Bao Gong appears

1. Bao Gong appears

During the Ming Dynasty, a series of strange cases occurred in a place called Mingshui County.

Early that morning, Zhao Yan, the magistrate of Mingshui County, suddenly received a report saying that the river supervisor Suo Zhen died at home. After hearing the news, Zhao Yan ran to Suofu and got on the bus without even putting on his clothes. go. Although Suo Zhen is not a big shot, his brother Suo Lei is the prefect and Zhao Yan's immediate boss. The prefect's brother died in his jurisdiction. How could he not panic?

When Zhao Yan rushed to Suo Mansion, he saw Suo Zhen's head rolling to the ground and blood spilled all over the floor.

Suo Zhen's face was full of fear, as if he had seen something he shouldn't have seen. Suo Zhen was with one of his concubines last night, and the concubine is still shivering even now. Zhao Yan asked the concubine what happened at night? Her lips kept trembling, and it took her a long time to say two words: "Bao Gong!"

Zhao Yan frowned, why did this matter involve Bao Gong? Li Deng said while watching the vegetative person's reaction. . . The head catcher Yang Gang handed over another thing, which was a token. This kind of token is used in court cases in the government, and the word "Bao" is written on the back of this token, which actually comes from Bao Gong's temple.

After a while, the concubine regained consciousness and said to Zhao Yan: Last night when they seemed to be sleeping, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of the bed. Can't see clearly in the dark night. Before you could understand what was going on, you heard a loud roar: "Bold Suo Zhen, I am Bao Zheng of Kaifeng Prefecture. I am well aware of the crimes you committed. I am here to interrogate you tonight. Why don't you charge me with the truth!" The man turned out to be Mr. Bao! Mingshui County believed the most about Bao Gong's whereabouts. Suo Zhen shivered when she saw Bao Gong appear. She was even more frightened when she saw Bao Gong. She fainted from fright, and she doesn't know what happened next.

Zhao Yan heard this. Just as I was anxiously waiting for the bus, a girl suddenly appeared behind me. I was startled by her. I didn’t realize when she appeared. Yes, seemingly silently. That girl was wearing a pure white dress. She was very beautiful and very white. She was the whitest girl I have ever seen. I thought she might have applied too much powder. Who knows what would happen if she took off her makeup? Kind of. , before asking for details, someone came to report that something had happened in Bao Gong's temple. Zhao Yan immediately took people to Bao Gong Temple.

Mingshui County is very close to Chenzhou. It is said that Bao Gong visited Chenzhou when he was doing grain distribution and solved many cases here. The people in Mingshui admire nothing more than Gong Bao, and the largest and most popular temple in the county is Gong Bao Temple. On every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, people go to Bao Gong Temple to offer incense.

Zhao Yan went to Bao Gong Temple and saw the image of Bao Gong interrogating the case. Bao Gong in front of the desk, holding several cases with one hand and stroking his beard with the other hand, had a majestic and upright look on his face. In a tube on the desk, there are some tokens. Next to the statue of Bao Gong are dragon, tiger and dog guillotines. These are all modeled after the ones in Bao Gong's plays. But now, the curtain of the tiger-head guillotine has been lifted, and there is blood on the blade, and the blood stains are still fresh.

Zhao Yan fell into deep thought: Could it be that what happened last night was really done by Mr. Bao? But soon I felt that this idea was ridiculous. Bao Gong had been dead for hundreds of years, how could he come out again?

The day after Suo Zhen died, the prefect Suolei came to the county government office, was furious with Zhao Yan, and asked Zhao Yan to crack the case within a month, catch the real culprit, and provide justice for his brother Take revenge, or remove him as the county magistrate.

How dare Zhao Yan neglect and use all his strength to solve the case, but after several days of investigating the case, before any clues could be found, another person died in the county, and the death condition was the same as Suo Zhen's , also the body and head are in different places.

The deceased's name was Haigui, a litigant who often dealt with the government. Next to Haigui's body, there are also accusations written by him. After counting all the crimes I have committed over the years, the conditions are very clear. The token from the Bao Gong Temple was also found at the scene of the murder, and the curtain of the dog-headed guillotine in the Bao Gong Temple was also uncovered, with blood stains on it.

Less than ten days after Haigui died, another person died in the same way as the first two. The third deceased was named Yuan Qing, a small gangster who did everything from eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. Next to the body of the gangster Yuan Qing, although he was not guilty, there were the money he had stolen and defrauded, as well as the fake butt he used for gambling and pulling out crooks - the dog-headed guillotine from Bao Gong's temple was once again stained with blood. red.

