Chapter 103: A Little Storm (4)
Although the verdict has not yet come out, the funeral of Mr. Sun will be held as scheduled. He was buried on a hill not far from the town of Yuetai, his favorite place for stargazing. It is also a lifelong wish to come to the old man's house to be buried here.
According to the old man's wishes, his family property will be used for public welfare and charity in the town, his manor and estate will be rented, and the proceeds will be used for the elderly, the martyrs' families, and prepare to transform the original Sun Mansion into a righteous school - of course, all this work is indispensable to the busy work of Sun Fu's housekeeper.
On a sunny and warm morning, a horse-drawn carriage stopped at the door of "Sun's Yixue", and the carrier handed the porter a consignment list, which turned out to be the grape wine that Mr. Sun had ordered from his friend in Chang'an. Seeing things and thinking about people, Sun Fu's housekeeper mourned that the old master could no longer enjoy the guests, and at the same time instructed his subordinates to invite all the villagers in the town to prepare to celebrate the opening of the school.
Because Sun Fu's housekeeper was very tired from doing all these things, his eldest grandson Sun Fugui presided over the banquet that night. Sun Fugui is eighteen or nineteen years old this year, one of the most handsome and dashing young people in the town, he is very good at setting off the atmosphere of the cocktail party, and under his drive, the guests and hosts are happy, and there is laughter and laughter everywhere.
Cheng Qi and the other three strangers also came to the Sun Mansion, for the sake of the face of the congratulatory gifts they sent, the townspeople did not embarrass them much, after two or three glasses of wine, Cheng Qi and they soon became one with everyone present.
At the height of the feast, a drunken Sun Fugui had the last box of grape wine brought up - the label of this box was specially stated that it was the best vintage, the best taste and of course the highest price, and it was specially written in bold "Please be sure to share it with your most beloved relatives and friends" - so everyone specially saved this box of wine until the last moment.
"We should invite guests to witness this moment!" Sun Fugui couldn't help but hand a physics holy sword crowbar to Cheng Qi, and then surrounded him with a group of young people and came to the box.
Since everyone was so enthusiastic, Cheng Qi was not a blind and polite master, and after pouring two more sips of low-alcohol sweet wine, he stuffed the tip of the crowbar into the gap in the slats. Huang Yang was trumpeting on the side: "Babble, hey! Hey, hey! β
The crate creaked, and with a final "bang", one rivet was pried open, followed by the next, and then another. Cheng Qi pried three in a row, spit into the palm of his hand, and used his strength to pry the last nail open!
That's when a miracle happened!
A white mist rose from the wooden crate, and at that moment, a demonic wind rose out of nowhere, blowing out most of the candles in the hall. Suddenly, a guest pointed to the wooden box and screamed, "Hell! β
Cheng Qi raised his eyes and looked at it, and he was so frightened that he suddenly stepped back: "Fake the corpse!" β
I saw that in the wooden box, an old man with a bloody face was slowly standing up, and his hand pointed straight ahead: "Murderer...... It's you! β
Everyone looked at the dim candlelight, only to see that Sun Fugui's face was already like ashes, and he didn't know when the porcelain cup in his hand was poured.
"Murderer ......" Huang Yang pointed at him and repeated: "It's you!" β
This sound was like thunder, and Sun Fugui fell to his knees with a puff: "Spare your life... Spare your life! I'm not...... I didn't mean to...... I was just...... Momentary misses...... I'm so angry that I ......"
Then, under the watchful eyes of almost everyone, he said how he committed this heinous crime:
Sun Fugui is the eldest grandson of Sun Fu's housekeeper, and he has been doted on by his grandfather since he was a child, and he has achieved nothing when he grows up, only knowing how to hunt eagles and idle with young people. And in order to discipline him, and for his good, Sun Fu brought him into Sun's mansion, wanting Sun Fugui to do something with him, and he would become a useful person in the future.
However, Sun Fu's housekeeper's kindness was all in vain, although his precious grandson got an errand to clean and tidy up the study, but he did not contain his heart, and within a few days he hit the idea on the money bag outside the old man Sun.
Living in a small town, he is a simple old man, and he rarely spends a large amount of cash except for helping the poor. But every year before the Chinese New Year, he would go to the bank ticket number in Kaifeng County to exchange some silver and silver tickets to use, and then send the rest back to save when the spring flowers bloomed after the New Year.
For this law, Sun Fugui once heard his grandfather inadvertently talk about it - he naturally set his eyes on the broken silver - he didn't dare to move the large amount of silver tickets, although he was greedy for profit, but he also knew that the silver tickets were numbered, as long as the owner reported to the official, then taking the silver ticket to cash the ticket number is undoubtedly self-defeating.
Therefore, he quietly took some small silver ingots several times, not much, all in the form of one, two, two, but the last time he boldly took a silver bar of ten taelsβthat is, this time, when he went out, he bumped into his master.
Although Lao Sun didn't say anything on the spot, he rode his horse the next morning. Sun Fugui was worried that he was going to go into the city to report to the official, so he quietly followed, carrying a shotgun that he used when hunting with his friends - he didn't know why he was bringing this, but when he came to his senses, he had already had an argument with Lao Sun Yuanwai, and smashed him with the butt of this shotgun and his face was covered with blood.
