An old lady's life

There was a light rain in the sky, and it continued to fall for several days, so the trip to Hongye Fragrant Mountain was delayed.She was not in a hurry, in fact she found that her desire to travel was not strong.She is a monk who beats the clock for a day, and she can adapt to every movement and movement very well.

Jia Hu and Jia Zhu were doing homework assigned by their teacher, Jia Lian was playing a jigsaw puzzle in the corner of the study carpet, Zhang Ying and Zhang Li instructed blindly, causing the little guy to stare at the two cousins ​​hatefully, like a hen guarding its cubs, Putting all the puzzle pieces in his arms, pouted his buttocks at the two cousins, he was naughty.

"Bad guy!" Waving his hands was like chasing away flies, but unfortunately the two cousins ​​didn't like this, and the three of them immediately had a fuss.

Seeing this, Hongye shook her head amusedly. At this moment, a servant girl trotted in from the corridor with a letter in her hand, and walked up to Hongye, "Old lady, this is a letter sent by the Marquis Bowling's Mansion."

Hong Ye took the letter without hesitation, glanced at the little maid, "Go." The little maid ran away, and then she opened the envelope and shook the letter paper, browsed carefully, folded the letter and put it in her sleeve.

This is a letter from Shi Min. He is about to be dispatched to another place by the emperor. This time he will take his third son to station in the West Sea. The West Sea is close to the sea and is often harassed by pirates. , and the troops stationed there seem to have different intentions. Of course, it doesn't mean that those soldiers have rebellious hearts.

Hongye pondered, when Jia She came back, he asked Jia She to write a letter to his uncle, first to talk about the current situation in Beijing, and second to persuade Shi Min to return to Beijing. Shi Nai and Shi Ding are both adults in their 20s, so there is no need They rely on their parents for everything. If their parents don't let go, they won't be able to fly high.

Jia Amnesty is currently busy at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, because there is a murder case in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.An old couple asked the government to find out who killed their daughter, who absolutely could not have committed suicide.

This is a case submitted by Jing Zhaoyin. The old couple agreed that their daughter could not have committed suicide. However, after investigation and evidence collection, the deceased's husband's family searched from top to bottom and found no trace of suicide. Jing Zhaoyin's side It was also identified as suicide, but the old couple did not agree. As the parents of the deceased, they did not agree and did not sign.

At this time, Jia Amnesty was reviewing the case with You Shilang and others. Jing Zhaoyin wrote the dossier in great detail and listed the evidence one by one. Even the maid of the deceased thought that the eldest grandma committed suicide because of this During the time, the young master lingered in the flowers, the grandma was angry but had quarreled with the young master several times, but the young master was still the same. It is not impossible to just go like this.

Jia Amnesty and his colleagues filled the entire table with the case files, and all the notes were written by Jing Zhaoyin's witnesses, as well as the autopsy report of the autopsy. The deceased did indeed die of suffocation, and the tool was A ribbon, but Wu Zuo also said that it is possible that he was strangled and hung from the beam. This kind of death is also suffocation.

The in-law’s family is not large in population, including the master, there are more than ten people in total, each of them described what they were doing that night, and there were only four people in the courtyard where the deceased lived, two maids, Xiaoxiang and Xiaoyu, and two maids. mother-in-law.That night Xiaoxiang kept vigil, Tan Pozi guarded the yard, Xiaoyu and Tang Pozi fell asleep early.

On weekdays, the night watch maids also sleep on the couch in the outer room. Except for waking up occasionally to listen to the movement in the inner room, the night watch maids do not need to obey anything, but Xiaoxiang did sleep soundly that night. It is not her fault. She also slept like this during the night watch, but she woke up in the middle of the night about half an hour longer than usual.She woke up suddenly from the couch, her body was still a little weak, she yawned and turned her head to look into the inner room vigorously. Under the moonlight, she always felt a large group of black shadows shaking gently in the room, and asked loudly The young mistress, seeing that she couldn't get a reply from the eldest mistress, she lit a candle and entered the room to find out. When she opened the door, Xiao Xiang didn't see it. Hearing her scream, Mrs. Tan came in from the outside without even fully dressed, which alarmed the entire Han family.

