During the orthodox years of the Ming Dynasty, all ships in the territory under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou, whether merchant ships or fishing boats, had to play a twelve-point spirit. Only because the robbers are rampant, they have met and called you dead and lifeless.
Most robbers pay attention to theft, and there are not a few who rob property and do not kill people. There are a small number of people who are extremely ferocious, not to mention robbing money and robbing color, and even the officials are not wrong. One of them, Wu Zhizhou, belongs to the latter.
Wu Zhizhou is a Fengshun native who was abandoned by his parents on the beach while he was still in his infancy. On that day, when a group of robbers came ashore to rob him, they stumbled upon him, and a bandit surnamed Wu looked at him pitifully and carried him back to the village.
Wu Zhizhou has a lonely personality, does not like to talk to people, and is very eager to care in his heart, helplessly surrounded by men who lick blood with knives, and often jokes that he is a wild child and no one wants. Because of this, Wu Zhizhou deeply hated his parents who had never met. So that when robbing, whenever you meet a family of three, you have to kill and vent your anger. Over time, Wu Zhizhou became the cold-blooded robber in the whole of Chaozhou.
On this day, Wu Zhizhou was resting in the village, when a brother suddenly brought an uninvited guest. I saw that he was eight feet tall, handsome and handsome, and had a bookish temperament.
The two of them went straight to Wu Zhizhou, and the scholar-like person spoke first: "Hello Brother Wu, in the next Zhao Zijing this box is polite." Wu Zhizhou raised his eyes and asked the brother warily, "Why did you lead this man into the village?" Have you forgotten what happened three years ago? ”
The brother smiled mysteriously, "Brother, this person is my little knowledge, not to mention that he came to find you." Wu Zhizhou was confused, and Zhao Zijing explained: "I came this time to ask you for a favor. ”
It turned out that half a month ago, Zhao Zijing had been betrothed to a rich woman named Liu Feiyan. On the surface, the two are affectionate, but in fact, Zhao Zijing is a greedy person who only wants to get money from the rich woman. Liu Feiyan is not stupid, and must wait for the two to get married before she is willing to give him money. Zhao Zijing was ashamed and angry. I want to kill her on the day of marriage, so that I can get the money in the name of justice. He thought about it and decided to find Wu Zhizhou to do this, whether he succeeded or not, he was willing to take fifty taels of silver as a reward.
Hearing this, Wu Zhizhou secretly cursed a beast in his heart, and thought again, he had no reason to refuse, so he said: "Well, I promise this, then you will go home and wait for the news." ”
Seeing that he quickly agreed, Zhao Zijing smiled and said, "Thank you brother for your help, after three days, you will be ambushed in the Fengshun River, and when it is two o'clock in the afternoon, she will come to me by boat alone, and then you will do it again." "Say goodbye and pull out a portrait. Wu Zhizhou took a look at it and inhaled a cold breath, thinking that this bride was so beautiful, you were not satisfied, it was really greedy enough to swallow the elephant, just cheap me.
Three days later, Wu Zhizhou set off early and waited in ambush in the middle of the river. At about noon, sure enough, there was a bride with a hijab, and the same little lady sailed by. The bride lifted her hijab and looked anxiously at the shore.
Wu Zhizhou jumped into the water and swam under the two-person boat. Before the master and servant could react, he was already on board. She shouted, "Mother, there are evil people." Wu Zhizhou stabbed a knife into the chest with his backhand, and yakuza fell to the ground.
Subsequently, Wu Zhizhou stared at Liu Feiyan with a bad smile on his face, and said, "I was a woman who looked like a heavenly immortal, and I carefully looked at the half-old Xu Niang, no wonder your little husband wanted to kill you." Liu Feiyan was stunned and asked what was going on, and Wu Zhizhou did not hide it and told the story of the incident.
