A family of five was killed and the murderer became a mystery. Why did a man and a woman quarrel and the real murderer was revealed?

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a small town called Xiaojing Town in the south of Wuxian County. There is a family named He in the town, and its owner, He Yunshan, lives by farming. He Yunshan's family has a white-haired mother, a son and a daughter, and her son is not weaned at the age of three. He Yunshan's wife is also a peasant, and she also works hard with her husband. He Yunshan's family of five, although not rich, is also harmonious.

He Yunshan suffers from hysteria, sometimes he is moody and has some contradictions with his neighbors, which leads to disharmony with them. But fortunately, this kind of situation does not happen often, and it does not prevent him from farming. He's family is getting better and better and he has some savings. When the neighbors saw that Hejia had made a fortune, they all praised Hejia for running the family well.

One day, He's neighbors found that He always got up early to cook and prepare to go to the fields, but nothing happened for a long time today. The sun has set, and there is no home to open the door. When the villagers came back from working in the fields, they found that He's door was still closed. They felt very strange and had different ideas. They knocked at the door, but didn't see a response inside, so they forced the door open. When the villagers rushed in, they found that He Yunshan had hanged himself and there was a bloody sharp knife by the door.

Everyone was surprised. He Yunshan has hanged himself. Why does this sharp knife bring blood? Too many cooks untied Yun Heshan and found that he had been dead for a long time, and his body was stiff and cold. The neighbor entered the back room again and found a child dead indoors, stabbed several times with a knife, and his blood was still gurgling.

He Yunshan's mother also died on the ground, and he Yunshan's wife and son, who were drinking milk, also died in bed. Bleeding all over the bed, all killed by sharp knives. This room full of corpses and blood makes everyone jumpy, dumbfounded and sweaty. A few timid people didn't dare to look, so they quickly hid out.

A family of five was killed, so it is natural that such a bad case should be reported to the official immediately. First, Dibao rushed to the scene and saw that the scene was deeply shocked. Dibao inspected all parts of the room and found nothing suspicious. Only one box seems to have been pried open and a copper lock was thrown on the ground. The local county magistrate rode to the county government to report to the officials. The county magistrate Chen Qin listened and rushed to the scene with the official's legacy.

At the scene, after the autopsy, he said: He Yunshan had ligature marks and knife wounds on his neck, probably because he was afraid of hanging himself. The old lady, He Yunshan's wife and two children were all killed because of deep wounds on their bodies. What makes people wonder is that when county magistrate Chen asked his neighbors if they heard anything last night, they said no.

When asked about his family, neighbors reported that He Yunshan had been suffering from hysteria for a long time and was moody. Quarrels often occur, and couples can also be heard arguing. This time, He's whole family died. It may be that He Yunshan had a hysterical attack, killed the whole family and finally committed suicide. Hearing this, Chen Xianling found this analysis reasonable. He analyzed the case on the spot: He Yunshan first had a hysterical attack and killed the whole family with a sharp knife. Later, I wanted to hang myself, but I thought I might not die, so I stabbed my neck with a knife. So that's why the knife fell on the door after he hanged himself.

After some analysis, county magistrate Chen decided that the case was a suicide case of hysteria patients. Neighbors think so, too No one came out to distinguish this matter with the county magistrate, and no one in the deceased's family was alive to deal with the aftermath. Therefore, the county magistrate Chen asked He's family to quickly move closer to He Yunshan's house. This case caused a sensation in eight neighboring towns. People believed that the hysterical people committed suicide, and they were convinced of this conclusion.

Three months later, Chen county magistrate was transferred to other places, and the new magistrate of a county, Tang, was appointed as Wuxian county magistrate. Tang county magistrate looked at the file and thought that the case was full of doubts. First, no matter how hysterical a patient gets sick, it is impossible to kill his relatives, even four people; Second, there seems to be a box opened at home, and this huge doubt has been completely ignored, which is really wrong; Third, since He Yunshan hanged himself, why did he have a knife wound on his neck?

A person cannot stab himself in the neck with a knife after hanging himself. If He Yunshan wants to commit suicide, he will definitely not have the strength to hang himself after stabbing his neck. Why is this obvious problem, the simplest truth, ignored? Therefore, this case is definitely not a family of five hysterics who committed suicide, but a victim.

County magistrate Tang immediately opened the coffin for autopsy and examined the injuries of five members of He Yunshan's family one by one. Although the bodies of five members of He Yunshan's family have rotted, the coroner has roughly determined the cause of death. Subsequently, the Tang magistrate summoned all the neighbors of He Yunshan for interrogation. Tang, the county magistrate, asked his neighbors what happened when He Yunshan had a hysterical attack. Neighbors said that He Yunshan's hysteria is intermittent, and it will happen when it rains or it is cold. He will hit people when he breaks out, but I have never seen him wield a knife or gun.

