There is a talent named Zhao Zhiyuan in Hengshui County, who has fallen in the spring several times in a row, and felt shameless to return to his hometown, so he simply rented a hut on the outskirts of the city and studied hard, preparing to try again next year.

This month, he was dizzy from writing Bagu Wen, so he went out for a walk.

I didn't know how far I went, and I saw a beautiful woman on the edge of the stream.

The woman was only in her teens and her eyes were good, and Zhao Zhiyuan was stupid with just one glance. When I came back to my senses, there were still some beautiful women on the edge of the stream.

He couldn't bear the itching in his heart, so he drew what he saw that day with his memory, and as soon as he put down his pen, he called Aunt Liu, the landlord who collected the rent, to bump into him.

Zhao Zhiyuan was ashamed and wanted to cover it up. Aunt Liu stroked her palms and laughed: What are you doing here? When a man gets married, it's a good thing to have someone he likes!

Zhao Zhi long-term Ai Ai said about the chance encounter that day.

Aunt Liu smiled and said: I recognize this little lady of the Hu family, it is the festival woman who personally gave the plaque to the county master. If you have a heart, I will help you to talk about it.

Zhao Zhiyuan hurriedly waved his hand: I can't help it, I can't help it, this Hu family lady is not only a festival woman, but also has the chastity archway set up by the county prince himself, how can the student Meng Lang?

Aunt Liu snorted and sneered: This lady of the Hu family has the same flower-like years, so she has to boil until the lamp runs out?

You don't have to say much, and the old body will go to find out the wind for you, and there may not be no room for turning around in this matter. This Hu family lady is named Wanniang, you can write a poem as a meeting gift.

Zhao Zhiyuan was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly handed the inscription poem to Aunt Liu, and sat in the hut anxiously waiting for the news.

Aunt Liu didn't come back until dark, and raised the sachet in her hand towards Zhao Zhiyuan: The old body is fortunate not to be dishonored, this magpie bridge, it can be regarded as a ride for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Oh, this is a token given to you by the little lady of the Hu family.

Zhao Zhiyuan was overjoyed, and took the sachet so happy that he didn't know what to do.

He hurriedly wrote a new poem with the theme of the sachet, and handed down a jade pendant that was close to him and handed it to Aunt Liu to hand it over to Wanniang. With such poetry and singing for more than half a month, the two set a date for meeting, and Aunt Liu quietly took Wanniang to come over for a private meeting at night on a single day of the month.

The twilight was already deep, and Zhao Zhiyuan was pacing around the house anxiously.

It wasn't until midnight that Aunt Liu's whisper sounded outside the window: The old body brought you people. Then came the voice of a woman like a yellow warbler out of the valley: Sir, the little woman is rude. Aunt Liu chuckled: The Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, and the old body will not bother.

The moonlight was hazy, Zhao Zhiyuan hugged the graceful slender figure, and the faint fragrance of flowers lingered on the tip of his nose, making his blood tremble.

Talk about the pain of lovesickness and share the joy of fish and water. When the rooster crowed, Wan Niang got up and dressed up and left quietly. Aunt Liu knocked on the window again: Sir, rest, the old lady will come back to cook.

At this moment, Zhao Zhiyuan plunged into the gentle township, wrote poems and paintings during the day, and fell in love with the mandarin ducks at night, and threw the words of the sage into the clouds. However, Aunt Liu saw that he had no intention of learning, so she was angry, and even said that if Zhao Xianggong really didn't know the severity, she would definitely not be a matchmaker anymore.

When the night was happy, Wan Niang also persuaded him politely. Zhao Zhiyuan got the good words of the beautiful woman, so he picked up the book again.

Seeing that the spring festival was coming, on the night of leaving, Zhao Zhiyuan hugged Wanniang and was happy in every way, but he hated that the spring night was short. When the clouds and rain dissipated, Wan Niang said quietly: The son is going to high school, and he is a master. If the little woman can see it again, I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

Zhao Zhiyuan was speechless for a while, so he had to comfort: As soon as you and I meet, we will win countless people in the world. If the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight? Don't worry, I'll marry you.