After Liu Feiyan heard this, she cried uncontrollably: "I didn't expect that I was sincere, but I actually paid the beast by mistake, and now I only blame my blindness." Hero I know you are only for money, why don't I give you ten times and spare my life? Wu Zhizhou said sinisterly: "Take people's money to eliminate disasters for people, I can take ten times if I kill you, but before killing you, there is still one more thing I have to do." "Say it, step by step, approaching her to do something wrong."
Liu Feiyan knew that there was no hope for survival, and was about to close her eyes and wait for death, but she suddenly opened her eyes and shouted, "Child, I am your mother." Wu Zhizhou was surprised: "What are you talking about?" Liu Feiyan pointed to a birthmark on his neck and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, you are my son." ”
It turned out that many years ago, Liu Feiyan and his wife were hunted down and killed by the enemy family, and she was afraid of affecting her son, so she put Wu Zhizhou on the seashore. After the couple was killed and injured, Liu Feiyan escaped and looked around for her son, who knew that she met him here by chance.
Wu Zhizhou said half-believingly, "Hugh wants to deceive people, this is just your ghost talk for life." Liu Feiyan cried and said a few more characteristics. In the end, Wu Zhizhou really couldn't help but fall to his knees, and while crying, he slapped his face and said, "Mother, my son is not filial, he wants to do something inferior to you, I really deserve to die." Liu Feiyan hugged him and gently comforted: "It is the mother who is not good, it took so many years to find you, and the mother will definitely compensate you well in the future." ”
When he cried for a long time, Wu Zhizhou wiped his tears and said fiercely: "Mother, those are the last words, now let my son help you kill the ungrateful." "After saying that, sail the boat to Rush Fengshun."
After dark, Wu Zhizhou sneaked into Zhao Zijing's house, saw that the lights in the house were still on, and secretly pushed the door in. Inside the room, Zhao Zi Jingyi looked at the people and said happily, "Brother, how are things going?" Wu Zhizhou nodded expressionlessly, and then took advantage of his lack of preparation and stabbed him.
Wu Zhizhou wiped the blood on the knife, thinking that he had finally avenged his mother. Just then, there was a cacophony of noise outside.
Then, seven or eight officials rushed in and surrounded him. Among them, the leading official said: "Don't come unharmed, Wu Zhizhou, we have dealt with you many times, and finally caught you." Wu Zhizhou showed a shocked expression and asked, "Why do you know I'm here?" The words did not fall, only to see Liu Feiyan walk in with a gloomy face and coldly say, "Because I am the official who reported it." ”
Wu Zhizhou shook a few times and asked in a trembling voice, "Mother, why do you want to betray me?" Liu Feiyan gritted her teeth and said, "Because I am not your mother, to be precise, the enmity between you and me does not share the heavens, do you remember Chu Wanli as a person?" ”
It turned out that Chu Wanli was Liu Feiyan's biological son, and he was an official of Fengshun County. In order to destroy the robber gang, he infiltrated the robbers three years ago and went undercover. During this period, he and Wu Zhizhou were brothers and sisters, eating and living together every day, and he often wrote letters to his mother to inform him of this matter, but the two were helpless, one was a soldier and the other was a thief, doomed to water and fire.
Later, Chu Wanli was exposed and was ruthlessly killed by Wu Zhizhou. Liu Feiyan learned of her son's death and vowed revenge. She sent people around to inquire and did not find out why she had met with the enemy in this way. In order to avenge herself, she used what her son told her to deceive Wu Zhizhou's trust, which successfully captured the robbers.
Knowing the truth, Wu Zhizhou looked up at the sky and sighed, and finally committed suicide by swinging his sword because he could not bear the blow. See the enemy dead. Liu Feiyan cried loudly, "Son, Niang has finally avenged you." ”
Afterwards, in Zhao Zijing's letter, the official learned of the robber's hiding place, and it did not take long to arrest them one by one. Liu Feiyan's reputation for helping solve the case was greatly enhanced, and she was highly respected by the local people.