Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2604: Secret Cave Passage

Chapter 2604: Secret Cave Passage

Soon, Tui Guan Liu appeared again.

This can be said to be the first case he has dealt with since taking office in the capital.

Apparently his colleagues wanted to laugh at his joke.

Because no one took him.

This is neither human nor logical.

But it is in line with reality.

Because he joined the second prince, everyone isolated him and refused to play with him.

The people from the Second Prince's faction were also waiting and watching to see his abilities.

Only if you have the ability will you lead him.

If you don’t have the ability, just die.

This is the cold, hard reality.

As for whether Liu Tui Guan would become a murderer and take revenge on them.

They are not worried.

After all, the other party is right under his nose.

This kind of exposed murderer can hardly be a threat.

What is really scary are those humble and obedient servants.

Let’s put it this way, in Wen Rensheng’s opinion, the death of this old gentleman just now was most likely the work of a servant.

And it is very likely that this servant simply disliked the old gentleman.

Jealous that the other person can listen to music, eat, drink and have fun without doing anything.

And he still has to work hard.

Magistrate Liu continued to handle the case as usual.

Of course, when he saw Wen Rensheng, he immediately asked him to get busy.

Of course, Wen Rensheng was just creating an illusion of being busy...but in fact he did nothing.

It is referred to as advanced slacking off.

One of the essential skills for modern office workers to avoid sudden death.

Magistrate Liu quickly identified the deceased and the suspect.

"The deceased's name is Han Yuye. He was a retired fourth-rank official in Beijing and enjoyed preferential treatment from the court."

"The family owns several houses, several shops, and thousands of acres of land outside the city. They are a truly wealthy family."

"Apart from the waiter, the only person who could touch his teacups and teapots was Han Da, the servant he just sent out to buy tobacco."

Then Tui Guan Liu called Han Da over.

After a careful inspection, they discovered that Han Da was the murderer!

This is the normal pace of handling cases...

Liu Tuiguan thought to himself.

In fact, most murderers are relatively easy to catch as long as they don't run away.

Because they often have no means to deal with reconnaissance.

After all, this is ancient times, not modern times.

The only knowledge people have about solving crimes is from plays and picture books.

These two things are not widely spread.

What's more, even in modern times, there are still many stupid murderers.

They completely underestimated the professionalism and strength of the investigators.

Let me put it this way, if you don’t want others to know, then don’t do it.

It’s better not to do things that go against the bottom line in the modern world.

And this Han Da quickly confessed his crime.

"This damn master, I work hard every day running errands, but he eats, drinks and has fun leisurely, and can smoke and listen to music."

"I want him dead!"

"I don't have any family anyway. My mother passed away last month."

"I have worked hard in their family for more than 30 years, and they were not willing to give me an ugly maid."

"This damn master, he deserves to die!"

"He thought that if I worked for another five years, he would kick me out of the house and replace me with someone more diligent!"

After hearing Han Da's words, instead of scolding him, everyone whispered to each other.

"That's right, Mr. Han is such a piece of shit."

"That's right. Generally, wealthy families that are more particular about their work will marry off their servants, and then let their children continue to be slaves. It is a family inheritance that will ensure a stable income regardless of drought or flood."

"Yes, this Master Han was too clever for his own good. He wanted to squeeze the servant dry, but in the end he was killed by the servant!"

"Good kill!"

The news of this case spread all over the capital.

After all, this element is too full.

"The servant killed the master."

"The master is cruel, and the servants are dissatisfied."

Although many gentlemen are very angry.

"This is asking for death!"

"He is a slave. His master provides him with food and clothing, and a place to display his abilities. Yet, instead of doing his job properly, he is trying to harm his master!"

"His entire clan should be killed!"

As a result, the master who said this was slapped in the face.

Because the funny thing about Han Da is that he is one of the nine clans of the deceased Master Han.

Yes, it is common to take distant relatives as slaves.

However, generally they are promotions, but this Mr. Han is using the name of the clan members to exploit them.

So you're in bad luck.

This time, if the sentence is really to be executed, Han Da's entire clan will be executed.

Instead, he was happy.

Because this means that the government helped him to wipe out the entire family of his enemy...

As for killing the three clans, is it okay?

Not at all.

Because it will also implicate the Han family.

So in the end, he could only be hastily sentenced to immediate execution.

However, from this day on, the servants' lives became noticeably better.

The reason is also very simple.

