In ancient times, there was an old man Chen in the city, who lived a very wealthy life, and he and his wife Wang Chunxiang were very affectionate, but when they reached middle age, they still had no children.
His wife Wang Chunxiang burned incense and worshiped Buddha everywhere, but her stomach still did not move, which made Wang Chunxiang very depressed.
One day, three months after Mr. Chen went away, he came back from doing business and told his wife Wang Chunxiang that there was a Guanyin temple in a small town ten miles away, and everyone who went there to burn incense and make a wish had all appeared.
Wang Chunxiang listened to it and was very happy. The next day, he rushed to the Guanyin Temple with a few personal maids and housekeepers.
When I arrived at the Guanyin Temple, the abbot said that the lady would stay for a few more days and sincerely incense in front of the Bodhisattva every day, and it would definitely work. Master Chen was busy with business, so he went back first.
The abbot said that there is a quiet house nearby, close to the Guanyin Temple, which is suitable for the lady to live. The housekeeper went to inquire, and the owner of the house was a girl named Qiaoqiao, whose parents were no longer there, so the housekeeper gave Qiaoqiao some silver taels, and arranged for his wife to stay.
About a month after Mr. Chen came back, Mrs. Chen said that he was happy, and Mr. Chen was very happy, and hurriedly left for Guanyin Temple to visit Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. said that now that she is just pregnant, she must be very careful, except for Mrs. herself, no one else can touch, not even Master Chen, and you must sleep in a separate room with the master, so as not to move the fetal gas, and before birth, you must get the protection of the Bodhisattva, and you can't leave the Guanyin Temple, otherwise the child will be born with many disasters.
Mr. Chen was busy with business, he went to visit his wife once a month, and seeing that he was about to give birth, Mr. Chen set off to go, but when he arrived, the child was born two days ago, and it was a son.
After the husband and wife returned to the Chen Mansion, the whole house held a banquet, and because the wife had no milk, she specially invited a wet nurse to take care of her son.
Eighteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, and my son has grown up**.
One day, the housekeeper said that a distant relative had come to him, a beautiful woman, who was not yet forty years old.
When Mrs. saw it for the first time, she chuckled in her heart, and felt that the woman in front of her was very familiar, and it seemed that she had seen it in **, and later, Mrs. thought of something thoughtfully, and thought that she was seriously ill, and she didn't know how long she could survive, so it was better to leave her in the house.
Everyone calls her Sister Feng, not only is she beautiful, but also hardworking and capable, and the people in the house also like her, but she always shows a trace of sadness in her eyes, and the lord of the house has always been cold to her.
After three months, Mrs. Chen's condition became more and more serious, so she said to Master Chen: "I think that Sister Feng is very virtuous and capable, and she also loves our son. ”
Master Chen said sadly: "Madame, don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter." You don't have to worry about it, the most important thing is that you take care of your condition. ”
Within a few days, the lady died of illness, and the old man and his son also cried beside him.
Master Chen said to the housekeeper: "You can buy a house outside the house and settle Sister Feng." My wife and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and we once vowed never to take a concubine again, so I hope she will do it herself. ”
Sister Feng was sad when she heard the master's words, but she could only obey the housekeeper's arrangement. The housekeeper bought a house near the house, and Sister Feng moved out.
Usually Sister Feng likes to make osmanthus cakes very much, and the osmanthus cakes are particularly delicious, sweet but not greasy. Every morning she takes the osmanthus cake to sell, the neighbors around her like to eat, and the people are good-looking, and she speaks softly, and after a long time, the neighbors like her very much.
One day, Master Chen's son-in-law passed by Sister Feng's stall, Sister Feng's eyes immediately softened, and she wanted to say something to Chen Gongzi, but Chen Gongzi ignored it, and glared at her fiercely with her eyes. Sister Feng came to sell osmanthus cakes every day, which attracted the attention of the bachelor Liu San. Since Liu San fell in love with Sister Feng, he often came to Sister Feng's stall, and Sister Feng ignored her, as if she didn't see it.
Once, Liu San smiled with the housekeeper and said, "Sister Feng is your distant relative, why don't you make the decision to marry her to me, I will definitely treat her well and never let her suffer at all." ”
The housekeeper gave him a blank look: "Xu is married to you, will I drink the northwest wind with you?"You don't look at you bear-like. ”
Liu San was blushing by the housekeeper's words, and said angrily: "Don't underestimate me, I have a lot of things." Aren't you Chen Fu going to recruit workers?I'll sign up for one. ”
Since the kitchen chef had returned to his hometown and his son had left with him, the housekeeper had to find another chef and helper. Liu Sanhao said that he had to get involved, and said that he wanted to help in the kitchen.
The housekeeper saw that he was busy with Sister Feng on weekdays, so he relied on him. If he didn't behave well, the housekeeper said that he would still be fired.
One night, Liu San came out of Chen's mansion and wanted to go to see Sister Feng, but saw that the door of the house was closed, so Liu San climbed over the wall and into the courtyard.
There happened to be an elm tree in the yard, so Liu San climbed to the tree to see if he could see Sister Feng's shadow. How do you know that I saw someone lying in front of the window, it was very dark, I couldn't see who it was, the window opened a hole, Sister Feng seemed to be talking to him, and she said it very quietly, Liu San couldn't hear it clearly.
Liu San was puzzled in his heart: "Good boy, bolder than me, dare to get so close, who is this person?"See how I clean him up. ”
So, Liu San took out the knife he was carrying from his body and threw it out hard, the knife didn't hit the person in the dark, the knife fell to the ground, and the person ran away in a hurry. Sister Feng saw that the person at the window was gone, so she closed the window.
