Yang Qing supported his father-in-law and followed the crowd to Chen San's house where the accident happened. He followed everyone's gaze and looked into the main room. He saw a woman hanging on the beam in the lobby, with something like a bed upside down at her feet. The middle-aged man at the door of the main hall was crying loudly: "Xijun, why are you so obsessed with it? I just said it a little too seriously this morning, why did you do such a stupid thing!" I think this person is Chen San. The one on the beam is his wife. At this time, the handsome old man there saw more and more people arriving. He couldn't help frowning, and shouted for everyone to exit the main room. He arranged for the young men to surround the main hall, and then walked to Chen San's side to comfort him.
"Old Zhang Liu, may I ask who the old man in charge is?" Yang Qinglu already knew the old man's surname. Seeing that the old man in charge was very organized and prestigious, and knew how to protect the scene, he couldn't help but ask.
"This is the village chief, whose surname is Chen. He is the elder of Chen San's clan." "I see. No wonder this old man is quite organized as a director." "Of course, Brother Chen has seen the world. , he can speak well in front of the nobles in the city." Mr. Liu was quite proud of his words. After all, it was an honor for the whole village that the leading figure in the village had some face in front of the nobles.
Oh, it seems that this Chen Lizheng has a lot of connections. I wonder what his relationship is with the officials in Chengdu County. If there is a chance, I can make friends with him.
"I hope my father-in-law can introduce you to me when I have the opportunity." Yang Qing said politely. "Easy to say, easy to say." Mr. Liu laughed and couldn't help but cursed. Isn't this passerby in a hurry to go to the city? How come he still has time here.
If Yang Qing knew about Mr. Liu's inner drama, he would probably cry out that he was wronged. Although he has some other thoughts now, due to his conscience, at first he just wanted to help out and do his best.
Listening to everyone's chatter, Yang Qing had a general understanding of the current situation. It turned out that just after midnight in the morning and about six o'clock, Chen San and his wife had an argument for some unknown reason. Chen San was so angry that he then went out to work in the fields alone. Unexpectedly, two hours later, after finishing his work, Chen San came home and opened the door. His wife, who was fine that morning, had hanged herself. Chen San hurriedly stepped forward and called, but there was no response. He reached out and touched his wife's body, but there was no trace of warmth. The neighbors on the left and right heard Chen San wailing. When they came over to take a look, they were also shocked. After knowing the whole story, they notified Chen Lizheng to come. However, if a human life occurred, Li Zheng did not dare to handle the matter on his own initiative. The matter had to be handled by the county government, and Chengdu County would probably send someone soon.
Chengdu County is the seat of the Emperor and can be said to be the first of a hundred counties. According to the Han system, all large counties have one county magistrate, one county magistrate, and two county lieutenants. Regardless of whether there are full counties in other large counties, the two county lieutenants in Chengdu County, the capital, are fully equipped.
Today, there is a Li County Lieutenant on duty in the Chengdu County Temple. This Li County Lieutenant is about thirty years old, tall and majestic in appearance. He is a direct descendant of the Li family of Yizhou. In addition to his outstanding talents, , and with the help of his family, he was able to become the county captain where the capital was located at the age of thirty. It can be said that his official career was prosperous.
Hearing that the subordinates came to report that a woman in Chenjia Village in the east of the city had hanged herself, what should be done? County Lieutenant Li couldn't help but frowned. Nowadays, the subordinates are increasingly ignorant of the importance. Although he is a county captain In charge of the public security of a county, you cannot report everything to your own officer. Such matters can be handled by subordinate officials with the county assistant.
"You are becoming more and more ignorant of the importance of things." Li County Lieutenant couldn't help scolding him, and then he was about to ask this official to lead a team to deal with it, but suddenly thought of a joint: "Wait a minute, you just said that people in the east of the city Chenjiacun, please tell me more clearly, which Chenjiacun is it?"
"County Lieutenant, this is the Chenjia Village where the estates of those nobles are located." The official replied hurriedly.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I will personally lead the team to this matter. If you go there and handle it improperly and arouse the dissatisfaction of the people in the village, it will be a small matter. If you collide with the nobles, it will be a big deal." Fortunately, I always remembered it in the city. There are many important places outside the city, and Chenjiacun can be said to be at the forefront of the list. This guy almost missed a major event. It seems that this guy doesn't know the importance of the problem.
"No, I will go down and prepare now."
The subordinate thought aggrievedly, a certain family was about to report the situation, but you yourself got angry in a hurry, and you came to blame me.
Under the urging of Lieutenant Li, the efficiency of the Chengdu County Government was greatly improved, and soon a group of people headed towards Chenjia Village, led by the villager who came to report the news. After driving for about half an hour, everyone got off the official road, turned a corner, and saw Chenjiacun. Just as they were about to enter the village, seven or eight well-dressed men slowly came out of the village around two black carriages. These entourage-looking men had stern expressions and sharp eyes, and they all held ring-headed knives. When Li County Lieutenant saw this posture, he didn't know that it was the nobleman in the village who was about to return to the city. Could it be that the incident in the village had disturbed the nobleman.
