Mystery Makes Me Strong

Wen Rensheng naturally knew what a Tui Guan was.

He was responsible for the criminal cases of several counties in a prefecture or even more than ten counties.

In this world, the officials in charge of criminal cases were, from the smallest to the largest, the county lieutenant, the Tui Guan, the Anchashi, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the emperor.

They were responsible for the criminal cases of a county, a prefecture, a province, and the whole world.

In the end, the criminals' sentences had to be reported to the emperor.

But the emperor would not touch this, and would always push it to the chief minister, who would not stick to the pan, and would still push it to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

In the end, the emperor would often reduce the charges by one level, and would pardon them at any time.

It was like a sense of déjà vu of a certain place.

Of course, it was definitely not enough to rely on one official position alone. They each had their own deputies, with complicated names and many deputies.

The Tui Guan himself had four or five deputies, and a bunch of advisors, to deal with the endless cases.

The Tui Guan was an official who could handle cases across counties.

Generally, he was a regular sixth rank or a junior fifth rank, a little higher than the county magistrate, who was often a regular seventh rank.

Wen Rensheng was in a big county, which was also the county where the government was located.

The so-called "three lives of evil, the county magistrate is attached to the city", this is it.

He followed a group of constables to the office where the prosecutor was.

Then he saw the prosecutor.

The prosecutor's surname was Liu, and he was a Jinshi graduate, and he was already in his 30s.

The prosecutor Liu had a scruffy beard and half of his hair was white, and he looked like a fifty-year-old man.

The whole person was a little haggard.

There were big dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he stayed up late to read the files.

Or stayed up late to examine the body, everyone knows that smell.

This prosecutor had real power.

Because no one, whether it was the county magistrate or the prefect, would compete with him for this position, nor would they compete for his work.

It was just that when he received benefits from others at the final judgment, he would often say hello.

It must be said that this prosecutor Liu was unlucky.

He did a lot of work and worked very hard, but he was not promoted.

It was probably like this for his whole life.

In fact, it was not bad.

Generally, among the Jinshi, those who are not good at seeking personal gain will often work as county magistrates for their whole lives, or even as deputies.

At this time, Liu Tuiguan saw these constables coming in.

Then he yawned and said, "Another murder case has occurred in the east of the county."

"Follow me to take a look and catch the murderer."

The county where they are located belongs to the prefectural government, so it is where the Tuiguan is stationed.

If there are no cases in the big county, it does not mean that it is easy.

Because someone will gather all the cases from nearby counties to the big county.

Then the Tuiguan will deal with the case according to the urgency of the case.

Then Liu Tuiguan took these constables and went to the east of the city together.

A constable led the crowd.

They came to an alley in the east of the city, and the alley was already full of people.

One by one, they were pointing fingers at a dilapidated courtyard deep in the alley.

In that courtyard, there was already another group of yamen runners. They caught a man and pressed him against the wall.

The man was still shouting "unjust".

"Eight out of ten murderers are crying out for injustice." Someone said.

"The body was dug out in Liu Gen's backyard. Who else could it be if he didn't kill him?"

After Liu Tuiguan asked a few questions, the case soon became clear.

It turned out that someone reported that Liu Gen's backyard was too smelly, so smelly that the neighbors couldn't live there anymore.

People who often bury corpses know that the stench of corpses is not an ordinary smell, and it will not dissipate easily.

And it will become stronger and stronger until it turns into bones, which will take at least several months.

So the yamen runners came.

Then a rotten body was dug out in Liu Gen's backyard.

The owner of this yard was called "Liu Gen".

At this time, Liu Gen's hands were handcuffed with wooden boards.

When he saw Liu Tuiguan coming, he turned around and cried, "My lord, this is not the person I killed. I didn't kill him. I am innocent."

Liu Tuiguan looked at the body, then looked at the depth of the pit in the backyard, and then scanned the surroundings.

He said calmly, "Who else is in your family?"

"There is an old father. My old father and I depend on each other. Without me, how can he live?" Liu Gen cried.

When Wen Rensheng heard this, he knew that this man was very cunning and slippery, and he was definitely not a filial son.

If he was a filial son, he would say at this time that this matter had nothing to do with my father.

