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There is a rich boy named Yang Bao in Chong'an County, Fujian Province, who likes gambling and prostitution on weekdays. Yang Pu has a good friend named Zhan Sheng, who kills cattle for a living. Yang Bao often takes his three-year-old son to Zhan Sheng to eat beef, and Zhan Sheng often takes his son to Yang Bao. Because of the excellent relationship between the two families, Yang's wife Li often does not have to shy away from it, which can be described as"Don't avoid your wife when you pass through the door"。But who knew that time had passed, which triggered this **.
One day, Zhan Sheng took his son to Yang's house as a guest, and when he handed his son over to Li Shimin, he held his hand and said:"Your favorite brother is drinking at a local prostitute's house today. "Li Shimin withdrew his hand and did not answer, but he did not scold him either.
A few days later, Zhan Sheng returned to Yang's house, held Li's hand again, and said:"Your dear brother is living with a local prostitute again today, and you live alone, how about I accompany you? "
How many girls does he have outside? "Lee asked rhetorically.
Zhan Sheng said:"How to put it, the brothels in the city and the local prostitutes are familiar to my favorite brother. "To infuriate the couple, he said:"How can I say that the brothels in the city and the local prostitutes are familiar to my favorite brother. "
Li knew that her husband liked to go out to play, and he was originally jealous, but now when he heard Zhan Sheng say this, his jealousy and hatred were even worse, so he said to Zhan Sheng:"He's got so many girls out there, what's the matter, if I find one, you'll come in through the back door tonight. "
Zhan Sheng was itchy to hear it, and one night he entered the Yang family through the back door, and the Li family had been waiting for a long time, and the two chased hand in hand, which was the carnival of the night. From then on, until the Yang family's pet left in the evening, Zhan Sheng would sneak into the Yang family and enjoy the pleasure of the Li family. Although the two of them acted secretively, they were impeccable, and whether they were known by Li Dandi's little maid Qiuxiang had long been known.
Later, Yang's mother gave Li a total of ten ingots of silver, ten taels each, and Li privately lent Zhan Sheng three ingots. Zhan Sheng wanted to exchange silver ingots for broken silver to buy cattle, but he met Yang Chong and said:"It's a pity to exchange silver ingots for broken silver, why don't I exchange them for broken silver with you. "Only then did Zhan Sheng dare to exchange for silver. Zhan Sheng didn't dare to change it and refused.
After Yang Chou returned home, he told his mother that it was a rumor, and Yang's mother immediately realized that something was wrong and asked Li Dian to take away the ten taels of silver he had taken before. Li Dian only gave Yang Mu seven ingots of silver, saying that these three ingots of silver were harmless to their collection and did not have to accept them all. Five days later, Li Dian gave the remaining three ingots of silver to Yang's mother, but these three ingots of silver were already unrecognizable.
Although Yang's mother was suspicious at first, she did not suspect Li's adultery, but only suspected that Li was secretly hiding money and giving money to others, so she kept secretly watching. As a result, when Yang's mother found out that the Yang family's pet was not there, there were often men talking in Li's room, and after learning that Li had committed adultery with Zhan Sheng, she immediately told her son, and said that Li's maid Qiu Xiang must know the inside story.
The next day, Yang Biao pretended to take Qiu Xiang to the city and sell it, but secretly took him to a no-man's land and forced him to ask him the truth. Qiu Xiang had already told her mother that she refused to speak easily, and it was not until Yang Biao threatened with a knife that Qiu Xiang told the truth about the two-year adulterous affair between Li and Zhan Sheng. When Yang Peng heard this, he was angry and angry, and immediately took Qiu Xiang to his father-in-law's house.
Father Li didn't want to believe it, so Yang Chou ordered Qiu Xiang to say a few words in front of his father-in-law, and Father Li had to believe it, so he immediately said angrily:"The woman in the house belongs to her father, and she marries her husband. Since such a scandal has happened, I will listen to you. "
You made it very clear to my brother-in-law that if I caught them red-handed, I would have to kill them both. "Yang Fa said.
Father Li said:'Anyone who corrupts the morals of the family in this way will be killed if they are caught committing adultery.
After returning home, Yang Peng said a few words to his family, and then hid in his room with a sword. That night, Zhan Sheng heard that Yang Peng had gone to the city to sell servants, so he went back to Li's house to sleep. When Li courted him, she said that Yang Peng's family might have found out about their affair, and Yang Peng threatened to kill them. Zhan Sheng said that there was nothing wrong, if it was discovered, as long as the Li family was not bitten to death by the bandits, everyone could know the truth, the important thing was to kill Yang Chao first with a knife.
