"That's true! When the Lu Yuan heard the unwarranted words, he immediately asked the matchmaker to ask the parents of the fisherman to withdraw from the marriage. But the fisherman's family finally climbed up to the relatives of the Lu family, and accepted the dowry, so they refused to agree to the Lu family's request to withdraw from the marriage. In addition, Lu Jia insisted on marrying that woman, and Lu Yuanwai had no choice but to go to the ground again to discuss.

After pondering for a long time, he gave the lander an idea to go out. Let him marry normally on the appointed day, but the wedding must be solemn and lively, and after the guests have dispersed, lock the bride alone in the new room, stay for three days, and bathe and cleanse herself after leaving the room. If within these three days, the Lu family is safe and the family is peaceful, it indicates that there is no incident, and the couple can live in a round house, if there is something at home, the bride needs to be buried alive to resolve the disaster. ”

"What kind of bullshit is this? Did the Lu family also tell the parents of the fisherman's family about such a thing? ”

There is no record in the county annals, but if you think about it, Lu Yuanwai will say it, after all, this is also a way to prompt the other party to withdraw from his family. But judging from the final result, it is obvious that the parents of the fishing girl did not believe this nonsense, or they believed it, but after comparing a daughter with the dowry given by the Lu family, they still chose to let their daughter marry, in the end, there is still a half chance. However, we have no way of knowing what the truth is, and what I am saying at the moment is my own speculation. Before the Holy Queen, the status of women was really not high, and many families regarded their daughters as a way to exchange for property, especially in war and famine years, selling wives and daughters abounded, but you have heard of several families selling their sons. ”

"That's not necessarily, if it were me, I would definitely sell my son and keep my daughter. The son, after all, is a man, no matter how difficult it is to survive, he can get through. The daughter is different, she is delicate since she was a child, and she needs to be cared for more carefully. ”

"You're just talking casually, and when it's really in front of you, you may not be willing to give it up. I'm not saying that you can't give up your son, but according to your personality, whether it's a daughter or a son, you will be reluctant. Besides, that Yin Gongzi doesn't seem to be an incapable person, no matter how difficult the situation is, he shouldn't make you and your future children suffer. If there was a case, and I was here, Brother Chang, I wouldn't allow that to happen to you or your children. ”

"They haven't gotten married yet, so it's a bit far to think about it now." Xing Ruyi made a playful grimace: "There is a ready-made son, but when the time comes, I estimate that he will sell himself by himself, and then come back to me with all the buyer's property." ”

Chang Tai was stunned for a moment, and laughed along. Yin Yuan he had seen before, and he was indeed a different kind of child.

Xing Ruyi shrugged, got up, and walked around the courtyard, looking at the scenery, and asked, "What about later?" What happened to the Lu family, what happened to the fisherman's girl? ”

After listening to the unwarranted suggestion, Lu Yuanwai decided to follow what he said. When it came to the day of the wedding appointment, the Lu family really feasted the guests. It can really be described as ten miles of red makeup, a hundred miles of banquets, and it is very lively. In the middle of the night, the guests who came to eat and drink dispersed one after another. After the bride was sent into the cave room, Lu Yuanwai asked the housekeeper to nail the doors and windows of the new house, leaving only a small hole in the corner of the wall for daily food delivery.

The first night was safe and sound, and the Lu family was also happy and peaceful. Only Lu Jia was reluctant. The sweetheart who finally married back, was locked in the house before he even saw it, so this Lu Gongzi, despite the persuasion of his subordinates, was also outside the new house, and stayed with him for a night.

On the second night, nothing happened to the new house, but Lu Jia fell ill. First there were sores on his hands, and then they stained all over his body. By the third day, when the bride was appointed to leave the room, Lu Jia had become not like a human being, and a ghost was not like a ghost. Lu Yuanwai was furious because of this, and ordered his subordinates to drag the fisherman out and bury her alive overnight. ”

"That's it? It sounds like the fisherman girl is a bit miserable, but there is nothing strange about the case. ”

"It's not here that is bizarre, it's what happens later." Chang Tai signaled Xing Ruyi not to worry, and continued: "It's strange to say, after this fisherman girl was buried alive, Lu Jia's condition slowly improved. Half a year later, Lu Yuanwai took charge of marrying a new wife for him.