Wan Niang was silent, and said for a while: Childe doesn't have to be worried, Wan Niang is still waiting for Childe to be in high school.

Strange murders

Who knew that before Zhao Zhiyuan stepped on the road to the exam, someone from the county government came to escort him.

It turned out that Aunt Liu was dead! She was strangled to death in bed in disheveled clothes, and the house was ransacked. A jade pendant was found at the scene.

Zhao Zhiyuan was taken aback when he saw Yu Pei, this was what he asked Aunt Liu to hand over to Wan Niang.

He is a showman, and according to the law, there is no need to kowtow to the county order, just give his hand: Lord Qiqi, this jade pendant was indeed originally a student's thing, but he had asked Aunt Liu to give it to others a month ago, and at this moment, the student did not know why he fell at the scene of the murder. The county commander was shocked, and sneered: You are a good talent, and you read the sage book in vain.

Tell me, who is this jade pendant for?

Zhao Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, knowing in his heart that Wanniang could not be involved. The woman who fornicates with others is to be immersed in the pigcage.

He was expecting Ai Ai, and he couldn't say why. The county magistrate scolded: Since you can't say it clearly, the official said it for you. You were taken care of by Aunt Liu's grace, but you had an adulterous heart, forcibly did bad things, and then killed people and killed people, disguised the house as a murderous thief, but unexpectedly Aunt Liu pulled the jade pendant.

Zhao Zhiyuan's legs were weak, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic: Adult Mingjian, this is really not the student's doing. 0

Students have a last resort. After thinking about it, he still told him about the private meeting with the Hu family's lady, and said that he was also with her that night, and she could testify.

The county magistrate hurriedly called for witnesses. The official ran away and brought back the chief of security, and reported it to the ear of the county commander.

The county commander was furious: Okay, you Zhao Zhiyuan, you are unexpectedly untrustworthy, how can there be a family surnamed Hu in Liujiazhuang in this county! After that, he ordered someone to beat Zhao Zhiyuan ten boards.

Fortunately, the county commander thought about it at night, but felt that this case was full of suspicions.

Not to mention that Zhao Zhiyuan should not be so confused at this moment, just say that he wants to make up lies and it will not be so full of loopholes. On the second day of interrogation, he ordered someone to prepare a pen and paper for Zhao Zhiyuan, and said: Since you insist on having such a lady of the Hu family, then draw the appearance of this person, and the official will send someone to find it.

Zhao Zhiyuan trembled and drew a portrait based on his memory. The county ordered someone to search, and sure enough, they found the woman in the portrait. This little lady knelt under the hall and kowtowed: the folk woman Zhang Min knocked to see the adult. Zhao Zhiyuan hurriedly said: Wanniang, help me.

The woman was taken aback: Who are you and how do you know my little print?

It turns out that this woman's name is Hongyu, and Wan Niang is the small character that her childhood sweetheart's cousin gave her when she was young, except for a few people who are close to her, outsiders don't know. After Hongyu and her cousin got engaged, her cousin went before her, and Hongyu was determined to keep the festival, and the name Wanniang was no longer called.

Zhao Zhiyuan was anxious and asked Hongyu: I don't care what your name is, as the saying goes, a husband and wife are a hundred days of grace, how can you see that you can't be saved if you die? You and I sang poems and sang for many days, and the reality of husband and wife also had two months. I still have your tokens and psalms in my bag, how can you turn your face and deny people?

The county ordered someone to present a dry item and give it to Hongyu to inspect. Hongyu was shocked: These objects are indeed from my hands, but these are all given to my husband, how can they be in your hands?

