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In the Qing Dynasty, there was an old man surnamed Yang in a place called Yang Village, who was over sixty years old, but his health was still very good, and his spirit was strong, at this time his wife had passed away for many years, and Lao Yang was an old man, and now the child was only fifteen years old, called Hongyu.
Don't look at the child's young age, but he is kind and respectful, and he is quite polite to others, and the neighbors say that Lao Yang is blessed, and this child will definitely inherit the family business in the future.
Lao Yang also loved Hongyu as if he was in the palm of his hand, and married him a child daughter-in-law, Liu, Hongyu and Xiaoliu are of the same age, they can be described as two little guesses, ears and temples grinding, and the relationship is quite in place.
Lao Yang is a lot old, and he has long been looking forward to holding his grandson, so when Xiaoliu passed the door, he let the two get married.
When the neighbors heard about the red jade wedding, they all came to congratulate them, and praised the two young people for being a perfect match, but Lao Yang was very happy, and all they thought about were all kinds of beautiful things about their children and grandchildren around their knees and taking care of their days.
That night, Lao Yang was persuaded by the neighbors to drink in the middle of the night, and woke up at three poles the next day, and the courtyard was still silent.
But when it was almost noon, the couple did not move, and the door was closed. Lao Yang was a little strange, pretending to cough a few times at the door, on weekdays, the two of them must have a reaction, but there was still no movement in the new house, Lao Yang was suspicious, and went to push the door, only to see that there was no door bolt inside.
Lao Yang pushed the door in, looked at the bed, and couldn't help screaming in fright. I saw the bride lying naked on the bed, her head drooping on one side, but her son was gone.
Lao Yang walked over tremblingly, only to see that the new daughter-in-law's face was still the same, but it was completely stiff and cold, and she had been dead for a long time, and strangely there were no wounds on her body.
Lao Yang was shocked and frightened, and covered his daughter-in-law's naked body with a quilt, and couldn't help but burst into tears, and the cry was soon heard by the neighbors next door, and they all ran to see what happened to Lao Yang's family.
When they learned that the bride died tragically in bed on the wedding night, and Hongyu was nowhere to be found, everyone was also very surprised, and there were many discussions, and they didn't know why the old Yang family suffered such a catastrophe.
At this time, Lao Yang was the master of the six gods, just staring at the door stupidly, sometimes letting out a few wails, and sometimes being stunned. The neighbors had to help take care of the funeral, and hired people to look for red jade everywhere, and went to Xiaoliu's house to report the funeral until the evening of the same day, after everyone's comfort and psychological counseling, Lao Yang slowly eased up.
At that time, it was the height of summer, and Lao Yang was worried that Xiaoliu's body would rot and harm his neighbors, so he quickly gathered and buried Xiaoliu. As a result, things came, and three days later, Koyanagi's father came, and when he saw that the funeral had been done, he was very puzzled. asked Lao Yang what was going on.
Lao Yang said truthfully that because it was dog days now, he was worried that Xiaoliu's body would rot, so he buried it early.
Koyanagi's father asked, what disease did Koyanagi suffer?
Lao Yang replied, "There is no disease. ”
Xiaoliu's father asked, "Where did the red jade go?" ”
Lao Yang replied: "I don't know where I am, I have hired someone to look for him for three days, but I haven't seen any trace of him." ”
Koyanagi's father's face changed suddenly. shouted loudly: "It's been three years since Xiaoliu came to your Yang family, and there is nothing immoral in Pingsuli, how can you bear to do this!" I think you and your son conspired to kill my daughter, otherwise why did you hide your son and bury my daughter in a hurry?! Then he turned his head and shouted to his neighbors: "Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by, do you think I am a bully?" ”
The neighbors were busy trying their best to help Lao Yang defend himself. Let him not make false accusations, saying that Lao Yang and Hongyu's character is absolutely trustworthy, and besides, Lao Yang is a lot older, his daughter-in-law is gone, and his son is gone, don't give him three long and two short.
Xiao Liu's father naturally didn't follow, and said loudly: "If Hongyu is here today, things may be easier to say, but now Hongyu avoids it, there must be something strange in it, today I will go to the county government to complain, you don't want to be forgiven by law because you are old!" So he scolded and walked away.
Sure enough, within a day, the county order led the messenger to Yang Village, and the local security took the county order and the messenger to set up a corpse in front of Xiaoyanagi's new grave, and then ordered Lao Yang to come and inquire about the incident of Lao Yang, and Lao Yang told the truth. The county magistrate asked the neighbors again, and the neighbors also said that they were similar to Lao Yang.
The county ordered: "Whether it is ** or sick and dead, you will know when the coffin is opened, and you should stop quibbling!" ”
So the herald led Lao Yang to the new grave, and several officials dug up the new coffin and pried open the lid of the coffin.
