After hearing what Luo Sigong said, Mou Rongtian also felt that Tian Feng had deliberately pretended to be faint and wanted to kill Mr. Li.
Luo Sigong said: "Kong Erleng was killed outside Shenyang City. I guess that after General Li woke up, he asked Kong Erleng to go to Shenyang to notify Tian Feng to pick him up. Tian Feng sent someone to kill Kong Erleng. They also found the Kong family and killed both the Kong family and General Li."
Mou Rongtian pondered for a moment and said: "If General Li wakes up, Kong Niu will definitely notify Li Baozheng in the village, but Li Baozheng doesn't know whether General Li has woken up. This doesn't make sense."
Luo Sigong said: "At that time, the Tatars had spies all over Liaodong. I guess it was General Li who kept the Kong family from speaking out for fear that the Tatar spies would hear about it and suffer mishaps. That's why Kong Niu didn't inform the Baozheng."
Mou Rongtian said: "What you said makes sense." After a pause, he added: "Could it be that Tian Feng personally killed the Kong family and General Li?"
Luo Sigong shook his head and said: "This is impossible. Kong Erleng was killed by someone crushing the back of his skull with his palm. With Tian Feng's martial arts, it is impossible to do this. This must have been done by Tian Feng's confidants."
Mou Rongtian asked: "Could it be that Tian Feng instigated Zhang Daoqian to do it?"
Luo Sigong shook his head and said: "No, it can't be Zhang Daoqian. I think it is most likely Gao Jianzheng."
Mou Rongtian had never heard of this person and asked: "Who is Gao Jianzheng? What is his background?"
Luo Sigong said: "I don't know what sect he is from or what his background is. I only know that he has very high martial arts skills and is Tian Feng's confidant. This man suddenly disappeared mysteriously sixteen years ago and his whereabouts are unknown. Now that I think about it, I I received a secret report from the Liaodong Branch and learned that Gao Jianzheng disappeared shortly after the murder occurred in the Kong family. I guess that Gao Jianzheng may have been silenced by Tian Feng."
Mou Rongtian said: "If your prediction is correct, Tian Feng sent Gao Jianzheng to kill General Li, and Gao Jianzheng was silenced by Tian Feng, then we will not be able to bring Tian Feng to justice."
Luo Sigong said: "Yes, unless Gao Jianzheng is still alive, there is nothing we can do against Tian Feng. But no matter what, it is always good to find General Li's body.
"Rongtian, go to Liaodong and transport the body back. I'll ask General Li to use the bone test method to verify whether the body is that of General Li.
"Although I think it is probably General Li, I have never seen that dagger after all, so I can't be sure it is the Seven-Star Sword. As for the tattoo, General Li can stab four dragons and two tigers, and others can also do it. I have never seen it. The tattoo on the dead body cannot be confirmed to be that of General Li."
Mou Rongtian said: "It may not be effective to test the relationship by dripping bones. This method is not very accurate."
Luo Sigong said: "If the blood seeps into the bones, it may not be Mr. Li. But if the blood does not seep into the bones, then it is definitely not Mr. Li. There is no other better way. We can only use the bone test to test the relationship."
When Mou Rongtian came to Liaodonghe Sandwich Village, Li Dali was still the guarantor here. When the murder occurred in the Kong family, Li Dali was in his forties. Now he is over sixty years old, with white beard and hair, but his body and bones are still strong.
Mou Rongtian found Li Dali and explained his purpose. Li Dali called several villagers and took Mou Rongtian to the Xishan Cemetery, where the people from Hejiaxin Village were buried after they died.
Li Dali stopped in front of a grave and said: "This is the grave of that dead ghost. Dezhen is such a good boy. I paid for him back then and bought him a coffin so that he could be buried in peace."
Mou Rongtian only said that he would take the headless corpse away without revealing the identity of the body to Li Dali, so Li Dali called it a dead ghost.
The villagers all held shovels in their hands, and Li Dali also held a spade in his hand. Mou Rongtian stretched out his hand and said to Li Dali: "Li Baozheng, give me your shovel."
