Penglai County Magistrate Wang Lide died of poisoning, and the Ministry of Justice sent Wang Tang to investigate. But Guan Tang Wang did not find any clues and returned to Beijing to submit a service. Before he returned to Beijing, Wang Yuande, the younger brother of Wang County Magistrate Wang who served as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue in the central Beijing, suddenly disappeared and it is said that he also stole a large amount of treasury silver. Soon, rumors spread among the officials in Beijing: Wang County magistrates and brothers did shameful things together, fearing that the truth would be revealed, so one committed suicide and the other absconded.
At that time, Di Renjie, who was the Dali Temple Chief for a year, took the initiative to ask to take over as the county magistrate in Pengcai County in order to find out the death of Wang Juling.
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年0年合彩子子 reported to Di Renjie, who was in office that his former county magistrate Wang Lide loved drinking tea. He died of poisoning after drinking tea. It's late at night. However, no one has ever been seen entering the yamen. After inspection, the tea leaves and tea cups were not poisonous. Only the teapot may have been poisonous in advance. After flushing the water bottle, Wang County Magistrate took it and drank it, he died of poisoning.
Die Renjie said to himself, "This is a typical case of a secret room." He decided to live in the county magistrate Wang's death to find out what was strange about this secret room.
Tang Zhenxiang hurriedly stopped him: "No. After the death of the county magistrate Wang, people often see ghosts of the county magistrate Wang appear in this inner room. The official Wang Tang of the Ministry of Justice was scared away."
"I'm not afraid!" Di Renjie ordered his luggage to be delivered to the inner room of the county magistrate, and asked all the furnishings, including tea sets, and other items to be placed in the same way as when Wang was alive. He carefully observed the inner room. This room has been in disrepair for a long time, but the rafters seem to be newly painted. It seems that if they are not painted, they will be eaten by insects. After arranging the stop, he led his entourage to the streets to inspect the people's situation.
When he came back from the street, had dinner in the front yamen, he sent his entourage to rest. When he returned to the inner room alone, it was already dark. He could come into the house. Under the dim candlelight, I saw a man sitting at the table and pouring tea and savoring it. Look at this person again: he is 50 years old, with a white bun, and a spot of copper coins on his left cheek, which looks exactly the same as the appearance of Wang County Magistrate introduced by Tang Zhenxiang.
Just as Di Renjie hesitated for a moment, the man stood up and seemed to be leaving.
Die Renjie hurriedly greeted, "Sir, is Wang Yuande, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue?"
The man asked back, "How can I see it?"
Die Renjie said, "First, I don't believe in the theory of ghosts; second, the only one who can best act like Wang County Magistrate Wang; third, the only one who cares about Wang County Magistrate Wang's case is his relatives. As far as I know, Wang Juling's younger brother is his only relative. Based on these three points, I am sure that you must be Wang Yuande,"
Die Renjie is as good as a god. This person is indeed Wang County Magistrate Wang and Wang Yuande, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue. He said: "I thought that the official Wang Tang of the Ministry of Justice came here just to be perfunctory and avoid causing trouble, so he pretended to be his brother's ghost and scared him away. In order not to be disturbed, he 'induced' here every day to observe the secret room quietly and find out how his brother was killed."
While the two were talking, a gust of night wind blew, and the dilapidated window creaked, so they went to push the window open and looked into the dilapidated backyard. There was nothing unusual there. There is a deep river ditch outside the wall of the backyard, and it is impossible to sneak into the house from there. The two of them looked around for a while, closed the window, returned to the table and sat down, savored tea with candles and discussed the case.
Wang Yuande picked up the tea cup and continued to drink tea, but was stopped by Di Renjie: "Wait, this tea is poisonous!"
Wang Yuande looked at the tea in the cup carefully and found that there was indeed a layer of turbid object floating on it. He thought to himself that the murderer was so cruel. It didn't count if he harmed his brother, but he would come to harm me! He couldn't help but say, "In a blink of an eye, someone came into the house?"
"The person did not come in, but the wind came in." Di Renjie looked at the cup of tea carefully and said, "It was the wind blowing off the dust on the beam and falling into the tea."
"It turned out to be a false alarm! "Wang Yuande felt that he was too suspicious, but Di Renjie noticed the problem from it. He stood on the table and looked at the beam carefully. According to the saying, the newly painted beam would not accumulate dust. After looking closely, there was a small area on the beam that had not been painted, and there was a small hole in it. He touched the hole with his hand, and some greasy things were stained on his hand. After identifying it, the greasy things turned out to be wax. He was happy and said, "I found the secret that killed County Magistrate Wang. "
Die Renjie told Wang Yuande that someone took the opportunity of painting the beam of the roof, dug a small hole in the beam, containing arsenic, and then sealed it with wax. When Wang County Magistrate drank tea, the heat increased, melted the wax, and the arsenic fell into the pot. Wang County Magistrate was poisoned and died after drinking tea.