The newlywed Yan'er is inevitably intoxicated, this Lu Jia has been lingering with the bride for three days since the day he got married, and he has never stepped out of the door. Lu Yuanwai was overjoyed at first, thinking that his son had finally let go of the fisherman woman and took a fancy to the newly chosen wife. But on the third day, the Lu Yuan was faintly uneasy. Because, half a year ago, when I married the fisherman's girl, I also locked her in the room for three days and three nights.

Although he was a little uneasy in his heart, as his father and husband, Lu Yuanwai was embarrassed to break into the door and disturb the good things of the two. And for three days, I didn't hear any movement inside, and the food that was delivered in every day was also eaten.

By the evening of the fourth day, the door of the young couple's room was still closed. At this time, Lu Yuanwai couldn't sit still, he ordered the maid to urge, and the door was opened. It's just that as soon as the door was opened, everyone saw Lu Jia, who was already dressed neatly, rushing out of the door like crazy under the faint candlelight, and ran outside.

Lu Yuanwai and the surrounding subordinates were stunned, and when they reacted and went to catch up, they only saw Lu Jia running wildly all the way towards the Zhuangzi where the fisherman girl was. Since she is a fisherman's girl, the place where she lives is naturally relatively close to the riverbank. Lu Jia ran wildly all the way, and when he reached the outside of Zhuangzi, he turned around and went straight to the river, followed by the shouts of the people behind him, and jumped in with a pop.

Lu Yuanwai witnessed the death of his son, and the person suddenly collapsed to the ground. The housekeeper was quite calm, and he was busy paying for the young man on the riverbank who knew how to go to the river to look for and salvage, but after looking for many days, he didn't find this Lu Jia. It has really become a dead body.

In the prefectural chronicle, there is also a record of a sentence that the steward said at that time. The housekeeper said that when they salvaged Lu Jia's body in the river, they could always see the parents of the fisherman's girl, standing on the bank of the river, smiling rather than smiling, staring at them with stunned eyes.

Half a month later, a body was found on the river beach downstream. Because of the long immersion in the water, the corpse has been unrecognizable, but because the clothes on his body are exactly the same as those worn by Lu Jia when he threw himself into the river, he was taken back as Lu Jia and buried in a hurry. ”

"What about Lu Jia's new wife? Something so big happened, as a wife, where is it? Lu Jia stayed in the new house for almost four days, what did he do in these four days? Why did he go crazy for no reason, and even jump into the river, these things, didn't the government or the Lu family ask the bride at that time? ”

"That's one of the bizarre things about the case. After Lu Jia threw himself into the river, Lu Yuanwai also sent someone back to ask the newly married daughter-in-law. But the daughter-in-law claimed that she and Lu Jia did nothing in those days. Lu Jia just locked her in the room and painted her portrait. But I don't know if it's Lu Jia's painting workmanship, or for some other reason, none of the women in the painting are as she imagined. She only thought that her husband was obsessed with painting, and she couldn't bear to disturb it, let alone criticize her, so she quietly let him paint according to herself for the past few days, without asking anything or saying anything.

On the fourth day, she heard someone shouting outside the door, so she opened her mouth to call the first minister. Who knows, Lu Jia actually seemed to be crazy, threw away the paintbrush in his hand, and rushed out. After that, she didn't know. As for the woman in the painting, Lu Yuan didn't know him, he only felt that the clothes belonged to his daughter-in-law, but that face was very unfamiliar. ”

"What Brother Chang said just now, this is just one of the bizarre, so what about the second?"

