Chapter 74: The Strange Cloth Bag
As a result, Niu Er was beaten severely, his skin was open, and he couldn't move.
Then, the county ordered the woman to be detained and passed through the court.
When the woman saw that Niu Er was beaten to the point of being almost crippled, she was immediately frightened, she was so miserable that she knelt down involuntarily, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and began to perform with a handful of snot and tears.
"Boldly Diao Min, this official asks you, who is the murderer? Who killed your husband and brutally beheaded him? The prefectural magistrate asked.
"Cheng Hu."
The woman blurted out without thinking.
When the county order heard it, he was furious, and raised his voice: "No, it's not Cheng Hu, it's you and Niu Er." β
Niu Er was beaten to death, and there was no way to argue, and the woman argued: "Master, this must be convincing to the people's daughter." β
"Bold Diao Min, you don't even look at the dead body in the dry well in Beishan, you can't clearly figure out who it is, just say it's your husband, isn't this suspicious? Also, you know that your husband is dead, and you know very well how he died, but you take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Isn't this a muzzle hit? As for you, Niu Er, you are purely to marry this woman, and you have to use your nephew's head to ask for merit and receive a reward, so that you can be a long-term husband and wife with your nephew and daughter-in-law. The county magistrate said.
When the woman heard this, she was immediately deflated, and she wanted to quibble and get by, but then she gave up.
Niu Er was beaten, and he had nothing to say, so he endured the pain of his head.
Then, the county order asked the woman to tell the whole process of the crime.
The woman said that Niu Er had been fornicating with her for a long time, and while the woman's husband was seriously ill, the two of them had the hope of becoming a long-term husband and wife, because her husband was getting sicker and sicker, and he was about to die, and he was about to die.
In order to cover people's eyes and ears and avoid arousing suspicion, he added arsenic to the herbs he ate, and gradually increased the amount, so that he would not die violently. So Niu Er went to different pharmacies to grab medicine.
One day, in a family's house, there happened to be two people next door drinking, one named Cheng Hu, drinking too high, his tongue was straight, he said that he killed people and took more goods, seized people's money, one hundred taels of silver, and then threw the body into a dry well in Beishan.
The speaker had no intention, but the listener was attentive, so he became angry with his guts, and when he returned, he consulted with the woman and gave her husband one last dose of arsenic, a quantity large enough to kill him.
After her husband was killed, he buried him in the bamboo forest of Nanshan.
Then just wait for the opportunity.
I heard that the bounty was offered, and the male corpse in the dry well in Beishan was headless, which made the county magistrate very troubled, so he issued an announcement to offer a reward, and the male corpse was given a heavy reward.
When Niu Er heard this, he was overjoyed, so he discussed with the woman to hand over the head of the woman's husband to the county office, and after receiving the reward, he came back to live with the woman in peace.
Later, the woman went to claim that the people in the dry well really did evil to her husband, but in fact, her statement aroused the suspicion of the county magistrate, and she just quietly observed. Because her family was poor, she could not afford to give her husband a hundred taels of silver for his business.
Looking at it again, Niu Er took the head of the person to receive the reward, and then jumped out and was willing to marry this woman, which made people have to consider that the two had a long-term relationship, murdered her husband, and then took the money home to live a happy life as a young couple.
However, because he was too anxious, he actually showed his feet, so that the county order saw that there was fraud in it, so he designed to lure the snake out of the hole, and sure enough, the two of them had been fooled, and they were walking step by step in accordance with the steps designed by the county order, and finally the two were caught.
Cheng Hu finally got his innocence, acquitted him, took back Niu Er's bounty, and gave it to Cheng Hu, Cheng Hu didn't want the bounty, and gave the money to the woman's husband and buried it in a beautiful manner. Let her husband's head come back to her body and perform stitches and beauty.
Niu Er and his wife had the motive to kill because of adultery, and they took medicine to kill them, and then openly took the man's head to receive the reward, and defrauded the government, which is unbearable.
Both were sentenced to death by Ling Chi.
On the day of the execution, thousands of people came to watch how the dog man and woman slowly swallowed their breath, and the meat was cut off piece by piece and devoured by wild dogs.
Cheng Hu did a good deed and installed the man properly, because the man had no one at home, and the family had long stopped dealing with him.
In this way, Cheng Hu did a good deed, and he never dared to be greedy or bragging.
