The whole city knows we are locked

The yamen servants held down "father" first, and then went to the next door to arrest "daughter".

"Daughter" was expressing her heart to the scholar surnamed Zhang, crying so much that it was raining like pear blossoms, but the yamen servants kicked the door in.Liars like this are very afraid of dealing with officials when they are not caught; but once they are caught, they have a fluke mentality. It is typical that they will not shed tears when they see the coffin, and they will not plead guilty easily.

"Daughter" is just that.When the yamen servants checked her identity, she cried and cried without saying a word.

But inside and outside the capital, and at the foot of the imperial city, it is impossible for someone to be so courageous as to pretend to be a yamen servant, right?Since the yamen servants revealed their identities, the scholar surnamed Zhang subconsciously avoided the side, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Yamen servants come and go quickly.

When the "daughter" was taken away, she seemed to be terrified with trepidation, and she turned her head and shook her head vigorously at Zhang Shusheng, as if saying, "Help me, I'm not a liar, I can't be taken away by them, help me!" !"

The scholar surnamed Zhang couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help but took a step forward.

But he did nothing after all, just watched his "daughter" be taken away.

The next day, the yard rented by the father and daughter was surrounded by troublemakers, who heard the commotion the day before but didn't dare to risk offending the yamen servants and ran out to watch the fun, and finally endured until the next morning.

Zhang Shusheng, who hadn't slept all night, went there and heard the talk of troublemakers.

"What happened to Tang Huzi and his daughter? We haven't seen any criminals in our alley for many years!"

"How would I know this! Tang Huzi is actually not bad. He is also diligent in doing things on the pier during the day. He is also a bag carrier. He can earn a few copper coins more than others. Alas, if it weren't for him on weekdays I drink a few sips of wine here, and beat my daughter when I get drunk, I want to introduce my widowed niece to him as a sequel."

"It's all right to catch Tang Huzi, why did he also take his daughter away?"

Since the liars "father and daughter" are determined to cheat the scholar's money, they will definitely manage their image well.At least in this alley, Zhang Shusheng went out to inquire, and he would never know that they were liars.Even... just because in the eyes of ordinary people, Tang Huzi beating his daughter is not a big problem. Zhang Shusheng, who lives next door to the Tang family and knows how ruthless Tang Huzi beats people and how bad he treats his daughter, will be more sympathetic to his "daughter" .

But last night when the yamen servants arrested people, they only said that they were on business, and they didn't yell loudly about what business they were doing, so the people in the alley were a little confused. You said everything for a long time, but you still couldn't determine what crime the bearded man had committed.

Zhang Shusheng's mood became more and more contradictory.

Besides, on Tang Huzi's side, after their "father and daughter" were arrested, the yamen thought it was just a simple fraud case.As a result, the "father and daughter" refused to plead guilty.If they take stolen goods from thieves and call them liars, there must be a "bitter master". Unless Zhang Shusheng stands up and sues them for cheating money at this time, they will be wronged!

Both "father and daughter" think they are sensible people.On the one hand, they insisted on not pleading guilty, and on the other hand, they tried to bribe them with money, maybe they could still be released.If you really pleaded guilty, the lightest thing is an exile!

But the "father and daughter" ignored one point!

The reason why they were arrested was because Xin Lehou gave orders.Although Xin Lehou said that the Yamen is fully responsible for this matter, he is only reporting a case and will not participate in the follow-up.But does Yamen really dare to completely ignore him?Don't be afraid that in case Xin Lehou asks questions later, they must be able to give Hou Ye a clear answer!

So this case must be handled well!There must be no omissions inside or outside!

No sufferer, no witnesses, right?Then look for physical evidence!

The small courtyard rented by the "father and daughter" has been copied countless times inside and out.As a result, in a pair of half-new and not old shoes, the servants found a household registration.The household registration is hidden in the sole of the shoe.For normal shoes, the soles are all made in one go, but this pair of shoes is not. If you look carefully, you can find that the soles are sewn with two thinner soles, which seem to be a whole. There is a piece of household registration paper between them.

However, before this carefully hidden household registration certificate was found, the yamen servants had obviously found the household registration certificates of the "father and daughter".The household registration that I found first was placed in an easy-to-find place. The paper showed that the relationship between the two was father and daughter. The father was thirty and one, and the daughter was sixteen. His hometown was a village in the suburbs of Beijing, and there was more than an acre of land under his father's name. !

But the household registration paper hidden in the shoe shows that the two are husband and wife at all! "Father" is actually a husband, who is twenty and three years old, and "daughter" is actually a wife, who is twenty and one years old.The native place of the two is a small town in the south.

If the "father and daughter" hadn't been arrested, the future encounter of the scholar named Zhang is likely to be——

He took a lot of care of the "daughter" of the two, and the two got closer and closer. Later, the two probably had some outrageous behaviors, and even slept on the same bed.At this time, "Father" suddenly took out the household registration paper hidden in the sole of the shoe, and accused the scholar of seducing/seducing/person/wife.At that time, the scholar must know that he has been cheated.

