Yang Liuqing case
Yang Liuqing is a town under the jurisdiction of Tianjin, famous for woodblock New Year paintings, Li Junxiao observed that he was the county commander of Tianjin, and one day he returned from paying a visit to his boss and saw that the county government was surrounded by many people. It turned out to be a teenager possessed by a demon and came to complain. He ascended to the court to try the case, and the young man narrated in the voice of an old woman: "I died unjustly, and my husband was even more wronged. ”
Then, the demon possessed the boy and told the story in detail. It turned out that the old woman's husband's surname was Cao, and he was a servant of Yang Liuqing Salt before his death, he was sixty years old, and he had only one son, and he was a nerd. He wanted to tell his stupid son a daughter-in-law, so he found a matchmaker to contact an orphan girl. This woman was adopted by her aunt and looked average.
The marriage was basically settled, and the matchmaker said: "I heard that this woman had an abortion, and I didn't dare to hide it, so I came to tell her." Cao and his wife thought of their son's dementia, and finally found this marriage, and after discussion, they still decided to marry.
After entering, the old woman often scolded her daughter-in-law because she had a stain and was very lazy, and she also questioned who she had had had an affair with.
The daughter-in-law couldn't bear it and went back to complain to her aunt. The aunt instigated: "If you are rude to interrogate, you will say that you have a private relationship with your father-in-law." ”
The day after returning from his aunt, Cao received a bribe of one tael of silver, and he was very happy, so he gave his daughter-in-law half a tael, asked her to buy cloth to make clothes, and gave the remaining half tael to the old woman for collection.
At first, Mrs. Cao didn't think much about it, and when she insulted her daughter-in-law for a trivial matter, her daughter-in-law said that her former lover was her father-in-law. The old women's federation thought that Cao gave her daughter-in-law money to buy cloth to make new clothes, so she firmly believed that her husband cried and scolded when he came back.
Cao couldn't explain himself, picked up the rat poison and swallowed it, the old woman saw her husband struggling and rolling, wailing in pain, she couldn't help but regret it, swallowed the remaining rat poison, and Cao and his wife both died.
The government conducted an autopsy and determined that they were all killed by suicide, so they allocated money for two coffins from the official treasury and asked the local security to buy coffins for burial. The land guard swallowed up the money, wrapped the body in a reed mat, and buried it in a dirt pit, with Cao's body under and the old woman's body on top. The land security officer rummaged through Cao's house again and stole the 30,000 copper coins that Cao had accumulated. Now, the old woman possessed her son and came to plead her grievances.
Li Junxiao personally led people to dig a pit to check, and the bodies of Cao and his wife were indeed wrapped in reed mats, and the husband's wife was on it. and detained the Cao family's daughter-in-law, aunt, land security, and a cadre of people, which is indeed as the ghost complained.
The case was reported to the Zhili Mansion, and the daughter-in-law framed her father-in-law and was hangedThe adulterer is an unemployed vagrant surnamed Zhao who has been imprisoned for other things, so the punishment for this case is increased;Aunt instigated, according to the rod of the law. At that time, the person in charge of drafting the case file was the criminal master Lou.
When Cao's son came to complain, he carried a dozen pieces of yellow paper, and every time he complained about a grievance, he burned one sheet, which immediately became the tone of an old woman, and the narrative was clear and organized. After quitting, he became demented and incoherent.
The people watching the excitement were silent, and their hairs stood on end. The above is from the late Qing Dynasty's "Cave Spirit Xiaozhi", which is a tragic story, and I think the initiator is the old woman.
Retribution of ghosts
Zhang Jixian, a poor man from the Zhejiang Salt Transportation Division, was skillful in drilling camps and saved a lot of money. He bought a petty official for his son Zhang Binglian, who was born out of the blue, became rich in a few years, and his family had a huge fortune. Zhang Jixian was already old at this time, and he liked his concubine Liu very much, so he privately saved 1,000 taels of silver and put it in Liu's room, and said to her: "You serve me well, and when I die, this silver will be left to you, whether it is to observe the festival or remarry, you can do it." ”
This matter was investigated by Zhang Binglian, and he couldn't bear it. Before he died, Zhang Jixian called his son to his side and instructed: "Your aunt serves me very thoughtfully, and after I die, the things in my aunt's room will be handed over to her to deal with by herself." Zhang Binghuan only agreed.
As soon as Zhang Jixian took his last breath, Zhang Binglian had a bad heart, he told his uncle Wu about it, and said: "A thousand taels of silver, it's a pity to be taken away by this woman." Wu was appointed as the Taishou of Quanzhou, a sinister and vicious person, he said: "It's easy, you are so so, I will do the rest." ”
So, while Liu's spirit was watching, he carried all the boxes in her bedroom to her room, and then locked Liu's door. After Zhang Ji entered the funeral first, the Liu family returned to the room, was stopped by Wu, and said in a fierce voice: "Let's live, see that my aunt is young, she must not be able to keep the festival, go back to her mother's house now, and find a suitable person to marry." I'll ask Bing Zhuo to give you some silver taels. Then he shouted for Binglian, and Zhang Binghuan brought fifty taels of silver.
Liu Shi was unexpected, and said with tears in his eyes: "I'll go back to the room and clean up before leaving!."Wu said sharply: "No need, the sedan chair has been arranged." Liu was afraid of Wu's power and cried away.
When Liu returned to his parents' house, fifty taels of silver were cleverly told by his parents and brothers to go, and even the jewelry was gone after a few months. On July 14, she came to Zhang's house with incense, candles, and paper money, and wanted to take the opportunity of the next day's mid-year festival to stay at Zhang's house to observe the festival. Zhang Binghuan's wife did not allow her to enter the main house, and let her stay overnight in the vacant servant's room, and leave as soon as the next day after the memorial service. And said, "If you stay, I will not allow it!."”
Liu cried all night, but the miserable cry could not move the Zhang family in the slightest. In the morning, the crying stopped, and Liu hanged himself in his room.
Zhang Binghuan bought a coffin and buried her hastily, and Liu's family was afraid of Wu's power and was silent.
Zhang Binghuan was hanged in the house, so he hurriedly resold it and bought a better house to live in. The new owner of the house, surnamed Zhou, did not know that someone had died in this house at first. After slowly knowing, I was disgusted that Zhang Binglian didn't tell the truth, and he was also very sympathetic to Liu's experience.
One night, Zhou was reading Buddhist scriptures when he suddenly saw a crying woman hanging from the beam of the house. He knew that it was Liu's ghost, so he said: "Aunt Liu, I bought this house, you have a grudge against Zhang Bingchuan and Wu, and you have nothing to do with me." How about I send you to Zhang Binglian's new home tomorrow night?The female ghost nodded and disappeared.
The next night, Zhou lit incense and prayed: "Please Aunt Liu walk with me." Then he came to the door of Zhang Binglian's new house and knocked on the door. The servant opened the door, and Zhou asked, "Is this the mansion of Master Li?"The servant said no, and Zhou whispered to the side: "Auntie, please come in!."The janitor thought Zhou was a madman and laughed.
Zhou went home, sleepless all night, and went to Zhang's door to inquire about the situation at dawn. Neighbors said that the lights of Zhang's house were lit up for the whole night, and it was said that the owner suddenly fell ill. Zhou came back and inquired again in the afternoon, and Zhang Binglian was already dead. A few days later, Wu also fell ill and died. The story is from "Zi Bu Si", although it is gratifying for Aunt Liu to turn into a ghost and take revenge, but what happened when she was alive is really sympathetic.