Aunt Xue heard this and told the little girl to go by herself. Immediately, he went to Jia's Mansion to explain the reason to Mrs. Wang and begged Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng was only willing to intercede with the magistrate, and refused to mention the silver. Aunt Xue was afraid that it would not be useful, so she begged Sister Feng to tell Jia Lian that it would cost thousands of silver to buy off the magistrate. Xue Zhen also figured it out there.

Then the magistrate of the county sat in the hall and passed on a cadre of neighbors to promise to see the corpse of relatives. Xue Pan was mentioned in the prison, and the scribes in the torture room were all named. The magistrate of the county called the local security to confess to the early Ming Dynasty, and also called the corpse relatives Zhang Wang and the corpse uncle Zhang Er to question. Zhang Wang cried: "The little man is Zhang Da, who lives in Nanxiang and died eighteen years ago. The eldest son and the second son also died, leaving the dead son named Zhang San. I'm twenty-three years old, and I haven't married a woman yet. For the villain's family is poor, he has no support, and he works as a slot in the Li family's shop.

At noon that day, the Li family sent someone to call me, saying, 'Your son was beaten to death.' 'My lord Qingtian, the little one is scared to death. When I ran there, I saw my son lying on the ground with his head broken and panting, and he couldn't say anything when he asked, and he died in a short time. The villain is going to hold this little mongrel for his life. The officials shouted. Zhang Wang kowtowed and said, "Ask Lord Qingtian to avenge his grievances." The villain is only one son!" the magistrate called down. The person who called Li's shop asked, "Is Zhang San a helper in your store?" Li Er replied: "It's not a helper, it's a slot." ”

Zhixian said: "On the corpse field that day, you said that Zhang San was smashed to death by Xue Pan, did you see it with your own eyes?" Li Er said: "The little one is on the cabinet, and I heard that there was wine in the guest room, and I heard it after a while, and I was injured." The little one ran in and saw Zhang San lying on the ground, unable to speak. The younger one shouted for the land to protect him, and reported that his mother had gone. I really don't know how they beat them, so I will know if I ask the master to ask the drinker. The magistrate shouted: "You saw the confession in the first trial, why don't you say you haven't seen it now?"

Li Erdao: "The day before yesterday, I was scared and fainted, and I said. The official shouted again. The magistrate called Wu Liang and asked, "Are you drinking in the same place?" Wu Liang said: "At home that day, this Uncle Xue asked me to drink. He didn't think the wine was good and wanted to change it, Zhang San refused, Uncle Xue was angry and threw the wine in his face, and he didn't know how to touch it on his head. It's seen with your own eyes. Zhixian said: "Nonsense." On the corpse field the day before yesterday, Xue Pan himself admitted that he took a bowl and stoned him to death, you said that you saw it with your own eyes, why is today's confession wrong. Palm mouth. The official promised to fight, and Wu Liang begged and said: "Xue Panshi didn't fight with Zhang San, and the wine bowl accidentally touched his head." It is grace to ask the lord to ask Xue Pan. ”

The magistrate called Ti Xue Pan and asked, "What kind of enmity do you have with Zhang San? After all, how did you die?" Xue Pan said: "Ask the eldest master to be gracious! Because he refused to change the wine, he poured the wine on him, not wanting to miss it for a while, and the wine bowl accidentally touched his head. The little one is busy covering his blood, and there knows that it can no longer be hidden. There was a lot of blood, and after a while, he died. The day before yesterday, I was afraid that the old man would beat him in the corpse field, so I said that I would hit him with a bowl. I just ask the lord to be gracious. The magistrate then shouted: "What a fool! When the county asked you how you smashed him, you confessed that you were annoyed that he didn't change his wine; ”

The magistrate pretended to be a momentum and wanted to fight and clamp. Xue Pan was determined. The magistrate of the county called him to fill in the scars at the corpse the day before yesterday and report them to the truth. He made a report and said: "The day before yesterday, it was found that Zhang San's body was uninjured, but the fontanelle had a magnetic wound of one inch and seven minutes long, five minutes deep, the skin was open, and the fontanelle bone was brittle and broken by three points. It's a bump. "The magistrate checked the corpse in accordance with the grid, and knew that the scribe had changed it lightly, and he did not refute it, so he called the confession of the painting. Zhang Wang cried and shouted: "Master Qingtian, how many injuries did I hear the day before yesterday, why are there no today?"

Zhixian said: "This 'woman' is talking nonsense. There are corpses, don't you know? Uncle Zhang Er asked, "Your nephew is dead, do you know how many injuries there are?" Zhang Er hurriedly confessed: "A wound on the head." Zhixian said: "But come again." "Tell the scribe to show the corpse to Zhang Wang's family, and ask the uncle of the corpse to point out to him, the existing corpse field is not a fight, not a fight. Only according to the instructions of the accidental injury. Xue Pan was imprisoned for details, and the rest of the original insurance was ordered to be taken out and withdrawn. Zhang Wang's family cried and shouted "chaos", and the magistrate asked the officials to drive him out. Zhang Er also persuaded Zhang Wang's words: "It's really a mistake, how can you rely on people." Now the lord has decided not to mess around. ”

Xue Zhen inquired outside and understood, and liked it in his heart, so he sent someone home to deliver the letter. When the details come back, I can make some atonement. and dwelled and waited for the letter. I only heard the legend of three or three on the road, there was a noble concubine, and the emperor dropped out of the dynasty for three days. This place is not far from the mausoleum, the county office is on a mission, and it is not beneficial to live here, so it is better to go to the prison and tell my brother to wait with peace of mind, "I will go home and come back in a few days." Xue Pan was also afraid of his mother's pain, so he brought a letter and said, "I'm fine, I have to pay a few more times to go home." Just don't pity the money. ”

Xue Zhen left Li Xiang here to take care of him and went home. After seeing Aunt Xue's Aunt Chen, how Zhixian showed favoritism and how to judge, she was finally injured by mistake. In the future, if you spend some more money on the corpse, you will be fine as soon as you are allowed to atone for your sins. When Aunt Xue heard about it, she was relieved for the time being. He said, "I am expecting you to come to my house to take care of you."

Jia Fuli should have gotten thanks, besides, Zhou Guifei was gone, they went in every day, and the house was empty, I thought about going to take care of my aunt's side as a companion, but there was no one in our family. You've come just in time. Xue Zhen said: "I heard outside that it was Concubine Jia, so I rushed back." Our concubine is so good, how can you say that she is dead. Aunt Xue said: "I was sick once last year, and I was fine." This time, I didn't hear that Concubine Yuan was sick. I only heard that the old lady in Nafu was not very useful for the first few days, and when I closed my eyes, I saw Concubine Yuanniang. Everyone was not at ease, until it sounded like nothing had happened.

In the evening before the big day, the old lady herself said, 'Why did Concubine Yuan come to me alone?' The old lady said, 'You don't believe it, but the concubine still told me that the glory is easy to exhaust, and you need to retreat and withdraw.' Everyone said that who didn't think about it, this is the mind of people who are old, so it is not a good thing. It happened that when I got up early the next day, I shouted that my mother was seriously ill, and I ordered everyone to go in and ask for peace. And they were astonished, and hurried in. They haven't come out yet, and our family has heard that Zhou Guifei has passed away. You want to go outside the rumors, the suspicions at home, just in one place, it's not strange!"