Chapter 8 Chapter 7: The Married Ladies of Ancient and Modern Basins Receive Gongsun Ce Secretly Visiting the Rapists

Let's say that Bao Xing was ordered by Duke Bao to send a letter home, and then went to Yinyi Village.This day when Bao Xing came back, he kowtowed to Bao Gong and presented a letter, saying: "Master and Mrs. Tai are very healthy. He was very happy to hear that the master has won the prefect. He rewarded the villain with fifty taels of silver."Needless to say, the villain was very happy when he saw the elder and his wife again, and he also rewarded the villain with thirty taels of silver.Only the eldest lady brought a thin package for the villain, and told the villain to keep it well and deliver it to the master when he arrived in Beijing.The villain held it in his hand, although it was a bit divided, he didn't know what it was, and he was afraid of bumping into it on the road.It was the eldest lady who saw that the villain was embarrassed, so she just explained that this bag contains an ancient mirror, which was originally picked up by the master in the well.Therefore, the mirror shines brightly, and the eldest lady hangs in the house.One day, Qiu Xiang, whom the second lady was calling, slipped and fell in front of the eldest lady's door, and her head was broken. When she entered the room, she took a picture at the hanging mirror. Unexpectedly, the blood dripped on the mirror, and the cloud suddenly opened.Qiuxiang yelled, turned around and ran into the second wife's house, held down the second wife by surprise, and gouged out her right eye; she has been insane since then, and has been locked up until now, like a living ghost.The second wife died two or three times, and now she is under medical treatment, but she has not recovered yet.When the villain saw the second master, he was listless, so he also rewarded the villain with two taels of silver.As he spoke, he presented the burden.Bao Gong didn't open it either, and ordered to receive it properly.Bao Xing replied again: The villain was very happy to see Master Ning read the letter again, he told the master to do things well, serve the country faithfully, and taught the villain a lot of things.The villain lived at home for a day, and then went to the hermit village to announce the good news and write a letter.Mrs. Li was overjoyed and agreed, and then sent the young lady over to kiss her.I rewarded the villain with an ingot and two rulers, and wrote back a letter.The book will be presented soon.Bao Gong then finished looking. It turned out that Mrs. Zhang and the young lady will come to Beijing within a month. They immediately ordered to prepare a residence and send people to meet them.So he told Bao Xing to rest for a while, and then discuss about the wedding the next day.

In a few days, Mrs. Zhang and all the young ladies arrived as expected.Bao Xing has prepared everything for the wedding on a regular basis.When the auspicious period comes, there is no need to list how many officials came to congratulate him. After Baogong finished his marriage, he was very happy to see Miss Li's demure, demure, and dignified posture, which is indeed the demeanor of everyone.And there is a treasure in the dowry, which is called the ancient and modern basin.There are two holes of yin and yang on it, which can be called a rare treasure in the world.Bao Gong didn't mind.After three dynasties and a full moon, Mrs. Zhang left her daughter and went home.Before leaving, he named a servant he had to use as Li Cai, and stayed to serve Bao Gong.

One day, when Bao Gong was sitting in the hall, he saw a villager, about fifty years old, who said he had been wronged.Take it to the hall immediately.Bao Gong asked: "Who is your name?"What is wronged?Sue up.The man kowtowed upwards and said: "The villain's surname is Zhang and his name is Zhiren. He lives in Qili Village."There is a brother named Zhang Youdao who makes a living as a shopkeeper and is only a few miles away from the villain.One day, the villain went to visit his brother's house, but he died three days ago.Ask my aunt Liu what kind of disease she is, and why she doesn't even send a letter?Mrs. Liu replied that she was distressed and died of illness. Because there was no one at home, she could not deliver the letter.Because of the unknown death of Youdao, the villain appealed the reason in Xiangfu County and was willing to open the coffin for inspection.The county magistrate approved the villain.When the coffin was opened for inspection, there were no injuries.Mrs. Liu let Diao go and said a lot of false accusations.The county magistrate punished the villain by 20 boards and asked for bail to go home.The more I think about it, the truth is that Zhang Youdao is dead.Reluctantly, He threw himself in front of the grand master's stage, begging Qingtian and the villain to decide.After all, with tears streaming down his face, he prostrated himself on the ground.Baogong asked, "is your brother always sick?"Zhang Zhiren said: There is no disease.Bao Gong asked again: "When did you not see Zhang Youdao?"Zhiren said: "Brothers have always been in harmony. The villain often comes to his house, and he often comes to the villain's house."Five days ago, he was still in the villain's house.The villain didn't come for five or six days, so the villain found his house, but he died three days ago.When Bao Gong heard this, he thought: he was still at his house five days ago, and he went to visit on the sixth day, and he died three days ago. There must be a reason for the gap of one or two days.Bao Gong thought about it, approved the case, signed it immediately, and sent Liu to the case.Withdrew for the time being.When I came to the study, I looked at Chengzi carefully, wondering.

