Chapter 4 The Fourth Chapter: The Unlucky Girl Meets the Unlucky Lang Gourd Monk Sentencing the Gourd Case indiscriminately

But it was said that Daiyu and her sisters went to Mrs. Wang's place, and saw Mrs. Wang and her brothers and sisters-in-law's envoys discussing housework, and said that her aunt's family had been killed in a lawsuit.Seeing Mrs. Wang's complicated affairs, the sisters came out and came to the widow's sister-in-law Li's room. It turns out that this Li family is Jia Zhu's wife.Although Zhu died young, a son survived, named Jia Lan, who is five years old now and has already entered school to study.This Li family is also the daughter of a famous eunuch in Jinling. Her father's name is Li Shouzhong.Since Li Shouzhong inherited it, it has been said that women have virtue without talent. Therefore, when Li Shi was born, he was not asked to study very much, but only some "Four Books for Women", "Biography of Women", "Collection of Xianyuan" and so on. Three or four kinds of books, so that he can recognize a few characters, and remember these virtuous women in the previous dynasty, but he only focuses on spinning and spinning wells, because he named them Li Wan, and the word Gongcai.Therefore, although Li Wan was young and widowed, and his home was surrounded by the splendor, he was like a dead wood and dead ashes.Although Daiyu is here as a guest today, with such sisters accompanying her every day, she has nothing to worry about except her father.

Now let's talk about Yu Village, because of the supplementary award of Yingtian Mansion, a life lawsuit came to the case as soon as he got off the horse.At that time, Yucun sent the plaintiff to come for trial.The plaintiff said: "The person beaten to death is the master of the villain."Because I bought a girl that day, I didn't want it to be sold by a kidnapper.This kidnapper has already obtained my family's silver, and my young master originally said that the third day will be a good day, so he will enter the door.The kidnapper then secretly sold it to Xue's family. When we found out, we went to find the seller and snatch the girl.Helplessly, the Xue family was originally a tyrant in Jinling, relying on wealth and power, all the powerful slaves beat my little master to death.The murderous master and servant have all fled without a trace, leaving only a few outsiders.The villain has sued for a year, but no one decides.I hope the old man arrests the murderer, cuts off the evil and eliminates the murderer, so as to save the orphans and widows. The deceased is grateful to God!

After hearing this, Yucun said angrily: How can there be such a fart!If you kill a person, you will go away in vain, and you can't get it back!Because of the issuance of the signature, the official immediately brought the members of the murderer's family to torture and ask them to tell where they hid their confessions;When he was about to issue the signature, he saw a door standing next to the case winking, not wanting him to issue the signature.Yucun was very suspicious, so he had to stop, and immediately retreated to the secret room, where all the attendants retreated, leaving only the gatekeeper to wait.The door hurriedly came up to say hello, and asked with a smile: "Master has always been promoted and promoted, but you have forgotten me in eight or nine years?"Yucun said: But it's very kind, it's just that I can't remember it for a while.The door said with a smile: "Master, the nobleman forgets things so much. He forgot the place of his birth and what happened in the gourd temple back then?"When Yucun heard this, he was shocked like a thunder, and then he remembered the past.It turned out that this door was originally a young novice monk in the Calabash Temple. Because he had nowhere to live after being burned, he wanted to go to another temple to practice, but he couldn't bear the cold and cold environment. He thought that this business would be easy and lively, so he saved money in his old age. Fat, filled the door.Yucun expected it to be him, so they hurriedly joined hands and said with a smile: "So it's an old friend."Let's sit down and talk again.This door dare not sit.Yucun said with a smile: "You must not forget the friendship between the poor and the humble."You and I are also old friends; secondly, this is a private room. If you want to have a long talk, is there any reason not to sit down?Hearing this, Fang sued for his seat and sat obliquely.

