Some people don't want to get wealth by their own efforts, they always want to make money by calculating others, sometimes even to the point of absurdity. There was a fraud case in Shaoxing at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is ridiculous to hear it!
There is a very wealthy family in the local area. The owner is named Xie Demao. He is in his fifties and has no children yet. Looking at other children jumping around and thinking about having such a large family property, but no one inherited it in the end, I was really worried. People in the clan are very jealous of the Xie family’s fortune. They secretly hope that Xie Demao will go on like this. If he has no children, then this huge family property can be distributed to them. Even if each share is worth a lot of money, Xie Demao After much deliberation, I finally made up my mind to discuss with my wife and want to take in a concubine.
This Mrs. Xie is a well-known shrew. She usually takes care of her husband very strictly, and it is not negotiable on the issue of concubine. For her, she would rather give up this family property than allow her husband to be unfaithful to herself. She is afraid that her husband will marry a young wife, and if she has a child, if her husband dies in the future, and she will be alone, she will not be able to beat others, and she will have to be angry in the end. So Xie Demao mentioned it many times, but she resolutely rejected it.
Now when he heard him talk about it again, he said with a sneer: "You old bones are about to fall into the soil, and you have to have this kind of romantic dream. Let me tell you the truth, you just marry ten more. Ten little wives come in and don’t even want to give birth to a son. At that time, they will be laughed out of their teeth. You don’t want to be old-faced, I want it!" Xie Demao said to her, "What will happen to this family business in the future?" Mrs. Xie Said: "Then I don't care, anyway, if you want to marry a little wife, as long as I live, there is no way!" The two quarreled, and there was no result for a long time. Anyway, Xie Demao is a man who is afraid of his wife.
people know this situation in the Xie family, so they can rest assured to wait for a large amount of inheritance. Some were too anxious to wait. They went to Xie Demao’s house to borrow money every other time. When enough. Xie Demao was so helpless that he wanted to sue the county government, but the magistrate told him something like this: "These relatives of yours are indeed a bit hateful, but you have so much money.There are no offspring, so it’s no wonder that they are greedy. I think you simply put out a sum of money to distribute to them. They each have a share of property, and of course they won’t come to you often. "
Xie listened to the magistrate's words, that might be the only way to come home and think about it, so he gritted his teeth and gave a large sum of money to the tribe, indicating that they would take them back as capital. , I created a family business. Who knows that it didn’t take long for these people to entangle Xie Demao as before, so angry that Xie Demao was vomiting blood.
Xie Demao went home and said to his wife: "Look, There is no heir to be bullied like this, and I am not too old, so how can I know that I must not have a child? We want to have a child. First, we can continue the incense of my Xie family, and second, we can stop the evil thoughts of these rascals. I have always been afraid of you before, but this time I will take a concubine regardless of whether you agree or not. If you want to spoil again, I will move out to live and not come back to this home! "His wife was a little scared at first. In case her husband was out of anger, didn't she become a living widow, so this time she thought about it and agreed.
This Xie Demao was also a lascivious, but she was frightened over the years. Yu's wife was fierce and didn't dare to make trouble. Now that the ban is on, she can't help but shake her heart, so she immediately invites a matchmaker to find a candidate for herself, and also urges Wanwan to find a young and beautiful one. The matchmaker said: It's fine on me. I must find you a beautiful woman who looks like a fairy, and I can't do without you, Master Xie. "Xie Demao smiled at hearing, and promised that he would be rewarded once it was done.
Within a few days, the matchmaker said: "Master Xie, you are so beautiful. I have found one for you." Beautiful woman. "Xie Demao hurriedly asked where she was from, and the matchmaker told him that there was a girl in Beixiang who was born extremely beautiful, and that the gods in the sky looked like this. And her gentle personality was a rare good temper. Just because her family was poor, she was willing to marry. Be a concubine to a big family. Xie Demao said: "It doesn't matter if the family is poor, I have money! Did her family ask for anything? "The matchmaker said: "It just requires more royalties. "Xie asked how much, and answered five hundred taels. Xie Demao said, "As long as people like it, I can afford it.""The matchmaker said hurriedly, told Xie Demao to wait for the news and left.
