Chapter 141 The Prince's Responsible Army (2)

After the imperial edict was announced, Li Hongzhang invited Gan Ying to the temporary office established in Sato's Mansion. "The army is simple, so please forgive me."

"Quan Shuai is too humble. Where is this place? When is it now? I was sent by the court and just wanted to do this job well. How could I be greedy for pleasure?"

"One person says that he is young and mature, and he is very useful. When he sees him today, he is indeed extraordinary." Li Hongzhang smiled and nodded, "Is the emperor's dragon body good?"

"Yes. The emperor is as healthy as ever." Gan Ying said in a formal manner. "Before I left the capital this time, the emperor told me that Lord Li was over 50 years old and worked hard for the country for many years. He should not have chosen him to go to Japan. He was affected by the war and the rain and snow, but the army must not be without a leader. With Lord Li's seniority and ability, he is the only one who chooses. Therefore, he is obviously reluctant to leave and he is not able to care about national affairs."

"The emperor is concerned about the old minister, I will only repay you with death!" Li Hongzhang closed his fists and arched towards Tianxuxu, asking as if he was talking casually, "I am in Japan and the news is cut off. I wonder if there is any Zuozi in Beijing who can be talked about during the meal recently?"

"Something is there. In Yuhang, Zhejiang, something big happened. Speaking of which, it was also the elder of a county. He ignored the rules and acted on his own preferences. Alas! It made the emperor very angry!"

"Oh?" Li Hongzhang did not take his heart for a moment. Instead, Zhang Peilun was surprised, "Do you know what's going on?"

"There is a juren named Yang Naiwu..."

The Yang Naiwu case is one of the four major strange cases in the late Qing Dynasty. Many people have heard of it, but they are unknown. Here are a few sentences to introduce the subject matter from the notes and novels of the Qing people.

Yang Naiwu was a scholar and worked as a lawsuit in Yuhang County. This profession is similar to that of a current lawyer. He often deals with the government. Yang Naiwu is very smart and often plays the county magistrate Liu Xitong in his palm. Over time, Liu is very hated. There is a story that can prove it.

There was a wealthy family in the county who had an old age with Hu Xueyan. When Hu Caishen made his home, the Wu family received the principal from him and started a grain and rice business. In less than five or six years, the family was very rich, but the rich returned to the rich. The iron rooster was born with his character, not to mention that the poor were suddenly rich. The behavior of the nouveau riche was very unfavorable to the local people. Later, one time, a major event happened.

When the Wu family was poor and poor, they once borrowed 100 taels of silver from a widow named Jin. Jin was a rich widow, and they didn't care about the amount of money they had to pay for. They never had to pay for their principal, let alone make money. After a long time, they actually threw this matter behind them. Unexpectedly, after a few years, Widow Jin's son grew up and lost his fortune. He lost all his good fortune. He went away from his hometown, and his whereabouts were unknown. He left me so hard that he was about to beg for food.

Widow Jin was going to sell rags this day, and accidentally discovered the Wu family's IOU. Only then did she remember that she had such a wealth. She had forgotten the 100 taels of silver when she waved her hand, but now she became the source of life. She happily came to the door to claim the debt, saying that she did not count interest and only had the principal. The Wu family was unkind and refused to accept the debt, but she was afraid that it would be unfavorable to argue. So she comforted her kindly and deceived the IOU first and gave the cash bank that she had not yet, and asked the Jin Widow Jin to come back tomorrow.

On the next day, he turned against others. Widow Jin realized that she had been fooled. She had no choice but to lose the evidence and could not make a name for herself. She had to go back in tears. At dusk, she quietly came to the back door of a secluded alley in Wu's house and was hung up in a rope.

This matter is very troublesome. The so-called "destroying county magistrate". When ordinary people encounter such a case, they will lose everything. Not to mention that Wu is unkind. The county has long been infamous. The son of county magistrate Liu Xitong gets married. According to his wealth, he will have to give him at least 100 taels of silver gifts. However, only 8 taels are there! Because of this, Liu Xitong secretly hated Wu. This time, even if it happens, it will be 8,000 taels, and 80,000 taels may not be able to end the situation!

No one knew whether the incident happened at night or whether the local security guard discovered the situation at night. Naturally, the case could not be tried at night. Liu Xitong also took this opportunity to discuss countermeasures with the master, so she delayed it until the morning of the next day, preparing to give Mr. Wu a good look. Unexpectedly, this kind of refusal gave the Wu family the opportunity to make a fuss.

The eldest son of the Wu family sent Yang Naiwu to come overnight. Yang Naiwu asked about the past and gave such instructions. After the family members gave him a confession, they began to play cards while the night was sunny. This was a deliberate way to leave people leisurely. For the neighbors on both sides, it was also a good way to have a clear conscience. He had no choice but to pretend to be calm and could not get through the difficulties. The sound of cards made him feel even more restless, which was no problem.

After eight rounds of fights, Yang Naiwu accompanied him to the back door, looked up at the corpse swaying in the night wind, and pointed with his hand, "Please lift the body down."

"Release down?"

"Don't ask more, do what I said!" Yang Naiwu was very rude and scolded loudly.

Boss Wu did not dare to ask too much, hugged Widow Jin's body and sent it upwards, removing his head from the trap. Yang Naiwu then ordered, "Put it on again!"

Boss Wu was confused and still confiscated the body back. Yang Naiwu said, "Let's go, let's talk about it later!"

