#精品长文创作季#
(Ming Dynasty Army)
宣德元年，公元1426年，京师。
Outside Beijing, there is an army that is responsible for guarding the perimeter, called the Yongwei Army.
In this army, there is a soldier named Yan Qun'er, which is worth mentioning.
Yan Qun'er is a cheerful and lively person, thoughtful and enthusiastic, and has a better heart, so his reputation has always been very good, and the soldiers in his colleagues have praised him.
This Yan Qun'er once went out to fight with the army, and in the process of quelling the rebellion, he accidentally saved a woman named Mao, who was grateful for Yan Qun'er's kindness, so she promised to marry Yan Qun'er.
Mao's is not an ordinary woman, she is also an official eunuch, but later her family fell into the middle of the road, so she fell to this point.
Therefore, Mao's knowledgeable and reasonable, dignified temperament, and very good-looking, black hair, graceful figure, delicate face, eyebrows like a crescent moon, gently curved, more like distant mountains and daisies.
Look at these big eyes again, they are smart, revealing a trace of charm and tenderness from time to time.
It can be said that Mao's is a big star now, and she is at the goddess level, and she is more than enough with Yan Qun'er, a hairy young man with five big and three thick.
(Mao's image)
After the two got married, life was quite happy, because after all, Yan Qun'er had a serious job, and there was no pressure to support the family.
Yan Qun'er had a friend in the barracks named Chen Gui, and this Chen Gui was a lieutenant in the Yongwei Army, that is, a low-level leader.
Yan Qun'er was an ordinary person before he became a soldier, and his family was not rich, but this Chen Gui was born in a rich family, with more than a dozen houses in his family, and thousands of acres of fertile land.
Chen Gui often walks around with Yan Qun'er, and Mao has seen her a few times, and after coming and going, she and Chen Gui are eye-to-eye.
Actually, this makes sense.
Because, after all, the Mao family is not a rural village woman, but an official eunuch woman, she once grew up in a rich family, she had vision when she was young, of course she knew what a better life was, and she bent down to marry Yan Qun'er just to repay her kindness, which was somewhat reluctant.
However, since you are married to a wife, you should live with Yan Qun'er in a down-to-earth manner, if you are not sincere with others at the beginning, you should not marry someone.
However, this Mao family not only didn't want to succumb to Yan Qun'er all day long, but also hooked up with this Chen Gui, and the two secretly had an abnormal relationship between men and women.
Yan Qun'er didn't know it, because he had a big personality, and it was difficult for him to detect these details, but Li Xuan, another friend who often came to Yan Qun'er's house, had already seen that Chen Gui and Mao's eyebrows were squeezing their eyebrows, sneaky, and there must be something wrong with the two of them.
(Li Xuan's image)
Li Xuan had a good relationship with Yan Qun'er, but at this time, he was even more unhappy with his brothers, so he immediately told Yan Qun'er about it.
Yan Qun'er is a straightforward person, he heard Li Xuan say that his wife Mao actually cheated on his colleague Chen Gui, he was furious and angry, and he wanted to run to Chen Gui immediately to settle accounts, but asked Li Xuan to stop him.
Li Xuan said Brother Yan, don't worry, this thief wants to capture the king, and the traitor wants to catch Shuang, it's easy for you to beat Chen Gui, and it's easy for you to leave Mao, but no matter who you go to for questioning, you can't show evidence, and no one will admit it, so I suggest that we better prepare in advance and seize the opportunity to catch them in bed.
Li Xuan's idea is very good and reliable, but Yan Qun'er is not a person with that character, he promised to catch the adulterer another day, but when he returned home at night, he couldn't bear it, and directly had a showdown with Mao, saying that I already knew about your adultery with Chen Guigou, and the more he talked, the more excited he became, not only spoke ill of Mao, but even beat Mao.
But don't say it, this Mao is really not an ordinary woman, she was originally scolded by her husband, and she was at a disadvantage in the situation, who knew that she turned against the army, and even asked her husband back, saying that your good friend Li Xuan told you about this, right? Can you believe his words? I have never had any contact with Chen Gui on weekdays, so why do I have an adulterous relationship? Li Xuan, on the other hand, took advantage of your absence several times to be inferior to me, not only foul language to me, but also to do something to me, this is because he failed to tease me, but poured dirty water on me!
After speaking, Mao also cried with pear blossoms and rain, saying that he was dedicated to repaying his kindness and serving his husband, but he was suspected like this, and he really didn't want to live!
Such a set of textbook acting skills can be regarded as a solid fool of Yan Qun'er, he appeased his wife, and then ran to Li Xuan's house without waiting for dawn, scolded Li Xuan for being light on his wife, and provoked his own family relationship, and directly cut off his robe with Li Xuan and broke off his friendship.
(Chen Gui image)
Mao escaped with her superb acting skills, but she was also shocked, and immediately contacted Chen Gui, saying that my husband may have known about the two of us, this is a hidden danger, and we must think of a way to solve this hidden danger.
Since ancient times, adultery has led to death, and Mao's words are obviously ill-intentioned.
Coincidentally, a few days later, Chen Gui's home was robbed, and a lot of money was lost in the family, and the bandit and thief also killed two family members in Chen Gui's house.
Then some readers may have said, does the theft of Chen Gui's house have anything to do with the main plot of this article?
It really matters.
The thief who steals money and kills people is a thief, and he leaves after stealing things, Chen Gui reported to the official for a few months, and the government has no clues, to put it bluntly, this case will be difficult to solve, and it will eventually become an unsolved case.