This is a real surprise. Hongyu's husband is the only son of the Zhang family, and he passed away in the spring of last year, which is almost a year. Hongyu burst into tears, saying that since her husband left, she insisted on keeping the festival and suffered from longing. Aunt Liu was her husband's nursing mother, and she quietly told Hongyu that her husband's illness that day was not a violent death, but a ruined appearance.

When Hongyu heard this, she thought that no matter what her husband became, she would not dislike it, and insisted on seeing each other.

Aunt Liu brought her husband's answer, and it was useless to see each other, but the poetry exchange was acceptable, and she also attached a portrait she made for her, with poems inscribed on it. The two sang and sang poems like this, as if they had returned to their youth.

Hongyu cried in the county hall: My cousin doesn't even want to see each other, so how can I talk about the truth of husband and wife. Ask for an adult's understanding.

Zhao Zhiyuan hurriedly defended: My lord is aware that this poetry and harmony is really done by Xiaosheng, and it is Aunt Liu who is entrusted to it. The truth of husband and wife is not Xiaosheng's words, on the day of the murder, Xiaosheng was indeed in one place with Wanniang.

Shut up! Hongyu's face was pale, how could you call Wanniang, the concubine was just a cousin, Wanniang. If you don't believe it, ask a doctor to check your body, and the red jade is innocent.

It turns out that this red jade is not an ordinary festival woman, but a new widow. The so-called new widow is the death of his fiancé. So she's actually still a yellow flower girl. After the medical officer's examination, Hongyu was really innocent.

Zhao Zhiyuan was dumbfounded, so many days and nights of joy, could it be that they are all spring dreams?

The county order sneered: It's not a dream, it's just that Wanniang is Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu coaxed you, Li Dai Tao stiffened. When you meet at night, you can't see the face of the person who comes clearly, so you think it's a beautiful woman.

As a result, that night coincided with spring thunder, probably under the lightning, you recognized her identity, and you became angry, so you strangled the person to death.

Zhao Zhiyuan kowtowed like pounding garlic, and burst into tears: Adult Mingjian, the student really hasn't done that hurtful thing.

Besides, although the student had never seen Wanniang's appearance at night, he still recognized the voice, and the woman was really not Aunt Liu.

Then you don't know that Aunt Liu used to make a living. The prefectural order said.

It turned out that this Aunt Liu used to be a juggler when she was young, and she was the best at ventriloquism, imitating others to speak vividly.

Under the cover of the night, she played two roles by herself, fooling Zhao Zhiyuan, who only had a relationship with Wanniang.

The county order said to Wan Niang again: You little lady too, people die like lights go out, mess around with a few poems, you really deserve to come back from the dead.

It was used as a pawn in vain. Hongyu cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain: the adults are aware of it.

After his cousin passed away, he often dreamed of a woman, spitting blood from his mouth, and describing his grief. After Aunt Liu helped the two of us pass the poems, my cousin smiled in my dream. The women of the people are anxious, even if they have doubts, they do not want to think about it.

The county magistrate sighed: That's fine. The official will move the coffin once and tell you to die.

Truth

As soon as the mother of the Zhang family heard the county order to move the grave, she resolutely opposed it. It's good that she doesn't object, and when she opposes the county order, she insists even more.

The county order invited the senior monk to do it, and then broke ground and dug up the coffin of Young Master Zhang. The corpse has long been exposed, and it is another murder for examination. The young master of the Zhang family died of arsenic poisoning. The housewife of the Zhang family was paralyzed on the spot, and the housekeeper was also drenched in cold sweat.

The county magistrate sneered and invited the two to the county office. It didn't take much effort for the two to confess everything. After the death of the old man of the Zhang family, the mother of the continuation of the string had an affair with the housekeeper, but was unexpectedly broken by the young master of the Zhang family. The two were afraid of being immersed in the pig cage, and the evil was born from the side of the gall, so when the young master fell ill from the cold, they put arsenic in the medicine, and claimed that the young master had cold into the lungs, had hemoptysis, and died of violent illness.

The truth was revealed, and the county order directly asked the two to sign and draw and escort them to prison.

