Criminal investigation in ancient times

Duan Xiaobai went to the front and found a man and a woman who stopped Zhang Rui's carriage. The woman was wearing a thin jacket with a lot of cloth wrapped around her face, while the man was wearing very thin clothes, standing in the cold wind. I was shivering.

The two knelt in front of the car and said: "Master, please give us a ride. It won't take us long, just go to the town ahead."

Zhang Rui lifted the curtain of the car to see that the two of them were really pitiful and asked Zhanqing, "How far is it to the town ahead?"

Zhan Qing: "There are still two hours to go."

The carriage drove for two hours, if the two of them got to the place, it might be night, and it was freezing cold, they might freeze to death on the road.It's just why these two people braved the heavy snow to go to the town, and why did they wear such thin clothes?

Let the two get into the carriage, the woman and the man dare not step on the dirty blankets and just sit by the side of the carriage.With hands crossed awkwardly, there was a flattering smile on his face.

Zhang Rui looked at him and then at the woman, and saw that the woman lowered her head, her face was tightly wrapped in a cloth, but she didn't untie it even though she was warm in the carriage.

Zhang Ruidao: "I don't know why you two braved the heavy snow to go to town."

The man thought for a while and said, "We... the two of us went to the town to find someone." Zhang Rui knew his dodging eyes.

Zhou Yin leaned in the car, with an impatient expression on his face, he really dared to pick up anything.

After a while, Zhang Rui finally couldn't bear it and said: "My little brother, why doesn't your wife untie the cloth scarf on her head in the car?"

The man turned pale and hurriedly said, "It's okay, she's fine." The woman also hurriedly covered her face and nodded.

Seeing the different expressions of the two, Zhang Rui was puzzled and said: "Could it be that this lady has some unspeakable suffering? If we are sick, we will take the doctor with us, so we can take a look at it for the lady.

The woman covered her head with the cloth towel and said nothing, the man's face became more and more ugly, and he stammered: "She...she's fine, but she's ugly...she doesn't want to see strangers."

Zhang Rui knew he was lying as soon as he heard it, and said with a tiger face: "I kindly took the two of you on the road, but you didn't dare to show your true colors. I will take the two of you to town!"

The man looked like he was about to cry, looked at the heavy snow outside the car and then looked at the thin clothes on his lover, suddenly pulled out a hatchet from his arms and pointed at the two of them, "I beg... I beg you, sir Let's go together, please."

Looking at the hatchet in his hand, Zhou Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "Begging for help with a murder weapon? Hehe, this is the first time I've seen it."

Zhan Qing, who was outside the carriage, heard the voice inside, lifted the curtain and stretched out his hand, took the hatchet out of his hand, threw it outside, grabbed the man by the collar, and threw him off the carriage.

The woman screamed in fright when she saw it, knelt on the car and kowtowed, smashing the ground with a "bang bang", and said in her mouth: "Please let him go, sir, he has no intention of harming others, please!" I beg my lord to let him go..."

Zhan Qing stopped the carriage, and the man who fell on the ground rushed over and grabbed the shaft of the carriage and said, "Siniang, get out of the carriage."

Zhang Rui looked at the two and saw that they didn't look like vicious people, why didn't they dare to show their true colors?

The woman hurriedly climbed out of the car, clutching the man's arm and weeping, the cold wind blew, and both of them trembled.

Zhang Rui sighed: "Why do you two insist on this? We are not tigers and wolves, and we can't do anything to your wife. If the two of you go on the road alone, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach the town ahead in the freezing weather."

The woman became ruthless and stretched out her hand to tear off the cloth towel off her face.The man hurriedly shouted: "Si Niang! Why are you?"

Siniang: "Brother Maode, if you continue walking, you will freeze to death."

As soon as the cloth towel was taken off, Zhang Rui and Zhou Yin were stunned. This woman had such a beautiful face, but her face was tattooed... no wonder she had to wrap it with a cloth towel.Most of the women's tattoos are theft or adultery.Those who steal tattoos are exiled, and adulterers are sent to the barracks.I don't know what happened to this woman.