Bao Xing and Li Cai stood beside him.Suddenly I heard footsteps outside.Bao Xing rushed out to greet him, but he was a foreign class, holding a letter in his hand, and said: "There is a Confucian scholar outside asking to see you."This book is written by monks.After hearing this, Bao Xing took the letter, went back to the Ming Dynasty, and presented the letter. Bao Gong respected the monk very much, and hurriedly opened the book to read. It turned out that it was a letter of recommendation, saying that he was knowledgeable and good-natured.After watching it, Bao Gong ordered Bao Xing to invite him.

When Bao Xing came out to look, he saw that the man was wearing a hat, which was all changed by Bao Gong when he was in the temple. After looking at it, Bao Xing knew that it was the master's clothes back then, and it must have been worn by Monk Lian and him. Without explaining, he said to the man: "My master is here to invite you."I saw that man was polite and followed Bao Xing in.In the study, Bao Xing lifts the curtain.Seeing Bao Gong standing up, the man bowed forward, Bao Gong answered and gave up his seat.Bao Gong asked, "What's your surname, sir?"The man replied: "My late birth was surnamed Gongsun and Mingce. Because I was trapped in the farm and house for a long time, I fell to Sun Shan many times, so I was exiled in Daxiangguo Temple."Thanks to the preferential treatment of Zen master Lianran, I come here with a special letter, and I hope that the old grandfather will include it.Seeing that he behaved carefully and spoke clearly, Bao Gong asked some books and allusions, and saw that he answered fluently and learned a lot.Bao Gong was overjoyed.

During the conversation, I saw the outside class report: "Liu's family has arrived."Bao Gong ordered to serve.So he asked Li Cai to accompany Mr. Gongsun, took Bao Xing with him, and was promoted immediately.When he entered the public seat, he was called Dai Liu.The respondent then shouted: "Take Mrs. Liu!"Take Liu Shi! I saw a woman coming in from the outer corner door, she was only in her twenties, she had no fear on her face, and she was still talking to herself: "A good person, the one who turned his body when he died, I don't know what evil he did in his previous life." up.Now that I have been sent here again, is there any clever trick?While speaking, while going to the court, he didn't look around, and he fell on his knees gracefully, like a person who has been used to litigation for a long time.Bao Gong asked, "Are you Zhang Liu?"The woman replied: "Little lady Liu, married Zhang Youdao, a shopkeeper."Bao Gong asked again: "How did your husband die of illness?"Liu said: That night, my husband went home, had dinner, and went to bed after a watch.After more than two days, I suddenly felt a strange pain in my heart.The little woman was terrified and got up in a hurry.He cried out that the pain was severe, but he died after a while.It hurts the little woman.After all, tears streamed down my face.Bao Gong slapped the gavel and shouted: How did your husband die of illness?Come on!Standing in the hall and shouting: "Speak up!"Mrs. Liu knelt forward and crawled half a step forward, and said, "My lord, my husband really died of a heartache, how dare a little lady lie.Bao Gong shouted: "Since he died of illness, why didn't you send a letter to his brother Zhang Zhiren?"To tell you the truth, Zhang Zhiren has already made the first complaint in front of the hall.Really recruit, so as not to suffer flesh and blood.Liu Shi said: If you don't send letters to Zhang Zhiren, firstly the little lady won't bother anyone, and secondly you won't dare to send him letters.Bao Gong heard and said, "Why is this?"Liu said: "Because the little woman's husband is in Japan, he often goes to the little woman's house. Every time he sees no one, he talks back and forth, but the little woman always ignores him."It was the last time when he went to the little woman's house, the little woman told him that his brother was dead, not only did he not cry, but he talked nonsense to the little woman, even now the little woman can't learn it.At that time, he was yelled and scolded by the little woman, so he left.Unexpectedly, he became angry and sued in the county, saying that his brother's death was unknown and that the coffin should be opened for inspection.Later, the grandfather checked him and found that there was no injury, so he beat him twenty boards.I don't want him to refuse to rest, and now he is suing the master again.After the death of her husband, the poor little woman suffered such a sin, and the little woman bears such a bad name, she is really wronged!I implore the old Qingtian and the little woman to decide!As he spoke, he began to cry.Bao Gong saw that his mouth was like a river, his teeth were like sharp swords, and he spoke with emotion and reason, so he thought to himself: this woman must not be kind when she listens to his words.If he is confronted with Zhang Zhiren, I think his honest and honest appearance will definitely lose to the woman's quarrel.Only by investigating the real situation can the woman admit defeat.

