Folk Tale - The Coffin Count of the North Temple

During the Ming Dynasty, the son of the boss of Fuchun Ji Ginseng Xing on Dongmen Street in Zhangzhou married Miss Jia Qianjin, a giant in the Zhenji gold and silver jewelry shop in Daokou Street. Two large merchants do weddings, of course, extraordinarily pompous, marrying relatives of the palanquin, horse row long snake array, from The East Gate Street to maping Street. Gongs and drums in winter and winter, firecrackers bombardment, flower palanquins inlaid with jade, red satin wrapped in gold ingots, dowry dresses embellished with pearls, night pearls, clear water beads, golden sparkling, ceremonial suits full of rare treasures at home and abroad, Ayara silk satin. What is even more surprising is that the bride belongs to the rat, and the mother's family specially accompanies a golden mouse with a heavy weight, which is dazzling with golden light. Pedestrians on both sides of the street are crowded with people, so it is not lively.

On this day, the rich and the poor remembered the few pedestrians coming and going, and from the evening to the third in the hall, the banquet table opened forty or fifty nai, the cups, plates, and chopsticks rang in winter, and the guessing boxing and congratulatory wine was really lively, and the greetings were endless. After waiting for the fourth day, the whole family was so tired that their eyelids were glued together, and they couldn't care about cleaning up the dishes, cups and chopsticks, and they lay down and fell asleep. When everyone came at dawn, they found that the gate was open, and almost all the silver-worthy things such as gold and silver were stolen. The boss of Chunji cried and rushed to the county yamen to report the case. Xu Hu, the county lord, took the paper and looked at it, and was shocked, the value of gold and silver treasures alone was tens of millions. Only two months after he took office, there was a big case, and this was repaid, and he immediately issued a fire signature. Close the four gates of the east, west, south, and north, prohibit entry and exit, and wait for the search of the city. As soon as the wind sounded, the streets and alleys were full of discussion. Some people say that the county lord has no hair on his mouth and is not firm in his work, and if the big Zhangzhou City wants to search for stolen goods, this is not a sea measure. Some people say that thieves have only passed through to keep more, which is really an afterthought.

In fact, Xu Hu has a lot of confidence, and he uses a meter. He thought that if he chose to commit a crime during the marriage rush, the thief might know the situation in the city very well. From four to five, one more time, a short time, a lot of stolen goods, and things must still be hidden in the city. Therefore, the closure of the city gate is false, and the search is only a bluff, the purpose is to "strike the grass and scare the snake." "This incident has upset Li Yutou in the county court. Because of the order of the county lord, the stolen goods could not be found, and they had to be beaten once in three days. The old man of Xuhu County himself is very serious, thinks diligently, and does not just confess. He took master Wan Zhijun and his attendants Zhao Changqing and Pan Liansheng with him, disguised as foreign merchants to visit around. One day, staying at the Wan'an Inn on Dongmen Street, a guest spoke vividly and made up a story of the theft of the golden rat, saying it in a loud voice: how the robber had a way, and when he heard the sound of the search wind, they flew into the house from the skylight and walked on the ground. Zhao Changqing caught this guest on the spot, and the guest said: "This is a joke, it is called the newly compiled Golden Mouse Lost and Stolen, the guest officer should not be misunderstood, this is not true, but called storytelling." Zhao Changqing had to bow his head and leave, ignoring this nonsensical guest.

On the afternoon of the second day of the lockdown, a group of funerals came out of the funeral procession, set off from Circle Street, blowing and beating, crying and crying, passing through Dongputou, Caohua Street, and turning to Hua street to the north gate, asking for the opening of the city gate to release the line. The city guard sent someone to report to the old master of Xuhu County: There is a family that has just died, and it is going to leave the city, please ask for instructions to open the city gate? Xu Hu thought: Strange, why don't you stop the coffin for a few days according to customs, and bury it immediately when you die? There must be something strange in this, so he ordered: "Open the city gate and let it go!" As soon as the messenger left, Xu Hu and Master Wan Zhijun laughed. Wan Zhijun said, "Possibly, the snake is out of the hole." Xu Hu smiled and said, "Pick up the snake and go!" ”

Therefore, Xu Hu took Wan, Zhao, and Pan and his party disguised themselves as outsiders and rushed to the North Gate to wait for the funeral procession at the foot of the Kapok tree at the North Gate Temple. The funeral procession went out of the north gate, and after passing the sugar market, they carried the coffin into a broken house behind the north temple, and the funeral team such as the drummer and the eight tones was sent away, and there were only seven filial men and four filial women in the house. Xu Hu and the other four pretended to ask for directions, went forward to watch, and saw four filial wives, who quickly took off their linen clothes, one by one, heavy makeup, wearing a red flower jacket and an embroidered skirt. The filial piety men smiled happily, and there were no tear marks on their faces, not like the filial piety of a dead relative. Pan Liansheng's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly recognized two of them as the concubines of the Yingchun Courtyard in Kangle Road and Lotus Xiang.