Instead of involving his father to save his life.

Then Liu Tuiguan asked the neighbors around.

It was learned that Liu Gen's father was in his 50s, and Liu Gen was also in his 30s.

He has not married yet and has been single.

As mentioned earlier, this is a land of abundance, and everyone has no worries about food and clothing. Why didn't Liu Gen marry a wife?

This is entirely because of his personal affairs.

He also had a wife before, but Liu Gen was a gambler, and ended up driving his wife away.

How much he earned, how much he lost.

In the end, no one followed him anymore.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of food here, and Liu Gen has a meal to eat no matter what.

Even if he begs on the street, people can give him a meal.

Even if he picks fruits from the roadside trees, he can pick them every day and will not starve to death.

And the population here has never been too large.

So the rent will not be too high.

Even if the land has been annexed a long time ago, but the population has not increased, the landlord has no way to raise the rent. After all, if the rent here is high, others can go to other places.

Unless you buy a large number of serfs.

But the government wants to collect taxes from slaves, and serfs are not diligent in their work, and are no better than day laborers.

One more slave means one more tax.

This is not the fundamental problem.

The biggest problem is: if there are too many servants in the house, according to the setting of this world, the frequency of cases will increase.

The master will die very quickly.

So even in the richest families, the slaves are very streamlined, often not more than a hundred people.

There are often only a few direct servants.

Especially for the sons of wealthy families, the situation in the Dream of the Red Chamber in Blue Star will not appear.

A son is accompanied by more than ten maids, and there are also seven or eight servants.

That is courting death.

Such a son will be poisoned to death by servants within a year.

Liu Tuiguan looked again, and then said to Liu Gen: "You said you didn't kill the person, but the body is buried in your backyard."

"Look at the depth of this pit. It can't be dug during the day. If you dig a pit during the day, someone will definitely see it."

"You must have time to dig so deep in the middle of the night."

Liu Gen's face turned pale.

"And in the middle of the night, your old father must be sleeping at home. You may go out to gamble, but your father must be at home."

"If an outsider came to your house to dig a pit to bury the body, how could he hide it from your father?"

"According to my inference, it should be the body you buried."

"And when your father woke up and asked you, you just perfunctorily answered him."

"And your father also trusted you, so he didn't take it seriously."

"Is that so?"

Liu Gen's face was shocked, and he was obviously very horrified by what Liu Tuiguan said.

This means that what Liu Tuiguan said hit Liu Gen's mind.

At this time, Liu Gen's father was also brought out by the yamen runners.

He looked at Liu Gen with a heavy face and said, "My son, I asked you what you were doing in the middle of the night a few days ago?"

"You said you wanted to hide some silver from me, so I didn't care about you anymore."

"I didn't expect you to hide the body. Our Liu family has been innocent for generations. How could you be a murderer?"

"Oh my God, I, Liu Wu, have no grandson, and my son has become a murderer. What's the point of living?"

Liu Gen's father was crying miserably there.

The neighbors also expressed sympathy.

This father worked hard all his life, and his son turned out to be a murderer. It was too depressing.

What was even more depressing was that after the other party died, no one presided over the funeral, no one burned incense for him, and he could only rely on the neighbors to collect the body simply and let the head of the village bury him casually.

There must be no incense after death.

This world has frequent cases, so people also believe in ghosts and gods.

Otherwise, why are there so many cases?

In this world, evil people die very quickly.

Unlike the real world, evildoers often oppress their neighbors for decades, and no one dares to resist. They swallow their anger and linger on, allowing the evildoers to live until they are old.

The neighbors were speechless.

"Liu Gen, look at what you have done."

"Yes, you are so old, and you still make your father worry!"

At this time, Liu Gen cried and said, "I really didn't kill him."

"I confess everything."

"This person is actually a foreign merchant who met me at the D Bureau."

"He stayed at my house for three days and wanted to leave because he disliked the inn's dishonesty and would steal his money."

"After three days, he asked me to call him in advance so that he could leave the city gate earlier."

"Then when the time came, I went to call him, and when I called him, I found that he was dead."

"Then I was worried that I would be blackmailed by the constables, so I buried it myself..."

After hearing this, the constables glared at him.

