In the late Qing Dynasty, there was an old farmer named Lu Jiusheng in Lu Village under the jurisdiction of Qinghe County in Huai'an Province, who gave birth to only one son under his knees, named Lu Junwa. When the child grows up to the age of talking about marriage, Jiusheng is connected to the matchmaker and Ailian, the daughter of Ge Yuzhu of The Distant Village Gezhuang. Both families were right, both had a few acres of good land, and soon set a wedding date. Eileen is eighteen years old, not only looks young and beautiful, but also knows some words, and the people in the village praise her as a good woman who knows how to read. In the night of the cave candles, Lu Junwa lifted the bride's hijab with trembling hands and saw that her wife was like a fairy, and she was as happy as a treasure. The next morning, in accordance with local customs, Jiusheng prepared a carriage early, let his son accompany the bride back to his mother's house, and sent his own Tang Brother Jiuzhan to drive the car with them.
He was over sixty years old in the Ninth War, hunched over long ago, and his ears were still very deaf, and he had to speak loudly to hear him clearly. Lucun Gezhuang is more than ten miles away from each other, and the narrow dirt road is potholed. The carriage climbed over several mounds, through a swarm of reeds, and walked for a while on the embankment lined with large poplars before coming to the village of Ge. Along the way, Lu Junwa was full of excitement and immersed in the lingering aftertaste of last night. He was born with a good voice, and he couldn't help but sing Huai opera to his wife. Eileen looked at him with affection, her face full of happy smiles. Ge Yuzhu led his relatives to stand at the entrance of the village to greet him. The new aunt came to the door, the Yuzhu family threw a feast, and everyone drank from noon to evening. Lu Junwa was particularly happy today, and he did not refuse to come to the wine toasted by his father-in-law's relatives and friends. Even the most drunk person could not stand the repeated persuasions, and when the sun was about to set in the west, he was already flushed, his tongue was stiff, and he was stumbling when he walked. The old man of Yuzhu saw his son-in-law's drunken state and was vaguely uneasy in his heart. He hurriedly persuaded his relatives, who were still making trouble, and instructed Eileen to help her husband to the car and let them hurry home before it was dark. Jiu Zhan also drank a few more cups, and his brain was still sober. He sat down in the car and threw his whip into the air, and the horse walked with four hooves towards lu village. Yuzhu's whole family was sent outside the village until they could not see the shadow of the car. He looked up to see that the sun was sinking, and his face was full of anxiety.
The carriage walked slowly, leaving Gezhuang for three miles, the sky began to darken, and the quiet wilderness was only the creaking of the rutting. The body of the car shook back and forth, and Lu Junwa lay on Eileen's leg, feeling her stomach turn over the river and the sea, and from time to time she poked her head outside the car to vomit. Eileen beat him on the back in pain and couldn't help but say a few words to blame him. A gust of wind blew and lifted the hat on his head to the ground. Eileen immediately shouted for Jiu Zhan to stop the carriage, but he couldn't hear it at all, and still drove the car forward. Eileen had to be bold, carefully jumped out of the carriage, and turned back to pick up the hat. She took her hat in her hand and turned to see that the car had actually gone far. She chased and shouted loudly. But her three-inch golden lotus little feet couldn't walk fast at all, the deaf couldn't hear her voice, and the carriage disappeared in a short while. Fearful and restless, Eileen walked forward in the darkness with her bridal robe in her hands, but she did not know the way back at all, and soon lost her way and went to another path.
