Ming Dynasty During the Jiajing period, there was a small mountain village called Zhoujiazhuang at the foot of Bailong Mountain. As the saying goes, "Five the mountains and rely on water to eat water." Because it is close to Bailong Mountain, most of the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang make a living by hunting.
There is a young man named Zhou Dayuan in Zhoujiazhuang. This person is twenty-five years old. His parents died since childhood and he also made a living by hunting. Because he is brave, everyone in the village calls him "Zhang Dabang".
Early this morning, Zhou Dayuan entered the mountain early, and before he knew it, he came to the back mountain.
Back mountain has always been a forbidden place in the minds of Zhoujiazhuang villagers. I heard older villagers say that the back mountain is not only poisonous snakes and beasts, but also monsters often appear. Therefore, the people in the village have never stepped into the back mountain.
As soon as he entered the back mountain, Zhou Dayuan felt a bone-broken chill. Although it was only a ridge from the front mountain, the front mountain and the back mountain were completely two different worlds.
The ancient trees in the mountains are towering, the mountain wind is whistling, and the roar of wild beasts comes from time to time. It is gloomy and terrifying in my ears. Even Zhou Dayuan is very brave, but he is still scared and sweats.
But since you have already come in, are you just going out with nothing?
, with a tough head, Zhou Dayuan took a few more steps forward.
At this moment, a white shadow suddenly flashed behind a big tree five feet away in front. Zhou Dayuan quickly stopped and took a bow and shot an arrow at Baixiang.
Zhou Dayuan is not only bold, but also has a great archery technique. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a hundred steps to penetrate the poplar. Perhaps because he was afraid, his accuracy was much more tilted than before, and the arrow shot to the big tree.
Perhaps because he was frightened, Bai Ying rushed out from behind the tree and ran straight ahead. Zhou Dayuan quickly got up and chased, chasing while shooting, but the white shadow seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. No matter how Zhou Dayuan aimed, he never hurt the white shadow.
In a moment, Zhou Dayuan was out of breath. He saw that his prey was about to be obtained, but it was a slight difference. Zhou Dayuan's stubborn temper came up.
The white shadow seemed to be deliberately trying to tease Zhou Dayuan, and he walked and stopped. After stopping, he kept looking back and looked back. Seeing this, Zhou Dayuan became even more angry, so he chased after him again.
After chasing for about a quarter of an hour, Zhou Dayuan's legs seemed to be filled with lead and could no longer walk. Then he collapsed on a stone beside him and started to rest.
Just then, a sound came from Zhou Dayuan's ears. He hurriedly hid himself and looked in the direction where the sound came. Not far ahead, the white shadow actually walked towards him.
Seeing this, Zhou Dayuan's heart couldn't help but raise his heart to his throat. He wanted to walk but was out of control. The sound was getting closer and closer. After a moment, Zhou Dayuan saw clearly that Bai Ying turned out to be a white fox.
In a blink of an eye, the white fox had already walked to Zhou Dayuan, stopped ten feet in front of him, lying on the ground, and shouted at Zhou Dayuan.
For more than ten years, Zhou Dayuan encountered the fact that prey was automatically delivered to his doorstep. He couldn't help but feel confused.
After resting for a while, Zhou Dayuan stood up and walked towards the fox. Seeing Zhou Dayuan walking towards him, the white fox slowly turned up and turned around and walked towards the front. While walking, he also looked back at Zhou Dayuan.
What's wrong with the white fox? Why don’t you run away when you see the hunter coming?
Just like that, the white fox walked slowly in front, and Zhou Dayuan followed behind. Not long after, the white fox stopped in front of a cave.
Why did the white fox bring me here? Could it be that there is something in the cave? Zhou Dayuan walked into the cave while thinking.
As soon as he walked to the entrance of the cave, Zhou Dayuan was shocked.
There is actually a white bone in the cave!
Is the white fox leading me here just to let me discover this white bone? Zhou Dayuan felt puzzled.
With a puzzled mood, Zhou Dayuan walked into the cave and packed the scattered bones into a cloth bag he carried with him, intending to take it down the mountain and buried it.
After packing up the bones, Zhou Dayuan walked out of the cave. The moment he walked out of the cave, Zhou Dayuan saw an incredible scene: the white fox actually knelt there like a human. Seeing this scene, Zhou Dayuan was stunned.
Who is the owner of the bone?
Why did he (she) die here?
Why did the white fox lead me here?
With a puzzled mood, Zhou Dayuan walked down the mountain. After going down the mountain, Zhou Dayuan first found a place to bury the bones, and then went home.
slaps his mouth with rice randomly, and Zhou Dayuan lay down, and soon after, he fell asleep.
