"Haha, look at you, you must have caught a cold! Do you have enough clothes? I'll give you mine!"
"No need, these clothes are very thick and quite warm. Sneeze!"
"It seems that you really caught a cold. I should have let you drink ginger soup before leaving."
Tang Tang smiled and said: "If you really catch a cold, even a bowl of ginger soup can't cure it. And if you are leaving in such a hurry, you must be catching criminals, and you have to do business first."
Those two villages were relatively far away from Shuiwan Village. The sun was setting to the west, and then they arrived at Baitai Village.
Situ Ce took his two daughters into the village, asked about the home of the land warden, went straight to visit, revealed his identity, and showed the portrait to the land warden. The land warden looked at it and said, "This person is not from our village, but from a neighboring village." People from Zhaojia Village have been to our village before."
"What is your name?"
"My name is Zhao Xiang. I live at the entrance of the village. There is a crooked neck tree at the door."
"Thank you!" Situ Ce thanked the local security guards for coming out and rushed to Zhaojia Village.
When they arrived at Zhaojiacun, the sun had already set.
There was a crooked-neck tree at the door. This feature was easy to find, so they quickly determined the suspect's residence. Situ Ce asked the two women to wait for him to go up to investigate. Naturally, the two women did not agree. It would be easier if one man and two women went up to inquire. This aroused the suspicion of the suspect, and in the end, it was decided that Yin Yadan, who was highly skilled in martial arts, would go alone and pretend to be a beggar.
The peasant dress that Yin Yadan was wearing was originally very old. It had been patched a few times, then torn into pieces and covered with some mud. She was holding a dog-beating stick, touched some mud on her face, and her hair was messed up. It's more like that.
Yin Yadan slowly walked over and knocked on the door. A big man came out and saw a woman begging for food. He looked her up and down, curled his lips, and pushed her away. Just as he was about to close the door, Yin Yadan grabbed his hand and grabbed her. Unexpectedly, the big man was very good at martial arts and resisted immediately, but Yin Yadan took the opportunity. After several rounds of counterattacks, Yin Yadan still pushed him to the ground and could not move.
Situ Ce and Tang Tang rushed over. Yin Yadan had already taken off the man's belt and tied him up.
Situ Ce said happily: "Is it him?"
"That's it, this evil thief!" Yin Yadan gave the man a few hard kicks and spat hard.
Tang Tang was very surprised, because Yin Yadan has a shy personality. Although he has good martial arts skills, he never bullies others. Once he catches the criminal, he will never beat or scold him. Now that he has controlled the criminal, he beat him again. He spat again, which was really strange, and he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
"This pervert, he, he just curled his lips at me! And he pushed me away."
Tang Tang immediately understood that it turned out that the perverted thief curled his lips after seeing Yin Yadan's appearance and hurt her. Even the thief was not interested in the appearance. This hurt Yin Yadan's heart, so she was so angry that she gave him a few blows. foot. Tang Tang burst into laughter and said, "Who told you to touch so much mud on your face? Who can tell what you look like?"
"Really?" Yin Yadan quickly wiped the mud off her face. Everyone loves beauty, and in front of a master, she must pay more attention to her image.
Tang Tang also helped her wipe it, and praised her skin for being fair and tender, which would make men attracted. Only then did Yin Yadan turn from anger to joy.
Situ Ce turned the prostitute on the ground over, and at a glance, it turned out to be the person in the portrait. He said bitterly: "We are from the yamen. Let me ask you, is it you who raped and killed a peasant woman in Xietao Village?" ?explain!"
"Master, I was wronged, it wasn't me!" The man denied it.
Situ Ce sneered: "It's okay if you don't admit it. A peasant woman in Shuiwan Village who was raped by you did not die but survived. He has recognized you. We found you based on the portrait! If you want to make excuses, then It¡¯s a dream! We can organize the identification! The evidence is irrefutable!¡±
The strong man's forehead was dripping with cold sweat: "I, I, please forgive me, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time, please forgive me"
"Fart!" Tang Tang rushed up with a red face and gave him a few kicks: "You stinky thief! Do you want another time? Go to hell!"
Situ Ce quickly stopped her, dragged him into the house, closed the door and let Yin Yadan stare at him, and then he and Tang Tang searched the house.
Soon, they found some women¡¯s jewelry and the like in the house, including Li ?The jade bracelet missing from Lady Shou¡¯s body looks exactly like what Li Jiashou said!
Situ Ce came out with bracelets and jewelry and said to the adulterer: "You raped and killed the peasant women and took these things away from them, right?"
Seeing that the thief has gained all the stolen goods, there is no way he can quibble. He hurriedly nodded his head and admitted, repeatedly calling for mercy. Situ Ce immediately asked Tang Tang to take notes and interrogate the guy. The guy confessed to the rape and murder of two peasant women in Xietao Village, Shuiwan Village, as well as multiple crimes of raping and murdering peasant women working in the fields. These were several crimes that the Yamen had not uncovered. A rape and murder case.
