Ming Dynasty During the Tianqi period, there was a coachman named Qi Congbao in Shangyuan County, Yingtianfu, and he had a younger sister named Qi Yanyan. After the death of both parents, the siblings depended on each other for their lives. Now that the younger sister and Chin have reached the age of marriage, they have been delayed because Qi Congbao can't get a rich dowry.
There is a Guandi Temple in Shangyuan County. is very effective. Qi Congbao went to ask for a signature for his sister’s marriage. He signed the book and said:
"Quail, Que'er, the next life contains grass. The daughter of the living," The wife of the deceased. The rich and noble family can be expected."
Qi Congbao got the hexagram to find someone to explain. The person who canceled the sign was an old scholastic and said a lot of unfamiliar things. Finally, Qi Congbao I only know that this is an on-sign, but I don’t know about the others.
After Qi Congbao went to Guandi Temple was found out by the younger sister, she told me, "My brother is not easy to make money, don't believe in strange powers." Qi Congbao cherished the sensible little sister in his heart, such a The good woman is injustice because she can't find her husband's house because of a few pieces of silver.
In order to save his sister's dowry as soon as possible, Qi Congbao went to the car dealership to be a delivery driver. On this day, the treasurer, Qi Congbao, needed to deliver a batch of goods to Fengyang County. It took two days to return to Fengyang County. Although it was a long distance, the reward was very good.
Qi Congbao Xinran took the job. He instructed the little girl to close the doors and windows, and asked the neighbors to take care of the little girl. After everything was ready, Qi Congbao put on a carriage and rushed to Fengyang County.
Two days later, Qi Congbao successfully delivered the goods to the pick-up location in Fengyang County. The owner was enthusiastic and wanted to keep Qi Congbao for dinner, but he was worried that his little sister would not be safe at home alone. He resigned and thanked the owner for his kindness, and immediately got up and rushed back to Shangyuan County.
When the car came, the car was heavy, it was driving slowly, and the car inevitably speeded up. When Qi Congbao was driving his horse with a whip, he was suddenly stopped by a middle-aged man in sackcloth.
The man's surname is Wu and Baoqing. He claimed to be a government servant in Shangyuan County. He sent official documents to Haozhou. Due to the urgency of coming out, he entangled the disk and used up. Seeing Qi Congbao driving an empty car, he wanted to take a ride.
Wu Baoqing was about 30 years old, carrying a burden, he said: "I'm exhausted,Can I pay the fare when I get to the place?
Qi Congbao smiled and said: "When I have difficulties when going out, I happen to have to go back to Shangyuan County. If you don't dislike it, you can just take the car back with me. "
When he met his old friend in another hometown, Wu Baoqing got on the carriage and the two returned to Shangyuan County together. Wu Baoqing rarely went out on business. This was the first time he did not visit the surrounding scenery for official business. Qi Congbao drove the car because he was tired, so he looked for it. Wu Baoqing chatted to pass the time, unknowingly the two of them had nothing to say.
could have rushed to the next city before dark, but because of the heavy rain and heavy wind, it was impossible to tell the direction at all, just to be safe , Qi Congbao found a place to shelter from the rain, which wasted the time to enter the city, and the two had to sleep in the wilderness.
Wu Baoqing started a fire on the ground, and Qi Congbao found some dried straw nearby to spread it out. On the ground, the two of them ate some dry food. They were too tired to drive during the day. Qi Congbao quickly snored like thunder, and Wu Baoqing leaned against a tree to sleep.
At night, the mountain wind was strong, the bonfire was extinguished, and Qi Congbao was frozen. Wake up. He woke up with a yawn and saw that the bonfire went out, took out the fire fold and lit the firewood. Qi Congbao Yuguang saw Wu Baoqing pale and tilted his head, he went to check and found that Wu Baoqing had no breath.
Qi Congbao Shouting badly, thinking this: "Wu Baoqing has a hidden illness. The cold at night induced the disease and caused him to die. "
Wu Baoqing's death made Qi Congbao a little panic. He wanted to report to the officer at dawn, but he was afraid of getting into trouble. He wanted to send Wu Baoqing home, but he didn't know where he lived, so he suddenly thought of some in the outskirts of Shangyuan County. A chaotic grave, you can bury it there, and write "The Tomb of Wu Baoqing, Shangyuan County", then Wu's family will definitely be able to find it.
After finding a solution, Qi Congbao dragged Wu Baoqing into the carriage, and he Regardless of the darkness, he immediately drove to Shangyuan County. After a long time, he drove to Guojiazhuang. Near noon, Qi Congbao was hungry and thirsty, and there happened to be a noodle stall on the side of the road.