In my sleep, a woman who was about eighteen or nineteen years old appeared. The woman didn't say a word, but just looked at Zhou Dayuan and shed tears silently.
Zhou Dayuan quickly asked, "Girl, who are you? Why did you appear in my dream?"
The woman didn't say anything, but just pulled out a hairpin from her head and handed it to Zhou Dayuan's hand and then disappeared.
Zhou Dayuan asked quickly, "Girl, don't leave, what do you mean?" While saying that, Zhou Dayuan got up and was about to chase him. With a "Tun" sound, he bumped into the door.
This collision caused Zhou Dayuan's head to hurt. In an instant, he woke up: It turned out to be a dream!
Just as he was about to lie down again, something in his right hand caught his attention. How could there be another thing in his hand for no reason?
So, he quickly lit up the oil lamp, came to the oil lamp and looked at it. There was an silver hairpin in his hand. Seeing this, Zhou Dayuan couldn't help but think of the dream he had just now.
Then, cold sweat emerged from him again.
Who is the woman in the dream? Why did she put the hairpin in my hands? What does this hairpin represent?
Zhou Dayuan couldn't figure it out. After some trouble, he could no longer sleep, so he got up early.
Because of the hairpin, Zhou Dayuan did not go to the mountain to hunt the next day. He wanted to go to the city to find someone to find out.
More than two hours later, Zhou Dayuan entered the city. As soon as he entered the city, Zhou Dayuan started to find someone. Soon, he found out that the hairpin came from a silver shop in the east of the city. According to the address provided by him, Zhou Dayuan came to this place called "Wang Ji Silver Smith Shop".
Silver shop is not big, there is only an old man in his fifties inside. Zhou Dayuan then took out the silver hairpin and said to the old man, "Shopkeeper, I have a hairpin here, please show it."
The old man looked at Zhou Dayuan, and then asked, "Are you selling hairpins or making a new style?"
Zhou Dayuan said awkwardly, "Shopkeeper, I don't do anything, just let you see it."
"This is the first time I have encountered a person like you. Isn't it just a hairpin? Is there anything good to look at?" the old man asked in confusion.
Zhou Dayuan smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, don't say it's you, I also think it's strange. Last night, I was sleeping well, and a woman handed the hairpin to my hands. I thought it was a dream. I didn't expect the hairpin to be really in my hands. Are you surprised?"
After hearing Zhou Dayuan's words, the old man was also confused: "There is still such a thing? Young man, you can't steal this hairpin, right?"
When he heard this, Zhou Dayuan was anxious: "Shopkeeper, you dare not say anything. If this hairpin was stolen, would I dare to come to you so openly?" Zhou Dayuan said as he was about to take the hairpin away.
When the old man heard him say this, he couldn't speak anymore, so he took the hairpin and started to look.
Unconsciously, the old man's face slowly changed.
After a while, the old man said to Zhou Dayuan with a serious expression: "Young man, tell me the truth, how did this hairpin come from?"
Zhou Dayuan hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, why am I lie to you? The hairpin was indeed handed over to me by a woman in a dream last night."
The old man asked afterwards: "Woman? How old is it?"
Zhou Dayuan said: "About 18 or 19 years old, he looks pretty handsome."
After hearing Zhou Dayuan's words, the old man couldn't help but take a breath. Seeing the old man's actions, Zhou Dayuan's heart also became up and down, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, how are you? Have you seen something?"
The old man said, "Young man, tell you the truth. This hairpin was made for Zhang Lian'er, the daughter of Zhang Yuanwai, five years ago. I remember that it happened to be Zhang Lian'er's birthday at that time, so his father customized a hairpin from me. That's right, it's this hairpin! But..."
Speaking of this, the old man suddenly stopped, and Zhou Dayuan asked quickly, "But What? "
The old man said, "That Zhang Lian'er has been missing for several years!"
After hearing the old man's words, Zhou Dayuan was stunned: "What? Is it missing?"
The old man nodded. After listening for a while, the old man immediately took the hairpin and said to Zhou Dayuan: "Young man, this Zhang Man's family is not far away. Why don't you go to his house with me?" After that, regardless of whether Zhou Dayuan agreed or not, the old man pulled him out of the silver shop.
As soon as he left the silversmith shop, a young man in his thirties came towards him. When the young man saw the old man, he asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, what are you doing in a hurry?"