His one hundred taels of silver, was entrusted by someone to handle the purchase of land, usually did not bring so much money, suddenly one day with a heavy bag, that is white silver, suddenly swelled, speak roughly, arrogant to the world, speak without brain, the result became this kind of scene, fell into a lawsuit, almost lost his life, fortunately met the clear official, in case of misfortune to meet the confused official, this life is an explanation.
Cheng Hu is lucky.
The preliminary review of the county order was completed.
After hearing this, Fu Ying sent a letter of congratulations.
Fu Ying doesn't stop here. There is another case, one case has two lives, and the murder case must be solved, this is the rule, otherwise you can't be an official, it's better to be a people at ease. And it's two lives. It's a pity to say that it's gone. However, the local cracks could not be cracked, and a long time has passed. This made the local prefectural magistrate very distressed. The only resort was to ask Fu Ying for advice. Fu Ying listened to the detailed report and pondered how to crack it.
Besides, it was also the land protection and Li Zheng who came to report that a merchant had been killed.
The merchant was murdered, and his wife committed suicide.
The case was in the hands of Fu Ying, because it was a difficult case, which took a long time and made no progress.
Difficult cases, complex cases, and major cases cannot be solved locally, so they can only wait for Fu Ying to deal with them.
The merchant's surname is Ai, and his wife's surname is Rong, and she is married to a merchant and is a merchant woman, which is Ai Rong's family.
Ai Rong loves vanity.
After receiving an invitation, he wanted to attend a high-priced meal, that is, her niece was going to get married, and he had to go, and before he went, he had to dress up, because he saw some acquaintances and relatives, and if he didn't wear gold and silver, and didn't behave in such a gathering place, he thought that he was living a very bad life, and he was very poor, and in order to prove that his marriage was happy and satisfied, he had to dress up so that people couldn't see that he was not happy.
In fact, although it is not a rich party, it is not rich, but it is still passable. Ai Shang still likes her, and she also likes Ai Shang. The relationship between husband and wife is good. A merchant's business is good and bad, and his income is unstable.
There is no problem in life, but if you buy luxury goods, there is a problem.
Because it has been like this all these years, to participate in such a wedding banquet, in fact, it is still to compare and see who has money. To see who has money, it is to show it through the way you dress.
After all, they are all villagers in the township, and they are mixed outside, and no one looks like a person, either they return to their hometowns in fine clothes, or they can't. People are terrible, when she got married, people persuaded her not to marry a businesswoman, she wanted to marry, to prove that she had a vision, not to marry the wrong person, to show, there are not a few decent jewelry, can't get it, how to prove that she is rich?
After thinking about it, I have a good game, I have known each other for two or three years, and my friendship is okay.
Her family is rich, and what she wears is not ordinary, it is all valuable things.
So, she went to borrow it.
She sewed two burlap bags with swastika embroidered on them, hoping to be blessed.
She kept one for herself, and the other for her husband, saying, "Give you a sturdy and beautiful bag to carry silver to go home, and this bag is specially used to make a fortune, so don't lose it." β
"Okay, don't worry, madam, you will definitely make a lot of money, this bag is our family's cornucopia." Lao Ai said.
Lao Ai is Ai Rong's backer, Lao Ai is doing business hard, and Ai Rong's is supporting in the rear. Business has been sluggish recently, but the gift giving has not stopped, and there is always ushering in the send-off.
The wife knows how to run the house very well, she is good-looking, her hands are skillful, and she is a leader inside and out, even if she does manual work, she can also support her family.
Seeing that the wedding date was approaching, Ai Rongshi went to his friend's house with a homemade cloth bag.
My friend is very rich and has too many good things, and when she heard about Ai Rong's intention, she immediately agreed, and took out the jewelry box, opened it, and asked her to choose, she asked, "Really?" β
"Of course!"
"Thank you so much, you are really my good sister!" Ai Rong said.
"No thanks, our relationship goes without saying. Thank you for teaching me how to do the handiwork. β
"Oh, what are you talking about? It's easy to do by hand. Besides, it's all done by the women of our small family, you are the eldest lady, doing these is laborious and cost-effective, and you are careful to rough your slender hands. Ai Rong said.
"Not so! Large families have the difficulties of large families, flowers are not red, sometimes we have to consider that there is no time, people have no long-term worries, now do not learn a few manual work, in case it does not work in the future, you have to think. β
"You're right. I really admire your foresight. I also know that you can see far, thanks for the reminder. Knowing that people have advantages and strengths, everyone has faults, rulers are short and long, probably we all have places to learn from each other. β
After the two finished speaking, they also picked out the jewelry, and the ones on their heads and hands were good, and she was very satisfied, and carefully packed them in the cloth bag, and then said goodbye to her, and returned them as they were after seven days, and the two of them had agreed.