In Wen Rensheng's eyes, they were clearly cursing: Even if this is true, you can't tell everyone!

Liu Tuiguan nodded, as if he believed what Liu Gen said.

A miscellaneous official like him who does practical things knows the morals of his subordinates best.

How can we expect them not to blackmail?

If it were ordinary people, they would probably be afraid that the case would happen at home.

Because they are constables, they know the ins and outs of the case very well.

So they usually blackmail the murderers who are sentenced to death.

The murderers will be arrested and beheaded soon. Once they die, there will be no cases to entangle them.

Especially for the Liu family, there is only an old father in the family.

They are even less worried.

After all, silver is too attractive.

For money, some people can die directly, not to mention that they are just taking some risks.

Those masters, the emperor and the ministers are not short of money, so they will not take risks for money.

They are different.

"Well, in that case, it seems that you are innocent."

"Now you release Liu Gen, take the body back to the yamen, and continue the autopsy."

"What, just let him go?" Everyone was a little confused.

"Are you going to judge Liu Gen not guilty?" Some constables were unwilling to accept it, after all, Liu Gen had openly slandered them.

They worked so hard, and collected some tea money, sedan chair money, shoe wear and tear fees...what's wrong?

This world is the same as the ancient times of Blue Star. If there is something that can be avoided by the authorities, try not to report it. Everyone either settles it privately in the clan, or settles it privately under the auspices of local gentry, or conceals it themselves.

This is what Liu Gen did.

Liu Tuiguan obviously thought that Liu Gen did nothing wrong, but he couldn't say so.

Then the detectives followed Liu Tuiguan and left.

"Master, you are too casual in doing things today." One of the catchers complained in a low voice with dissatisfaction.

He also wanted to get more.

I heard that Liu Gen has been very lucky recently and has a lot of money.

The other detectives didn't say much.

After all, they are all low-ranking officials, and the dignified official is a sixth-rank official.

To put it bluntly, I only need to send a message to the magistrate of the county.

The iron rice bowl of their detectives is probably gone.

Of course, promoters generally don’t do this.

After all, these agents are not directly subordinate to the official.

In fact, the people this official can directly use are a few deputies and a few people in the government office.

Otherwise, it would be better to say that the pushing official is the second official.

The ones who really have the soldiers and people are the county magistrates, who seem to have low official positions.

And this catcher is the county magistrate's brother-in-law. All things considered, he has the right to complain.

The catcher only said this sentence and said no more.

Although the others were confused, they all followed the order and left Liu Gen's house one by one.

But this promoter was a chatterbox and didn't even take his position seriously.

In other words, guys who take their positions too seriously get involved in crimes and then die violently.

The official said, "I know you will be confused."

"I'm going to tell you now, you are sending 8 people here to take turns staring at Liu Gen."

"This is called playing hard to get and playing the long game to catch the big fish."

"Otherwise, if Liu Gen is simply arrested and tortured, no real irrefutable evidence can be found even through torture."

"This body has been buried for too long, and the traces of the crime have long since disappeared."

"If Liu Gen was seeking money and murder, he would definitely run away with the silver after he narrowly escaped punishment."

"If it is true that Liu Gen did not kill anyone and he was wronged, then he will continue to live here peacefully."

When Wen Rensheng heard this, he shook his head slightly.

When others heard this, they all raised their thumbs.

"The promotion officer is still wise."

Wen Rensheng smiled slightly.

Recommending officials makes you feel good about yourself.

Because there is still no evidence for the other party's inference.

In his opinion, even if Liu Gen escaped, it would not prove that he was the one who killed him.

It can only be said that after this incident, Liu Gen will definitely take his father and leave quickly.

Because this time I met a good-hearted referee and found him not guilty.

The next time I change the promotion officer and encounter a cruel one, I will pull him out and make him a scapegoat.

It was just as Wen Rensheng guessed.

Liu Gen packed up his clothes that night, called his father and left.

As a result, his father refused to leave.

"If you haven't killed someone, don't leave."

"As soon as you leave, others will think you have a guilty conscience, and they will send out arrest documents everywhere to get you."

"I have lived here for most of my life. If I die, I want to die at home. I don't want to die outside."

So Liu Gen gave up on his father and ran away alone.