The case was successfully solved, and the three of them were very happy. After the interrogation, Situ Ce asked Yin Yadan to wait for Shi Meng and the others outside the village. When Yin Yadan went out, he found that Shi Meng and the others had arrived. He told them who were waiting outside the village. The case has been solved and the criminal has been caught. Shi Meng and others were surprised and happy, so they followed and took the criminal back to the county government.
On the way back, Tang Tang kept sneezing and had chills all over his body. When he got home, he fell ill. He lay in bed for three days with a high fever. He went to the doctor and took some medicine, and then he gradually recovered.
It was already late at night when Situ Ce returned to the county town. He didn't bother to go home, so he went to He Lan Bing's residence first and told He Lan Bing the news.
He Lanbing was very happy, but he was deeply afraid of them arresting criminals alone. He only hoped that he would recover soon so that he could help him solve the case.
After having a good time with He Lanbing, Situ Ce returned home.
Early the next morning, Old Master Wen Mo was waiting in the study. When Situ Ce came, Old Master assigned him to write an article. It was based on what he had studied some time ago.
Wen Mo took a book and sat on the stage to read, looking at him from time to time.
Situ Ce was dumbfounded. He hadn't even read the Four Books and Five Classics yet. How could he know how to write an eight-part essay? He wanted to ask his personal servant to write it, but his personal servant, Brother Jing, was still lying in the room recovering from his injuries. Besides, this old master can¡¯t get away even if he stares at me.
Situ Ce rolled his eyes and thought of a way. He held his stomach and shouted, "Ouch, my stomach hurts! I have to go to the latrine!"
Old Master Wenmo sighed and shook his head: "Go back quickly!"
Situ Ce quickly slipped out of the study, looked back at Wen Mo, who was staring at him warily, and then went into the toilet in the side yard. After avoiding the old master's sight, Situ Ce came out of the side yard again and slipped into the room of his personal servant, Brother Jing.
Brother Jing is lying on the bed, and his mother, Aunt Jing, is standing next to him and talking.
Seeing Situ Ce come in, both of them were a little surprised. Aunt Jing stood up quickly, lifted her skirt and knelt down, kowtowing and said, "Thank you for your mercy, sir, for giving the child a life."
But it turned out that Aunt Jing and Brother Jing had already noticed that the whip seemed to be whipping loudly at that time, and the doctor who treated the injury said that it did not hurt the muscles and bones. Only then did they know that it was Situ Ce who had asked someone to show mercy. So I'm very grateful, but I haven't had the chance to express my gratitude during this time.
Situ Ce had no intention of talking about this at this time. He hurriedly helped her up and whispered: "Auntie, you're welcome. You go back first. I have something urgent to tell Brother Jing."
Aunt Jing was startled, then quickly agreed and exited the room.
Situ Ce turned around, closed the door, and said to Brother Jing, "Can you still write an article?"
Brother Jing¡¯s only injuries were to his back, buttocks and thighs, but his hands were fine. He moved a bit to show that it was okay and nodded.
Situ Ce said: "Great, please help me write an article!"
Brother Jing nodded again.
Situ Ce quickly brought him pen, ink, paper and inkstone and placed them on a square stool in front of the soft couch where he was lying on his stomach. He told him the topic, then hurried out, closed the door, and returned to the study with his head hanging down.
The old master was already standing in front of the stage, with his hands behind his back, looking at him doubtfully.
Situ Ce quickly returned to the table and began to study ink, while raising his head as if thinking. The old master sat back in his seat with satisfaction and continued reading.
Situ Ce waited for a while, guessing that Brother Jing had finished writing, so he held his stomach again and said: "Oh, I'm sorry, old man, I must have caught a cold last night, and I have a stomachache, so I have to go to the latrine!"
The old master looked at him for a long time, then nodded slowly.
Situ Ce hurriedly ran out holding his stomach, walked around the hut first, and then slipped into Brother Jing's room.
Brother Jing had already written the article. Situ Ce happily took it and turned to leave, but suddenly stopped. ¡ª¡ªAt the door, Old Master Wen Mo was standing there, looking at him with a livid face.
Situ Ce quickly put the manuscript behind his back and said humbly: "I, I came to this room to get toilet paper."
Wen Mo stretched out a pair of bony hands and said, "Bring it here!" His voice was a little bitter.
?"What?" Situ Ce asked.
"What's in your hand!"
Situ Ce saw that something was wrong, so he could only hand over the article in his hand.
Wen Mo took it, glanced at it, and said gloomily: "You actually asked a book boy to help you write?"
"No, I just asked him to practice writing. So I just told him by the way." Situ Cewu argued.
"Come back with me!" Wen Mo walked back to the study with his hands behind his back. Situ Ce had no choice but to follow him back and sit behind the desk. For a while, Wen Mo didn't even read the book and just did that. Staring at him: "Start writing!"
Situ Ce hesitated to pick up the brush, looked around for a while, and then started to write. However, his mind was empty. There was no trace of an article, but what to write?
After waiting for a while, I saw that the old master was still looking at him. Knowing that he couldn't get through this time, he simply put down his pen and said, "I don't know how to answer this question!"