Chapter 36 Chapter Eighteen

Ke Yuanliang led Jinlian downstairs, ordered the maid, Auntie, to serve her carefully, and went to the kitchen to cook ginseng soup and Jinlian himself, telling her to go to the room to rest.Maybe her illness will turn around from now on. Di Gong waved his hand, and the yamen official and four yamen soldiers entered the study. Di Gong said: "Light up the three pairs of big candles along the wall!" There was a deafening thunder, and the strong wind blew the doors and windows "ping-pong", and the storm finally came. Bian Jia pointed at Yang Kangnian and said in a trembling voice: "He...Master Di, it was he who gave me the poison. He said it was a common sweat medicine, my God! How did I know that this sweat medicine poisoned Dong Mei to death... ..."

Di Gong said coldly: "Bian Jia, why did you steal my 'whiteboard'?" Bian Jia smiled sadly and said, "It was the villain who stole it, and the villain dared not deny it. However, there was a reason for it. Yang Kangnian asked Xia Guang to go to Emerald Villa to discuss an antique business, and the time was late at night after the dragon boat race. In the afternoon, I asked Xia Guang if he had taken the bamboo card issued by the guards at the south gate. Xia Guang said that Yang Kangnian told him not to take it, and tried to spend the night outside the city. ’, secretly took it, drew a random number and handed it to Xia Guang.”

Bian Jia looked pitifully at Di Gong's stern face, and lamented: "I borrowed a large sum of money from shopkeeper Yang. I lost money in my business, and my money was hard. I borrowed money everywhere, and my wife was there all day There is so much noise at home. I am grateful for Yang Kangnian's timely help. He asked me for a little help. How could I just ignore it? Besides, he could ruin my livelihood if he turned his back on him. "That day he gave me a small packet of medicinal powder, saying that the sweat medicine would not harm people. You only need to tell Dong Mei to eat so that her feet become weak, her energy is lost, and she loses the boat race without the sound of the drum. I saw that the medicinal powder really It’s no different from ordinary perspiration medicines. I actually believed it. At the end of the boat race, when I saw Dong Mei poisoned and died, I couldn’t help being startled and groaning in my heart. Knowing that I was tricked by Yang Kangnian, I couldn’t say anything. I lied in front of him. He said he had a sudden heart attack. Now I am convicted, but I hope the master understands the whole story and is merciful. How dare a villain have the guts to murder someone? I knew it was poison, even if Yang Kangnian threatened him in every possible way. Forced, the villain will never dare to obey his orders." After speaking, there was a burst of sadness, and tears fell like rain.

"Then, when Dong Mei's incident happened, why did you keep covering up the inside information and tricking the official, and didn't come to the Yamen to report Yang Kangnian's murder? How do you explain this matter? Don't you know the laws of the country? Yang Kangnian is the first offender, you You are an accomplice, and you put the poison into Dong Mei's food and drink with your own hands. Besides, you stole one of my "whiteboards" for the convenience of Xia Guang's murder. ——The government will measure you according to the laws and regulations Sentence limit." Then he ordered the yamen officer to take Bian Jia down, and carried him back to the yamen prison in a soft sedan chair to be imprisoned.

Hong Canjun picked up Bian Jia's bamboo stick from the ground and handed it to him. Bian Jia staggered and was escorted out of the study by two yamen guards. Yang Kangnian was motionless like a wooden clay sculpture, his broad face was pale with dark blue, but it was extremely calm. Di Gong said: "Okay, shopkeeper Yang, you are full of evil, what else do you have to say now? You kidnapped Mrs. Ke Jinlian and raped her, and even tried to kill her with a knife. Heaven has eyes, and now it's your turn to really want to kill her." It was cut with a knife. Your murder method is cruel and appalling. According to the law, you will be executed Ling Chi and cut two hundred and forty knives. Now you have committed the crime of murder one by one. How did you poison Dong Mei and how you killed Hu Po? And how you smashed Xia Guang to death with your own hands, strangled Mrs. Meng to death, and how you murdered and silenced your accomplice Bian Jia."