By this time, the smoke seemed to have cleared, and the candles were re-lit. Butler Sun Fu hurried to the scene, and as soon as he saw his old master, who had served for many years, standing in the alley with blood stained and "resurrected", he couldn't help screaming, and let him fall to the ground and faint.
"Grandpa!" Sun Fugui crawled over with a roll, hugged his fainted grandfather and cried, in fact, everyone knows about it, Sun Fugui shot the livestock, thought it was killed, but who would have thought that it was only seriously injured, when Sun Fugui was busy dealing with the corpse of the old man, it first met Sun Fu, who felt that something was wrong, and went out to find his grandson.
Sun Fu saw the injured horses and followed the blood trail to find his grandson, who was washing his hands by the pond. When he saw the waistcoat and the coat, he understood everything.
Originally, he was supposed to report to the official. But he couldn't stand his grandson's bitter pleading, so he relented for a while and embarked on a wrong path.
As for the hunting knife, Sun Fu secretly took it out and handed it to Sun Tzu when he was sorting out things for Gong Dingyu, so that he could find an opportunity to throw it near the scene after the incident, ready to frame him.
Sun Fugui said with tears in his eyes: "Grandpa said that Mr. Gong knows many big people, and even if he frames him, he can get out." As long as he finds a way to get out, there will be no more people to ask about the rest of the matter. I'm safe......"
What a good idea, according to the simple people's point of view, all the big people in the capital are hand-eyed, and although they have not been able to see the secret transactions in the officialdom, they all have noses and eyes, and the judicial system is naturally all a tool for the collusion between dirty litigants and pushers who eat the plaintiff and eat the defendant. But they never expected that with Cheng Qi's clever tongue and the principle of attribution of doubtful interests to the defendant, they would actually release someone according to the principle of attribution of doubtful interests to the defendant.
And this sudden corpse fraud scared the ancestors of the Sun family, who still had the last bit of conscience in their hearts, half to death, and told the whole story of their crime in front of everyone. It's too shocking!
Now it's the turn of the stranger Guo Shan to appear, as we all know, this benevolent brother is the leader in the Bianjing hook column, an old friend in the Liyuan line, he returned to Beijing within a day or two, found a familiar troupe, invited a harlequin to make up as the old man Sun before he died, smeared his face with sheep blood, and then learned the voice of the old man, and said the fatal line: "The murderer is you!" Combined with the smoke from the dry ice obtained by the monster Huang Yang, everything convinced everyone who was already drunk.
In this way, the three strangers successfully cleared the grievances of the madman Gong Dingyu, and after he regained his innocence, he did not inherit his cousin's inheritance: "Since my cousin has a heart for charity and public welfare, then follow his wishes." The honest man also vowed to continue to manage his benefactor and the last wish of his year-old friend, and at the same time he also apologized to Gong Dingyu for his abrupt drunken night.
"No, you don't have to apologize to me." Gong Dingyu said sincerely: "You should apologize to Hengbo...... The reason why I stopped you that night was not because she was my concubine, but because your words were disrespectful to her. β
Li Yang also apologized to Gu Hengbo again and again, and finally obtained her understanding.
After bidding farewell to the residents of the town, Gong Dingyu returned to the world of flowers, and the first thing he did was to swagger to a familiar Qinlou Chu Pavilion - "I stayed in that broken place for so long, and I couldn't enter or leave the fireworks field on bail, it just made me crazy!" He held Huang Yang in his left hand and Guo Shan in his right hand, and they were beaming to wash away their bad luck.
As for Cheng Qi...... Of course, he came to Gu Hengbo's small building upside down, and stomped upstairs, ready to collect his final payment!
Is it a high-speed three-point rotation? Or the legendary Eighteen Tricks of Dong Xuanzi? Cheng Qi couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart, pushed the door in, only to see the door hidden, the red candle fragrance on the small building, and after entering, he saw a screen separating the attic on both sides, through the looming barrier, it seemed to be faintly visible......
The next day, the day was fine, and the sky was good.
Cheng Qi walked on the road in good spirits, young man, even if it is a little harder, the next day's homework cannot be delayed. Just as he was reminiscing about the customs of a few hours ago, he suddenly heard a coquettish cry in his ears: "Help, there is a robbery!" β
said that it was too late, it was fast, Cheng Qi suddenly turned around, and happened to be wearing sunglasses with a black dress, a felt hat on his head, and a beard with sideburns and beard at first glance, as if a big black bear had run out.
Cheng Qi was suddenly bumped by him and took a few steps back, and the black bear-like guy angrily pushed Cheng Qi and said viciously: "Get out of the way!" Cheng Qi didn't react for a while, and waited until the girl behind her shouted again: "Catch the bad guy!" He just reacted - hey, what about the bear just now? That's pretty fast!
However, when he looked up, he saw a girl in red sitting on the ground with a sad face under the shade of the willows on the side. Even if it inspired Cheng Qi's heart of pity and cherishing jade. He hurriedly ran over and asked for warmth: "Girl, are you okay?" Hurt? What happened just now? β