In this way, in less than a month, three people were beheaded in succession without any explanation. The circumstances were exactly the same, and they were all related to Bao Gong. At this time, people outside were already spreading rumors that Bao Gong had appeared. The evil deeds done by those three people were noticed by Bao Gong, so he interrogated them at night. Zhao Yan is determined to catch the real culprit as soon as possible, get to the bottom of the case, and return the truth to the people.

2. Pretend to kill the real person

"You don't believe it?" the girl said with a half-smile. Since these cases all happened at night, Zhao Yan asked the head catcher Yang Gang to lead the police officers to patrol everywhere at night and not to be distracted for a moment. As soon as you see a suspicious person, arrest him immediately. This is really hard for Yang Gang. He has to handle cases during the day and patrol around at night.

For several nights, Zhao Yan didn't hear anything happened. On the fourth night, Yang Gang hurriedly came to report: "Sir, we have found a suspicious person this time."

Yang Gang said:

In the past few days, he and the police officers Patrolling everywhere without even blinking an eye. Tonight, while he and several guards were walking, they saw a person walking on the road. He was carrying a baggage and looked flustered. He just walked forward with his head lowered. Yang Gang felt something was wrong. Someone came out so late. Something must have happened. He shouted: "Where are you, stop!"

The man was not frightened, and ran away as soon as he heard this. This further confirmed that the man was guilty. Yang Gang led a few guards and chased him down. As a result, they spent a lot of effort to catch up with the man. After the man was caught by them, he remained silent and could not ask a word. It's like he was mute to begin with. Yang Gang felt that this person was very suspicious, so he brought him here.

Zhao Yan immediately went to the hall. When the unidentified man was brought up, he was tall and burly, with a dark face. Although he was wearing shabby clothes, Zhao Yan felt that this man was unusual, so he was stunned and asked him where he was.

But the big black man kneeling in the hall was dumbfounded, looking straight at Zhao Yan, as if he was deaf.

Zhao Yan asked a few more questions, but he knelt in the hall and still said nothing.

Zhao Yan asked the officers to search his body, and found a token from the Bao Gong Temple in the bag.

Holding the token, Zhao Yan thought that those deceased people had tokens around them, and he also had such a token on his body. This person must be related to this case. Zhao Yan asked the officers to take him into prison first and wait until his identity was found out.

The next day, Zhao Yan ordered his men to check in the city to find out if anyone was missing, and report it immediately after finding it.

Within a day, Yang Gang reported: A long-term worker named Shunzi from the rich man Ma's family said that a long-term worker from his place was missing yesterday. He was black and tall, just like the mute yesterday.

Zhao Yan immediately told Shun Zijin, "I looked carefully at Zhou. The street was quiet at that time. There were no cars or other pedestrians. Even the police were off duty." In court, I argued this. Come.

Shunzi came in and described the long-term worker who had run away. Sure enough, he looked exactly like the big black man in the prison. Shunzi added that the man's name was Lao Hei. He came from other places and had only been working for less than a month.

No one left that night without saying a word. Zhao Yan asked Shunzi, what other characteristics does that old black man have?

Shunzi blurted out: "He talks in his sleep, but also sings operas." He said one thing: the long-term workers all stopped. There was a soft bang, and with the violent shaking of the computer screen, everything returned usually! In a large courtyard, I sleep in Datongbu at night.

They lived together for a few days, and everyone discovered that Lao Hei had a problem, that is, he liked to talk in his sleep, and he was singing in his dreams. After falling asleep, he suddenly shouted "Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Dynasty Ma Han" and said something about guillotine. People who don't cut off people are frightened. After repeated questioning, he said that he was a young man from a rich family who liked to sing Bao Gong opera, but his family wouldn't let him sing, so he got angry and ran out to wander around, and that's how he got here.

If you can sing, you are not mute, but why does Lao Hei pretend to be mute in his own court? Zhao Yan thought that he must be hiding something and didn't dare to say it, so he just pretended to be mute. Zhao Yan didn't say that Lao Hei smiled happily and said, "That's right. I forgot which door and number he lives in. Can you take me to find him?" But he asked Shunzi to go first. go back.

But Shunzi took two steps and suddenly stopped. Zhao Yan felt that he remembered something and asked him to come back.

Shunzi knelt in the lobby again and said, "There is something, I'm afraid you won't believe it if I tell you!" Zhao Yan said, "But it doesn't matter."

Shunzi Then he said: "I have a vague feeling that the reports about Bao Gong's spiritual appearance are related to this old black man."

