Ming Dynasty In the early years of Zhengde, there was an old board with a silk shop in Huayang County, Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan Province, named Zhao Yuwu.
The company has a big business but is mean. She likes to brag about how big the family business it has, but she is very stingy and never wants to help anyone who comes to ask for help.
What’s even more hateful is that Zhao Yuwu also has a mouth that loves to spread rumors. Especially like talking about men and women. It’s not that someone’s wife steals the man, or that man’s wife likes to add fuel to the fire when he gets rid of the ashes. So the neighbors don't like him.
Zhao Yuwu has a thin descendant. He is in his forties and has only got a foolish son named Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu is fifteen or sixteen years old, but he is only twelve or thirteen years old, has an IQ of five or six years old, and has a poor appearance.
Huayang County There is a He family who made a fortune in making wood products. The family is well-off. The head of the He family has a wife and a concubine. His wife gave birth to a son, and his concubine gave birth to a daughter, named He Jinniang.
Zhao Yuwu saw that the He family became prosperous and wanted to marry the He family. So he asked the matchmaker to go to the He family to decide on the marriage between He Jinniang and Zhao Xu.
When He Jinniang was 18 years old, the He couple died of illness, leaving only two half-sisters.
Zhao Yuwu, because he likes to talk about his own shortcomings, was afraid that others would talk about the strengths and weaknesses between his future daughter-in-law and his half-brother, so he suggested to the He family to take He Jinniang back to the Zhao family first, and let the two get married when Zhao Xu grows up.
He family agreed.
The newcomer was taken home. Zhao Yuwu found that He Jinniang was not only beautiful, but also smart and capable, and she was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law.
But thinking of his son's stupid appearance, he was worried that his daughter-in-law would hate him. In order to keep this daughter-in-law, Yuwu and his wife treated Jin Niang as their ancestor and responded to all requests.
But they didn't know that He Jinniang was kind and virtuous. Marrying a chicken and following the chicken and following the dog, there is no intention of disgusting a foolish husband.
Zhao Yuwu has two fan pendants, one is Hanyu and the other is Canaanxiang. He was deeply loved by him and he always took turns hanging on the fan. Zhao Yuwu often showed off to his neighbors.
Two fan pendants are actually only ten taels of silver, but he told others that it needs hundreds of taels.
One day, in order to please his daughter-in-law, he asked his wife to take it for her to choose at will. He Jinniang couldn't put down her two pendants, so her mother-in-law decided to give both of them to her.
He Jinniang put away the two fan drops and took turns hanging them on the fan. When she was not in use, she put the fan drops in the box.
Zhao Yuwu hadn't been on the ceiling fan for a long time, so the neighbor asked him curiously: "Where did you go for those hundred or twenty things?"
Zhao Yuwu replied: "One day when he was playing at home, she saw her, so she liked it."
Someone in the neighbors thought to himself, "I'm afraid that Old Zhao had an affair with his daughter-in-law and gave the fan pendant to his daughter-in-law to make love."
Some people also knew that he was constantly pleased his daughter-in-law for the sake of his stupid son. It’s just that this kind of thing is hard to tell.
Zhao Yuwu looked at everyone's reaction and knew that he had just said the wrong thing, but he had already said it, and it was too late to regret it.
Let’s talk about the Zhao family next door, there is a scholar named Jiang Yu, who was originally a rich child. When Jiang Yu's parents were alive, they made a marriage with the local wealthy Lu family.
It was just that later Jiang Yu's parents passed away and encountered several disasters. Jiang Yu was a nerd who turned a blind eye to things outside the window and was devoted to reading the books of sages, and did not know how to manage the business at home.
A few years later, the Jiang family became in a downturn. I can't even get the money for getting married.
When the Lu family saw the fall of the Jiang family, they had a feeling of regretting their marriage, but they were afraid that they would be despised by outsiders, so they dragged their marriage again and again. Jiang Yu was not in a hurry because his fiancée was three years younger than him at first.
When he passed 18, he was anxious to get married, his family was left alone.
