Details the fourth chapter of the Jiayu Village's case of arbitrary judgment of gourds in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Now let’s talk about Yucun. Because of the supplementary grant of Yingtian

Details the fourth chapter of the Jiayu Village's case of arbitrary judgment of gourds in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Now let’s talk about Yucun. Because of the supplementary grant of Yingtian Mansion, a life-threatening lawsuit was filed as soon as possible. Two families were competing to buy a maidservant, and each refused to give in. At that time, someone was killed. Yucun immediately summoned the plaintiff to come for trial. The plaintiff said: "The person who was beaten is the owner of the villain. Because he bought a girl that day, he didn't want it to be sold by a kidnapper. The kidnapper has already obtained my family's money, and my little girl Ye Yuan said that the third day would be a good day, and then he entered the house. The kidnapper secretly sold it to the Xue family again. When we found out, we went to find the seller and seize the girl. Unfortunately, the Xue family was originally a tyrant in Jinling, relying on wealth and power. All the powerful slaves beat my little master to death. The murderous master and his servants have all fled without a trace, leaving only a few outsiders. The villain has been suing for a year, but no one has made the decision. I hope the master will arrest the criminals, cut off the evil, and save the orphans and widows. The deceased will be grateful to God!"

After hearing this, Yucun was furious and said: "How can there be such a fart! Just beat someone to death. You left in vain, and you won't get anything back!" Because the official who issued the signature immediately tortured the criminals' clan members and asked them to confess where they hid them, and then went to sea to capture the documents. Just when he was about to issue the signature, I saw a doorman standing next to the desk winking, not wanting him to issue the signature. Yu Cun was very suspicious, so he had to stop and immediately retreated to the secret room. The attendants all left, leaving only the doorman to serve. The disciple hurriedly came up to say hello and asked with a smile: "I have always been promoted to higher positions, but have you forgotten me in the past eight or nine years?" Yucun said: "But he was very kind and friendly, but I just couldn't remember it for a moment." The disciple said with a smile: " Master, you are so noble and forgetful. You have forgotten your place of origin and what happened in the Calabash Temple?" After hearing this, Yucun was shocked and remembered the past. It turned out that this disciple was a young novice monk in the Calabash Temple. Because he had nowhere to stay after being burned, he wanted to go to another temple to practice, but he couldn't stand the cold weather. He thought that this business would be light and lively, so he took advantage of his age to grow his hair and gain a reputation. People in Yucun expected him to be the one. , then he hurriedly joined hands and smiled and said: "It turns out we are old friends." He asked him to sit down and talk. This person did not dare to sit down. Yucun said with a smile: "Don't forget the friendship between the poor and the humble. You and I are old friends, and this is a private room. If you want to talk for a long time, why don't you sit down?" After hearing this, Fang said his seat and sat down with his signature turned sideways.

Yucun asked Fangcai why he wanted to withhold the signature. This disciple He said: "Since I have been appointed to this province with honor, why didn't I come here without a copy of the province's 'official protection amulet'?" Yucun asked hurriedly: "What is an 'official protection amulet'? I don't know." Menzi said: "This is How can you do it in the long run if you don’t even know this? Nowadays, everyone who is a local official has a private list. On it are the names of the most powerful, extremely wealthy and noble squires in the province. This is true in all provinces. , if you don’t know, if you offend such a family for a while, not only your official title, but also your life may not be saved! Therefore, it is nicknamed "Guardian". The Xue family I just mentioned, how can I mess with him! His lawsuit There is nothing difficult to decide, it's all because it hinders the relationship, so that's why." As he said that, he took out a copy of the "Guan Guan Talisman" from his bag and handed it to Yucun. When he looked at it, everything on it was It is the proverbial reputation of the home of a local wealthy and famous official. The reputation is clearly arranged, and the following notes are all the official titles and houses since the ancestor. The stone also copied one, and according to the copy on the stone today, it says:

Jia Bujia, Bai Yu is the hall gold and horse. (After the second Duke of Ningguo Rongguo, the emperor was divided into twenty rooms, Ning Rong personally sent eight rooms outside the capital, and the original resident now lives in twelve rooms.)< /p>

Afang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate one Shi of Jinling. (After Baolinghou Shangshu ordered Shi Gong, the houses were divided into eighteen houses. The current residents in the capital have ten rooms, and the original residents currently live in eight rooms. .)

