Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Xu Shangshu knew that it would be better if the gold was not exchanged. Ding Tian told him, handed in the file and went back, going straight to the medicine room.

Jin Buhuan was sorting out the boxes he used for the autopsy, when he saw Ding Tian come back: "What's the matter?"

"There is a case, let me show you the file." Ding Tian brought back the file and asked Jin Buhuan to read it.

Jin Buhuan read it: "What do you mean?"

"There are some doubts here. First, this case... feels like the perpetrator and the person behind the scenes are idiots. They don't know how to cover up at all. Second, whether it's personal or physical evidence, it's too complete!" Ding Tian said: "Third, the Lei family responded very quickly, as if they knew what was going on when something happened, and they were orderly; fourth, Mrs. Lei of the Lei family had always had a good reputation, and she had no reason to do harm; fifth, the Lei family How could the young master have anything to do with the female family members of the back house? He also let his personal maid buy medicine to harm others? Isn’t this stupid? brain."

Actually this case is very interesting.

It is about Lei Ming, the former governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who returned to Beijing to report on his duties after his term of office expired, and stayed in Beijing to serve. One of the six ministries of rites, he served as the right servant, the third rank.

In fact, as early as three years ago, he began to return to Beijing to report on work. However, because of a romantic affair, he stayed in Fujian and Zhejiang for almost a year before the handover was completed. In the brothel named "Firework Dream", Fireworks, the oiran dream at that time, was redeemed.

It cost a full 30 taels, and it is said that it is half of the Lei family's property!

After Meng Yanhua came out, she changed her name to Meng Fanhua, and was taken as a concubine by Lei Ming, and she was very doted on.

However, because of this matter, Lei Ming's reputation is not very good. Emperor Yongqing has exposed him for a whole year before he asked someone to ask someone to ask for a confession, and waited impatiently for his superiors to assign him a job. After a while, his eldest son, Lei Jiahao, the eldest son of Mrs. Lei's Lei family, passed the palace examination and became the second-class Chuanlu. After the hall was called, Emperor Yongqing remembered, oh , Lei Ming, there is another him.

Coincidentally, Wang Zuo made a big move after the beginning of the spring, and many places were vacant, so he temporarily stuffed Lei Ming into the Ministry of Rites. Anyway, the imperial examination is over, and Lei Ming has nothing to do with it. If he performs well, he will stay in the post. Entrusted with important tasks; if the performance is not good, the Ministry of Rites is not a pension position without high positions but no power.

Only then did he have the opportunity to use Lei Ming, who knew that he had only been on a job for a few days, okay, something happened at home.

One of his 28-year-old concubine was pregnant, but she accidentally ate something taboo, and she died with two dead bodies.

After all, a life in the back house is not a happy event. Logically speaking, it should be handled in a low-key manner. What's more, a concubine, not the mistress, was murdered, and she is not even qualified to hang a white sail.

A kinder headed mistress will give a coffin, tidy up the clothes that the concubine liked during her lifetime, and use them as funeral objects, that's all.

The unkind housewife thought it was unlucky, so she swept it up with grass, and people carried it out from the corner gate, and just threw it on the mass grave outside the city, where there are fresh corpses every day.

Who doesn't handle it in a low-key manner?

Especially for big families in central Beijing, the life of a concubine is probably not as valuable as the cats and dogs at home.

What's more, which headed mother would like the existence of a concubine?

Even if the dead concubine has some weight, it is still a concubine, not a wife.

The gap here is huge.

The same is true for the mistress of the Lei family. After the sudden death of the concubine, it is natural to deal with it in a low-key manner, but Mr. Lei's other concubine, Aunt Meng, has someone take Lei Ming's post and report it to the official.

However, this concubine who passed away was a concubine who Lei Ming reported to the Ministry of Rites and made a roster.

According to the regulations: officials at the prince level can have up to eight concubines, also known as concubines; princes at the county level can have six concubines, officials of the first and second ranks can have four concubines, and officials of the second and fourth ranks can have concubines. Two concubines, five and six concubines, and only one seventh and eighth rank.

