At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a young wealthy merchant in Suncheon Province named Wu Changheng. Wu Changheng is kind and kind, and he is also the most honest in business, and has a good reputation in the local area.
When Wu Changheng was thirty years old, he repaired his ancestral home, but not long after he moved in with his family, a strange thing happened, and he accidentally led to an unjust case.
The story begins six months ago. At that time, Wu Changheng invited more than a dozen craftsmen to repair his ancestral home, including a young carpenter named Ding Wei. Ding Wei's master, surnamed Nie, was an old carpenter with more than thirty years of working experience, and it is said that Master Nie had also studied the Book of Lu ban and was proficient in various techniques of victory.
Wu Changheng originally wanted to ask Master Nie for help, but Master Nie resigned on the grounds of physical illness and introduced his apprentice Ding Wei to him. Master Nie never married in his life, Ding Wei was his adopted son, it was also considered his true inheritance, the craftsmanship was not bad, Wu Changheng did not think much about it, and immediately took Ding Wei to the construction site.
Ding Wei's hands and feet were sharp, and he worked seriously, which made Wu Changheng very satisfied, but not long after, a strange thing happened in the palace.
This evening, Wu Changheng returned home full of wine and food, just walked into the door to hear a clanging sound, walked to the backyard to see, Ding Wei was still busy on the construction site. Wu Changheng saw the situation and waved his hand and shouted, "Master Xiaoding, don't do it so late, tomorrow, if Master Nie knows, it is time to say that I abused his apprentice!" ”
Ding Wei raised his head, looked a little flustered, and hurriedly responded: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, I'll leave after I get this done!" Without saying a word, he continued to bow his head and work, Wu Changheng saw that he could not be persuaded, so he simply went by him.
Three days later, Wu Changheng's wife told him that there was a little girl in the house who was missing, this little girl named Wu Xin, was an orphan, had only been in Wu Province for less than half a year, and her work was still quite sharp. But in the past few days, Wu Xin suddenly disappeared, and asked all the family members in the house, and no one knew her whereabouts.
Wu Changheng did not think much about it after listening, after all, there were many scammers who sold themselves on the grounds of selling themselves in recent years, perhaps this Wu Xin sold himself into the Wu Mansion just to cheat money, and now the purpose must have been achieved. Wu Changheng and his wife exchanged two words of greeting and told her to pay attention when recruiting people in the future.
Subsequently, Wu Changheng came to the construction site, the house had basically been repaired, and Ding Wei was installing the door. Looking at the hard-working craftsmen, Wu Changheng was very happy.
After the end of the project, Wu Changheng not only distributed the salary as much, but also gave everyone a big red envelope, especially Ding Wei, and Wu Changheng generously gave him twice the salary. Subsequently, Wu Changheng happily moved in with his family, but it wasn't long before strange things happened.
That night, Wu Changheng had just fallen asleep, he heard a rapid knock on the door, he got up to open the door, but there was no one outside the door, Wu Changheng still thought he heard wrong, did not think much. But for several days, Wu Changheng could always hear a knock at the door in the middle of the night, but there was no one after opening the door.
The more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, so he secretly hid in the courtyard throughout the day, ready to see who had slammed his door. At night, Wu Changheng stared at his door, accompanied by a gust of wind, and the knock sounded again, but there was nothing at the door.
Wu Changheng was frightened and scattered, could it be that he had entered something unclean in his home? He covered his mouth and did not dare to come out, until the knock on the door stopped, and he went back into the room.
Early the next morning, Wu Changheng prepared to go to the temple outside the city to pray for incense and pray for some small things to ensure safety. Not long after he left the house, he met the old carpenter Master Nie. When Master Nie saw this, he hurried forward to greet him, thanked him, and took care of his apprentice.