The East China Sea lacked white jade beds, so the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling. (After Du Taiwei took control of the county Bo Wang Gong, he had 12 bedrooms, 2 bedrooms in the capital, and Yu was still registered.)

< p> There is heavy snow in good years, and pearls are like earth and gold are like iron. (After Ziwei gave up to Duke Xue, he is now a banker in the inner government and is allocated eight rooms.)

Before Yucun finished reading, he suddenly heard When the message was passed, people reported: "Master Wang has come to pay his respects." When Yucun heard about it, he hurriedly put on his clothes and went out to greet him. After dinner, he came back and asked in detail. The disciple said: "These four families are all related by relatives, and everyone is hurt. If there is a loss, all will be prosperous, and there will be support and cover, and everyone will take care of them. Xue, who is accused and beaten to death, is the "snow" of the heavy snowfall in the good year. It is not just these three families. His family friends and relatives are all outside. There is a lot of money. Who should I take now?" When Yucun heard what he said, he smiled and asked the disciple: "If you say it like this, how can you solve the case? You probably know the direction where the murderer is hiding?"< /p>

Menzi smiled and said: "To be honest, I know not only the direction of the murderer, but also the direction of the murderer.

I also know this kidnapping person, and the dead ghost buyer also knows it. Let me tell you in detail: this dead ghost who was beaten is the son of a local squire, his name is Feng Yuan, his parents died when he was young, and he has no brothers. , he was the only one who lived a life with a small income. When he was about eighteen or nineteen years old, he loved men and hated women the most. This was also an injustice in his previous life. By chance, he met this kidnapper selling a girl, and he fell in love with her at a glance. She decided to buy her as a concubine, and swore not to marry another man, nor to marry a second one, so she came back three days later. Who knew that the kidnapper was secretly sold to the Xue family again, and he planned to steal the money of the two families, and then escape to him Province. Unexpectedly, they never escaped. The two families took hold of them and beat them to death. They refused to accept the cash and only wanted to take people away. How could the young master of the Xue family be given to others? So he drank and beat his subordinates and beat Mr. Feng He was beaten to a pulp and carried home to die in three days. Mr. Xue had already chosen a date to go to Beijing. Two days before he got up, he met this girl by chance and went to Beijing with the intention of buying something. Who knew that something would happen? Now that this happened, after he beat Mr. Feng and took away the girl, he was like a normal person and just took his family and went his way. He had brothers and servants here to take care of him, and it was not because of such trivial matters that he was worthy of running away. "Not to mention, sir, who is the girl you think is being sold?" Yucun smiled and said: "How do I know." Menzi sneered: "This person is still my great benefactor! He lives next to the Calabash Temple. Mr. Zhen's young lady, named Yinglian." Yucun suddenly said: "So it's him! I heard that he was abducted when he was raised until he was five years old, but now he is being sold?"

Menzi Said: "This kind of kidnapper only steals five or six-year-old children, raises them in a secluded place, and measures their appearance when they are eleven or twelve years old, and takes them to other places to resell them. We coaxed him to play with Yinglian every day. , although seven or eight years have passed and he is now twelve or thirteen years old, although his appearance is better, his general appearance has not changed, and it is easy for acquaintances to recognize him. Moreover, there was a little rouge the size of a grain of rice in the center of his eyebrows, which has never changed since then. He was brought in the womb, so I recognized him. It happened that the kidnapper rented my house to live again. The kidnapper was not at home that day, so I asked him. He was frightened by the kidnapper, so I didn’t dare to say anything. I just said The kidnapper was his biological father, who had no money to repay the debt, so he sold him. I coaxed him again and again, and he cried again. He just said, "I don't remember what happened when I was a child!" After the money was exchanged, the kidnapper was drunk, and he sighed to himself: "My sins are full today!" Then I heard Mr. Feng ordered me to come in three days, and he became sad again. I couldn't bear his appearance. When the kidnapper went out, he ordered his wife to explain him: "Master Feng must wait for a good date to pick him up, so he will not treat him like a maid. Moreover, he is a very charming person, his family is quite well-off, and he hates hall guests the most." , Now I bought you at a very low price, and there is no telling what will happen next. I can only endure it for three or two days, so why be depressed!" After hearing this, he was able to relieve his depression a little, and he thought he had gained something from now on. Who would have expected that such unfavorable things would happen in the world? The next day, he sold it to the Xue family again. It would be better if he sold it to the second person. This Mr. Xue was nicknamed "Dai Bawang". He was the first person in the world who practiced sex and shangqi, and he made money like He dragged the lotus away, and now he doesn't know whether he will live or die. Mr. Feng was overjoyed in vain, but after a failed attempt, he spent money and lost his life. How can it not be lamented? "< /p>

