Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Chapter 39

Wen Yu hurried into the county office.

There was another murder case, and this time the one who died was one of the partners of the cement factory, He Kun, the owner of the He family, a new big merchant in Mengyang City.

Mengyang City is now changing with each passing day, and the former wealthy Wu Jiawei's family has retreated to the second line.Those who follow the county's policy and operate industries such as red brick cement and castor, instead come from behind.The death of He Kun this time is also a big blow to Mengyang's cement industry. After all, a quarter of the cement in the city is now produced in the factory run by him.

This time, Mengyang's largest private brothel, Chunxianglou, reported the case early in the morning, but before Wen Yu received the news, He Kun's family went to carry the body back home.

Wen Yu was a little angry, wouldn't it be easy to destroy the evidence, but it is understandable in this era that the family members take the corpse first, so she thought about sending her to the Wang family for an autopsy later.But it didn't take long before there was another commotion outside.

The Wang family pressed Qiujiao, a prostitute who accompanied He Kun that day, to the county government office, and sued Qiujiao for murdering He Kun.Wen Yu had a headache, but since someone was beating the drums, he could only go up to the court for trial.

In the courtroom, Wen Yu looked it over carefully, and there were two groups of people kneeling on the ground.On one side is a man and a woman, both in their 40s, dressed gorgeously; on the other side is a young girl with phoenix eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows, with a delicate appearance. Her hair and clothes are a little messy at this time, and she looks like she has been torn apart by others. .Wen Yu realized that this was probably the Qiujiao girl.

After sitting down, before Wen Yu could speak, the plaintiff burst into tears and said, "My lord! The grass man is He Kun's eldest son, He Tong! You must make the decision for the grass man! This little prostitute, who has a heart of snakes and scorpions, even drugged her!" Poisoned my father to death! She must pay for her life!"

Wen Yu patted the gavel, signaled the two to be quiet, and then asked, "The plaintiff, He Tong, you said that Qiu Jiao killed your father, what evidence do you have?"

He Tong wiped away his tears: "There are too many evidences. First of all, my father is not sick or disaster. When he went out tonight, he was fine. Everyone in the house saw it, but he slept with that prostitute all night. It's gone, who else can it be except her!"

Qiu Jiao looked at He Tong mockingly with lowered eyes: "Joke! There are too many men who have slept in my bed. Why is your father dead when they are all fine? How do we know if your father is sick? I am still afraid of you Dad infected me with the disease! What kind of evidence do I take, if I can’t let out any loud farts, I’ll let my aunt go back! My aunt is going to the hospital for an examination!”

Wen Yu couldn't help but smile, but although the words were vulgar, there was some truth in them, and it would be child's play to conclude that Qiu Jiao was the murderer based on this alone.So he asked, "He Tong, do you have any other evidence?"

Before He Tong opened his mouth, the woman next to him replied first: "My lord! He Lian, the daughter of the family woman, we still have a witness! Please allow us to bring it up!" Wen Yu agreed.

Then a short, skinny man walked into the courtroom, saw Wen Yu, bent his knees, and saluted.Wen Yu asked, "Who is here?"

The man seemed very nervous and didn't dare to lift his head: "My lord, the third son of Xiaomin Yong is the tortoise from Chunxiang Building. Xiaomin heard that Miss Qiujiao said that she was going to poison Master He."

Wen Yu frowned, and then asked: "Then do you know why she poisoned He Kun?"

"Xiaomin knows." Youngest Yong looked at Qiujiao cautiously, fearing that she would violently hurt others: "Master He is... a bit rough in the intercourse, and he is not very polite. The girls in the building are not willing to pick him up." Guest, Miss Qiujiao also looks down on Mr. He, but recently Mr. He has made a fortune and often spends a lot of money to find Miss Qiujiao. Every time she leaves, Qiujiao is covered in bruises, so she can't get angry and just..."

Qiu Jiao listened with a livid face. Although she was a brothel girl, it was very embarrassing for her to bring her private affairs to the table, so she rushed up to beat him with red eyes: "You rotten slave, let me You're talking nonsense! I'm tearing your mouth apart!" Yong's third son was wailed by the older one, and finally Wen Yu had someone pull them apart.

He Tong added fuel to the side and said: "My lord saw it too, this bitch is so fierce, she must have killed my father! I beg your lord to make the decision for the grassroots!"

