1. Surprise Totem

Suining Mansion had always been peaceful, and since Feng Xiaotian had taken office, he had been busy with trivial matters all day. Today, he was listlessly flipping through the files of the theft of Wang Ji Tavern a few days ago. When he heard the sound of unjust drums outside the mansion, he was stunned and hurriedly asked the yamen to bring the drummer to the hall.

The man who reported the case was in his 40s and was walking eagerly, with red circles under his eyes as if he had just cried. Feng Xiaotian was good at observing words and emotions, and he expected something big must have happened in his family. Sure enough, just when he was done asking him what his grievances were, the man knelt down on the ground with a "plop" and said excitedly, "The villain's name is Ma Liu, the butler of Li Zhixiang's house. I didn't see the master get up for a long time today, so I went to the study door to call him, but no one answered. I saw through the crack of the door that the master had died tragically..."

"Li Zhixiang!" Feng Xiaotian was startled. Although he had come to Suining not long ago, Li Zhixiang's name had long been heard.

Li Zhixiang was born into a famous family, and his grandfather used to be an official in the capital. His generation does not like official career, and prefers to do business. After decades of doing antique business, shops are blooming everywhere in Suining, but unfortunately he is in his late sixties and has thousands of family assets, but he has no sons and half daughters.

After listening to Ma Liu's story, Feng Xiaotian did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly took the head and headed to Li mansion.

The sedan chair stopped at the entrance of Li's mansion, and Feng Xiaotian and the others went straight to the study where Li Zhixiang was murdered. As soon as they entered the room, Feng Xiaotian's scalp exploded, and he saw Li Zhixiang lying upright on the ground, his right hand half-clenched, as if he was pointing, and his face splattered with blood was full of angry eyes… It was inevitable that the face of the person who died tragically showed a ferocious look. These were not Feng Xiaotian's shock, but the reason was the totem printed on Li Zhixiang's forehead -

This totem was wolf-shaped and dark in color. The mane on the wolf's head stood upright, and there was a bloody tongue under the fierce angry eyes, which seemed to have blood droplets, making people shudder after seeing it. Feng Xiaotian wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said that this was the appalling wolf totem on the rivers and lakes.

It turned out that the wolf map mark belonged to the wolf map gang. After killing people, they would put the wolf totem mark on the forehead of the dead body. The Wolf Map Gang was a group of rebellious forces in the north. They often went south to invade, burn, kill and snatch, causing great harm to the government and people. The government has sent troops to encircle and suppress many times, but it has not been very effective. They have always been a big problem for the imperial court. The year before last, an official surnamed Wu of the imperial court offered a coup to eradicate the wolf map gang in one fell swoop.

Shockingly, the Wolf Image Gang, which had disappeared for two years, has now reappeared.

2. Drug shavings pursuit

After the autopsy, it was revealed that Li Zhixiang's throat was cut with a sharp blade, his blood burst, and he suffocated to death. The time of death was about ten minutes.

The yamen were looking for clues left by the murderer in the study. Unfortunately, after Ma Liu found out that Li Zhixiang was murdered, he reported to the two ladies, and the footprints in the room had long been confused and overlapped. Feng Xiaotian asked the people in the Li mansion, "Did Li Zhixiang have a grudge with others before his death?" Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads and said no.

Feng Xiaotian's heart suddenly became suspicious. He asked, "Master Li has two ladies, why don't they sleep in their bedroom, but in the study?"

Ma Liu looked at the weeping doctor and maid Xiaolian outside the study and hesitantly said, "This, this..."

Feng Xiaotian called Ma Liu in front of him and said, "I have something to say, but it's okay to say it!"

Ma Liu lowered his voice and said, "Last year, a barbarian man with a strong back and a strong waist came from the north. He claimed to be the younger brother of the eldest lady, named Liu Erbao. The eldest lady bought him a family business, but he didn't live there. He yelled at the Li mansion all day long, and the huge Li mansion obviously became his family. Although the master was dissatisfied with him during his lifetime, he never bothered with him in terms of the eldest lady's kindness. Until the night before yesterday, he had a grudge with the master." Ma Liu continued, "That night, Liu Erbao was very drunk. He sneaked into Second Madam's maid Xiaolian's room in the dead of night and wanted to do something bad..." Feng Xiaotian interrupted, "Since Xiaolian is Second Madam's maid, how dare Liu Erbao mess around?"