Yucun asked why he didn't want to issue a visa.This door said: "Since the master has been honored to be appointed to this province, why didn't he copy a provincial official amulet?"Yucun hurriedly asked: What is an official protection talisman?I don't know.Menzi said: This is not bad!If you don't even know this, how can you do it in the long run!Nowadays, everyone who is a local official has a private form, which states the names and surnames of the most powerful, rich and noble gentry in the province, and it is the same in all provinces; I'm afraid I can't even save my life!So the nickname is called the official talisman.The Xue family just mentioned, how did the master provoke him!There's nothing difficult about his lawsuit, it's all because it's in the way of love, so it's like this.While speaking, he took out a copied official amulet from his pocket and handed it to Yucun. When he looked at it, it was full of the proverbs and customs of the local rich and famous eunuchs' families.Its word-of-mouth ranking is clearly written, and the notes below are all from the ancestors, officials and ranks.Shi Shi also copied a piece of paper, according to what Shi Shang wrote:

Jia is not fake, white jade is the horse of Tang Jin. (After Ning Guo Rong Guo's second prince, there are a total of 20 house divisions. Except for the eight houses sent by Ning Rong in the capital, there are currently twelve houses for the original residents.) Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate a history of Jinling. (After Baoling Hou Shangshu Ling Shigong, there are eighteen houses in total, ten houses are currently inhabited in the capital, and eight houses are currently living in the original place) There is a shortage of white jade beds in the East China Sea, so the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling. (After Du Taiwei ruled the county uncle and prince, there were twelve houses in total, the second house in the capital, and the rest were registered.)

In a good year, there is heavy snow, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron. (After Xue Gong, a member of Weishe, now leads the banker of the inner government, with a total of eight housing units.) Yucun hadn't finished watching it yet, and suddenly heard a rumor, and someone reported: Master Wang is here to pay homage.When Yucun heard about it, he quickly put on his clothes and went out to meet him.When I had time to eat, Fang came back and asked carefully.The disciple said: "These four families are all connected and related. If one is damaged, all are damaged, and if one is prospered, all are prospered. They support and cover up, and they all take care of them."The accusation of beating people to death today is the snow of the abundant snow.Not only relying on these three families, but also many of his family friends and relatives who are all outside.Who will the master take now?Hearing what Yucun said, he smiled and asked the doorman, "If you say so, how did you settle the case?"You probably also know the direction where the murderer is hiding?

Menzi laughed and said, "To tell you the truth, not only do I know where the murderer is hiding, but I also know the kidnapper, and the buyer of the dead ghost knows it too."Let me explain to the master in detail: This ghost who was beaten to death is the son of a small local gentry named Feng Yuan. His parents died early and he has no brothers.When he was eighteen or nineteen years old, he loved masculinity and hated women the most.This is also an injustice in his previous life, but he happened to meet this kidnapper selling a girl, so he immediately fell in love with this girl, decided to buy her as a concubine, and vowed that he would never marry a man again, and would never marry a second one, so he passed the door after three days.Unexpectedly, this kidnapper secretly sold it to Xue's family again. He intended to steal the money of the two families before fleeing to another province.Unexpectedly, they never escaped. The two families seized them and beat them to death. They refused to accept the money, and only wanted to lead someone.That Mr. Xue family belonged to someone, so he ordered his subordinates to beat Mr. Feng to pieces, and carried Mr. Feng home to die in three days.Mr. Xue had already chosen a date to go to Beijing. Two days before he got up, he happened to meet this girl, intending to buy it and then go to Beijing.After beating Mr. Feng and snatching the girl, he was fine and just brought his family on his way.He has his own brothers and servants here to take care of it, and it is not worth running away for these trivial matters.Not to mention, master, who is the girl you want to be sold?Yucun smiled and said: How do I know.Menzi sneered and said: This man is considered to be the master's great benefactor!She is the lady of Mr. Zhen who lives next to the Gourd Temple, and her name is Yinglian.Yucun said indifferently: So it was him!I heard that he was abducted until he was five years old, but now he is selling it?