The carriage finally arrived at Jiusheng's home, he and his wife had been standing at the door for a long time, and now they were finally relieved, so they went to the back of the carriage to pick up people, but they saw only their son drunkenly lying inside, and he was stunned. He pushed his son angrily and asked him why Eileen was not in the car, but he smacked his mouth and muttered. Jiusheng couldn't bear it and slapped his son hard in the face. At this moment, he himself felt the palm of his hand shake painfully, and Lu Junwa's wine immediately woke up for a long time. He covered his hot and sore mouth, stared at his father in grievance and panic, and saw that his father's old face was swollen with ochre and asked him aloud: "What about your daughter-in-law?" ”
Lu Junwa's body instantly cooled for the most part, and her eyes glanced wildly inside and outside the car. Jiusheng walked over to Brother Tang and kept complaining about him. After a while, he calmed down a little, instructed his wife to greet all the family members, searched carefully along the way where the car had passed, and sent someone to ride to Gezhuang to tell the news to the family. When Ge Yuzhu's family heard that AiLian was missing, they were all anxious, holding torches and carrying lanterns, looking in the direction of Lu Village, and there was a shouting sound on the road. The two families met on a mound, still finding nothing, torches reflecting every anxious face. A bride like a flower disappeared out of thin air, how can she not make people worry about her safety? Ge Yuzhu was distressed about his daughter and seemed more nervous than anyone else. He ordered everyone to separate and continue to search, but until dawn, Eileen still had no whereabouts, Yuzhu suddenly grabbed the collar of the nine liters, and his eyes shot out an angry light, asking him: "Did your family kill my daughter, and then deliberately trick us into looking for it outside?" ”
Lu Jiusheng never thought that the family would wronged himself in this way, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down to Yuzhu and said, "Dear family, you can't wrongfully accuse anyone, this is a lawsuit!" ”
Where did Yuzhu listen to his defense, and while dragging him in the direction of the county seat, he asked, "I didn't harm my daughter, why haven't I seen your son until now?" ”
Jiusheng was asked by his relatives like this, and only then did he think that he had not seen his son's figure for several hours and heard his voice, so he asked his family where Lu Junwa was. Everyone looked at each other and said they hadn't paid attention to him. It was really a wave of uneven waves, and the crowd began to shout Lu Junwa's name again. Ge Yuzhu said coldly to Jiusheng, "Don't act anymore, your son must be murderous and hidden." ”
The Ge family could no longer contain the anger in their hearts, and rushed to the front of Jiusheng and reached out to beat him. The Lu family saw that Jiusheng was going to suffer losses, and they did not want to show weakness, rolled up their sleeves while protecting Jiusheng, while pushing and shoving with each other, insulting each other. Jiu Sheng saw that the relatives who were still respectful to each other yesterday had now become fierce and intolerable, so they had to tear open their hoarse throats and speak loudly: "Gentlemen, gentlemen, at this point, we can only resolve the dispute at present if we go to the officials." ”
Qinghe County Ling Yu Ziqi, who was in his fifties this year, was sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms, when he was awakened by a piercing sound of drumming. He immediately changed his clothes and ordered people to ascend to the hall, and many people rushed to the hall, and the scene of the chaotic bombardment made him very angry. He slapped the shocked hall wood, and the people in the hall immediately stopped their mouths and suddenly became very quiet. He asked everyone why they were beating the drums. Jiusheng knelt down and told the story of the matter. Yuzhu also followed the weeping stream on the knees, asking the county lord to seek justice for his daughter. Yu Ziqi thought for a while with his beard, and then ordered several servants to follow the crowd to look for them again, and they must live to see people die or see corpses. The township road between Lucun Gezhuang was once again full of people, and everyone looked east and west, shouting the names of Lu Junwa and Ai Lian in their voices. Later, it was proposed to try their luck on the fork in the road, so the team turned another path that led deep into the reeds. After walking for a while, someone suddenly pointed at the reeds and screamed loudly: "Isn't that Lu Junwa?" ”
Lu Junwa curled up and squatted on the ground trembling, his hands, shoes, and clothes stained with red blood. When he saw the crowd find him, his expression became even more panicked, and tears ran from his eyes. The servant rushed to him, grabbed him tightly, and asked him why he killed people. He argued, "I didn't kill anyone, two of them were dead when I went in." ”
Believing his words, he dragged him toward the place he had identified, and soon came to the two huts. It turned out that this was the confluence of two rivers, and the house was inhabited by old men and women, who lived by ferry. The old man's name was Heng Dengfeng, who had entered the year of Hua Jia, and his wife Shao Shi was five years younger than him. Pedestrians passing by from here praised the old couple for their kindness, whether it was windy or rainy, or in the middle of the night, as long as someone crossed the river, Old Man Heng did not tire of sending people over or taking them over, and people in the eight townships called him Heng Daddy affectionately. Now, Ya Gong saw that the firewood door of the hut was open, and a smell of blood came to his nose. People looked into the house, only to see an old man lying on the ground, he was Dengfeng who had been dead for a long time, and the whole person was soaked in a pool of blood. Carefully tiptoeing into the dimly lit back room, the bedding on the bed was also stained red with blood, and Shaw was lying on the edge of the bed, his head hanging down to the ground. When the lives of the people were at stake, a servant immediately ran to the county court and told Yu county ling about the situation. He did not dare to be idle, and took a cadre of servants to the scene. After the investigation was completed, Yu Xianling saw the corpse list handed to him by Shu Zuo, and without saying a word, he ordered someone to escort Lu Junwa back to the county court. Jiu Sheng knew that his son had a murder case, and he was overwhelmed with anxiety, so he could only follow the old man's palanquin and plead bitterly.
