During the Ming Dynasty's apocalypse, there was a head of a family named Cheng Qian in Shanyang County, Huai'an Province, whose family was well-off, but his father died early and he and his mother were dependent on each other since childhood. Cheng Mu had a clan relative named Fan Youcai, who was good at planning and entrusted people to find an errand in the Cheng family. Cheng's mother was kind and let him become Mr. Bookkeeper.
Fan has a financial age of nearly thirty and stutters. The three generations of ancestors are tenants, according to the generation, should call Cheng Mother as a cousin, but because the Fan family and the Cheng family have already produced "five clothes", plus the Cheng family's direct relatives and friends are all scholars, there is no shortage of high-ranking officials and nobles, the Fan family just wants to climb, and the Cheng family can't climb the Fan family of the three generations of mud legs.
Therefore, in order to change the family situation, Fan Laohan had to provide Fan Youcai to study in a private school no matter how tired he was. Emperor Tian did not pay off, Fan Youcai was seventeen years old and won xiucai. I thought I could soar to the sky, but I didn't expect that ten years would stop here, and Fan Laohan was depressed.
Although Fan Youcai has read the sages for more than ten years, he is born with a good temperament, and often goes to the hook bar with his friends to listen to music. Whenever he was drunk, his mouth was unguarded, and he flirted with the Cheng family.
Cheng Mu is well aware of her cousin's bad habits, but Fan Youcai will manage the accounting office in an orderly manner, since he came, the Cheng family's monthly silver income has increased, it is Cheng Mu who occasionally beats Fan Youcai, as long as he does not commit adultery, Cheng Mu will also turn a blind eye.
Cheng Qian was nineteen years old, and he passed the boy exam last year and studied at the government. He was a man of integrity, and he could not tolerate sand in his eyes, and he was very disdainful of Fan Youcai's character. However, several times with Cheng Mother complained, wanted to drive Fan Youcai away, Cheng Mother did not agree, but was preached by his mother, which made Cheng Qian even more ruthless Fan Youcai, so on a dark night, he instructed several family members to put Fan Youcai who had returned at night into a sack and beat him severely.
When Fan Youcai learned that the initiator was Cheng Qian, he cried and cried in front of Cheng Mother to complain, and Cheng Mother was very shocked to see her cousin's face full of blood, and when she learned that this was Cheng Qian's doing, she apologized to Fan Youcai. Let Fan Youcai give fifty taels as a gift, and Fan Youcai got the silver and left happily.
Cheng's mother saw that her son was impulsive and reckless, so she wanted to marry her son and let him start a family and reap the rewards. Under some inquiry, I took a fancy to Huang Yuanwai's daughter, who was white and beautiful, and everyone was a bridesmaid, and more importantly, the matchmaker said that she looked good and raised.
Therefore, the two families exchanged marriages, and found Mr. to set an auspicious day for the zodiac, and the two set up the heavens and the earth and entered the cave room. That night, the lights were bright, and the Cheng family feast was full of friends, blowing and playing and singing, whitewashing the Taiping Dynasty.
Fan Youcai was drunk as he was destined, but the wine was not good, and a few glasses of yellow wine were in his stomach, and he was slightly drunk, and began to talk nonsense. Although the two were only ten years apart, he praised himself as Cheng Qian's cousin and said something ugly about him.
The good deeds around him fanned the flames on the side, and he said: "Fan Xiucai Daya, has your cousin got your guidance, the ability to distinguish sounds by column, and to recognize women?" ”
Fan Youcai said dismissively, "As far as he is a small child with a bad smell, his knowledge is still shallow, how can he compare with me?" If he came to me, I might consider teaching him how to spend the night in the cave. ”
Everyone at the table laughed loudly, they didn't notice that there was Cheng Qian standing not far away, he had already listened to Fan Youcai's words, at this time, he was eager to tear up this poisonous mouth. Cheng's mother saw that her son's face was not good, and she was a little worried about his body.
Cheng Qian, afraid of his mother's worries, hid his dissatisfaction well and continued to return to the table to toast. Here Fan Youcai left the Cheng family under the pretext of dizziness, just when he went out, he just went out of the house at the same time as a person wearing satin, but there were too many guests that day, and it was night, Fan Youcai did not have the other's face, greeted each other, and after going out, they parted ways, one to the east, one to the west.
After Fan Youcai returned home drunk, he fell asleep on the bed without changing his clothes, and Fan's mother saw that her son was drunk again. I had to change his clothes and take them outside to wash them. Less than an hour later, the Fan family's courtyard door was kicked open. Several fierce and evil family members, surrounded by Cheng Qian, who was carrying a sword, walked into the courtyard.
Fan Mu slept relatively lightly, and was awakened by the outside of the courtyard, she put on her clothes and walked to the courtyard, seeing the groom's official Cheng Qian's face full of anger, Xiao Yi asked, "What are you doing?" ”
Cheng Qian saw that she was Fan Youcai's mother, and he said angrily: "The evil thief Fan Youcai insulted my wife, and I will definitely behead him for such a great vendetta." ”
At Cheng Qian's suggestion, Jia Ding rushed into the house and dragged the sleeping Fan Youcai to the courtyard. When he saw that he was drunk and unconscious, he dug a scoop of cold water from the water tank and threw him awake. The cold water pierced the bone, and Fan Youcai, a stirring spirit, woke up.