The two sat back in the car again. The woman wrapped a cloth scarf around her neck, covered her face with her hair, and bowed her head in silence.The man looked at the woman sadly, not knowing what to say.

Zhang Ruidao: "I heard that the two of you are not natives of Tongzhou, why did you live in Tongzhou? If you two have any secrets, you can tell me. If there is someone who can help you two, I will definitely help you two." .

The man didn't want to say it at first, but the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and finally cried with a headache in his arms, "We are not from Tongzhou, but from Qingzhou."

Qingzhou?That is not the hometown of Mr. Zhang, but also very close to his hometown of Xuzhou.

The man thought for a while before explaining that the two were originally from Yunhe County, Qingzhou. The man's name was Zhang Maode, and the woman's name was Zou Siniang.

Zou Siniang and Zhang Maode were childhood sweethearts, they were betrothed to each other since they were young, and they exchanged more intimate ones.Originally, the two planned to get married last year, but unexpectedly, when Zou Siniang went to the Buddhist hall to offer incense, she was accidentally spotted by a county official. Like the story in the picture book, this member's family was rich, because she loved Zou Siniang's Because of her looks, she wanted to spend a lot of money to make Zou Siniang her little one.

But the Zou family is not a shabby household that sells girls for glory, so how could they agree to this matter, so they rejected this member, and immediately discussed with the Zhang family to arrange the marriage of the two children in advance, so as not to quarrel and offend the two families.

But this member was a wicked man, and when he saw that the beauty was going to marry someone else, he was very anxious, so he asked the master to give him advice.

This master, who is not good at all, actually bought Zou Siniang's aunt and spent 300 taels of silver to replace Zou Siniang's replacement.After getting Zou Siniang's repost, this member came to Zou's house and threatened to marry Zou Siniang to him, otherwise he would go to the Yamen to sue his family for marrying one daughter twice!

The Zou family panicked, seeing that the more stickers in the hands of the member were indeed their own girls, they didn't know what to do, after discussing with the Zhang family, both families had no choice, seeing that this happy event was about to turn into a bad one .When Zou Siniang heard about it from the adults, she shed tears every day, almost twisted her hair and became a sister-in-law.

Zhang Maode also learned about this from others, he was very angry, after thinking about it, it would be better to elope with him than to let Siniang marry that old man!Thinking of this, he secretly searched for Zou Siniang at night and told her about his elopement plan.

Although Zou Siniang was unwilling to do so, she agreed to Zhang Maode's words rather than marrying the old man, and the two made an appointment to go together the next night.

Who would have thought that these words would be overheard by Cuiyu, the maid next to Siniang. This Cuiyu had long been bought by Zou Siniang's aunt, and she stayed by her side to prevent her from escaping secretly.The member promised that Mrs. Zou would give her 300 taels of silver as a thank you gift if she could accomplish this.

Cuiyu told Mrs. Zou the news that the two of them were going to elope, and Mrs. Zou thought about it?The two of them must not be allowed to elope, otherwise wouldn't the money be wasted? !At night, they secretly sent people to block the door, and once Zhang Maode came, he would be driven out.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Maode climbed over the wall and entered the yard, ran to Si Niang's room, dragged Si Niang and ran out, the door blocked the two of them at the gate.The noise alarmed the Zou family, and the lights were turned on immediately. When everyone rushed out, they saw the two carrying their bags and preparing to elope.

Master Zou Er sighed, knowing that his daughter's life is suffering, it is good for the two children to run away, it is even more helpless to be stuck in the courtyard now.

Mrs. Zou's heart felt cold when she saw it. If this spread to the ears of other members, then the marriage might not be concluded, and her 300 taels of silver would be gone.She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and wished she could arrest these two people and take them to the government!

The staff member learned that Zou Siniang had eloped with someone the next day. Although she didn't run away, her reputation was already ruined. If she insisted on taking him as a concubine, she would be ridiculed for wearing a cuckold. After paying three hundred li of silver, he sued the two of them in court angrily.She sued Zou Siniang for not being a woman, she had already accepted his dowry, and she was even more attached to be a member of his family, so elopement with someone now is really intolerable.