Menzi said: "This kind of kidnapper only steals five or six-year-old children and raises them in a secluded place. When they are eleven or twelve years old, they measure their appearance and take them to other places to resell."At that time, we coaxed Yinglian to play with him every day; although seven or eight years have passed, now that he is twelve or thirteen years old, although his appearance is better, his general appearance has not changed, so it is easy for acquaintances to recognize him.What's more, there was a bit of rouge between his eyebrows, the size of a grain of rice, brought from the womb, so I recognized it.It happened that this kidnapper rented my house to live in. The kidnapper was not at home that day, so I asked him about it.He was terrified of being beaten by the kidnapper, so he dared not say anything, only that the kidnapper was his own father, and because he had no money to repay the debt, he sold him.I coaxed him again and again, and he cried again, only saying: I don't remember what happened when I was young!There is no doubt about it.That day Mr. Feng looked at each other and exchanged the money. The kidnapper was drunk, and he sighed to himself: I am full of sins today!Later, when he heard that Mr. Feng ordered him to pass through the door three days later, he became sad again.I couldn't bear the sight, so I waited for the kidnapper to go out, and ordered my wife to explain to him: Mr. Feng will come to pick him up at a certain date, so I know he won't treat him like a maid.What's more, he is a man of unremarkable character, his family is quite well-off, and he is accustomed to loathing the guests the most. Now he bought you at a high price, and the future is self-evident.It only lasts for three or two days, so why worry!After hearing this, he just relieved his worries a little bit, and he got what he got from it.Unexpectedly, there will be such unsatisfactory things in the world. On the second day, he sold it to the Xue family again.It's okay if you sell it to the second person, this Mr. Xue's nickname is Dumb Overlord, he is the first person in the world to play with sex, and he spends money like dirt, so he beat him up, dragged him to death, and dragged him to death. A Yinglian was dragged away, and now she doesn't know whether she is dead or alive.This Mr. Feng was so happy that he tried to think about it for nothing, but spent money and died, how can you not sigh!

After hearing this, Yucun also sighed: This is also their experience of evil, and it is not accidental.Otherwise, why did Feng Yuan only focus on Yinglian?This Yinglian has been tortured by the kidnapper for the past few years, and she has a way out, and she is also sentimental. If she can get together, it would be a beautiful thing, but this incident happened again.Although the Xue family is richer than the Feng family, thinking about his personality, there are naturally many concubines and prostitution, which may not be as good as Feng Yuan's love for one person.This is just a dreamy love, just meeting a pair of poor-fated sons and daughters.And don't talk about him, just look at the current lawsuit, how to judge it?Menzi laughed and said: "The master was so decisive back then, why is he a person who has no idea today!"The little one heard that the master's promotion to this post was also due to the power of the Jia family's palace; this Xue Pan is a relative of the Jia family, why don't the master sail along the river, make a wholehearted favor, and close the case, so that he can go to see Jia in the future Mansion Palace.Yucun said: You are right.But it is a matter of human life, and thanks to the emperor's grace, he was reinstated and reinstated. When he is trying his best to repay him, how can he abolish the law for personal reasons?It's someone I really can't bear to do.After hearing this, Menzi sneered and said: "What the master said is not a big truth, but it's just that it can't be done in the world today."Haven't you heard that the ancients said: A man moves with the times, and he who seeks good luck and avoids evil is a gentleman.According to what the master said, not only can't serve the court, but also can't protect himself, so he has to think twice.

Yucun lowered his head for a long time, and Fang said, "How about you?"The door said: "The villain has thought of a very good idea here: the master will sit in the hall tomorrow, just bluff, and use the documents to sign and get people."Naturally, the original culprit cannot be obtained, the plaintiff must definitely take several members of the Xue family and servants to torture.The younger one secretly mediated, and they reported a sudden illness and died. The clan and the local government handed over a certificate of protection.The master said: "The spirit has approved it. The deceased Feng Yuan and Xue Pan met each other because of their old sins. Now that they have met on a narrow road, they should have ended."Xue Pan had already suffered from an unknown disease, and was pursued by Feng Hun and died.All the disasters were caused by a certain person who kidnapped the child. The person who was kidnapped was originally from a certain surname in a certain township, and he was dealt with according to the law.The villain secretly entrusts the kidnapper to trick him.Everyone saw that the shaman's comments were consistent with the kidnapper's, and the rest were naturally true.The Xue family has plenty of money, so the master can cut off one thousand or five hundred, and pay for the burning and burial with the Feng family.There are no important people in the Feng family, but it's just for money. Seeing that they have this money, they have nothing to say.Master, how do you think about this plan?Yucun smiled and said, "No, no."Wait for me to think it over again, or I can convince my mouth.The two discussed it, and it was getting late, so there was nothing to say.