As soon as he arrived at the county court, Yu County Order ordered Shengtang to judge the case. He loudly rebuked Lu Junwa and asked him to honestly explain the killing process. Lu Junwa trembled with fright, prostrated her head many times, and told the county order that he had not killed anyone at all. The county commander smiled coldly, he had seen too many such prisoners who did not fight or recruit. He drew out the order and threw it on the ground, and the servants understood, ripped off Lu Junwa's pants and slammed the board forty times, and the miserable cry instantly resounded throughout the lobby. JiuSheng watched as his son was beaten to death, and pounced on his knees and kept prostrating his head and pleading. Yu Xianling impatiently ordered people to drive him out of yamen. The old man looked helplessly and saw his relatives Ge Yuzhu standing indifferently next to him. He quickly walked over and tugged at his family's clothes and begged him to intercede with himself for his son. However, Yuzhu was still worried about not being able to find his daughter, and he glanced at Jiusheng and said, "He committed a capital crime, how did the county officials let him go?" I'm still going to look for my daughter!" ”
After saying that, he summoned his people together and continued to look for Eileen. JiuSheng watched in a daze as his relatives walked away mercilessly, and the screams of his son were heard in his ears. When he looked back, the servant began to pick up the board again, and two lines of old tears came out of his eyes. But he definitely did not expect that his son was really a man, and although he was beaten half to death, he still refused to admit to killing. After three days of torture, Yu Ziqi did not get a single confession from his mouth, so he had to order someone to imprison him for a long time, but it dragged on for two full years. Ai Lian was still missing, And Yuzhu thought of the woman's heart, and went to Jiusheng's house every three forks and five to make trouble, and then simply smashed his house. Jiusheng only thought about his son in his heart, and often ran to the county to spend money to inquire about the situation. The cell boss told him that in such headless cases, as long as he was willing to stuff the silver, the county order would often be extrajudicial. Jiusheng saw that his son was ushering in a glimmer of life, so he did not hesitate to sell all the fields in the family, and then entrusted people to go to the county to make some points inside and out. Yu Ziqi received a lot of silver and sentenced Lu Junwa to go to the wild land for ten years of hard labor. By this time, the sturdy and handsome young man had been tortured to the bone, and a gust of wind could blow him away. With tears in their mouths, the jiusheng old couple sent their sons for a journey after another, until their legs could not move, and then they reluctantly returned to Lu Village.