This is Xiaoxiang's confession, and everyone looked at other people's confessions alternately.

The statement of the waiter's parents is the most important. The old couple said that their daughter has always been bright and generous, and she is not someone who can't stand setbacks. The daughter said that she wanted to support them until the end of their lives. Even if they don’t live together, they will visit their parents at their natal home from time to time. How can this old couple believe that such a daughter will leave her parents behind due to temporary emotional setbacks? Hanged himself?

The mother of the deceased also said that she went to see her daughter at Han's house on the day her daughter was ill. At that time, her daughter was indeed very haggard. She thought it was caused by a fever. He also enlightened his daughter that the man was just cheating for a while, and he would always come back when he got tired of the flowers and plants outside. Now thinking about it, her daughter's expression was obviously wrong. She should have wanted to say something to her at the time, but she didn't say it in the end.Then it was too late, the Han family sent someone to report the funeral before dawn the next day, saying that their daughter was found hanged on the beam by the maid.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased were philanthropists in the neighborhood. They deeply apologized for the death of their daughter-in-law, and they always believed that their son broke her heart and made her go down this road.The deceased also had a brother-in-law, who was too young to be crowned, and had already talked about marriage, and they will get married next year.All three said that they were sleeping in their own house that night, and they didn't know what had happened until they heard the noise. All the servants can testify to this, because they went to the dead man's yard together with the servants.

The maid, mother-in-law, servant, housekeeper and others also defended themselves and testified for others. They slept soundly that night and did not leave their own rooms. It is impossible for them to kill the eldest and young mistress.

The content on the note was the statement written down verbatim by the master book during the interrogation, even if some people said it upside down and repeated it many times, a word was not changed or deleted.

In fact, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has a backlog of many cases. Many cases that have accumulated over the years have long been unresolved cases.This is the latest case that Jia Amnesty encountered in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and he is very motivated.

Around You hour, the sky was already completely dark, and everyone in the Ministry of Punishment just got off work.Jia Amnesty was still thinking about the case in the carriage returning home. Parents are always the ones who know their children best in this world. What the old couple said makes sense. Their daughter is so cheerful. She still has her parents to support her. She will never commit suicide. .

So what if he kills?This person must be someone from the Han family, and the servant girl who was on guard at night had not been alarmed. According to what the servant girl said, she woke up about half an hour late that night, and she woke up suddenly. Some kind of ecstasy drug, but it can not disturb the maid and the gatekeeper.

What was his motive for killing?Assuming that a certain person is locked, what is the motive?The parents-in-law are charitable people, and the deceased had a quarrel with the uncle, so this is not a reason to kill him!

Jia Amnesty thought all the way, but the husband who sleeps in flowers and sleeps in willows is not suspected, because he stayed in the brothel that night, and the madam and the girl in the brothel can testify for him. Live at home.

On the contrary, the mother of the deceased said that when she visited the deceased, the deceased was in an abnormal mood, but it may also be really annoyed by her husband's flirtatious behavior outside. Of course, there is another possibility that the deceased has indeed encountered an unspeakable experience. Make the dead so miserable?For women, there is nothing more painful than the death of their parents and the death of their children. These two dead people are out of reach, but the husband cares about this. Hasn't it been a long time since they quarreled?It couldn't just be that painful.

Then there is another one, which is related to women's fame... Jia She's heart was beating violently.

After getting off the carriage, Jia She calmed down his emotions, Rong Mansion was waiting for him to eat, hurriedly changed his official uniform at Rong Xi Hall, and came to Rong An Hall.

After dinner, Hongye only kept Jia She, and the others went back to the yard. Hongye gave Jia She the task of writing a letter to Shi Min. She dictated and Jia She wrote.

Finally, he wrote a letter to his uncle in his own tone.

