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"Brother Wu Ya, this Lord Zhu doesn't look like a corrupt official!" After Bai Zhuo left Jin Wang's other courtyard, he suddenly wondered about this question.
Song Wuya also agrees with this point, after all, such a humble person doesn't look like a villain no matter what.Although it was not a small scene when he entered the city this morning, it was also the etiquette set by the imperial court, and there was nothing wrong with him doing so.
If Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo were replaced, they could do the same, but their positions are not like Zhu Yuanlong's.Although they have official ranks, they do not have specific positions. They are just the title of imperial envoys. Apart from the official ranks, they are completely indistinguishable from ordinary people.
"Yeah! I don't know if he has something to do with the behind-the-scenes of this imperial examination." Song Wuya said with emotion, without saying much about Zhu Yuanlong, but told Situ Wen and Xiaohuan to go back: "Wen'er, you Let's go back with Xiaohuan first. Brother Bai and I have to go to the government office, and take advantage of this time to investigate the case from eight years ago."
"Okay, then let's go back first." Situ Wen nodded obediently.
After watching the two of them leave, Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo then headed towards the government office.
"Brother Wuya, tomorrow is the imperial examination, should we go?" Bai Zhuo was still more concerned about the imperial examination, as if he didn't take the case eight years ago to heart, at this time Song Wuya said that he would investigate the case During the case, he asked about the imperial examination.
It's not that Song Wuya didn't care about tomorrow's imperial examination.But they don't understand the imperial examination system, and they are not among these officials.Moreover, their identities are different from King Jin's, so it seems a little unreasonable for Yue Zu to act on their behalf.
"Brother Bai, let's not get involved in the imperial examination." Song Wuya directly vetoed Bai Zhuo: "We are no longer on the list. If you plan something in advance, you must have a reason! Didn't we tell King Jin before?" Is it? Presumably King Jin will do a good job in this matter. Besides, we don’t have any substantive evidence now. Once the imperial examination is over and the second exam is conducted, we can participate in it with the result.”
Song Wuya explained the truth clearly, and Bai Zhuo also understood, he nodded: "Oh! So that's it, we are called Shichuwuming, right?"
"En! That's right." Song Wuya nodded: "There must be something strange about the case eight years ago. Although it was already a matter of the former emperor's time, since we met, we have to take care of it. And This matter also involves the son of the past, perhaps the murderer may be the current important minister!"
"No way?" Hearing Song Wuya's words, Bai Zhuo was very surprised. "If Brother Wu Ya said, what should we do then?"
"If this is the case, then it will depend on the scope of the matter. If the scope is not large, and this person is very important to the court, I am afraid we can only bury this matter in our hearts. Even if we If we insist on making it big, even the Holy Majesty will not allow it, and then we may anger the Holy Majesty." Song Wuya said helplessly.
As the saying goes, companions to the king are like companions to tigers, and they are still valuable in the eyes of the emperor.But the emperor is only one person after all, if he gets angry and wants to do something, no one will be able to stop him.What's more, if what he did was something other ministers also thought about, it would be much easier.
"My lords, what's the matter?"
The yamen servant in front of the door actually stopped the two of them. He obviously knew their identities, but he still stopped them and asked a question.
His question immediately made Song Wuya frowned: "What? Is your official rank higher than ours? What are we going to do, do we have to say hello to you?"
"Damn the little one, the little one doesn't mean that." The yamen servant was shocked when he heard that, and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and explained: "It's the little one's duty, I'm used to it, I'm used to it. Damn it, the little one should die."
Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo didn't seem to be vicious people, but they actually frightened the yamen servant into such a state.He kowtowed while admitting his mistake.
Such a scene made Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo shake their heads.
They didn't bother to pay any attention to the servant, and went straight into it.
"Where are the files?" Entering the inside, there is no one who doesn't know the two of them. After all, what happened yesterday made them reveal their identities in front of these people.
At this moment, under Song Wuya's questioning, a man who looked like a teacher nodded quickly and said: "The little one will take the two adults there."
Someone led the way, and soon came to a house.There are many bookshelves in the house, and there are various files and files on the shelves.And compared to what Song Wuya and the others had seen before, this place was much cleaner.The files neatly placed in front were not only free of a trace of dust, but also not harmed by insects or rats.
"It's quite clean here. Just help me find a case from eight years ago. It should have been around the time of the imperial examination. It was a murder case, and the one who died was a candidate who was rushing for the exam." Song Wuya directly asked that The master explained the dossier he was looking for.
