Section 34 Shandong Major Case (13)

After three consecutive days of hearing, there was no gain at all, and the case completely entered a dead end. Sushun interrogated Cui Fu, Meng Xiang, Cui Yong and other families in succession. Xiang Jin and others visited the Luo family home on the same day. Except for Meng Xiang, Cui Yong said that they celebrated Cui Fu's birthday that day, drank a little too much wine, and went to bed early, so they basically had no doubts, but the others just said that they didn't like to meet each other at night and left.

Cui Fu's confession was: After the guest left, the young master ordered me to go to rest. When I woke up the next morning, I saw the young master hanging on the beam of the inn. After asking, there was no progress.

Such a case made Sushun and others feel embarrassed. There is no doubt about the case, so the punishment cannot be carried out. The only person who is likely to commit the crime is Luo Ziyuan, the owner of the Luo family's old store. However, looking at his appearance, he is so stupid and afraid of trouble. If he said he would commit the crime in the dark, even Sushun is so cold-faced and Bing Xin, he still thinks it is wrong.

The case was deadlocked, and Sushun crawled through the case every day, but gained nothing. He had no choice but to write down the situation of the case trial for a few days and flew into Rehe.

The emperor had read his memorials and was deeply convinced by Sushun's opinion. The case was confusing and relying solely on inquiries, I was afraid that it would be difficult to have a satisfactory result. But there were no suspects and could not be punished. After thinking for a long time, I thought of him a solution.

With the red copy, Su Shun gave the tribute to the emperor and his ministers, stood up and opened the copy, only looking at the blank space, with a very simple passage on it: "From the day after receiving Zhu Yu, Cui Fu, Xiang Jin, Liu Wenming, Feng Changchi and other related people are not allowed to rest and sleep. In addition to going to the toilet and dining every day, he will be on duty on shifts and keeping the above people awake. He will be able to make contributions in a few days."

Such a trial method is unheard of. As a minister, he naturally cannot suspect that the Lord's words were joking. However, after seeing the bottom, Fuji's expression of "although he doesn't speak, he laughs at him" still made Su Shun feel uncomfortable: "Why, Lord Fu still doubts the emperor's holy break?"

"Ah, no, no, no, I will never dare to do it. But," said Fuji: "For this method of inquiry, please forgive me for being stupid and unconscious. I have never heard of it since ancient times. I don't know if it will be effective?"

"The emperor's Zhu Ju is here. I think the Sacred Heart has made a decision. Since this is the case, we should implement it as Zhu Ju said. As for whether it will work, it would be better to check it out for a few days?"

So Sushun and the others started to arrange shifts to serve the officials from the Nisi Office on duty. There was nothing to do with them, only one thing: twelve hours a day, these people were absolutely not allowed to close their eyes at all.

When the news came out, everyone in Jinan Prefecture was curious and everyone was talking about it. The matter was involved in the emperor. These people dared not judge by themselves, but inside, they still regarded this matter as a joke: Is it possible to try the case if you don’t sleep?

Xiang Jin and others did not take this method seriously at all, but did not allow him to sleep. What's the point? Sushun was under great pressure: Mrs. Di did not take the emperor's will asserted, and believed that she was deliberately indulging in cover-up. For three consecutive days, she brought a pair of children to the gate of the imperial envoy's command every day to cry and ask for justice. Every time she came, Sushun had to persuade her to go back. On the next day, she came as usual, which made him miserable.

On the third day, Tian Shuyuan came to meet and met the imperial envoy, asking for a temporary suspension of such a completely invalid method and changed to torture. "Sir, I must never question the emperor's decision. However, the method of fatigue is completely invalid. Why not use torture?"

Sushun was so anxious that he was full of fire. Of course he could rest. But he was not happy to sleep. His hair on his head grew long and he didn't care about cleaning it. After listening to Tian Shuyuan's words, he sighed helplessly: "I have been studying for twenty years, and I really don't know why I am worried about it!"

"grown ups?"

"No!" Su Shun shook his head vigorously, saying, "The emperor wrote clearly in his edict that the case is of great importance and has caused heated discussions in the court and the people. Although there is no need to ask for anything under the Three Trees, in that case, I am afraid that the case will not be as strong as a mountain! If you cannot use torture, just drag it down like this, the emperor's wise king, since he has said such a solution, it will definitely be useful."

On the tenth day, there was still no progress. Sushun finally couldn't hold on anymore and once again submitted a memorial to the emperor, saying, "The method of fatigue is completely useless, Xiang Jin and others refused to accept it. If a servant asked for an order, can he be punished?"

The emperor in Rehe was shocked! How could such a fatigue method be useless? Is it a mistake in his memory or is it another affection? Not letting people sleep is a mental destruction that is more unsupportable than the pain of the **. How could Xiang Jin and others survive for ten days and still have no offer at all? No, there must be hidden information in this! Think about it seriously and know the reason.

So, in the second memorial, he commented another passage: "From the day when Sushun received the order, the Green Camp and Eight Banners officers and soldiers were dispatched from Shandong Province to monitor, and all other soldiers and soldiers from the ranks and offices of the ranks were abandoned."

Sushun was not a fool, so he immediately knew why the emperor was worried about when he received the letter. He immediately used the imperial envoy's guard to transfer 200 Green Camps and Eight Banners soldiers, led by a general. Sushun gave them only one order. No matter what you do, he would not let these people sleep. As for the officials in the Nisi Office, they would go home on vacation and wait for the summons.

