Chapter 43: Parting

The sky is bright, and the dawn has already descended on the land of Jeju.

The people in Yuncheng County who are preparing for the morning market have carefully placed the vegetables and fruits on the sacks on the ground, the poultry stalls are ready to sharpen the chicken killing knives and the grass marks of the weighing rods, and a large pot of boiling water is boiling, tossing up and down in the pot, greedily waiting for the chickens, ducks, pigs and cows that are about to be disemboweled. At the stall selling breakfast, the stall owner unveiled the steaming cauldron, scooped out the freshly cooked tofu brains one by one, put them in a bowl, sprinkled with a spoonful of soy sauce, a spoonful of sesame juice, a spoonful of garlic, a spoonful of leeks, and a spoonful of oil chili sauce, and served them to the diners waiting with their necks. The stove where the cookcakes are baked spit out red tongues of fire, and the dough formed by mixing wheat powder and water is heated, and the roasting bakes bring out the fragrance of food fibers harvested in the land of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Yamen of Yuncheng County is a completely different scene from this thriving morning.

Two cold corpses, wrapped in dead grass, resting quietly on the ground, are different from this vibrant world.

A group of neighbors went on a blind date and talked about it around the body.

A man dressed as an official sat dejectedly on the stone steps of the county office. He is the focus of discussion among the neighbors -- Song Jiang, the errand secretary of the county government here.

Song Zhusi usually has a warm heart, and there are many residents in the county town. Whoever has a short grain and less flour will always have a few taels of silver. There are even those who are born, old, sick and die, and have no money to turnover, as long as they open their mouths to Song Zhisi, they will not let the words fall to the ground and fall into vain.

But today, a Song Priest is waiting here with these two corpses to open the yamen, what is going on?

A few bold people stepped forward to look at the face of the corpse, and knew that one was Zhang Huanlou, a famous singer of the county troupe, and the other had a miserable face.

It's a good thing to see that the lively blind date got new information, and it exploded all of a sudden. Needless to say, a man and a woman, naked, in the middle of the night, are mostly stealing chickens and dogs between men and women. The two of them were really bold, and they actually deceived Song Zhisi. What a guts!

But then again, Song Abssi is usually gentle and elegant, how did he get out of the way and send this pair of adulterers-husbands-adulterous women to the west?

Song Charge Sike is also a little more arrogant!

However, although it is a traitor and a double, after all, it is two human lives, human lives are at stake, and it seems that it is difficult to escape the blame for this murder.

It is indispensable that all the villagers jointly plead with the magistrate to write a letter, and put more of the benefits of Song Zhusi's usual sacrifice for others, hoping that the government will be relieved.

A few people who were anxious had already found Mr. Roadside who had already found a copywriter to start listing Song Zhusi's usual good deeds one by one, and then asked all the blind dates to sign and draw the pledge one after another, so as to make such a "book of ten thousand people".

After a while, the county government opened the door for trial, and when the errand saw that it was Song Zhisi who brought these two things, he knew that the matter was not trivial, so he hurriedly moved to the county hall to report to the county.

Song Jiang just knelt in the middle of the lobby and didn't say a word.

People with good deeds crowded at the door of the county office, stretched their necks and looked inside, to find out.

The magistrate frowned, of the three people involved, only Song Jiang could speak, and he was the county's chief executive, so he was asked to quickly state the case.

Song Jiang opened his mouth and recounted the experience:

The deceased Yan Po regretted that Song Jiang was a foreigner who was able to help Song Jiang, but because he had no relatives, he attached himself to Song Jiang and became his wife in the actual sense.

The deceased Zhang Huanlou was a friend that Yan Po Xi was looking for privately after following Song Jiang, and he repeatedly made peace with Yan Po and was bumped into by Song Jiang.

Last night, Song Jiang came home drunk and saw these two men and women lying on the bed. When Song Jiang asked him sternly, Yan Po was ashamed and indignant, and she and Zhang Huanlou both killed themselves.

The county clerk wrote down Song Jiang's statement and submitted it to the county magistrate for confirmation. The coroner also identified the external injuries of the two one by one and confirmed that Zhang Huanlou's lower body was mutilated by a sharp weapon, resulting in excessive bleeding and death; Yan Po was pierced through her eyes with a sharp weapon, piercing her brain and causing her death. Both bodies showed no signs of a fight or other external injuries.