Jiang Yu is determined to get fame and revive his family. But because of the poor family, I can’t afford to hire a master or go to school. I can only study hard at home all day.
It’s a coincidence that He Jinniang’s bedroom is next to Jiang Yu’s study.
He Jinniang fell asleep in the sound of Jiang Yu's reading every day, and woke up in the sound of his reading. I couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of my heart that this person was hardworking.
One day, He Jinniang said to her mother-in-law: "The scholar next door is not sure whether he is a child or a scholar. Seeing that he is so dedicated to studying, his future will inevitably be limitless."
The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.
Mother-in-law listened to her daughter-in-law's words and imagined Jiang Yu next door, and couldn't help but guess whether her daughter-in-law was in love with Jiang Yu.
At night, my mother-in-law and Zhao Yuwu discussed with her daughter-in-law to move to another room to live in.
Zhao Yuwu also felt it was reasonable after hearing what his wife said. The next day, I asked my daughter-in-law to move from the back room to the front room.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yu knew that the bedroom of He was next to his study. In order to avoid suspicion, he also moved the study to the front room that day, just next to Jinniang.
The smart Jinniang realized that her in-laws were suspicious of her affair when she asked her to move. However, she did not defend herself.
Just moved to a new house and thought I could have a good sleep at night, but I didn't expect that the sound of the book next door was heard again. Jinniang mistakenly thought that Jiang Yu had something to do with her, but she was a married woman and had always kept her duty. Doing this will only make you feel under the drooling of others.
Jinniang couldn't help but feel resentful towards Jiang Yu. When facing my in-laws, I feel ashamed. However, her series of reactions to her mother-in-law's eyes became her relationship with Jiang Yu. However, Zhao Yuwu and his wife did not catch the evidence, so it is difficult to explain it directly, but their attention to their daughter-in-law has become more closely watched.
On that day, Jiang Yu sorted out books at home, but unexpectedly, something like a stone was found from the bookshelf. When I looked closer, I found that it was a white jade fan pendant.
Jiang Yu was shocked. At that time, the gods appeared and specially gave this thing to help him.
So Jiang Yu took a rope and stringed the fan, hung it on the fan, walked in and out, hoping that someone who knew the goods could give him a good price and let him spend a poor life.
On this day, several neighbors were enjoying the cool air under the trees, and Jiang Yu happened to hold a fan hanging from the pendant in his hand. When the neighbors saw it, they asked, "Jiang Xiucai, where did this jade pendant come from? It looks so exquisite."
Jiang Yu said, "It was given by a friend. I want to sell it. Everyone should help you estimate the price."
The neighbors took the fan pendant and saw carefully that it was the one that Zhao Yuwu always played with in his hands before, and they all remained silent.
Jiang Yu asked, "How is it? How much money do you think it is worth?"
Neighbors said, "We are not very good at distinguishing this kind of toy. Otherwise, we will find someone who knows the goods to see for you."
Jiang Yu went back with the fan pendant.
As soon as Jiang Yu left, the neighbors started to talk. Someone said with a firm attitude: "This must be Zhao Yuwu's daughter-in-law and Jiang Xiucai, and the young wife gave it to him."
Someone said: "Jiang Xiucai said it was given by a friend, but he was so poor. No friend would be willing to give him such valuable things. At first glance, the Zhao family's wife disliked her husband's uglyness and was greedy for his beauty, so she gave it to him."
Someone said sarcastically: "I always hear that old guy Zhao Yuwu plays troubles and laughs at other people's private affairs. Let's use this matter to joke with him today."
A mature man said: "There are many similar things in the world. We cannot be sure that this is the old Zhao family. Tomorrow we will find a way to ask Lao Zhao to estimate the jade pendant of the Jiang family.The truth will naturally be known. "
The neighbors agreed that the next day, when Zhao Yuwu left the house, he was called to the store by a neighbor and invited him to estimate the price of a fan pendant for himself.
