In ancient times, a monk stayed in a house, but he ran into this woman eloped with someone, he was afraid of causing trouble, so he sneaked away, but unexpectedly, in the process of hurrying, he stepped on the air, fell into the dry well, in the panic, he actually touched a female corpse.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, a monk, the law name Kong'an, on this day, when he came to a small town in Luoyang, it was already dark, and he wanted to find a family to spend the night.
It just so happened that there was a family on the edge of the village and town, and the gate was magnificent, and it was a big family.
Kong An knocked on the door to explain his intentions, and after a while, the family came out, one old and one young.
The family's surname is Li, and they are in the silk business, and they are also one of the richest families in the town, the old one is called Li Hui, and the son is called Li Shan.
After Li Hui and Li Shan came out, they heard that the monk was going to spend the night, and thought to themselves, who knew that he was a real monk and a fake monk, and if he messed up the thieves, the gains would outweigh the losses.
So, Li Hui cleared his throat, Master, it's good that our family has a house, but we have a lot of family, and we really can't make room for you, so you can go to another house to have a look.
You can't spare a room, so you can go to someone else's house to have a look.
Amitabha, was about to leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a carriage parked in his courtyard.
Kong An thought for a moment and asked, can I get off your car at the end?
Li Hui hesitated for a while, but had no choice but to agree.
He fell asleep in the car, but he couldn't sleep well, and in the middle of the night, suddenly, he was awakened by the movement outside the car.
He looked out through the gap and saw a black shadow coming down from the wall of this courtyard, and as soon as it landed, the black shadow went to the inner courtyard.
Kong An said secretly, it's not good, something is going to happen to this family. Entering a house at night must be ill-intentioned.
After a while, two people hurriedly came out of this inner courtyard, the one who had just come in in front, and the one behind seemed to be a woman, carrying a small package, and the two people quietly went out of the courtyard.
Kong An understood, it turned out that the woman of this family hooked up with a man and wanted to elope.
Suddenly, he thought that in case the day dawned, people found that their woman was lost
It just so happens that if I have to stay overnight, everyone will suspect me!
Rather than being suspected, it is better to leave as soon as possible and get rid of suspicion.
Thinking about it, Kong'an patted his legs, thirty-six plans, and walking is the best policy!
So, he got out of the carriage, quietly climbed up the courtyard wall, and ran away.
As he ran, he turned back, and suddenly, he felt his feet take off, and with a thud, he fell, and when he looked up, it turned out that he had fallen into a dry well, and he hurried to find the fire in his baggage.
Suddenly, he felt the heat under his hands, how could it be a person, or a woman, Kong An was so frightened that he trembled all over, and his mouth kept silently chanting Amitabha, Amitabha.
Kong An quickly stood up and wanted to get out of here quickly, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't climb up. He sighed and could only meditate on the ground and resign himself to his fate.
After a while, when it was dawn, I heard a noise in the distance, and after a while, the Li family followed the trail and appeared next to the wellhead.
In this way, Kong An and the female corpse were brought up together, and sure enough, it was the woman that the Li family was looking for, and the Li family beat Kong An violently without saying a word and sent it to the government.
After listening to what happened, the county magistrate felt that this case did not need to be tried, it was clear that your monk stayed in a private house at night, and then someone lost his daughter-in-law, you and her daughter appeared in the dry well at the same time, and the woman was killed by you, you are **.
Directly sentenced and tortured, he had no choice but to admit his guilt, the case was closed, and he was sent to the provincial capital.
However, when the case was presented, the prefect felt that something was wrong.
I heard that the Li family also lost gold and silver jewelry, where did this gold and silver jewelry go? There is no under the dry well, and there is no on the well, and there must be something strange in it.
So he interrogated Kong An and asked him repeatedly, you are **, so how did you kill people? The package ** that the woman brought went?
Kong An finished narrating the story before and after, and the prefect Fang listened to it, remained silent, and escorted him back to the cell.
The next day, he sent his cronies, disguised as disguises, to the scene of the crime to investigate and covertly visit.
One of his cronies, Liuzi, came to the town in the guise of a wealthy merchant, and on this day he went to the tavern for dinner.
The proprietress of this tavern is also a good person, and when she saw that he was dressed as either rich or expensive, she stepped forward to talk.
Guest officer, a few days ago, we had a case here, the ** monk was sent to the provincial capital, do you know about this?
When the sixth son heard this, he said that there was a door, so he said, "Hey, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles."
I've heard about it, this monk, is he still alive?
When the proprietress heard this, she echoed, yes, if this ** is not him, you say, can this case be turned over?
The sixth son said, then I guess it can't be, after all, he is a poor monk, who will call the shots for him?
Hearing this, the proprietress lowered her voice, let me tell you, **There are other people, the sixth son is very happy in his heart, but he pretends not to believe it, where did you come from, the official master has been sentenced!
The proprietress chatterbox opened immediately, that day, a man named Wang San in our town, who was usually poor, suddenly ran to the tavern to drink and eat meat.
I was curious for a moment, so I asked him, where did you get so much money? He grinded and chirped and refused to speak, and later, I pulled him to drink, and he drank too much and said everything.
It turned out that although Wang San was poor, he had a good look, once, Wang San was wandering on the street, suddenly, a carriage came, the wind blew the curtain, and he saw the woman sitting in the car at a glance, which was very beautiful.
From then on, he couldn't forget, and after some inquiry, he found out that it was Li Hui who married the concubine, so he tried to seduce the concubine of the Li family, and sure enough, he relied on his rhetoric and good looks to persuade the concubine to elope with him.
Who knows, halfway through, the concubine repented, and wanted to go back with the burden, Wang San was anxious, and in a fit of anger, he strangled her to death and threw her into a dry well.
After hearing this, the sixth son remained silent, pretended to have drunk too much and wanted to go home, went out of the tavern, hurried back to restore his life, and sent someone to arrest Wang San.
The remaining gold and silver jewelry was also found from his house, and in this way, Wang San paid the price for his crimes, and Kong An was acquitted.
The story is adapted from a folk tale, and the monk Kong'an originally wanted to protect himself, but he didn't want to, so he fell into a bigger predicament. At the same time, he couldn't stay calm and rational in the face of difficulties, but fortunately, Lord Fang was clever in judging the case, which saved his life.
It seems that in the world, things that seem to be undoubted may be very different from the facts.