Shunzi told Zhao Yan what happened a few days ago. One day, just as Lao Peng was about to give up and decide that he was unlucky and prepare to evacuate, a collapse occurred in the mine and a worker died. thing. (It’s so scary: please keep reprinting!)

When the long-term workers knew that Long Qing was a "mantangcai", they asked him to sing a piece if they had nothing to do. Everyone had never been to the theater to listen to a play. Listening to Lao Hei's words Singing can be regarded as an entertainment experience.

Once, a long-term worker's home was demolished by cables to expand the mansion, leaving him homeless. He could only complain to his accomplices.

Everyone was very angry after hearing this, especially Lao Hei, whose face turned purple with anger. Someone suggested that we let Lao Hei play the role of Bao Gong and smite Suo Zhen in the play! Although no one in this world cares about people like Suo Zhen, it is good to relieve hatred. After proposing to talk about the injustice, we went back to the old house and continued to have a delicious dinner. After dinner, in order to catch up with the morning shift tomorrow, Jingyun and I decided to rush back to the city overnight. When it came out, everyone agreed.

As a result, everyone sang a play "Bao Gong's Ascension to the Hall and the Shock of the Guillotine". Lao Hei shouted: "Open the guillotine--" and put the rope made of straw into the guillotine of the guillotine and gave it a guillotine.

Unexpectedly, Suo Zhen really died the next day. A few days later, everyone thought of the evil litigant Hai Gui again. Haigui is sinister and vicious, often colluding with the rich, confusing right and wrong, and causing the poor to lose their cases. This man should have died long ago. If Bao Gong were still alive, he must not be allowed to live in this world. As a result, everyone performed another play in the courtyard, "Bao Long Tu angrily guillotined Haigui". Lao Hei gave the order and guillotined the imprisoned Haigui again.

As a result, Haigui also died the next day.

Everyone was wondering why anyone who acted as a guillotine would die. Could it be that Lao Hei acted so realistically that he even moved Bao Gong in the Bao Gong Temple.

Once again, the long-term workers thought of Yuan Qing, who was playing rogue everywhere. This man deserved to die, so everyone acted out another rogue play.

As a result, Yuan Qing also died the next day, and the news of Bao Gong's apparition was also quietly spread outside. Everyone believed it.

Unexpectedly, during the fourth time, everyone thought of Long Qing, the village leader of Luming Mountain. The old man raised his head, looked at the villages and fields in the distance and continued: "Before Kyoto City appeared, we elves lived in the outside world. With the invasion of humans, the forests were decreasing day by day, the lakes began to dry up, and we began to be displaced. . In desperation, the elves had to gather in the wilderness to form this village. This is our last home. In order to avoid humans, we also used the method of folding time and space to condense the village in this small area. Hidden in the small wilderness. "Long Qing has done a lot of evil, and he should be put under Bao Gong's guillotine." But as soon as he mentioned "Gui Longqing", Lao Hei stopped singing and said he had a sore throat and would talk about it in a few days.

A few days later, people did not wait for Lao Heilong Qing to show up. The hydrangea and the jade pendant were caught by the guards and Zhang Hao respectively, and neither of them were candidates for marriage. One is a modern person who has traveled through the past, and the other is a lowly bodyguard. The two people who receive the hydrangea and the jade phoenix today can go to the princess to receive their rewards. Hearing that he could receive a reward, Zhang Hao was so happy that he jumped on the ground. , but he ran away quietly.

After hearing Shunzi's words, Zhao Yan twisted his beard and thought for a moment, suddenly smiled, asked him to step aside, and asked him not to make this matter public. Shunzi left in a panic.

3. Murder in a dream

As soon as Shunzi left, Yang Gang asked Zhao Yan: "Sir, are there any clues to the case?"

Zhao Yan said : "Let's put on a play in the evening, and all this will be understood."

At night, the oil lamp in the county prison was flickering on and off, and the old black man also fell asleep in the cell. Snoring loudly.

At this time, a man with a half-cloak covering his head quietly opened the cell door and came in. He came to Lao Hei and squatted down. Then he quietly shouted in Lao Hei's ear: "Master Bao from Kaifeng Mansion is here!"

Lao Hei sat up with excitement, but his eyes were still closed, but he opened his mouth and said: "Master Bao, Xiao Renlongqing is guilty!" - Isn't he mute? How can I speak?

The man said in a very loud voice: "I have already seen all the crimes you have committed over the years. If you haven't committed them one by one, do you want me to put you on trial?"