After thinking about it, he said to Mrs. Liu: "In this way, you have been falsely accused for no reason."Zhang Zhiren is really hateful, I have my own reasons.You just go down and listen to the rumors in three days.Mrs. Liu kowtowed, seeming to be pleased.Bao Gong felt even more suspicious. After leaving the hall, he came to the study and presented the confession to Gongsun Ce to watch.After Gongsun Ce read it, he bowed and said: According to Wan Sheng's confession, Zhang Zhiren is quite suspicious.It's just that Liu's words are cunning, and he must understand through interviews before he can convince the woman.Unexpectedly, what Gongsun Ce thought and thought in Baogong's heart was utterly vindicated by Gongsun Ce, and he said happily, "What if it seems like this?"Just as Gongsun Ce was about to make an entrance ceremony, he stood up quickly and said: "When I am late, I will change my clothes and visit secretly. If there is a chance, I will report back."Bao Gong heard and said: "So, Mr. Lao is here."Ask Mr. Bao Xingjiang to Panchuan and prepare something in a hurry. Don't miss it.Bao Xing agreed and followed Gongsun Ce to the study.Gongsun Ce told him clearly, and Bao Xing went to deal with it quickly.In a short while, everything is in order.It turned out that there was a small medicine box, a signboard, and silk tassels, shoes and socks.Gongsun Ce changed his whole body, carried the medicine box on his back, sneaked out from the corner gate, and went to Qili Village to investigate.

Unexpectedly, he came here in high spirits, and returned in disappointment. After a day of trouble, there was no opportunity to find.Looking at the night, I felt hungry again, so I hurried back to Kaifeng Mansion to make sense.Unexpectedly, in a panic, he didn't choose the road. He was heading north, but he forked southeast.After walking several miles, I finally arrived at the town shop. When I asked, I found out that it was Yulin Town.I found a place to stay at Xinglong Inn, I was tired and hungry, and was about to eat when I saw a group of horses coming, and a black and short man among them shouted loudly: "Whoever he is, come out with me quickly."If you offend your master's temper, even your shop will be demolished for you!Someone next to him said: "Fourth brother can't."There is a first-come first-come-first-served approach to everything, even if you ask others to move around, you have to be easy to talk about, and you can't be so rambunctious.Then he said to the owner of the shop, "Dongren, go and talk about it. It's because we have so many people that it's inconvenient to live here twice. Please!"Please!The shop owner was helpless, walked up to the upper room, and said to Gongsun Ce: "Sir, there is nothing to say. Your old general will accept us. You can't condescend that you always live in the east room. Give us the two outer rooms."After all, I bowed deeply.Gongsun Ce said: "I didn't want to live in the upper room when I came here. It was your little one who said repeatedly that I lived in this room."Now that there are so many guests, I would rather give up the three rooms.The shopkeeper gave me a single room, and I just lived there.They are all on the road, even if there are thousands of buildings, they only take up seven feet of sleep, so why make a fuss about it.Just as he was talking, he saw a big black man coming in, with a smile on his face, he said, "No way, no way."Please respect yourself, sir.The two rooms outside are enough for me to wait for you.I waited for the servants, and all told them to live in the next room, and they dared not work any more.Gongsun Ce was humble again and again, but the big man just refused, so he had to move to the east.The big man asked his servants to remove the luggage, take off the saddle and bridle, and put them all in place.I also saw that there were four masters, and the remaining five or six were all followers.Ask for face water, call to boil the kettle, and make a lot of noise.Seeing the black dwarf again, he asked for wine and food first.The shop waiter was very busy for a while, so that Gongsun Ce drank an empty pot of wine, and the food never came, and he didn't dare to rush.Suddenly I heard the black dwarf say: "I'm not afraid of anything else. When I arrive at Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow, I'm afraid he will remember his former enemies and refuse to include them. What should I do?"He also heard the black-faced man say: Don't worry, fourth brother.I don't think Bao Gong is that kind of person.Hearing this, Gongsun Ce couldn't help standing up, went out of the East Room, and raised his hands to the four of them, saying: "The four of you were originally from Kaifeng, but the younger ones are not talented. They are willing to be introduced."The four stood up quickly after hearing this.It was still the big man who said, "Who is under your feet?"Please come and sit down so we can talk.Gongsun Ce was humble again and again before sitting down.They all share their names, and it turns out that these four people are the four heroes of Tulonggang Dynasty, Ma Han, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu.I heard that Bao Gong became the governor of the government. At the beginning, he had said that he would abandon the dark and turn to the bright, so he scattered all the food, grass, gold and silver from the mountain minions, and only brought five or six people with him.

They asked Gongsun Ce again.Gongsun Ce replied: "Xiao Ke is now in Kaifeng Mansion. Because there is a suspicious case at present, he secretly investigates and visits. I don't want to meet four people here. I am really lucky."After talking with each other for a long time, it is true that each of the civil and martial arts has its own skills, and everyone is very happy. Only Mr. Zhao is vulgar, but he drinks a lot.Chao Chao was afraid that he would make a slip of the tongue after drinking, which would be indecent to outsiders, so he had to beg for food quickly.After eating, we chatted and drank tea until after the second watch.

Everyone discusses that after resting tonight, they can get up early and start their journey tomorrow.This is exactly: just because of the reputation of innocence, the heroes trek here.It has not yet been examined how the King, Ma, Zhang, and Zhao will go to Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow, and let's listen to the next chapter.