There is a thirty-five-year-old scholar in Gaoling County named Zhang Mingyu. He studies extremely hard. Unfortunately, he is too tight on money and has no money left to take care of his relationships, so he fails in every exam.
Zhang Mingyu rented in the house of the widow Wang Po and owed rent for many years. Even the rice and noodles he ate were given to him on credit by Wang Po. Over the years, he accumulated a debt of thirty taels of silver in bits and pieces.
Wang Po was not in a hurry to ask for money. First of all, she was not short of this little silver. Before her husband passed away, he left a lot of cash. Wang Po took it out and loaned it out at usury, so she basically didn't have to worry about eating and drinking.
Secondly, Po Wang had a son, A Bao, who was just five or six years old. Zhang Mingyu lost his wife in middle age and left behind a daughter, Cai'er, who was born at the age of seven or eight and was well-educated. Po Wang intended to buy Cai'er as a child bride.
This year, it was time to go to Beijing to take the exam again. Zhang Mingyu had no money in his pocket and was worrying about how to borrow money from Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang seemed to know what he was thinking and came to his door.
Wang Po suggested: "Ms. Zhang, it's time for the scientific examination now. You must be rushing to take the exam. It's inconvenient to take Cai'er with you. Why don't you give her to me as your daughter-in-law. Let's write off the previous thirty taels of silver and I'll give you another twenty taels of silver as payment. Can you think about it?"
Zhang Mingyu was greatly moved. He couldn't repay so much money that he originally owed. Although Wang Po didn't say it, if he refused, he would definitely be chased by Wang Po for debts. By then, both father and daughter would be living on the streets. Besides, the temptation to rush for the exam was too great. Zhang Mingyu thought about it and nodded heavily.
Before leaving, Zhang Mingyu told his daughter to be diligent and serve her mother-in-law well, and to come back to her after taking the exam. Wang Po happily promised that she would take good care of Cai'er.
In fact, after Zhang Mingyu left, Wang Po hurriedly collected her accounts, moved Cai'er and Bao'er to Shangnan County, and changed Cai'er's name to Yinglian. When she arrived in Shangnan County, Wang Po continued to lend money and started her old business.
The three of them depended on each other for ten years. Baoer also became an adult. Wang Po made the decision and prepared to marry the two of them. However, before the wedding, Baoer fell seriously ill and died before the wedding.
Poor Ying Lian became a widow before she got married. Wang Po had been a widow for many years and lost her son. She put all her efforts on Ying Lian. The relationship between the two became closer and closer, not like a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law, but like a son and a daughter.
As the saying goes, "The hemp rope is cut at the thinnest, and the bad luck only finds the poor." On this day, when Wang Po came back from collecting accounts, she was targeted by Zhao Yidao, a doctor selling fake medicine. Along the way, she followed Wang Po to a dense forest. Seeing no one around, she suddenly rushed out, picked up the rope and tied Wang Po with the intention of seeking money and life.
At this critical moment, a gangster father and son passed by and scared Zhao Yidao away. The father was called Wei Hu'er and the son was called Wei Bao'er. These two people had nothing to do and wandered on the streets all day long. The neighbors avoided them.
Mrs. Wang took off the noose around her neck and hurriedly thanked the father and son, but Wei Bao'er had her own ideas and said sadly: "You and Ying Lian are two widows, and my father and I are a couple of widowers. Won't you two marry us just enough to make a good marriage for the two couples?"
Wei Hu'er was overjoyed when he heard this and seconded it repeatedly. Po Wang was frightened and waved his hands and said, "Let's make a good marriage." You two have saved my life. I will give you some more money as a thank you gift. As for getting married, you must not do it!
Wei Huer took a step closer and threatened: "What, you don't like us, father and son?" If you agree to the marriage today, just let it be. If you don't agree, we will strangle you to death. Then we will report to the officials that you were strangled to death by Zhao Yidao, and we can still get some reward money from the government."
Wei Huer said, and was about to put the noose around Wang Po's neck. Wang Po had just walked around the gate of hell. She could not stand the threat at this moment, so she hurriedly agreed, took the father and son home, and told Ying Lian what happened.
How could Ying Lian agree to such a ridiculous thing? Wei Baoerhou wanted to get closer, but Ying Lian pushed him away and complained: "Mother-in-law is so confused. What kind of people are these father and son? How dare you lead a wolf into the house? If this spreads out, how will we see anyone?" "
Poor Wang naturally knew that the father and son could not get rid of the dog skin moss. They could not get rid of both ends, so she did not refute, so she could only bite the bullet and let the father and son stay.