Li Dali smiled and said: "How can we let the adults do this? We should do this heavy work." He said to the villagers: "Come on, dig quickly."
Mou Rongtian didn't want to sit idle, so he took the shovel from Li Dali's hand and started digging with the villagers.
Li Dali thought to himself: "This high-ranking official named Mou has no airs at all. In all my life, this is the first time I have met an official like him. It would be great if there were more officials like him in the Ming Dynasty."
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A few days later, the body was transported back to the capital and parked in the courtyard of the Jinyiwei General Administration Office where Luo Sigong's office was located. Luo Sigong sent someone to ask for the old general Li Chengliang.
Li Ruzhen, the governor of Fusi in Beizhen, was Li Rusong's third brother. When Li Ruzhen heard that the corpse had arrived, he hurried over and saw that the headless male corpse had a large skeleton and a figure that looked like his elder brother. They had a deep brotherly love. Li Ruzhen
Seeing that my eldest brother had turned into bones, I felt very uncomfortable. I burst into tears and threw myself on the corpse, crying non-stop.
His son Li Xiaozhong tried to persuade him: "Dad, don't cry in a hurry. It's not certain whether he is an uncle or not. Let's not make the mistake of crying."
Li Ruzhen said: "There should be no mistake. Judging from his figure, he is your uncle."
The Li family brothers have feelings for each other, unlike some so-called brothers who bury their consciences in order to fight for inheritance, and their human brains are capable of producing dog brains.
After the death of Li Tianmu's great-grandfather, when the inheritance was divided, there were several scenes of brothers fighting each other, and people's brains fighting dogs' brains.
Li Tianmu's great-grandfather had four sons. Li Tianmu's grandfather was the great-grandfather's third son and had already passed away when the inheritance was divided.
Li Tianmu's great-grandfather left a house, which was worth two hundred and forty taels of silver at that time. The boss said: "I have feelings for my parents and want to keep this house. I will pay one hundred and twenty taels to buy this house."
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The second and fourth brothers also had feelings for their parents' house and wanted to take it as their own at a low price. The three brothers couldn't come to an agreement, so they started fighting each other, using kitchen knives at each other, and staged the first scene where a man beats a dog out of his head.
Brain play.
Li Tianmu's father, Li Shuan, did not want his uncles to ruin the brotherhood for profit, but he could not persuade him. A scholar named Liang once said this: "The eyes are black, but the heart is red."
, if your eyes turn red when you see money, your heart will definitely turn black.”
After the three "brothers" beat the dog's brains out, they alerted the county government's eldest man, who then spoke and asked the three "brothers" to bid, and the one with the highest price would win.
Li Tianmu's great-grandfather left a deposit. When dividing the deposit, the brothers once again put on a good show of human brains beating dog brains.
According to the old etiquette, after the death of the parents, the eldest son is responsible for dividing the family. The eldest son is a shrewd man, and he makes small calculations loudly.
The eldest brother kept his father's savings in a bank account to earn interest, but refused to take them out to share. The delay lasted for more than a year. The second and fourth children couldn't wait any longer, so they came to his door and broke heads with him, and the relationship between "brothers" began.
There was a scene where kitchen knives were being thrown at each other, which alarmed the Yamen again. The county magistrate spoke out, and the boss had to take out his parents' savings and divide them.
At the end of the family division, there is only a handful of sesame seeds left. Several brothers should divide their shares. One for the eldest brother, one for the second child, one for Li Shuan, one for the fourth child. Everyone should get their share. No one should be greedy for more.
After dividing it around, there was only one sesame seed left. The boss took a knife and divided it into four parts, one for each person. Li Shuan said, "Uncles, please divide it. I don't want this sesame seed anymore."
The boss was very happy when he heard this. Even though he only had one-twelfth of the price of a small sesame, he understood that if you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles, and if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't build a river. Only by accumulating a small amount into a large sum can you get rich.
Hard truth.
