Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What to do if you are beheaded at the beginning?

In addition to Song Zhiwen, there is another famous person with the surname Song in the Tang Dynasty.

That is Song Jing, the famous prime minister of the Kaiyuan period, who assisted Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in creating the "Kaiyuan Prosperity".

Song Jing, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Yao Chong are known as the four great prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

Interestingly, Song Ci, the founder of forensic medicine, is a descendant of Song Jing.

Song Zhen has never thought about becoming a celebrity for all eternity, and he does not have such great ambitions at present.

Now his biggest wish is to find out whether his girlfriend in his previous life also came to the Tang Dynasty.

Song Zhen does not know whether his appearance will have an impact on the trajectory of history.

What if there is an impact? It's none of my business!

Since I can't go back, I just want to live well, that's all.

Di Renjie interrupted his thoughts.

"Song Lang, how old are you now?"

Song Zhen was stunned. He was not sure how old this body was, so he could only recall his age before crossing.

"I've been an adult for more than two years." Yes, 22 years old, just a junior.

Di Renjie asked curiously: "What about your courtesy name? What is it?"

In ancient times, men were given courtesy names at the age of 20, and women were given courtesy names at the age of 15.

There are usually several ways for ancient people to give courtesy names.

The first is to take a character with a similar meaning to the given name, such as Zhuge Liang, whose courtesy name is Kongming; Li Bai, whose courtesy name is Taibai.

The second is to represent beautiful expectations and visions, such as Bai Juyi, whose courtesy name is Letian; Wang Xizhi, whose courtesy name is Yi Shao; Du Fu, whose courtesy name is Zimei. "Fu" was a name for handsome men in ancient times.

The third is to rank according to brothers, such as Cao Cao, whose courtesy name is Mengde; Confucius, whose courtesy name is Zhongni. The ancients used "Meng, Zhong, and Ji" as the beginning of the season arrangement.

The fourth is a purely lazy style, such as Han Feizi, whose courtesy name is Fei; Du Mu, whose courtesy name is Muzhi; Liu Yuxi, whose courtesy name is Mengde.

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Song Zhen pondered, a person's courtesy name and given name will accompany him for life, so he must be careful.

In his previous life, he had thought about what he should be called if he was given a courtesy name.

At that time, he consulted many books and confirmed that it was not the same courtesy name as ancient celebrities, so he came up with an answer.

"My name is Song Zhen, courtesy name is Shouzheng."

"Shouzheng?"

Song Zhen straightened his face and replied, "Yes, Shouzheng."

"It is the "Shouzheng Chuqi" in "The Art of War" "Any battle should be won by the right way";

It is the "Shouzheng Buhui" in "The Book of Zhou" "If you insult power, you should keep the right way and not turn back";

It is the "Zhouyi" "The nine-five is the yang line in the king's position" in "The Book of Changes."

[What would you choose if you gave yourself a courtesy name? ]

Di Renjie was stunned when he heard it. Good guy, so particular?

He had naturally heard of and even read the "Art of War", "Book of Zhou" and "Book of Changes" mentioned by Song Zhen.

"Book of Zhou" was edited by Linghu Defen (fen in the first tone) in the early Tang Dynasty, and was also edited by Cen Wenben and Cui Renshi. It was completed in the tenth year of Zhenguan (636), and it has been twenty years since then.

Di Renjie was more and more certain that Song Zhen must be from a famous family, and maybe his family is even longer than his own.

How could ordinary people who can't read a single word know so much?

Helping Song Zhen to recognize his ancestors became a goal in Di Renjie's life.

"Good night, Huaiying."

"Good night, Shouzheng."

......

The next day, when seeing off Xue Zhengqing, Song Zhen was about to take out his suona, but was stopped.

"Okay, little friend Song, I received your kindness."

"Not so good, right?" Song Zhen said sincerely, "When others bid farewell to old friends, they all give poems. I am not good at writing, but I know a little about music."

"Please let me play a song to celebrate Xue Sicheng's farewell!"

"..." Are you afraid that I won't walk fast enough?

Xue Zhengqing hurriedly got on the carriage and asked the coachman to run away.