Lei Ming has a wife, Mrs. Xin, who is a daughter of the general family and a tiger of the eight classics. According to the regulations, she is the imperial wife of the third rank.

There are three Mrs. Ru, two of them are girls brought by Xin's natal family and turned into Mrs. Ru; the other is the dead one, who is Lei Ming's liaison girl and turned into Mrs. Ru.

These three are Madam Ru, but among the three, two gave birth to daughters, and the third died while pregnant. One dead body and two lives, which is a bit serious.

Mrs. Lei originally acted in accordance with the regulations, but she did not expect to let the government know about it, and someone reported the case, so the case must be filed for review.

What's more, the person who died was a canonized Mrs. Ru, the Ministry of Punishment must pay attention to it, if it was really an accidental death...then it will have to be investigated to the end.

The point is, the reaction of Lei Ming, the servant, is a little strange.

Reported the case, indeed reported the case, but did not let anyone come to investigate, only handed over the file, why?

He actually accused his wife of being jealous, and even suspected that the elder son's personal servant girl bought medicine and harmed Mrs. Ru, and it was the eldest son who instigated it... This logic does not make sense.

People in the Ministry of Criminal Justice are not puppets, so what do you say?

How can the case be closed without a clear investigation?

But when people went to investigate, Lei Ming's attitude was very bad. After all, he was the minister of the Ministry of Rites and a third-rank official. According to the regulations, such an official was qualified to directly give the emperor a memorial without going through the cabinet's approval.

It is equivalent to being able to talk directly to the emperor.

In ancient times, this was called "directly listening to heaven".

Oh, the power is great.

So Mr. Xu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, is also worried. He is afraid of being given eye drops.

But it is impossible to let this case go like this, the logic is illogical, and there are many doubts about the case at first sight.

What's more, when it comes to the new Jinshi, Lei Jiahao, the second-class biography, should be more cautious, because Mr. Xu understands that the emperor's Jinshi will be reused, at least the first few Jinshi, now have a good future.

But when the candidate for the investigation was selected, he wanted to give up his head, and finally met Ding Tian and thought of him.

Only then did Ding Tian take over the case and study it with Jin Jia.

"This matter is indeed strange. The smoother it is, the more it feels wrong. How can it be taken for granted?" Jin Jia immediately became interested: "Let's pack up and go to Lei's Mansion!"

"Okay!" Ding Tian was equally enthusiastic: "I'll let someone set up the car."

Now Ding Tian's people going in and out are very careful, and there are two cars, one belongs to Ding Tian, ​​the other is used to confuse people, and the other is a spare, in case the car breaks down, there are still two cars. There is another replacement.

This was Yu Fei's idea. There are two carriages every day, and Ding Tian takes turns to take them. Only a few of them know which one Ding Tian is riding, so as not to be "touched by others" again.

Jin Buhuan's carriage was the one that Ding Tian rode in before, and it happened that his title was the same as Ding Tian's before, so it was suitable for him to ride in this carriage.

The two of them made some preparations and were about to take someone out, but were stopped by Wang Kui. Some of his files needed to be reviewed by Ding Tian, ​​and some others needed to be discussed. Seeing the two of them dressed like this: "Are you going out?"

"Yeah, go investigate the case!" Both of them were very excited.

"This is about to get off the ground, what kind of case are you investigating? Those who don't know think that you two are in time for dinner!" He was talking casually, who knew that Ding Tian and Jin Buhuan were taken aback for a moment, and then Jin Buhuan suddenly realized : "That's right, it's not appropriate for us to go this way, we have to post a post first..."

"To investigate the case, do you want to post a post?" Ding Tian frowned.

"Tian'er, why did Xu Shangshu send you and me?" Jin Buhuan came to his senses: "It's because of our status that we can hold back the battle.

No matter how powerful Lei Ming is, he doesn't have a title. No matter how small you and I are, we are still honorable. This is the difference. "

Few civil servants can be knighted, but military generals basically have knighthoods, because they have fought their lives and shed blood on the battlefield, so military generals look down on civil servants' gossip, and civil servants don't like the vulgarity of military generals.