"Lu Jia is Lu Yuanwai's only son, and the mysterious death of his only son is a difficult thing for Lu Yuanwai to accept. On the seventh day after Lu Jia entered the earth, which is the legendary resurrection day, Lu Jia stayed in his son's favorite place before his death, but he never waited for his son's soul. The housekeeper persuaded him, saying that although Lu Jia had only been buried recently, he had been soaked in the water for many days, and he might have come back earlier. When Lu Yuanwai heard this, he was even more sad, and despite the obstruction of the housekeeper and his subordinates, he questioned the need to go to Lu Jia's grave to have a look.

The butler saw that he couldn't stop it, so he could only order his subordinates, prepare enough lanterns, and follow all the way. As they passed a small grove of trees in front of the grave, they suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps. After a while, everyone heard Lu Jia's voice, saying that he had died a miserable death, and that he had been killed alive. He also asked Lu Yuanwai to find someone to remove the big bed in the new house after returning home, and when the time came, the truth would naturally be clear. ”

"Could it be that what is buried under the bed will be Lu Jia's corpse, and the one found on the river beach is not the real Lu Jia." Xing Ruyi suddenly thought of a case he had seen a long time ago, and it seemed that the suspect was pretending to be a victim, deliberately rushed out of the room, and then committed suicide by jumping into the river. But in fact, this suspect knows how to swim and has long since swam away from the river.

Xing Ruyi originally just said that casually, but he didn't expect Chang Tai to nod and say, "That's right!" Although Lu Yuanwai felt a little strange and a little scared, he was his own child after all, even if he became a ghost, he would never hurt him as a father. So he stopped going to the cemetery, and led the people back to their homes. When the big bed in the new house was removed, I saw that the green bricks under the bed had been pried, and under the green bricks, there was some new soil. After digging up the soil, everyone found a new mahogany cabinet, in which a person was wrapped in a sheet, and that person was Lu Jia. ”

"So, bride, a murderer?"

Chang Tai nodded.

"What about the reason for the killing? Is it difficult to succeed because Lu Jia is unwilling to have sex with this bride, and the portrait is not like her? ”

"No, the bride was originally a killer, she was hired. Originally, after killing Lu Jia, he should have left. But she was deluded, and saw that Lu Yuanwai was in a trance all day long because of her son's death, so she discussed with her companion, that is, the person who pretended to be Lu Jia that day, and wanted to assassinate Lu Yuanwai and plot all of Lu Jia's family wealth. ””

"And what about the people who hired her? It's the fisherman's girl's parents! Xing Ruyi frowned: "The parents of the fisherman's woman, since they are willing to marry their daughter to the Lu family, and they also know that their daughter has half the chance to be buried alive by Lu Jia, what revenge will they jump out at this time?" ”

"The person who was buried alive is not a fisherman's woman!"

"What?" Xing Ruyi looked at Chang Tai in surprise, and didn't expect that there would be such a turn in this matter.

It is written in the county chronicle that after the death of their daughter, the parents of the fisherman woman secretly went to the place where their daughter was buried alive, hoping to find her body and bury it separately. Although the parents are greedy for money, they are their own daughters, and they also feel guilty in their hearts. I was afraid that my daughter would die miserably, and the ghost would come to take revenge, so I thought about re-burying her. Who knows, when the grave is dug out, it is not his own daughter who is buried inside, but a man about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing women's clothes! ”

"I'll go!" Xing Ruyi let out a low cry and couldn't help but say: "No wonder this matter has to be written in the county annals." This case is really bizarre and tortuous enough, but this man, what's going on? Could it be that someone dropped his bag on the way to greet his relatives, and this man is also the same as the killer bride that Lu Jia married later, all of whom are seeking money? As a result, stealing chickens and rice was not successful, but unexpectedly, the groom didn't even enter the cave room, so he was locked up, and finally waited for the door to open, and before he could say a word, he was dragged out and buried alive by the Lu family's subordinates? If the truth is really such blood, then he can be called the most unlucky thief in history! ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)