Qi Congbao parked the carriage at On one side, I asked the noodle stall owner for a bowl of noodles and ate it. At this moment, Guo Fugui was in the house, and Guo Fugui was searching for thieves with a few people. When he saw Qi Congbao, who had a strange face, he came forward and interrogated him.
Qi Congbao saw that the other party was crowded with people, so he had to have questions and answers. Guo Fugui heard that Qi Congbao was a coachman.Sure enough, I saw a tarp carriage on the side of the road, so I let my hand go down and check it. Qi Congbao was worried that Wu Baoqing's body would be found, and wanted to stop him, and the more and more there was no silver in the place, which made Guo Fugui suspicious.
Others knocked Qi Congbao to the ground. The investigator found a corpse on the carriage. Guo Fugui immediately tied Qi Congbao's five flowers and imprisoned him in the dungeon of Guojiazhuang. The other side informed the government. A murder happened.
Guojiazhuang is located at the junction of Shangyuan County and Fengyang County and is under Fengyang County. Guo Fugui knew that the magistrate would not be here tomorrow, so he took the carriage to a remote courtyard. As Wu Baoqing’s identity was unknown, he had to The corpse was lifted out of the carriage and placed on the open space, and the pergola was set up to prevent the wind from blowing and the sun.
Guo Fugui brought two people to guard the corpse. The guards were Guo Erniu and Guo Laoqi. They were all villagers. They were too tired to work in the field during the day, and fell asleep at night, unable to stand up.
Guo Laoqi was suffocated by urine. He got up and let go. Suddenly found that the body of the pergola was missing, he quickly woke Guo Erniu. Guo Erniu paid a lot of attention on weekdays. He said: "Zhuangzi Li recently made a wolf, maybe the wolf dragged the corpse away."
Guo Laoqi anxiously said: "Li is showing us the corpse, which is now lost. Maybe it will be punishable, what can we do?"
Guo Erniu was flexible in his mind and suddenly said, "Let’s find a newly buried corpse to replace, and scratch his face so that he won’t be recognized."
went to the cemetery, grabbed a tomb, stole a corpse, placed it in the pergola, and took a white cloth to cover the corpse's face.
Towards noon, Lord Zhou, the magistrate of Fengyang County, came to Guojiazhuang in a sedan chair. Under the support of the government officials, he came to the Guo Family Ancestral Hall. Guo Fugui had already arranged the case table, and Lord Zhou took the lead and started the trial. .
Qi Congbao’s mouth was blocked, and when he came to the lobby, Zhou Zhixian asked people to untie them and said, "Who are you? Why are you here? Why did you kill? Truly invite them, otherwise the official will be severely punished. Waiting."
Qi Congbao immediately reported his name and place of origin, and then explained the process of getting acquainted with Wu Baoqing. Before Zhou Zhixian's trial, Wu Zuo had already examined the corpse, and the cause of death was exactly the same as Qi Congbao said. wrong.
Zhou Zhixian said: "You are so brave that you dare to deceive the official. The yaman beat him twenty big boards. Wu Zuo has found out that there is a steel nail in Wu Baoqing's brain. You are so desolate. What's the crime?"
Qi Congbao was dumbfounded after hearing this, he kept kowtow on the ground yelling for injustice, Zhou Zhixian said: "The corpse can't lie, don't quibble." Qi Congbaoman His face mixed with blood and tears made people look pitiful.
Qi Congbao turned around and saw Wu Baoqing's body covered with white cloth in the yard. He didn't believe that Wu Baoqing was killed by steel nails. He obviously died of illness. Qi Congbao's courage, who didn't know where he came from, got up and rushed out of the ancestral hall and lifted Wu Baoqing's white cloth. He suddenly said, "My lord, this corpse is not Wu Baoqing." At about 30 years old, he was originally a yaman in Shangyuan and had a strong physique. He died yesterday, but this corpse had rotted at least half a month or more. Besides, his physique was thin and weak, how could he resemble a ya servant? More like a scholar."
Zhou Zhixian found the first person who found the body yesterday and asked him to see if Qi Congbao was lying. This person also said that the corpse was not the one seen yesterday.
Zhou Zhixian was furious and called the person who guarded the corpse yesterday. Guo Laoqi was timid and immediately confessed the disappearance of the corpse. The two were beaten thirty boards for punishment. At this moment, the government officer at the door came to report that there was a self-proclaimed "Wu Baoqing, who was dead, begging to see you outside."
