Chapter 1254 Ignition
Pick up ashes? !
With a puff, Shen Hao squirted out all the herbal tea he had just drank but hadn't swallowed yet.
What is "picking ashes"? According to the general saying, it is the father-in-law and daughter-in-law applauding secretly. This kind of thing is vaguely called: picking up ashes.
There is an essential difference between picking ashes and "stealing people" in general. Where is the difference? It is on the two points of "do not let the fat and water flow into the field of outsiders" and "corruption of ethics".
When Shen Hao was a small banner officer in Licheng, he had encountered cases related to picking up ashes. It is said that a father-in-law and daughter-in-law picked up ashes, and the son was furious when he found out, not only killed his biological father and wife, but also vented his anger on the corpse. The scene was so bloody that the local yamen thought it was done by evil spirits and reported the case to Xuan Qingwei . After the results were checked, it was discovered that it was not.
In fact, there are also customs punishments for picking up ashes. Generally, the simple and crude method of "sinking the pond" is adopted. But because it is too embarrassing, even a member of a big family, so few people will make a fuss about picking up ashes, and most of them solve it privately.
It can be seen from this that ashes picking, which is extremely immoral and violates universal ethical values, is despised and cast aside by the people.
How can a person who is spurned and despised by everyone be an official? For phase? I'm afraid that the emperor will directly order to sink the pond as a warning to others?
"Do you have solid evidence in your hand?"
Wang Jian nodded and said: "Yes, my lord. Cao Guobang has only one son, but his only son has been suffering from tuberculosis since he was a child and was weak. The tuberculosis became serious in his twenties. He has survived to this day thanks to pills, let alone having sex. If you take two extra steps, you will cough for a long time. But this kind of person can give birth to two sons and one daughter at once, don’t you think it’s weird?”
Tuberculosis? Naturally, Shen Hao knew about this disease. It was a chronic respiratory disease, and there was basically no possibility of treatment. It is not difficult for a monk to use his cultivation to fight hard, and he can do it with a second-level Qi Refining Realm. But if ordinary people get it, they can only die young, and few can live past thirty.
If Cao Guobang's son got tuberculosis, he could hang his life by relying on pills, but if he wanted to have sex with ordinary people and have children, it would be a dream.
Many methods used by alchemists or doctors in this world are aimed at monks, and cannot be used on ordinary people at all.
So Wang Jian said that a tuberculosis patient can still have three children? No wonder there is no story here.
"I should have suspected that there was someone outside the daughter-in-law there, but the baby born was indeed very similar to someone from the Cao family. Everyone knew that it was from the Cao family. So outsiders could only attribute it to the Cao family. Maybe there is a secret recipe for it. Let the tuberculosis have children. And the Cao family has been stable and smooth.
It wasn't until not long ago that two Heishui spies who had recently bullied Cao's family discovered one of the clues. That is, the three little children in the Cao family all have a disease called "heat rash". If you sweat too much in summer, you will get rashes all over your body, and you will faint when it is serious.
Although this kind of heat rash is rare, it is not a serious disease. Generally, it will not recur at the age of sixteen or seventeen as it grows older. "
He knew about tuberculosis, but it was the first time Shen Hao had heard of "heat rash". But looking at Wang Jian's wretched smile, he also knew that this "heat rash" should be the key to Heishui's success in picking up ashes from Cao Guobang.
I heard Wang Jian continue: "One of the two spies happened to suffer from "heat rash" when he was young, so he paid attention to it at that time, thought it was very strange, and reported it to the police.
As a result, the fourth department checked carefully, and the problem came out.
Heat rash can only be passed from father to son, but not necessarily. Generally speaking, it is fifty-five points, and the son has half the chance of inheriting the father's heat rash. But Cao Guobang's only son did not inherit the heat rash that Cao Guobang had when he was a child. Therefore, it is impossible for him to pass the fever rash to those three children again. "
When Wang Jian said this, several key pieces of information were collected.
The Cao family is the only son, and the only son suffers from tuberculosis. According to common sense, he can survive by hanging himself by pills, and it is impossible to have a son to continue the incense. But in the end, not only did she give birth, but she also gave birth to three intermittently.
Secondly, the three babies must be from the Cao family, which can be confirmed just by looking at their appearance. There is also a genetic disease called "heat rash". Or a disease passed on from father to son.
Finally, Cao Guobang had heat rash, but he did not pass it on to his son.
Here comes the problem. Who did the three children get their fever rash from?
These things can't stand the investigation, and the logical information can be clearly summarized after one investigation, and finally the truth that some people want to perfunctory and cover up can be pulled away.
"How are you going to crush this matter to death?" Shen Hao's expression was also half a smile after hearing it. He had met Cao Guobang before, he was quite a tough old man, he never thought that he would be so tough that he could pick up ashes and give birth to a child. I don't know if it's out of pure desire to stay behind for the Cao family, or because I can't bear to see my daughter-in-law being a widow, and I feel lustful? Or maybe both?
However, although the information has been found, it takes skill to grasp it, because once the news is leaked and Cao Guobang realizes that the secret has been seen through, it is very likely that extreme means will be used to cut off the thread of all deduction.
Wang Jian replied quickly after hearing the words: "Don't worry, my lord. If you want to take this step, the key lies in those three children. As long as you can kill those three children, it is equivalent to capturing Cao Guobang's vitals. Turn over and check Cao Guobang." Bang, his son, and his daughter-in-law, make sure to check it out."
"Abduction?" Shen Hao asked tentatively with a smile.
"Actually, you don't need to take people, my lord. You just need to set up a bureau, so that the fact that the three children of the Cao family have heat rash can be found out. Based on this, as long as people have an understanding of this disease, At the same time, there are people who are plotting against Cao Guobang and know that we don’t need to do anything about the following things, so naturally someone will continue to go down and drive Cao Guobang into a desperate situation.”
A gleam of relief flashed in Shen Hao's eyes, Wang Jian's words were already quite sophisticated. And he is well versed in the way of fanning the flames, setting Cao's house on fire, handing over the job of fanning the wind to those who wish Cao Guobang bad luck, and laughing in the dark.
"That's right, there is progress." Shen Hao doesn't care whether this method was created by the four departments or Wang Jian's idea was in it. It doesn't matter. good.
"Subordinates dare not be, this is the credit of the adults' teaching."
Shen Hao waved his hand, not letting Wang Jian continue to humble himself. Instead, he continued: "Let the fourth department work hard on the latter method. Don't think about the former method, just give it up.
In addition, don't always think about how clever your means are in the future. It's a stupid idea to think that "no hand tail will be left behind".
Also, keep an eye on Bai Changqing. Before you do anything, you have to make sure that there are no accidents around Bai Changqing, especially those two spies, understand? "