Wu Song put away the sharp knife, hid the bones and silver, and after counting the wine money, he walked to Brother Yun's house with Uncle He Jiu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info happened to walk to the door of their house, only to see Brother Yun returning with a rice bag on his back.

Uncle He Jiu shouted, "Brother Yun, Wudutou and I have come to look for you." ”

Brother Yun asked, "What are you two looking for me?"

Brother Yun knew what Wu Song came to him for, and he probably knew it, so he said: "I'm just one thing, my father is sixty years old and has no one to support, so it is difficult for me to accompany you to the lawsuit." ”

Wu Song said: "Good brother, don't worry. ”

Wu Song took the five taels of silver beside him: "You take it to your father as a coil, and then come and talk to me." ”

Brother Yun thought to himself: "These five taels of silver can be used as a coil for three or five months? ”

Brother Yun gave the silver and rice bags to his father, and followed Wu Song and the others out of the alley to the upper floor of a restaurant.

Wu Song said to Brother Yun: "Brother, although you are young, you have the heart of filial piety to support your family. That's why I'm giving you this money to wrap around. I have a place to get you, and when the matter is settled, I will give you fourteen or fifteen taels of silver as capital. You have to tell me carefully, how did you go to the teahouse with my eldest brother Wu Dalang to catch monkeys?"

Brother Yun said: "Second Uncle Wu, let me tell you the facts, you must not be angry. On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, I carried a basket of Sydney pears to Ximenqing to deliver to him, but I didn't find him. When I asked his subordinates, he said: He is in the tea shop of Wang Po on Zishi Street, and he is in the same place as Pan Jinlian, the wife of Wu Dalang, who sells cooking cakes, and now if you want to find him, you can only go there every day to find him. ”

When I heard this, I was very angry, so I ran all the way to the teahouse to find Ximenqing, how could I bear that old pig and dog of Wang Po stopped me and didn't let me enter the room. Wang Po slapped me and drove me out, and she threw my Sydney pear down the street. I'm really angry, I'll go to your eldest brother Wu Dalang and tell him a little bit more, and he said he was going to catch monkeys. ”

"I said: You can't do this, Ximen Qing's hands and feet are good, if you go to catch a monkey and can't catch him, but he will sue it, it's not good. I will make an appointment with you tomorrow at the entrance of the alley, and you will make less cooking cakes, and if I see Ximenqing enter the teahouse, I will enter first, and you will prepare your burden outside and wait. Just watch me throw out the basket and you will rush in and catch the monkey. ”

"At that time, I carried a basket of pears and walked into the teahouse, and the old pig and dog Wang Po who I scolded was about to come and beat me, so I threw the basket out of the street and put my head on the wall with Wang Po's body. When Uncle Wu rushed in, Wang Po wanted to come forward to intercept it, but I was unable to move, and Wang Po only shouted: Wu Dalang is here!"

Uncle Wu only shouted loudly outside the door, but he didn't watch out for Ximen Qing's sudden opening of the door, he ran out and kicked Uncle Wu down. I saw Sister Jin Lian and then ran out in a panic, she helped Uncle Wu not move, I wanted to step forward, but I was beaten by Ximen Qingna, I had to leave in a hurry. Five or seven days later, I heard that Uncle Wu died, but I didn't know how Uncle Wu died. ”

Wu Song asked, "Are you telling the truth? ”

Brother Yun said: "What I said is true, I know that Sister Jin Lian was forced by Ximen Qing, Second Brother Wu, you must not blame Sister Jin Lian." Even if I go to the government with you, that's what I say. ”

Wu Song said: "That's right, brother. So he begged for food, and Wu Song gave the money.

The three of them walked downstairs, and Uncle He Jiu said to Wu Song: "The villain will retire here." ”

Wu Song said, "You two come with me, I am asking you to testify for me." ”

Wu Song brought the two of them all the way to the county yamen, and when the magistrate saw Wu Song, he asked, "What do you want to sue Wudutou?"

Wu Song told the magistrate: "The villain's eldest brother, Wu Dalang, was murdered by poison because of Ximenqing's affair with his sister-in-law. These two people are witnesses, please make the decision and give justice to the villain. ”

The magistrate first asked Uncle He Jiu and Brother Yun about their testimony, and he consulted with the county officials. It turned out that the county official had colluded with Ximenqing, and the county official said to the magistrate: "This matter is not easy to do." ”

The magistrate told Wu Song: "Wu Song, although you are the head of the county, you must also abide by the law. Since ancient times, catching monkeys and seeing doubles, catching thieves and seeing stolen goods, and killing people and seeing injuries. Your eldest brother's body is gone, and you have never caught his monkey, and now that you are going to try Ximenqing for murder on the basis of the words of these two people, do you have any disagreement with Ximenqing? At this time, you must not make a mistake, and only after you find sufficient evidence can this case be handled. ”

Wu Song took out two pieces of black bones and ten taels of silver from his arms, and reported: "Report to Lord Xianggong, these evidences are not fabricated by villains. ”

The magistrate looked at it and said: "I'll put away this evidence first, and I'll discuss it for a long time, and when it's feasible, I'll help you arrest Ximen Qing and ask for the guilt." ”

Uncle He Jiu and Brother Yun were left in the room by Wu Song, and when Ximenqing learned of this, he sent his confidants to the county government to give the magistrate and the county officials a lot of silver taels, and bribed the two with money.