Long Qing closed his eyes and said: "I, Long Qing, occupy Luming Mountain. Although I have not provoked the people of Mingshui these years, I have robbed and killed many merchants passing by. Not only did I rob the silver coins, but I also took away people. Lives. I have killed thirteen people in the past few years, all of them innocent. I know that I have committed a heinous crime and cannot escape this fate."

The man said again. : "Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, and the Mahan Dynasty are all waiting with a guillotine!"

Long Qing was so frightened that his scalp was sweating. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Sir, spare your life."

The man then took off his cloak, and it turned out to be Zhao Yan. Several lanterns were also set up in the prison. Someone brought a basin of cold water and poured it on Long Qing's head, and Long Qing also opened his eyes.

Long Qing looked at the people in the prison and thought about what he had just said, knowing in his heart that he had been exposed. Long Qing's rice was spiked with cyanide, causing him to fall into a deep sleep. He was unable to control his will, let alone his habit of talking in his sleep. As a result, Zhao Yan really found out the truth through this inquiry.

Zhao Yan asked Long Qing: "Long Qing, how did you get here? You didn't recruit me from the ground up."

Long Qing sighed and said:

Although this Long Qing is a murderous mountain king, he is still a theater fan, especially Bao Gong opera. Whenever I hear there is singing Bao Gong opera somewhere, I will definitely go there. A month ago, a famous actor came to the county to play Bao Gong. And here he comes. He watched Bao Gong's opera for seven days in the county seat, and the more he watched it, the more he felt that he, the king of the mountain, could no longer stand down. I like Bao Gong, but he does shady things. If I were put in Bao Gong's drama, I would be a role in the guillotine. What's so exciting about this?

He became more and more conflicted, so he decided to give up Luming Mountain and become a dutiful person. After the drama in the county town ended, he did not return to Luming Mountain. Instead, he went to Ma Caizheng's house and worked as a long-term worker.

Zhao Yan asked again: "Then why do you have to run away halfway?"

Long Qing sighed and said: "It's only the fault of those long-term workers who insist on letting me go." I played the role of Mr. Bao, but after three performances, three people died. I was a little scared. It seemed that Mr. Bao from Mingshui County was really good! Later, they asked me to sing the role of Long Qing. How could I kill myself? I ran out, but I didn’t expect to escape.”

Zhao Yan said: “Now that the case is finally clear, you just killed Suo Zhen and Hai. The murderer of Gui and Yuan Qing.

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Long Qing said: "Sir, cctop. I have never killed anyone since I arrived in Mingshui. "

Zhao Yan said: "You have a problem with talking in your sleep. Do you also have a problem with doing things in your dreams? "

Long Qing said: "I really have this problem. I often do something at night and don't know anything during the day. "

Zhao Yan said: "That's right. If you act like Mr. Bao and kill someone during the day, but the person is still alive, you feel that this is not satisfactory, so you go out at night and kill the person who killed you during the day. This is why those people all died in the night and died in the same way. And you executed them in a judicial manner. You brought those tokens to the crime scene, and you wiped the blood on the guillotine afterwards. "

After listening to Zhao Yan's story, Long Qing couldn't help laughing: "It's really a joke. I, Long Qing, have done many evil things in my life, but in my dreams I became a good person and got rid of my evil ways. Then he said to Zhao Yan, "Sir, Long Qing deserves to die, but those brothers in Luming Mountain are innocent. Please don't embarrass those brothers." "After speaking, he suddenly pulled out the waist knife of a guard beside him and stabbed himself in the chest.

Zhao Yan looked at Long Qing's body, sighed and said, "This man can be considered a personality. A lover still cares about his brother when he dies, but he took the wrong path and became a thief. ”

Yang Gang said: “The case can finally be closed, and we can also report it to the prefect. "

Zhao Yan said: "If the case is reported like this, based on the character of the prefect, he will not let his brother's death be in vain. When the time comes, Shunzi's long-time workers and the Luming Mountain bandits will all become Long Qing's accomplices, and not one person will die alone. "

Yang Gang asked: "Then Master Yi, what should we do? "

Zhao Yan said: "I always feel that there is something missing in this case. It's a pity that Long Qing died too quickly and didn't ask questions clearly. ”

The next day, Zhao Yan arrived at Bao Gong Temple again. He and Yang Gang looked separately, but after searching for a long time, when Cui Ying arrived at the lobby, everyone in the Jin family was there. Cui Ying went to the old lady Greetings. The old lady put a pair of jade bracelets on Cui Ying. They were blood red, and she could tell they were fine jade. Suddenly, Yang Gang pointed to Bao Gong's hand stroking his beard and shouted. A voice: "Sir, look here. ”

Zhao Yan stepped forward and took a look, and saw a notebook stuffed into the sleeve of Bao Gong’s hand. Since the cuff was facing upwards, the notebook could not fall off. And usually when people came to offer incense, no one was there. He dared to approach Bao Gong, but he was not discovered.