After Fan Youcai woke up, he saw that he was in the courtyard, and the surrounding family members were looking at him with a tiger's eye, and he trembled and said, "Nephew, what is the matter with me?" ”
Cheng Qian, hearing this, knocked Fan Youcai down with one foot, pointed his sword at him, and said, "You evil thief, our family is so good to you, you ungrateful guy, you are really a thief with a black heart." ”
It turned out that Cheng Qian had drunk three rounds and walked into the cave room surrounded by everyone, only to see that his wife Huang Shi was already asleep in bed. As soon as Cheng Qian walked in, he saw Huang Shi sit up in horror and angrily rebuke Cheng Qian, "Why are you here, the prodigal son of a disciple?" ”
Cheng Qian said innocently, "You are my wife, and I am your husband." I should have been here. Huang snapped, "Nonsense, my husband just got out of the room." Cheng Qian heard that, and only then did he find that Huang's clothes had been taken off, his hair was also draped, and his wife was already a human woman.
Cheng Qian reported his identity and said the eight characters of Huang's birthday, and Huang believed Cheng Qian's identity. Suddenly, she burst into tears and told her what had just happened.
It turned out that when Huang was waiting in the wedding room, a man dressed in the groom's red clothes pushed the door in, he did not say a word to open the Xipa, before Huang spoke, the man carried Huang to bed, the curtain was lowered, Jinge iron horse, a song was sung.
After a moment, the man put on his clothes and left the room, and it wasn't long before Cheng Qian came in, and Huang realized that the man just now was not a husband. Cheng Qian hurriedly asked, "Can you clearly see what that person looks like?" ”
Huang Cried and said, "When the man entered the house, the candle just finished burning, and I didn't see what he looked like, but this man stuttered a bit." ”
Cheng Qian paced in the room, thinking about who among the guests would stutter. Suddenly a name appeared in my mind. "Fan Youcai, you black-hearted thief, I don't share the heavens with you." Cheng Qian then remembered that Fan Youcai among the guests was stuttering.
Cheng Qian pulled out his sword and rushed to the banquet, he looked around for Fan Youcai's figure, and there was a family member who told him that he had seen Fan Youcai go home, so a group of people came to Fan's house with great momentum, and the scene just now occurred.
Just as Cheng Qian was chasing Fan Youcai with his sword, a group of servants surrounded the Fan family, and wang Chong, the head catcher, said to the crowd: "Fan Youcai caused the woman Huang Shi to hang herself, and now she is detained in the county court for trial." ”
Ya Gong dispersed the family and dragged Fan Youcai from them to the county court. A moment later, the county ordered Zhao Kui to sit on the top of the lobby, and Fan Youcai was tied to his knees on the ground.
Zhao Xianling said: "Before Huang Hanged, he left a letter, naming and naming her name, saying that you Fan Youcai insulted her. What do you have to say now? ”
Fan Youcai cried out for wrongdoing, and Zhao Xianling said angrily, "Do you still dare to argue that Huang Clan died mingzhi in order to wrongfully accuse you?" ”
Zhao Xian ordered The Servant to torture Fan Youcai, but he really couldn't stand the pain, so he confessed to coveting Mei Se and killing huang. In the end, the evidence was conclusive, and Fan Youcai was sentenced to a decision.
A few months later, Cheng Qian suddenly escorted the two to the county court, and Zhao Xianling asked, "What have you done to the county court?" Cheng Qian knelt on the ground and said, "I have finally found the real culprit who killed my wife." ”
It turned out that the Cheng family tenants had caught a thief on Zhuangzi, and the other party was afraid of being sent to the official palace, so he told a major secret, hoping to exchange it for freedom.
The thief's name is Yang Mazi, and he has a clan relative who is also a thief named Du Gui. While the two were drinking, Du Guiwei was drunk and said that the first man of the Huang clan was him. Therefore, Du Gui said that on that day, the Cheng family married, and all the people present were big people, and he took the opportunity to go in and steal things.
When Du Gui came to the marriage room, he suddenly gave birth to evil from the side of the guts, and decided to pretend to be the groom official to kiss Fangze, but he did not expect that the Huang clan did not have doubts, so he achieved a good thing, and afterwards Du Gui also stole the dowry of the Huang clan.
After Cheng Qian learned of this, he immediately led people to find Du Gui's residence, squatted outside for three days, and finally saw Du Gui, and everyone worked together to capture him, and then searched for the Huang dowry that had not yet been sold out in Du Gui's home.
Cheng Qian, knowing that Fan Youcai had been wronged, regretted that he had taken the two thieves to the county court, and Yang Mazi confessed to the theft and confirmed that Du Gui was the one who insulted the Huang clan. Du Gui saw that the matter was exposed and had to confess. Zhao Xian ordered Yang Mazi to be thirty plates, and Du Gui bullied the women and sentenced them to beheading.
On the other hand, Zhao Xian ordered Fan Youcai's reputation to be restored to the Punishment Department, and he was dismissed from his post and held responsible for the mistake of misjudgment. Cheng Qian felt that Fan Youcai's death was also at fault, so he took Fan Mu to the family for support, and instead of Fan Youcai, he gave Fan Youcai a pension and sent him to the end. At this point, an unjust case in the Ming Dynasty was concluded.
Write at the end:
Fan Youcai is a tragic figure, because his mouth is unguarded, his private morality is damaged, and he has become the scapegoat of the bad guys. Flies do not bite seamless eggs, but how can a clean and self-righteous person be blamed for no reason?
In reality, it is not black and white, sometimes what you see is not necessarily the truth, Fan Youcai's unjust case is caused by Fang, there are his own reasons, there are also external views on him preconceived is a bad person, the crowd did not listen to Fan Youcai's defense, subjectively think that he is a bad person, bad people must do bad things, this story gives us a moral, do not act impulsively, must look at the problem rationally, there is no regret medicine in the world.