The matchmaker came again the next day and told Master Xie: "The girl is picking mulberry leaves outside today. The thing is done. "Xie Demao moved his heart as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly begged the matchmaker to lead him. The matchmaker said, "Of course I will work, but you have to listen to me. Don't scare the girl and leave her with a bad impression. That's not good." . "So leading him to a place in Sangtian, the matchmaker said: "Don't go too close, look, the girl is over there!" "Xie Demao looked from a distance, and sure enough, there was a girl standing in the mulberry field. Maybe she was thinking about something and was motionless, but she could see her figure was very good and her body was brightly dressed, because she couldn't see all her face through the branches and leaves, but her skin color. White, black eyebrows, and very correct facial features. It seems that what the matchmaker said is not a lie. Here Xie Demao is watching carefully, but the matchmaker said: "Mr. Xie, let's go, she will be embarrassed if the girl finds it out. "Xie Demao heard her say so, and reluctantly left with her.
After returning to Xie's mansion, the matchmaker said, "Master Xie, what do you think of the girl?" Do you like it? "Xie said: "You really found a lovely girl for me. This is what is set. You can send the salary to the girl's house as soon as possible. If they have any requests, I will agree to them, as long as they get married soon." You must do this for me, and the reward will be great. "At the moment, Xie Demao gave out five hundred taels of silver to the matchmaker as a beneficiary, and also gave a lot of money to the matchmaker. The matchmaker was grateful and grateful to leave.
Since then, Xie Demao has lived like a year, and finally ended up day by day. Looking forward to the day of welcoming the relatives. He sent someone to meet him early in the morning, and he dressed up at home deliberately, dressed in red and green, and he was not too proud of him. He did not expect to be a bridegroom at this age and marry such a beautiful newcomer. Madam, if you can have your precious son next year, then... I was thinking that the new couple’s sedan chair has been carried in. Xie Demao greeted the sedan chair, but after waiting for a long time, the bride still did not get off the sedan chair. The onlookers laughed again and again. Noisy, I asked Xie Demao to lift the car curtain.
At this time, Xie Demao was also a little strange, so he stepped forward and opened the car curtain. Seeing the bride sitting in full dress, he did not move.Taking advantage of his happiness and pride, Xie Demao stepped forward and took the bride's hand to help her get off the sedan chair. Unexpectedly, the grabbing arm was stiff as wood and stone, which shocked Xie Demao. Knowing that something was wrong, he took off the red hijab from the newcomer's head. It turned out that the one sitting in the sedan chair was not a living person, but a clay sculpture and wood sculpture. At this time, everyone clamored and blamed someone who did this kind of unscrupulous thing. Someone caught several bearers and asked what was going on. The bearer said that a few people gave them a lot of money and asked them to carry the goddess from a certain township temple here. They were also surprised that today is not a competition. Why did they carry the gods for a parade? Unexpectedly, such a strange thing happened. .
A good thing made such a ridiculous point, Xie Demao naturally refused to let it go, so he went to the county government office. When the county magistrate heard this, he found it very ridiculous, and then he thought about it, it must be a prank by the Xie clan. The county magistrate made the matchmaker arrested. The matchmaker had already hid, but when the wind was getting tighter, she had to bite the bullet and come out to see the official. The matchmaker originally wanted to quibble, but she couldn't stand the fright in the lobby, so she confessed that the matter was a scheme set up by the Xie clan to bribe and use a lot of money with her, in order to fool Xie Demao. He accepts the idea of a concubine giving birth.
At that time, when the matchmaker went to mulberry field, he carried a statue of god and placed it in mulberry field, making him look far away. Later, he asked a group of bearers to carry the statue of the goddess used in the parade to Xie's house. Their design is very thorough, so everyone is not aware of it. Then, the county magistrate detained the Xie clan members again. Seeing that the matchmaker had already revealed all of them, the group had to confess.
The county magistrate later convicted this group of fraud. Although Xie Demao won the lawsuit, after all this tossing, he was really dizzy for a long time, and he no longer had the desire to accept a concubine.
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