In future generations, a twin will be born, a boy and a girl. Unless the family's material conditions cannot afford it, it will be a great joy, and relatives and friends will congratulate and envy them at the same time.
But the ancients didn't think so.
It is said that the earliest, rooted in the primitive era of mankind, is the common practice of infanticide among primitive peoples. The most important thing is that in tribes with extremely low productivity and difficult survival, it is difficult for a mother to separate a pair of twins or two children with a small age gap. To support your children, you have to make choices.
Later, due to underdeveloped medicine in ancient times, it was often difficult to give birth to a child. Pregnancy with twins greatly increased the probability of dystocia. Even if they could be born, it would be difficult to keep both of them alive. The bigger situation is that one Gradually, many people think that twins are associated with bad luck.
Of course, these are pure rumors or logical analysis without any historical data support, and the concepts of the lower class people and the upper class nobles are different, and there are differences from region to region, so they cannot be generalized. However, there is a direct record somewhere during the Han Dynasty. For those who give birth to three sons, it is considered that the triplets are "like animals and a hindrance to their parents."
Now Grandma Chu's analysis is based on her many years of experience in delivering babies. It can be said that she has seen too many similar things. Di Jin even suspected that when she heard about twins, this old and mature old woman thought of this kind of thing. Maybe, this is actually weighing the pros and cons along the way.
Finally, she thought that everyone in the Sun family was dead after all, and now the Kaifeng government office was paying close attention to this case, so she expressed her speculation.
"Is that why?"
Di Jin imagined many reasons, but really didn't think in this direction. But when he heard such a ridiculous but real reason, he couldn't help but murmured: "Yes, I'm afraid that's why..."
"Thank you, mother-in-law!"
When he came to his senses, he bowed his hands sincerely, and then immediately said to the officials on the left and right: "I will go back to Beijing first, and you will send Granny Chu back slowly!"
Returning to the Kaifeng government office, he immediately said to Lu Andao: "Is there any record of a corpse in Yuan Hongjing's transcript?"
Lu Andao nodded: "Yes! Yes!"
"Give me a look."
Yuan Hongjing's transcripts were transferred from the blacksmith shop to Di Jin's hands, and then secretly returned to Yuan's house. They were searched from Yuan's house, entered the Kaifeng government office's sight, and finally returned to Di Jin's hands in an open and honest manner.
He first read the first two autopsies that he had almost memorized, then looked at them carefully, and then turned to the third map of the Sun family.
He really didn't memorize this picture. The correspondence between the corpse and the room was really nothing to memorize, but now it was of great use.
Di Jin really looked at it carefully this time and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the scene and take a look!"
"I'll come with you!"
Lu Andao also followed this time. He was watching the feedback from various shops. It was still inconvenient to go out of the city to the grave more than ten miles away, but if it was just a haunted house in the city, it would be okay.
Riding horses into the still gloomy Yulin Alley, Di Jin and Lu Andao came to the so-called Sun family's house. They looked at the word "Sun" on the door plaque and couldn't help but pause.
Lu Andao smiled bitterly: "To be honest with Shilin, if I were Sun Hong, after doing what I did, I could really get this palace in the capital and pass it down to future generations. Would I categorically refuse such an opportunity? Ha... I'm afraid... It’s inevitable that you’ll have a wavering heart!”
As a small promotion official, of course he does not have a house in the capital. Now he lives in a rented house, and Di Jin is also a renter. Even though he firmly believes that a mere house is not a problem for him, but for a while I can’t help but feel sad: “Come in!”
When I opened the door of the house, there was no stale smell. The Kaifeng government office had searched here a few days ago. The female ghost was not found, and there were no clues. However, the turbid smell of not living there for a long time was dispersed.
Di Jin had a clear goal. He went directly through the first two houses and arrived at the third inner house. Then he made a distinction and walked into a room.
Lu Andao compared the pictures left by Yuan Hongjing: "Is this the place where the maid Han Youniang died? I heard from Na Wenpo before that the woman who gave birth to Sun Hong's son and daughter was a lame and beautiful maid. Could it be her?"
Di Jin observed the room carefully: "It is she. She is actually the real wife of Sun Hong, a warrior monk who has returned to secular life. Perhaps it is also God's will. When I did the autopsy on the first day, the first thing I opened was Sun Hong's coffin, and the second one was randomly chosen. This is the coffin of Han Youniang."
Lu Andao's face darkened: "If this is really the case, Sun Hong would be equally heartless and crazy to kill this poor maid!"
"Han Youniang's death may be different from others..." Di Jin shook his head, raised his neck, and looked at the beams.
It was already covered with dust and covered with cobwebs, and you couldn't tell much just by looking at it.
Di Jin could actually go up on his own, but with his status, his manners were still very important. He turned to the officials behind him and said, "Which of you is agile enough to go up and clean up the dust and look for any traces left by the friction of the ropes?" , thank you very much!”