Liu San jumped down from the tree and found the knife, which stabbed a small piece of fine silk cloth.
Liu San thought to himself: It seems that this is a big family, but why is it so sneaky.
The next day, Liu San went to Chen's house to help, and saw that there was a gap missing from the back of Master Chen's robe, which was exactly the same as the fabric stabbed by the knife yesterday.
When Liu San saw it, he was taken aback, no matter how Master Chen looked at it, he was also a decent man, not like a sneaky person. If Master Chen takes a fancy to Sister Feng, he can marry her openly.
Liu San's heart was full of doubts. No matter, I'll go to Sister Feng at night to take a look, and ask what is going on, the woman I Liu San fancy can't let others take the lead.
When it was night, Liu San wanted to climb over the wall and go in. Unexpectedly, when he climbed to the top of the wall and was about to jump into the yard, someone shouted: "Stop!"”
Liu San was startled by the shouting and fell off the wall. It turned out to be two catches. Catch up and ask him, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"Liu San was so frightened that he couldn't speak. One of the catchers said, "It's so late, did you steal something?"”
Liu San said: "No, no, I was just passing by." ”
The questioning catcher motioned to the other catcher to go inside the house and have a look.
After a while, the catcher hurried out and shouted, "Dead man, dead man!"”
Hold down Liu San's arrest and say, "You are so bold, dare to kill?"Let's go, follow us to the government office. Liu San wanted to defend himself, but the two arresters ignored him and escorted him directly to the government.
Hearing that there was a dead man, the county ordered Lord Ma to hurry up to the church. Liu San knelt in the court, trembling with fright, and shouted: "Wronged, adult, the little one didn't kill anyone." ”
Master Ma slapped the shocked wood and asked, "Still not recruited from the truth?"You climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard in the middle of the night, how to explain it?”
Liu San knew that he couldn't hide it, so he honestly beckoned: "I climbed over the wall into Sister Feng's yard yesterday and saw someone talking to Sister Feng, so I wanted to go to find out again today, but I didn't know that I was discovered by you before I entered the yard." ”
Qi Zuo just went to examine the body, and found that Sister Feng was neatly dressed when she died, with a pinch mark on her neck, and the time of death should be from this afternoon to evening. The county commander said, "Someone?."Who are you seeing?”
Liu San said: "I stabbed his clothes with a knife last night, and today I actually saw Master Chen wearing a similar black robe, and there is also a hole in the back of the robe. ”
When Master Ma heard this, he asked the official to immediately invite Master Chen over.
When Master Chen arrived at the court, when he heard that Sister Feng was dead, his face was sad, he took two steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "I was drunk last night, and I did go to Sister Feng's house, but I only said a few words to Sister Feng in front of the window, and I didn't go into the house, let alone kill her." ”
Master Ma said, "Where are you this afternoon and evening?"“
Mr. Chen said: "I am in the grain store, and there are many guys who can testify for me. When I came back in the evening, I had been settling accounts in the study, and I didn't leave the mansion, and several of my subordinates could testify for me. ”
Master Ma pondered for a moment and thought that Liu San was the most suspicious. In view of the fact that Mr. Chen usually does good deeds to help the people and is of good character, Master Ma allowed him to return to his home, but he must listen to the call at any time and not go out at will.
When Master Chen returned to the house, he found that the housekeeper was in a trance. The housekeeper hesitated for a moment and asked Master Chen, "Did the master really go to her house yesterday?"”
Master Chen nodded, and then walked into the study. The housekeeper didn't understand, he persuaded the old man to continue the strings, but the old man didn't agree, and now he wants to sneak to see Sister Feng, what does it mean.
After this night, the morning catch came again. It's just that a passer-by testified: "There is a person in a black robe who sneaked out of Sister Feng's house yesterday afternoon." ”
Master Chen suddenly understood something, and said with blank eyes: "People are indeed harmed by me, I will go with you." ”
In the court, Mr. Chen said: "I'm sorry for her, I just wanted to persuade her to leave and don't wait any longer." I didn't know that she didn't listen to persuasion, and she forced the housekeeper to ask me to continue the string, and I was in a hurry to kill her. ”
Although Master Ma sympathized with Master Chen, after all, it was human life, and he could only be put in prison according to law. Master Chen said: "Before I die, I want to say a few words to the housekeeper, and I hope that the adults will be fulfilled." Master Ma gave him permission.
In prison, Master Chen said: "Actually, Sister Feng is Qiaoqiao back then. ”
The housekeeper asked in surprise, "Master, you know everything?"”
Master Chen said with a bloodless face: "Actually, I bought the abbot of the Guanyin Temple back then, and it happened that I bought the Yahuan, and I lived with her for a month. I felt guilty about Qiaoqiao, and I didn't dare to face her, and I was drunk that day, so I dared to run to the window to talk to her. ”
Later, it turned out that Master Chen heard that someone had testified that the person in the black robe came out of Sister Feng's house, and Master Chen guessed that it was his son, who was wearing a black robe that day, and when he came back, he looked panicked and his face was pale. In order to save his son, Master Chen came out to apologize.
When Sister Feng was in the house, she sometimes stared at the old man and was distracted, and all of this was seen by Chen Gongzi.
Chen Gongzi always thought that his mother was killed by Sister Feng, and it was Sister Feng who wanted her father to marry her, so that his mother aggravated her condition, so he always hated Sister Feng, but he never thought that she was his biological mother.
At this moment, at the door of the cell, a shadow appeared, it was Chen Gongzi. When Chen Gongzi heard this, he rushed out like crazy.
The housekeeper chased Chen Gongzi out.
Later, I heard that Chen Gongzi became ill because of depression and died soon after ......