Zhou Zhixian was surprised and asked the government officer to bring him in. After a while, a man came in and saw Qi Congbao. After arriving at him, he shouted, "Wu Baoqing, are you dead? Are you a man or a ghost?" There is croissant . I was sleeping outside the night before and caused the disease. Brother Qi mistakenly thought that I was dead."
"I can't catch the cold. As long as I have a temperature, I will recover. I was put in the hospital yesterday. In the middle of the sun, I woke up at night. Seeing no one around, I got up and left and stayed at a relative’s house in the village.This morning, I heard about a murder in Zhuangzi, and I came to watch it. Only then did I know that Brother Qi was framed for murder because of me.
Zhou Zhixian realized that this was an oolong incident, so he released Qi Congbao, but what happened to the corpse that died by inserting steel nails into the human brain?
Zhou Zhixian is also called Come to Guo Laoqi and ask where the corpse came from? Guo Laoqi brought the yaman to the paved cemetery. After seeing the tombstone, Lizheng Guo Fugui said, "His name is He Huaishan and Guo Huiniang's husband.
So Zhou Zhixian passed Guo Huiniang to the ancestral hall. After a while, Guo Huiniang came in with a man. Zhou Zhixian interrogated, "Why did your husband die?" "Guo Huiniang said: "My husband studied hard day and night, so he fell the root of the disease and died of illness within a month.
Zhou Zhixian said angrily: "Nonsense, He Huaishan obviously died by inserting a steel nail into his brain, how could he die of illness!" I think it was you who killed He Huaishan.
Just when Guo Huiniang denied killing her husband, someone outside the ancestral hall exclaimed: "There are so many sparrows in the sky." "Just after speaking, a sparrow with colorful feathers on its tail flew into the lobby, with a blade of grass in its mouth, and threw it on He Huaishan's corpse.
The government tried to drive away these sparrows, but was stopped by Zhouzhi County. After a while, the second and third sparrows were painted on a gourd, one after another hundreds of sparrows dropped grass on the corpse, completely covering He Huaishan.
After a while, He Huaishan who was lying on the ground made a cooing sound in his throat. , And then his hands and feet began to move. He Huaishan sat up under the exclamation of everyone. He opened his eyes, looked around, and looked at Guo Huiniang with sad eyes.
He Huaishan said, "I am very early. I knew that you and cousin Cui Rang had an affair, but I know that over the years, you have suffered a lot with me, and I opened one eye and closed another. But I didn't expect you two to be frantic and pierce my head with a hot steel needle while I was asleep. "
He Huaishan’s resurrection shocked Guo Huiniang. The man who came to the ancestral hall with her took the opportunity to escape, but was stopped by the gang. It turned out that this person was Guo Huiniang’s cousin, Cui Rang, and he confessed to her fornication. It turned out that Guo Huiniang was unwilling. Continue to live a poor life, stay and fly with my rich cousin with determination,Only then did He Huaishan kill He Huaishan with steel nails to create the illusion of illness and death.
Finally, Guo Huiniang and Cui Rang were sentenced to execution. He Huaishan learned that the sparrow was resurrected by the grass, and he suddenly realized: "A long time ago, I rescued an injured sparrow in the yard of my home. I took care of it for a year. After he was injured, the sparrow flew away. Could it be it? Me?"
Just as Huaishan thought, it was the sparrow he saved, holding a herb called rebirth in his mouth, and rescued He Huaishan. Zhou Zhixian exclaimed after hearing the words.
After the sentence was pronounced, Qi Congbao and Wu Baoqing returned to Shangyuan County together. The younger sister Qi Yanyan did not see her brother come back for a long time, so she waited at the gate of the city all day. Brother, there was a stalwart man sitting beside him, and Qi Yanyan suddenly blushed and dared not look again.
Qi Congbao learns that Wu Baoqing’s family is rich and unmarried, so he intends to marry his younger sister. Wu Baoqing saw a beautiful woman at the gate of the city waved to them and learned that it was Qi Congbao’s sister. To care about.
The next day, Wu Baoqing brought a heavy betrothal gift to Qi's family to propose marriage. Qi Congbao saw that the younger sister was willing, so he set a date for marriage. After the two got married, they lived a happy life. Qi Congbao suddenly thought of the Guashu, didn't he justify what was said above?
is written at the end:
If you lose your mind and lose your horse, you know you are not good. Many things that are difficult right now, as long as you overcome the past, will become a good thing afterwards.
Everyone in the story has their own hardships. Everything has spirituality. He Huaishan does good deeds and accumulates blessings. This is a blessing in disguise.
This story tells us that there are always more good people than bad people in this world, and good deeds will surely be rewarded.
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