Yang Kangnian didn't answer, just stared blankly at the corridor where Jin Lian went down, as if his soul had left his house. "Yang Kangnian, he still has to tell the truth about how he stole the gold from the altar in the Temple of the White Lady!" Yang Kangnian replied calmly: "Master, you can find it in the kitchen on the west wall of my shop. There are nine sacrificial utensils in total, which were made by a famous goldsmith in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although I, Mr. Yang, don't have much money, I can't bear to spend these A set of exquisite treasures was melted down and sold, and all of them were hidden there, not a single one."

Yang Kangnian looked at Di Gong suspiciously, and suddenly asked: "How did the master detect this? I am puzzled." "You said this morning that you had never been to the Temple of the White Lady, but you also said that the altar in the temple was separate from the pedestal of the statue. The book you showed me clearly stated that the pedestal and the altar were made of It was carved from a whole block of white jade. Of course, the author misremembered it. The altar and the statue were originally separated as you said. I know from an eyebrow in this book that the altar and the pedestal were later created by me. The previous one was filled with artificial soil and rocks. So I conclude that you must have been to that temple before and stole the gold set. When you describe the statue, you neglect to compare what you read from the book with what you actually saw there I got confused. Of course that was just speculation, and it was only when you fell into the trap I set for you tonight that you fully exposed yourself."

Yang Kangnian said: "Master, it was just a guess of vague influence. But you appointed Hong Canjun to come to my shop and asked me to borrow a white hand, saying that it was for going to Ke's house, and you wanted to wear a red jade ring on the finger of the white hand—this is really true." It's a brilliant plan. I think the master must be suspicious that I stole the gold from the temple and deliberately tempted me. I was surprised and wanted to eavesdrop on what you were discussing here tonight. I made up my mind to come here, if Bian This coward Jia has revealed his secrets, so I will finish him off first, and then come to Master Naihe."

Yang Kangnian pulled out a sharp knife from his waist while saying "shua", the yamen official and two yamen guards quickly stepped forward and pushed Yang Kangnian down.Yang Kangnian sneered, threw the sharp knife on the table of the Eight Immortals, and shouted: "Hugh is so panicked, now I still have the heart to kill people?" He turned to Di Gong and said: "Tonight, the master has a great fate, and the gods protect him secretly, and even drove Jinlian out to cover the master everywhere, making it difficult for me to do so. God's will should be revealed to me, so what can I say?" With a sigh, his face was calm, and the blush flashed again on his cheeks.

Suddenly he frowned and asked again: "How did the master know that I was going to silence Bian Jia?" Di Gong replied: "I have studied medicine and know a little bit about medicine. I know that Bian Jia will never ask to check the internal injuries and fractures before he is willing to move his body after being hit on the head and a few punches on the body. In this way, he yelled that his ribs were injured. It must have been a fall from a high place, not a cannibal kick. His robe was torn off in a huge piece, which was obviously caused by the spikes on the window sill when you pushed him down from your shop. Broken hook. It would have saved his life, otherwise he would have fallen to his death in the street."