Everyone was very surprised, could it be that the corpse was cheated? I saw that the official got up and reported to the county master: "My lord, li... It wasn't a woman, it was a white-haired old man, and his whole body was covered in slash marks! ”
Everyone was shocked, and they all stepped forward one after another, and found that it was indeed the body of an old man who everyone didn't know lying in the coffin.
The county magistrate pointed to the old man in the coffin and asked Lao Yang, "You... Explain to me what the hell is going on! ”
Lao Yang was completely stunned, and he didn't know how to answer.
The county order saw that this was obviously a certainty, and immediately locked up Lao Yang with the officials, and tortured him after returning to the ya, Lao Yang was beaten to the point that his skin was open, but he still couldn't answer what was going on.
The county magistrate had to put him on death row while showing a poster for identification.
A month has passed since the incident, and suddenly one day someone outside the yamen beat a drum, saying that he had come to surrender, and the county magistrate hurriedly went to the court and asked who you were.
The young man replied, "I am the red jade you are looking for, and this has nothing to do with my father." ”
The county ordered: "It's not up to you to have the final say about it, you first explain your own affairs clearly!" How did Xiaoyanagi die, and what happened to the corpse of the old man in the coffin! ”
Hongyu then confessed the truth of the matter in 1510:
It turned out that the little couple was newly married Yan'er, and they were happy, and the two hugged each other on the night of the wedding, and the red jade somehow touched Xiao Liu's Shentan acupoint, and it may have been pressed a little heavier, and suddenly Xiao Yanagi's body was crooked, and he fell straight back, and Hongyu was shocked, and he was busy picking up the lamp to see, only to see that Xiao Liu was dead.
Hongyu was so frightened that she jumped out of bed, afraid of being regarded as a murderer, and in a moment of fear, she actually left Xiaoliu from the new house and ran away. I didn't want to make my old father miserable now, but yesterday I heard outside that my father was on death row for murder and might be beheaded, so I hurriedly came back to apologize, claiming that my father didn't know the reason for the incident, and asked the county to release my father and put him on death row.
The county order saw Hongyu explain the reason and surrendered, so he put Lao Yang back home, Lao Yang was crying bitterly, his daughter-in-law just died, and now his son is estimated to not survive, he knew that it was better to die for his son.
When Lao Yang returned home, his spirit was completely broken, and he sat at home stupidly every day, muttering and not knowing what to say.
The neighbors are worried that Lao Yang will become mentally ill if he continues like this. They all came to persuade him to go out for a trip and change his mood, so that he would not be so depressed when he came back.
Lao Yang also walked out of Yang Village under the persuasion of everyone, and he didn't know where to go. Remembering that there is a place called Jianchang dozens of miles away from Yang Village, which is a densely populated and prosperous place, many people in Yang Village say that it is very good to play there, and Lao Yang also rowed a small boat and went towards Jianchang in a daze.
In the evening of the same day, when the boat traveled to Zhouxi, Lao Yang suddenly found that there was a ** washing clothes by the river under the weeping willow tree, which looked like a small willow. Lao Yang sighed and said: "Alas, after this change, how can you look like an old man." Maybe in a few days, I see everyone like a red jade...
But the boat was getting closer and closer, and Lao Yang could see it more clearly, and secretly said in his heart: "There are people in the world who look so similar, isn't this really Xiaoliu?" ”
Lao Yang thought for a while, and said in his heart: "Or I'll call Xiao Liu's nickname." If she doesn't say yes, then it certainly won't. ”
So Lao Yang shouted at the top of his voice: "Is Aunt Hui by the river?" ”
Before the voice stopped, the woman looked up in shock, saw Lao Yang, and couldn't help shouting: "But the father-in-law on the boat?" ”
Lao Yang almost didn't stand firm and fell into the river, frightened, and asked again: "Aunt Hui, you... Are you a human or a ghost now? ”
The ** said miserably: "My daughter-in-law is a human being, father-in-law, please don't be confused, this is not a place to speak, please come to your home to talk." ”
Lao Yang hurriedly docked the boat, followed Xiao Yanagi, the two walked one after the other, and walked for a long time before they saw a grass hut in front, although it was not spacious, but it was very tidy, not like a farmer's house.
Lao Yang wanted to say something in his heart, and as soon as he got home, he cried and said, "Aunt Hui, how did you come here?" Just tell me straight, I don't blame you. ”
Xiao Liu listened to Lao Yang's words, and first cried so dismal that he told the truth.
It turned out that Xiaoliu was indeed pressed into the deep pool by Hongyu, and then fell unconscious, Hongyu thought that Xiaoyanagi was dead, so he fled in a hurry, and Lao Yang hurriedly buried Xiaoyanagi without knowing the situation, who knew that soon after the burial, Xiaoyanagi woke up on his own. Fortunately, the coffin is very thin, the burial is not deep, the new soil is still fluffy, and there is some air circulation in the coffin.
