Chapter Eighty-Seven: Hate for the Devil
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It was night, just after the third watch, the master raised his hand and pushed open the wooden door of the prison, and three mermaids rushed in.
In the prison, the oil lamp on the wall was beating, emitting a dim light, the master pulled a chair from the root of the wall at the door, dusted off the dust on it, and placed it in the middle of the cells on both sides, Xiao Laodao waved the official robe on his body, and sat on the chair with a solemn face.
Taiye and Xiao Shiyi, one on each side, stood on both sides of Xiao Laodao, Taiye glanced at the empty cell, and shouted: "Lord Qingtian is here, whoever has a grievance, come and report it quickly, and the Lord will avenge your grievances!" ”
Seeing this, the master subconsciously looked at Xiao Shiyi, Xiao Laodao also looked at Xiao Shiyi, Xiao Shiyi looked at the oil lamp and shook his head.
The master understood that Xiao Shiyi didn't see anything, and the master shouted again: "Whoever has a grievance, show up quickly, the master will call the shots for you!" ”
"Poof", as soon as the master's voice fell, all the oil lamps on the wall of the cell were extinguished, and the grandfather's eyes were dark, and he followed closely, and he felt that Xiao Shiyi next to him had moved, and the master turned his head to look, and saw Xiao Shiyi quickly gestured at Xiao Laodao.
At this time, a cold wind blew, Xiao Shiyi stopped moving, and the three of them looked into the depths of the cell at the same time, followed by Xiao Shiyi gestured again, it was pitch black, and the master could barely see his gestures, which was for him, which meant that something appeared in the prison.
The master looked into the depths of the cell again, and he couldn't see anything except the darkness, and the master said sharply: "The person inside, what grievances do you have, come forward and explain to the master of Qingtian!" ”
As soon as the master's voice fell, the cold wind blew in gusts, Xiao Shiyi was wearing an adult's official uniform, looking procrastinating, at this time, he wrapped the official uniform around his body, and the entire cell looked extremely cold.
The cold wind blew away the messy straw on the ground, and little by little, it came closer, and the wind stopped. At this time, Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather, lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, have you seen it?" ”
My grandfather nodded lightly at Xiao Laodao, and asked rhetorically, "Brother Xiao, did you also see it?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "I don't see it too clearly, it's vague, it seems that there is a paper figure standing in front of us, and there is an arm missing!" ”
My grandfather nodded, "I also saw it, and I don't know very well, but his arm should have been torn off by me, Brother Xiao, you should ask him quickly, don't show him that we are fake officials." ”
Xiao Laodao immediately straightened his face, and asked the vague paper figure: "Who is in the hall, report your name!" ”
After a pause, Xiao Shiyi rolled up his wide and long sleeves and gestured: He said that his name was Wu Zhengren.
When the master and Xiao Laodao heard this, the two of them looked at each other, and they were on the phone.
Xiao Laodao asked again: "Wu Zhengren, what grievances do you have, come quickly, this official is in charge of you!" ”
Wu Zhengren's ghost was quite honest at this time, standing there motionless, but the vague shadow of the paper figure looked a little bluffing. How did his ghost become a paper man, my grandfather couldn't figure it out at the time, and he didn't have time to think about the situation at that time.
The paper man was dancing and talking over there, and Xiao Shiyi was busy gesturing to my grandfather and Xiao Laodao to translate:
This Wu Zhengren, before his death, was a merchant who walked the streets and alleys, what did the merchant do, generally carrying a big basket on his body, holding a rattle in his hand, shouting while walking, walking the streets and alleys to sell some women's needlework, hemp rope, women's favorite gadgets, cheap small jewelry and so on. Both sell and receive, but also exchange goods, back and forth, in the current words, make a small difference in the middle.
One day, there was goose feather snow in the sky, and Wu Zhengren braved the snow for most of the day without freeing up a single object.
At this time, I happened to pass by the door of a large family, shook the rattle a few times, the door opened, and out of it came a little old man in his early fifties, the little old man called out to Wu Zhengren and said that he was the housekeeper of this big family, and their wife wanted to see if he had any good things, and wanted to buy a few pieces for the children to play.
Wu Zhengren was very happy when he heard it, and he didn't think much about it, and followed the housekeeper to the backyard, under normal circumstances, the living people are not allowed to enter the backyard of other people's houses, and the transactions are generally carried out in the front yard, and they are generally not allowed to enter the house.
Who knows, after Wu Zhengren and the housekeeper came to the backyard, the housekeeper insisted that he would enter the house, saying that his wife was not in good health, it was cold, and it was inconvenient to go out.
Wu Zhengren heard what the housekeeper said, so he had to follow the housekeeper into the house, but after entering the house, there was no one in the house, and the housekeeper said, Mrs. may be in another room, you sit here for a while, I will invite Mrs. over.
When the housekeeper left, he closed the door, Wu Zhengren put down the basket on his body, sat in the house and waited, but the left could not wait, the right could not wait, at this time, he heard a "bang", as if something had been broken at the door, Wu Zhengren wanted to open the door to look outside, who knows, as soon as he pulled the door, he found that the door was actually locked from the outside, Wu Zhengren suddenly became anxious, knocked on the door and shouted in the house, shouted several times in a row, and there was no movement outside.
Wu Zhengren immediately turned around in the house, waited for a long time, the door was suddenly opened, "hula", rushed in a group of officials, without saying a word, knocked him to the ground, and then, the officials looked around in the house, found a female corpse on the bed, wrapped in a quilt, and was stabbed several times, and had already died of anger.
