Ming Dynasty During the Chenghua period, there was a wealthy family in Huizhou Prefecture. The surname was Cheng, and the locals called him Cheng Chaofeng. Cheng Chaofeng's family is rich, as the saying goes: I think of lust with fullness and warmth. This sentence is perfect for him.
As long as a woman with a little beauty is seen, she will try every means to get it no matter how much it costs. I don’t know how many good women were harmed by him, but this person is rich and most people can’t afford to offend him. When encountering such a thing, they can only swallow their anger.
There is a couple who make a living by selling wine on Yanzi Street, Huizhou. The man is called Li Fangge and his wife’s surname is Chen. She is beautiful and charming. Once when Cheng Chaofeng saw him, he often went to Lijia Liquor Store to chat with Chen's on the grounds of buying wine. Chen is also a serious family and ignores him every time. Cheng Chaofeng thought to himself: "Is there any money that cannot be done in this world? The couple is not rich, so I don't believe in not loving money."
One day, Cheng Chaofeng asked Brother Li Fang: "How much money can you leave after you work hard in a year?" Brother Li Fang said embarrassedly: "Thank you to Chaofeng's care. When I am good this year, let alone the money left, I will not be able to pay the daily expenses." Cheng Chaofeng said: "If I give you 1000 taels of silver and let you expand your business, what?"
Brother Li Fang said: "In the opinion of Chaofeng, it is worth mentioning, but for us poor people, it is an astronomical figure. I don't know what I have, Can Chaofeng look down on me like this? "
Cheng Chaofeng said, "I'm not giving you all this money for nothing, but there is something at home that I want to borrow and use, and I will return it to you after using it. You will not lose any loss."
Li Fangge said, "What is the valuable thing in my family? Can Chaofeng still like me? If you need it, just use it."
Cheng Chaofeng said, "Even if you are willing to lend it to me, your wife may not be willing to do so. Otherwise, discuss with your wife to see if you can agree. If you agree, I will send the money to you tomorrow."
On the evening, Brother Li Fang told his wife Chen about this matter. Chen knew what Cheng Chaofeng meant as soon as he heard it. So he said to Brother Li Fang, "Listen to him, there is nothing in our family that can make him like him except me. He must have wanted to make an idea for me. You guys, don't let him coax it."
The next day, Cheng Chaofeng indeed brought a pack of silver. When he opened it, he saw Bai Cancan and saw that it was thirty taels. Cheng Chaofeng asked, "How are you thinking?" Brother Li Fang said, "What are Chaofeng saying? Apart from my wife and I, there is nothing valuable in the family, except for me, but my body. I just don't know what you want to borrow?" Cheng Chaofeng replied, "What I want to borrow is on my body. Don't you know in your heart?"
Brother Li Fang smiled embarrassedly and said, "Chaofeng, don't joke!" Cheng Chaofeng replied, "How can I have the intention to joke with you like this? If you agree, you will leave all these silver for you. If you don't agree, then forget it." As he said that, he pretended to pack up the silver.
Brother Li Fang felt reluctant to let him go when he saw that he was going to take away the money. Cheng Chaofeng also saw the hesitation in Brother Li's eyes, so he picked up a ingot of silver and stuffed it to him and said, "I'll give this ingot of silver first, and then discuss it with your wife when I go back, and then reply to me."
Brother Li took the silver and went home to find his wife Chen. He said to Chen, "You guessed it is true. He just liked you. After being humiliated by me, he gave me a ingot of silver as a pledge." Chen said, "How can you ask for this ingot of silver? Isn't this a plea for him?"
Brother Li Fang advised Chen, saying, "A poor people like us can never save this ingot of silver in their entire lives. Why don't you just drink a drink with him, and we can get some money, and our lives will be better in the future." Chen refused at first, and couldn't resist Brother Li Fang's persuasion, but in the end he reluctantly agreed.
Brother Li Fang found Cheng Chaofeng and said, "I will arrange a table of wine and food tonight. Come to my house. Thank you." When Chaofeng heard this, he knew what it meant, so he agreed readily.
At night, Brother Li Fang arranged the food and went to someone else's house to hide. Cheng Chaofeng came to Li Fangge's house impatiently. He saw that the door was not closed, and knew that it was leaving it for him. So he went in and locked the door and walked towards the inner room. Seeing the table in the house full of dishes, there was no one. When I walked in, I was so scared that one soul ascended to heaven and two souls left my body.
It turned out that he saw a headless corpse lying under the table, looking at the clothes that were Li Fang Ge's wife Chen. He was so scared that he snatched the door and ran home.