When Lao Zhao heard that it was a fan pendant, he was intrigued. He hurriedly asked someone to take it out and take a look for it.
While the two were talking, some neighbors came over, and the neighbor asked someone to invite Jiang Yu.
This Jiang Yu was open-minded. When he heard that someone was about to see the fan pendant, he hurriedly took the fan pendant over. When he saw Zhao Yuwu, he asked, "Old man, you are an expert, so you can naturally distinguish between good and bad. Please estimate the price? "
Zhao Yuwu took the fan pendant and looked at it. Isn't this the white jade pendant he gave to his daughter-in-law? His face turned pale and his eyes looked at Jiang Yu coldly. But at this time, Jiang Yu thought Zhao Yuwu was suspected of stealing. He hurriedly said, "Old man, don't look at my poor family, but this pendant was given to me by my friend. "
Zhao Yuwu thought that Jiang Yu had slept with his daughter-in-law and then came to provoke him blatantly. His face became even more gray. Just as he was about to get angry, he saw the neighbors around him, but he held back his anger.
turned to Jiang Yu and said with a smile: "Your family was also a wealthy family in the past, and it was not uncommon to have a few jade toys. But this pendant looks very similar to one in my family. I want to buy it and make a pair. I'm afraid you will pay a high price. "
Jiang Yu said: "The old man has a crush on it, just give a price. It's not easy for me, a junior, to bargain. "
Neighbors saw Zhao Yuwu like this and knew that he had recognized his own object. Everyone was not worried about the trouble. They discussed in private that Zhao Yuwu must take out his own fan pendant, instead of letting him find a way to get over it.
So he came over and said, "You two can't understand the price even if you talk about it. There is a white jade pendant at Dad Zhao's house and a Canaan pendant. There are a total of 100 taels, and the other one is 50 taels. Why not let's take this first, and wait for Dad Zhao to bring the one in his house and compare the two.
If you are better, of course you have to give you more money. If you are worse, you have to give you less money. If it is the same, then you can give 50 taels. "
After saying that, he grabbed the pendant into his hand and quickly stuffed it into his sleeve.
Zhao Yuwu saw that he could not get confused, so he could only say, "If this happens, I will go back and ask my daughter-in-law first. I'll reply to you tomorrow. ”
After Zhao Yuwu returned home, he angrily told his wife about the things in the street.
After saying that, he beat his chest and stamped his feet so angry.
The wife comforted him: "There are many similar objects in this world. We'd better ask our daughter-in-law about this. Don't wrongly accuse her. "
After saying that, he went to He Jin's wife's room and said to his daughter-in-law: "Your father-in-law likes a jade pendant and wants to buy it back, but the price needs to be compared with the jade pendant in your hand to determine it. Take it out quickly. "
When Jin Niang heard this, she quickly took out the box, but the two fan pendants that were originally placed inside were gone. She hurriedly searched through the boxes and cabinets, but there was no trace of the fan pendant. When
When her mother-in-law saw her doing this, she felt that Jin Niang was deliberately doing a show for her to watch, and she couldn't help but cursed: "You lewd wife, I'm so nice to you. You did such a scandal. What are you looking for here for pretending? Why don’t you go to find a scholar next door? "
Jinniang defended herself, but her mother-in-law couldn't listen at all, but instead decided that her daughter-in-law had a fence. She slapped Jinniang a few times in anger.
Jinniang was wronged and was dissatisfied. However, after hearing that her mother-in-law said that Jiang Yu took out a fan and was seen by her neighbors, she knew that she could not defend herself in this matter and could only prove her innocence by death.
Zhao Yuwu was afraid that someone would know, and it would be difficult to endure it. She could only ask her wife to endure it and let the maid persuade Jinniang.
The next day, Zhao Yuwu went out and his neighbors asked him to fan the pendant. But he said that the fan was taken away by his daughter-in-law's parents' home.
Someone who knows the situation of the He family hurriedly said, "His family took it back to her parents' home. Could it be that he gave it to her half-brother? It just so happened that I am a good friend of him. I just asked him to send it."