Poulina Wang after all Under the control of others, under Wei Huer's coercion, they became husband and wife half-heartedly. This made Wei Baoer anxious. He saw the delicate beauty right in front of him, but he couldn't kiss her, not to mention how depressed he was.
After thinking about it, Wei Bao'er blamed all of this on Po Wang, thinking that it was because she protected Ying Lian that he had been unable to succeed. When he thought about this, he couldn't help but have evil intentions: If Po Wang was killed, wouldn't Ying Lian become his own?
Wei Baoer rolled his eyes and thought of Zhao Yidao who attempted murder. Zhao Yidao's life was not easy either. After all, his attempt to kill someone was discovered. He had been uneasy these days, fearing that someone from the government would come. Catch yourself, it's like a sword is hanging over your head, and it might fall at any time.
Seeing Wei Bao'er come to him, Zhao Yidao was so frightened that his calves went weak and he ran away without turning around. Wei Bao'er was not polite and asked for a pack of Hedinghong. He also threatened Zhao Yidao to keep it secret. If he dared to tell the truth, he would go to the government and report him to death.
Zhao Yidao did not dare to disobey, so he secretly gave Wei Baoer a portion of Hedinghong, and then In the end, he no longer dared to stay in this place of right and wrong, and ran away to Xi'an Mansion to escape the trouble.
Wei Bao'er was carrying Hedinghong and was thinking about how to feed the poison to Wei Bao'er along the way. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Wang Po's high and low voice calling Ying Lian, asking Ying Lian to cook a bowl of mutton vermicelli soup for her.
A few days ago, Mrs. Wang was frightened out of her courage by Zhao Yidao, and then she had to lure a wolf into the house. She fell ill due to internal and external worries. She stayed there for several days. She even had no appetite. Today, she suddenly wanted to eat mutton vermicelli soup. Ying Lian didn't dare to neglect it. She went out and bought half a catty of fresh mutton and made a large bowl of fragrant mutton soup.
was about to carry it to Mrs. Wang, but Wei Baoer beat him to it. He said with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your hard work, madam. I am here to carry it to my mother, which can be regarded as a little filial piety." "
Ying Lian was immediately disgusted, spat, and cursed: "My mother, whoever follows you, can give it to you if you want! "After saying that, he turned around and entered the house.
Seeing no one around, Wei Bao'er poured all the Hedinghong into the bowl, stirred it evenly and sent it to Wang Po. Wang Po felt nauseous again for some reason, and she didn't even taste the mutton soup. After tasting it, he put it on the table.
The smell of the mutton brought out the greed in Wei Hu'er's stomach. He swallowed hard and asked, "This mutton soup should be eaten while it's hot. So if you let it cool down, aren't you wasting a good thing?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang said angrily: "I don't have the appetite to eat. If you want to eat, just eat." "
Wei Bao'er was waiting for this sentence, and he didn't say anything polite. He took the big bowl of Hululu and started eating. After a while, a bowl of mutton was eaten. Wei Bao'er smacked his lips, feeling a little unfinished.
He was about to find a chopstick to pick his teeth when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. With a scream, he rolled down from the stool, and soon there was no movement. Wei Bao'er heard the movement and ran over, only to see that his father was bleeding from all the orifices and could not be dead anymore, but Wang Po was still lying on the bed.
Wei Bao'er immediately shouted loudly: "Ying Lian, you poisonous woman, you killed my father, I am not done with you.""
Ying Lian was embroidering in the house. When she heard the noise and came out, she saw that Wei Hu'er was dead. She turned pale with fright and took two steps back. She was speechless.
Wei Bao'er took advantage of the victory and pursued it and said, "You killed my father with medicine. Now do you want an official position or a private life? "
Ying Lian asked: "How about becoming an official? So what if it's private? "
Wei Bao'er said with a gloomy face: "Killing to pay for one's life and debts to pay back money. The so-called official means that I will sue you for poisoning my father-in-law. We will go to court, push you forward and ask six questions, and taste all the eighteen torture instruments. I'm not afraid that you won't do it, but I'm afraid that your delicate body can't bear it! "
" Stop, stop, stop! "Wang Po was frightened and asked quickly: "What are you going to do if you get private? Is "
" private? hey-hey! "Wei Bao'er suddenly laughed, forgetting the grief of his dead father, and said with a shy face: "As long as Ying Lian recognizes me as a man and I recognize you as a mother, I will no longer pursue this matter. "
" Bah! Go ahead and daydream. Ying Lian finally came to her senses and cursed: "I've made this mutton soup, and you brought it over uncharacteristically. You must have put poison in the middle and wanted to poison my mother-in-law. Unexpectedly, you killed your own father. Ha, what retribution!" "
" What did you say? How could I poison my father to death! Wei Bao'er jumped and screamed as if his tail had been stepped on. He opened the door and shouted loudly: "Come here, folks, Zhang Yinglian poisoned her husband to death." "
Wang Po hurriedly got out of bed to pull him away. Ying Lian supported Wang Po and said, "Mother-in-law, don't be afraid. I didn't do anything wrong. I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. I didn't kill Wei Hu'er. There is only justice in the world. What are you afraid of? I will go with him to see the official! "
Wei Bao'er's shouts soon attracted the neighbors, and everyone came to the county government office. The county magistrate is a greedy guy. As long as he has money, he will call white things black and black things white. It doesn't matter whether you have laws or not, fair or unfair.
