Ancient Techniques for Solving Cases

The art of solving criminal cases is the bane of evil. Base motives often give rise to evil thoughts, and once those thoughts take hold, people become cruel and heartless. A "tender as water" wife killed her husband so she could have an affair with someone else; a scoundrel who borrowed money and wanted to dodge repayment killed his creditor; someone plotted murder over a mere 5,000 coins; a mother sought to put her own son to death to satisfy her selfish desires; and a man, seeking to seize his stepmother's property, killed his two younger cousins with his own hands, then framed his stepmother. When committing their crimes, these wicked people used highly secretive methods, hoping to evade the law.