Another servant took Wu Zhengren's basket, flipped through it, and turned out a bloody short knife and a bag of gold and silver jewelry for women, at this time, the housekeeper came in crying, knelt beside the female corpse and cried, what did he say, madam, you shouldn't have asked me to bring the merchant into the back hall, let alone let him into the house, now it's good, he actually got rich and harmed your life!
At this time, Wu Zhengren looked at the female corpse and the crying housekeeper, his mind became blank, and everyone was stupid......
Wu Zhengren was soon escorted to the county government hall, the previous magistrate opened the court for interrogation, Wu Zhengren was sober at this time, and told the story again, saying that the housekeeper took him into the back hall, after arriving in the back hall, there was no one inside, he was waiting in the back hall, and then he heard a noise outside, and wanted to go out to see, but the door was locked, and he did not kill anyone.
When the previous magistrate heard this, he asked Wu Zhengren, since you didn't kill anyone, how can you explain the short knife and gold and silver jewelry in the basket? There is human and material evidence, do you still want to deny it?
Wu Zhengren was speechless for a moment, he didn't know where the short knife and gold and silver jewelry in the basket came from.
The previous magistrate asked the housekeeper again, and the housekeeper said that the lady wanted to buy some gadgets and play with the children, but the weather was cold and freezing, and the lady was not in good health, so he asked him to call the merchant to the house, and she wanted to choose some gadgets for herself. Frightened, he broke the tea cup in his hand, and then he locked the door and ran to the county office to report the case.
After listening to this, the previous magistrate nodded, it was indeed the case reported by the housekeeper, and there was indeed a broken tea cup at the door, however, there were still a few doubts in the case, and the conclusion could only be concluded after checking the scene of the crime, so Wu Zhengren was temporarily imprisoned, and after the scene was inspected, the court was retried.
A few days later, the court held a retrial, and the previous magistrate directly sentenced Wu Zhengren to death, and he was beheaded after the autumn. The reason for this is very simple, the previous magistrate must have received the money from the big family.
Wu Zhengren was sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn for no reason, the injustice was as deep as the sea, and it was conceivable in his heart, and in the end, he was hanged in prison.
When the matter is said here, it is over, Xiao Shiyi gestured to Xiao Laodao again, which means that Wu Zhengren's ghost hopes to redress his grievances.
Xiao Laodao nodded and asked, "Then do you know who killed that lady?" ”
After a pause, Xiao Shiyi gestured and said: It was killed by the master of their family, their master fell in love with the girl of a family and wanted to be a concubine, after the lady knew, he secretly looked for someone and cut off the girl's face, after the master knew, he quarreled with the lady, and in a fit of anger, he stabbed the lady to death with a knife, and after the death of the lady, Wu Zhengren happened to pass by the door of their house, and the housekeeper had an idea, so he thought of such a way.
When Wu Zhengren was brought into the room, the body of the lady was already wrapped in the bed, and a quick hand and foot housekeeper hid in the house in advance, after the tea cup was dropped outside, Wu Zhengren went to the door to check, found that the door was locked, and shouted at the door, at this time, the housekeeper came out and put the knife and gold and silver jewelry into Wu Zhengren's back basket, and after the official came to escort Wu Zhengren away, the housekeeper quietly slipped out of the room, and everything was unaware.
After Xiao Shiyi finished translating, the master and Xiao Laodao glanced at each other, it seems that there is no good person in this family!
Xiao Laodao tilted his head and quietly asked my grandfather, "Brother, what should we do next?" ”
The grandfather didn't even think about it, "Kill people to pay for your life, pay off debts, don't talk anymore, look at me." ”
Xiao Laodao smiled and nodded, and my grandfather said to the vague paper figure in front of him: "You want us to redress your grievances, but I'm afraid it's impossible." ”
As soon as the master's voice fell, Xiao Shiyi hurriedly gestured: Can't you help me, since you can't help me, why do you want me to come out?
The grandfather said: "I didn't say that I couldn't help you, it's just that your case has been going on for more than ten years, and it's not easy to overturn the case now, but I have a straightforward way, if you agree, I can redress your grievances tomorrow night." ”
Xiao Shiyi gestured and asked: What way?
The master smiled, "I'll bring the heads of the old man and the housekeeper tomorrow and sacrifice them to you, do you think it's okay?" ”
After a pause, Xiao Shiyi gestured: He said okay.
The master hurriedly said: "Okay, but if I get the head, you have to leave here, and you are not allowed to stay in the yang world to harm people!" ”
Xiao Shiyi gestured and said: I don't want to stay here for a long time, but I am resentful, as long as I take revenge, I will naturally leave......
After coming out of the cell, the county lord, the master, and the head catcher were all waiting outside the cell, and the lord pulled the county lord to the side hall, and the two of them talked secretly in the side hall for an hour.
The county lord didn't agree with my grandfather's plan at first, and in the end, the lord said, if you don't agree, then please ask Gao Ming, the county lord had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
However, the county lord solemnly warned my grandfather, after this matter is done, you will leave the county immediately, and never come back, and you are not allowed to talk to anyone about this matter, and the grandfather agreed.
This county lord is not a vegetarian, he actually changed the plan planned by my grandfather, and he changed it so that the whole incident seemed perfect......
The next night, my grandfather took Xiao Chujiu, put on the clothes of the four flower thieves before, covered his face with a black cloth, and jumped into the house of a large family. The address of this big family, the location of the room, etc., were all provided by the county lord.
The two men entered the room as planned, easily cut off the heads of the butler and the man, and then put incense in an attic, which he had obtained from the four flower thieves. These were all the ideas of the county lord.
In the attic is a girl, according to the county lord, this is the daughter of the male owner's concubine, twenty-eight years old, two people after the girl, wrapped in a quilt, carried out the door, but, before waiting to get down the attic, suddenly, someone shouted: "There is a flower thief, come and catch the thief......"