Even the Second Madam was often bullied by the doctor and Liu Erbao for no reason. I don't know how it happened that night, just when Liu Erbao was about to do something wrong to Xiao Lian, he happened to be met by the master who went home overnight. The master was angry and ordered the servant to beat Liu Erbao 20 lashes and ordered him not to step into the Li Mansion in the future. When Liu Erbao left, he viciously said that he would not take this lash in vain and would definitely get it back. "

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the study. All he heard was: "Fox spirit! Your bastard is a nemesis to you! I killed the master before he was born, see if I don't kill you!" Feng Xiaotian saw that the eldest lady pressed the second lady to the ground like a tiger with her fists and feet.

After Ma Liu looked at it, he hurriedly ran over to help the second lady up. The second lady's face was in pain, holding her stomach and "humming" and moaning.

Ma Liu ran over and said, "My lord, do you want to go and invite Lang Zhong?Feng Xiaotian nodded and said, "Go quickly!" After a while, Jia Langzhong was invited." After he felt the second wife's pulse, he stroked her beard and said that the child in the lady's belly was fine, prescribed some fetal protection medicine, and used it for seven days, and the abdominal pain could be cured.

Feng Xiaotian went back to the mansion after calming the two ladies. He filtered through today's case, and it was midnight without realizing it. Just as he was about to go to sleep, Feng Xiaotian suddenly heard: "Master, another... life has happened again!" Feng Xiaotian was startled and hurriedly opened the door.

He opened the door and saw that it was Captain Zhao. Feng Xiaotian asked, "Who died?"

"Maid, no, it's Li Mansion's maid Xiaolian who died!"

Feng Xiaotian asked Captain Zhao to call a few people and hurried to the scene of Xiaolian's murder overnight. On the way, he asked Ma Liu about Xiaolian's murder, and Ma Liu said, "After the lord left yesterday, Xiaolian went to catch medicine with Jia Langzhong, and we still haven't seen her return to the house at dinner. We found her body in Liujiawan, 300 steps west of Jia Langzhong's medicine shop, and it seemed that she had been raped..."

"Oh?Just as Feng Xiaotian was surprised, Ma Liu said, "My lord, I don't know if I should say anything?"

Feng Xiaotian frowned, just said something! "

Ma Liu said: "Liu Jiawan is only a hundred steps away from the house of the eldest lady's younger brother Liu Erbao. He has long wanted to occupy this maid, will it..."

Feng Xiaotian pondered: "You mean Liu Erbao..."

When they arrived in Liujiawan, under the reflection of the torches, Xiaolian lay leaning on the slope wall, the herb bag on her left hand scattered. After the autopsy, she said, "Miss Xiaolian was defiled by someone before her death, and there are finger marks on her neck, so she died of suffocation." Feng Xiaotian nodded, suddenly sneered, "Let's go, follow me to find the murderer!"

When he broke into Liu Erbao's house, Captain Zhao pinned his arm. Liu Erbao's face was full of doubts and shouted, "I was wronged! Why did you arrest me?"

Feng Xiaotian shouted angrily, "Wronged? Do you want to deny killing someone?" As he spoke, Feng Xiaotian walked out of the door of Liu Erbao's house, pointed to a path that extended to Xiaolian's body and said, "Look at what this is?" At this time, the same catcher suddenly realized, because they saw that the ground at Liu Erbao's door was scattered with tufts of herb clippings to Xiaolian's body.

Seeing that Liu Erbao refused to admit it, Feng Xiaotian ordered Zhao to take him to the government office first and said he would arrive later. Feng Xiaotian glared at Liu Erbao and said, "Since I took office, the torture tool has not been used. Today, I will do an experiment on you. I want to see if the chilling torture tool is easy to use or not!"