When Li Dan and Zhan Sheng were talking, they clearly heard that Yang had been hiding under the bed for a long time. Yang Guo's parents and uncle had already prepared torches and were waiting outside the door, and when they heard the conversation, they suddenly ran into the room. Yang decided to crawl out from under the bed and kill Zhang Sheng with a snatching knife, while Li quickly got out of bed and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. After all, they are husband and wife, and seeing the pitiful appearance of the Li family, the Yang family thought to himself that he couldn't die and behead the Li family with his parents and uncles with the help of everyone.
Early the next morning, the Yang family escorted Li and Zhan Sheng into the city, saying:"Zhan Sheng and his wife Li have been committing adultery for a long time, and the neighbors know about it. On the third night of the first lunar month this year, they were found sleeping alone, and in a fit of rage, they were all killed. Now the heads of both men are here, and the bodies are still in the room. Now that the matter has been reported to the government, I hope that the Lord will investigate and handle the case, eliminate prostitution, and correct discipline. "
When Governor Lin heard that he had killed two people, he was taken aback and asked:"Why did you kill two people on the spot, even if you catch the adulterer, you should hand it over to the government for punishment? "So, he ordered Zhang to be beaten with twenty boards and sent to prison for trial.
Zhan Sheng's father, Zhan Guang, heard that his son had been killed, so he went to the Yamen to file a lawsuit, he said:"The Yang family lent Zhan Sheng more than 80 taels of silver, and collected debts many times, and the grievances were deep. Yesterday, Zhan Sheng went to ask for debts again, and Yang helped him, but he accused Zhan Sheng of adultery with his wife Li, and Zhan Sheng was killed. "
Yang Chong's father saw that his son was beaten before the trial and was imprisoned, and he was worried that the judge would lose the case unfairly, so he went to the county magistrate Chen to retry the case. The county magistrate Chen then personally investigated the case.
Yang Chong said in court:"Zhan Sheng committed adultery with my wife, and when I was caught having sex with him, I killed him in a fit of rage. I'm not married, how can I borrow money from him? Besides, my wife gave birth to a three-year-old boy, and if I don't kill his wife, shouldn't I give him a few dozen taels of silver? "
Zhan Guang said:"Yang Chou is a terrible person, addicted to gambling, and has a lot of money, changing his wife is like changing clothes, how can he be sympathetic to his wife's mood? Besides, my son went to his house with a money order to collect the debt, and now that my son has been killed, he must have ruined the money order. "
Officer Chen also questioned two neighbors and other witnesses, who all confirmed that Yang Chao and Zhan Sheng were good friends and had no debts or grudges. The son-in-law killed his daughter, why didn't Father Li come to the police? It seems that the Yang family is real, and the Zhan family is fake.
Chen Duwei filed this case, and the judgment is as follows:'Male righteousness is on the outside, female righteousness is on the inside, the common scriptures of heaven and earth; All women are women, all men are men, and the common sense of ancient and modern times is also. If it is disturbed, it will be more important than the dog and sheep; If it is abolished, it will benefit the world doctrine in China. Today, it is natural for the Yang family to strictly abide by the goodness of Pu Sheng. Just because she is an uncontrolled adulteress, she can't get to the bottom of it. When she was caught committing adultery, she was righteous. Corrupt customs and self-inflicted sins cannot live; True love is sinful and dies without regrets. If the sin is deserved, then what is the sin? The couch that allows others to snore can sweep away this depravity; A dwelling that is forbidden for outsiders to invade can cleanse sins. It is most appropriate to forgive the sins of the murderer and punish the sins of the adulterer. Zhan Guang sued for human life, and it was advisable to sit on false accusations; I know the posture of licking calves, and I should not worry about it. "
Note: "Da Ming Law - Criminal Law - Human Life":"If a concubine commits adultery with another person, if the adulterer and adulteress are caught on the spot at the place of adultery, and the adulterer and adulteress are killed in the course of adultery, it shall not be counted. If the adulterous husband is not killed, the adulterous woman shall be convicted according to law and the husband's marriage shall be sold"。
This example is excerpted from "The Case of the Minister of the Ming Dynasty". ］