After hearing this, Yucun also sighed: "This is also their evil experience, and it is not accidental. Otherwise, how could Feng Yuan only focus on this Yinglian? This Yinglian has been tortured by the kidnapper in the past few years. , just got a head start, and they are passionate. It would be a good thing if they could get together, but this incident happened again. The Xue family is richer than the Feng family, and considering their human nature, they naturally have many concubines and endless lewdness. It may not be as good as Feng Yuan's love for one person. This is just a dream love, coincidentally meeting a pair of unlucky children. Don't talk about him, just look at this lawsuit, how to judge it?" The disciple smiled and said: "The master was so clear back then. Why have you become a person without any ideas today? I heard that the master's promotion to this post was also due to the power of the Jia family. This Xue Pan is a relative of the Jia family. Why don't you go with the flow and make a favor? After settling this case, I can go to see the Jia Palace in the future." Yucun said: "You are right. But it involves human lives. Being favored by the emperor and being reinstated is really a rebirth. I am trying my best to repay you. At that time, how can we abolish the law for selfish reasons? I really can't bear to do this." After hearing this, the disciple sneered: "What the master said is not a great truth, but it is just impossible to practice in today's world. Don't you hear that the ancients said It goes like this: `A man moves when the time comes', and it is also said that `a gentleman is one who seeks good fortune and avoids misfortune'. According to what I said, not only will you not be able to serve the imperial court, but you will also not be able to protect yourself, so you have to think twice about it. "

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After half a day, Fang said: "What do you think?" The disciple said: "The villain has thought of an excellent idea here: I will sit in court tomorrow, just bluff, use the documents to issue signatures to arrest people. Naturally, the original culprit will be arrested. If they don't come, the plaintiff will definitely bring some of the Xue family members and servants to be tortured. The younger brother secretly mediates and makes them report that they died of a sudden illness, and orders the family members and local officials to submit a bail letter. , the master only said that he was good enough to help Luan invite the immortal, and set up a altar in the hall, so that the soldiers and civilians could just come and watch. The master said: "The immortal has approved it. The deceased Feng Yuan and Xue Pan met because of an evil fate, and now the narrow road is The encounter should have been terminated. Xue Pan has now suffered from an unknown disease and has been traced to death by Feng Hun. The disaster was all caused by the abductor. The abductor was originally a person with a certain surname in a certain township. He was punished according to the law. Ignore the words '' and so on. The villain secretly asked the kidnapper to recruit him. When everyone saw that the immortal's words were consistent with the kidnapper's words, the rest were naturally worthless. The Xue family has plenty of money. The master can cut off one thousand or five hundred. However, the Feng family has to pay for the funeral. The Feng family is not a very important person. It is just for money. Seeing that I have this money, I have nothing to say. How about you think about this plan carefully?" Yucun laughed. He said: "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate. I'll think about it again, and maybe I can convince you." The two of them discussed it, but it was getting late and they had nothing to say.

The next day, they sat in the hall and made a request. There was a famous criminal, and Yucun interrogated it in detail. It turned out that the Feng family was sparsely populated, but in order to get more money for burial, the Xue family relied on their affection and refused to give in, so the decision was reversed. Yucun then bent the law and made random judgments. The Feng family got a lot of money for burials, so they had nothing to say. Yucun settled the case and hurriedly wrote two letters to Jia Zheng and the Jiedu envoy Wang Ziteng in Beijing, saying nothing more about the matter of his nephew. "It's over, don't worry about it" and other words. This incident was all caused by the new disciple of the novice monk in the Calabash Temple. Yucun was afraid that he would tell others what happened when he was poor and humble, so he felt very unhappy. Later, he finally found a job. No, just charge him from afar.