When the Zou family quit, when did we accept your dowry!Isn't that a curse?What does the Zhang family think of us?Isn't this a person inside and out!

The master next to Yuanwai took out the document and showed it to the magistrate: "This is the document issued by the eldest wife of the Zou family. Zou Siniang's marriage has been fixed long ago. The date has been chosen and they will be married when the date is set. Now his family is doing it." Such a thing, doesn't it make our master feel cold!" He said and presented the paper.

The county magistrate is also an old fool. Seeing that the paper was clearly written in black and white, both parties also signed it and said: "This matter was done by the Zou family. Since the two of them eloped, the man seduced a woman from a good family even though there was no serious fault." , Fifty sticks, Zou Siniang clearly knew that she was going to marry into Yuanwai's mansion, but she didn't abide by women's morals. This act was no different from adultery, and she was tattooed and exiled to the border. The Zou family returned the full amount of Yuanwai's betrothal money back."

Mrs. Zou Er passed out when she was hired, and she was tattooed and exiled to the border? !Isn't this killing her!Erfang didn't have a male under his knees, so he only had such a daughter. Master Zou and the second wife were in great pain, but now they were going to be tattooed!Does this make her daughter die? !

Mrs. Zou's face turned pale when she heard that, she didn't think that the staff would change her mind if she said it, and she would not ask for money if it was agreed at the beginning!

After hearing the sentence, the uncle of the Zou family turned pale, waved his hand and slapped Mrs. Zou fiercely, pointing at her and said, "You poisonous woman! What did our Zou family do to apologize to you, to do such a dirty thing?" From now on, you don't have to go back to the Zou family, the Zou family doesn't have a daughter-in-law like you!"

The eldest lady was lying on the ground after being beaten and looked at Mr. Zou in disbelief. She was so frightened that she hurriedly hugged his leg and said, "Mr. Ah! Seeing that we have been husband and wife for so many years, having children is not a credit but also a hard work. Besides, my grandson is so old, and I am so old. If I am divorced, do I still want this old face? You are killing me!"

Master Zou kicked her away: "I want your life?! Why don't you know that what you did is killing the second room! Where do you make my old face go? How will I behave in the future?! If I had known, why bother today, from now on you are no longer our old Zou family, I will send your son back to you for your dowry." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and left the lobby.

After leaving the hall, Zhang Maode was escorted and beaten, while Zou Siniang was stabbed and sent to the border.

When did Zou Siniang suffer such humiliation? Before she was stabbed, she slammed her head against the pillar. She was weak and weak, and although her head was smashed, she was not killed. She followed the prisoners a few days after the stabbing Went to the border.

Zhang Maode was beaten for half a month and couldn't get out of bed. He asked his parents to walk away to see if they could replace Zou Siniang.In the end, the two partnerships pooled money and let Zhang Maode go north alone to see if he could redeem him.

When we arrived at the border, the war continued, many people died, and many exiled prisoners ran around. It took half a year to find Zou Siniang. At this time, Zou Siniang had already changed her face and sold herself into a family. Laundry maid.

When the two met, they hugged each other and cried.Zhang Maode took the money to redeem her contract of prostitution, and the two hurried back from the border.Because Siniang was tattooed on her face, she was wearing a cloth scarf all the way and dared not show her true colors.Unexpectedly, they were entangled halfway and were suddenly stolen. The two walked back while earning money along the way. Unknowingly, the weather was getting colder and colder, and finally met Zhang Rui and the others, otherwise the two would have frozen to death on the road.

Zhang Rui and Zhou Yin sighed in their hearts after hearing what they said, Zhang Rui looked at the woman's hands, they were rough and red and swollen, they were used to doing laundry, it seemed that they were not lying.

Zhang Rui: "So what if I send the two of you into the town now? How can you go back if you don't have any money on your body? Besides, the tattoo on your wife's face makes people think that they don't look like a good person."

The two looked sad and didn't know what to do.Zhang Maode scratched his head: "Now I can only take one step at a time. I will go to the town to find a job, earn some money and then set off."