But the emperor likes such a situation the most. If the generals in the court reconcile, it is estimated that the emperor will not even be able to sleep soundly.

Yiqiao, Ding Tian and Jin are not exchanged. It can be said that they have been awarded military honors, and later they have made great contributions to "saving Jia". Everyone in Beijing has to give them three points.

"Okay." Ding Tian wiped his face and went to work.

As for Jin Buhuan, in Ding Tian's car, he dug out a blank name card, wrote the words on it, and asked Ma Xiaofeng to send it. In addition, he sent someone out to inquire about the situation.

After leaving the business, he made an appointment with Jin Buhuan for tomorrow, and then returned to his Fengguo General's Mansion.

He didn't get out of the car at the gate, the carriage went directly into the courtyard through the side door, and stopped at the front yard of the carriage house. Ding Tian rolled up the curtain and was stunned before getting out of the car.

In this yard...why are there so many people?

"Come down!" A familiar voice, an extremely familiar figure.

"Why are you in such a big fight today?" Ding Tian helped his hand to get out of the carriage: "Are you here to show off your wealth?"

"How can I show off my wealth at home?" Wang Zuo's mouth twitched: "The emperor's uncle is here...he's inside."

Ding Tian: "...!!!"

His feet were soft, and he asked him very hopelessly: "What are you doing at our house?"

Wang Zuo quickly supported his arm: "Come to our house for dinner."

Ding Tian was speechless for a long time: "Are you sure? There is no food in the palace?"

Wang Zuo rolled his eyes: "You will know when you go in."

The two walked in side by side. Ding Tian's mansion is big, but not too many people. In many places, other people's houses planted ornamental trees. He planted all fruit trees, but they just moved here this year, and they can't bear fruit yet.

He has grown vegetables in other places where he can grow.

People planted flowers like roses and peonies in the corner, but he planted horned melons on vines!

Behind the screen wall in my house, I set up a lot of cucumber stands, and now, there is already a palm-length little cucumber girl.

The top flower is thorny and lovely.

It's just that this little cutie was picked off by someone, and there was a small basket in the man's hand, and there were several cuties like this in it.

Ding Tian puffed up his cheeks, and when the man looked over, he immediately turned into a doggy smile: "To the emperor you...greetings? Long live, long live, long live?"

Emperor Yongqing laughed loudly: "What kind of Ann are you asking? Why do you use such a tone? Didn't you go to the Ministry of Rites to perform the ceremony?"

It sounds like an outsider.

"No, Xiaochen hasn't gone yet... Well, I don't have much time." Ding Tian was embarrassed.

Wang Zuo looked funny, squeezed his hand, and said to Emperor Yongqing seriously: "These vegetables are all planted by the sky. How many have you picked? They haven't grown up yet, and they are a waste of things."

"I just want to pick and order vegetables myself, and it's not yours that hurts you..." Emperor Yongqing said, and deliberately reached out to touch the small melon in the corner.

The horned melon is very small, only half the length of a palm, can it be eaten?In fact, it can be eaten, and it is very tender. The key is that this thing is not available outside now.

But it's too small, at least let it grow to the length of a palm before picking it off?

There is only one of these things on each vine, because Ding Tian raised the seedlings early, and then moved them out when the weather warmed up. Otherwise, the small melons in other people's homes would at most be freshly flowered, only as big as a finger.

"This one is pretty good, but it's too small." Emperor Yongqing probably thought that the small horned melon was too thin, so he didn't kill him, but the place next to the flower bed has been filled with eggplants by Ding Tian, ​​and the eggplants There is already a hand long, and it can be picked off and eaten: "I'll make some of this eggplant in a while, it's so tender!"

Over there, Chief Mi Ying was still yelling, "Your Majesty, here are tomatoes, red ones!"

"Where is it?" Emperor Yongqing brought people over when he heard the sound, and he was very familiar with him.

The others swarmed and ran after him... The corners of Ding Tian's mouth twitched, feeling that Emperor Yongqing regarded his place as a "farmhouse" to play.

Wang Zuo stretched his neck curiously, and asked him, "How did you do it? At this time, the tomatoes are turning red?"