The testimony is consistent with the wounds of the deceased, and when the magistrate was about to decide the case, he suddenly heard someone outside the hall shouting injustice, and when he went to the court, he recognized him as the head of the county troupe troupe, and wanted to complain for the deceased Zhang Huanlou, arrest the murderer, and show the soul of the deceased.

The county magistrate was touched by the fate, and the case could not be decided in court for the time being, so the suspect Song Jiang was imprisoned in the county government office to wait for the verdict to be announced in the future.

When asked about the need for evidence for the troupe's owner's complaint, because he had no evidence for the time being, it was difficult to make a decision in court, so he had to persuade him to temporarily retire and wait for the verdict to be pronounced in the future.

This Huanlou is the pillar of the troupe, and the lamp in Song Jiang's house died, and the owner of the troupe of course wanted Song Jiang to compensate some silver taels.

How could the magistrate not know this?

The jailers and soldiers in the county jail were all good friends with Song Jiang on weekdays, and when they saw Song Jiang suffering here, they all had the heart to take care of him. The food and clothing are all taken care of, so that his life is no different from that before he was imprisoned. He also sent someone to go privately to Song Jiang's hometown, Song Taigong, to report the news, and ask the family to bring some personal belongings and hand them over to Song Jiang.

The jailer comforted Song Jiang and said: "Song Zhisi doesn't have to worry, since the Zhisi is innocent, it will only be a moment or three to release this county office." It's just that the troupe made trouble and sued the detention department, just to give Pan a compensation. ”

Nazhi County knew that Song Jiang was innocent, but he had no choice but to sue the opera troupe tightly, so he had to sentence Yan Po to die of martyrdom for Zhang Huanlou when the verdict was pronounced in the future, and the evidence was conclusive; The murder occurred at Song Jiang's residence, and Song Jiang, as a tolerant officer, did not fulfill his responsibility to suppress it, resulting in the murder, and he should be dismissed from his official position and compensated some silver taels to the troupe; Zhang Huanlou and Yan Po cherished adultery-husband-adultery-wife, and they had violated morals, and they have now died and will not be investigated. ordered Song Jiang and the troupe to collect the bodies of Yan Poxi and Zhang Huanlou for burial. From the date of the announcement of the verdict, no further prosecution shall be allowed. The verdict is as above.

The troupe got a share of compensation, but they had to bury the bones of the pillars of the boys, which was better than nothing, and they had no choice but to give up.

Song Jiang buried Yan Poxi, thinking that there was such an ugly thing in his family, and he had no official position, so he really had no face to meet his hometown fathers. More importantly, his friendship with the heroes of Liangshan is afraid that there will be many people, and when he reports it in the future, he is determined to leave Yuncheng for the time being, and go elsewhere to avoid the limelight and relax.

Song Jiang thought in his heart, there are only three places to go now: one is the small whirlwind Chai Jinzhuang in Henghai County, Cangzhou, the second is the small Li Guanghua Rong in Qingzhou Qingfeng Village, and the third is on the Kongtai Gongzhuang of Baihu Mountain, he has two children: the eldest son is called Maotouxing Kong Ming, and the second son is called Dumars Kong Liang, who has come to the county to meet.

Chai Jin is a descendant of the Later Zhou Dynasty, fighting righteousness and squandering wealth, righteousness and fame outside, if he goes, he will go to the house and send people under the fence; Hua Rong is his friend, although he can go, he will owe each other a favor after all; The two sons of Kong Taigong once taught them to use guns and sticks, and they can be regarded as their masters. I can't say, for the time being, I will go to the White Tiger Mountain Kong Taigong Village first.

So he said goodbye to his father with tears, and wanted to embark on a journey and leave Yuncheng for the time being. Where did Song Taigong rest assured that Song Jiang was wandering the rivers and lakes alone, and asked Song Qing to give Song Jiang a ride. The father and son are affectionate, and the brothers are righteous, Song Jiang had no choice but to agree to his father and go on the road with his brother Song Qing. Before leaving, I told all the villagers to be filial piety for themselves and caring.

Although Baihu Mountain is in the same province, it also takes a month to get on the road. The two brothers slept in the open air, hungry and thirsty, and marched towards the Kongtai Village of Baihu Mountain.