During the Ming Dynasty, there was a wealthy family in Shanyin County, and his son was newly married, and on the wedding day, the elder brother of a certain B joked with his younger brother: "If you don't have a bride today, I will lose you a piece of gold." ”
A certain B happily agreed, saying, "Yes, isn't it a very simple thing!" ”
That night, the rich family sent away the guests, and a certain B did not go to the new house to accompany the bride, but rested outside with his brother for a night.
However, on the wedding night, a man entered the new house and pretended to be the bridegroom, and had a husband and wife affair with the bride.
The next day, when the bride heard about the bet between the bridegroom and her brother, she did not return to the room at all, and was shocked to realize that she had lost herself, and in shame, the bride committed suicide by hanging herself.
After the bride's death, the mother's family sued the county government, and A was imprisoned, and a certain A was tortured in prison, and it could not be determined that a certain A had done it.
At that time, the Jiangyin county magistrate was called Zhao Shimo, a native of Wujiang, because there was no progress in the case and he couldn't figure it out, so he closed his door and began to worship the gods at home, hoping to get some enlightenment.
Just as Zhao Shimo was praying, suddenly there was a cracking sound from the beam above his head, and when he looked up, there was a crack in the beam.
Zhao Shimo thought for a long time, and then brought a certain A from prison for questioning: "Do you have a person surnamed Liang in your family?" A replied, "My family's head servant is surnamed Liang." ”
Zhao Shimo immediately sent someone to the rich family's house to arrest the chief steward surnamed Liang, and after torture, the chief steward Liang admitted to the matter of impersonating the groom.
On the day of the wedding, Mr. Liang happened to hear a gambling game between A and B outside the window, so he pretended to be the groom and entered the cave room, which finally caused this disaster.
Later, Chief Liang also received the punishment he deserved, and Zhao Shimo was promoted to be a minister because of his outstanding political achievements.
This incident was recorded in the Ming Dynasty Qian Xiyan's "Qiyuan".
The magic of this thing is that the county magistrate encountered a problem and prayed to the gods, and he really solved the case because of this. Of course, different people will have different perceptions of such things, some will think that the piety of the prefectural order has been enlightened in some way, and some will think that it is just some kind of coincidence.
Combined with the recent Lanzhou drunken Guan Gong performance, when the drunk Guan Gong stepped over a long row of kneeling people praying for blessings, how many people's hearts were shocked? How many people have been in tears! It is estimated that at that moment, no one would think that praying to the gods is foolish and superstitious, after all, who has experienced the hardships of the human world, who does not want to have a god in his heart who can pray for guidance and protection!