The next morning, Wu Song complained to the county government office, urging the county to hurry up and get people. Who would have thought that the county coveted Ximenqing's bribe, took out the bones and silver, and said to Wu Song: "Wu Song, you don't hear outsiders provoking you and Ximenqing to be enemies; The sage said, "Whatever you see with your eyes may not be true, let alone what you say behind your back, how can you believe all of it?" ”

The county official said: "Wudutou, in any case of human life, there must be a corpse, scars, symptoms, murder weapons, and whereabouts, all five of which can be questioned." ”

Wu Song said unhappily: "Since Lord Xianggong does not allow the villain to file a complaint, why should he pay attention to the villain?"

Wu Song took back the silver and bones, and then instructed Uncle He Jiu to accept them, walked down the hall and returned to his room, and asked the soldiers to arrange meals to eat with Uncle He Jiu and Brother Yun: "You stay in my room and wait, I will come back when I go." ”

Wu Song took three or two soldiers, left the county office, took inkstones, pen and ink, bought three or five pieces of paper to hide beside him, and asked the two soldiers to buy a pig's head, a goose, a chicken, a load of wine, some fruits and other things, and put them at home. Now is the time for a showdown, and Wu Song brought a soldier to Jin Lian's house.

Wu Song shouted: "Sister-in-law, come down, I have something to say." ”

Pan Jinlian slowly walked downstairs and asked, "Second brother, what do you have to say to me?"

Wu Song said: "My eldest brother has been dead for 20 days, thanks to the help of the neighbors, I came here today to bring a glass of wine to thank the neighbors for their help on behalf of my sister-in-law." ”

Jin Lian asked, "How are you going to thank them?"

Wu Song said: "Etiquette is indispensable. ”

Wu Song called the soldiers to light two candles, burn a stove of incense, put down a piece of paper money, put down the sacrifices in front of the spirit, piled up the feast, spread the sacrifices such as wine, food and fruits, and asked a soldier to scald the wine in the back, arrange tables and stools in front of the two soldiers, and two soldiers guard the door in front of and behind.

After Wu Song finished all his orders, he said, "Sister-in-law, you are here to receive the guests, and I will invite the neighbors to come." ”

Wu Song first invited the Wang Po next door, and the Wang Po said: "My old woman can't stand the hard work, so I understand it, thank you Wudutou." ”

Wu Song said: "Wu Song has disturbed Wang Po a lot, so naturally I have a reason. Prepare a glass of food and wine first, and the princess cannot shirk. ”

Wang Po closed the tea shop, cleaned up the door, and walked through the back door. Wu Song said: "The sister-in-law sits on the main seat, and the princess sits opposite. ”

Wu Song invited his sister-in-law to come with her, and her sister-in-law said: "The little girl is busy with work, so she doesn't bother the hard work of Wudutou." ”

Wu Song grabbed Sister-in-law Sun and said, "A glass of light wine, it won't take long, please invite Sister-in-law Sun to my house." The sister-in-law only sat down side by side with Wu Song when Wu Song arrived.

Wu Song invited Qiao Sanye again, but he didn't come, and was dragged to the house by Wu Song, Wu Song said: "The old man is like a father, Wu Song must repay Qiao Sanye's kindness." Then he invited Qiao Sanye and Pan Jinlian to sit down side by side. Please also ask Hu Zhengqing, who sold the cold hotel at the opposite door, that person was originally an official, he had already seen that the situation was a little embarrassing, he was willing to come, Wu Song didn't care about him, and dragged him over, Hu Zhengqing and Qiao Sanye sat down side by side.

Wu Song asked, "Grandma Wang, who is next door to your house?"

Wang Po said: "His family sells pasta. ”

Zhang Lao'er, who was selling noodles, happened to be in the house, he saw Wu Song's entry, was taken aback and said, "Wudutou, do you have anything to say to me?"

Wu Song said: "How much family affairs disturb the neighborhood, I specially came to invite the old gentleman to have a glass of light wine. ”

The old man said: "Oh, Lao Tzu has never been to Wudu Tou's house with some courtesy, but Wudu Tou is now going to invite Lao Tzu to eat and drink?"

Wu Song said: "If you don't pay respect, please come to my house." ”

Lao Er was dragged over by Wu Song, please go and sit down side by side with Hu Zhengqing. Then again, why didn't the people who sat down before go? There were soldiers guarding the door, as if they were imprisoned.

Wu Song invited the neighbors of the four families and the Wang Po and sister-in-law to make a total of six people, Wu Song pulled a stool, but sat on the side, and asked the soldiers to close the front and back doors. Wu Song said loudly: "The neighbors blame me for Wu Song's rude behavior and indiscriminate greetings to everyone. ”

The neighbors said: "When Wudutou came back, we didn't wash the dust and catch the wind for Wudutou, but now we are disturbing it in turn." ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "This wine and food is not a tribute, and the neighbors are laughing at it." ”

The soldiers were just pouring wine, and everyone had their own ghosts, and they didn't know what to do next.