In ancient times, there were two petty officials in Fuliang, Jiangxi, one named Chen Qingyun and the other named Zhou Fengji. The two families were neighbors, their fathers were close friends, and their mothers gave birth to Chen Qingyun and Zhou Fengji on the same day of the sam

In ancient times, there were two petty officials in Fuliang, Jiangxi Province, one named Chen Qingyun and the other named Zhou Fengji. The two families were neighbors, their fathers were close friends, and their mothers gave birth to Chen Qingyun and Zhou Fengji on the same day of the same month in the same year. The two have played together and studied together since childhood. They eat at the same table and sleep in the same bed. It can be said that they are inseparable. When Chen Qingyun and Zhou Fengji grew up, they both worked in the county government. Passers-by could see the two brothers, who were like brothers, riding donkeys to and from get off work together every day.

Before leaving get off work one day, Chen Qingyun still had some unfinished work, so he asked Zhou Fengji to go ahead and leave later. So Zhou Fengji got on his little female donkey, pulled the reins, and moved forward slowly on the road.

A man who got off work alone

After a meal, Zhou Fengji rode a donkey to a three-way intersection. From a distance, he saw a strong male donkey slowly approaching with a pretty young woman on his back. Zhou Fengji glanced at the young woman involuntarily, then lowered his head and hurried eastward. The male donkey under the young woman was deeply attracted by the little female donkey under Zhou Fengji, and followed it closely. The young woman didn't know the way. When she saw the donkey heading eastward, she thought it knew the way, so she let it go without thinking.

After Zhou Fengji and the young woman walked together for a long time, the sun was almost setting. When the young woman saw that dusk was falling but she had not yet arrived at her destination, she felt a little uneasy, so she shouted to Zhou Fengji: "Brother in front of me, I want to go to Sunjiazhuang. How many miles is there?"

Zhou Fengji turned around and looked at the young woman. After being stunned for a long time, he said: "Sister, you are going the wrong way. To go to Sunjiazhuang, you should go west. That place is still fifty miles away from here. It is getting dark now, and you have no companions. I'm afraid you won't be able to reach Sunjiazhuang today. ."

When the young woman heard this, she felt frightened, and then she burst into tears, sighing faintly: "What should I do?"

Zhou Fengji looked straight at the young woman, with an imperceptible smile flashing from the corner of his mouth, He persuaded: "My farm is two miles ahead. Sister, just follow me there, and we can stay at my tenant's house, okay?"

Helpless woman

The young woman looked at the increasingly dark sky. , sighed and agreed to Zhou Fengji.

The two of them walked side by side, secretly glancing at the young woman all the way. Suddenly, Zhou Fengji said: "Sister, you are a lonely young woman, and I am a single man. The two of us are alone, and I am afraid that the tenants will be suspicious. You might as well pretend to be my relative, so that we can deal with it easier." Go over, okay?"

The young woman thought to herself that the relationship between the two is innocent, so why do they need to use false identities to cover it up; however, now is the time to judge people's looks, so what can they do if they don't agree? She could only nod.

Soon after, the two arrived at their destination. Zhou Fengji said to the tenant: "Li Er, this is my cousin. She was going to Sunjiazhuang and accidentally lost her way. Fortunately, I met her when I came home from get off work. It's dark. I'll bring her to stay at your house for one night. We'll leave at five o'clock tomorrow without delaying you."

Tenant Li Er gave Zhou Fengji a big gift and said, "Sir, you're welcome. Can you come? A humble house is a great honor for a villain. I am afraid that the room at home is small and that I have neglected the master."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Er led the two of them to a room and said to Zhou Fengji: "Master, this room is My sister's bedroom. She is staying at my aunt's house tonight, so let my cousin live here."

Tenant

Li Er wanted to continue, but Zhou Fengji immediately interrupted him and sent him away. After there were only two people left in the room, Zhou Fengji said to the young woman: "This is the only room left in the Li family. In this situation, you sleep on the bed and I lie on the ground. Is that okay?"

learned that he wanted to The young woman was reluctant to be in the same room with the man she had just met, but now that it was over, she could only nod.

After getting the young woman's consent, Zhou Fengji walked out of the room, went to another empty house, and removed the door panel. After doing all this, he returned to the original room and laid the door panel on the floor as his bed to rest. Then he closed the door and blew out the candle.A lonely man and a woman lived together in the same room.

At the fifth watch, Li Er opened his sleepy eyes and called Zhou Fengji, but he did not get a response from the other party for a long time. He patrolled the main room several times but did not find the two of them. He thought Zhou Fengji and the young woman had left, but when he went to the stable to see, their male and female donkeys were still tied there. So, he took a candle and entered his sister's bedroom to take a look. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. At first glance, he was so frightened that his face turned pale: they were sleeping on the bed together, Zhou Fengji hugged the young woman tightly, and their bodies, the bed and the floor were covered in blood. .

Looking at the bodies of the two people, Li Er thought to himself: "No one knows that these two people stayed at my house last night. In order to avoid causing trouble, it is best to bury them." Thinking of this, he panicked The two bodies were moved to the back of the house, dug into a hole and buried hastily.

Selling donkeys

After dawn, Li Er led the male and female donkeys to the market to sell them. A vendor who set up a stall in the market bought the two donkeys, and Li Er took the money and ran home happily.

Chen Qingyun was riding a donkey to work alone. Without Zhou Fengji to accompany him, he felt quite lonely. When passing by the market, he saw Zhou Fengji's donkey in the hands of a vendor. He couldn't help but be shocked. He thought to himself: "Brother Zhou didn't go home last night, and now his donkey is in the hands of a stranger. How can he?" Did something happen?" Chen Qingyun, who was thinking about his close friend, immediately returned and told Zhou Fengji's family his findings and worries.

