This should be the most bizarre case of Ming Dynasty . It was not the person who reported the case, but a monkey.
Wanli , the famous case-breaking expert Guo Zizhang went to Shuixi to welcome Wang Junmen who was about to pass by Jianning Mansion . On his way to rush to Shuixi, a monkey suddenly broke out halfway. The follower about
was startled and stopped quickly. He saw the monkey chirping and kept screaming.
The servant thought the monkey was hungry, so he blocked the way to ask for food, so he took out a lot of food from the food box and threw it to the monkey. However, the monkey didn't even look at the food, and still kept shouting at Guo Zizhang's sedan chair. While the left and right were not paying attention, it ran directly to the sedan chair and pulled the sedan chair without letting go. The follower around
was a little angry. He felt that the monkey was deliberately making trouble. He took out a whip and wanted to beat him. The monkey dodged left and right, but was still unwilling to let go.
, sitting in the sedan chair, naturally heard the movement outside. He lifted the door of the sedan chair, walked out of the sedan chair, and said to the monkey, , "Do you need me something, so you block the road?"
, the monkey seemed to understand his words, let go of the claws that were pulling the sedan chair, pulled his clothes instead, and pulled him forward.
The followers had to whip them with a whip again. Guo Zizhang waved his hand to stop them, but followed the monkey forward.
They are getting more and more remote and desolate. The monkey leads the way in front and looks back from time to time to confirm whether Guo Zizhang can keep up. Guo Zizhang is really sure that the monkey really asks him for help if he has something to do.
At this moment, the monkey stopped. Guo Zizhang and the others saw the scene in front of them, but they almost dropped their chin.
I saw the monkey stopping at a corpse and screaming. Guo Zizhang walked over. it was a man's body. The man should have just died shortly after he was wearing rags, like a beggar.
, but the monkey sat next to the corpse, screaming shrillly. This dead man obviously had a very close relationship with it.
Guo Zizhang checked the dead body and obviously died of a life of misfortune. There were no valuable things on his body, and some valuable things were scattered around.
Guo Zizhang looked around again. This road belongs to the official road. Usually, officials and entourages pass by from now on. Ordinary ordinary people rarely leave. The deceased is likely to be killed by the government.
But who would rob a beggar? The monkey has been following the beggar, and he must know who the murderer is.
Guo Zizhang pondered for a moment and ordered his left and right: "Go and find a sedan chair and secretly send the monkey to our mansion. Don't disclose it to anyone."
took the order and left. Guo Zizhang got up again and went to see Wang Junmen.
After picking up and dropping off Wang Jun and others, other colleagues came up to talk to Guo Zizhang.
The story of Guo Zizhang being stopped by monkeys has basically spread among his colleagues. Everyone is very curious and wants to inquire.
Guo Zizhang smiled and said, "It's just a beast. He was bullied by Raptors in the mountains and asked for help. There was nothing to say. However, a strange thing happened in my mansion recently, and I can say it."
colleagues asked what strange things were.
Guo Zizhang said: "A chair, usually well. Just yesterday, it suddenly spoke, saying that it could predict the future in advance, and no matter what you ask, you can tell me."
colleagues hurriedly asked: "What did Lord Guo ask?"
Guo Zizhang replied: "I asked him, what official can I be the best person? He He told me that he was appointed as the Minister of Rites and was a minister of the Shangshu. I asked him again, when will I die? It spoke. "
colleague asked: "Why is this?"
Guo Zizhang said: "It turns out that this chair has a characteristic, saying goodness does not mean disaster, saying life does not mean death, saying goodness does not mean evil."
" There is such a magical thing in the world."
Guo Zizhang: " If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. If all my colleagues don't believe it, I will bring my entourage to my house tomorrow to see. Please come to the hall to witness with me and see if I lie. "
naturally everyone followed. The next day, almost all the officials from the government office came to Guo Zizhang's mansion in a sedan chair, wanting to take a look at this talking chair.
Guo Zizhang privately said to his followers: "When everyone comes to see the chair later, you quietly put the monkey next to me. "
The entourages around the entourage understood. When the guests were all here, Guo Zizhang took everyone to a large yard. The entourages around the left and right brought the monkeys over, and a few servants carried out a chair.
Everyone looked around the chair and couldn't tell anything about it. This was a very ordinary chair.
Guo Zizhang asked everyone: "Did you hear the chair speak? "
Everyone shook their heads.
Guo Zizhang said: "The chair just said it clearly. It said that it would not talk about good things today, and there was an unjust case to be discussed. "
Then, Guo Zizhang asked his servant to close the door of the mansion, pretending to have just seen the monkey, and said, "Oh, why did the monkey who blocked my sedan door the day before yesterday come again today? Could it be that it has any wronged?"
So, Guo Zizhang asked someone to put the monkey on his shoulder and walk around the crowd.
Walked to the position near the gate, the monkey suddenly became furious and jumped up and rushed towards someone. The man was a servant of a visiting official. When he saw the monkey rushing over, he screamed and struggled hard, but he couldn't break free.
Guo Zizhang deliberately shouted: "Who did you murder on Shuixishan Road? Come on! "
The onlookers were confused, but the servant had a ghost in his heart, but when Guo Zizhang drank, he shivered.
Before Guo Zizhang could ask again, he took the initiative to explain: "I passed by Shuixishan Road a few days ago and saw a beggar with a monkey. He was confused for a moment and killed him and snatched four taels of silver from him. ”
Guo Zizhang continued to ask: “Do you have a grudge against him? "
" No. "
" Then why kill someone for no reason? "
" The villain just has no money to drink and wants to get some money to spend it. "
Guo Zizhang was furious when he heard this; "For the sake of personal thoughts, murdering an innocent citizen should be punished, and you can admit your guilt. "
The servant knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy: "The villain confesses his guilt, the villain confesses his guilt! "
Guo Zizhang directly asked someone to pull the servant down, put him in prison, and asked him to be executed on a date.
Only then did the colleagues understand Guo Zizhang's intention to invite everyone to see the chair. It turned out that the chair was not really good at speaking, but to break.
No one could have thought that Guo Zizhang broke a murder case with just one chair, and all admired Guo Zizhang's method of judging the case.
After the servant was pulled down, the monkey screamed at Guo Zizhang, and even bowed to him very humanely, and then began to howl again.
Guo Zizhang asked: "Do you think you didn't bury your master?"
Monkey nodded.
Guo Zizhang immediately arranged for his servants to help beggars collect the body and bury them well.
When beggars were buried, the monkey turned around three times in front of the grave, Yang Tian howled, and then died of the grave.
everyone present was moved by the monkey's loyalty and buried it next to the owner.
After Guo Zizhang learned about this, he ordered people to build a monkey pavilion to commemorate the loyalty of the monkey.