Zhao Yuwu saw everyone pressing step by step, and couldn't help but say angrily: "This is my thing, why are you so anxious to see me?"
Neighbors said, "If we hadn't seen Jiang Yu holding a fan pendant before, it would be you who knew he was before. I guess why your things at home are in his hands.
At first I thought you knew it. I didn’t expect you to be kept in the dark. You have always been sensitive to these things on weekdays. If someone else’s turmoil, you can tell who will be scattered and who will raise a man. Why do you stop talking about your own house when you arrive at your own house but you don’t say anything? “
Zhao Yuwu originally thought that he had no evidence anyway, so he would just be patient. It’s better not to make things worse and lose his face.
As for the wife, it would be profitable to marry a wife like your son. If the matter is too big, the daughter-in-law will not be able to be protected. It would be better to swallow your anger and keep your daughter-in-law a little tighter in the future.
Who knows that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Now that the neighbors have said this, they can only give up their daughter-in-law.
So he sighed to everyone and said, "Everyone said that family scandals should not be made public. I wanted to think that this thing had not happened. Before, we suspected that little bitch had an affair with Jiang Xiucai, but we always wanted evidence, and were afraid of wronging her out of thin air.
Now the evidence has appeared, and I can't cover it up for her anymore. I just went to the yamen to complain, and witnesses are needed. Are everyone willing to testify for me? "Hear,
When the neighbors heard this, they cheered again, "Of course I am willing, I can be tolerated as a man." After
, Zhao Yuwu sued his daughter-in-law in court with a complaint.
At that time, there was a prefect in Chengdu who was honest and honest. He liked to do the cases in front of him by himself and never borrowed from others. This prefect pays great attention to the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues on a daily basis, and he hates people who are unfair and unfair.
There is a rape in his hands. The plaintiff basically wins, but the defendant loses miserably.
received Zhao Yuwu's complaint. Because it was getting late, he took the complaint to his study and prepared for a retrial the next day. But the next day, he couldn't find any complaints around. He thought it was the clerk who took it away, so he pulled the clerk down and beat it up. He asked Zhao Yuwu to make up another complaint, and then sent someone to get Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu's fan pendant was held by his neighbor, but he asked his neighbors every day to fan pendant, but the neighbors didn't return it to him. When he got home, he often heard the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law next door. He felt suspicious.
Wait until the officer was ordered to bring him to court, he realized that the fan fell was originally from the Zhao family
, but he felt that he would not do anything wrong and was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. He did not write a defense complaint for himself, but went to the trial directly.
Zhao Yuwu told the prefect that his daughter-in-law had a relationship with Jiang Yu. He also moved his daughter-in-law to live in, and Jiang Yu told him about the move.
The prefect is also called the witness. Everyone said that Jiang Yu held the fan and said it was given to him by a friend, but everyone knew that the pendant was originally a Zhao Yuwu object.
When the prefect heard the words of the crowd, he believed that Jiang Yu and He Jinniang were in love. However, the case cannot be judged based on one party’s speech.
So the prefect asked Jiang Yu again, "Why did you seduce a good woman? Scam sex is not counting as cheating people but also cheating people of money?"
Jiang Yu shouted unjustly: "The master is here, and the students know that their family is poor and only want to study to change their fate. How can they have the leisure to talk about love? It's just a few days ago, when the student was sorting out the bookshelf, he accidentally picked up this pendant and hung it on a fan, thinking about whether he could sell some money to supplement his family's income.
When the neighbors saw it, they all said that this was the Zhao family's thing.I don’t know whether this thing belongs to the Zhao family, but his daughter-in-law and I have indeed not deviated from it. Please give me a clear explanation. "
The prefect still didn't believe it after hearing this, and shouted loudly, "You still dare to lie." If you really have nothing to do with He, how could her things come to your home? I don't know how to tell the truth if you don't suffer from some flesh and blood. "
After saying this, someone was punished. How could he admit something that was not done randomly? Jiang Yu refused to admit it.
