The play tells the story of a dynastic dispute caused by a flash flood and a confusing murder case, as well as the Song Dynasty emperor's request for Song Ci to be reinstated to solve the case, which triggered Song Ci to challenge the authority of the current emperor.
Story summary--
In the first year of Duanping in the Southern Song Dynasty, a flash flood broke out. A deserted tomb in the mountains was washed away by mountains and rivers, revealing an unknown corpse, wearing the jade pendant of the former prince. The case shocked the government and the public; Cao Mo, the prefect of Huzhou, who was known as the "One-Armed Emperor" by the people, was convicted of a special grant of 500,000 yuan in silver. He disappeared and was questioned by Wang Ruzhang, the censor of Qiandu. Cao Mo knew he was wronged but did not defend himself. There was something fishy about the embezzlement of silver. Judging from the identity of Song Ti's criminal officer, the identity of the bones was that of the emperor, and the identity of the bones was The emperor's name. The bones were inferred, and the identity of the bones was gradually led to the former prince Zhao Yang who died in an accidental fire eighteen years ago.
According to royal archives, when Zhao Yang was killed, Prime Minister Shi Kaiyuan apparently went to Huzhou to conduct an autopsy and brought him back to the mausoleum for burial. In order to find out the truth, Song Tixing bet the lives of the Song family and opened the earthen coffin in the mausoleum. Sure enough, he discovered a shocking secret - the bones in King Ji's tomb were actually the body of a pregnant woman! Cao Mo suddenly reported to Wang Ruzhang that the person who embezzled 500,000 yuan of special silver was none other than Li Youchun, the Minister of Household Affairs.
After careful reasoning, Song Ziwen discovered that the case of monopoly on selling silver coins was inevitably connected with the case of bones. In order to find clues, Ying Kuo requested an order to visit Cao Mo in Huzhou. Unexpectedly, on the same day, another murder occurred in Huzhou: although the murderer was Song's wife's husband, various signs showed that what the murderer really wanted to kill was Jiang Rucheng, the old prefect next door who had suffered a stroke. Ying Gu followed the clues and uncovered the real mastermind behind the scenes. Cao Mo said something from the bottom of his heart, which shocked Aunt Ying.
After returning to Beijing, Yinggu hid the evidence of the Huzhou murder case and the awakened witness Jiang Rucheng in order to make Song Ci retreat. But Song Ci made a new discovery with the help of historian Pei Shi'an: the late emperor's edict stored in the heavily guarded Tianzhang Pavilion was stolen. This discovery points all clues to one person - the emperor. Based on the clues left by Li Youchun, Wang Ruzhang paid a private visit incognito and got an important clue: Wu De, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the son of Shi Kaiyuan, the former Prime Minister who planned the posthumous edict and established the New Deal.
At this time, Jiang Rucheng, who had suffered a stroke and aphasia but had not uttered a word, finally told Song Tixing the truth about the so-called king's disaster before his death, making the entire case clear. But just before the truth of the case came to light, another more shocking murder occurred in Zhaoming Temple in the imperial city: Kan Bichang, the son of the former crown prince and Taibao, and Master Zhaoming from Jingfo Temple in Tiantai Mountain were both killed. According to a master Xiaokong in the temple, three groups of people sneaked into the temple on the night of the incident, and all three groups had the motive and opportunity to commit the crime.
Song Tixing peeled off the cocoon and pulled out the thread, reasoning carefully, and finally revealed the truth of the case with jaw-dropping on-site investigation and irrefutable logical reasoning. A crisis in the first year of Duanping in the Southern Song Dynasty was also solved with the truth of the case.
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1. Song Ci actor? Wang Qingxiang
Song Ci came from a scholarly family and served successively as chief secretary, county magistrate, and general magistrate. During his twenty-year judicial career, he always valued people's lives above all else.
1. Song Ci: In 1239, Song Ci was promoted to Minister of Punishment.
2. Song and Huang romances? After Tao Zeru was elected to the throne by Shi Miyuan, in order to thank Shi Miyuan for his support, he handed over state affairs to Shi Miyuan, and he hid in the harem and was at ease. He wanted to realize his ambition of striving to govern, but he had no choice but to be exploited by treacherous officials, loyal officials who wanted to expose him, and miscellaneous officials who disturbed him.
3. Actor Yinggu? Liu Mintao
Song Ci's assistant is smart, considerate, thoughtful, and has a keen insight into criminal cases. He is infatuated and devoted to Song Ci without thinking of anything in return. He is romantic and loyal to the one he loves from beginning to end.
4. Cao Mo actor? Sun Tao
When he won the first prize, the prefect of Huzhou, who was known as the "one-armed emperor" by the people, was questioned by the imperial censor Wang Ruzhang on the grounds that 500,000 taels of silver were missing. Cao Mo knew he was wronged but did not defend himself.