Tongue-cutting joke

Because the man who cut off the cow's tongue just wants to sentence the farmer to death. It was illegal to kill cattle in ancient times, so after Bao Zheng asked the farmer to kill the cow, the thief would naturally blame the farmer, so as to catch the culprit. This matter has also been praised by many people, and I have to say that Bao Zheng is a very clever man.

The main labor force in ancient times was cattle, which was a very precious animal at that time, so the law of the Northern Song Dynasty stipulated that killing cattle was a capital crime. But a farmer came to Bao Zheng and reported that his cow had its tongue cut off. Medical conditions were very backward at that time. After the cow is cut off, there is no cure, so we have to wait for death slowly. Otherwise, it can only be killed, but in ancient times, it was illegal to kill cattle. The farmer didn't know what to do, so he came to report the case.

Bao Zheng told him that if he killed the cow, the thief would come out naturally. He also told the farmer that if he killed the cow, he would find out the murderer and would not be convicted. Bao Zheng also asked the farmer to kill the cow, and then took the beef to the market to sell, so did the farmer.

After the farmer took the cow to the market for sale, the farmer's neighbor came to report the case. He told Bao Zheng that the farmer had killed the cow and hoped to sentence him to death. In this way, Bao Zheng immediately found out the murderer, the murderer is the person who came to report the case. Without saying anything, Bao Zheng had the man arrested directly, and he also confessed everything. This neighbor had a problem with the farmer before, so his purpose was only to cut off the tongue of the cow so that the government could sentence the farmer to death.