The prefect asked the yamen runners to punish again. Jiang Yu couldn't resist the pain and had to say, "But the student did not seduce the He family. It was probably because He was thrown over to seduce the students. It’s just that the students only want to get a good fortune and have not noticed it. If the master doesn't believe it, just interrogate He. "
so he thought that he was not a serious person when he saw He.
So the prefect came up without asking for anything, and he gave him a beat. At that time, the woman's reputation was in honor of the woman. How much damage is? He Jinniang naturally refused to admit it, let alone he has always been at ease.
But the prefect saw that Jinniang was punished and his miserable appearance was even more love-provoking. This would further determine his guess.
However, He Jinniang refused to admit it. He thought that a woman cheated must be dissatisfied with her husband, so he would naturally know what her husband looked like.
So he called Jinniang's husband Zhao Xu to the court again. I saw that the man was fifteen or sixteen years old, and his figure was eleven or twelve years old, with a little bit of numbness on his face. He was really tired of cats and dogs when he saw him.
asked again, and Zhao Xu couldn't say anything completely. He knew he was stupid at this glance.
Look at Jiang Yu again, his face was as bright as Pan An , and he was full of scholarly spirit, and he was so handsome that he was in the wind. This comparison is really in the sky and the earth.
The prefect is now sentenced to Jiang Yu to be imprisoned, so how could he be Jinniang was retired to her parents' home.
Besides, Jiang Yu was imprisoned, and he asked for money for food, and the places where he was tortured also needed treatment. His family was poor and there was no money. He had to ask for help from the Yue family Lu Mansion.
The master of the Lu family had long been dissatisfied with this poor son-in-law. He wanted to quit the bride, but now he finally found a chance. He sent a message to Jiang Yu and said, "Do you want money, but if you are willing to quit the bride, I am willing to return the bride and give you another 10 taels of silver. "
Life and death is at the critical moment, of course, fate is important, and face is not a big deal. Jiang Yu had no choice but to write a letter of departure. Jiang Yu took the money to protect himself and went home and hired a doctor to come to his house.
But he said that although Zhao Yuwu won the lawsuit, he always felt uneasy when he thought of losing a daughter-in-law.
I heard that Jiang Yu was again After retiring, I thought to myself: He cheated on my daughter-in-law, so I married his fiancée home. I couldn't be so angry that I looked up in front of my neighbors.
I heard that Jiang Yu's unmarried girl was ugly, but because Jinniang was as beautiful as a flower but was not at ease with the room, he was satisfied with this ugly daughter-in-law.
In order to anger Jiang Yu, he even boasted about marrying and entering the house, and his momentum was very popular. For greatness. Jiang Yu saw the resentment in his heart, but he could only beat his chest and sigh. Zhao Yuwu humiliated him like this. He wanted to seek death, but he was injustice and was really unwilling to accept it. He had to endure humiliation and live a life of silence.
A month later, and a strange thing was discovered in the prefect's palace.
Then the prefect was also in his forties. He had a son and had married It's a pity that he died young and only his wife was left as a widow.
The prefect had to rest on weekdays or stay in the bedroom with his wife, and he would take a break in the study when he was really busy.
On this day, the prefect went out to visit his friends, and the lady went to the study to look for books to pass the time when she had nothing to do. But she saw that the prefect had a shoe on the head of the study bedside. It was hung in the crack next to the mosquito net.
The lady took it out and saw it and recognized that it was the shoes of the widowed daughter-in-law. I couldn't help but feel angry.
When the prefect came home, the wife kept scolding him "old shameless" and "old paoxia". He also pulled most of the prefect's beard away.
The daughter-in-law is also strong and cannot bear to be wronged. Taking advantage of the injustice couple's inattention, a hemp rope ends his life.
The wife of the prefect had to calm down for the time being when she saw someone die. The prefect kept complaining that his wife had wronged her daughter-in-law and killed someone.
Because something happened at home, most of the beard was torn off again, and the prefect had no intention of coming to court. I could only take one month off to rest at home.