Yucun is not mentioned at the moment. Let’s say that Mr. Xue, who bought Yinglian and beat Feng Yuan to death, was also from Jinling, and he was originally a scholar. Family. But now Mr. Xue lost his father when he was young, and his widowed mother pitied him for being an orphan, so she spoiled him and pampered him, leading to his failure to grow up. Moreover, his family has a millionaire, and now he has money and food to buy miscellaneous materials. Mr. Xue's academic name is Xue Pan. He has been born in Wen. He has been extravagant in temperament and arrogant in speech since he was five years old. Although he has gone to school, he only knows a few words. He only fights cocks, rides and travels all day long. Although he is an imperial businessman. , I don’t know anything about the economic world, but I rely on my grandfather’s old friendship. The household department uses a false name to collect money and grain. The rest of the affairs are handled by my own assistants and family members. The widowed mother Wang is the current prince of the Jiedu envoy in Beijing. Teng's sister is the sister of the same mother as Wang, the wife of Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion. She is about forty years old this year and has only one son, Xue Pan. There is also a daughter, two years younger than Xue Pan, whose baby name is Baochai. She was born with smooth muscles and bones, and elegant manners. His father was there at that time, and he loved this girl so much that he made her read and write ten times better than her brother. After his father died, he saw that his brother could not stay in his mother's arms, so he He doesn't care about writing, but only pays attention to family planning and other things, so as to relieve his mother's worries. Recently, poetry and etiquette are valued, talents are recruited, and great favors are bestowed upon them. In addition to recruiting concubines, all famous officials The daughters, all named Dabu, are ready to be selected as escorts for the princess and princess to attend school, and to serve as a commendation for talented people. Secondly, since the death of Xue Pan's father, all the business bureaus, general managers, clerks, etc. in each province have Seeing that Xue Pan was young and ignorant of worldly affairs, he took advantage of the opportunity to kidnap him, and several businesses in Kyoto were gradually depleted. The second reason is to send a girl to be chosen, the second reason is to visit relatives, and the third reason is to go to the ministry in person to settle old accounts and plan new expenses - in fact, it means to visit the beautiful scenery of the country. Therefore, I have already packed my luggage and given various gifts to my relatives and friends. Things like things and people, etc., I must get up on the right day, but I don't want to meet a kidnapper to sell Yinglian. He was beaten to death. He entrusted his family affairs to his family members and several old family members one by one, and then he took his mother and sister and went on a long journey. He actually regarded the life and death lawsuit as child's play and spent a lot of money on it. You can't live with this bad money.

I didn't remember the day on the road. When I was about to enter the capital that day, I heard that my uncle Wang Ziteng had been promoted to the governor of nine provinces, and he was ordered to go out of the capital to check the borders. Xue Pan secretly rejoiced in his heart: "I was worried that I would be governed by my maternal uncle when I went to Beijing, so I couldn't squander it arbitrarily. But now that I have been promoted again, I know that God follows people's wishes." Because he discussed with his mother, "Let's Although there are several houses in the capital, no one has lived in the capital in the past ten years, so the guards would be

To steal a lease from someone else, you have to get a few people to clean it up first." His mother said: "Why be so ostentatious! When we enter Beijing, we should first visit relatives and friends, either at your uncle's house or your aunt's house. My father's house. The houses of his two families are extremely cheap. Let's live in them first, and then we can slowly get people to clean them up. Why don't we stay a little longer?" Xue Pan said: "Now that my uncle has been promoted to another province, my family Naturally, he got up in a hurry, and we ran away one after another. Don't we look at each other?" His mother said: "Although your uncle's family has been promoted, there is still your aunt's family. Besides, in the past few years, your uncle's and aunt's family have They often bring letters and books to pick us up. Now that we are here, although your uncle is busy getting up, your Aunt Jia may not have the trouble to keep us. If we are busy cleaning up the house, won't it make people feel weird? Yours But I know what you mean. Living with your uncle and aunt will not restrict you. It is better for you to live separately so that you can do whatever you want. If you are like this, you can choose a house to live in. Your aunt, sisters, and I will We've been apart for a few years, but we have to stay together for a few days. I'll take your sister to live with your aunt's family, do you think so?" Seeing what his mother said, Xue Pan knew that he couldn't change his feelings, so he had to tell his husband to run away. The government came.

