Wen | military martial arts
During the Ming Dynasty, there was a Fujian writer named Yu Xiangdou, who compiled many cases of the Ming Dynasty into a book, named "Huangming Zhusi Lian Mingqi Judgment Case" and the sequel "Huangming Zhusi Gong Case". There are a lot of strange cases recorded in it. Today, the author will talk about a strange case of a newlywed marriage in the Ming Dynasty recorded in it. It is said that there is a Huzhou capital in Zhejiang next to Taihu Lake, which is now called Huzhou City. There is a local member with the surname Zhang, who has a good field in the family, but only one son under his knee. When he reached the age of marrying a wife, he married Miss Sima of the local eunuch family.
The two houses are right, and the big day has already caused a sensation in ten miles and eight townships. There was a thief named Du Wu, looking at the hot eyes, ready to wait for the opportunity to attack. He pretended to be a guest and sneaked into the new house. Only this is the safest place to go unnoticed. He hid under the bed and waited until dark to move. Soon, a couple of newcomers were escorted into the cave by relatives and friends. That night, after the groom and Miss Sima had some warmth, they asked, originally scheduled to be married last year, why is your family not allowed to let me miss Miss Miss for a year. Miss Sima said shyly, originally scheduled to get married, my left foot suffered from frostbite, can not walk, find Langzhong to see a year before being cured, so it is delayed to this day. The husband and wife chatted, and the groom asked about the situation of the Sima family and rested.
Late at night, they all sneaked out of the new house to steal, who knew that the old Zhang family showed off their wealth, and stayed up all night for three days and three nights. This is all five, hiding in the cave room does not dare to show his head, hungry for 3 days. Later, I really couldn't stand it, and I took the risk. I didn't expect to be caught by the family and beaten up. Du Wu was beaten so badly that he couldn't bear it and said, "You report to the official, I didn't steal anything?" Seeing that the thieves were really arrogant, the people twisted them to the government.
In the hall, the five evil people first sued, claiming that the villain was not a thief, but a langzhong. Last year, Miss Sima suffered frostbite, which I healed. But her family has not paid for it, so I chased it here. In fact, Du Wu was also forced to tell everything about Miss Sima s medical experience that he overheard in the cave room. Zhang Yuanwai naturally did not know about his son's daughter-in-law's new house, and he was stunned there. The county magistrate asked all five, then you talk about the bride's family. All five answers are like a stream. Even the county magistrate believed it and questioned Zhang Yuanwai, you said that he was a thief, he said that he was a doctor, and now he could only summon your daughter-in-law to the church and ask the truth.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, whether a woman broke the law or not, it was a disgrace to be brought to court. Once a female prisoner, she often suffered several times more sins than men, and there was an unwritten rule that when a female prisoner went to the lobby, she did not ask for the guilt, but took off her clothes and staff for fifty years. For women, this is not only a pain of flesh and skin, but also an embarrassing spiritual humiliation. There are also many city thugs who will gather in the public hall to watch and boo. Zhang Yuanwai was naturally reluctant. He spent silver and asked a county official who could speak for help.
The county officials knew a lot and came up with a good idea. He was sure that Du Wu had not seen the true face of the bride, so he asked Zhang Yuanwai to find a dusty woman to talk back to the church. If Du Wu is wrong, it can be proved that what he said is false. Sure enough, Zhang Yuanwai found a beautiful prostitute in the church, and the county official asked him if he knew this woman, and they were very proud of it, and they also learned the bridegroom's milk name of Miss Sima . The county officials came out to prove that the case was only closed, and all five were brought to justice.