On the next day, I sat in the hall and picked up a famous criminal. Yucun interrogated him in detail. It turned out that the population of Feng's family was sparse, but they wanted to get more money for burning and burial; .Yucun bent the law for his own sake and judged the case indiscriminately.The Feng family got a lot of money for burning and burying, so they had nothing to say.Yucun broke up the case and wrote two letters in a hurry to join Jia Zheng with Prince Teng, the governor of the capital, but said that the matter of nephew was over and there was no need to worry about it.This matter was all reported by the novice monk in the Gourd Temple, and Yucun was afraid that he would tell others about his poor and humble days, so he felt very unhappy, and later he found something wrong and sent him away from afar. Just stop. There is no mention of Yucun at the moment.In addition, Mr. Xue, who bought Yinglian and killed Feng Yuan, was also from Jinling, and he was originally a family of scholars.It's just that Mr. Xue lost his father when he was young, and his widowed mother pitied him that he was an orphan, so he was spoiled and indulged, so he became a failure in his life; and his family is rich in millions, and now he is receiving money and grain to buy miscellaneous materials.This Mr. Xue's scientific name is Xue Pan, and his surname is Wenlong. He has an extravagant temperament and arrogant speech since he was five years old.Although he also went to school, he only knows a few words, and he just fights cocks and horses all day long, and travels around mountains and rivers.Although he is an imperial merchant, he doesn't know anything about the economic affairs of the world, but he relies on his grandfather's old friendship, the household department puts up a false name, receives money and food, and has his own staff and family members to handle the rest.The widowed mother, Wang Shi, is the younger sister of Wang Ziteng, the current military governor of the capital, and the wife of Jia Zheng of the Rongguo Mansion, Wang Shi.There is also a daughter, two years younger than Xue Pan, whose baby name is Baochai, who is born with beautiful muscles and bones and elegant manners.At that time, his father was in Japan, and he loved this girl so much that he made her read and write, which was ten times better than her brother's.After his father's death, seeing that his elder brother couldn't cling to his mother's bosom, he stopped taking calligraphy as his business, and only paid attention to needlework and family planning, so as to relieve his mother's worries and labors.Recently, because of the advocacy of poetry and etiquette, the search for talents, and the long grace of the world, in addition to the selection of concubines, all the daughters of official officials and famous families are all named Dabu, so that they can be selected as princesses and princesses to attend school and serve as talents A job of praise.Second, since the death of Xue Pan's father, all the sales bureaus, managers, and associates in the provinces, seeing that Xue Pan was young and ignorant of the world, took advantage of the opportunity to abduct Xue Pan, and several businesses in the capital were gradually consumed.Xue Pansu heard that Duzhong is the most prosperous place, and was thinking about a visit, so he took this opportunity, one to see off his sister to be selected, two to visit relatives, and three to settle the old accounts by himself, and then calculate new ones, In fact, it means to visit the scenery of Shangguo.Therefore, I have already packed my down clothes, and presented all kinds of native goods and favors to relatives and friends, and I will definitely get up some day, I don't want to meet a kidnapper and resell Yinglian.Seeing that Yinglian was born well, Xue Pan decided to buy him, but when the Feng family came to snatch him, he ordered his slaves to beat Feng Yuan to death because of his force.He entrusted the family affairs one by one to the family members and several old family members, and then he took his mother and sister and went on a long journey.He actually regarded the lawsuit of human life as a trifling matter, and spent a lot of bad money on it, and it would never end. I don't remember the day on the road.When he was about to enter the capital that day, he heard that his uncle Wang Ziteng had been promoted to the control of the nine provinces, and he was ordered to leave the capital to check the border.Xue Pan rejoiced in his heart and said: I was worried about going to Beijing, and there was a direct uncle in charge, so I couldn't spend it freely; but now I'm promoted again, I know that God obeys people's wishes.Yin discussed with his mother: "Although we have several houses in Beijing, it's just that no one has lived in Beijing for the past ten years, so the guards are renting them secretly, so we need to send a few people to clean them up first."His mother said: Why are you so ostentatious!When we came to Beijing, we were supposed to visit relatives and friends first, either at