After the reply was written, Hongye just asked casually, "I came back late today, but was something delayed?"

Jia Amnesty then talked about this case. The doubts he could think of may not be beyond the imagination of others, and it is impossible for Jing Zhaoyin to be so incompetent.The Ministry of Criminal Justice did not discuss this case today, but everyone has read it collectively and plans to discuss it again at work tomorrow.

Hongye only listened to Jia She's narration, but didn't see the case files, so the help she could give was limited. However, she had seen those modern criminal investigation dramas, and the Criminal Investigation Bureau might not be true, but some methods can be used for reference.

"What I can think of is limited. You have to discuss it with You Shilang and the others. They must know more than you."

Jia She nodded solemnly, and Hongye said again: "But the one who confessed, I suggest that you call everyone in the Han family to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to question again. If a person states his past experience, even if it is the same thing, he will It is impossible to speak exactly the same, and many problems can be seen from a person's statement, such as attitude and expression."

Jia Amnesty was still confused, Hong Ye smiled and said: "People who speak exactly the same words are reciting lines, not telling stories. For example, if you describe your journey to the Ministry of Criminal Justice this morning, after half an hour Describe it again, you may say exactly the same?"

Jia Amnesty didn't believe it, and Hong Ye immediately took out a pen and paper and said, "You tell it, and my mother will write it for you. When you go back to Rongxi Hall, you can describe it again, and let Jing Shu write it down for you, and you can compare it again." Clear and clear."

As expected, Jia Amnesty followed suit. His journey to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the morning was actually very simple. "It was very foggy this morning. After leaving Rongfu, the carriage was driving on the street, and the shops on both sides could not be seen..."

Jia Amnesty deliberately slowed down. He was also recalling what he had seen and heard on the way to work. In less than a quarter of an hour, he wrote a statement of more than 100 words. Driving in the mist, he met a few colleagues at the gate of the Criminal Department.

Hongye dried the ink, folded it up, and said, "Don't look at it, don't even think about it."

Jia Amnesty accepted the note dubiously, he couldn't help recalling the process of going to work in the morning, but he only remembered the general content of the note, and it was impossible for him to remember every word clearly.

Hongye saw Jia She dawdling on the road, and didn't return to Rongxi Hall until a quarter of an hour later. After entering Rongxi Hall, she called out to Mrs. Zhang, and Mrs. Zhang came out from the side room when she heard the sound.

Mrs. Zhang turned around and told Jia Hu to help take care of her younger brother. Her parents had something to do.

After hearing Jia She's words, Mrs. Zhang was full of doubts, but she still wrote down what Jia She dictated word by word according to Jia She's request, and finished it in about half a quarter of an hour.

But this time, Jia Amnesty described more scenes, and also specific to some of the voices he heard, with more than [-] words.

Jia Amnesty compared the two notes, and sure enough the central meaning remained the same, but there were some voices in the middle or some lights he saw in the fog.

After Mrs. Zhang knew what he was doing, she couldn't help laughing immediately. No one would pay attention to this matter unless she said it out, but if she explained it clearly, everyone would know what was going on.

Afterwards, Jia Amnesty did not mention the case at home, but only knew that he was investigating with his colleagues, and he was very active at work every day, even on holidays, he continued to go to work.

And Hongye can't take care of Jia Amnesty's errand for the time being. His natal nephew, Shi Jia, has an accident, and his team of soldiers was sent a hundred miles away to assist the local county government to suppress bandits. Injured by the bandits, he was stabbed in the abdomen, and then rolled down from a height. He was rescued in time and saved his life.

The niece and daughter-in-law, Luo Shi, had no choice but to turn to her aunt for help.

It has been two days since Shi Nai was sent back to Bowling Marquis Mansion, but he has come to his senses, but he lost a lot of blood, his face is pale, and his lips are bloodless.

Seeing him like that, Hong Ye asked, "It's good that he's still alive. What do the doctors in the army say? Did my niece and daughter-in-law take the post to invite the imperial physician?"