So Xiaoliu shouted for help in the coffin, at this time, there was a pair of carpentry uncles and nephews surnamed Jianchang Kou passed by, faintly heard Xiaoyanagi calling for help, followed the sound to find, found that it was from the new grave, greatly surprised, so the two of them opened the grave, pried open the coffin and rescued Xiaoyanagi.
At that time, when Xiaoliu was in the funeral, the neighbors buried Xiaoliu in a newlywed wedding dress, the costumes were gorgeous, and Xiaoyanagi was beautiful, so Kou's nephew was moved and wanted to take Xiaoyanagi back to Jianchang. His uncle resolutely did not allow it and wanted to return Koyanagi.
The nephew said: "I am now grown up, my family has no money, it is too difficult to marry a wife, and today I have this good fate, and I don't need a medium, and I don't need a bride price, and it is not a great luck." ”
The uncle said, "You are taking advantage of others' danger." If you send her back, the host will definitely give you a large amount of honorarium, and you will look for it again and it is not the best of both worlds, there is no aftermath! ”
The nephew said indignantly: "Greedy for this little profit, and lose such a beauty, uncle, you are stupid, besides, her family must have thought that she is dead, I will take her back now, how can the master's family know, as long as you don't tell the public, uncle, then who else will know?" ”
Uncle said: "If you don't want people to know what you don't know unless you do it, if you do this, it will only affect me, if you don't want to send it, I will send it myself!" ”
After that, he turned back to Xiao Liu and said, "Little girl, don't be afraid, the old man will send you back!" ”
Xiao Yanagi nodded desperately, who knew how far he hadn't gotten far, he was about to pass through a forest, and suddenly the old man screamed miserably, and fell to the ground, it turned out that his nephew was holding a carpentry axe, and suddenly gave him an axe after him, and after cutting it on his body, before the old man could react, his nephew swung the axe again and chopped the old man into a ball of flesh.
Koyanagi had just recovered, and he was so frightened that he curled up in fright. After the little carpenter hacked his uncle to death, he cleaned up the murder scene again, and then dragged his uncle's body to Koyanagi's coffin, where he covered it up again and nailed it.
Xiaoliu cried and begged: "If you can let me go back, I will definitely repay you for the money you married to your wife, and I will never break my word." ”
The little carpenter laughed and said, "How could I be willing to give up you, the little beauty who has already arrived, and choose an unrealistic dream wife?" If you go back with me, I will treat you well, or if not, I will cut you down and let you sleep in this tomb with my uncle!" ”
Xiao Liu was terrified in his heart, and he was also frightened when he saw the murderous appearance of the little carpenter, and if he died, this unjust case would be even more impossible to Chen Xue. had to follow the little carpenter back to Jianchang and forced him to become husband and wife.
After listening to Xiaoliu's experience, Lao Yang cried even more sadly, and said: "Oh my God, this is all my father-in-law's fault for burying you hastily!" We will go back to Yang Village now, and go to the county government tomorrow to file a complaint, so that your husband and wife can reunite as soon as possible! ”
So the two returned to the boat and returned to Yang Village. When the two of them were about to arrive at Yang Village, they suddenly saw a young man chasing after them, with an axe and saw on his shoulder, about to seize Xiaoliu.
Xiaoliu has his father-in-law by his side, and he is not as afraid of the young man as before, and scolded loudly: "You thief, I was obtained by you because I was too weak, and now you dare to chase after me, now that my father-in-law is here, am I still afraid that you will not succeed!" ”
When Lao Yang heard Xiao Liu say this, he already knew that it was the carpenter who chased after him, and immediately scolded the young man angrily.
At this time, the people in Yang Village heard the scolding, and when they heard the sound, Lao Yang counted his crimes one by one, and the people in Yang Village were excited, surrounded Kou Carpenter, beat him for a while, and then tied him up and sent him to the county office, and took Xiaoliu as a witness.
The county order was also shocked when he heard it, and he was quickly promoted to the court, and after the first trial, he knew the reason, and he was surprised, and put Kou Carpenter on death row, and released the red jade, and told Lao Yang to let the young couple go home and reunite with the couple.
The story ** in "Qing Dynasty Wild History Grand View", the story is tortuous and full of deep meaning, it is surprising to read, this gripping story is full of suspense from the beginning, the unrhymed world of red jade, Lao Yang's hasty burial, Xiaoliu woke up and thought that the peak was turning, but he was greedy for beauty, and his nephew killed his uncle because of beauty, which pushed the case to another climax.
In the end, under the auspices of the county order, everyone opened the coffin and found that the body in the coffin was not Xiaoliu, and another indisputable ** was added to the unsolved case, and the result was that Lao Yang was imprisoned.
The stories are interlocking, it seems impossible, but there are mysteries everywhere, but the author really didn't figure it out, why Xiaoyanagi didn't lose his personal freedom, but he didn't dare to go home on his own?