It is said that during the Qing Dynasty, there was a prefect in Jiangnan, who was upright and wise, and cut off many difficult cases for the people, so he got a beautiful name, called "Sai Bao Gong".
On this day, "Sai Bao Gong" took a small boat out to micro-serve private visits, and suddenly heard a "thumping" sound, it turned out that there was a person on the small stone bridge who jumped into the river to commit suicide.
When the "Sai Bao Gong" saw it, he hurriedly ordered the boatman to go down and rescue the man on the boat.
When the man woke up, "Sai Bao Gong" asked him why he had committed suicide.
I saw the man sigh and say, "I am a guy from a cloth shop in Jinan, Shandong, and I came here at the behest of the owner to collect some silver from the account." Because it was late, I lived in the Xinglong guest house in the south of the city, according to the rules, the money bag should be handed over to the owner of the store for safekeeping, at that time I was afraid that there were bad people among the guests staying in the hotel, so I did not dare to say that the bag was silver, but only said that it was copper coins. ”
Speaking of this, the man sighed: "Who knows that this morning, I will leave, take a look at the bag from the shop owner, but the silver inside has really turned into copper coins." ”
"Have you ever looked for a shop owner theory?" Sai Bao Gong asked.
The man was even more sad when he heard it: "I asked the shop owner to reason, and the shop owner said: You yourself said that it was copper coins, and you also found the people who heard it next to you to testify." I went to the county magistrate, but because I had all the witnesses, I was blasted out. How do I go back to paying? So, I had to die. "Say it, tears well.
After listening to this man's narration, "Sai Bao Gong" carefully looked at this man, thinking that this man looked very loyal and simple, not like a cunning person. Besides, if he didn't really encounter this, why would he jump into the river? Then, this silver may have been stolen by the shop owner.
However, it is not easy to solve this case, because the shop owner can be sure that the Shandong man himself said that it was copper money, and he can also find someone to prove it! What to do? ”
"Sai Bao Gong" thought about it for a long time, and finally had a brilliant plan. He immediately ordered the boat to sail to the county seat, and then came to the county seat.
When Zhixian saw the "Sai Bao Gong" coming, he hurried out to greet him, and the "Sai Bao Gong" discussed this matter with Zhi County.
Zhixian is also very embarrassed. There was no way to say that the lower officials were not able to do it, because there were indeed several guests who stayed in the hotel at that time. When he heard that the Shandong man handed it over to the shop owner, he said that the bag contained copper coins, and at that time, he was not condemned by blackmail, and he was already tolerant.
"Sai Bao Gong" listened, smiled slightly, and said, "Then hand over this case to the old man for trial!"
So he immediately ordered the owner of the Xinglong guest house and the guests who stayed in the hotel last night to call.
The "Sai Bao Gong" micro-service sat in the main hall, but the county order sat at the bottom, and the guest house was waiting for a cadre to come to the hall, and it was even more uneasy to see such a posture, and he did not know which adult was sitting in the hall and wanted to try this case.
"Sai Bao Gong" was shocked and slapped Tang Mu, and then said sharply: "Which of you stole the silver of this Shandong guest, hurry up and recruit it!"
The shop owner and the guests staying at the hotel said in unison: Qi Yu, this adult, the Shandong people obviously said that they said copper coins, but indeed there was no silver.
Sai Bao Gong said, "It doesn't matter if you don't tell the truth, I have a spell that can find the person who stole the silver." Come, you put your left hand out. ”
I saw the "Sai Bao Gong" pick up a red pen, write a "silver" word in the palm of everyone's hand, and then ask them to stand in a courtyard next to it, saying: "You stand one by one in the sun, spread your hands out, and whoever steals the silver will be dried off by the sun in a moment."
Those people did not dare to disobey, and stood upright under the sun one by one, stretching out their hands and looking at the palms of their own hands without blinking.
After a while, the "Sai Bao Gong" asked aloud: "Shop owner, is the word 'silver' still there?" The shop owner quickly replied, "Yes!" Then ask one by one in turn.
After a while, I asked again, like this. Zhixian, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but laugh darkly, thinking that this was just a joke.
At the same time, the "Sai Bao Gong" had quietly sent someone to the Xinglong Guest House and called the wife of the shop owner.
"Sai Bao Gong" asked the lady boss, "Where did you and your husband put the silver of this Shandong guest last night?"
The lady boss was also a pungent, her eyes rolled, and she pretended to be confused and said, "What silver?" There's no such thing!"
Sai Bao Gong raised an eyebrow, "Don't pretend to be stupid, your husband has already confessed." ”
The hostess smiled coldly and shook her head.
Sai Bao Gong also smiled coldly and said, "Don't believe it? Well, then listen to what your husband said!"
With that, he led the lady boss to a window in the courtyard and asked, "Shopkeeper." Is the silver word (son) on your hand still there? ”
The shop owner was staring at the word in his hand, lest it really disappear suddenly, and when he heard the question, he quickly answered loudly: "Yes." In! The silver word (son) on my hand is there!
"Sai Bao Gong" turned back to the lady boss and said: "You have heard it, your husband has already confessed, the silver received is there, but you still want to be cunning, hurry up and hand over the guest's silver, you can fall lightly, otherwise, hum!"
When the lady boss heard this, she was frightened, and even prostrated her head and said: "I recruit, I recruit, the silver of the guest, it was my husband who secretly changed it, and told me to hide under the big cabinet in the room."
Therefore, the "Sai Bao Gong" immediately sent someone to take the silver and returned it to the Shandong people, and the owner of the shop also received the punishment he deserved.