However, the suspect Zhao Zhiyuan, the source of this murder case, has always shouted injustice and refused to admit his guilt no matter what. Where is the county order willing to pay attention to him anymore, and directly put the person in prison, just waiting to be beheaded with the housekeeper of the Zhang family.

Seeing that the spring was approaching day by day, Zhao Zhiyuan's heart also sank to the bottom of the lake.

Who knew that at this moment, the case turned around, the real murderer was arrested, and Zhao Zhiyuan was acquitted in court.

It turned out that after careful interrogation of Zhao Zhiyuan, the county magistrate found that he and Wanniang met in their own house, but Aunt Liu died in her own room.

There was no sign of movement of the body, and Aunt Liu's house was turned over and a lot of property was stolen. And Zhao Zhi searched far away and did not have any related property. The county order took into account the possibility of other murders. It's just that it rained heavily on the night of the murder, and there were no traces left around the scene for investigation.

So he deliberately let the murderer be caught, but secretly asked people to pay attention to the pawnshops in the city. Sure enough, the real murderer thought that he had found a substitute for the dead, so he swaggered and took the jewelry to pawn and was caught.

The murderer is Orion. Since I accidentally saw Hongyu, I have been lustful and soul-teaching, and I begged Aunt Liu, who often goes in and out of Zhang's house, to help pull the line.

Aunt Liu saw that he was in good health, and she became greedy, so she made a dark Chen Cang. Orion didn't know why, and often gave her some game to thank her.

Originally, the two parties did not meet on the same day, but the night of the murder coincided with a leap month, and there was an extra day in vain. When this Orion came to meet, Aunt Liu had just gotten up from Zhao Zhiyuan's bed and went back to the house to prepare for him.

Hearing the meow of the cat outside the window, she hurriedly blew out the light, wanting to tell Orion to go back first. However, in a hurry, she used the falsetto voice of red jade. At present, everyone is coming, where are the hunters willing to go hungry. So half-pushed, half-pushed, the two of them did Zhou Gong's gift again.

Then, consistent with the county order's speculation, under the bright lightning, Orion saw Aunt Liu's face clearly. In a fit of rage, the two argued, and Orion strangled each other to death.

When he was about to flee for his life, he saw the coiled coil prepared on the table, so he simply did not stop doing anything, looted all the belongings in the house, and pretended that the robbers had failed to steal and kill people.

The coil is ten taels of silver, and the hunter wants to keep it and marry his daughter-in-law.

Inside the bag of silver taels was a letter, to the effect that Zhao Zhiyuan was told to take the exam with peace of mind and not to read anything. Surprisingly, it turned out to be the handwriting of Ruby. Hongyu denied it, and after the master carefully screened it, he found that although the handwriting on the letter was similar, it was the result of tracing. A search from Aunt Liu's relics also confirmed this assertion.

With these few crosses, Aunt Liu imitated a thick pile of paper.

The master sighed: Although this woman is sexually sexual, she has a deep affection for Zhao Zhiyuan.

The county order consulted Zhao Zhiyuan and Hongyu about their meaning, and if the two were in love, he could sentence Hongyu to marry another. Hongyu kowtowed and declined: The adults are kind, and the women are heartfelt. In fact, there is only one cousin in the hearts of the women, no matter whether they live or die, they have no regrets in this life.

It was the spring exam of this year, and Zhao Zhiyuan was on the list and was released as a county official. After that, the official fortune was prosperous, and he served as the prefect for a time.

When the master heard about it, he sighed: I don't know if this red jade regrets it, and ran away with my good son-in-law in vain.

The county magistrate sneered: I think this red jade is smart and far-sighted, and Zhao Zhiyuan's selfish and cold temperament is limited, even if his fortune is limited.

A few years later, Zhao Zhiyuan became the governor, and then was impeached for forming a party for personal gain, and was imprisoned and died. This year, Aunt Liu's grave has been covered by grass and she can't see her.