This immediately showed an effect. On the third day, Xiang Jin felt a split headache and his whole body was sore. He shouted in the residence, as if he had become addicted to opium. The rotating soldier, Mukou and Mufang, did not hesitate to call him, but he ignored him completely, but once he closed his eyes, he immediately slapped him, always trying to wake him up before giving up.

When Su Shun heard the remarks of the sergeant, he was overjoyed. He really didn't expect that he could have such an effect if he just didn't let him sleep, he didn't act as a punishment, and he didn't ask for a trial. He immediately sent an order: "Still on, don't be careless."

After two more days of this, Xiang Jin finally couldn't bear it and asked the soldiers on duty: "I want to see the imperial envoy."

When the emperor received a detailed memorial that Cui Jingnan, who was sent by Sushun, failed to investigate the case in Shandong and was murdered on the rainy night, the emperor watched it seriously. At this time, he did not care about his own achievements, and it was the first priority to figure out the case.

In the memorial, Sushun recorded the case in detail: Cui Fu was a narrow-minded person, a clumsy mouth and a stupid cheek, and often mocked Meng Xiang. Cui Yong ridiculed this. This was originally a harmless joke among servants. Although Cui Fu was dissatisfied, he did not even have the intention to kill him for this.

The matter was broken after their master and servant arrived in Laiwu County. Every day, Cui Jingnan took Meng Xiang and Cui Yong to the county government office to handle the work. He stayed in the inn just to do some trivial matters of decocting and making medicine. Cui Jingnan was fair and honest and clear, and naturally was highly supported by the people. With Meng Xiang and Cui Yong walked on the street, the shopkeepers in the shops along the street greeted each other with smiling faces, and the two of them looked like gold was flying. There was only one Cui Fu, who ignored him, and naturally he became coveted. He wanted to beg the young master and take himself to the county government, and be glorious along the way.

Who knew that not only Meng Xiang and Cui Yong were unwilling to share his rising interest, but Cui Jingnan also thought Cui Fu was young and frivolous, and he was very inappropriate in speaking and doing things, so he refused and always asked him to do some irrelevant trivial things.

Cui Fu was idle, and Feng Changchi intentionally made friends with him. He continued to fight for wine and meat. He treated him as a close friend and talked about this matter with the other party, and always sighed. Feng Changchi took the order and deliberately said some flattering words he liked to hear, but secretly wrote down his words and turned them back to Liu Wenming and others to know.

Liu Wenming knew it, and even more asked him to win over Cui Fu. He drank all night every day and returned to the inn. Without exception, he was questioned and humiliated by Meng Xiang and others. Over time, Cui Fu became malicious. Until May 11, Xiang Jin and others saw that the matter was about to be exposed, so they decided to take risks - one of the most important links was to talk to Cui Fu. Things were much easier than they thought. Cui Fu lost his morality after drinking and blurted out.

According to Cui Fu's confession, he was very regretful afterwards, but Feng Changchi, Liu Wenming and others threatened, saying: "If you don't obey, tell your young master the resentment you said after drinking on weekdays. Then, you can drive you out of the mansion and stay on the streets to see how you live?"

Cui Fu was shocked and scared. His young man was narrow-minded and felt that the road ahead was vast and there was no place to be safe. He was confused. At this time, Liu Wenming said: "Why do you have to be inferior to others? Be a slave who never makes a breakthrough? If this is done, my master will give you 7,000 taels of silver. If you take this money, or donate an official to be a pretentious person and shine your ancestors; or start a small business by yourself, will it be better to live a life of distress?"

Under such threats and temptations, Cui Fu made up his mind and did a traitor.

Seeing this, the emperor sighed, put down the memorial, sootheed his spirit for a while, and continued to look down. As he read, the emperor's face became more and more ugly. With a "bang", the folding of the memorial was closed, and his chest was fluctuating sharply, and he seemed to be very angry.

Liufu was with him, and he did not dare to ask or speak. He did not respond to a palace maid bringing a cup of tea. When he used his hand to serve the tea cup, he did not expect the tea to be hot. The palace maid missed the tea cup and fell to the ground, and it was smashed to pieces: "Bang!"

Working in the palace is a great mistake, and just as the emperor was furious, the palace maids all held her sweat for her.

The emperor closed his mouth tightly and glanced at her sideways. After a deadly silence, he suddenly broke out. "Come out!" He shouted hurriedly, "Call someone to fight, beating to death!"

The unlucky palace maid opened her mouth to cry, but she didn't dare. She just glanced around helplessly and fell on Liufu's face. The girl opened her mouth, as if she wanted to ask for mercy.

Liufu felt very reluctant. He relied on the eunuch who was a must-have eunuch by the emperor, so he forced a smile and shouted: "Long live the emperor..." Before he finished speaking, he was slapped loudly in the face: "Die slave, is it your turn to beg for her mercy?"

The emperor's hands were extremely strong. After one mouth was hit, Liu Fu's mouth and nose were covered with blood! He did not dare to kneel down at all disobedience: "Slave deserves to die, and slave deserves to die!"

The emperor's eyes swept over sharply. All the palace maids he saw were shivering, and all the palace maids came to "fork". She seemed to want to struggle to walk back and ask for gratitude, but the palace maids could not tolerate her like this. Some pushed, some dragged, and some covered her mouth with their hands. When they got outside the door, with the help of eunuchs, they became less and less likely to be free.
Chapter completed!