The next day, Di Renjie learned the name of the painter through Tang Zhenxiang, and sent someone to arrest the painter into the yamen. The painter was in front of the facts. He had to confess the crime. Di Renjie thought: "The painter had no grievances and the county Magistrate Wang, why did he poison him? There must be a commander behind it. "But due to the negligence of the guard, the paint worker hanged himself in prison, which interrupted the clues.
That night, Di Renjie asked Wang Yuande, the younger brother of the county magistrate Wang: "What did the doctor find out when he was examining the relics of his brother Zun? ”
Wang Yuande said: "Officer Wang Tang of the Ministry of Justice came to Penglai before me. All the accounts and documents of my brother were sealed back to the capital. I only have a few commonly used clothes left and I will wear them on me now. "
A robe worn on Wang Yuande at this time was very old, and a conspicuous patch was put on the hem.
Di Renjie thought: The chest, back, collar and sleeves of ordinary clothes are easily damaged, but this patch is pressed on the hem that is not easy to wear. It's so strange! He lifted the hem and thought about it carefully. The patch was not only sewn in the place, but also sewn very roughly. He pulled it off with a light pull. A long staff was painted on the back of the patch, which looked like a Zen staff. "This long staff must be particular. "Di Renjie said, "Mr. Wang must have noticed something when he was in office, and he was providing clues for his later office. "
But what does this long staff mean? Di Renjie asked Wang Yuande to sneak back to the capital to investigate the account book and documents of the Wang County Magistrate who was enfeoffed and brought back to the capital, and he continued to solve the case in Penglai.
Since the clue provided by Wang County Magistrate was a Zen Staff, he should go to the temple to investigate. The largest temple in Penglai is Baiyun Temple in the east of the city. On this day, Abbot Huiben of Baiyun Temple saw the new county magistrate arrive and received it diligently. Hui was over 60 years old and was very talkative. He said to Di Renjie: "I am merciful, protecting one side, and appearing in many times. The capital's lord temple, Daxiangguo Temple, also wanted to invite worship, so the small temple was constructed day and night to sculpt a new Buddha. "
" As he said that, he pointed at the side hall with his hand. There were several craftsmen there who were shaping a new Buddha. The clay body had been formed and he was just waiting to be decorated with gold.
" Huiben said again: "When the new Buddha was shipped, please ask Princess Di to host the ceremony. "
Die Renjie said goodbye to the abbot, and Huiben stood up and said, "I'm not going to accompany you with my legs and feet. "Because of being too hasty, his body suddenly staggered and was about to fall down. Huiben picked up a Zen stick from his seat to support his body.
A question mark suddenly flashed in Di Renjie's mind: Zen stick? Could it be that Huiben was involved in the death of the county magistrate Wang?
Die Renjie returned to the county government office. At this time, a follower reported to him that gold smuggling at Pengcai Port was rampant. As the follower said, a piece of gold was presented and continued to report: "This was picked up near the dock, and it must have been lost in a hurry by the smuggler. "
Die Renjie looked at the gold carefully: it was a thin and long round body, which was very different from the gold nuggets and gold ingots that are generally seen. At this time, he suddenly realized that "um" was heard.
A few days later, White Horse Temple Master Huiben sent an invitation, saying that the new Buddha had been shaped and was about to be shipped to the capital, and asked the county magistrate to check and see him off.
Die Renjie came to Penglai Pier as scheduled, where many good men and women had gathered. The new Buddha had been sent from the White Horse Temple to the temporary divine platform with 8-carrying sedan from the White Horse Temple.Master Huiben held the Zen Staff in his hand and served him solemnly, waiting for Di Renjie to preside over the ceremony and boarded the ship and shipped.
Die Renjie came to the statue and took a closer look. He suddenly turned around and said to the gathered people:
"This Buddha statue is very crude, and it will be transported to Beijing, which will damage my reputation in Penglai!"
The people were uproared. At this time, Di Renjie had drawn out his sword and chopped the Buddha statue a few times, and suddenly there were sword marks on the Buddha statue. But there was no soil falling, but it looked more and more golden. Everyone had already seen clearly that the Buddha statue was not made of clay sculpture, but was made of gold.
Die Renjie took the Zen stick in Huiben's hand again, pulled off the Zen head, revealing the hollow handle of the staff. He shouted to Huiben, "What else do you have to say!" He immediately brought Huiben back to the yamen, and under the severing interrogation of Di Renjie, Huiben had to admit the fact that gold was smuggled:
The gold transported from abroad was beaten into slender strips on the ship. When the monks in the temple bought grain and vegetables at the dock, they put gold bars into hollow Zen sticks and transported them back to the White Horse Temple to accumulate them, and then cast the gold into a statue of the gods, and then transported them to the capital for huge profits. This matter has been discovered by the former Wang County Magistrate Wang, so Huiben instructed the lacquer worker to kill Wang County Magistrate Wang. The respondent in the capital was Wang Tang, who came to investigate the death of Wang County Magistrate.
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