Yang Kangnian argued: "I didn't push him down the stairs. Bian Jia came to see me at noon with a sad face. He was terrified by the death of Mrs. Meng, saying that the government had suspected him, and he was terrified and restless. He persuaded me to go to the yamen to surrender, and I slapped him severely in anger. Unexpectedly, this soft bone fell on his back and knocked over a row of screens upstairs. Before I caught him, he rolled out of the window. fell. My window was never barred. "I hurried downstairs, and saw that he had fallen to the street. Thanks to a long nail hanging him, he was not seriously injured, nor did he faint. I was so quick that I saw no one around, so I picked him up and moved him to the street. Under the red wall of the Confucian Temple opposite. I warned him that this was just a small lesson. If he dared to betray me and go to the Yamen to stand out, he would not spare his life. I asked him to pretend that he had encountered robbers blocking the way, and was attacked by mobs. Sure enough It deceived the passers-by on the road and the patrol who heard the sound." Di Gong nodded, and said: "Yang Kangnian, I will listen to all your confessions in court tomorrow. I just need to verify the main criminal facts. Bian Jiashi just said that he poisoned Dong Mei unintentionally, it was a mistake. After listening to your trickery——is it true?" Yang Kangnian smiled and said: "My lord, think about it, I will clearly entrust this pustule to poison and kill people? Of course I have to trick him. I said it is a sweat medicine, and I only need to make Dong Mei dizzy and weak and lose the dragon boat race." That's fine. Although I made a connection with Bian Jia, but those oarsmen ignored Bian Jia's words and became more aggressive. So, I had to use this trick to manipulate Dong Mei. I had already voted for the No. 2 boat to win the championship. A big bet, once Dong Mei falls, No. 9 will definitely lose, and No. 2 will surely win. Of course, just to win this bet, you really only need to be sweated. Poisoning Dong Mei has a more important purpose—— Xia Guang can go to Emerald Villa in the name of Dong Mei to meet the Amber appointment." "Bian Jia listened to my order and didn't dare to refuse. Sure enough, he secretly drugged Dong Mei's wine and food in the Baiyuqiao Hotel. It was a poison with severe toxicity but a gentle onset, and its symptoms were different from those of arsenic powder, so It is not known to ordinary medical officers. However, I should be exhausted, and the agreement failed. Your author has seen this medicine in the south. But Bian Jia himself was still kept in the dark, thinking that Dong Mei had a sudden heart attack due to an overdose of Menghan medicine. Bian Jia is a well-known doctor in Puyang, so who would disagree with his diagnosis? But fate is like this, so why should I regret my death?" Di Gong asked again: "You want Xia Guang to go to the appointment in the name of Dong Mei, in order to snatch the gold and the imperial pearl?" Yang Kangnian laughed loudly: "Master Di guessed wrong! I, Yang, don't care about gold or imperial pearls, but I only recognize Hu Po's little vixen who is proud of everything. Master, do you know that when she is still Dong? When I was a little girl in the old man's house, I saw that she was extraordinary, and secretly rewarded her with some money, but she arrogantly rejected my kindness, saying that I want to eat swan meat. I went to old Dong to slander her, saying that the little whore wanted to collude with me in secret. Old Dong got angry for a moment and gave her a severe whip. However, this punishment was still too light for the little whore I guessed that she was in love with Dong Mei. Even though he was later taken over by Ke Yuanliang, that old turtle, the old relationship between her and Dong Mei has not been severed. Once I asked Dong Mei about it, and Dong Mei denied it. Dong Mei What is the explanation for this poor scholar? At most, she is a despicable and shrewd liar and fraudster. But this little whore, Hu Po, actually... I know what kind of goods she is, so I don't want gold or royal beads, I just have to teach her a lesson myself .I want her to kneel in front of me and beg for mercy like Jinlian, so that she will show the bad breath I used to..." Yang Kangnian suddenly shut his mouth, his face suddenly gloomy and sad, and he gave Di Gong a painful look. "No, how can I compare this little prostitute with a golden lotus? How can mud be compared with a lotus flower? I couldn't bear to kill the golden lotus in front of the altar of the White Lady. I just wanted to scare her. How could I bear the pure and flawless body of the golden lotus?" How could I be reckless and destroy such a celestial figure with my own hands? How could I commit the sin of wrath and wrath, and suffer all kinds of pain in the underworld, and in the next life I will change