Two months after Eileen's disappearance, an open-top passenger ship was drifting slowly on the river. The night wind blows softly, and the bright moonlight shines quietly on the sparkling river. The boatman shook the wooden stake with difficulty, but his eyes squinted at the six people sitting in the cabin with no ill will. They were five men and one woman. The woman was dressed in dirty red, her hair was disheveled, and her face, though very white, looked very haggard, like the tiredness of a long journey, and a tall, strong young man was close to her. He carried a crude package on his shoulder and held her hand in one hand, as if afraid she would fly away. They sat on one side, and the other four men sat on the opposite side. They were obviously together, all well dressed, especially the man in the middle who was more striking. He looked like he was in his forties, dignified, and looked like an official. In front of them were six large locked wooden boxes, and the boatman saw that the three men had picked them up, and there must have been many valuable things in them, and they had bent the flat burdens.
The destination of this boat is across the zhenjiang river. After an hour of turbulence, the ship finally stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the people in the cabin were already drowsy. The boatman shouted, "Guys, Zhenjiang has arrived!" ”
The people in the cabin opened their eyes, and the young man took the woman's hand and walked to the shore without a word, but the woman kept looking back at the other side, and her eyes shone with crystal tears. The man pulled her hard and glared at her angrily, and the woman helplessly bowed her head and obediently followed him to the shore. The middle-aged man followed close behind, and the other three picked up the wooden box and rattled the fish and disembarked. They had just taken a few steps when suddenly seven or eight masked men sprang out of the mountain road. One of them pointed a steel knife at them and said, "Leave the box and spare you from death." ”
The six men were stunned and all tried to turn around and flee to the boat, but found the boatman behind him with a bamboo penny. Only then did they understand that the boatman and the mountain thieves were a group of people. The middle-aged man was not afraid of danger, and said sternly to the mountain thief: "If you block the road and rob, are you not afraid of the king's law?" ”
The boatman smiled and replied, "Lao Tzu's words are the Fa." ”
When he finished speaking, several others reached for the box. Of course, the three porters were reluctant and wrestled with the mountain thief, but after a while they were injured and fell to the ground. The mountain thief was triumphant, and picked up the wooden box to be transported to the ship, and the young man suddenly shouted: "Put it down for me!" ”
The mountain thief was startled by this thunderous sound, and they all looked at the young man, only to find that behind him stood a woman dressed in red, and an obscene laugh immediately appeared on her face. The thief with the knife walked up to him and scolded, "Stinky boy, you are looking for death." After saying this, he raised his knife and slashed at his head, and the woman screamed loudly in fright. But the man was not in a hurry, he threw up the package in his hand and slammed it into the face of the mountain thief, the action was as fast as lightning, the mountain thief screamed bitterly, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground. The hanzi's eyes were fast, and he picked up the knife and slashed at the mountain thief's arm, and the blood immediately flowed out of the cuff. The rest of the mountain thieves saw that their partners were injured and pounced on the man, but they were hit on the ground by his three punches and two feet. The boatman saw that the situation was not good, and he had already panicked and ran to the boat, shaking and fleeing. The middle-aged man turned the danger into a disaster and said to the young man with a happy face: "Sir is really good at it!" In fact, I did not hide it, in Xia Kuang Yang Xun, this went to Zhenjiang to take up my post, those three are my domestic slaves. Tonight, I was fortunate to have Mr. Li to save him, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable! Dare to ask Mr. Honorific name? ”
Hanzi hesitated for a moment and replied, "My name is Mo Sanlang." ”
After saying that, he pulled the woman and was about to leave. Kuang Yangxun walked quickly to them to block the way, and Mo Sanlang looked at him warily. He smiled and said, "Sanro, you have such a good skill, it is a pity that you do not serve the country." Why don't you go to Zhenjiang with me and be my head catcher in the future? ”
Mo Sanlang nodded in agreement, clutching the woman tightly with one hand and the package on his shoulder with the other. Only the woman and the mountain thief who had been beaten knew that the package contained a sharp bone-cutting knife. From then on, he was trusted by Kwong Yang Xun, and in just one year, he promoted him to the head of the Zhenjiang Prefecture and rewarded him with a large mansion with three in and three exits. However, the more the days passed, the more the servants found that this headhunter was really useless except for his martial arts. He was illiterate, his brain was slow, but his temper was unusually grumpy, and he often insulted them for no reason, and sometimes punched and kicked them. Everyone began to be full of complaints and dissatisfaction with him, and they all wanted to seize an opportunity to teach him a harsh lesson.