After Captain Zhao took Liu Erbao away, Feng Xiaotian asked Ma Liu to return to the mansion and tell the second lady that the murderer of Xiaolian had been captured. Ma Liu smiled and said, "My lord solved the case quickly, it's really Bao Qingtian alive!"

The next morning, Ma Liu came to the door of the mansion to inquire about the outcome of Liu Erbao's trial, and happened to encounter Zhao Shotou walking out of the mansion. Ma Liu stepped forward and asked respectfully, "Shotou Zhao, I wonder if Liu Erbao confessed yesterday?" Shotou Zhao looked left and right and said, "Yesterday, Lord Feng used all kinds of torture tools. Liu Erbao was beaten to pieces and his legs were broken. It was terrible! At first, he didn't fight, but no matter how hard his bones were, he couldn't bear it. In the end, he confessed!" Ma Liu said "Oh". At this time, Shotou Zhao said hesitantly, "It's a pity..."

"Sir Catcher, what's the pity?" Zhao Catcher sighed and said, "Although he confessed, he didn't say where the wolf totem seal was hidden. Master Feng sent someone to search his residence, but found nothing. Master is worried about this?" After saying that, Zhao Catcher walked away.

Step 3 Restore the truth

The next day, Li mansion suddenly broke into a group of catchers. Without saying a word, they locked Ma Liu and Second Madam up and took them away.

After Feng Xiaotian shouted "ascend to the hall", there was a sudden "bang" sound. The Second Madam and Ma Liu were escorted to the hall, and they looked at the majestic yamen and the expressionless Feng Xiaotian, and knelt down unconsciously.

At this time, Liu Shi and Liu Erbao came to the hall refreshed. Ma Liu was taken aback after looking at it. He stared at the head of the police and asked, "Didn't you say that Liu Erbao was beaten to pieces and his legs were broken? How..."

"Ma Liu, Ma Liu, you think you are smart and think that you can do things seamlessly. Do you know that you are smart and are mistaken by your wisdom?" Feng Xiaotian shouted angrily.

"What did the Lord say? the villain does not understand."

"Don't understand? You and the Second Madam conspired to kill Li Zhixiang, and then hired Jia Langzhong to rape and kill Xiaolian. Have you forgotten what you did?"

When Ma Liu heard this, he hurriedly shouted injustice and asked Feng Xiaotian to show evidence.

Feng Xiaotian suddenly stood up and explained his inference in detail.

Feng Xiaotian went to Li's mansion for the first time. At first glance, he saw the wolf totem mark on Li Zhixiang's forehead, and he almost concluded that the murderer was from the Wolf Tu Gang, but when he saw Li Zhixiang's half-clenched right hand, he couldn't help but be suspicious. In fact, Li Zhixiang's index finger and little finger were slightly stretched out, and it seemed that he was telling something! Until he saw Ma Liu's inadvertent move - at that time, Ma Liu saw that the second lady was beaten by the first lady, and his face suddenly changed. When he helped the second lady up, his hand unconsciously touched her stomach. Isn't it strange that this kind of action happened to the lady and the housekeeper? It was this that made Feng Xiaotian understand that the meaning of Li Zhixiang's finger was "six"! According to Feng Xiaotian's logic, he speculated that the real reason for Li Zhixiang's murder was that Li Zhixiang, who had been in business for a few months, suddenly learned that the second lady was pregnant, or out of surprise or suspicion, he went home overnight, but happened to be bullied by Liu Erbao. He beat his brother-in-law to save Xiaolian, and Xiaolian was grateful. When Li Zhixiang asked about the second lady's pregnancy, Xiaolian couldn't bear to be deceived, so she told him about Ma Liu and the second lady's adultery. "At this time, you learned that Li Zhixiang returned to the mansion and came to say hello, just outside the room to hear all this..."

Hearing this, Ma Liu's face changed greatly and he hurriedly shouted, "Sir, you are making it up out of thin air!"

Feng Xiaotian glanced at him and said, "This official will convince you! That is, after Li Zhixiang learned this, he still didn't want to believe that the housekeeper and his wife who had been with him for more than ten years would betray him, so he slept in the study for two days. Just when he didn't make up his mind to turn things upside down, you had to protect yourself from harming others. Killing one is killing, killing ten is killing, and the second lady, who has already been fed up with the big lady's misery, has simply discussed the plan for the next few steps with you..."