After hearing this, the master immediately nodded and walked into the room.Soon he came to a bookshelf, stopped and searched carefully on it.
The room where the files are stored is very large, and there are so many files here that it is dazzling to look at.
"My lord, do you think this is the case?" After waiting for a stick of incense, the master finally found a dossier, and respectfully held it in front of Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo for questioning.
Song Wuya didn't respond either, he directly opened the file and looked inside.
The dossiers had already been compiled, and he searched carefully along the table of contents, and found it quickly.
"The deceased committed suicide and died in the Third Hospital of Liuding Lane in the west of the city. He died for more than one day at the time of the incident. The reporter was a cohabitant, because the imperial examination was imminent. After the reporter found the scene, he did not report the case immediately. After the imperial examination Report the case. The government officials rushed to the scene and placed the corpse on the bed. After the inspection by Wu, it was undoubtedly suicide."
"How could it be so short?" Song Wuya frowned, and looked up at the master in front of him.
The master shook his head: "My lord, at that time the young one was not here to handle it, and the case was not clear about the small one. However, according to the usual practice, everything will be recorded from the time the case is reported. I'm afraid it's because the case is determined to be a suicide. That's why the dossier was not written in too much detail."
"Why is there no appendix for Wu Zuo's autopsy?" Song Wuya checked again, but he couldn't find Wu Zuo's autopsy, not only that, he didn't even see Wu Zuo's signature.
Master shook his head, unable to answer this question.
Eight years have passed since this case, and the yamen servants who have experienced it at that time may not be in this yamen anymore.Apart from the landlord, there seemed to be no one else who knew about the case.
Song Wuya looked at the master, and didn't ask him any more questions.
"Okay, let's put the file back." Song Wuya said with a displeasure on his face, this brief file only stated the process of the file. "The reporter is called Tang Ruli. Judging from his age, he should be 34 or [-] years old at this time."
"At the age of 34, even if he is a prosperous official, he is probably only an official in the state capital now?" Bai Zhuo immediately thought about it after hearing this.
This has greatly overestimated Tang Ruli. After all, Situ Wen's uncle, Situ Yi, is over half a hundred years old, but he has just become the prefect of Songjiang.In addition, it is not certain whether this Tang Confucianism is a high school.