Hong Ye came here after receiving the news that Shi Nai had been sent back to the Marquis Bowling's Mansion. Luo Shi has put away her fragility and nodded: "Butler Zhao has already gone to invite the imperial physician."

"Auntie, please worry. The doctor said that the most dangerous period has passed, as long as you take good care of it." Shi Mei leaned on the bed and smiled slightly. He used to have a bit of a military spirit, but now Then he can't see it at all, and becomes a sickly handsome man.

After a hundred days of injury, he was only stabbed in the abdomen. With good medicine, the wound would heal within ten days.

Hongye nodded: "The imperial physician's medical skills are better than those of the military doctors. Let's wait for the imperial physician to prescribe the medicine. There is no shortage of medicinal materials at home. If you want to use it, use the best medicine. It's cold, and you will suffer."

The imperial doctor came very quickly, took the pulse and checked the wound, and prescribed internal medicine and external ointment. With the two-pronged approach, the wound would heal within seven days, but the blood loss was too much. Shi Tai had to take good care of it. It is not suitable to use force during the month.

It's not that Shi Tai doesn't know what to do, what's more, the army gave him a three-month vacation, and he will return to the barracks after the year is over.

It was only now that Hongye was in the mood to inquire about the gangster. Shi Mao seemed to be in a dilemma, so she said to Luo Shi: "Jinwei, you go to do other things first, and Auntie will stay for a light meal at this time."

Luo Shi nodded, straightened the bed curtain and quilt, then stood up and said: "Okay, husband and aunt talk, I will arrange lunch."

Luo Shi is a standard virtuous wife and mother, she would not inquire about her husband's affairs in the army unless she knew about them, and Shi Tai would not tell his wife about his business troubles, even if his wife knew about it, there was nothing she could do about it.

Seeing his niece and daughter-in-law walking away, Hong Ye said again: "Does the gangster have any special background?"

Shi Mao couldn't help but smiled wryly: "That person should have slipped through the crown prince's incident. He seems to know a lot of things. The higher authorities want to catch people alive, but someone wants to silence them."

Hongye understood that because the prince had a private iron mine, he found a secret place to train a team of private soldiers, and it was also involved in selling weapons to barbarians. It seemed that the leader of the private soldiers escorted the prince during the rebellion. There are still some deeply hidden local officials who have not been found out, and they naturally don't want this leader to be caught by the emperor.

"If that's the case, don't worry about it, the emperor has someone to work for him." Hongye said lightly, reached for the water bottle, poured two glasses of water, and dripped half a drop of spiritual water diluted ten times into it. In Shi Nai's teacup, "Drink water, Nai'er, you have an abdominal injury, you must take good care of it, and don't be careless."

"Auntie, why bother you to pour water?" Shi Mei was leaning on the head of the bed, seeing his aunt pouring water for him, he had to straighten up for a while, and the wound was touched, inevitably a little pain.

Hong Ye put the teacup in Shi Tai's hand: "Be poor."

Holding the teacup in his hand, Shi Tai couldn't help but smile helplessly, "Aunt taught me a lesson." Under Hong Ye's urging, Shi Tai finally drank the glass of water clean.

After Hongye's arrival, she didn't actually meet her nephew very much. It was Shi Jia who came to Rongfu to visit her, and the time was taken up by Jia She and Jia Zheng.

"Every time you come to Rongfu, my aunt doesn't have much time to talk to you. Now we will have a good talk." Hongye said, first mentioning Shi Min, "Not long ago, your father wrote a letter saying that he was going to Xihai Yanzi, I asked him to go back to Beijing, but your father probably won’t listen. When you wrote to your father, you also advised him not to be busy outside at a very old age. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, Shi Nai He has already worried enough about things with Shi Ding, it's time to come back and enjoy life in peace."

Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua handed over the military power to recuperate at home, so they didn't know that Shi Min was reluctant to give up the little military power in his hands, and gave up the military power to buy the safety of Baolinghou's mansion, so they didn't know whether Shi Min could see through it.