Zhao Yan took out the book from Bao Gong's sleeve and opened it. The owner of the ledger was Suo Zhen. Every account was a real account. When Suo Zhen was doing the accounting, he made two accounts. The fake account was handed over to the government to fool the court. The real account should have been left by Suo Zhen. It's a top-secret thing. It clearly records every amount of money Suo Zhenyin supervised the river worker embezzled, and there is also a place to record the money he gave to his brother Suo Lei.

Zhao Yanqing. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right, have you noticed? The two dead people left evidence of their crimes, why didn't Suo Zhen leave any evidence? In fact, he stayed and was put into Bao Gong's sleeve by Long Qing - in fact, even Long Qing didn't know about it. Now the decision can finally be finalized. ”

4. Mr. Bao really showed up

The one-month deadline given to Zhao Yan by the prefect Suo Lei is coming soon, so Zhao Yan went to the government office to see the prefect Suo Lei.

Solei looked solemn and asked Zhao Yan how the case was going.

Zhao Yan said: "Your Majesty, the case has been solved. This case is indeed a manifestation of Gong Bao!

Bao Lei was furious and said: "Those rumors are just common people's talk. You don't believe them anyway." It's obvious that you can't solve the case, so you're using this to try to fend off me! "

Zhao Yan said: "I have evidence.

" He handed Suo Zhen's account book to Solei in a hurry. However, the account book that was handed over to Solei now was a bit incomplete, with several sides torn off. Solei took the account book and sucked it. Taking a breath, Zhao Yan's face turned uglier as he scrolled down. "The official found this in the sleeve of Bao Gong's statue. The lower official felt that Bao Gong must have seen through Suo Zhen's secrets and thought that he deserved death, so he had him guillotined. Our Mr. Bao from Mingshui has always been effective.

Suo Lei suddenly threw the account book on the desk and said, "Our Suo family has such a scum. If Suo Zhen dies, he will die." I think this case should be closed. "

Zhao Yan immediately resigned.

After leaving the magistrate's residence, Zhao Yan ran towards Mingshui County. Yang Gang couldn't hold back his words and asked: "Sir, this case Is it really over? Does Magistrate Suo really believe that Mr. Bao appears? Zhao Yan said immediately: "He has ghosts in his heart. People with ghosts are afraid of gods, especially gods like Bao Gong." ”

Zhao Yan said:

Before giving Solei the account book, he deliberately made it incomplete. He tore off half of everything about Solei and exposed it. Half of it. Let him know that his brother Suo Zhen still had a hand in him. It was just right for his brother to die.

Yang Gang praised Zhao Yan for his wisdom, but then said, "Why don't you use this account book?" If Solei, a corrupt official, is also exposed, wouldn't it be another harm? "

Zhao Yan said: "Solei has deep roots in the court. How can a ledger hold him? "Okay, the task has been handed over. We brothers are going to drink." He threw it away and ran away. Heiyi smiled awkwardly at me and chased Baiyi, "Old Bai, why are you telling the truth!" to get off the stage? As I said again, those who have evil thoughts in their hearts are afraid of God. Sooner or later, Bao Guigong will show up and kill this corrupt official with a guillotine. "

Yang Gang asked again: "How will we explain to the people in the county when we go back? ”

Zhao Yan said: “Bao Gong appears!” Do you know that those long-term workers in Shunzi want to play the role of Bao Gong? And why did the news of Mr. Bao’s apparition spread so quickly? In fact, all the people are looking forward to Bao Gong's true spiritual power and upright officials like Bao Gong to make decisions for them and wipe out all the bad guys. When we do this, isn’t it just in line with public opinion? "

After Zhao Yan returned to the county government, he issued a notice to inform the whole county: He said that the case had finally come to light, and it was indeed Lord Bao who had appeared. The three people who died were all innocent, and God had no clue. He wronged them. It can be seen that Bao Gong's spirit is not gone, and justice always exists. If someone does evil and he can't stand it, he will appear.

Soon, the news of Bao Gong's appearance spread throughout the county and other places. From then on, the incense in Bao Gong's temple became more prosperous, and people from all over the county came to pay homage to Bao Gong's temple. There were fewer evil deeds in Mingshui County, probably because they were afraid of Bao Gong's appearance on Luming Mountain. The bandits also dispersed, probably because they saw Long Qing's fate and understood that those who do evil will never last long.

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