Zhou Fengji's family members were extremely anxious after hearing this, and immediately followed Chen Qingyun to the market to interrogate the vendor. After learning about the donkey buying and selling process from the peddler, everyone rushed to Li Er's house and interrogated him carefully.

Everyone came straight over.

Facing the questioning of everyone, Li Er remained secretive. Chen Qingyun saw that Li Er's words were flashing and there were some red stains on his clothes, and he knew that he was closely related to Zhou Fengji's disappearance. Therefore, Chen Qingyun first stabilized Li Er, and then asked Zhou Fengji's family members to search every room in Li Er's house. As expected, a large amount of blood was found in one bedroom.

Everyone dragged Li Er to the bedroom and asked him to explain the origin of the blood stains. Seeing that he couldn't hide anything, Li Er had no choice but to tell what he knew, saw and did.

Everyone rushed to the county government office with tears in their eyes and reported the matter to the county magistrate. Knowing that two lives were at stake, the county magistrate did not dare to neglect and immediately sent a Yamen servant to Li Er's house. The officials dug behind the house and found two bodies. However, everyone soon discovered something unusual. One of the corpses was undoubtedly Li Er, but the other corpse was not a woman, but a young monk with a shaved head and wearing a monk's robe.

The county magistrate

Everyone was shocked and rushed to the county government office to report to the county magistrate. The county magistrate placed the monk's body in front of the county government office and asked the people to identify it. Many people recognized this monk and said that he was Yongming, the disciple of Master Xuancong of Pujiu Temple. The county magistrate immediately ordered the Yamen servant to summon Xuan Cong to the court.

Faced with the county magistrate's interrogation, Xuan Cong was frightened and turned pale at first, and then ignored him. When the county magistrate saw Xuan Cong's denial, he flew into a rage and said to the Yamen servant: "Put up the stick."

The county magistrate's three short words made Xuan Cong tremble all over. He had no choice but to reveal the truth and said: "Last night the poor monk and the disciples The son performed rituals at Wang Yuan's house, which ended at almost five o'clock. Then, we returned to the temple. As we passed that place, we heard a groaning sound coming from the ground. We dug up the soil and found that there was something buried inside. There was a man and a woman. The man died, but the woman was still alive. Seeing that the woman was very beautiful, the poor monk wanted to take possession of her and wanted to hide her. My disciple firmly opposed my doing this, and I was furious. I will kill him and bury the body."

Monk

The county magistrate gave Xuan Cong a cold look and said contemptuously: "Knowing people and faces, but not knowing the heart, I never thought that you, who look kind and kind on the outside, are so filthy on the inside!"

After a pause, the county magistrate asked: "Where is that woman?"

Xuan Cong replied: "She is hiding in Pujiu Temple."

The yamen went to Pujiu Temple to search and found her in a secret room. That poor young woman.

Although the murderer of Monk Yongming has been arrested and brought to justice, the murderer of Zhou Fengji is still unknown. The county magistrate thought hard and went over the details of the case in his mind, and finally found a breakthrough. He summoned Li Er to the court and asked: "Who originally lived in the room where Zhou Fengji was killed?"

Li Er answered truthfully: "It was the villain's sister Li Sigu."

The county magistrate continued to ask: "She Are you married?"

Li Er replied firmly: "No, she is still a young girl!"

A beautiful girl

After the government officials brought Li Simei to the court, the county magistrate saw that she was under 20 years old and beautiful. Beautiful, with a smile on her lips and a light in her eyes. He said sternly to the Yamen: "The murder happened in her bedroom. She is inseparable from the case. You can place her in the west wing for now. At night, I will have my own plans."

At dusk, the county magistrate called An experienced stable woman asked her to go to the west wing to examine Li Simei's body in detail. Not long after, Po Wen reported back, saying that Li Simei was no longer a virgin.

The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He quickly interrogated Li Simei and asked sternly: "To be honest, who is your adulterer?"

The county magistrate's official power made Li Simei, who had never seen much of the world, The woman was trembling all over. She opened her lips and said shyly: "Yes... it's my neighbor Wang Wu."

The county magistrate ordered the yamen to arrest Wang Wu and bring him to the court overnight, asking him to truthfully tell the truth about the crime. Wang Wu denied it at first, but soon confessed under the service of the stick, saying: "Last night, the villain sneaked into the fourth sister's room and found a man sleeping on the bed with a woman in his arms. The villain thought that the fourth sister was stealing behind my back. The man, suddenly filled with anger and evil, found a woodcutter in the woodshed and killed the two of them. Unexpectedly, the villain killed the wrong person."

learned from torture

After all the truth about the case was revealed, the county magistrate made a verdict in accordance with the law: Xuan Cong and Wang Wu were sentenced to death for committing adultery and killing someone; Li Er was sentenced to three years in prison for moving the body in an attempt to hide evidence.

After the criminal received the punishment he deserved, Zhou Fengji's family held a grand funeral for him. Chen Qingyun stood in front of his friend's coffin, weeping endlessly, and sighed in his heart: "Brother Zhou, you should never have such evil thoughts..."

Later generations have a poem to sigh: How can a young woman get lost at night, and her thoughts are wrong? The first one is special. In order to hurt four lives for one person, Daoba interpreted the words and made the accusation false.

Postscript: Because of the evil thoughts that suddenly appeared in their hearts, Zhou Fengji, Xuan Cong and Wang Wu harmed others and themselves. This incident tells people: In life, one should control one's evil thoughts and not release them to harm others and harm society.

is adapted from "Flowers and Fruits"

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