During the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shimao, a wealthy man in Huizhou, had a son named Zhang Xueli. He was handsome and handsome, with a handsome appearance and a talented person. Deng Kui often borrowed money from Zhang Xueli's father as capital because of his business, and he had clo

Ming Dynasty , Zhang Shimao, a rich man in Huizhou, had a son named Zhang Xueli. He was handsome, handsome, and handsome. He was a talented person. One spring, he went to a school more than 20 miles away from home to school. When I passed by Liutang, I met my acquaintance Deng Kui. Deng Kui often borrowed money from Zhang Xueli's father as capital because of his business, and he had close contacts and deep friendship. When Deng Kui saw Zhang Xueli, he immediately invited him to his home as a guest. At that time, when Deng Kui's wife Yu saw the distinguished guest coming, she immediately brought a bench to make tea and welcomed her warmly. When Zhang Xueli saw that Yu was as beautiful as a flower and was young, he suddenly felt admiration. From then on, I miss you day and night and I really like you.

It is already the summer heat, the school is resting in summer, and the students are on vacation. Zhang Shimao sent his servant An Fu to the school to pick up Zhang Xueli home. When passing Liutang, Zhang Xueli wanted to see the young and beautiful Yu again to relieve the pain of longing day and night, so he said to An Fu: "You go home and tell your father first, I will go to Deng Kui's house to see you, and then go back."

So, Zhang Xueli tied his horse to a tree outside the yard gate. Seeing that the gate of the Deng family was wide open, he walked straight in. Deng Kui was not at home, nor was Deng’s mother. As soon as he entered the inner room, he saw Yu lying in a pool of blood, his body and head separated, and had been killed. When Zhang Xueli saw this terrible scene, she was frightened and panicked. I thought to myself: This is a major matter that concerns human life, and it is a big deal. I have to leave this place of trouble quickly. If someone catches me, I will not be able to wash it clearly if I jump into Yellow River . So, he immediately snatched the door, jumped onto the back of the horse, and rode his horse away.

Deng Kui and his mother returned from the temple and saw that their beautiful wife was killed, so they hurried to report the case to the security chief . At this time, a young man named Zhang Ba in the same village stopped him and asked, "Brother Deng, what's the important thing?" Deng Kui said, "A person died at home. My wife was killed by someone at home. I want to go to the security chief to report the case..."

Chapter Bayi heard it and hurriedly said to him, "When I passed by the back mountain just now, I saw Zhang Xueli walking into your house. After a while, he ran out of the door in a panic and hurriedly ran away..." Deng Kui heard Zhang Ba's words, remembering the way Zhang Xueli looked straight and his soul was absent-minded when he saw his wife last time. So, Zhang Ba immediately asked him to rush to the county government to file a complaint.

County magistrate Shen Maoxiu received the report and immediately sent someone to arrest Zhang Xueli for interrogation. County Magistrate Shen said, "Zhang Xueli, how did you break into the Deng family and kill Yu? Come quickly to avoid suffering from the flesh and blood." Zhang Xueli said, "Master, it's unfair! The villain is a scholar, who has no power to bind a chicken and is timid and weak. He usually doesn't dare to kill chickens and ducks, let alone kill people. I wonder what evidence does the master have?" County Magistrate said, "Zhang Ba is a witness. He saw you walk into the Deng family with his own eyes and leave in a panic. Isn't this a fact?" "Master, the villain has been to the Deng family, but when the villain walked into the Deng family, he saw that Yu had been killed by someone, and I was not killed by me at all..." Zhang Ba said firmly: "At that time, I clearly saw that you were the only one in and out, and no one else had been there. Who else wasn't you killed?"

County Magistrate Shen said, he concluded that it was Zhang Xueli's doing. Zhang Xueli refused to admit it and was sentenced to severe punishment. Zhang Xueli was punished so he had to be defeated. County Magistrate Shen sentenced Zhang Xueli to death for the crime of "unperforming evil, killing people to vent his anger, arousing his intentions when he sees money, and looting property." He was sentenced to death by being sent to death and was executed after the autumn.

At this moment, Chen Wangdao, a young Jinshi sent by the imperial court to Huizhou , had arrived in Huizhou. Zhang Shimao immediately wrote a lawsuit to stop the sedan chair and sued him to seek justice for his son.

Chen Xunzhang took the lawsuit and saw it was a lawsuit against Deng Kui. "I borrowed my money to do business, but I didn't pay it back for many years. I had no reason to think that I had borrowed my wife to be killed, bribed my neighbor Zhang Ba, and falsely accused her of rape and killing robbery. County magistrate Shen Maoxiu did not distinguish between authenticity, abused torture, and made a fuss..."

Chen Xunzhang has always been honest and honest, selfless, shrewd and witty, and has repeatedly solved strange cases, and is highly appreciated by the court.