It is impossible for masters to leave their slaves.

Without their servants, the masters wouldn’t even be able to wear their official uniforms to court.

Just wait to be impeached by the censor.

Since we can't leave, the only options are to increase their salaries and replace them.

But if you bring in a new person, can you guarantee that he will be loyal?

Hard to say.

It may even bring more harm.

It is better to win them over.

So new methods emerged:

If a slave was to be punished, he was killed immediately to prevent future trouble.

Otherwise there will be no punishment but reward.

We cannot kill him, but we must drive him out of the capital, to a place where he cannot return.

This was also the method used by Cixi in later generations.

These masters also learned it.

In fact, they understood it before, but Han Da's incident this time strengthened this impression for them.

Afterwards, Liu Tuiguan was busy with various strange and bizarre cases in the capital.

The capital city has a large population of over one and a half million.

Some even say it could be more than three million.

After all, no one counted the people living in those straw huts outside the city.

Because food is particularly abundant in this world, the population agglomeration effect is particularly obvious.

As for Wu Sanwen’s death, it is suspended indefinitely.

Because there is no way to investigate further and no one cooperates.

When a person dies, he dies.

The steward under the Second Prince arranged another person to replace Wu Sanwen.

The only difference was that the place of his appointment was changed from the border to a county in the interior, and his position was just that of a small constable.

And Wu Sanwen's death was like a bubble, and no one remembered it anymore.

Then that night.

Officer Liu is working overtime.

The strong man came to him.

"I have a mission for you. If there are any more vicious murderers like that, especially those who are naturally cold-blooded and ruthless, keep the reporter here."

"We replaced them with beggars and trained them to be death warriors."

"The number doesn't need to be large, five hundred people will be enough."

"Five hundred people? Where are you hiding?" Liu Tuiguan was puzzled.

This is obviously an intention to rebel at a critical moment.

It is said that the emperor is 73 years old this year.

83, 74, the King of Hell won’t invite you to go.

In the eyes of the ancients, this is one of the most dangerous ages.

It is a blessing for the emperor to live to such an old age.

Generally speaking, few emperors could live beyond 60 years old.

The emperor lived so long because he was afraid. Because the cases happened so frequently, he was very careful.

I didn't dare to be too indulgent, and I was extra careful when eating, sleeping and going out.

To live so long.

Emperors who are too indulgent will not live long.

Those emperors who exercised self-control, paid a little attention, and did not overwork themselves were likely to live beyond the age of sixty.

And now is the critical moment.

The strong man then said, "You don't have to worry about that. Just hide in the coal dug outside the city."

"We dress up as a coal transport team into the city every day and train back and forth."

The strong man said a lot, but Liu Tuiguan knew that what he said was definitely false.

This is used to fool the observers.

He must have been watched.

After all, his identity is a bit eye-catching.

He was transferred into the city from outside, and was the chief officer investigating the Wu Sanwen case.

These conditions determine that he is very eye-catching.

So he also became a bait on the table.

This is truly a cycle.

He was even responsible for keeping a group of assassins.

Liu Tuiguan couldn't help but sigh.

Then he said, “Okay, I understand.”

In the following time, he replaced the criminals who deserved the death penalty with homeless people and beggars.

It may seem troublesome to do this, but it is not difficult for an expert.

Grab a few details.

One is when he is sent to prison.

The second is when describing appearance.

The third is to find the prison guard.

For the last thing, he asked Wen Rensheng to go and see.

Wen Rensheng then had an idea and asked another constable to do it.

He also wanted to see how this detective drama would end.

And in a world where cases occur frequently, it is obvious that the struggle is different.

…………

On this day, the emperor's health was getting worse.

The fight between the two princes became more and more intense.

Each of them has its own assassins.

And each of them started to cause trouble for the other.

Today you instigated my butler, saying that the butler's biological father was killed by the master.

Tomorrow I will incite your concubine and say that the destruction of the family was caused by the master.

In short, they just want to win without fighting, hoping that the other party's family will rise up, create a case, and deal with the opponent.

This is not wishful thinking on their part.

In fact, over the years, many ministers, princes, and nobles were killed by their servants.

Among the case files that Tui Guan Liu had seen alone, at least one-third of the families of the powerful and wealthy had cases involving crimes.

The target is often the head of the family.

The most vicious are also the most likely to be hated.

Therefore, most of the officials have kind faces and behave well.