into a cow and a horse to pay for it? If she didn't protect it intentionally or unintentionally If I miss you, I would have already done it rashly. I flinched from throwing a mouse, lest I hurt her body. Don't be angry with my metaphor. I have been thinking about her for four years. There is no one in the world who can compare with her. Once I was in the sea, I underestimated the rivers and lakes in the world." The wind and rain are rustling outside the window, and dark clouds are running. "However, Dong Mei, Xia Guang, and Mrs. Meng didn't know what was in my heart. They just used some lowly prostitute fans to coax me out of my money and asked for exorbitant prices. Bian Jia, a despicable coward, repeatedly lied to me about Jinlian's The illness will not be cured, so I persuaded me to give up. I don't believe it, I am eager to know her news, how she has lived in the past few years, and how she has become—" "A few days ago, Xia Guanglai told me that this time he had obtained the ironclad proof that Dong Mei and Hu Po had an affair. They agreed to meet in the pavilion of Emerald Villa after the dragon boat race. I decided to break their good deed and let Xia I went there to meet Hu Po in the name of Dong Mei. The little prostitute didn’t know what was going on, so Xia Guang tied her to the bamboo couch with a rope and asked me to clean her up. However, late last night, Xia Guang hurried back Chenglai told me that something was wrong. He said that just as he was about to tie Hu Po to the bamboo couch, Hu Po pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the arm. In a fit of rage, he killed the little boy with a knife. The adulterer's life. What's worse is that a man in the yamen got wind of it, and followed him into the pavilion of Emerald Villa. He was almost hit by the man, and managed to escape with injuries Come out, gallop back to the city. "I bandaged him, and poured him a few cups, and he fell asleep. I suddenly found that Xia Guang's pocket was heavy. I reached out and took it out. It turned out to be a pack of yellow gold ingots, a total of ten I immediately woke up Xia Guang and asked about the origin of the gold ingot. He had to admit that he had snatched it from Hu Po. I asked Hu Po how she would carry the huge gold with her when she went to the remote Emerald Villa to meet Dong Meiyou. Xia Guang replied He could vaguely hear Dong Mei talking about some kind of imperial bead that he wanted to sell to Ke Yuanliang. Could it be that they were talking about this deal. Xia Guang didn't know that this imperial bead was just a legendary treasure, but it didn't actually exist. It might be The adulterer and adulterer set a trap with Yuzhu, coaxing Ke Yuanliang out of ten gold ingots so that they could take them away. Of course, I don't want to discuss this point with Xia Guang, since I have already got the ten gold ingots, and Dong Mei and Hu Po are both dead, so how can Xia Guang survive alone? I lied to him that the imperial pearl is a rare treasure, and Dong Mei must hide it in the pavilion. I made an appointment with him early this morning Go to the Emerald Villa to search, and if I find that imperial bead, I will immediately give him a gold ingot as a reward. He was ecstatic and agreed immediately. "That night, he stayed with me. Early this morning, he pretended to be a carpenter and went out to the Emerald Villa by the south gate. I rode a horse out of the south gate and walked three miles to a muddy path. The paddy field is plugged into the east edge of the Mandala Forest. There are three tall white elm trees marking the entrance of the Mandala Forest. Enter from the entrance and walk through a narrow path between the forests to the Temple of the White Lady. If Going around along the edge of the forest, there is not much to go to the Emerald Villa of Dongdi. ——It turns out that there is a small road from the three white elm trees that circles the mandala forest and ends behind the Emerald Villa of Dongdi.— —I am very familiar with the road there, and I have dug out several stone tablets there in the past. "Xia Guang arrived at the Emerald Villa early. He has searched the pavilion inside and out, but he still hasn't found the imperial pearl. Dong Mei coaxed him to hide the imperial pearl in a very secret corner. Xia Guang I don't know why, but a lot of time wasted. I told him to go to the wall outside the pavilion to look for it again. When he came out of the pavilion and approached the wall, I picked up a big brick and smashed his skull by accident. Then he threw his body into a small ditch outside the wall. When I walked out of the Emerald Villa gate tower just out of the original road, I saw that miser Guo Ming coming with a smile on his face." Di Gong asked again: "Did you recognize Peony on the road and then rushed to Laojun Temple and strangled Mrs. Meng to death?" Yang Kang looked contemptuously at Duke Di, and said nonchalantly: "This is all a stupid thing that Xia Guang did to please me. At noon today, I saw three rascals and Mudan going to the court surrounded by everyone, and I felt very sad. It's not good. Those three rascals are going to the court, and they will definitely call out Mrs. Meng, and the old pimp, Mrs. Meng, will definitely call me out. If I don't do it, I won't stop, I hurried to go first The Meng family, a silk scarf killed her.