Zhang Rui nodded, seeing that he was affectionate and righteous, he didn't look at him like he did at the beginning.It is rare that although the two experienced hardships, they did not give up on each other.

"Meeting today can be regarded as fate. The two of you are in the same place as my mentor. His surname is Zhang, and you are also considered to be from the same family. Maybe you have relatives with you. So I will give you some money, and I hope you will return soon." Go to Qingzhou." Then he asked Zhan Qing to give the two of them ten taels of silver.Although these ten taels of silver are not too much, they can reach Qingzhou with a little money, but the road is a little more difficult.

Both of them were surprised, they didn't expect that the young man not only believed them but also gave them money, Zhang Maode remembered that he had threatened them with a hatchet, his face turned red, and he knelt on the car and kowtowed to them: "Excuse me, sir, what is your surname, I must repay you if you are a cow or a horse."

Zhang Rui waved his hand and said: "Meeting is fate, and we will see you again if you have fate. If you want to thank you, thank you for having an adult surnamed Zhang." Zhou Yin snickered from behind. Did some go in, this little thing is smart.

He was about to reach the town ahead, and the sky had already darkened. Zou Siniang hurriedly wrapped the cloth scarf around her face. Xiao Bai called.

Duan Xiaobai rushed over from the carriage behind, opened the curtain, took in a cool air, rubbed his hands, and said, "Why did your lord call me?"

Zhang Rui pointed at the woman and said, "Xiao Bai, do you have a way to cover up the tattoo on your face?"

Duan Xiaobai looked at the woman strangely and nodded, "Yes, there is more than one way, and there is a way to permanently cover the tattoo."

When the woman heard this, she said excitedly, "Please help me, sir!"

Zhang Maode also had a pleasant look on his face, he didn't expect that the tattoo could cover it up.It would be easier for the two of them to cover up the tattoo and return to Qingzhou, instead of watching others point and point!

Duan Xiaobai: "But once you use this method, you can no longer touch vinegar or other acidic things on your face, otherwise the layer of skin on your face will fall off, revealing the original skin."

Seeing the two of them nodding hastily, Zhang Rui said to Duan Xiaobai: "You cover up for this woman, otherwise the two of them will be accused by thousands of people when they return to their hometown."

Duan Xiaobai took out a wooden box from his bosom, and pulled out a piece of human skin... Zhang Rui stared at him, Duan Xiaobai coughed softly: "These are the skins of dead people, many of them are from He The doctor and I did it."

The woman turned pale with fright when she heard the dead man's skin, but she didn't want to give up this opportunity, so she clenched her fists and closed her eyes.

Duan Xiaobai took out a small porcelain bottle from the box, poured out a little sticky liquid on the woman's tattoo, then cut the piece of human skin into a size just to cover the words, and stuck it on her face with great strength.

The woman screamed, and Zhang Maode next to her was frightened and hurriedly said: "What's wrong with Si Niang?!"

Duan Xiaobai: "It will definitely hurt when you first put it on, just bear with it a little bit and it will be fine."

The woman nodded, not daring to move anymore, the burning heat on her face subsided slowly, and after a while she felt her face was icy cold, she stretched out her hand to wipe it and found that the human skin was tightly attached to her own, if you don't look carefully, there is nothing wrong with it. Can't tell!

Zhang Maode looked at Zou Siniang in surprise, except for a little blush on his face, there were no other traces!Zou Siniang touched her face and said, "Brother Maode, is my face... all right?"

Zhang Maode nodded, and the two wept with joy, hugging each other tightly.

Zhang Rui squeezed Zhou Yin's hand and whispered in his ear, "Lover lovers will eventually get married, the most beautiful thing in the world is this."

Zhou Yin turned his head and planted a kiss on his lips, and turned his head immediately. Fortunately, those two people were only interested in excitement and didn't pay attention to them.Zhang Rui touched his lips and couldn't help laughing.

After a while they arrived in the town, the couple got out of the carriage and kowtowed to Zhang Rui. They really didn't know how to repay him, so they decided to go back and offer a longevity tablet to the lord surnamed Zhang.