"Brother Wu Ya, let's find out if this Tang Ruli failed the exam." Bai Zhuo said immediately afterward.
Song Wuya nodded, greeted the master, and left the mansion.
"Brother Bai, although you haven't gained much, at least you've gained something. One thing recorded in this file is different from that landlord." Song Wuya looked at Bai Zhuo, and told what he just discovered.
Chapter 6 Nine Who Is Hiding
Chapter 6 Nine Who Is Hiding
“有出入，什么出入？”白卓显然是没有仔细的琢磨刚刚宋无涯所念出的卷宗内容，要不然的话他不可能不会注意到这一点的。宋无涯无奈的摇了摇头：“刚刚我将卷宗的内容念出，其中有这么一句。衙役前往现场后，所见尸体是被摆放在床上的，而非是藏在了床下。”“什么？”白卓顿时大惊失色。只是这么简单的一点，就能够看出，这卷宗如果没有记录错误的话，那么房东的举动，必定另有内容。在宋无涯他们发现床下的迹象之后，那房东也承认了当时尸体被藏在了床下。而现在卷宗的内容，怕是记录的另外一回事了。尸体当时应该是被从床下挪了出来，而后才被摆放在床上的。除此之外，宋无涯隐约在床下墙壁上所见到的哪行模糊的字迹，更能说明这事情的蹊跷。当时死者留下那行字的时候，恐怕还并未死亡。这样一番猜测之下，宋无涯突然开始怀疑起来，这房东是如何看到床底下有人的。按理说那床榻并未摆放在正对着门的地方，进入屋内只要不是有意查看，是很难看到床下有东西的，更何况是一具尸体了。“恐怕这房东知道的事情不止那日和我们所说，他一定是还藏了什么话。”宋无涯琢磨着点着头，对那房东的怀疑更重了。“那咱们还等什么？现在就去将那房东找来，严厉逼问一番。”白卓疾呼一声，便自古往住处的方向而去。要想从这房东的嘴里询问出所有的事情来，只靠他们两人是远远不够的，白卓这是要去搬救兵了。宋无涯也没有反对，跟在白卓的后边，返回了住处。交代了事情之后，宋无涯和白卓在家中耐心的等待着。约莫小半个时辰的时间，那派出去的禁卫回来了。“两位大人，人已经带到了。”“快带他进来。”白卓迫不及待的招呼着。那房东被带了进来，他脸上的神情很是慌张。只怕今日见到了这么多禁卫，让他这心里有些承受不住。而此刻看着眼前的两人，竟然被称之为大人，这让他心里更加的慌张了。“两位大人饶命啊，小的先前绝非是有意要坑骗大人的。”房东看清楚了两人的容貌之后，立刻就吓瘫了，整个人跪在地上，一边磕头一边求饶。听着这话，宋无涯和白卓两人差点没笑出来。感情这房东还以为他们抓他来，是为了报复之前他将凶宅煮给他们的事情。“行了，起来说话吧。”宋无涯懒散的说了一声，抬头向禁卫吩咐道：“给他把椅子坐吧。”这到并非是宋无涯平易近人，而是他看到眼前这房东双腿不住的打着哆嗦，怕他站不稳，这才给了把椅子坐。禁卫点头，冷冷的瞪了那房东一眼，吓得对方双膝一软，刚刚起来便又差点跪下去。战战兢兢的坐在椅子上后，房东心里还在泛着嘀咕。他瞧得出来宋无涯这幅模样，不像是要和他追究之前凶宅的事情。“两位大人，你们找小的来不会是要杀了小的吧？您也没怎么样，小的给您赔了不是，大不了再赔偿两位大人一些损失，求大人就放过小的吧。”房东这一副可怜相，倒也是真实。“你想多了，本官并非那等人。若真是为此时将你找来，还会让你坐在这里吗？”宋无涯淡然的说着，那房东听后立刻就松了一口气。不过他这悬着的心刚刚放下，立刻就反应过来，除此之外那宋无涯他们找他还能为了什么。宋无涯立刻话锋一转，直接进入了正题。“咱们还是说说八年前你院子里的那桩案子吧。”“嗯？”房东听着顿时一愣，疑惑的嘀咕起来：“怎么又要说八年前的那桩案子，不是之前说过了吗？”他心里的怀疑，让他有些不安。而他的这些话，宋无涯几人自然是听到了。“你是否觉得这件事情就算是过去了？”宋无涯淡然一笑，看着房东的眼神微微发生了变化。房东下意识的点了点头，可随即他就反应过来：“大人，这都已经是八年前的事情了，小的实在是不记得了。”“不，你记得，而且记得清清楚楚。”宋无涯根本不会相信他所说的这一套，他怎么可能会不记得这件事情，如果不记得的话，那为何哈要在床下摆放着香炉呢？正如他所说，这都已经是过去八年的事情了。可他还是要在床下摆放着香炉，那不正是说明他心中有愧吗？“大人，您这话是什么意思？小的是真的不记得了。”房东听了之后，脸色骤变，赶忙再次否认。可他这话说出口，任谁听了都觉得有问题。“看来这事情还真是另有隐情啊！之前你确实是瞒了我们什么，要不然的话现在你说话的声音为什么会打颤呢？”白卓冷冷的质问道。那名禁卫立刻逼了过去，就站在了那房东的身旁，突然间来临的压抑令房东双手紧紧握在一起，不断地搓动着。“说吧。把你所知道的一切全都说出来，要不然的话，本官就将你当做是同犯拉出去砍了。”眼看着事情差不多了，宋无涯冷冷的说了一声。宋无涯如何肯定的说着，令那房东感觉自己是躲不过去了，他稍加犹豫了一下，便直接跪在了地上。“大人饶命啊！这事情真的是和我没什么关系啊！”房东哭喊起来：“我当时没有参与进去，我只是看到了那人在床底下。”“当时他既然还活着，可你为什么没有救他？”宋无涯见这房东终于肯把实话说出来了，立刻追问他之前怀疑的事情。“大人，您怎么知道那人当时是活得？”房东也是一惊，显然他没想到宋无涯竟然还知道这件事情。听着这话，宋无涯微微一笑：“如果他当时已经死了的话，怎么还会在床底下的墙壁上留下那行血字呢？”“这……”房东讶然：“哎！什么都瞒不过大人您的眼睛，当时他确实是在床底下留下了血字。既然大人都知道了，那小的就原原本本的将八年前所发生的事情和您说了吧。”话说到了这里，这房东才算是愿意将八年前的事情给说出来了。“八年前，那也正是一个雨季。临近举子赶考，小的便将院子腾出来，将妻儿安排到了乡下的亲戚家中，想要趁着这段时间，利用院子赚点银子。院内也正好只有两间卧房，便租给了连个同行的举子。”“他们就这样住了两日，小的偶然回来，在街头撞见了邻居，邻居便和我说起昨夜曾听到我那院子内传来打闹的声音。邻居以为是小的和妻子闹不和，这才好言相劝起来。听了过后，小的解释了一下后，便回到了院子。”