County Lieutenant Li anxiously stepped forward and saluted: "Li Yu, the Lieutenant of Chengdu County, has met this noble man. I wonder which family he belongs to, but what happened in the village disturbed Dajia?"
"You don't need to be polite, Lieutenant Li. I wonder what happened in the village that prompted a county lieutenant to come in person?" The voice coming from the carriage in front was obviously the voice of a middle-aged woman.
"Replying to Madam, I have been informed that a woman in the village hanged herself, so I came to check." When Li County Lieutenant saw the token displayed by the entourage, he already knew the identity of the current noble, so he became more respectful.
"It turns out that although our manor is here, it is still some distance away from where the villagers live. We were returning from the small road south of the village, but we didn't know that such a big event was happening in the village! We turned around and went forward with County Lieutenant Li. Go. I have been in this village for more than a month, and I have not yet taken the time to benefit the villagers." It turns out that although the male gentleman in this lady's family is an important official in the court and has a distinguished status, he has always run the family strictly and has a peaceful family tradition. When he was in his hometown, he was also with The neighbors get along well with each other and are kind to others. Therefore, after hearing the news of human life, he was anxious and prepared to go and do his best.
After being comforted by everyone, Chen San stopped crying, and just leaned against the door of the hall, squatting and lamenting uncontrollably. When everyone was sighing, the man who went to report to the official ran into the yard, pushed aside everyone, and came to Chen Lizheng, breathing heavily: "Uncle, uncle, someone from the official is here. Li County, Li The county captain came in person, and the nobles from the bamboo forest in the south of the village also followed." When Chen Lizheng and the three elders in the village heard that so many important people had been alarmed, they hurriedly trotted out of the yard. Go and greet.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they saw Lieutenant Li riding a horse and leading his followers to seek for theft. Chen Lizheng hurriedly went up to salute. County Lieutenant Li originally wanted to come with the lady, but the middle-aged woman asked him to deal with the matter first and did not need to accompany her here, so he came first.
"Chen Lizheng, tell me what happened quickly and in detail." Lieutenant Li entered the courtyard and saw the woman hanging in the main room. He recognized Chen Lizheng after seeing her several times.
"No, Chen San, why don't you come up and see the county captain?" This Chen San is also a person with no eyesight. The county captain has arrived, but he is still there to die. However, it is understandable that if his wife died, no one would be so devastated, and this grandson would also be pitiful.
Yang Qing followed everyone and retreated outside the courtyard gate. He was surprised to learn that the county captain personally led the team here. He knew that in the Han Dynasty, the county captain had a rank of 400 shi and was in charge of the military and public security of the county. Chengdu was still the capital of the Shu Han Dynasty. How could he say this? Li County Lieutenant, who was equivalent to the police chief of the capital in later generations, came to deal with it personally. He knew that the quality of Ji Han's officials was at the top of the entire feudal dynasty, but Shu Han's officials would not be so conscientious in their duties. Yang Qing didn't know the reason, but he was overthinking it. How could he know Lieutenant Li's worries and plans.
After Chen San and Chen Lizheng's narration, County Lieutenant Li almost understood what happened. He asked Chen San a few more questions and concluded in his heart that Chen San's wife had hanged herself to death. However, to be cautious, he first looked around the body in detail, and then asked Chen San's neighbors. Neighbors said that they did not see anyone else entering Chen San's home in the morning, and indeed heard Chen San yelling at his wife at the door of the hospital. It seemed that Chen San and his wife had indeed had a quarrel.
Seeing that Li County Lieutenant had almost understood the situation, and found no other doubts after questioning, he immediately came to the middle of the yard and said to everyone: "Everyone, after my investigation, the Chen family member hanged himself because of a quarrel between his husband and wife. If you commit suicide, I have already admonished Chen San, and you should take this as a warning. As for what happens next, Chen San and the village elders must have their own rules, so you don’t need to all gather here, just go home!"
After saying that, Lieutenant Li declined Chen Lizheng's offer to stay, and gave instructions to his left and right, preparing to withdraw his troops and return to the city.
Just kidding, that lady is right here. How could I destroy my image of being dedicated to the public and honest and serving the people just for the sake of a meal?
In fact, the villagers probably knew the result, and most of them were ready to go home. After all, many people came to Chen San's house before they could go home. As for the funeral of Chen San's wife, they had to go home and put down their farm tools before coming to help.
Just as everyone was about to disperse, they heard someone say loudly: "County Lieutenant, wait a minute, Chen San's wife did not commit suicide, but was killed by someone. This is a real murder case."