One day, Kwong Yang Xun Sheng Tang office. From outside the gate walked three men, one on each side with a saber around his waist, and a thin prisoner walking majestically in the middle. Wearing wooden shackles and ragged clothes, he looked around the lobby pitifully, and his body trembled involuntarily when he saw two rows of servants with killing rods. He knelt on the ground, and the official messenger respectfully handed the official wen to Kuang Yangxun. The prefect read it again, ordered the servant to take the official to rest, and then ordered the man to remove the wooden shackles around the prisoner's neck, slapped the shocked hall wood, and asked in a loud voice: "What is your name, where are you from, give me a real recruitment!" ”
The prisoner was removed from the instrument and the movement was suddenly much easier. He thanked Dai De and knelt down to kowtow to Kuang Yangxun and said, "My name is Lu Junwa, and I am a native of Lu Village, Qinghe County, Huai'an. ”
Standing on the sidelines, Mo Sanlang's body was like being shocked by electricity, and he couldn't help but look at the prisoner a few more times, thinking that this person was still very young, with an honest look, not like an evil person who dared to kill people and set fires. Kuang Yangxun read countless people, and doubts also arose in his heart. He carefully read the official text from beginning to end, looked up at the hall and said: "Lu Junwa, this official has read your case file and feels that there are many mysteries in it, but the matter has come to an end, you don't have to think too much, just serve seriously, and wait for the release of your sentence to be a good person!" ”
Lu Junwa found that this old man was kinder than Yu Ziqi of Qinghe County, whom he had met, and a stream of heat suddenly rose in her heart, tears came out of her eyes, and she kept prostrating her head in thanks. Kuang Yangxun waved his hand and said, "However, according to the laws of this dynasty, every prisoner must first hit forty killing sticks." This officer sees that you are weak and sick, so let's hit it ten times. After saying this, he took out the order and ordered it to be executed. Mo Sanlang stood up and bowed to him and said, "Lord, allow me to hit these ten sticks!" ”
The two servants pressed Lu Junwa's ass upwards to the ground, and Mo San lifted the killing rod above his head and then hit him hard on the ass. Others were shocked to see it, and thought: His strength, not to mention ten times, three strokes can kill people. However, Lu Junwa felt that the stick was like a willow brushing over the flesh, only a little pain, and after ten strokes, the ass was intact, and her heart was full of gratitude to this big man. Where did he know that the sitting old man and the headhunter who personally operated the baton were both Huai'an people, and out of the affection of their hometown, the two invariably chose pity and protection for him. He had fellow villagers in Zhenjiang to take care of him, and suffered a lot less than other labor prisoners. Kwong arranged for him to work in the mansion, cleaning the courtyard, chopping wood and carrying water, and his activities were less restricted. He cherished the hard-won opportunities, worked quite hard, worked like a cow in the mansion, and obeyed his call faithfully like a dog.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Mo Sanlang wanted to feast on several friends, so he called Lu Junwa to his home and asked him to clean the big courtyard. He was busy until noon, and the hot weather made him tired and sweaty. The head catcher and his friends sat in the courtyard and drank freely, and the smell of wine and vegetables made him can't help but recall the scene of raising a glass and changing cups at Eileen's house, and he couldn't help but be sad and stunned with a broomstick.