—Master Di, that’s all I want to say—it’s long enough, to tell you the truth, I underestimated you before, and thought you were like many of your predecessors They are all mediocre and mediocre officials, and they were never taken seriously in my eyes. Only now do I know that the master is extraordinary, and he is my nemesis." Di Gong signaled the Yamen to come forward and chain Yang Kangnian, and put him in the shackles again. "Yang Kangnian, the reason why you have such bitter resentment and jealousy towards Jinlian and Amber is precisely because they both rejected your despicable request, and you are a vicious sinner to both of them." Yang Kang snorted contemptuously and said, "My lord, it's best not to compare Jinlian and Amber. Of course, I have become interested in Amber. She has a strange beauty since she was young. But in fact it is just A lewd little vixen, having such a person in the family is like a moth in a tree, a worm in a rice, and it is the most detrimental. With a body like a flower branch, he is Ke Yuanliang's age, how can he have a candle before the wind? A lot of mental confrontation? Now it really turns out that being obedient and ugly is the defilement of Kemen, and the old turtle is still crying for her in the dark. "As for the golden lotus, it is really a pure and flawless piece of jade, with holy radiance emanating from it. An ancient stele, a tripod and Yi, a gold vase of porcelain, and a beautiful jade pearl. The quality, elegant and dignified golden lotus? You possess her, and she will show new charms every day to give you new joy and comfort. I miss her for many years and indulge in my infatuation with her. I even dream of seeing her. Look at her, caress her. Be considerate of her. Four years ago she killed me and took my soul. She destroyed my mind with just one blow, let go of my three souls and six souls, and I became Became a freak, an empty body, a waste with an empty heart.——From then on, I was in a constant state of anxiety, my eyes were dark, and all the fire of life was extinguished. "But I am resurrected, my wronged soul is crying, I will never forgive that little vixen who once tempted me, seduced me, and finally threw me aside. Amber made me fall into the desperate situation of life again, but unfortunately I can't do it myself Tying her up to the altar of the White Lady filled my heart with hatred. Lord, take me down! What you chopped up, shredded, and chopped up was just an ignorant, soulless corpse, a piece of superfluous dead flesh." Di Gong nodded, and the Yamen soldiers took Yang Kangnian out of the study and escorted him down the corridor. Di Gong sat down again, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and took another sip of tea. Guo Ming hurriedly asked: "Master Di, Yang Kangnian owed me a lot of debt. He once bought two 'cat's eyes' from me on credit. The government confiscated Yang Kangnian after he was sentenced to be beheaded." Can the money be discounted from the family wealth to repay me—I still keep the deed at that time in the accountant of the capital.” "Of course, Mr. Guo," Di Gong replied wearily. "You come to court tomorrow morning as a witness, and when the case is recognised, you can roam freely or do your business." Guo Ming sighed and said: "It's hard to draw a picture of a person, but it's hard to know the heart. This Yang Kangnian is dignified, with a dignified appearance, and looks like a human being, but he is a murderous demon king, a slutty villain. Master, tonight The narrative meeting is really unique, and I, Guo Mingduan, have benefited a lot. However, I think that Master Di must have seen through Yang Kangnian and Bian Jia beforehand to arrange such a scene." Di Gong gave a vague hum, only wanting to get rid of his entanglement. "Wonderful, as expected. But, Master Di, Xiaomin still has something to say: Master, you have suspected that I, Guo Ming, killed people, right? Otherwise..." Duke Dee flicked his sleeves and turned his face away, he hated this broken tongue. Guo Mingnai said goodbye, Hong Canjun hurriedly dragged him out of the study and down the stairs outside the corridor. Seeing that Guo Ming was gone, Duke Di took out the white hand from his sleeve, and carefully separated the elbow of the white hand from the turtle's back shell stuck underneath.The tortoise was motionless, with its head and limbs shrunk in its shell, and it seemed that it had already fallen asleep.