Shopkeeper Wang looked up and hurriedly said, "It's Mr. Liu, it's a coincidence. I'm about to go to your father-in-law's house. Since I met you, it will save trouble." After that, Mr. Wang turned around and said to Zhou Dayuan, "This is Mr. Liu, the eldest son-in-law of Mr. Liu, Zhang, and Mr. Liu, was the eldest son-in-law of Mr. Zhang. , that is, Zhang Lian'er's brother-in-law, Zhang Yuanwai has only two daughters, and the same goes for him."
turned around and returned to the silversmith shop again, shopkeeper Wang took out the hairpin and said to Mr. Liu, "Young Master Liu, this guy came to my shop with a hairpin and said to me to show it. When I looked at the hairpin, I found that it was your sister-in-law who had been missing for five years. Look, it was this hairpin!" After that, shopkeeper Wang handed the hairpin to Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu took the hairpin and looked at it for a while, then asked Zhou Dayuan: "To be honest, how did this hairpin come from?"
Zhou Dayuan then said to Mr. Liu again what he said to Mr. Liu. After hearing Zhou Dayuan's words, Mr. Liu sneered, "Hmph! Who are you lying to? Say, what happened to you to do to that girl? Is she dead or alive?"
When he heard this, Zhou Dayuan was frightened and quickly explained, "This young master, I don't know the woman you mentioned at all. The hairpin did appear in his dream yesterday."
Mr. Liu snorted coldly, "Who are you lying to? Tell me quickly! What happened to you to do to that girl? This hairpin was clearly obtained after you killed her? Is that true?"
Mr. Liu's words stunned Zhou Dayuan, and suddenly, the one he met in the back mountain yesterday sounded in his mind. White bones, so he quickly explained, "Mr. Liu, listen to me, yesterday when I went to the mountain to hunt, I found a white bone in a cave. Last night, I had that strange dream. Could that white bone be your sister-in-law who has been missing for five years?"
When he heard this, Mr. Liu was furious: "What? She has become a white bone? You must have killed her! Let's go and meet the official!" After that, Mr. Liu stepped forward and pulled Zhou Dayuan and walked out. Before leaving, he said to Manager Wang, "Bar. Wang, please go to my father-in-law's house to report and say that the murderer who killed Lian'er was found!"
At this time, Zhou Dayuan was speechless.
killed the person and took the hairpin and turned it into money after the news of the wind. It sounded reasonable. No matter how Zhou Dayuan explained Mr. Liu, he did not believe it at all. Soon after, he was taken to the county government by Mr. Liu.
I heard that it was a missing case three years ago and the county magistrate was very surprised, so he immediately opened a trial of the case.
In the lobby, Zhou Dayuan told the whole story of what he encountered that day. After listening to Zhou Dayuan's confession, the county magistrate was also very surprised.
Then, under the leadership of Zhou Dayuan, everyone came to the place where he buried his corpse. After digging out the corpse, they concluded that the corpse was Zhang Lian'er's.
So, Zhou Dayuan was inexplicably regarded as the murderer of Zhang Lian'er. Mr. Liu believed that the case was very clear and firmly demanded that Zhou Dayuan be imprisoned in the death row, and the county magistrate saw that Zhou Dayuan looked honest and did not look like a person who was unforgivable, so he first imprisoned Zhou Dayuan and was convicted after he had conclusive evidence.
That night, the county magistrate was sleeping in the back yamen. Suddenly, a sound of "Tong, Tong, Tong" came in. After being woken up, the county magistrate was puzzled: Who is full and has nothing to do and is doing in the middle of the night and is beating the drum and making trouble? So he arranged for his subordinates to go to the county government office to see what was going on.
Not long after, the yamen runner came back in panic: "Master, big, big things are wrong!"
County magistrate looked at the yamen runner with a slight angrily on his face, and said with a slight angrily: "What's wrong? Is the sky falling? Who is beating the drum at the door?"
The yamen runner stammered: "Master, you, go and have a look!" What's going on? Isn’t it just beating the drum and making trouble? Is there anything I can't wait until tomorrow? The county magistrate said in his heart.
It can be seen that the yamen runners looked unconscious, so the county had to put away their doubts and came to the county yamen gate.
gently pushed open the gate of the county government, and the county magistrate looked out, and the scene in front of him scared him to death.
Under the dim moonlight, a white fox was jumping up and down. Every time he jumped, the white fox's head hit the drum and made a "Tun, Tong" sound.
White fox beats the drum and complains about his grievances! What's the situation?
Seeing this strange scene, the county magistrate suddenly remembered what Zhou Dayuan said during the day. Zhou Dayuan also had a white fox in his mouth. It was through the white fox Zhou Dayuan that he found the corpse?
Is Zhou Dayuan really wronged?
Thinking of this, the county magistrate whispered to the white fox: "Baihu, are you going to argue for Zhou Dayuan?"
Hearing this, the white fox stopped jumping up and down, but nodded to the county magistrate, then turned around and left and disappeared into the night.
Looking at the figure of the white fox moving away, the county magistrate couldn't help but think: Did Zhou Dayuan really be wronged? If he is wronged, who will be the real murderer?