By dawn, Liu Xitong led the county yamen runners to the Wu family. He also deliberately made bad things. He wanted to find a room for the Wu family to examine the autopsy on the grounds that the alley was cramped and could not be used. This was a taboo thing, and it was not entirely because the head of the family felt discouraged. The main reason was that he was afraid of preventing harassment of the victim.

The Qing Dynasty Commission stated that the number of people allowed to lead the county officials to handle the case on the spot was to prevent such a thing from happening. Now that the person who was appointed to examine the autopsy at the victim's home was not just harassment, but intentionally made enemies with the victim. The body could never be carried out without the reason for carrying it in. Even a first- and second-rank official died of illness and returned to his hometown, and the coffin entered the city must be granted by the order, just to take this matter seriously. Liu Xitong ignored the law and did not care about human kindness. If a censor wrote a book, he would be in great trouble and would not be able to take it.

The people dared not speak out, so Boss Wu had to spend money to manage the money and finally decided to find a dilapidated garden nearby as the location for the autopsy. Because it was a female corpse, the coroner did not dare to take action and had to go to the official media to come again. When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law named Ma Erniang came, the sun had risen very high, and the light was bright in the abandoned house. Two scars on the neck of the female corpse could be clearly seen!

There are quite strict rules for autopsy. Coroners will inspect the items specified in the corpse grid one by one, and report the results loudly while conducting them. This process is called "drinks" and there is no vagueness. Once the news came out, Boss Wu shouted for grievance without any worries, "Sir, I'm wronged! This shows that Xia Benjiang's family moved the corpse in front and tried to blackmail after the false accusation!"

Xia Benjiang is the nephew of Widow Jin's mother's family. Her son didn't know where she had gone, so she had to send someone to find him and act as the victim. Xia Benjiang, like his aunt's cousin, was not doing his job properly and had a bad habit. He had long stopped dealing with this aunt. On this day, he sent people to the county to find people. He knew that there would be a great deal of winning this lawsuit. Even if he entered, the Wu family would at least buy a coffin for the deceased. He had his own affairs and had a few cents to get it. He was so happy that he could make a fuss.

Liu Xitong stopped his shouting and went to check it out personally. There were indeed two hang marks. Although they were all tied into the flesh, the old and new traces were very distinct. One was from the throat and the ears, and blood stasis was subcutaneous, so the color was dark purple, which was a fatal one; the other was a white mark, which could be seen as a new mark hanging after death.

The matter is suspicious, and Liu Xitong dared not act rashly. With everyone's eyes, he had to temporarily release Boss Wu, otherwise he would sue him, and he would have to be in great trouble. He had to announce that the two of them would be bailed and retried another day, and the first child of Widow Jin's body was handed over to bury himself.

Wu naturally had nothing to say, but Xia Benjiang was unwilling to steal the chicken and instead eroded the rice. He Chu did not get it and even had to pay a coffin. So he immediately said that there was no overnight food at home and could not buy a coffin for Widow Jin to make a burial. "Wu Zhi!" Liu Xitong was helpless and wanted to speak for the defendant, "Do good deeds and get blessings. Take a few taels of silver and buy a coffin for Er."

Boss Wu said very well, "Yes. I dare not ignore the words of the master. However, when Widow Jin faces people, he moves the body to harm his family. If he takes money to buy a coffin for Widow Jin, people will say that he is innocent and is eager to get things done. Instead, my brother will be in the hands of others. This kind of family and life that is small, he will ask the master to make the decision."

"It is unrelated, and you will not be punished by your good deeds."

"Yes!" Wu Da replied with a sigh, "I will follow the instructions of the master and give Xia Benjiang ten taels of silver."

Boss Wu's voice was unconcealed and relaxed. Liu Xitong woke up like a dream and knew she had made a big mistake! "Ah, what am I talking about? Isn't this meant he was acquitted?"

When he returned to the county government office, he summoned his relatives to discuss the case. Everyone knew that it was Yang Naiwu's instructing the Wu family to motivate him to wits Jin's body. If he had deliberately ignored the white seal at that time and only talked about why Jin's Widow hanged himself in front of the Wu family, the case would have been very provoked. He had no choice but to take the autopsy in public. He had already admitted that there was a confirmation that the body was removed. It was wrong and the whole plate was empty!

Liu Xitong didn't give up and found another person named Chen Hudi to discuss. Like Yang Naiwu, Chen Hu was also a scholar, and also took charge of lawsuits and made a living by writing a sword. But the difference is that Yang Naiwu specifically opposed Liu Xitong; Chen Hu was Liu Xitong's dog-headed military advisor, that is, hawks and dogs.

Without Liu Xitong saying too much, Chen Hu shook his head first, "Honey, you are in a silence and you will lose money. This case must not be overturned!"

"How can I see it?"

Chen Hu analyzed for him that the case was not bizarre, but his side made two mistakes. The first was that after he should not report the case on the local security guard, he did not immediately send someone to guard all night, giving Boss Wu and Yang Naiwu time to arrange it calmly; the second was that the on-site autopsy was examined, and he could not find out the confirmation of Yang Wu's two corpses. One of these two was to seize the handle for the other party, let alone two? So Yang Naiwu had a simple effort to get rid of Boss Wu! "He came very easily with the 500 taels of silver!"

"What is five hundred taels of silver?" Liu Xitong asked hurriedly, "The Wu family sent him five hundred taels?"

"Five hundred taels of silver were found in white flowers."

Liu Xitong was both envious and jealous: The five hundred taels of silver should be sent to the county government office! He was thinking to himself that if Yang Naiwu was not eliminated, he would not have a good life!

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