There is an old rich man in Qinghe Town, and the old rich man has accumulated virtue and done good deeds, and his reputation in Qinghe Town is very good. Late one night, a second-rate man in Qinghe Town quietly sneaked into the old rich man's house, and it turned out that the second-rate man had recently been tight on his hands, so he sneaked into the old rich man's house late at night, planning to steal a little money.
After infiltrating the old rich man's house, the second-rate son entered 5 rooms in succession, but did not find any money. The second-rate son, disappointed, intends to leave the old rich man's house. Unexpectedly, when the second-rate son walked to the backyard, he suddenly saw a thin stone slab covered with the cellar mouth in the backyard. The second-rate son thought in his heart, ordinary people's homes are built with a thick wooden board at the mouth of the cellar, how did the old rich man's cellar mouth cover a thin stone slab? Could it be that there is something valuable hidden in the cellar? The second-rate man thought of this, walked to the mouth of the cellar, and then removed the thin stone slab. Next, the second-rate man went down to the cellar, which was dark. The second-rate man took the flint stone and a candle from his pocket and lit the candle. After the candle was lit, the second-rate man found 6 young women in the cellar, but the 6 young women's hands and feet were tied and their mouths were stuffed with rags.
The second-rate man quickly placed the candle in his hand on the ground, then untied the ropes on the hands and feet of the 6 young women and removed the rags from their mouths. Next, the second-rate children led the 6 young women out of the cellar. Unexpectedly, the second-rate son had just taken 6 young women out of the cellar, and the old rich man and more than 10 family members appeared, and when the second-rate son moved the thin stone slab at the mouth of the cellar, he was seen by a squirrel. The old rich man hurried to report to the old rich man, and after the old rich man heard the report, he immediately came with more than 10 family members. As a result, 6 young women were re-imprisoned in the cellar. The second-rate man said to the old rich man, "I have been tight lately, so I went to your house to steal money, but I didn't steal any money, and then I went into the cellar and found 6 women." ”
After listening to the words of the second-rate man, the old rich man said, "Well, I will give you 10 taels of silver, but you must make sure that you cannot tell what happened tonight." The second-rate man said, "As long as you give me 10 taels of silver, I promise not to tell you what happened tonight." In the end, the second-rate man took 10 taels of silver and left the old rich man's house. The next afternoon, the second-rate children thought about going back and forth at home, and finally thought that they should save the 6 young women, because the 6 young women were so pitiful, they were most likely tied to the old rich man's house by the old rich man's family, and maybe the old rich man would sell them recently.
On the morning of the third day, the second-rate son left Qinghe Town and went to the county court to report the case. However, what the second-rate people never expected was that the old rich man and Zhixian were good friends, and as a result, Zhixian said that the second-rate people falsely accused the old rich man and ordered the servants to drive the second-rate children out of the county. When the second-rate man was walking on the street, suddenly an old cook in the county court ran in front of the second-rate son, and it turned out that this old cook was a distant relative of the second-rate son. The old cook quietly told the second-rate son that Zhixian and the old rich man were good friends, and the two often ate together. After listening to the old chef's words, the second-rate man was very scared. He did not dare to return to Qinghe Town, but went to the field.
To say that time, passed really fast, unconsciously, 6 years have passed. Suddenly, one day, the second-rate son returned to Qinghe Town, but the second-rate son was no longer what he used to be, he was a general. It turned out that 6 years ago, after the second-rate children left the county town, they wandered around. One day, he wandered to the border pass and found that the border pass army was recruiting soldiers, and the second-rate son had joined the army in order to be able to eat enough. Soon after he joined the army, there was war. Since then, the second-rate sons have followed the border pass army to the south and the north. Not long ago, the war was over. After the war, the second-rate son became a general. After becoming a general, the second-rate son remembered the 6 young women. So he returned to Qinghe Town with his guards. The old rich man was not dead, but he was very frightened when he saw the second-rate man as a general. The second-rate son ordered the guards to capture the old rich man and escort him to the county court.
In the county court, the new Zhi County received the second-rate son. The new Zhixian told the second-rate son that the former Zhixian had died. Next, the second-rate son told the new Zhixian about the fact that he had found that there were 6 young women in the cellar of the old rich man's house. The new Zhixian said, "I will now go to the court to try the case." "In the county court, the old rich man confessed his crime. It turned out that the old rich man had accumulated virtue and done good deeds on the surface, but secretly he was doing the work of kidnapping young women and selling them. By now, he had sold 167 young women. As for the 6 young women found by the second-rate son, he had sold the 6 young women as early as 6 years ago, and as for the current situation of the 6 young women, he did not know.
After the new Zhixian learned of the old rich man's crime, he said to the old rich man, "Your sin is heinous, and I will sentence you to death." "Three days later, the old rich man was asked to be beheaded.