Since I cut off one of Huang Sihai's arms, Huang Shanba shouted every day to find me for revenge, he had a plan, decided to go to the county government to complain, although he himself did not know the text, but there were several doormen under his hands to write a good book, so he gathered the doormen, about half a day's effort, and finished writing.

Surrounded by all the guests, Huang Shanba held the paper in one hand and the silver taels in the other, and went straight to the county office.

Tongcheng County ordered Xu Congzhi to go to the hall to do business, only to hear someone lying outside "dong, dong" drumming, busy paging in. Huang Shanba entered the hall alone, and the rest of the guests were blocked out. He fell down in front of the copywriter, kowtowed three times in a row, and said:

"The small people's house was robbed and the father was killed, please ask the county magistrate to investigate, arrest the murderer, and punish him severely!"

Holding the paper in the air with both hands.

Xu Congzhi took the paper and looked at it, he was furious, and hurriedly shouted:

"This is worth it, in the blue sky and daylight, he actually entered the house with a knife and robbed and murdered! Quickly send an arrest and arrest the murderer Gu Mingqiu. ”

After avenging my father's revenge, I was in a peaceful state of mind, and I still went up the mountain to collect firewood all day long, and lived peacefully with my mother, but I was also at ease.

On this day, I was still coming home from the mountains to collect firewood, and was about to eat, when I suddenly broke into four big men with sticks and shackles in their hands, claiming to be arrested on the orders of the county magistrate. I thought that this official didn't have a good thing, so he would unite with the bullies to oppress the people, so he drew his knife and prepared to resist.

But my mother came out of the kitchen, drank me, and said:

"My son must not mess around, I heard that the current county lord Lord Xu is an honest and honest official, and will not wronged the good people, you might as well go back with these two officials and report clearly in the court, I think Lord Xu has his own judgment, and he will never wronged my son." ”

I had also heard of the honesty of this Lord Xu before, so I put down the knife, tied my hands and neck, and came to the county government with my hand.

However, it is said that Xu Congzhi, the commander of Tongcheng County, is a native of Shandong, and is "the same year" as Zuo Guangdou in Tongcheng, and is Zuo Guangdou's confidant. At this time, Zuo Guangdou was framed by Wei Zhongxian, cut off Zuo Guangdu's official position as the imperial historian, and was idle at home. Xu Congzhi was on official business, so he went to Zuofu Jiaotang to talk to Zuo Guangdou. Zuo Guangdou talked about the struggle between the righteous cheese of the imperial court and Wei Zhongxian, and Xu Congzhi talked about the rights and wrongs of Tongcheng in the local area, never shy away from it, and had no scruples.

On this day, Xu Congzhi told Zuo Guangdou about Gu Ming's revenge for money and hurting people, saying:

"The word one party, no evidence has yet been collected, and the case can only be decided until the facts are ascertained. ”

At that time, Zuo Guangdou's younger brother Zuo Guangxian was on the side, and he was taken aback when he heard it, and said:

"Gu Mingqiu is a posthumous son, his father was victimized, and his mother is the only one in the family, who is extremely filial, loyal and honest, how could he do such a hurtful thing?"

Xu Congzhi listened to Zuo Guangxian's words, was quite surprised, and asked:

"Shuzhi (Zuo Guangxian's words), how did you know about Gu Mingqiu?"

