sworn hatred!"

While the two were arguing, Wu Zuo had finished the inspection and replied: "My lord, there is poison in the teapot and teacup, but there is no poison in the snack."

Cui Miao nodded, and then ordered: "Please check, what kind of poison did the deceased have, is it acute poison or chronic poison?"

Wu Kun gradually grasped the initiative of Cui Miao, his expression became even more ugly, and he said displeasedly: "Baihu, this murder case should be investigated by the official, and I dare not lie to others."

Cui Miao smiled slightly, bowed and said, "Yes, my lord, the mark is presumptuous."

"I heard that a case happened here, and Qing Ningbo was alarmed, and the officials were very panicked." Following the sound, a middle-aged man in ordinary clothes and a black gauze hat walked in quickly, and walked straight towards Shen Qing's room. direction to go.

Shen Qing's eyes flickered slightly, and he glanced at Cui Miao, now he understood why Cui Miao asked for his tooth card.He stood up, smiled slightly, and said, "Master Zhao, long time no see."

Zhao Quande is the procuratorial envoy of the criminal procuratorate, the third rank, and met once in the palace, so Zhao Quande recognized Shen Qing.Zhao Quande said with a smile: "Uncle Qing Ning, it's been half a year since we last met, how is Uncle Qing Ning doing?"

Shen Qing said with a faint smile: "Very good, thank you Mr. Zhao for your concern."

The two exchanged polite remarks, and finally got back to the topic. Zhao Quande looked at the audience, Wu Kun hurriedly saluted, and said, "My lord has seen you."

Zhao Quande asked directly: "Master Wu, what's going on? Do you have a clue?"

Wu Kun replied respectfully: "My lord, I'm investigating, and I haven't figured it out yet."

Zhao Quande frowned slightly, and then asked: "How far did the investigation go?"

"Return to your lord, the next official is about to order you to conduct an autopsy."

Zhao Quande sat across from Shen Qing, and said calmly: "Then the autopsy will be carried out. This case involves Uncle Qing Ning, so I will try it myself. Master Wu, let's rest."

Wu Kun lowered his head, Cui Miao couldn't see his emotions, and only heard him respond in a low voice.

Wu Zuo started the autopsy, Zhao Quande and Shen Qing were sitting at the table by the west wall, Wu Kun and Cui Miao stood on the left and right of them respectively, Wang Zhangshi and Wang Gui turned around and still knelt, with fear on their faces For a while, there was no other sound in the store except Cuixiang's low cry.

About half an hour later, Wu Zuo stood up and reported back: "My lords, there was no other trauma on the body of the deceased, and he died of poisoning. Judging from his characteristics, he should have been raped by someone, and the weight is quite large, enough to stand up. Kill on the spot."

Cui Miao said: "In this case, Wang Gui is not the murderer."

Zhao Quande looked at Shen Qing and asked, "Uncle Qing Ning, who is this?"

Shen Qing replied: "Cui Miao, a hundred households in Yanshan Wei, and Qing are best friends."

Zhao Quande nodded, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Cui Baihu. Why did Baihu say this just now?"

Cui Miao bowed and replied: "My lord, when the deceased died, Wang Gui was greeting Uncle Qing Ning and Biao Xia, and there was at least a cup of tea time. If, as Wu Zuo said, the amount of poison can cause the deceased to die immediately, then Wang Gui There is no time to commit crimes.”

Zhao Quande looked at Shen Qing and asked: "Uncle Qing Ning, is that really the case?"

Shen Qing nodded and said: "Qing came here to choose a full moon gift for the little prince, and the shopkeeper came to say hello, so it took a long time."

"I see. If Wang Gui is not the murderer, who is it that poisoned Wang Penghai?"

"My lord, it was Zhang Quan who greeted Master Wang and Mrs. Wang at that time,,,,,,"

Before Cui Miao could finish speaking, Mrs. Wang and Zhang said loudly: "Zhang Quan, it was you. Tell me, why did you want to kill my master? Are you instigated by your shopkeeper?"

Zhang Quan was stunned, then knelt down on the ground, and shouted for grievances: "Don't spit blood! My lord, the little one was wronged, the little one didn't poison, the death of Master Wang has nothing to do with the little one."

Wu Kun saluted and said: "My lord, I think what Wang and Zhang said are reasonable, even if Wang Gui is calling Qing and Ningbo two people, he can definitely instruct others to poison."

Cui Miao laughed softly when she heard the words, and said, "Master Wu, and Mrs. Wang, why do you think it was Wang Gui's doing? May I ask, with Wang Gui's family background, can 2000 taels of silver make him want to kill? Yes, then why would he be so stupid as to commit murder in his own shop in broad daylight?"

Wu Kun replied calmly: "Cui Baihu, maybe Wang Gui is thinking of what you think, and that's why he chose to commit murder in his shop."

"Since that's the case, why didn't he simply kill Mrs. Wang, and insist on leaving such a life alive, biting himself to death?"

Wu Kun said calmly: "I have to ask Wang Gui himself, maybe he has other plans. I believe that as long as he suffers a little bit, he will surely invite him."

"Don't bother." Cui Miao looked at Zhao Quande, and said confidently: "Who is the murderer, I already have a good idea. If you don't give up, I am willing to explain in detail."