When the two arrived in Xinyang Prefecture, when they entered the city, they were scattered by officers and soldiers. A local villain saw that Yang Suzhen was beautiful, so he went to tease her.

Yang Suzhen disappeared Yang Chun, and was in a hurry, when she saw that a villain was acting unreasonably, she turned around and ran. And the scoundrel chased after him. Yang Suzhen saw that she couldn't get rid of the villain, so she had an idea and flashed into an inn on the side of the road to ask for cover.

The shopkeeper of this inn is Song Shijie, a scrivener of the torture room who was dismissed. This Song Shijie has a righteous temperament and does things fairly, so he offended some powerful people and was dismissed.

Song Shijie saw a weak woman being chased into the store by the villain, so he rescued him and drove the villain away. Out of concern, he asked about the reason why Yang Suzhen entered the city.

Yang Suzhen told Song Shijie about her grievances. Song Shijie expressed deep sympathy, accepted Yang Suzhen as a righteous daughter, and personally took her to the state government to vote.

After Gu Du, the governor of Xinyang Prefecture, received the complaint, he immediately ordered the defendants Yao Tingchun and Tian to be summoned. As soon as Tian saw the case, he hurriedly sent his henchmen to send a letter to his mother, asking the old mother to persuade his younger brother Tian Lun to deal with the case. Subsequently, under the custody of the poor man, the husband and wife both came to Xinyang Prefecture.

Tian's mother, Mrs. Tian, heard that her daughter and son-in-law had committed a crime, and she was immediately frightened. Hurriedly asked his son Tian Lun to write a letter to Gu Du, and asked Gu Du to uphold the original verdict.

When Tian Lun heard this, he knew that Liu Di had broken his oath, so he said to Mrs. Tian sadly: "Mother, it's not that my son doesn't help my sister, I have made an oath with Gu Du, Liu Di and Governor Mao: whoever is corrupt and perverts the law, takes a coffin, and goes home on his back." ”

Seeing that her son was not allowed, Mrs. Tian said angrily: "You are afraid of a coffin, go home on your back, why are you not afraid that your sister and brother-in-law will correct the Fa on the spot!" ”

Tian Lun said: "This is also the fault of my sister and brother-in-law. This case has already made a Liu Di break the contract, how can I pull another Gu Du into the water?! ”

When Mrs. Tian saw that she couldn't turn her son, she knelt down for her son with a "bang". Crying and crying, he said, "If you don't agree, I will kneel before you." ”

Tian Lun was forced to have no choice but to agree. wrote a letter to Gu Du, opened a sizable amount of silver tickets, and sent domestic slaves to Xinyang Prefecture.

After Tian Lun's house slave arrived in Xinyang Prefecture, he lived in Song Shijie's inn. Between the words, the house slave sold the power of the Tian family, and Song Shijie heard the flaw.

Song Shijie used a trick to get Tian Lun's family slaves drunk, peeked at Tianlun's letters and silver tickets to Gu Du, and copied the text on his robe.

Xinyang Zhizhou Gu Du, received Tian Lun's letter and silver ticket, first, Tian Lun's official position was a product greater than Gu Du, second, to remember the love of worship, and third, there was a considerable amount of silver ticket in hand, so the oath was thrown out of the clouds.

The original verdict was immediately upheld and defendants Yao Tingchun and Tian were released. Plaintiff Yang Suzhen was detained for unreasonable trouble.

Song Shijie went to question, was beaten forty boards, and was expelled from the state government together with Yang Suzhen.

Yang Suzhen saw that her father-in-law was beaten to the ground, and thought that her grievances would never see the sky, so she couldn't help crying bitterly.

Song Shijie comforted her and said, "Child, don't cry. I have obtained evidence of their official protection. I heard that Mao Peng Mao Patrol came to us. That Mao Inspector is a clean official, and we will go up to him to sue them for these corrupt officials. ”

So, the two supported each other and found Mao Peng's apartment.

Mao Peng took the case and took a look, and saw that the above accusation was the case of Tian Lun, the prefect of Houfu, Gu Du, the governor of Xinyang, and Liu Di, the magistrate of Shangcai County, who perverted the law to shield the murderer.