He didn't dare to look back at all, because if he looked at it again, he would...

Song Zhen played the suona while running, making everyone laugh and cry.

Finally, he stopped, jumped up, waved his hands vigorously and shouted, "Xue Sicheng, have a good journey!"

Song Zhen returned to Di Renjie with a smirk, without any sadness of parting.

On the way back to the government office, a fast horse suddenly rushed up.

"Whoa--" The coachman Guangshu stopped the carriage skillfully.

A clerk dismounted and bowed, saying, "Di Fa Cao, something big has happened."

Di Renjie lifted the curtain and asked in a deep voice, "Why are you so nervous?"

"The six bodies, someone just came to the government and said he knew their identities..."

"Let's go!" After listening to the report, Di Renjie's face changed drastically, and he quickly asked Uncle Guang to go back at full speed.

Song Zhen curiously asked Di Renjie, "Huai Ying, what's going on?"

At this point, Di Renjie's face darkened, "ZhaoThe family property is really lawless. Do you remember the six corpses dug out in the backyard? "

"Of course I remember."

"Someone just reported to the police. He said he recognized the skeleton of the original owner of the house in that area."

I'm so angry! Is it true?

"Are you sure?"

"I don't know, so I have to go back now."

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Because the behavior is very bad, it is simply horrifying.

Lu Shi hurriedly asked his men to chase Xue Sicheng back, and Xue Zhengqing, who had just walked a short distance, was forced to return.

"What's the situation?" Xue Zhengqing rushed into the government office anxiously.

Lu Shi's face was very bad: "Xue Sicheng, this is a big case."

"Tell me in detail."

"It is possible that the whole family was wiped out."

"! "Xue Zhengqing was shocked. Good boy, this is not an ordinary big case.

He rubbed his temple with a headache and slumped in the chair.

Well, the wish to go home for the holidays has failed.

At this time, Di Renjie had already arrived at the interrogation room and met with the person who reported the case with Song Zhen.

"Langguan, I am..."

Di Renjie handed him a bamboo tube and said softly: "Don't worry, talk slowly."

"I am a local in Fengqiu County. They all call me Gao Laoer. I usually sell some cakes in the south market. That day I passed by the house there and saw that you dug up several skeletons. I suddenly remembered something."

"What is it?" At this time, Xue Zhengqing also came in. He sat down and listened slowly.

Gao Laoer's pupils shrank, and he said with a pale face: "I heard it from my father. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, he was very familiar with the original owner of the house. They often came to my father to buy cakes. ”

“Then, suddenly for a period of time, the family disappeared.”

“Later, the owner suddenly changed.”

While taking notes, Di Renjie asked, “Is your father still alive?”

Since it was just hearsay, it would be better to ask the person involved directly, after all, it was twenty years ago.

“Okay. How about I call him over?”

“No, let’s go there in person.”

So, Gao Laoer and Di Renjie were in a carriage, and Song Zhen and Xue Zhengqing sat together.

“What a coincidence, Xue Sicheng.”

“It’s quite a coincidence.” Xue Zhengqing laughed dryly.

Song Zhen complained, “Alas, Lu Shishi is really a jerk. Why bother Xue Sicheng to come back again?”

“I am the Dali Sicheng, this is what I should do.” Xue Zhengqing said what was in his heart, and he participated in the case directly, so as not to run back to review it again later.

“Here we are, Langguan. "Gao Laoer jumped off the carriage.

An old man with a cane came towards him, and he hurried over to help him.

"Aye, you are not in good health, why are you out here?"

Song Zhen was moved by what he saw, the ancient people were really filial.

Unexpectedly, the old man knocked on his cane angrily and scolded: "Erlang, have you committed a crime? How did you provoke the government to come?"

Di Renjie walked up with a smile, and helped the old man to a bamboo chair with Gao Laoer, and he explained.

"Old man, don't be nervous, he didn't commit a crime, we are here to find you."

The old man's expression tightened, and he whispered: "Why are you looking for me?"

"Do you still remember that morning in the ninth year of Zhenguan?"

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