It is said that there is a person in Jianning Province, Chen Ye, who trains monkeys to play monkeys for a living. The monkey in his hand was trained by him to do whatever he wanted, just like his own family. The performance of one man and one monkey on the street can always make everyone laugh.
On this day, Chen Ye took the scattered silver obtained from the monkey to a shop called Xu Yuan to exchange for a whole piece of silver. There was not much loose silver, just four or two wholes.
I didn't expect that this mere four or two pieces of silver would kill Chen Ye. What's going on? It turned out that when the silver was exchanged that day, it was seen by a palanquin driver who carried a palanquin.
This caravan was a native of the country, and knew that Chen Ye was an outsider and could not stay in Jianning for long, so he followed Chen Ye. In this remote place in Shuixiwei, he actually killed Chen Ye and snatched away the four or two pieces of silver.
A few days later, a senior official passed by Jianning. According to the rules, Jianning's officials were going to meet and send them off. The location happens to be in this place in Shui xiwei. Because this place is remote and there are few people, it will not be too disturbing to the people, and the key is to be afraid that someone will stop the car and file a complaint.
There was a judge in this Jianning province named Guo Zizhang, known as "Guo Bairi". This means that this person is an official who is clean and upright, has a quick mind, and is very capable of solving the mystery of the case, just like the sun during the day.
On this day, he was also in the greeting team. The party had a total of more than forty palanquins, his palanquins in the middle. Seeing that Mizu nishio was ready to assemble, suddenly the monkeys had entered the caravan team from the outside.
What is this monkey going to do?
It turned out that this monkey was Chen Ye's monkey. The process of seeking wealth and killing people was seen by this monkey. Tuqi only cares about the name of the victim to rob the silver, where will pay attention to this wild monkey who can't speak.
The monkey grabbed Judge Guo's palanquin and did not let go. He was beaten by the servants and caught deadly. Judge Guo looked at it, is there something wrong with this? Say to the monkey:
"What's the matter with you?" I'll send a tolerance to follow you. You let go first."
The monkey let go of the palanquin, turned around step by step so that the tolerance could follow him, and stopped at a bush. When the tolerance saw a corpse in the bush, he took the monkey back to Judge Guo:
"This monkey took me to a bush with dead bodies in it."
Judge Guo said:
"There's really something going on, so the two of you borrow a palanquin and carry the monkey to my office." In addition, we must pay attention to the fact that this matter should be kept confidential and not allowed to leak, otherwise I will hit each of you with thirty big boards."
When they got to the place, the big guys were waiting for the big officials to pass. Colleagues asked Judge Guo:
"It's really strange that a monkey stopped your palanquin just now, why don't you want to sue?"
Judge Guo said:
"It's the wild monkeys in the mountains who are chased here by tigers and wolves, and there's something weird about it." But I really have a strange thing, and I said to you that it is really strange."
"There was an old chair in my door, and I saw that it was covered with ash, and I was ready to sweep it with a duster. Who knows this chair opened its mouth and said don't hit me, you have something you want to know, I can tell you. ”
I was also curious, so I asked how big an official the chair could be. The chair said to be able to do the ceremonial waiter. I asked the chair again what year I died, and the chair didn't speak."
"I picked up the duster and prepared to fight, and the chair opened its mouth and said that I only said good things, not bad things. Then I asked my future son what my future holds. The chair said five sons, three of whom would be in the middle. It's such a strange thing."
Judge Guo's colleagues said:
"If anyone else says it, let's listen to it as a joke." But from the mouth of your Judge Guo, it seems to be believeable. ”
Judge Guo saw that the people did not believe him, and said:
"There are important things to do today, and tomorrow we will all witness this miracle together"
Without much effort, the whole Jianning Mansion knew that Judge Guo was going to take out a chair tomorrow for everyone to see.
The next day, the common people came to Judge Guo's gate in droves. For this kind of thing, the curiosity of the common people is far more serious than that of officials. Officials have not come, but many people in the vicinity have come. The officials who came were deliberately invited by Judge Guo.
Judge Guo saw that people were standing in the hall and said to his side:
"Go and move the monkey over and quietly put it behind my desk"
Subsequently, Judge Guo took out his chair and began to knock on the chair.
Judge Guo turned his head and asked:
"The chair is talking, do you hear me?"
Where can the crowd hear the chair speaking? Several of the invited officials laughed and said that they didn't hear it, and Judge Guo pretended to say:
"It seems that only I can hear it alone, but I relayed it, and the chair said, today it does not talk about good things, there is a grievance in this hall."
After saying this, he ordered the door to be closed, and asked the servant to put the monkey on his shoulder and walk around the hall to observe. Suddenly, the monkey pounced on a person, scratching and scratching.
When Judge Guo saw this, he asked him to bring the man to the front of the hall. The others were surprised that the monkey scratched what the man was doing. The man was so frightened that he did not dare to speak.
Judge Guo asked:
"Who are you?" Why kill the monkey trainers? How much silver was robbed?"
The man thought that "Guo Bairi" was indeed like a god, and he also knew that he could not hide it, and honestly explained the process of killing Chen Ye.
Judge Guo was angry, four or two pieces of silver, you will kill people? Subsequently, he and other colleagues jointly applied: to be decided and put into prison first.
Who knew that the monkey came forward to pray for two prayers, and then shouted. Judge Guo asked:
"Is it true that your master is still not properly buried?"
Immediately, the two men were ordered to bury Chen Ye together with the monkeys. After burying Chen Ye, the monkey also lay on the grave with a few howls. When the tolerance saw this, he buried the monkey next to Chen Ye.
When Judge Guo found out, he built a pavilion next to the monkey grave, called the Yi Monkey Pavilion. And the experience of the righteous monkey was carved at the edge of the pavilion to teach the world.
The story is adapted from "The Case of Lian Ming"
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