Ai Rong's farewell to his girlfriend, elated, beautiful in his heart, walking exceptionally refreshing, feeling very comfortable, imagine that participating in the wedding banquet, ushered in the envy of many people, she is her husband's signboard, look at the woman is good, you know whether the husband is useful or not.
She couldn't be happier! The result was tragic.
A man surnamed Cheng Mingzhou took a fancy to her and knew that she was out, so he followed her and wanted to attack in the black pine forest halfway.
As a result, because her husband had been with her, Cheng Zhou had no chance to do it and was very frustrated.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at Ai's house, Cheng Zhou gave up hope. Just to his house by the way, at the fork in the road, he found a cloth bag, very delicate, saw that there was no one around, so he picked it up, opened it,
Wow β
He was stunned!
It is full of beautiful jewelry for women.
So that's it! It seemed that this Ai Rong was going to attend an important event, and borrowed this gold and silver jewelry jewelry to decorate himself, wanting to show it off and avoid being laughed at.
This must be Ai Rong's, God help me!
He packed his sack and went home.
Just wait until it gets dark.
After dark, he touched the Ai Rong family's house.
I heard Ai Rongshi crying.
Ai Shang persuaded her: "If you lose it, you will lose it, and we will find a way to get it back." β
"Where to find it? Didn't we go back the same way just now, and we couldn't find it after looking for a long time? It must have been picked up, and now it's impossible to get it back, woo woo woo. Ai Rong said.
"I can't find it, I can't do it, I have to find a way to return it." Ai Shang said.
"It's going to take a long time. It's not easy to make money now, and if business is not good, it's all because I'm not good and I'm tired. β
"It's nothing, and it's to blame me for not taking good care of you! Blame me for not having the ability to make money, so I want you to borrow jewelry. β
"Or I'm not good, my vanity is too strong. It shouldn't be this way! β
"You are already very good, the purpose is to make me more face-saving, my wife is dressed, and my husband's face is bright."
The two were talking, Cheng Zhou listened to it, and thought to himself, there is no chance this time, wait until tomorrow to come back, maybe Ai Shang will leave home tomorrow. This is the most likely.
Sure enough, his premonition came true, and the next evening, he came to Ai Rong's house with a cloth bag. Ai Shang happened to go out to socialize, and when he negotiated a business, he asked Ai Rong's family to look after the house at home. Because the gang of people who socialize don't bring wives.
Ai Rongshi found a stranger coming, dead or alive, Cheng Zhou said: "Lady, you are naturally beautiful, marrying a businesswoman, miserable, it is better to live happily with someone like me, it is more practical and reliable." β
"Who are you? I don't even know you, you're so funny, aren't you? I can't just find someone on the street and just follow it. You see if you have what it takes. Ai Rong said.
"Of course I have the skills. Otherwise, how could you have survived until now? I think I'm almost dead at about my age, and one more day I live is one day to earn. Cheng Zhouyan said.
"What a shame!"
"What do you want to face?"
"People have faces, trees have bark, people are afraid of sadness, trees are afraid of hurting their roots, I don't believe you have no face. Are you a shameless person to achieve your goals? Are you not doing your job? β
"Of course I have a vocation, and my vocation is to chase you until I get there. I don't believe I can't catch you. Cheng Zhouyan said.
"What a speechless! Be careful that my husband comes back to fix you! β
"Husband? Ha ha! Not a foot away. As soon as a man goes out, he is not your man, but another woman's man. It's okay if you don't believe it. Cheng Zhouyan said.
"Nonsense, my husband is very loyal to me, and will never like other women, even if they are more beautiful and more pleasing to others, and will not compare to me in the end." Ai Rong said.
"You're so naΓ―ve. Look outside, how many Qinglou women are good-looking, talented, cheap, and pleasing to men. You, old and decrepit, will soon be replaced by another woman. Cheng Zhouyan said.
"I don't believe my husband would go to the kiln."
"Don't you believe it! Anyway, I like you like this, I don't like those Qinglou women, I don't feel at ease. You're different, Bingqing Yujie, I've been observing for a long time, and I never had a chance to have a private meeting with you. Cheng Zhouyan said.