He came to the county government office, carefully reviewed the case file, and found that there were many loopholes in the case: no murder weapon; no robbery; no stolen goods; no on-site investigation records, and the case was based on Zhang Bayi's testimony as the basis for the finalization.

In order to thoroughly understand the situation, Chen Xunzhang immediately brought the yamen runners, coroner and others to Deng Kui's house for on-site investigation. Deng Kui was about to buy a coffin and bury the body, but when he saw someone coming from the yamen, he accompanied him to check it out. Seeing that the deceased had flesh and blood embedded in his fingernails means that she had fought with the murderer during her lifetime. I also saw a shoe print in the blood on the ground, and the bloody shoe print led out of the door. Chen Xunzhang followed the shoe prints and looked at them for a while before returning to the Deng family. At this time, a group of people came outside the door watching the fun. Chen Xunzhang looked up and observed the crowd carefully for a while.

Chen Xunzhang suddenly saw that he saw the murderer in the crowd, and immediately sent someone to call the murderer indoors and asked, "What's your name?" "My name is Zhang Ba." "How did you kill Yu, rob property, and blame others? Tell me quickly!" Zhang Bayi was so scared that he was speechless, but he pretended to be calm and said, "Sir, Zhang Xueli killed him. County Magistrate Shen has already carefully examined it, and Zhang Xueli confessed himself. Why did he wrongly accuse the villain of killing?" Chen Xunzhang asked, "How did you know that it was Zhang Xueli who killed him?" "It was a villain who saw him enter the Deng family with his own eyes, and then fled out of the Deng family in panic..." "Where did you see him?" "On the back mountainside." "Have Zhang Xueli ever been to the back mountainside?" "He didn't." "Okay, this means that the murderer was you, not Zhang Xueli." "Sir, it's unfair. As the saying goes, catch thieves and catch stolen goods, catch robbers and take a pair of evil spirits. May I ask, do you say that villains kill and robbery, where is the stolen evidence?" "The stolen evidence is on you. Coroner, carefully check his head, take off his shoes, and check carefully..."

Coroner said after checking: "Sir, there are scratches in Zhang Ba's head and neck, and there are blood in his hair and the edge of the sole of one right foot." Chen Xunzhang took the bloody shoes and compared them with the shoe prints on the ground, which was completely consistent. In order to obtain more sufficient evidence, Chen Xunzhang immediately sent two yamen runners to Zhangba's house to search. After a while, the yamen runner brought a package. When I opened it, I saw that there were several new sets of clothes and many jewelry such as gold hairpins, gold bracelets and . Chen Xunzhang asked Deng Kui to identify it. When Deng Kui looked at it, he said, "The clothes and jewelry are all my wife's."

Chen Xunzhang asked Zhang Ba: "How did the scars in your head and neck and blood in your hair come from? Why did your footprints reach the back hillside? How could these Yu's clothes and jewelry be in your home? What else do you have to say? Do you want to do it or not?..." In the face of conclusive evidence, Zhang Ba could no longer deny it, so he had to bow his head and confess his guilt.

It turns out that this chapter eight pairs of young and beautiful Yu have been coveting for a long time, but they just don’t have the chance to start. Yesterday, he found out that Deng Kui accompanied his mother to the temple to eat incense, so he climbed over the wall and hugged Yu to strengthen the violence. Yu resisted desperately and refused to obey. He was afraid that Yu would report it, so he picked up the kitchen knife on the table and killed her, took off the gold hairpin and bracelet on her body, and went to the room to sweep Yu's new clothes and other jewelry and fled to the back mountain, preparing to sell it for gambling money in the future. When he looked back on the back mountainside, he happened to see Zhang Xueli entering and leaving the Deng family. I couldn't help but feel secretly happy: You scapegoat are just the right time. So he hurried home to hide his clothes, waited for Deng Kui to come back, and took the initiative to report to him and blame Zhang Xueli...

Chen Xunzhang asked again: "Where is the murder weapon hidden?" "It was thrown into the river in front of Deng's house." Chen Xunzhang immediately sent someone to touch the kitchen knife from the river. A strong man present was so quick and accurate in solving the case in Xunzhang. He sincerely admired him and asked curiously: "Sir, how can you tell at a glance that Zhang Ba is the murderer?" Xunzhang said: "I have to thank those flies. Friends, everyone knows that fly loves blood. Among the people watching, there were no flies on the head and feet of others, but there were only flies on the head and feet of Zhang Ba, who were stinging tightly and unable to leave. This provided a clue to the official: he must have blood on his body. After examination, it was indeed the case..."

The people present admired him so much.

The truth of the case was revealed, Zhang Xueli was acquitted, Zhang Ba was sentenced to death and beheaded and made public. Deng Kui falsely accused him, and he should have been in a position. However, because he was bewitched by Zhang Ba, he did not know the truth, and his beloved wife was killed. His mother asked him to support him and was exempted from punishment.The magistrate of Shen County made a sloppy case, almost causing an unjust case, and was fined one year's salary.