A group of people found an inn. There were quite a lot of people in the inn. Because of the cold weather, several stoves were lit in the lobby. Once they entered, they felt warm and the smell of the food made them all hungry.Zhan Qing and Duan Xiaobai pulled the carriage and parked it in the backyard, and asked the waiter to feed the horse, while Uncle Han and He Xiangru moved all the valuable salutes upstairs.

Xiaoer ran over and asked, "Are the guest officials a top-notch or staying in the hotel?"

Zhang Ruidao: "Arrange four guest rooms for me, and then serve some food and wine."

The little one said: "Okay, wait a moment, my little one, I'll bring it to you."

A few people sat around a table. The road to Jiangzhou was different from the way when they came here. This time, they walked southeast, and they might pass Xuzhou on the way.Uncle Han was unexpectedly happy when he found out, he pulled Zhang Rui and said, "Young Master, if we pass by Xuzhou, can we go back to our hometown to have a look, and offer incense sticks to the grandfather and master by the way."

Zhang Rui nodded: "Naturally, it's already unfilial to burn paper and kowtow to your parents' graves without going out for more than a year. If you can pass by Xuzhou, you will definitely go and have a look."

Thinking of the dead master and wife, Uncle Han couldn't help sighing: "Master and madam would be so happy if they knew that the young master has such a future! The old slave must tell them the news when I go back. Those people in my hometown... the young master plans to what to do?"

Zhang Rui sneered: "If they don't offend me, I will definitely not embarrass them."

Uncle Han: "The ancestral business..."

Zhang Rui looked at the businessmen who were eating around: "It's just a few old houses and dozens of acres of fertile land. Give them what they want. If it's too tense, someone should tell me to bully the tribe."

Uncle Han was in a hurry: "It's obvious that the gang bullied you when you were young and took over our family's ancestral property. Why do you say that the young master bullied the clansmen?"

Zhang Rui took the chopsticks that Zhou Yin handed him with a smile and said: "They don't care about these things, but it's common practice for anyone who doesn't see it to read a book for you, just don't get caught by them."

Uncle Han nodded, knowing that the young master didn't intend to talk to those people in Xuzhou.

After a while, Xiao Er brought the food, because Zhang Rui specially ordered a pot of shochu because of the cold weather.This wine is not high in alcohol content and has a grain aroma, so I drank a lot without realizing it.

After dinner, everyone went back to the guest room. Zhou Yin helped Zhang Rui wipe his face, arranged him on the bed, and washed himself up.

Zhang Rui leaned against the bed rail, his cheeks were slightly red, his eyes followed Zhou Yin back and forth, Zhou Yin wiped his face dry with a cloth towel, the hair on his forehead was wet, his whole body was fresh and tender, Zhang Rui couldn't help but threw himself on his face He kissed him so hard that his face was bruised.

Zhou Yin reached out to hug him and kissed him on the face: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Rui shook his head, hugged his waist and pushed him hard onto the bed.Zhou Yin leaned back, Zhang Rui leaned over and pressed him up, pursed his lips and kissed him randomly on the face, and his face was drooling when he kissed him directly.Zhou Yin reached out and pulled him onto the bed, took off his shoes, and unbuttoned his shirt.

Zhang Rui was so hot from drinking, his head said he was awake but a little confused, but he knew what he was doing at the moment.I just feel that I want more, want to be closer to him... The cold hands on my body are moving around, not letting the body temperature drop, but getting hotter, Zhang Rui closed his eyes and sighed.

Zhou Yin looked at him with deep eyes, and his heart was beating rapidly from his chest. "Damn it! This king can't take it anymore." This was the first time Zhou Yinchang had uttered foul language at such an age.

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In the morning, Zhang Rui was woken up by the pain. When he turned over, his waist seemed to be run over, and there was a burning pain somewhere below him like a tear.Zhang Rui stood up with his waist supported, and the warm liquid flowed down his thighs. Suddenly, the tense strings in his head broke, and his scalp felt numb.wipe!wipe!wipe!Actually with him... As expected, you can't drink indiscriminately.