Looking at the complainant again, it is Yang Suzhen, who wrote for him in the willow forest. Yang Tian exclaimed: "The oath is still in my ears, and there are three people in one case." If this malpractice is not punished, it will be difficult for the law of the country to survive! ”

sighed, and hurriedly took Song Shijie's evidence and personally verified it one by one. After the truth was revealed, Tian Lun, Gu Du, Liu Di, Yao Tingchun and Tian came to them.

The first three were all stripped of their hats for illegal dereliction of duty and dismissed from their official positions; The latter two were sentenced to death, and the autumn queen asked to behead. Yang Suzhen's unjust case has seen the light of day.

Mao Peng enforced the law impartially, kept the oath, and punished the three evils as a beautiful talk, and his prestige was increasing day by day. Everywhere he went, he praised "Mao Qingtian". Later, based on this fact, someone compiled a Peking Opera "Four Jinshi", which has been circulated to this day.

Qiaodian Village is famous and righteous

Mao Peng had a cousin named Mao Hong. He's a scoundrel. Relying on the reputation of his cousin Mao Peng, he spent money to buy a magistrate. After taking office, he bullied men and women, looted people's wealth, and did all kinds of bad things. The public was outraged. The state was sued like snowflakes.

The prefecture was transferred to the prefecture, and the prefecture was handed over to the criminal department. Officials at all levels kept Mao Peng's face shut and did not dare to punish Mao Hong. Finally, the book went to the emperor, and the emperor asked Mao Peng: "Is there such a person as Mao Hong in your hometown?" ”

Mao Peng has long heard of what Mao Hong did. thinks that there is such a scum in the clan, which damages the prestige of the Mao family.

Sanction him, and it's not under your own jurisdiction. Now that the emperor asks about this, if he admits it, people will inevitably look at his face and give him a light shot. In this way, he can continue to do evil.

said to the emperor: "Back to Your Majesty, although Mao Hong and I have the same surname, we are not a Mao family, nor a village. I was separated from him by a martial arts village and a Yang family. (Actually, it is separated by two families surnamed Wu and Yang.) ）

The emperor saw that Mao Hong and Mao Peng were not close to each other, so he passed on the decree and sanctioned Mao Hong.

After Mao Hong's death, the clansmen did not ask him to enter the ancestral cemetery of the Mao family, and buried him in the messy hill.

Mao Peng skillfully named the name of the village, and the righteous killing of relatives was praised by his own clan and all the villagers.

Three tombs and fifteen coffins

The surname of Changmao, the queen of Jianjin Prefecture, was originally from Shatuwa Village, Yidu County, Shandong. During the Yongle period, he moved to Houwangchang Village to settle down. Mao Peng is the seventh grandson.

The hometown of Shandong heard that there was a prominent person in his own family, and he felt that it was glorious, so he came to recognize his relatives. Hou Wang Chang's surname Mao was also willing to recognize the sect, and there was a relationship.

Mao Peng died of illness at the border pass, and the emperor felt that he had meritorious service on the edge of the town and ordered the construction of a mausoleum for him.

Shandong's hometown heard that the He people mourned. applied to the emperor and asked for a mausoleum to be built for him in Shandong. The Emperor's Recital;

Because Mao Peng has been an official in Shanxi, the officials and people of Shanxi recited Mao Peng's merits, and also applied for the emperor, asking to build a mausoleum for him in Shanxi. The Emperor's Recital;

The queen of Jianjin Prefecture is often the birthplace of Mao Peng, with parents and children and nephews. The emperor will play.

As a result, the queen of Shandong, Shanxi and Jianjin Prefecture built a mausoleum for Mao Peng at the same time. The size, specifications, and layout of the three mausoleums, as well as the stone people, stone horses, stone monkeys, tombstones, and archways inside are exactly the same.

In each cemetery, five graves were built, and a coffin was buried in each grave. Three funerals were held at the same hour, and a total of 3515 identical coffins were buried. Which coffin the body was in, only the patriarch of the Houwang Changmao family and the black clouds in the sky knew.

There is also a legend about this:

When Mao Peng died, it was early autumn and the weather was hot. With the help of Shanxi people, Mao Peng's family patriarch and relatives buried Mao Peng's body in a coffin and transported it to Houwang Changlai for burial in a hearse.