4. Death to court

Ma Liu stood up and suddenly laughed wildly: "Although the lord's inference is wonderful, he is wronging the villain. Without evidence, I will not accept it!"

"I know you can talk hard!" Feng Xiaotian suddenly clapped three palms in a row. At this time, Jia Langzhong was brought to the hall with a limp.

Jia Langzhong sighed and persuaded, "Butler Ma, you should recruit. I have already recruited everything you instructed me to do."

"What nonsense are you talking about, who ordered you?" Ma Liu asked trembling.

Feng Xiaotian asked Jia Langzhong to tell the whole story.

Jia Langzhong said, "Two years ago, when the Wolf Tu Gang was besieged and suppressed, I was lucky enough not to die and couldn't stay in the north, so I disguised myself as a beggar and fled to the south. One day I came to the gate of Li's mansion, begging. Steward Ma saw me scarred and starving and gave me something to eat. Later, I heard that Steward Ma's mother had a bad cold and coughed for a long time. In return, I used my medical skills to cure his mother. Out of gratitude, he funded me to open a clinic, and after that, he came and went, and he learned my true identity. A few days ago, he suddenly came to me to borrow the wolf totem seal and said that he would thank me again. Two days later, he promised me a thousand silver taels and asked me to rape and kill Xiaolian..."

"Nonsense, nonsense!" Ma Liu shouted hoarsely.

"Ma Liu, don't quibble! At first, you took the opportunity to say that Liu Erbao came from the north, and then revealed the grievances between Xiaolian, Li Zhixiang and Liu Erbao, with the purpose of guiding this official to identify the murderer as Liu Erbao. Seeing that this official did not arrest Liu Erbao, you made another plan. You first sent Xiaolian to catch the medicine, then let Lang Zhong rape and kill Xiaolian, and then left a pinch of traditional Chinese medicine outside Liu Erbao's door, but you were too smart. Which murderer would be stupid enough to leave such an important clue in front of his own door? When I deliberately arrested Liu Erbao, I expected that you would go to the government office to inquire about the outcome of Liu Erbao's trial, so I asked Zhao Shuitou to wait for you at the door of the government office in advance, and when you asked about the case, I deliberately asked him to sell you a flaw, and then let him follow you. In order to eliminate the evidence, you invited Jia Langzhong to the restaurant, gave him a thousand taels of silver, and asked him to leave Suining with the wolf totem seal and never return. Unexpectedly, Jia Langzhong should not, and he refused to leave because he had to take 2,000 taels of silver. You thought this person was insidious and cunning, and took the opportunity to blackmail him. In a fit of anger, he secretly gave him the chronic poison'Five Days San '. "

After listening to Feng Xiaotian's story, Ma Liu was shocked, and he knew it was hard to deny, so he sighed and lowered his head. At this moment, Jia Langzhong said, "Butler Ma, you don't know that all this is under the supervision of the adults. I was arrested as soon as I left the restaurant, because of your matter, it almost killed me. In addition, I want to tell you that the poisoned wine you invited me to drink the day before yesterday was'five days loose ', and I replaced our wine glasses while you were unprepared. I won't survive this autumn, but I'm afraid you won't survive for three days..."

"You..."   Ma Liu's eyes were filled with anger after hearing this, and he felt a warm current in his stomach surging up. Just as he wanted to scold Lang Zhong, a mouthful of blood suddenly gushed out, and then with a "plop", Ma Liu lay upright.

Seeing this, Feng Xiaotian was a little puzzled and asked, "What happened to him?"

Lang Zhong said: "My lord, people who have served the 'Five Days San 'are most afraid of getting angry. As long as they are angry, they will attack their hearts viciously and vomit blood and die!"

"My lord, how will the Second Madam deal with it?" Captain Zhao asked. Before Feng Xiaotian could speak, the Second Madam, whose face was as gray as death, suddenly screamed and fainted from fright.