He almost lost his breath due to the pain of a few simple movements when he got off the bed, took a cloth towel dipped in water and wiped his back, put on his obscene clothes and shivered from the cold.

The prince has always been served by others, why did he serve others, last night he was very tired after tossing and falling, and fell asleep in bed.

Zhang Rui rubbed his waist and limped to the bed to wake him up.

Seeing that he was up, Zhou Yin hurriedly got up and said, "Why do you get up so early?"

Zhang Rui's lips were pale and his mouth was dry, his voice was a little hoarse and he said, "What are you talking about?"

Seeing him like this, Zhou Yin felt distressed and hastily carried him to the bed, reached out and touched his buttocks: "It hurts?"

Zhang Rui hissed: "It hurts very much."

Zhou Yin was annoyed: "I went too far last night. What should I do? Why don't you take a day off in the town and leave tomorrow?"

Zhang Rui rolled his eyes and said, "What do you say? Dr. He is still here, do you want me to pretend to be sick?"

Zhou Yin said: "Then can you still take the car?"

Zhang Rui got up and frowned, "It should be fine."

Seeing him in such pain, Zhou Yin regretted it. Last night, she agreed to do it once, but she couldn't stop after doing it once.Thinking of this, the little brother below looked up again.

Hurriedly changing Zhang Rui's clothes, the two of them came down from the downstairs. Others had been waiting for them in the lobby. Seeing them coming down, Huzi said, "What's wrong with your legs, my lord? Why do you think you're lame?"

Zhang Rui Fu forehead, your eyes are so good, does your family know?He just said: "It's nothing... I accidentally fell when I woke up last night."

Uncle Han hurriedly said: "Is it serious? Do you want to rest for a day before leaving tomorrow?"

Zhang Rui hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, don't delay the schedule."

After drinking some porridge, the group got into the carriage. Zhang Rui lay down on the carriage and didn't want to move. It hurt, it hurt so much!No wonder the team used to make jokes about who would be naughty and pop chrysanthemums... Now I have experienced it.

Zhou Yin felt uncomfortable seeing him like this. When he got in the car, he secretly went to He Xiangru's place to ask for some painkillers, and accidentally told the story. Saying this way, although I was a little repelled in my heart, I didn't hate it. I told the prince a lot of precautions for men to have sex, and I also gave him a box of muscle-enhancing cream by the way.

Zhou Yin returned to the car with a blushing face, saw Zhang Rui leaning against the car with a flushed face, stretched out his hand to test it, and actually became hot!Hastily asked Zhan Qing to invite He Xiangru over to ask.

He Xiangru sighed and said: "My lord, a man must clean his body after having intercourse, this man is different from a woman, if you leave it in your stomach, you will get sick.

Zhou Yin had a remorseful expression on his face, he blamed himself, he didn't know anything about tossing people like this, he was so distressed that he wished he was him.

Zhang Rui heard He Xiangru's words in a daze, rolled his eyes, and said from the bottom of his heart that he would have no face to see others...

He Xiangru prepared Zhang Rui's medicine and boiled it in the car with a small stove, while Zhou Yin sat on the side and waited on him.After a while Zhang Rui got up and said, "Doctor He...don't tell Uncle Han about this, I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it."

He Xiangru nodded, understanding that Zhang Rui was worried about Lao Han.Uncle Han has no children, and he has long regarded Zhang Rui as his son. Now that he and the prince are like this, he will definitely feel uncomfortable.How about if it was me... Suddenly remembering the expressions of the two children, He Ming and Lin Xiaoze, when they were together on weekdays, I felt chills in my heart, and almost spilled the soup in my hand.

He hurriedly took the medicine for Zhang Rui and returned to the carriage in a hurry. Those two children, like Zhang Rui and the others, were also separated from each other... But they are different from Zhang Rui Zhou Yin!Zhang Rui has no father and no mother, Zhou Yin is the prince, no one cares about them at all, but the Lin family boy has a father and a mother, if he finds out that they are like this, why not break them up? !My son has been smart since he was a child, why is he confused in love!