However, after letting Mao know about this case, she came up with a poisonous plan.
What kind of poison scheme?
Mao asked Chen Gui to blame Li Xuan for the crime of theft and homicide, and let Chen Gui frame Li Xuan is the thief who overturned the case, and if Li Xuan is caught and arrested, such a big case will inevitably be executed, this Li Xuan is dead, no one will tell Yan Qun'er in the future, Yan Qun'er is kept in the dark, won't the underground adultery between Mao and Chen Gui be preserved?
Mao's heart is ruthless, I didn't expect Chen Gui to be more ruthless than him, everything is cut and rooted, since he wants to be framed, then one is also harmful, and two are also harmful, so he simply planted Yan Qun'er, if Yan Qun'er died, then Mao's is not his own? Isn't it more convenient and fast, killing two birds with one stone?
So, Chen Gui immediately wrote a letter of submission and sued Li Xuan, Yan Qun'er, and some of their colleagues who usually fought in the army, a total of nine, to the yamen, saying that their gang committed crimes, went to their homes to steal money, and committed murder, not counting that, after they seized the windfall, they did not want to enjoy the wine, but to buy weapons, and planned to rebel!
It's too yin, it's too yin.
You must know that in the first year of Xuande, Xuanzong's uncle Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, rebelled, and the whole country was stretched with a string.
(Yan Qun'er image)
Chen Gui's complaint is really powerful, and after he talks nonsense, Li Yan and the others are almost certain to die.
Because, stealing is a big crime, and murder is a capital crime, and Chen Gui very cleverly put the hat of rebellion on them, so that the two of them must die.
is good to die or not, and the county magistrate in the yamen is also a mediocre talent, and when he heard that there was a rebellion, he was highly nervous, and he directly sent Li Yan and others to prison for strict interrogation indiscriminately.
怎么严审？无非是大刑伺候，屈打成招。
This good man could not be beaten three times, and under severe torture to extract confessions, Li Yan and others confessed their guilt one after another, and did not want to be tortured again, but only wanted to die quickly.
They are all men who have been on the battlefield on weekdays, and they are iron-clad, which shows what kind of abuse they have received in prison.
The county government closes the case and reports it to the Criminal Department, and as long as the Criminal Department approves the result, signs and seals it, and then sends the documents back, then the death penalty can be carried out.
Interestingly, in the case file, the county decree only characterized Li Yan and others as stealing and killing people, and concealed their crime of rebellion.
Because, for the county order, the behavior of stealing and killing people in the administrative office is really too evil in the people's hearts, and his county order cannot control it, but if there is a serious rebellion incident that shakes the foundation of the country in his jurisdiction, it is that his county order is negligent and does not do his best work, which must be known to the superiors, and the county order will have to be rectified.
Therefore, Li Yan and others can only steal and kill.
Whether you are guilty or not, I have the final say, what are your crimes, hey, or I have the final say.
The criminal has already pleaded guilty, and as soon as the approval of the Criminal Department comes, then Li Yan and the others will fall to the ground.
Li Xuan's old father, seeing that his son was wronged, was so anxious that he immediately ran to the government to redress his grievances, but was beaten up with sticks several times in a row.
(Li Yong image)
The Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Beijing Division is equivalent to today's Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Father Li ran to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and shouted grievances, which soon attracted the attention of a person.
This person's name is Li Yong.
Li Yong is still relatively just, he quickly sent someone to investigate after understanding what happened, and found that on the day when Chen Gui's house was stolen by thieves, Li Yan and others had no time to commit the crime at all, but were sent to Baoding, Hebei Province by the commander of the Yongwei Army to raise military rations.
To put it bluntly, the facts are clear and the evidence is obvious, this Chen Gui is a false accusation.
After learning about these circumstances, Li Yong didn't say a word, and directly reported the case to Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong.
A civil case has now become a royal case.
After reading Li Yong's report, Zhu Zhanji said this to the ministers around him:
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a cronie named Yu Shicheng, this Yu Shicheng was specially designed for Emperor Yang to catch thieves, this person was a cool official, once because of a case actually arrested more than 2,000 people, and then executed them all.
Later, after investigation, it was found that only a few of the more than 2,000 people were really suspected, and most of them were wronged.
Such an unjust case, but no one played for Emperor Yang at that time, and today, if it weren't for Li Yong giving me such a note, I would have been kept in the dark like Emperor Yang back then, wouldn't these nine people who were framed also have to die in vain?
Finally, Zhu Zhanji also said meaningfully:
Fortunately, these nine people are not dead, and if they have been innocently executed, I will definitely not be able to spare the officials of the criminal department who are in charge of the laws and regulations of the country!
(Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji portrait)
In the emperor's opinion, this was a serious dereliction of duty on the part of his courtiers.
In the end, under the instructions of the emperor, the case was finally rehabilitated, Li Yan and others were acquitted, while Mao and Chen Gui, one was sentenced to hanging, the other was confiscated from the family property, 100 court rods, and exiled for 3,000 li.
said that it was 3,000 miles, but in fact, it may not be able to really walk, because after a hundred boards, Chen Gui is also crippled if he does not die, and he has to take a flail on the road, so it is estimated that he will also die on the road.
As for the county order that was cast into an unjust, false and wrongful case, there is no record in the history books, but it is conceivable that the end will only be worse than that of Mao and Chen Gui.
As the prison opened, Yan Qun'er and Li Xuan walked out with each other's arms, and the fierce sunlight almost made it impossible for them to open their eyes.
At this time, the west wind sets the sun, just like the sunset at night.