"People in the world like to be high-ranking officials, but it is easy to enforce the law and difficult to solve cases. A lenient and fierce person is equal to Lu Du, but a harsh person is evil and punishes Han. A single heart is pure and upright, and a thousand families are blessed, and the two words of justice are fair and the people are safe. Only the old magistrate of Changping left a copy of the case for future generations to read. .”
This is the opening poem of "The Biography of Su Wuming". It clearly points out that the difficulty in solving a case and jailing it lies in detecting the case rather than in enforcing the law and sentencing. It then also describes the upright officials.
To keep an official clean, he must protect the country at the top and do things that others cannot and dare not do; he must govern the people at the bottom so that they can avoid injustices that others cannot and cannot easily avenge.
The original work is actually a reflection on past public cases. It opens with some topics and tells readers the focus of this work——
It is not to describe the integrity and integrity of honest officials as in the past, but to express the resourcefulness and talent of honest officials in solving cases.
But in this period, before those "past public cases", this pattern is quite high-level, even somewhat shocking.
The handsome scribe was none other than Gongsun Ce. After reading just the beginning, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Such a bold and ambitious story. I, Wen Mao Tang, have chosen to engrave this story with the best engravings!"
The waiter who was using his lips and tongue to raise the price was stunned. He couldn't hold it back anymore and whispered: "Sir, this guest just wants twenty volumes. The transcribing is enough..."
Gongsun Ce frowned and looked at Lin Xiaoyi: "Why, your young master has no confidence in his own creation? No, how can someone who can write such words be a timid person?"
Lin Xiaoyi also frowned. This person was obviously complimenting him, so why did he say something so unpleasant? However, he did mean well. He could only explain: "My young master is focused on the imperial examination and has no interest in worldly affairs. This is just for fun." So, I asked the little one to come and take a look..."
This is not only a good strategy for price negotiation, it also means that I am not in a hurry. If your price is too high, I will not print it. If word of it spreads, it will gain a good reputation.
Gongsun Ce was also blocked. He couldn't let the opponent be distracted from the imperial examination and focus on publishing books. He could only mutter: "I am also here to take the exam. Why don't I still investigate and solve the case? I won't waste time on both?"
After saying that, he raised his head confidently and said to Lin Xiaoyi: "Forget it, show me the manuscript and I will use the best one for you then!"
Lin Xiaoyi came from a poor family. Even though Di Jin didn't care much about the small income and expenditure, he still handed over the manuscript with the attitude of saving money when he could: "In terms of price..."
"Easy to say, easy to say!"
Gongsun Ce laughed and said, "It's worth it to you. This is the first time I've seen the story about investigating a case. What's more, Master Ling's spirit shouldn't be contaminated by such copper odor!"
The waiter was hesitant to speak next to him, but he didn't dare to interrupt after all. He hurriedly retreated to the back hall and winked at the shopkeeper continuously.
The shopkeeper had no choice but to go out and greet him personally.
Lin Xiaoyi saw all this and immediately felt confident. The other party's boss had betrayed him, so the price would naturally be crushing.
However, he didn't go too far. He always wanted to leave some profit for others, so as not to cut corners in the end and miss the young master's important events.
This side is still grinding, but the other side has already been invested in Su Wuming's detective legend.
After clarifying the meaning at the beginning, the book tells the story of Di Renjie's disciple Su Wuming. The eunuch in the harem colluded with the former officials to plot evil, framed Zhongliang, was demoted, and became a county magistrate.
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The first case was a local rape and murder case.
It's a classic case, but this murderer is much more powerful than Pan Jinlian. Not only did he kill her husband, he also deceived her mother-in-law by pretending to be a householder, but in fact he dug a secret passage in the bedroom to communicate with the adulterer.
When she killed her husband, her daughter was present, so the murderer poisoned her six- or seven-year-old daughter to mute, hiding the inside and outside completely.
The clues were very obvious. After seeing less than half of it, Gongsun Shizi understood the crime clearly. His brows were already furrowed. On the one hand, he was shocked by the cruelty and viciousness of the murderer. On the other hand, he also felt that the truth was revealed too quickly.
But the more outrageous thing is yet to come.
Su Wuming knew everything, discovered the secret passage, caught the adulterer, and the adulterer also confessed. Unexpectedly, the murderer was fierce and eloquent, but refused to plead guilty. Su Wuming was unwilling to be punished, so he had to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy.
However, Wu Zuo could not find any traces of murder or wounds on the body of the deceased. Su Wuming, who temporarily advocated opening the coffin for autopsy, was criticized by people who did not know the truth and endured tremendous pressure from all sides.
Gongsun Shizi's emotions were aroused, he clenched his fists, frowned, and murmured: "So that's it, the truth of the case is not the key, the process of investigating the case is more important... But how did the murderer murder his husband? But what about the ones that don’t leave any wounds?”
Su Wuming couldn't figure this out either, but he hatched a clever plan. He cooperated with the Yamen's men and took advantage of the murderer's unconsciousness late at night to have someone pretend to be the husband of the deceased. Su Wuming turned into the King of Hell and interrogated the criminal.
This paragraph is actually the method used by Bao Gong to interrogate Guo Huai in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses". Now it is used here. Gongsun Ce was very happy when he saw it: "What a method! It is so bold and very clever!"
This routine is particularly novel nowadays, and the murderer was naturally scared to death.
However, although she was frightened into making a confession at the time and confessed to Yama on the spot, she overturned it the next day, and the logic was even very clear: "The county official said that the slave family confessed in the underworld. If the slave family had arrived in the underworld, they would have been dead long ago, how could they do it? If I go to the hall again, how can I reach the underworld if I haven't died?"
When Gongsun Ce saw this, he also exclaimed: "This poisonous woman is indeed a smart person, but it's a pity that she has already exposed her trap. She still wants to escape the blame?"
Yes, when he was trembling with fright from Yama, the murderer confessed his method of murder. It turned out that while the husband was asleep, he used the steel needle in the sole of his shoe to drive the nail into the center of his head. The husband screamed and died. And died.
The steel needle was originally very thin and was driven into the top of the head. It was protected by hair, so no injuries could be detected when the coffin was opened and the body was examined.
However, the scream of the deceased attracted the daughter. The murderer was afraid that the daughter would make the scandal public, so he viciously drugged the daughter to mute, and then stayed by his side to keep an eye on her, preventing her from contacting outsiders.
After learning the complete process of the murder, Su Wuming used the medical skills learned from his mentor Di Renjie, combined with ancient prescriptions and acupuncture, to cure the poor girl and let her speak again.
At the same time, the murderer was asked to examine the wound on the head of the deceased. All the witnesses and physical evidence were there. Under the mountain of ironclad evidence, the murderer finally could no longer quibble and was brought to justice.
"Although there are means such as dreams and spiritual manifestations, they have no effect. The final conclusion of the case relies on empirical evidence. Such a public case script is not only an extremely wonderful story, but also thought-provoking..."
"What a wonderful book!"
Gongsun Shizi showed sincere admiration. He didn't care that the shopkeeper was still arguing with Lin Xiaoyi. He held the manuscript with great care and went into the inner room to put it away. Then he walked out with the famous post: "I'm Gongsun Ce. I would like to come to visit you." For a visit, please leave it to Mr. Ling!"
Lin Xiaoyi took it with both hands. When the shopkeeper saw it, he smiled bitterly and said: "Just pay the price for me. My young man rarely admires others. Mr. Ling is indeed a strange person!"
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