During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar named Ji Yiwen in Wenzhou County, Ji Xiucai and his wife Liu Shi had a daughter, the couple regarded their daughter as a pearl in the palm of their hands very much, this Ji Xiucai was good, that is, there was a problem that was drunk as fate, and after getting drunk, there were inevitably some incidents, so his wife Liu often complained.
On this day, Ji Xiu was invited to his home by a friend to drink, drunk, and did not return home shakily until dusk. He had just walked to the door of the house, he saw a large group of people around the door, looked closer, it turned out to be an old man who sold ginger accused his boy of giving him less ginger money, Ji Xiu asked the original committee and said to the old man who sold ginger, this money is not less. The old man selling ginger heard that his heart was not convinced, so he argued a few words, and Ji Xiucai came up with a drink at this time, waving his hand forward and punching the old man in the face.
I didn't want this old man to have asthma root, so he was punched by Ji Xiucai and actually fainted. Seeing that the old man fainted, Ji Xiucai was stunned, and the wine was also awake for most of the time, and he hurriedly carried the old man into the house with the family boy and let his wife Liu Shi bring hot tea soup to pour down.
After a while, the old man who sold ginger slowly woke up, Ji Xiucai hurried to apologize, and entertained the old man with wine and dinner, and gave him some silver and a white silk when he left, and the old man was grateful and took the gift and left in a hurry.
Sending away the old man, Ji Xiucai was slightly relieved, and his wife Liu Shi returned to the inner room, recounting the hurt experience, Liu Shi advised him to drink less in the future, so as not to cause trouble again, Ji Xiucai nodded and said yes, and the couple rested.
Sleeping until midnight, a rapid knock on the door woke up Ji Xiucai, he hurriedly got dressed and got up to open the door to see, it turned out to be the ferryman Sun Liu, Ji Xiucai saw Sun Liu holding a bamboo basket and white silk selling ginger old man, frightened as earth.
Sun Liu said, this evening, the old man who sold ginger took my boat to Huzhou, on the way to the way, asthma attack, he told me before he died that it was you who injured him during the day, he handed me the bamboo basket of white silk, and asked me to do justice for him, and now the old man's body is still on my boat, go, we see the official!
Ji Xiucai listened to the buzzing of his head, calmed down a little, and then told Sun Liu, I will go with you to see! So he and the boy carried the lantern with Sun Liu to the boat, and sure enough, a dead body lay flat on the deck, the sky was dark, Ji Xiucai did not look closely, he had to admit it, and he made a hundred and two pieces of silver to hand over to Sun Liu, asking him to laugh and accept, this matter was not loud, Sun Liu got the silver triumphantly, satisfied.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was late at night, Ji Xiucai and two domestic servants quietly buried the dead body in the open space next to the ancestral grave, and after the fact, it was late at night, and several people quietly sneaked back home, and then said that Sun Liu got Ji Xiucai's silver, and when he returned, he simply sold the ship and opened a silk cloth shop in the provincial city.
After this disaster, Ji Xiucai gave up his addiction to alcohol before he changed his mind, and immersed himself in learning at home all day, but he was also at peace. Time flew by, and a year passed in the blink of an eye, on this day, Ji Xiucai's beloved daughter suddenly got a serious bean rash, continued to have a high fever, did not see a rash, and gradually fell into a coma and unconscious, Ji and his wife were helpless and anxious.
On this day, Ji Xiucai suddenly heard that there was an old doctor surnamed Wang in the provincial city who was very skilled in treating bean rashes, so he hurriedly ordered the domestic servant Ah Mao to go to Dr. Wang overnight. Ah Mao walked to the halfway, hungry and thirsty, just happened to have a hotel in front of him, he went in to eat a full meal of wine, did not want this A Mao to drink too much wine for a while, confused and lost the post of asking for a doctor, the address of this Dr. Wang, is even more forgotten, Ah Mao is afraid of Ji Xiu before scolding, had to hang out and dare not go home.
Besides, the Ji couple at home eagerly awaited the arrival of Dr. Wang, and waited until noon the next day when there was no shadow, and their beloved daughter was beaten to dusk, and finally gave up, and the husband and wife, holding the body of their daughter, cried bitterly.
At the time of the palm lamp, Ah Mao came back alone, facing Ji Xiucai, he had to be full of nonsense, saying that Dr. Wang had gone to a distant place for treatment, and waited until the sunset to see no one return, so he had to return alone. Ji Xiucai listened to the look of loneliness, now that his beloved daughter has passed away, it is pointless to blame the domestic servant, just send Ah Mao to rest for the time being.
Ah Mao had thought that this matter had been confused in the past, but one day after drinking, he told the family boy about this matter, and the family boy turned around and told Ji Xiucai, who was furious and ordered the domestic servant to beat Ah Mao hard, settle the salary with him, and throw him out.
Ah Mao was beaten so badly that he returned home, and only then did he have a grudge against Ji Xiu. After some time, Ah Mao's injuries gradually healed, his body recovered, and the hatred in his heart did not disappear, so he went straight to the county court to beat the drum and complained, and told the county official about Ji Xiucai's injury and burial of the body privately, and the county official immediately ordered Ya Gong to go and summon Ji Xiucai after hearing Ah Mao's story.
After a moment's work, Ji Xiucai was taken to the public court, and when he saw Ah Mao kneeling in front of the hall, he suddenly understood eight or nine points in his heart, and the county official slammed the hall wood with a shock, boldly killing the people, and not hurting your life and burying the body privately! Ji Xiucai was frightened and scattered, shouting loudly, it was Ah Mao who took revenge and framed Xiaomin!