The boss secretly laughed at Li Shuan for being an idiot, and happily gave away the little sesame seeds.
After dividing the sesame seeds, the eldest daughter-in-law suddenly remembered that when the third son was alive, her father-in-law ate more sesame seeds than the eldest, second and fourth sons. She could not let the eldest son suffer, otherwise she would not be able to sleep at night. So she asked Li Shuan to get her share.
It is only fair and reasonable to hand over all the sesame seeds.
"Ha..." Li Shuan said with a smile, "It's hard for aunt to think so carefully." He didn't want to take advantage of them, so why would he make them hate him for a lifetime just for some benefit? So he followed his aunt's wishes.
The eldest daughter-in-law recalled that when the third family was building a house, her parents-in-law had sponsored ten taels of silver, and asked Li Shuan to spit out the ten taels of silver. Li Shuan did as she wanted. Although ten taels of silver was not a big deal to Li Shuan.
It's a small amount, but he doesn't want to take advantage of it, let alone ten taels, even if it's ten times of ten taels, so what if it's a hundred times? He won't take advantage either.
The eldest son said: "The family is divided, let's break up."
The second child said: "Now the division is over? Isn't it right? My father's savings are not only this little silver, but also less than one hundred taels. Where did the one hundred taels go? Why don't you divide it?"
The boss glared and shouted: "That's nonsense. Where did you get that hundred taels of silver? It's nothing."
The second child said: "Why not? I know how much savings my father has. Don't try to deceive me. If you want to keep a hundred taels for yourself, we can't agree to it."
Ever since, the third scene of a man's brain beating a dog's brain took place again.
In that era, there were many families like this. Interest was the most important thing in that era. When family affection met interests, it could only be played for fun. Most people talked about the word "family affection", and a few people talked about it.
Take these two words seriously in your heart.
Now Li Ruzhen is crying bitterly on his eldest brother's body. I wonder if a hundred years after Li Chengliang, the brothers of the Li family will also be counting sesame seeds to divide the inheritance?
Li Chengliang is here. He is nearly ninety years old, but he does not look senile at all. His back is straight and his eyes are bright. This old general has been in the northern frontier for more than 40 years, guarding Liaodong for nearly 30 years, opening up frontiers and guarding the border.
Resisting the Mongols and containing the Jurchens, they made great contributions to the Ming Empire.
The old general committed a common mistake in the officialdom and was impeached and dismissed from office. The reason why Wanli wanted to dismiss him was not because he was greedy for a lot of money and extravagant, but because he was afraid that he would be self-respecting with his troops.
Li Chengliang brought a dozen people, all of whom were his children and grandchildren. Luo Sigong and Mou Rongtian came forward to give Li Chengliang a gift. Li Chengliang looked at the corpse with tears in his eyes. He walked closer and said, "Bring a knife."
The second son, Li Rubai, handed over the dagger. Li Chengliang took the knife in his hand, stretched out a finger, and cut the belly of his finger. The blood dripped on the bones of the dead body and immediately penetrated into the bones.
Li Ruzhen said: "The blood seeped in, he is indeed the eldest brother, brother..." Then he threw himself on the eldest brother's bones and cried bitterly.
Li Chengliang's children and grandchildren cried together. Li Chengliang's eyes were full of tears, but he did not let the tears flow down. He closed his eyes and let the tears flow in his heart. After a while, he opened his eyes and said: "Don't cry anymore. Let the country be like a pine tree."
If you sacrifice your life and die a worthy death, there is nothing to cry about, we should be happy."
Li Rubai said: "Tian Feng is a thief who killed my eldest brother. We cannot spare him."
Li Ruzhen said: "I will go into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and ask the Holy Spirit to make the decision."
Li Chengliang said: "Nonsense, we have no proof, how can you let the Holy One make the decision for you?"
Li Ruzhen said: "Then what should we do? Will we not avenge my eldest brother?"
Li Chengliang said: "It's not that I won't take revenge. The time has not come yet. It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. There's no need to rush for just one moment."