"Junwa, you also come to accompany us to drink a few cups." Mo Sanlang suddenly greeted him loudly. He shook his head, refused the head-catcher's kindness, and said, "In the beginning, I was blamed for being greedy and greedy, and only then did I lose my daughter-in-law halfway, and I also suffered this injustice." After that, I swore I would never get drunk again. Then, he said, "Gentlemen, how about I sing a piece of Huai opera from my hometown to entertain you?" ”
Mo Sanlang held the wine glass and said, "I didn't expect you to sing Huai opera, and I haven't heard it for a long time, so you sang it loudly." ”
Lu Junwa's mind was brewing for a while, and she sang a fragment of the Huai opera that she sang to Ai Lian on the carriage that day. Huai opera is a widely circulated drama in northern Jiangsu, and the long and poignant crying tone often makes people cry. After a few songs, the head-catcher's friend became heavy-hearted and got up to say goodbye. Mo Sanlang insisted on sending it out the door, and also instructed Lu Junwa to clean up the wine table. He carefully poured the leftovers into the barrel and was about to wipe the table when a woman with a child in her arms suddenly walked up to him, startling him. He saw the woman looking at herself with surprised eyes, and hurriedly lowered her head, her hands on the table.
"The Huai opera you sang is so good that it reminds me of a person." The woman said softly.
"Who do you think of?" His throat knots swirled nervously up and down, squeezing out a few words in a low voice.
"My husband." The woman replied, and then asked him, "Who are you?" Why here? ”
Still not daring to look up, he said to the ground, "My name is Lu Junwa, and I am a prisoner." Thanks to the headhunter taking care of me, I didn't suffer much. ”
The woman's body trembled, and she pursed her lips and asked, "What crime have you committed?" ”
He told the woman what had happened in his hometown, not noticing that tears were already rolling in her eyes. The woman asked him, "Do you still hate your daughter-in-law?" ”
He said: "I didn't hate her, I only hated myself for being drunk, not taking good care of her, and still don't know if she is dead or alive?" At the end of the speech, he slapped the face.
The woman, already in tears, asked him, "If your daughter-in-law appears in front of you, do you still want her?" ”
He looked up at the woman in amazement and said, "Yes, definitely!" ”
The woman suddenly pushed the child into his arms, "Do you see that this child doesn't look like you?" ”
He was amazed as he held the child in his hands. The child was more than a year old, and his appearance was very cute, especially the little face was exactly the same as when he was a child. He was surprised and delighted in his heart, and he couldn't say a word with his mouth open, just a strong nod. The woman could no longer control her emotions and pounced on him to hug him, and Mo Sanlang happened to walk in. Furious, he rushed to the two men to question them. The woman suddenly pushed Lu Junwa violently, and quickly ripped open the collar, revealing her white chest, and scolded with grievance: "Good you guy with a lot of guts, taking advantage of my husband's absence, he dared to take advantage of me." ”
Lu Junwa was speechless, and the child in her arms rolled to the ground, crying in pain. Mo Sanlang was furious, and he kicked at his stomach, and his fist rained down on him. The woman grabbed the catcher and said, "Don't beat him to death at home." It is better to hand him over to Lord Kwong, and if you kill him in secret, you will not be guilty. ”
Mo Sanlang felt that the woman's words were reasonable, and grabbed Lu Junwa's collar and dragged it to the mansion, just like carrying a chicken. When he reached the gate, he raised the drum and struck it hard, and Kuang Yangxun heard the sound and rushed to the hall. He threw Lu Junwa to the ground and said to the prefect, "Your Honor, this boy wants to insult my daughter-in-law when I am not at home." ”
Kwong Yang Xun angrily slapped Tang Mu and asked, "Lu Junwa, this official and the head catcher treat you kindly, why did you take revenge and do such a dirty thing?" ”
Lu Junwa couldn't say anything about her stomach grievances, she would just keep prostrating her head, her brain slammed into the ground, and the blood flowed, and soon gathered into a large piece of blood. Kwong Yang Xun is a smart person, and he thought from the beginning that the honest Lu Junwa should not make such a mistake. Now I saw him again, despite the pain, slamming hard into the ground, and there must be a reason for this. Therefore, he ordered the servant to invite the head-catcher's daughter-in-law. After a while, the woman knelt down in the hall with the child in her arms. When the prefect asked her, she didn't answer anything, just buried her head and cried. Kuang Yangxun frowned and said, "If you have any grievances, you can tell me that this official will definitely be the master for you." ”
The woman stopped crying, sobbed, and said, "If you want to be the master of me, please grab someone first." ”
"Arrest whom?" Kuang Yangxun asked.