Tang county magistrate asked his neighbors, who else besides a family of five? Neighbors said that there are only five people in He Yunshan's family. At first, a woman came to He Yunshan's house to work as a helper for a month, but this person soon left He Yunshan's house and never came back. Tang county magistrate asked the man what his name was and where he lived. The neighbor said that this person is a clever girl in the neighboring county.

Tang ordered the magistrate to find Qiao Niang according to the address said by the neighbor. When the village chief arrived at Qiaoniang's home, he found Qiaoniang's door was locked, and Qiaoniang herself had already disappeared. According to Qiao Niang's neighbor, Qiao Niang went out three months ago, saying that she was going to a friend's house. I've been away for three months and I haven't come back yet.

Tang county magistrate thought Qiao Niang was the most suspicious, so he sent the chief to look for Qiao Niang everywhere to find her whereabouts. But the sea of people is boundless, where should we find Qiaoniang? The magistrates were at a loss, and the case entered a dead end and became an unsolved case.

One day two months later, Yang Quan, the head catcher in Wuxian County, went to Suzhou to handle a case and lived in a pub. That night, Yang Quan and his friends had a few more drinks and went back to their room to lie down and rest. In the dead of night, Yang Quan suddenly heard a man and a woman quarreling in the room diagonally opposite.

Yang Quan didn't care at first. But the more noisy, the more intense, vaguely heard the words of murder, gold and silver, and the accent came from Wuxian. Yang Quan heart in a surprised, wuxian murders in recent years, only the pile of a slain case has not been broken, don't these two people know something? Yang Quan thought of this and the wine woke up. He went out quietly and leaned over the window to listen to a man and a woman arguing in the room.

The man and the woman are arguing about gold and silver in the room. Yang Quan heard clearly that the woman in the room was crying and complaining, and a murder case was involved between words. Yang Quan listened and thought that these two men must be fugitives. So he went downstairs and told the shopkeeper, don't let them check out tomorrow, find a reason to let them treat for a period of time, and he will deal with it naturally.

Early the next morning, both men and women in the room went to the front desk to check out, but the owner refused to check out. Just as they were arguing with the shopkeeper, Yang Quan arrived with officials and arrested them on the spot. The couple were quickly summoned by the Suzhou government. After some interrogation, the man and the woman gave their names.

This woman's name is Qiao Niang, and this man's name is Huang Kui. Both of them are from Wuxian. Find out 100 silver from their carry-on luggage. He was sent back to Wuxian for trial because he participated in the murder case in Wuxian. Tang county magistrate got up and went to court to interrogate the two men. At first, they refused to admit the fact of killing. After a stick, they couldn't stand it anymore. They admitted the crime.

Five months ago, the He Yunshan family hired a servant to cook and serve food for their old mother. This cook is Qiao Niang, a widow who has lived alone at home for many years. Because of her flamboyant personality, many prodigals often go in and out of her house. Qiaoniang was criticized in the local area and had to move to Wuxian to make a living. As a result, He Jia wanted a servant to cook, so she came to He Jia.

Not long after staying in Hejia, Qiaoniang discovered a secret of Hejia. After years of savings, he sold a few acres of ancestral property and saved 100 silver. He Yunshan's wife hid 100 in a box. When she is free, she opens the box and counts the money to see if the amount has changed. At this time, she always touched the money again and again and refused to let go for a long time. This scene was discovered by Qiao Niang many times, so she came up with a poisonous trick in her mind.

Qiaoniang found Wuxian lover Huang Kui and asked Huang Kui to come with a knife one night. Qiaoniang opened the back door in the middle of the night and let him in. After they robbed the money, they ran away unnoticed. According to the plan, they really sneaked into He's house and took the box of 100 silver. So, Huang Kui said, stealing money caused trouble, it is better to kill this family of five directly, so as to avoid endless future trouble.

Huang Kui is a butcher who kills pigs. He picked up a paring knife and quickly killed five people in his family. After killing a family of five, he hung a rope around He Yunshan and put the bloody sharp knife in He Yunshan's hand. He Yunshan was dead, unable to hold the handle, and the sharp knife landed on the side door.

At dawn, Qiaoniang and Huang Kui escaped with the money. They fled all the way to Suzhou with the money and lived in Suzhou for several months. Huang Kui missed his youngest son at home and wanted to go back to see him, but Qiaoniang forbade him to go back. If he goes back, he will divide the money and go their separate ways. Huang Kui is a supporter of "black heart". He threw Qiao Niang five taels of silver to send her away. As a result, Qiao Niang naturally refused, and the two quarreled in the pub. The quarrel happened to be heard by Yang Quan, the person in charge of the arrest, and the two were arrested.

The facts of this case are clear and the evidence is conclusive. Qiaoniang conspired with Huang Kui to kill the He Yunshan family of five for 100 silver. Their behavior is vicious and cruel. The magistrate of Tang county sentenced him to beheading in public according to law, and all the gold and silver he robbed were confiscated. Since then, the murder case in Wuxian County in Qing Dynasty has been closed.