It is said that the weather was exceptionally sunny that day, with no clouds. As soon as the hearse moved, a dark cloud flew over the hearse, blocking out the sun's rays. The hearse goes, and so does the clouds; When the hearse stops, so does the clouds. Follow all the way to the southwest corner of Nanguan Village, Zaoqiang County.

On this southwest corner, there is a mourning shed, which was built by the officials and people of Zaoqiang County to welcome Mao Peng's coffin. As soon as the hearse entered the shed, the dark cloud suddenly disappeared.

People say that it was Mao Peng's heroic inspiration that moved God, and God sent Black Tiger Star to cover his coffin and prevent his body from being exposed in broad daylight.

When the people saw that the gods were still like this, they set up their own spiritual tents together. From the southwest corner of the south pass of the city of Jianjin Prefecture, it is built until the cemetery in the east of the village of Houwang Changcun. The whole journey is nearly 20 kilometers.

Later, people stopped in the northwest corner of the south pass of Jianjin Prefecture, built a temple for Mao Peng, named "Xuantan Temple", and held a temple fair on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month every year - that is, the day when Mao Peng's coffin came to this place.

In addition to material exchanges, there were big dramas and juggling at the meeting. The meeting lasted for seven to ten days, and there was a huge crowd of people.

Prestige Escort

During the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi Yanmen Pass was a critical pass. Outside Yanmen Pass, there is a place where ethnic minorities live. Ethnic minorities were dissatisfied with the rule of the Ming Dynasty and often rebelled.

The emperor mentioned Mao Peng's right deputy capital imperial history, supervised the town of Yanmen and other customs and governors of the Shanxi Metropolitan Procuratorate. Mao Peng, with his large number of troops and good command, suppressed the ethnic minorities outside the Guanxi as soon as he went.

After Mao Peng's death, Yanmen Pass was lost and guarded, and ethnic minorities took the opportunity to enter the Central Plains. The officers and soldiers could not resist and soon attacked Beijing. The emperor trembled with fright, and said tremblingly: "Oh, how good it would be to have my Mao Aiqing alive!" ”

As soon as the emperor's voice fell, he heard "Mao Peng" say loudly: "Your Majesty, don't be surprised, Mao Peng is here." The person arrived with the voice, and "Mao Peng" wore court clothes and went up to the city tower.

Seeing that Mao Peng was still alive, the ethnic minorities hurriedly withdrew their troops and retreated back to the outside of the pass.

It turned out that "Mao Peng" was dressed as a general who looked like Mao Peng.

The emperor was very grateful to see that Mao Peng was so prestigious. All major passes such as Yanmen and their mausoleums have been built with Shinto monuments, engraved with Mao Peng's life and life. No matter what kind of official, whoever passes by this monument, the civil official gets off the sedan chair, and the military attache gets off the horse.

Li Lianying was frightened in front of the cemetery

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Cixi lowered the curtain to listen to the government. Her favorite minister, the great eunuch Li Lianying, relied on the power of her master and ran rampant in the court. I don't look at Emperor Guangxu either.

Li Lianying was impatient in the palace, so she went to various places to see the scenery. When he came to the vicinity of Houwang Chang, the forerunner reported: "There is a Ming Dynasty Governor Mao Cemetery in front, and there is a Shinto monument on the road, which is engraved with the holy decree of Emperor Jiajing, does the father-in-law get off the sedan chair?" ”

When Li Lianying heard this, her round face elongated. I said in my heart: "Although I am a eunuch, my power is above ten thousand people under one person, and even the current emperor respects me for three points." What can a little governor more than 300 years ago do to me? He shook his head and walked on.

When the sedan chair was still more than ten steps away from the Shinto monument, a whirlwind suddenly arose, lifting the top of the sedan chair into the air. Li Lianying was also blinded by flying sand.

This time, Li Lianying was afraid, hurriedly got off the sedan chair, and kowtowed to Mao Peng's tomb. Suddenly, the wind stopped and everything was back to normal. Li Lianying was scared into a cold sweat, and she was sick for several days after she went back.

It is said that Li Lianying really accepted this lesson, and from then on, whenever he encountered the Shinto monument, he would get off the sedan chair and walk from afar.