The prefect sat in the study and pondered all day long: I have tried so many cases for the people, and I can find evidence. Why did I not know where to start with this matter when I got to my own home?
I know that I am innocent and my daughter-in-law, but how could her shoes run to the wall of my study?
The prefect is a very thoughtful person. He looked at the wall and quickly figured out the key points. So he called the servant to pry the seam away.
Let the wife watch together again.
Sure enough, as soon as the servant removed two bricks from the wall, he saw mice rushing out one after another.
Then let the servant reach out and touch it. I saw many objects coming out, including Zhao Yuwu's complaint that he had never found before.
The prefect couldn't help but sigh: "What a strange thing, how can people defend themselves?"
The lady suddenly realized: "It seems that I really wronged you and your daughter-in-law. The shoes were also brought by mice before, but they were only stuck in the seams because the front of the shoes were pointed and the back was wide.
It's a pity that I didn't find out the truth, but instead killed my daughter-in-law's life." After saying that, she started crying.
It was too late to worry about the sky, so I rushed to Jiang's house with my police. When Jiang Yu saw the prefect coming to the house in person, he thought he had committed another lawsuit, but the official came to the house and did not dare to slacken off and could only go forward to serve.
The prefect asked Jiang Yu, "Do you have cats at home? Are there many mice on weekdays?"
Jiang Yu said, "The students have never raised cats at home, there are many mice."
The prefect sent someone to look for a mouse hole at Jiang Yu's home. Sure enough, a small hole was found behind the bookcase. Pry open the bricks by the hole and take out a dustpan of things from it. There are things inside from the Zhao family and the Jiang family, and there is also a Canaan wooden fan pendant with missing corners.
The movement of the Jiang family woke up the neighbors. Zhao Yuwu has always been active in watching the fun. He squeezed forward and saw that his fan fell was found in the mouse hole again. He looked stunned.
What else is there to understand? The white jade fan pendant must have been bitten by a mouse before, but the mouse bit the hole and broke the rope. The pendant fell on Jiang Yu's bookcase and was picked up by him.
The prefect knew that he had wronged Jiang Yu and sincerely apologized to Jiang Yu. He said to Zhao Yuwu again, "It's my uncle who made the He family suffer from the name of uncleanness. Now it seems that your daughter-in-law is a good wife. You can take her home and treat her well."
Zhao Yuwu kowtowed and said, "The villain's son is already married, so ask her to find another family."
Hearing this, Jiang Yu couldn't help but shout for himself: "Your Majesty, this Zhao Yuwu's current daughter-in-law is the original fiancée of the student."
Then, he told the Lu family that he despised the poor and loved the rich, and took advantage of the injustice to force himself to retire.
The prefect said angrily when he heard this, "Good you Zhao Yuwu, Jiang Yu did not lie to your daughter-in-law. You married someone's wife home. It's really hateful."
After saying that, someone gave Zhao Yuwu forty big boards. He also needs to be asked about his felony crime.
Zhao Yuwu said, "Although the villain married Lu, she and the villain's son did not fulfill their relationship. The villain returned her to Jiang Yu."
The prefect brought Lu, and saw that Lu's hair was yellow, his face was dark, his back was tiger's back, and his big feet were slim. It is made of heaven and earth to match Zhao Yuwu's son.
So he asked someone to invite He Jinniang again, and then said to Jiang Yu: "I see that Lu and Zhao Xu are made of heaven and earth, and you and He are also handsome men and women.
Then Lu has married Zhao Xu, but He is now a free man. Why don't I be a matchmaker, and you two will get married."
Jiang Yu, He Jinniang has no objection to this arrangement. The two got married under the arrangement of the prefect.
Later, Jiang Yu and his wife were extremely loving. Not long after, Jiang Yu had a successful career in high school. He became an official wife and was safe until he was old.
Since then, the prefect also learned that there is no truth under the stick, and then the criminal law will not be used lightly when the case is tried. Later, it was promoted to the second grade.
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