The next day, the county magistrate released Zhou Dayuan on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence. After learning that Zhou Dayuan was released, Mr. Liu was very surprised, so he found the county magistrate and asked about the reason.
The county magistrate did not tell him the story of the white fox, but said that there were many doubts in the case. After listening to the county magistrate's explanation, Mr. Liu was very dissatisfied, but he still endured it.
Zhou Dayuan did not take this matter too much. After returning home, he still repeated the simple and fulfilling days before.
says that in this world does not have an airtight wall . Although the county magistrate did not tell Mr. Liu that day that the white fox was beating the drum in the middle of the night to make trouble, Mr. Liu learned about this from the yamen runners within a few days.
The corpse was found by the white fox with Zhou Dayuan. After Zhou Dayuan was imprisoned, the white fox was beaten to the drum and complained about him and was released. What was the origin of this white fox? Mr. Liu was very confused and decided to go to Zhou Dayuan's house to inspect.
After inquiring about the address of Zhou Dayuan's family, Mr. Liu set out.
Since Zhou Dayuan was released, the white fox came to his house. During the day, it followed Zhou Dayuan up the mountain to hunt, and slept beside Zhou Dayuan at night, always staying away from Zhou Dayuan.
Perhaps I had predicted something. During the day, Zhou Dayuan had just returned from hunting. The white fox did not follow him back home, but ran towards the outside of the village alone.
Zhou Dayuan felt something was different, so he followed it from afar. Not far away, a figure entered his sight. After a closer look, it was Mr. Liu who sent him to the county government that day.
Isn’t it over? What did he do here? Zhou Dayuan was very confused. In order to avoid the emergence of troubles, Zhou Dayuan did not show up, but hid aside and watched quietly.
Let’s talk about Mr. Liu, who was very tired all the way along the mountain road. He just rested for a while by the roadside. At this moment, the white fox appeared. Seeing this white fox, Mr. Liu immediately became energetic and chased towards the white fox.
Just like that, the white fox walked in front and Mr. Liu chased after me. Not long after, Zhou Dayuan also followed Mr. Liu.
After walking for about half an hour, the mountain road became more and more rugged. Next to a big tree, the white fox stopped and disappeared.
After coming to the big tree, Mr. Liu was already exhausted and exhausted. She planned to sit on the tree beside the road for a while, but before he could sit down, cold sweat suddenly emerged from his head.
, what's going on? How could you come here?
Then, Mr. Liu knelt down and kowtowed to the big tree. Not long after, he stood up and muttered constantly as if he was crazy.
Zhou Dayuan, who was hiding beside and watching from afar, was also frightened by Mr. Liu's strange behavior, so he stood up and walked towards Mr. Liu. Strangely, Mr. Liu seemed to have not seen him, and ran to the bottom of the mountain.
A few days later, Zhou Dayuan received an invitation, and the person who sent him the invitation was Zhang Yuanwai.
After receiving the invitation, Zhou Dayuan was very confused. Only after he came to Zhang Yuanwai's house did he know the whole story.
It turns out that it was not someone else who killed Zhang Lian'er, but Mr. Liu!
Zhang Yuanwai has two daughters in total. The eldest daughter is Mr. Liu's wife and the second daughter is Zhang Lian'er. Since becoming Zhang Yuanwai's son-in-law, the restless Young Master Liu has taken up the idea of his sister-in-law.
Zhang Lian'er is a stingy person by nature and has not given Mr. Liu a good face several times. In order to avoid the incident being exposed, Mr. Liu had the idea of killing Zhang Lian'er.
One day three years ago, Zhang Lian'er went out to a long door. As soon as she went out, Mr. Liu quietly followed her from behind.
As he walked, Zhang Lian'er noticed Mr. Liu behind her, so she ran away aimlessly. Under a big tree, she could no longer run and stopped.
After Mr. Liu caught up, he wanted to act ill-behave against her. In order to keep her chastity, Zhang Lian'er jumped off the cliff.
After falling off the cliff, Zhang Lian'er did not die immediately, but was dragged into the cave by the white fox.
The white fox was also quite human. After dragging Zhang Lian'er to the cave, he also found some wild fruits for her. But finally, due to his serious injury, Zhang Lian'er died three days later.
After Zhang Lian'er's death, the white fox stayed by her body until Zhou Dayuan appeared.
After the truth was revealed, although Mr. Liu was already crazy, he was still punished as he deserved.
In order to thank Zhou Dayuan for his kindness, Zhang Yuanwai accepted him as his adopted son. Later, Zhou Dayuan left Dashan and lived with Zhang Yuanwai. He then got married and had children, serving Zhang Yuanwai until his old age.
Since the truth was revealed, the white fox has never appeared again, and no one knows where it went.
Why does it appear and why it disappears? No one knows the answer.
(Story End)