"This..." Just as Wen Yu was about to speak, something was reported outside.Wen Yu asked someone to come in, and the yamen servant held a bag of things and said to him, "My lord, this is just brought by the old bustard of Chunxianglou, who said they searched Qiujiao's room and found this thing."

Wen Yu took a closer look: "This is... arsenic, frost?" The yamen servant nodded.

He Lian immediately jumped out: "Okay! Now the certification materials are gathered! Let's see how you deny it! You change my father's name!"

Qiu Jiao's face paled instantly, and she panicked: "No! I didn't kill the person!"

But He Lian refused to let her go: "How dare you say this is not your poison!"

"The arsenic and frost are mine, but He Kun's death has nothing to do with me."

"Then why are you hiding arsenic and frost!"

"I... I have to keep my self-defense, can't I!"

He Lian laughed exaggeratedly: "Hahaha, listen to everyone, she is a sister in a brothel, she has nothing to do with arsenic for self-defense! Laugh off my big teeth! My lord! The murderer is her!"

Wen Yu looked at everything below calmly. Although there is now evidence that Qiu Jiao is the murderer, it is still a bit close, so he ordered Qiu Jiao to be temporarily detained, and she will be re-tried in two days.The siblings of the He family looked a little unconvinced, but they didn't dare to refute, so they could only walk forward and stare at Qiujiao fiercely.

After everyone dispersed, Wen Yu sighed.Although the context of this case is relatively clear compared with the previous ones, but now that Mengyang is finally thriving, he really doesn't want anything else to disturb the order.

But this case is a bit strange, Qiu Jiao's motive for committing the crime is a little too playful, he has heard this name before from Wen Qiong's mouth, and he has a vague impression of it.

It seems that the scholars in the county school were jealous of him because of his rivalry. Judging by his appearance, he is also the first-class one. He should be the top card in the brothel. If she really can't stand He Kun's abuse, she can not accept customers at all. Why? Killing... Wen Yu fell into deep thought.

After a while, the servant informed Wen Yu that Master Xu Jing was visiting, and Wen Yu hurriedly invited him in.

Xu Jing was still the same, with a cold handsome face, and only when he saw Wen Yu did his expression soften a little.

Wen Yu smiled and said, "You busy man finally has the time to come to me." As soon as the words were blurted out, Wen Yu felt something was wrong. How could she be like a resentful woman, but she couldn't take it back, so she could only look at Xu Jing in embarrassment.

Xu Jing could also hear the displeasure in his words, and explained: "Recently, there was an order from above to let us assist in the management of the chieftain. Wang Huike was injured again. I didn't have any helpers. I didn't come to inform Zhengqing. It's my fault."

Wen Yu heard that there was still this matter, and quickly asked, "Why was Wang Huike injured immediately? Are you okay?"

Xu Jing shook his head, a smile flashed in his eyes: "We are only in charge of patrolling, and we don't need to pull out swords, so there will be no injuries. As for Wang Huike...he was training his subordinates in the martial arts field, and he showed them lifting the stone lock, but he couldn't hold it securely. I smashed my foot, and it is estimated that I will be able to recover after lying on the bed for a few months."

Wen Yu: "..." Yes!He still remembered that Wang Huike had laughed at him for being a bad boy in the past three days, and guarded him like a thief, for fear that his boss would be missed by him.Wen Yu said that she is also very vengeful!

Xu Jing looked at the vivid facial expression of the person opposite, and was a little amused: "Before I came, I heard from the yamen servant that you sat in the house all afternoon, what is Zhengqing thinking?"

"Ah?" Wen Yu was taken aback by the question, and blurted out without thinking: "I'm thinking about brothels..."

"!!" Xu Jing was shocked, panicked in his heart, and said calmly on the surface: "Oh? I don't know when Zhengqing became interested in the land of fireworks. Can any woman tell me about it?" The last few words are quite Some cold taste.

Wen Yu didn't react, but his instinct like a small animal made him immediately put on a flattering smile, and explained: "Ji Qing was joking, don't you know me? There are so many things waiting to be dealt with in Mengyang every day. How can I do that?" Time to think about Fengyue."

Wen Yu then explained He Kun's murder to Xu Jing.

Xu Jing breathed a sigh of relief at this moment: "From Zhengqing's point of view, how should we proceed?"