The woman suddenly raised her hand and pointed at Mo Sanlang, "That's him!" ”
Mo Sanlang was furious and scolded angrily, "Stinky woman, you are tired of living." Come home and see I don't kill you! ”
Kwong Yang Xun made dark eyes at the other servants. Everyone understood and thought to themselves, isn't this the best opportunity for the whole head to lose his anger? So they rushed up and tied him up tightly. At first, he struggled, scolding incessantly. Those servants could not let him go unbridled, they all secretly blackened their hands, and soon there was blood flowing out of his mouth. It wasn't until he was exhausted and honestly knelt on the ground that Kwong Yangxun asked the woman to tell the truth:
The woman is Eileen. Two years ago, after she reached the fork in the road, she cried and groped forward. The ferryman heard the woman's cries, quickly came out to pick her up, led her to the hut, and asked her why she was wearing a wedding dress to this desolate wilderness. She told the old man what had happened to her. Deng Feng advised her: "Girl, don't cry, just spend the night here, and I will send you home tomorrow morning." ”
Eileen was grateful to Shu Zero, so she slept with Shaw in the back room, and Deng Feng slept on the table in the hall house. In the middle of the night, there was a sudden knock at the door. The old man lit the oil lamp and asked the visitor what was going on. The man told him, "Father Heng, I am Mo Sanlang, and I am going to cross the river to run errands." ”
Deng Feng didn't think much of it, so he opened the door and a big man walked in. The man carried a greasy wooden box on his shoulder, and as soon as his body shook, there was a clanging sound inside. Deng Feng asked him: "In the middle of the night, what is your emergency to cross the river?" ”
The man said, "I am a butcher." A family in a neighboring village invited me to kill pigs. ”
Deng Feng did not ask any more questions, and went out to prepare to go to the river. Mo Sanlang looked mischievously at the back room, and at a glance, he saw the bride sleeping in the same clothes, and he was suddenly disgusted. He walked over to Eileen's bed and reached out to touch her face. Eileen was so frightened that she hurried to the inside of the bed to avoid it, and the action woke up Shaw. She angrily rebuked Mo Sanlang and shouted Deng Feng's name. Mo Sanlang became angry and pulled out a razor-sharp knife and stabbed Shao's stomach. The old man didn't have time to hum, and he was destined to return to Huangquan. Eileen screamed in fright, but her waist was tightly wrapped around Mo Sanlang's arm, and then she walked towards the hall. Deng Feng rushed in quickly, grabbing his hand and not letting him escape. He raised his leg and kicked the old man, who was still stubbornly wrapped around him, so he raised his knife and slashed at the old man's neck, and the old man fell near the threshold. Ai Lian witnessed the two old men falling in a pool of blood, frightened and scattered, and obediently followed Mo Sanlang all the way to the south.
In the middle of the night, Lu Junwa, who was sober and sober, searched for a wife and actually found the hut of The Old Couple of Dengfeng. When he saw that the lights were still on inside, he took the liberty of going inside and stumbled upon The corpse of DengFeng on the ground, leaving him covered in blood. He was stunned, knowing that he could not wash it even if he jumped off the Yellow River, so he had to hide in the reeds and did not dare to come out.
After listening to Ailian's crying and sighing, Kwong Yangxun ordered someone to put Mo Sanlang on death row, wrote the case to the Punishment Department overnight, and asked to resign in the letter to punish him for negligence in employing people. Soon, after the imperial court, Kwong Yangxun continued to serve as the prefect of Zhenjiang, supervising Mo Sanlang; At the same time, he was relieved of his post as a county commander of Ziqi Qinghe County, and his family was confiscated. Lu Junwa was wronged and reunited with Eileen. Lu and Ge released their former suspicions and reconciled as before. On the day that Mo Sanlang beheaded him, Kuang Yangxun personally poured him a full of severed head wine and said, "Remembering that you saved me, this official personally sent you on your way and became a good person in the next life!" ”
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