"Aunt and nephew keep this in mind, it's just that dad wants to find a bright future for his second and third younger brothers, so I'm afraid he won't return to Beijing easily." After a moment of silence, Shi Mei said, aunt can say this, but he can not say.

After all, they are not brothers of the same mother. The two younger brothers Shi Nai and Shi Nai Shi Ding have a estrangement, and because he can inherit the title of the two younger brothers, they also have a grudge against him, so he and the two of them are not really considered. close.

Hong Ye also said helplessly: "That's the case, let's try our best to persuade you. Your father is over 60 and not young anymore. Your uncle is two years younger than him and passed away three years ago. How long can he live?"

When Hongye was leaving the house, the housekeeper sent someone to find Jia Zheng in the Guiyuan Bookstore, and asked him to come to Bowlinghou's Mansion. Jia Zheng was not in the library at the time, but went out with many students, and the servant almost ran around half of the capital. Only then did he find Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng was brought in by the housekeeper of the Marquis Bowling's Mansion. Fortunately, Shi Nai will live in his courtyard in the outer courtyard, and it is not easy for Jia Zheng to visit his cousin in the inner courtyard.When he came, he happened to hear Shi Jia take the initiative to mention the topic of heirs.

Shi Nai is also very conflicted now, should he continue to wait and wait for the arrival of his son-in-law?He is already in his 30s, not young anymore, but he doesn't even have a man and a woman. Thinking that the title will end with him, if he adopts from his second and third brothers, he feels very uncomfortable.But giving birth to a bastard would not inherit the title, so it would be useless for him to waver.

Hongye couldn't arbitrarily make a decision for him. Combined with Lin Hai and Jia Min's situation, she felt more and more that the police had played tricks. Otherwise, why didn't a healthy man and woman give birth to a boy and a half girl for more than ten years?

"Auntie can't give you an opinion on the issue of heirs. You make your own decisions. You also said that you are in your 30s and not young anymore. You must have the responsibility and courage to bear the consequences of any decision."

Shi Tai thought for a while and nodded, Jia Zheng knocked on the door and came in, "Mother, big cousin."

Afterwards, Hongye did not go to Bowlinghou's Mansion very often. She went to Bowlinghou's Mansion once every two days, but Jia Zheng went to Bowlinghou's Mansion to visit her cousin every day. After three days, Shi Tai's wounds healed well and he could get out of bed. Walking, just involving the wound, there will inevitably be a little pain.

In this way, half a month later, Emperor Changping suddenly ordered two prefect officials from other places to be arrested and returned to Beijing for interrogation. They were arrested on charges of embezzlement, bribery and fish meat.

The two prefects were already on their way back to Beijing, but their family members were detained there. When the charges against the two prefects were confirmed, the family members would sell them locally.

There are many officials in Beijing who know about it, and there are also a lot of people who don't know about it. There are also people who pleaded for the two officials in the morning court.

Jia Amnesty didn't know about this. When he came back from get off work, he was very happy, because the murder case transferred from Jing Zhaoyin to the Ministry of Criminal Justice was solved. It really was a homicide. The murderer was his parents-in-law and uncle. , The plot is outrageous.

When he came back, Shi Nai and Luo Shi were still in the Rong Mansion, Shi Nai was talking to Hong Ye about the two magistrates, the two of them tacitly agreed, Jia She then knew that there was such a big event happening in the court.

"Do those two prefects have any hidden identities?" Jia She stroked his chin and looked at his mother and cousin curiously. If the prefect was only accused of corruption, why should his mother and cousin speak so covertly?

Hongye glanced at him, didn't answer, and asked instead: "Come back so early today, has your case been solved?"

As expected, Jia Amnesty raised his chin triumphantly, and Shi Tai couldn't help smiling immediately. The big cousin's expression was like a peacock inviting pets, but he really didn't expect the idle big cousin in the past to have this side today.

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