Xu Hu thought which family is this, could it be that there is fraud here? Attached to Master Wan's ear, he explained this and so, leaving Zhao Changqing behind, and he took Pan Liansheng back to the county with him. Xu Hu returned to the county court, immediately ascended to the church, issued a fire sign, and ordered someone to go to the Recreation Courtyard Road to catch Xu Bustard's mother in yingchun courtyard. As soon as this old bustard mother arrived at the public court, she was trembling, she had never seen the county lord, Xu County made the shock hall wood smashed, she said it out of 1510.

It turned out that the "bereaved family" was named Qian Dakuan, a scoundrel who was idle. He has six brothers who steal chickens and dogs, drinking, gambling, and going in and out of brothels. Yesterday, Qian Dakuan said that there were dead people in the family and there were no filial piety women, so he rented four prostitutes from the brothel to dress up as filial piety, and the two sides made it clear that one day was one five-two silver, two days was exactly forty-two silver, and she did not know other things. Xuhu County ordered the mother bustard to be temporarily sent for supervision, sending someone to find out who was dead in the Qian family. When did he die? When asked, no one on the left or the right did know why. After Xu Hu heard this, he pondered a little and thought, "It seems that the outpouring is false, and the transfer of stolen goods is straight." "The son is, ready to arrest the suspect." It is said that Qian Dakuan, Wang Xiaochuan, Huang Yuanlin, and other seven scoundrels, they worship the Jinlan brothers, known as the "Seven Fierces" of Zhangzhou, and people call them "Seven Evils" behind their backs The seven evils in Zhangzhou are not evil, killing people, setting fires, and raping women, and everyone is afraid and frightened. Little one cried out and people shouted "Seven fierce is coming!" "The child did not dare to cry

finish. One day three years ago, Qian Da broadband old six, old seven, three people came to the Spring Age Ginseng Line, to buy a pound of high-grade authentic Jilin ginseng, because he said a big word, the ginseng boss looked down on Qian Dakuan, said your clothes are torn, then there is a pound of authentic ginseng silver two? Qian Dakuan replied, "You don't look at people, I see that you don't grow up as a boss" The sixth and seventh elders pulled out their daggers and wanted to kill the boss on the spot, Qian Dakuan shook his hand and said no, a glare, all three of them walked out of the ginseng line and walked away. However, the boss of the ginseng line was worried and did not know when he would come to take revenge. Unexpectedly, three years later, Qimeng chose to commit a crime when Boss Haruki married his daughter-in-law. That night, how lively the people came and went, Qian Dakuan sent out "Two Fierce" and "Three Fierce", dressed in gorgeous clothes, mixed into the guests, with high-quality tea, red velvet quilt noodles as a congratulatory gift. Guests guess fist drinking is lively, two fierce three fierce dare not drink more, specifically to watch the location of valuable gifts gold and silver jewelry. Pay special attention to the golden rat that shines brightly. In the middle of the night, the guests returned home, and the whole family was so tired that their eyelids were almost glued together. At this time, the seven fierce came, and they walked like the wind, flashing by, and rolled up the eight immortal tables in the hall, the middle hall, the main hall, and the auxiliary hall, and the valuable things, gold, silver, beads, treasures, aya, luo, silk, and satin. Xuhu County Order released the wind to search the city, Qian Dakuan they were also a little afraid, quickly moved out of the city, is where the peace lies, who knows, outside the North Temple, a few passers-by walked around, so that they could not turn the stolen goods in the coffin into pieces. At this time, the old master of Xuhu County, riding on the big correction carried by eight people, paid the deacons in full, the front flag and the back card, the left gong and the right drum, and the front and back hugged to the North Temple, and the North Temple was used as a public hall. Xu Hu opened the hall and detained Qian Dakuan and his filial piety. Xu Hu asked, "Qian Dakuan, how many fathers do you have?" Qian Dakuan replied; "Back to the old man, the villain has only one father."" Where is your father now? "Back to the old man, the little man's father fell asleep in the coffin." Xu Hu ordered ya to say, "Bring people up." As soon as the words stopped, the messenger helped an old man in from the gate. Qian Dakuan opened his eyes to see that the old man was his father who was hidden in the darkroom, he was shocked, he knew that the case had been solved, and lost his eyes to the six brothers, who were trying to get out of the court. Who knew that Xu Hu had already taken precautions, and Zhao, Pan, led the crowd to arrest more than a dozen people and bound the seven thieves and four filial wives in a down-to-earth manner. The coffin lid was lifted, only to see that the coffin was full of gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, and even the golden rat was among them. The evidence is all there, and there is no room for argument. The seven thieves had no choice but to bow their heads and ambush the case of the coffin of the North Temple.