It turned out that the father of the Zuo brothers, Zuo Chuying, was a university scholar, compatible with literature and history, and learned to be rich in five cars. He was very strict with his children, encouraging them to study diligently and be upright, and he often said: "Life is like eating peppers, bitter and spicy more than sweet." He especially admired the Western Jin Dynasty writer Zuo Si, praised his Fu "Sandu Fu", and hoped that his sons could be like Zuo Si, write Luoyang paper expensive splendid articles, at the foot of Longmian Mountain, the north of the city jumped to the side of Lutai, built a school for reading, and personally named it "Sandu Pavilion". These three museums are just a few bamboo huts, but the surroundings are quiet and the environment is pleasant. What is particularly conspicuous is that a stone pillar stands on a high slope in front of the door, which is engraved with the famous sentence of the literati of the Southern Dynasty: the peak enters the clouds, and the clear stream sees the bottom. The word is strong and powerful, written by the old man Zuo Chuying, with profound meaning - to study and enroll, to reach the peak into the clouds, never tire of its height, and always climb; self-cultivation, to see the bottom of the stream, pure and clear, without selfish thoughts. It shows the old man's ardent expectations for his sons. In addition to hiring a famous teacher Shuoru to teach his sons, Zuo Chuying also often taught his sons classics and history. And every time Gu Mingqiu picks firewood down the mountain and goes into the city to sell, he must pass through the Sandu Pavilion. When you are tired, rest your shoulders here and ask for a cup of boiling water to drink. When he came back from selling firewood, he also rested here and sat on a yellow granite outside the door of the Sandu Pavilion. Listening to the old man Zuo Chuying give lectures to his sons, sometimes he was fascinated by it, and often didn't go home until sunset. After the class was over, the old man and his sons went back to the pepper hall, and when they saw that the younger students were listening to the lecture so carefully, they inquired about him. Gu Mingqiu told them about his family history. The old man and the Zuo brothers both sighed when they heard this. Finally, the old man Zuo Chuying said: "Child, my family needs firewood, every time I chop firewood down the mountain, pick it directly to my house, don't waste time, come here early to learn to read and write with my children." When Gu Mingqiu heard this, he was grateful, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him. In this way, Gu Mingqiu has been listening to the Sandu Pavilion since he was ten years old. Therefore, Gu Mingqiu got along very well with Zuo Guangdou, Guangxian, and Guangming brothers, and the Zuo brothers all regarded him as a younger brother with a different surname.

Xu Congzhi listened to this story, and he had a bottom in his heart. Then he said to Guangdou and Guangxian:

"Don't worry, I will carefully investigate, distinguish between right and wrong, and never wronged a good person!"

On the day of the trial, I was brought up in shackles. I didn't expect the county order Xu Congzhi to remove the shackles for me, and changed the majesty of the county lord in the past, with a calm attitude, and asked questions according to the situation.

I listened to the content of the pleadings and laughed, I didn't expect Huang Sihai's son to have a city, but I spoke according to the facts, and only admitted that it was a fact that I wanted to kill Huang Sihai, but it was a pity that one of his arms was broken, and as for the burglary and the like, I denied it all.

Huang Shanba and many family members were like mad dogs, barking, and insisted that it was a burglary, and if the robbery failed, they would kill the Huang family.

The public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, but Xu Congzhi was embarrassed - because I didn't mention that Huang Sihai killed my father and insulted my mother.

Just as Huang Shanba was passionately telling how I murdered his father and how I robbed his family property, Huang Wanqing suddenly rushed into the county hall, and after glancing at me, he turned his head to Huang Shanba and said:

"Brother, don't wronged good people!"

When Huang Shanba saw his sister coming, he was angry, glared at her fiercely, and wanted to give her another slap, but he didn't dare to make a mistake in the court, saying:

"What are you doing here? ...... you"

Huang Wanqing shouted "brother" and said:

"You can't do that!"

Then she turned around and told Xu Congzhi how I cut off Huang Sihai's arm and the reason, and finally said:

"Lord Xu, Huang Sihai is my father, I was cut off by Gu Mingqiu, I can't be sad! But my father instructed the family to kill Gu Mingqiu's father, causing Gu Mingqiu's mother to finally end this tragedy with disfigurement. I won't tell half a lie, I hope that the adults will see clearly and judge the case impartially!"

"You, you-", Huang Shanba is so angry, his lungs are about to explode, he has been talking hard in the public court for a long time, and he is about to succeed, who would have thought that he would bite the gold halfway, he finally couldn't control himself, stretched out his hand and slapped again, and scolded:

"I didn't expect my father to raise you as a white-eyed wolf!"

Huang Wanqing left blood in her mouth, her delicate skin, and her palm prints were clearly visible.

Xu Congzhi was shocked and shouted:

"Don't hit people in court!"