"If Mr. Jie Yuan is here, let's come!"
These were all government servants who had eaten together. They scrambled after hearing the words. The two most athletic ones quickly stepped forward and climbed up with dexterous hands and feet. Di Jin and Lu Andao stepped back a few steps, and saw dust flying, and the cobwebs were also covered with dust. Pull it off.
The response came quickly: "There are traces! There are old traces of rope friction here!"
Di Jin asked: "Is there just one old trace? Or are there several intertwined traces?"
The officer went over to observe carefully and gave a definite response: "It's several traces intertwined together!"
Di Jin verified the speculation: "That's right. Han Youniang was not killed by Sun Hong. She hanged herself. No wonder the blood on her neck is different from other corpses..."
There are many differences between suicide by hanging and hanging after death, which can be proved by the autopsy. But now that the body has turned into bones, not to mention the head is missing, the traces left by the rope are the best way to judge.
If there is only a trace of rope on the beam, it means that it was hung up after death. The body hangs quietly without shaking violently.
When a living person hangs himself, no matter how determined he is to die, when the soles of his feet are off the ground, the suicidal person will feel the pain of the rope embedded in the skin, and then there will be a horrible feeling of suffocation, the breathing and heartbeat will start to accelerate crazily, and the neck will be swollen due to the weight of the body. It brought a huge impact, stretching the cervical spine and tearing the muscles.
This process is extremely painful. The human body's desire to survive will prompt the body to struggle subconsciously. It is impossible to completely control it, so the entire rope will swing back and forth, rubbing fiercely on the beams.
Therefore, traces of rope friction cannot be used as decisive evidence in later criminal investigations, but they are often used as a supporting basis to judge suicide or homicide.
We can't be so strict now. With this clue, another piece of the puzzle has been completed.
Di Jin shared the information: "According to Grandma Chu's experience, there are rumors in the local area that the twins are unknown and will harm the family. Perhaps this is the reason why the newborn pair was killed. Those nobles were worried that their wives, concubines and children would be born to Sun Hong. The twins got in the way and caused harm..."
"This is simply!" Lu Andao, as a recommendation officer, has seen a lot of ugly things in the world, and it was difficult to accept it for a while: "Without Sun Hong's caring treatment for children, it is impossible for all these children to grow up healthily, just because of one Ridiculous rumors, those people killed his youngest son and daughter, and Han Youniang also committed suicide in despair?"
Di Jin nodded.
A woman is already at risk of suffering from postpartum depression after giving birth, but the twins she finally gave birth to were killed for such a reason. As a mother who was pregnant in ten months and had difficulty giving birth, how could she accept this?
Han Youniang's suicide became the last straw for Sun Hong.
Lu Andao also understood the process clearly: "Sun Hong's son and daughter were killed, and Han Youniang committed suicide. Those nobles were probably worried that he would reveal the truth of the matter in anger. In addition, his children were basically When he grew up and passed the most dangerous years of dying, he sent a Jianghu man to kill him, only to be killed by Sun Hong in turn?"
Di Jin nodded slightly: "Perhaps because of Sun Hong's gentle and kind image over the years, everyone in the family has forgotten that Sun Hong came from Mount Wutai, and even if Daxiangguo Temple wanted to seek monks to protect the temple, they invited them from Mount Wutai. The act of sending people to assassinate him was actually handing Sun Hong a knife!"
"That's really..."
Lu Andao opened his mouth and swallowed his words. After all, there are still government officials here, so he should pay attention to the influence. After coughing slightly, he also had a new idea: "Then we can trace this Jianghuzi?"
Di Jin said: "There is not much hope, but we can try to trace it! The bones buried in the coffin of Lu Dalang's father should be Jiang Huzi who came to kill Sun Hong. This man has many injuries on his body, which are probably old injuries. These They are all clues to the identity... Based on the injured area, you can ask the leader of the Zhongyi Society, Yue Hui, to see if these Jianghu gangs know whether any of the disciples of the powerful people in Taipingfang meet such characteristics!"
"Okay! I'll report it to the government right away!"
Lu Andao did not report Di Jin's speculation before. After all, it involved too many people, but now with more and more clues, he can make a detailed report. He also believes that with Chen Yaozi An upright character will not let go of that crazy evil lord!
After the Kaifeng government officials left, Di Jin walked into the yard and looked inside the house from the outside.
Judging from the hanging position, Han Youniang was hanging right in the middle of the room.
And this also completely kicked off the murder case.
The twins were the first and the second, and their mother Han Youniang was the third victim, and then there were everyone in this mansion who either repaid kindness with hatred or looked on with cold eyes...
After watching for a long time, Di Jin sighed quietly, turned and left.
As I said to my sister at that time, this murder case, which outsiders talked about in a scandalous manner, was not bloody, but it was very uncomfortable!