At that time, Mrs. Wang knew about Xue Pan's lawsuit, and she felt relieved thanks to the settlement in Jiayu Village. She also saw that her brother had been promoted to a minor position, and she was worried about the lack of relatives from her mother's family. I felt a little lonely. After a few days, my family suddenly reported: "My aunt brought my brother and sister to Beijing with their families, and they were getting off the car outside the door." Mrs. Wang was overjoyed and hurriedly took her daughter-in-law and others and took her out of the hall. He took Aunt Xue and others in. The sisters met each other in their old age, not to mention the mixed joys and sorrows, and they had a lot of laughter and tears. Busy introduced Jia's mother to visit, and gave various favors and gifts. They also arranged a banquet to meet the wind.

Xue Pan had already paid a visit to Jia Zheng, and Jia Lian introduced him to meet Jia She, Jia Zhen and others. Jia Zheng then sent people up to say to Mrs. Wang: "My aunt is already in the Spring and Autumn Period. "My nephew is young and doesn't know the world, so he might get into trouble if he lives outside. We have about ten rooms in Shanglixiangyuan in the northeast corner. They have been vacant and they have been cleaned. It's great for my aunt, my sister, and my brother to live there." Mrs. Wang Before she could stay, Jia Mu also sent someone to say: "Please stay here, Mrs. Xue, so that we can be closer." Aunt Xue was about to live together in the same place, so she could keep her sons under control. Worried that his indulgence would cause trouble, he hurriedly thanked Mrs. Wang for his permission. He also explained to Mrs. Wang privately: "It is a normal way to live in peace and order by waiving the daily allowance." Mrs. Wang knew that this was not difficult for his family, so she followed his wish. From then on, the Xue family, mother and son, lived in Lixiangyuan.

It turned out that Lixiangyuan was the place where Rong Gong spent his rest in his later years. It was small and exquisite, with about ten houses, with a front hall and a back room. There is another door leading to the street, and Xue Pan's family uses this door to enter and exit. There is a corner door in the southwest, which leads to a passage. The exit of the passage is to the east of Mrs. Wang's main room. Every day, after meals or in the evening, Aunt Xue will come over. Either chatting with Jia's mother, or talking to Mrs. Wang. Baochai and Daiyu Yingchun were waiting together, reading, playing chess, or doing needlework, and they were very happy. It was just Xue Pan's original intention that he didn't want to Those who live in Jia's house will feel uncomfortable because they are afraid that their uncle will take care of them and imprison them. Unfortunately, my mother insists on staying here, and she is very diligent in staying in the house, so she has to stay temporarily while having her house cleaned out, and then move there. In the past. Who would have thought that since I have lived here for less than a month, I have become familiar with half of all the nephews and nephews in the Jia Zhai clan. All those who are arrogant will like to interact with him. They will have a drink today, and they will have a drink tomorrow. Watching flowers, and even gathering for gambling and prostitution, they gradually went all out, and the seduced Xue Pan was ten times worse than before. Although Jia Zheng had a good way of training his children and running the family well, on the one hand, there were many elders in the clan, and they could not take care of them. On the other hand, the current clan leader was This is Jia Zhen, he is the eldest grandson of the Ning Mansion, and he has taken over the post again. He is in charge of all the affairs of the clan. His public and private matters are complex, and his nature is unrestrained. He does not take worldly affairs as his priority. Whenever he has free time, he just reads and writes. It's just chess, I don't mind anything else. Moreover, the Lixiangyuan is two floors apart, and there is a street door that opens separately, so you can come and go at will, so these disciples can relax and enjoy themselves, so they gradually gave up the idea of ??moving to the house. .