Hearing that there was a lawsuit, Wei Bao'er immediately opened a court hearing. As a rogue, Wei Bao'er often went to the county government and was very familiar with the master. After a wink, the master understood and whispered a few words in the ear of the county magistrate.
The county magistrate smiled knowingly, and after a brief interrogation, he concluded that Ying Lian was poisoned. Of course Wei Huer and Ying Lian refused to admit it, so the county magistrate asked the government officials to torture them, including clamping sticks, canings, and floggings.
Ying Lian's bones were so hard that she fell into coma three times and refused to plead guilty. When the county magistrate saw that the younger one could not handle it, he prepared to torture the older one.
Yinglian woke up from a coma and saw that they were preparing to execute Wang Po. She was afraid that her mother-in-law would be beaten to death. She thought that there was no way to rectify this unjust case today. It would be better for one to die than two, so she admitted the crime of "poisoning her father-in-law".
The county magistrate was overjoyed and compiled the case into a book. He advocated that Zhang Yinglian be sentenced to death and sent it to Xi'an Prefecture. The prefect agreed with the verdict and submitted the case to the Ministry of Punishment .
At that time, the imperial court happened to select an inspector to patrol the country and try unjust, false and wrong cases. This inspector was Zhang Mingyu, who came to take the exam that year. After high school, Zhang Mingyu returned home to find Cai'er, but found that Mrs. Wang's family had moved away. After many years of open and covert inspections, there was no news.
This time Ying Lian's file was sent to him. When he saw that it was a case in Xi'an, Zhang Mingyu was moved and took a look at it. The woman His name was Zhang Yinglian, and he was from the same sect as him. Thinking of this, he started to read through it by accident.
Looking at it, Zhang Mingyu noticed something was wrong. Why did Zhang Yinglian poison her father-in-law? What is her motivation? Where does the poison come from? None of these key issues were spelled out, and the case verdict was too confusing!
Zhang Mingyu immediately decided to go to Xi'an to try the case in person. When he arrived in Shangnan County, Zhang Mingyu ordered all the people involved in the case to be arrested and brought to court. As soon as he saw Mrs. Wang, he stood up from his seat and recognized that this person was his cheap relative. However, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not reveal the truth.
Wang Po lowered her head and did not dare to look at the high officials in the hall, so she did not recognize Zhang Mingyu. After one round of interrogation, Zhang Mingyu had already learned that Ying Lian in prison was his daughter Cai'er, and Wang Po did not marry Wei Hu'er, and Cai'er did not marry Wei Bao'er. There was no such thing as "poisoning the father-in-law."
From Wang Po's mouth, Zhang Mingyu learned that he had been murdered by Zhao Yidao, who sold counterfeit medicine, so he arrested Zhao Yidao in court. After a brief interrogation, Zhao Yidao confessed to the fact that Wei Baoer asked him to get poison.
Wei Bao'er wanted to deny it at first, but Zhang Mingyu directly ordered him to be sentenced to death. Wei Bao'er couldn't stand the physical pain, so he had to confess to all the charges. In the end, Zhang Mingyu sentenced the county magistrate to accepting bribes and sent him to the Ministry of Punishment for dismissal and investigation.
Wei Bao'er murdered his father and blamed others. He was guilty of a heinous crime and was sentenced to beheaded. Zhao Yidao was the one who committed the murder first and sold the poison behind. He was sentenced to seventy years of cane punishment and was sent to the frontier. Wei Hu'er was dead, so he was no longer pursued.
As for Ying Lian (Cai'er), of course she was acquitted and was taken out of the prison by Zhang Mingyu himself. Father and daughter recognized each other, hugged each other and cried bitterly. Zhang Mingyu restored her to her original name and brought her to the capital. Cai'er was grateful for Wang Po's care. Zhang Mingyu ignored the previous suspicion and took Wang Po into his house. This is a story for another day. #folktales#
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