"Hmm..." Wen Yu fell into deep thought, and then his eyes lit up: "Why don't you accompany me to Chunxiang Tower to check it out."

Yes, he has been in Daming for so long, he only cares about work every day, and he has never even seen an ancient brothel!He has longed for the Eight Beauty of Qinhuai in the Ming Dynasty for many years!

Xu Jing has always been upright and indifferent, anyone who invites him to the brothel will be scolded back by him.But looking at Wen Yu's shining eyes, Xu Jing really couldn't refuse, and he was worried about Wen Yu going alone, so he agreed to go together.

The two walked out of the mansion in the dark and arrived at Chunxiang Building. Although it was not completely dark at this time, the building was already buzzing with people. It seemed that the murder case did not affect the business here.

The official prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty were Jiaofangsi, where there were criminal officials or the daughters of enemy countries. Their main job was large-scale singing and dancing performances, and they also worked as Chang prostitutes.But in a small place like Mengyang, where there is no Jiaofang Division, private prostitutes are more developed.Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that officials were not allowed to sleep outdoors in Huajie Liuxiang, so Wen Yu also made up his mind to come to Chunxiang Tower this time to see and investigate the case before leaving.

When they arrived at the building, Madam Tu received the two of them carefully.After learning about Wen Yu's purpose, she led the two of them into the most gorgeous room on the second floor: "Because the official warned us before, Miss Qiujiao's room didn't move at all. The two adults can check at will. If you don’t know anything, you can tell me, and the old slave will retire first.”

Wen Yu stopped her: "Wait a minute, I have something I want to ask Mother Tu about."

"Don't dare, sir, just ask." Wen Yu thought for a while and said, "I don't know how Mother Tu discovered the arsenic and frost hidden by Miss Qiujiao."

Mother Tu sighed: "It's a coincidence that after the He family took away Master He's body that day, they wanted to ask Qiu Jiao to settle the score. We are no match for the guards of the He family. Qiu Jiao was dragged by them to report to the police. At this time, the girl in the building reminded me that since Master He is gone with us, it is a bit unlucky after all, it is better to temporarily block the house, and paste some of the talismans we asked for in the temple before, so as to drive away Evil spirit. I dare not let those rough-handed servants do this. I thought about doing it myself, but I found poison and medicine in the cabinet of that Qiujiao girl, and I hurried to the yamen."

Wen Yu then asked, "When did this Qiujiao come to your building?"

The author has something to say: Because the author is a bad namer with little ink, so when he thinks of brothels, he can only name them Jiao, Hong, and Xiang, but the brothels of the Ming Dynasty are very, very nice, such as Jiangdong, Heming, Zuixian, Jixian, Lemin, Qingyan, Cuiliu, Meiyan, Danfen, Acura, Gubel, Laibin, Retranslation, Calling Buddha, Qingjiang, Shicheng, etc., are simply too good to listen to!

Let me tell you something interesting

As stated in the text, the Ming Dynasty prostituted officials.Prostitutes, the management of this area is very strict. Once caught, they will be dismissed, and they will never be hired.So what should Ming officials do if they want to go to the brothel?One is private sex, prostitution, secret prostitution, etc. Anyway, if the people don’t raise officials, you will be unlucky if you get caught.For example, in the Ming Dynasty novel "Bianerchai", there is a story about the male protagonist who was tricked into selling himself in the Nanfeng Hall in order to raise money.

Finally, "Bianerchai" is really a magical book, which mainly tells four danmei stories.Let me give you an example, one of which is about:

There was a beautiful man named Zhang Ji, both civil and military, who led his troops to defeat the mountain bandits and married two wives.There is a scholar in Tianjin called Zhong Tunan who likes Nanfeng. Seeing Zhang Ji's suave manner, he invites him to drink with him, and seduces him while he is drunk (!!!!!!)

Zhang Ji was very angry after waking up, Zhong Tunan wanted to commit suicide to apologize, then Zhang Ji forgave him, the two got back together, and they were together without shame all day long (!!??)

Zhong Tunan, a postgraduate Jinshi, was sent to Shaanxi to fight the rebellion. When he was in a hurry, Zhang Ji led his troops to help, defend their homeland together, and regain their old love.

Later, both of them abandoned their official positions, took their family back to the mountains and forests, and even married their sons and daughters (...)

Just ask you 6 or not 6! ! !