“进入院内，小的吆喝了几声，却并没有听到有人回应。可听了邻居的话小的又有些不放心，就想看看这两名举子有没有把屋里的家具什么的弄坏。没曾想，刚进入屋内，小的就听到了一丝虚弱的呻吟，顺着声音这才找到了床底下。”“当时小的差点吓傻了，那人满脸是血，看着极其的恐怖。小的慌了神，差点吓尿了裤子。那人说些什么，小的当时也没听明白，不过小的感觉他应该是向我求救。可当时小的还没有考虑好这件事情，刚爬起来就听到了外边的动静。小的连忙跑了出去，就被那名举子给堵在了院内。”“那举子也不说话，转身关闭了院门后，一步步逼来。他目露凶芒，直把小的给逼到了屋门口。”一番叙述之后，房东描述起了当时的情形。“看来你已经看到了不该看的东西啊！”唐儒礼冷笑一声，双目露着凶芒，脸上的表情却看着令人心惊肉跳。房东哪敢承认这事，若是承认必定会遭到对方的毒手，他赶忙摇头：“你说什么？看到什么了？我今天也恰巧听到邻居和我说，说你们昨天这里闹腾出了不少的动静，我就是来看看你们有没有把我这家具弄坏。对了，你那同伴呢？”房东佯装镇定的说着，可他自己脸上的表情却是怎么也收不住的。唐儒礼也没有反驳什么，他顺着房东的话说道：“你问他啊，我带你去见他。请进。”显然唐儒礼不会被他这番鬼话给糊弄过去，抬手示意房东进入屋内。房东一听这话就害怕了，他也知道唐儒礼没那么好骗。他一下子慌了，但是看着这光天化日的，心里一下子有了底气：“我告诉你，我就是看到了，你最好还是去衙门自首，要不然的话我将你送上公堂。”“你确定？”唐儒礼冷冷的发出一声质问，丝毫不把房东的威胁放在心上。他反问了一句后，突然又是一声冷笑：“那你可知道凶器在什么地方吗？”“凶器？对，你是用什么凶器杀的人？”房东听着这话，依旧强装着镇定。
Chapter 6 Confucian Rites of the Tang Dynasty
?6 Ten Chapters of Confucianism in Tang Dynasty
Tang Ruli had a cold smile on his face. Instead of answering the landlord's question, he slowly untied the money bag from his waist.The purse was heavy, obviously there was a lot of silver in it.
After seeing the money, the landlord was also taken aback. Judging from Tang Ruli's attire, he didn't look like a son of a rich family at all.
"Do you know how much this bag of money weighs?" Tang Ruli asked the landlord, shaking the money bag in his hand.
The landlord looked at the money bag, and guessed it along the way: "It's more than 30 taels."
"It's far away, there are more than 50 taels of silver here!" Tang Ruli smiled coldly, and lifted the silver even higher. "Do you know what it feels like to hit 50 taels of silver on the head?"
Tang Ruli said it all for the sake of it, how can the landlord not be clear, Tang Ruli's murder weapon is nothing but this money bag full of silver.
The landlord looked at Tang Ruli holding up the money bag, as if he was going to hit him, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you going to do? Are you going to kill someone to silence him?"
"What do you think?" Tang Ruli said calmly, as if murder was nothing to him, it was a piece of cake.
The landlord wanted to hide immediately, but he was forced to the door, and there was nowhere to hide, and he could only go into the house if he wanted to hide.
He had just stepped back and entered the house, and was about to close the door suddenly, but Tang Ruli quickly blocked it.
"Don't kill me, I just don't tell it." The landlord was also cowardly, he was only facing a scholar in his early twenties, and he didn't dare to resist in the slightest.
This sounds unbelievable, but Song Wuya guessed, perhaps because he was so terrified after seeing the appearance of the deceased before, he had already lost his courage, not to mention Tang Ruli's incomparable calmness at that time , and with a ferocious look on his face, the landlord was even more frightened.