But so what?The scholar was trapped on the bed, and he couldn't beat Tang Huzi. If Tang Huzi threatened to break his fingers so that he would not be able to participate in the next year's exam, and at the same time suggested that he should pay money for personal gain, he would definitely choose the latter. By.Even after being defrauded of money, for his own face and for the smooth progress of the subsequent scientific examinations, he will definitely hold on not to report the crime.Because he did "hook up" his wife!

Even if you lose your entire fortune and fill it in, as long as it doesn't hurt your life, you can only accept it for the sake of your future.

After receiving two completely different household registration certificates, the yamen suddenly felt that the matter was serious.

Because these two household registration papers look like real ones!

There are two liars, the male has a thick beard and hair, and looks like he is in his early twenties with a big beard.As for the woman, she has a tender face, as long as she changes her attire, people will believe that she is only sixteen, and people will believe that she is over 30.The scammers thus have two different identities.

But it is impossible for a person to have two completely different identities at the same time!

No matter how real these two household registration papers look, one of them must be fake.The one whose ancestral home was in the south couldn't retrieve the archives of the yamen in a short time, but the one whose ancestral home was in the suburbs of Beijing actually managed to get the files out.It should be true that it was recorded in the Yamen, right?However, I went to that village to check. In fact, there was such a father and daughter, who lived in the suburbs of Beijing and never entered the capital in their lives!

I really don't know about the one registered as husband and wife, but the one registered as father and daughter is obviously fake.So here comes the question, this kind is almost the same as the real one, you can’t see any difference at first glance, and it is also stamped with the official seal of the government office. How did the scammer get it?How did they accurately select the real father and daughter who had "never been in the capital" and use their identities as their false identities?This is obviously a problem within the yamen!Apart from this pair of liars, how many other people have similar false identities!

The seriousness of the matter suddenly escalated!

Everyone knows that the water here must be very deep!

If the first reporter was not Xin Lehou, maybe this matter would have been suppressed. After all, the rule of many small officials is that "one more thing is worse than one less thing".But this matter was initiated by Xin Lehou, so when something went wrong, the little official went directly to Xin Lehou.The sky is falling, and there is Xin Lehou to hold it up!They just want to get rid of the matter quickly and let someone more important take care of this mess.

The pair of crooks were transferred from the ordinary cell to the special cell to see if they could get more information out of them.At the same time, until more information is obtained, this matter must be sealed internally and must not be leaked.

So, because Zhang Shusheng had been staring at this matter, he discovered a very strange phenomenon.

The father and daughter of the Tang family who were taken away unexpectedly "disappeared".If they were really arrested for crimes, the Yamen must know these two people, know which cell they are in, and know when they will be interrogated.But when Zhang Shusheng went to visit the prison with his things, he said that there were no two people at all.Zhang Shusheng was almost kicked out for obstructing official duties!

The reason why Zhang Shusheng wanted to visit the prison was because he still couldn't believe that Miss Tang was bad after much deliberation.He felt that Miss Tang was innocent and kind, not the liar that people said.Not only did he think so, other residents in the alley also thought so!What did Miss Tang lie to him?He has always been the one who took the initiative to help her!

However, visits to the prison can never take place, and Zhang Shusheng has more and more doubts in his heart.

If he didn't know the big characters, he might recognize them. The common people dare not go against the government.But since he has passed the Juren examination and is familiar with many laws, there is absolutely no way he will just admit it!He thinks he is justified, there must be a problem with the yamen!Reminiscent of the day when Miss Tang was taken away, she cried to him that her father knew that she was favored by the nobleman and wanted to sell her to the nobleman's house, but she would rather die than obey...

Being spotted by a nobleman?

Zhang Shusheng felt that he had vaguely guessed the truth.

In the next few days, when going out to attend an important party, Zhang Shusheng talked about it with a few new friends.Of course, what he said was definitely not detailed, he only said that his neighbor's family was arrested, but there was no record in the yamen.He wanted to visit the prison several times, but was kicked out and so on.

He also said how pitiful the girl next door was, and said that during the day when they were arrested, the girl was selling embroidery on the street, but she bumped into a few rich dudes who seemed to have some desire for her. Heart.

Then one person said: "Those yamen servants are really sent by the yamen? Couldn't they be used by others for private use?"

"Brother Wang, what do you mean...someone robbed the women?" Everyone exclaimed.

"Fart!" Someone on the next table slapped the table, pointed at Zhang Shusheng and the others and said, "Fart your mother!"

In such an elegant gathering, someone actually uttered vulgar words?Everyone looked in disbelief, and it was none other than the head of the four masters of Taixue, the youngest son Xie Yuan and Wen Liang—Shen Yu who slapped the table.

For a moment, everyone was silent.