Once upon a time, a man stayed overnight in a hotel. When he got up the next morning, he found that his 50 taels of silver were missing. Since there were no other travelers staying with him that day, the traveler naturally suspected that the owner of the hotel had stolen it. So, he reported the stolen money to the county government office.
The county official summoned the innkeeper to the court. The innkeeper thought he had done a neat job in stealing the money and left no trace at all, so he denied it. The county magistrate had been handling cases for many years and had enough experience to initially confirm that the money was stolen by him. However, because the store owner refused to admit it and there was no conclusive evidence, the case could not be concluded.
The county magistrate thought for a while and came up with a plan. He asked the shop owner to stretch out his hand, and wrote the word "win" on his palm with a brush, and then said to him: "Go to the doorstep to bask in the sun. If the word is still there for a long time, then your lawsuit will be dismissed." Won. "The shop owner was so surprised. He thought to himself: This county magistrate is really a confused magistrate. As long as I don't wash my hands, how can the words written on my palms be missing?" After the county magistrate dismissed the innkeeper, he immediately sent officers to the hotel. The official followed the county magistrate's instructions and said to the landlady: "Your master has admitted in court that he stole the customer's money at night. Please give us the money and take it back to the court and return it to the customer!" Who knows, but the cunning landlady I thought: Since my man has admitted stealing the money in court, why not bring him back to collect the money? This will save a lot of trouble. The county magistrate must be trying to trick me with a trick. So she pretended to know nothing. When the official saw the landlady pretending, he took her to court. The landlady saw her man sunbathing at the doorstep and couldn't figure out what was going on. She couldn't talk to her husband, so she was filled with doubts. The county magistrate repeated what he said before, but she still didn't answer.
The county magistrate suddenly said loudly to her husband: "Shop owner, is the word 'win' still there?" The shop owner was afraid that the word "win" was not there, so he immediately replied: "Yes, it is!" "Since the pronunciation of the word "win" is similar to the word "yin", the landlady felt guilty about being a thief. She clearly heard that the man had admitted that the "yin" was there, so she no longer dared to hide it, so she had to tell all the facts about stealing the money. And he led the businessman back home obediently, and returned the 50 taels of silver he had hidden to the travelers.
"The King of Hell" solved the case. Di Renjie was an upright official and solved the case like a god. Among them, there was a case of killing a husband, which was shockingly concluded.
A man named Hao Cai died suddenly one night. Moreover, the appearance of death was very fierce, with protruding eyes and crooked corners of the mouth. After people from Hao Cai's family rushed to the scene, they saw that Hao Cai died in an unknown manner. They also knew that Hao Cai's wife was a frivolous person and the couple had a bad relationship, so they went to the county government office to file a complaint and asked the county magistrate to make the decision for the Hao family.
Di Renjie is a person who does not jump to conclusions easily. He carefully examined Hao Cai's body and determined that the deceased had no signs of poisoning or injuries. After checking the inside and outside of the house, I found that there was a movable stone brick on the outer wall, but it was blocked by the large wardrobe in the house. If you are not careful, you can't see any trace. He asked the guards to move the wardrobe away. When the movable brick wall was exposed, Di Renjie ordered people to dismantle it and found that it was a small door that led directly to the neighbor Wang Wu's house. So Di Renjie interrogated Wang Wu and Hao's wife, but the two refused to admit their affair and said they had never known about the brick wall.
Di Renjie is not the kind of person who frequently uses torture when trying cases. He asked Wife Hao: "Do you know why your husband was fine during the day but died suddenly at night?" Wife Hao insisted: "The little woman doesn't know the cause of her husband's death. As the saying goes, the king of hell wants a person to die in the middle of the night, so he dare not stay. At the fifth watch, Hao Cai was destined to die. Even though the little woman was sad, there was nothing she could do. "Di Renjie saw that Hao's wife was eloquent and believed in karma and destiny, so he made a plan. .
At night, Hao's wife was awakened by a gust of wind in prison. When she opened her eyes, she saw an impermanent black and white man with a bull's head and a horse's face standing in front of her. Hao's wife fainted with fright. She was dragged by the imps to the Hall of the King of Hell with iron chains. She saw the King of Hell sitting high in the hall, and in the dark firelight there were fierce spirits, ghosts crying and wolves howling. I also saw my husband, Hao Cai, holding the paper and bewailing for his life. Hao's wife was out of her mind at this time, and heard from the King of Hell that he would be punished.
In order to avoid severe punishment, Hao's wife had to confess that she had been having an affair with her neighbor Wang Wu. On this day, while Hao Cai was drunk, she drove a large steel nail into her husband's head and covered it with her hair, so the wound could not be found. offense.
Hao’s wife’s confession was completed and the lights were brightly lit in the main hall. It turned out that the devil and the devil were all dressed up by Di Renjie and the guards. Hao's wife wanted to retract her confession, but when the police came to report, they found steel nails on Hao Cai's head. Hao's wife could not deny it, so she had to plead guilty.