your uncle's house or at your uncle's house.The houses of his two families are very cheap. We can live in them first, and then slowly send someone to tidy them up.Xue Pan said: "Now that my uncle is being promoted to other provinces, the family will naturally get up in a hurry. We're rushing away at this time, don't we look at each other?"His mother said: Although your uncle's family has been promoted, there is still your uncle's family.What's more, in the past few years, your uncle and aunt have often brought letters and books to pick us up.Now that we are here, even though your uncle is busy getting up, your Aunt Jia's may not stay with us.Wouldn't it be strange for us to be busy tidying up the house?But I know what you mean. Living with your uncle and aunt will make you tighter. It's better for you to live separately so that you can do whatever you want.Since you are like this, you go and choose a house to live in. I have been away from your aunt and sisters for a few years, but we have to stay together for a few days. I will take your sister to your aunt's house. How about you?Seeing what his mother said, Xue Pan couldn't help but order his husband to come all the way to Rongguo Mansion. At that time, Mrs. Wang knew about Xue Pan's lawsuit, and thanks to Jia Yucun's settlement, she was relieved.I also saw that my elder brother was in short supply after being promoted, and I was worried that I had lost the relatives of my natal family, which made me feel a little lonely.A few days later, the family suddenly reported that the concubine brought her brothers and sisters to Beijing with her family and was getting off the car outside the door.The happy Mrs. Wang hurriedly took her daughter-in-law and others, took them out of the hall, and took Aunt Xue and others in.When the sisters met in their twilight years, needless to say, they were full of sorrows and joys, weeping and laughing.Busy, he invited Jiamu to meet again, and offered all kinds of human favors and land objects.I met the furniture guy, and I was busy and took care of the table to meet the wind. Xue Pan has already met Jia Zheng, and Jia Lian led him to meet Jia She, Jia Zhen and so on.Jia Zheng sent someone to come up and say to Mrs. Wang, "My aunt is old enough, and my nephew is young and doesn't know the way of the world. I'm afraid that something will happen to me if I live outside."There are a dozen or so rooms in Shanglixiangyuan in the northeast corner of our house, which are free and cleaned. It is very good to invite my aunt and sisters to live in.Before Mrs. Wang could stay, Mother Jia also sent someone to say, "Please stay here, my aunt, and let's be more intimate."Aunt Xue was about to live together, so she could hold her son tighter. If she lived elsewhere, she was afraid that he would indulge in sex and cause trouble, so she hurriedly thanked her for agreeing.He also explained to Mrs. Wang privately that it is a common practice to exempt all daily expenses and supplies.Mrs. Wang knew that it was not difficult for his family, so she followed her wish.From then on, Xue's mother and son lived in Lixiangyuan. It turned out that this Lixiangyuan was the resting place of Duke Rong in his later years. It was small and exquisite, with about ten houses, complete with front hall and back room.Another gate leads to the street, and Xue Pan's family uses this gate to enter and exit.There is a corner door in the southwest, leading to a narrow passage, and the east side of Mrs. Wang's main house is on the way out.Every day, after dinner, or in the evening, Aunt Xue would come over, chat with Jia Mu, or talk to Mrs. Wang. Very happy.It's just Xue Pan's original intention, he didn't want to live in Jia's house, but he was afraid that his uncle would make an appointment to detain him, and he would be uncomfortable. But his mother insisted on staying here, and he was very diligent in staying in the house, so he had to stay temporarily. Make people clean out of their houses, and then move there.Unexpectedly, since I lived here for less than a month, all the nephews and nephews in the Jiazhai family have already known half of them. , and even gathered to gamble and go whoring, gradually becoming omnipotent, and the seduced Xue Pan was ten times worse than before.Although Jia Zheng is good at training his sons and governing his family well, one is that there are too many elders in the clan to take care of them; the other is that the current patriarch is Jia Zhen, who is the eldest grandson of the Ning Mansion and is now taking over his position. In charge; three public and private affairs are complicated, and the natural and unrestrained nature does not take mundane affairs as the priority. In every public leisure time, it is just reading books and playing chess, and I don't mind other things.What's more, the Pear Fragrance Courtyard is separated by two buildings, and the street gate is opened separately, so you can come and go as you please, so these children can feel at ease, so the idea of ​​moving away is gradually eliminated.