Besides, Brother Li waited at his friend's house until midnight before going home. When I walked to the door of my house, I saw the door open and thought that Cheng Chaofeng was really careless and didn't even close the door. When he entered the room, he didn't see Cheng Chaofeng, but saw Chen's body lying on the ground. He was frightened and thought to himself, "What happened? Why did Chaofeng kill my wife?"
So Brother Li hurried to Cheng Chaofeng's mansion and knocked on the door. When he saw Cheng Chaofeng, he questioned, "Why did you do a good thing, why did you kill my wife?" Cheng Chaofeng explained me, "I didn't kill me. When I arrived at your house, the man was already dead." Brother Li naturally didn't believe what he said, and he got entangled with him. He reported to the government until dawn.
The government judge Wang Tong was responsible for the investigation of this murder case and led Li Fangge and Cheng Chaofeng to the scene. After investigation, it was concluded that Chen was killed by someone, and no valuable clues were left on the scene.
Judge Wang Tong said to the two, "Tell me what's going on?"
Judge Li Fang said, "Chaofeng fell in love with his wife Chen. Who knew that he came to the door to pester while I was not at home. It must be my wife who refused to be killed by him." Cheng Chaofeng defended himself, "Brother Li Fang invited me to his house as a guest. When I went there, his wife had been killed. Please observe clearly." Judge Wang Tong saw that there must be a hidden secret, so he interrogated the two of them. They couldn't stand the torture, so they had to ask for the matter: Brother Li Fang invited Cheng Chaofeng to his house to drink and let Chen accompany him.
Wang Tongzong also knew what was going on. He should not have killed the person, but who killed him? Brother Li Fang has never offended anyone in business, and Cheng Chaofeng has no motive for murder. Now he only has a corpse, but no head is seen. Where is the head left?
The judge immediately arranged for his men to go out for a search to see if he could find any clues. At this time, an old man provided a clue: a wandering monk used to beat the gong here every night to ask for charity, which had lasted for more than a month. But he didn't hear his clapper sound last night, it might have something to do with him.
Tongzong agreed, "This kind of wild monk often does some crimes, and it should be him. But where to find this person?" Someone suggested: "There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Moreover, it is related to Cheng Chaofeng. It is better to ask him to pay some money and offer a reward for everyone, and there will definitely be a result."
As the saying goes, it is easy to do things with money. Not long after, someone provided clues, saying that in Ningguo Mansion , there was a monk like this who begs every night and lives in a temple at night.
Wang Tongzong arranged everyone to capture him and designed a plan to let a petite yamen runner wear a woman's clothes and lie on the necessary road leading to the temple. When the monk came over, the yamen runner pretended to be a woman's voice and shouted loudly: "Stinky monk, come back to my head!"
The monk was so scared that he trembled all over when he heard the sound. The monk panicked and hurried back to: "Your head is on the shelf of your neighbor, don't bother me anymore." Hearing this, the yamen runners appeared and grabbed the monk and took him back to Huizhou Prefecture.
Tongzong interrogated the monk, why did he kill Chen? The monk said that that night, he saw that his door was not closed, so he went in directly and found a beautiful woman sitting at the table. He was immediately lustful. Who knew that Chen would not obey him, so he was so angry that he took out his talisman and chopped down Chen's head, and hid it on the shelves of the shop next to his house.
So the judge sent someone to summon Zhao Da, the owner of the next store, and asked, "Where is the head of Chen?" Zhao Da returned, "When I saw a head on his shelf, I was very scared and afraid of getting involved in the lawsuit, so I took it down and buried it in the back garden."
Zhao Da led the judge and came to the back garden and pointed to a place, saying that it was there. When the yamen runner got the order, he dug up with a shovel, and soon a head was dug out. The judge said, "It's true here." Then he cleaned the soil and found that there was a beard on the head and chin.
This is strange. Chen is a woman, how could she have a beard? The judge said angrily, "You are clearly a man's head, what's going on?" He looked at Zhao Da again and found that he had disappeared. It turned out that he found that what he dug out was not Chen's head, so he ran away quickly.
The judge ordered Zhao Da to be captured immediately, and he must have other cases. Soon, Zhao Da was taken back. Knowing that the matter had been exposed, he had to come with the truth.
It turns out that this head is from a man named Ma, and he and Zhao Da have some hatred. One day, I met Zhao Da who came back from chopping wood in the wild. Zhao Da took the opportunity to kill him, chopped his head down and took it home, and buried it in the back garden. When identifying the burial place, he recognized the wrong place and dug out the head of the man named Ma.
Everyone sighed that one murder case led to another grievance. Could it be that there is really God's will in the dark? As the saying goes, if you want others to know, you will not do it yourself. This is what you mean.
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