The county official screamed to stop drinking, whether it was framed, to be seen at a glance after inspection! So he ordered Ah Mao to go to the ancestral grave with his servants to dig up the corpse. Soon after, Ya Gong carried the body back to the county court, the corpse's face was already decomposed, Ji Xiucai saw the situation, knowing that denial was useless, he had to confess to the crime, and the county officials did not interrogate him carefully, regardless of whether it was qingbai or white, Ji Xiucai was beaten twenty times and thrown into prison.
Liu Shi was anxious to hear that his husband had suffered the disaster of imprisonment, so he hurried to the prison with Yahuan and took some silver and beat the cell head jailer, asking him to treat his husband for leniency. Ji Xiucai was tortured in prison, but he didn't realize that it had been half a year, and he was actually sick and emaciated, and on this day Liu Shi came to visit, and he struggled to get up and said, My health is deteriorating now, and now I have suffered injustice, but I am afraid that it is difficult to get out of prison. Liu Shi listened to the resignation like a knife and tears like rain, good words of persuasion, that is, the family was ruined, but also to wash away the crimes of the husband, after saying that the couple hugged their headaches and cried!
The next day, the boy was cleaning at the door, and suddenly saw an old man carrying a food box far away, greeting him while walking, is the boy at home? The boy was shocked to see that this was not the old man who came here last year to sell ginger! Scared to scream, there are ghosts, there are ghosts!
The old man smiled and pulled the child, where is the ghost in the daytime, I came to visit your master. Liu Shi heard the voice coming out of the house, and when he saw that it was the old man selling ginger, he was surprised and happy, and quickly invited him to his home and sat down with tea.
Liu Shi wiped his tears and told the old man about the encounter at home, the old man listened to the straight beating and sighed, hey, this is all a ghost made by Sun Liu, that day I took his boat, I told him about the white silk I got, when I got off the boat, Sun Liu bought the white silk, I had no money to pay the boat fee, I put the bamboo basket to the boat fare, who knows that Sun Liu snake scorpion heart, actually born so vicious and harmful!
Liu Shi suddenly realized, and then asked, where did the dead body come from? The old man returned, and it was also coincidental that between my conversation with Sun Liu, there was a dead body floating by the river, and it must have been Sun Liu who salvaged it and blackmailed it!
Liu Shi listened to the surprise, hurriedly entertained the old man with wine and dinner, and then wrote the paper overnight, and went straight to the county court to complain about her husband's grievances.
The county magistrate looked at the letter and suspected that the old man had been bought by Liu Shi to make a false confession, so he ordered the servant to summon Liu Shi and the old man to the church, and slapped the shocked Tang Mu, Old Man, are you taking Liu's gold and silver, and making false testimony!
The old man heard, repeatedly kowtowed, the adult Mingjian, there is no such thing, the small has been selling ginger here for more than ten years, there is no one in the neighborhood who does not know the small people, if the adult does not believe, although the visit!
The county magistrate summoned the people of Sili, and everyone testified one after another to prove that the old man's words were true. Only then did the county official realize that he had indeed wronged Ji Xiucai, and he could not help but be ashamed, and only blamed himself for his hasty decision, which led to this unjust case, and then ordered ya gong to go and find out the whereabouts of Sun Liu and Ah Mao, and there must be no mistakes!
Ya Gong changed into the civilian clothes of the common people, came to the provincial city to inquire around, and finally found Sun Liu's silk cloth village, he walked in and said that the county official's beloved daughter was about to leave the cabinet and asked for some fine silk cloth, Sun Liu heard the great joy, and thought that there was a big deal, hurriedly prepared the best silk cloth for the guys to pick, and he came to the county with the servant.
Sun Liu just walked into the county court and was immediately dumbfounded, only to see that the old man who sold Jiang, Ji Xiucai, Liu Shi, and Ah Mao were all standing on the top of the public hall, and suddenly understood everything, and before the county official could speak, he was so frightened that his knees were paralyzed and he fell to the ground, the old man spared his life, the old man spared his life, the small convict, the small convict!
Sun Liu confessed, that day he took the old man across the river, listened to the old man's experience during the day, just at this time saw a dead body floating by the river, immediately greedy, the next plan to blackmail Ji Xiucai, the county official listened to the angry eyes, come on, give me a heavy hit fifty big boards, put on death row! As soon as the left and right servants rushed up, pressing down Sun Liu was a fierce beating, which made Sun Liu cry and cry and cry.
Ah Mao saw that he was frightened and frightened, and hurriedly fell to his knees and begged for forgiveness, the adult spared his life, and the little one held a grudge because he was punished by the master, and came to report it, he really did not know that the master was killed by Sun Liu's treacherous plan, please forgive the adult!
The county official shouted loudly, you eat wine and misbehave, causing the master's beloved daughter to die prematurely, it is already a crime one, you do not think about yourself, but false accusations, causing the master to be unjustly imprisoned, this is the second crime, come on, slap the mouth twenty! Ya Gong had to tie up Ah Mao, pick up the board and open the bow left and right, hitting Ah Mao with a mouth full of blood and a lot of mourning.
After dealing with all this, the county official summoned Ji Xiucai and warned that since you are a reader, you should know the etiquette, act cautiously, and do not be reckless and impulsive in everything. Ji Xiucai was ashamed of himself, thank the county official, and obey the order, and never repeat it! After saying that, he took his wife Liu Shi home.