He even treated his servants, helped them find wives, and took care of them in their old age.

Of course, some ministers were frightened.

Be determined to only use the people closest to you.

For example, letting one's sons and nephews serve as servants. In name, they are housekeepers, but in reality they are doing the work of servants.

For some large families, this is acceptable.

Some people come from humble backgrounds and their clans are not prosperous, so that can be a problem.

Some simply don't hire any servants and handle everything by themselves.

In this case, we have to say that the fact is that single people actually live longer than married people.

Of course, it’s the opposite in the modern world. In fact, it’s because being single has no constraints and is prone to indulgence, but it doesn’t mean that being single is bad.

As I said, you have to be able to control your own schedule, then being single will free you from stress and help you live longer.

Some old people have killed a lot of people by themselves.

Always single.

One day, Magistrate Liu suddenly saw a case that he found very interesting.

"The Jingcheng Cave Serial Murder Case?"

Wen Rensheng also noticed this case.

What this means is that there needs to be a huge cave under the capital.

In fact, this is because there was a large karst cave underneath the capital city at that time.

The ancients were not clear about this at first and built the capital here without careful investigation.

As time went on, someone dug a well too deep, over a hundred meters, and discovered a deep hole underground.

These holes are connected to each other.

Wen Rensheng also knew that there was such terrain and such a community.

The community is built on top of a cave.

This is obviously unsafe.

But since it has been built, people can only endure it.

Fortunately, this cave is very solid and there is no need to worry about landslides.

But now the caves in this capital city are completely different.

It is connected in all directions and was later used by people.

In fact, when the cave was first discovered, the emperor originally wanted to move to another capital.

But later I heard someone say that this cave could be transformed into an escape route and a place to hide troops.

The emperor was immediately moved.

It has always been a common occurrence for emperors to be trapped in the capital and eventually killed by thieves.

One of the reasons is that there is no good way out.

It is generally said that the royal family has a secret passage leading to the outside of the city, and that the secret passage was dug since the beginning of its rise.

But in fact, there must be a secret passage, but it will not be too long.

This is because the project is too large and the excavation will easily be exposed if it takes a long time.

After all, there are many people in the capital who listen to Da Jiang.

What use will this secret passage be once it is exposed?

Throughout history, many emperors who were besieged in a city had no choice but to break out through the city gates, but they died when they could not get out.

In fact, this is because people thought there was no need to dig during prosperous times, but when the end of times came, there was no money and no one went to dig.

It's ridiculous to talk about these emperors. They have money to build tombs for their dead emperors, but they don't have money to prepare a secret escape route for themselves in advance.

If one third of the manpower and resources used to build the mausoleum were used, it would be enough to dig an escape passage.

In fact, I am still worried about hidden dangers, afraid that someone will come in through the escape passage and carry out assassination.

But now it’s different, there is a ready-made secret passage.

As long as a little digging is done, the cave can be used as a secret passage.

Moreover, the emperor could let very few people know about this secret passage.

Now, the case that Liu Tuiguan is seeing is related to the secret passage in the cave in the capital.

Corpses appeared one after another in the secret passage of the cave.

Originally, this kind of place was unattended.

The problem is that several legitimate sons of high-ranking officials and nobles have died.

It was thrown into a cave, and then the nobles hired a folk expert to find it out.

This matter became a big deal.

So with their combined efforts, this serial murder case involving the secret passage in the cave became a big deal.

As a result, the Three Judicial Departments had to make a big move and began to order the various government offices under their jurisdiction to investigate the secret passage in the cave.

This investigation is incredible.

It turns out that in previous years there were countless missing persons, kidnapped persons, and murdered persons.

The entire secret passage in the cave is more like a corpse cave than an underground passage.

Liu Tuiguan led his men down to a secret passage in the cave.

After walking less than 500 meters, I saw six skeletons.

Moreover, there were obvious traces of knife and axe chopping on the bones.

Some had broken arms, some had broken sternums, and some had broken spines.

You can see it at a glance.

These were all killed, not natural deaths.

And what he has to do is to find out where the murderer is hiding.

In fact, in Wen Rensheng's opinion, this case is another unsolved case.

The area below is so vast that it is difficult to explore it clearly even for modern people using advanced technology.

What’s more, they are a group of ancient people.

At most, they would find a group of refugee beggars hiding in the secret passage of the cave to take the blame.

(End of this chapter)