Wu Changheng smiled and waved his hand, after all, that was all Ding Wei deserved. The two walked and talked, and Wu Changheng also told Master Nie what happened at home. After hearing this, Master Nie's face changed slightly, and he said lightly: "It seems that Old Master Wu's family is indeed entangled in evil spirits, if you are not disgusted, it is better to let the old man help you see, or save a fee." ”
Wu Changheng was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately took Master Nie back home. Master Nie walked into the mansion and turned around twice, and finally stopped at the door of Wu Changheng's room, and his face also eased: "Old Master Wu don't have to worry, it's just that your door is contaminated with evil qi, some souls, and it's not a big deal!" ”
Without saying a word, Master Nie took out a copper coin from his arms and nailed it to the door with a nail. Master Nie told Wu Changheng that the copper coin passed through the hands of thousands of people, and the yang qi was extremely heavy, and as long as it was nailed to the door, it could resist the invasion of evil spirits. After wu changheng heard this, he bowed and thanked him, and Master Nie waved his hand and left.
That night, Wu Changheng had just fallen asleep, but suddenly there was a scream outside the door. Wu Changheng thought to himself, it must be that the copper coin had an effect, he immediately went out, but he saw the missing lady Wu Xin slumped to the ground, and the copper coin on the door still emitted a faint black light.
Wu Xin was stunned when he saw Wu Changheng, and then he knelt down in front of him in tears and cried, "Lord, you have to be the master for me!" ”
It turned out that Wu Xin did not disappear, but was killed by Ding Wei. Half a month ago, Ding Wei came to Wu Mansion to work, and Wu Xin looked at each other, and the two often ran to the construction site at night for private meetings. But one night, the drunken Ding Wei wanted to defile Wu Xin, and Wu Xin was frightened and desperately resisted, only to kick Ding Wei's life.
Ding Wei was annoyed and ashamed, and picked up the chisel on the side and smashed it into Wu Xin's head, for a moment, until Wu Xin lost his breath. After Wu Xin's death, Ding Wei's wine was also frightened to wake up most of the time, in order not to be discovered by others, he hurriedly picked up the hammer and prepared to make a simple wooden box to transport Wu Xin's body out of wu mansion.
Just when he was making the box, Wu Changheng returned, but Wu Changheng did not come forward to check, plus it was late at night, the visibility was very low, and he did not find Wu Xin who had fallen aside.
Later, Ding Wei successfully transported Wu Xin's body and buried it in a small forest outside the city. However, the carpenter has the biggest taboo, that is, after making the coffin, he cannot make other furniture, otherwise it will make the main house obscure. Ding Wei was in a hurry, obviously forgetting this taboo, and the wooden box containing Wu Xin's body met the definition of a coffin.
It was also in this way that after Ding Wei finished making the door for Wu Changheng, he infected the evil qi after Wu Xin's death. After Wu Xin's death, the wronged soul was not scattered, and she happened to be able to follow the evil qi back to the Wu Mansion, and she knocked on Wu Changheng's door at night, just to let Wu Changheng help herself to seek revenge.
But wu xin could see Wu Changheng, but Wu Changheng couldn't see her. Coincidentally, Wu Changheng inadvertently met Master Nie, who helped him figure out a way to break the evil qi, that is, copper coins. Wu Xin returned to wu mansion again, but when she wanted to knock on the door, she was injured by the copper coin nailed to the door, and her body was contaminated with yang qi, and Wu Changheng saw her smoothly.
Wu Changheng was shocked after hearing this, he didn't expect that Ding Wei, who looked honest and honest, and was down-to-earth and willing to do it, could do such a harmful thing. He immediately drove to the official palace to report to the officials, and led the officers and soldiers to dig up the body buried by Ding Wei in the woods.
Knowing that the county saw the situation, he immediately led people to arrest the murderer Ding Wei. Master Nie rushed to the scene after receiving the news, probably unable to bear the torment of conscience, Ding Wei chose to confess, and Master Nie was full of grief and indignation after hearing it, and fell to his knees outside the county court and cried silently.
Later, Ding Wei was thrown to death row, and After the autumn asked for beheading, Master Nie left his hometown after his death and never returned. As for Wu Changheng, he spent money to bury Wu Xin's body, and did good deeds all his life, never doing anything bad again.