Why is the young woman Mo Shi, who looks like a heavenly immortal, and the maid who accompanies her, extremely ugly? Can a bold adulterous thief who covets Mo's beauty actually be able to dress up as a woman and sneak into Mo's home late at night to seek pleasure? Mo Shi died of illness, the belongings and clothes to be buried were stolen, and the coffin that only left the body actually wafted with the aroma of wine?
How will all this mystery be solved?
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During the reign of Ming Hongzhi, Yanhua Temple in Duchang County, Jiangxi.
One day, as usual, Qiu Jixiu wandered around the Yanhua Temple to see if these women who came to burn incense in the temple had any objects that they could "do" with.
Don't get me wrong, Qiu Jixiu is not trying to do bad things, he is just a jewelry merchant from Guangdong. The reason why these women were chosen was because among the pilgrims who came and went, there were many rich people and officials from their families, and these women were naturally ideal customers for selling jewelry.
Qiu Jixiu looked back and forth at these female pilgrims coming in and out, and suddenly, the two women who came to him attracted his attention.
This is a master and a maid, looking at the dress, it must not be an ordinary person's home; and what attracts Qiu Jixiu is not only wearing, but this hostess, and it is not too much to describe it as a national color and heavenly fragrance and a country that pours down the city, it is simply a fairy.
In stark contrast, the maid beside her, who seems to be unable to recall other words to describe, except for the strange ugliness.
Speaking of this, it can be briefly explained: in ancient times, those maids were not as beautiful as in film and television dramas, and most of them looked very ugly.
The reason is that if the daughter of a poor family is born a little more standard, she will always find a way to find a good family, even if it is to be a concubine, only those whose appearance is not passed will be helpless to be sent to be a maid. The other is related to the hostess: first, no one is willing to put a beautiful woman around and leave a chance for her husband to think differently, and second, there is no harm without contrast, and the uglier the maid, the more she can set off her own beauty.
Speaking of Qiu Jixiu, seeing such a beautiful child flying by, he was busy inquiring with the people around him. It turned out that this was Mo Shi, the wife of Zhang Ying, the inspector of Shaanxi, and her husband had been an official outside for half a year, and now he was alone in an empty house.
Hearing about Mo's current situation, Qiu Jixiu's heart moved to a crooked mind...
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A few days later, a wet nurse came to Mo's house.
The nurse told the janitor that Mo Shi had asked him to bring hepu pearls to choose.
Mo Shi listened, although she could not remember when she had made an appointment with such a wet nurse, but the temptation of Hepu Pearl to the woman made her heart move, so the wet nurse was invited into the house.
The pearls brought by the nurse are indeed the best products, and Mo's love is not to let go, so he bought a few pieces by hand; not only that, this nurse is also knowledgeable, and the new things in the south of the sea and the north of the sky are gushing in her mouth; especially the nurse will bring a few words of wind and moon from time to time, and Mo's heart, who has been alone in the empty room for many years, is shy and happy.
Unconsciously, it was late, and Mo Shi had no choice but to issue an eviction order; the nurse said: "Madam, my home is still far from here, I am a woman and a Taoist family, how can I hurry with these jewels late at night?" Please let me rest at the house for one night and leave tomorrow morning. ”
Mo Shi listened to it too, so he asked the next person to tidy up the room, let the nurse live with him, and talk again in the evening.
That night, Mo Shi was tossing and turning, but the nurse suddenly climbed into bed, covered Mo s mouth and said: "Madam Mo Panic, I was originally a merchant from Guangdong, surnamed Qiu Jixiu." Only because I saw you in the temple that day, I can never forget it, so I took the liberty of visiting you today..."
Mo Shi still wants to struggle, but where is Qiu Jixiu's opponent? Only to hear Qiu Jixiu say again: "Madame don't struggle, otherwise it will alarm others and it will not be good for Madame's reputation." Madame has been alone for a long time, and now I can come to meet, which is also the fate of you and me. ”
Mo Shi, who had been lonely for a long time, was now held in the arms of Qiu Jixiu, and under some sweet words, he suddenly lost his resistance...
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Qiu Jixiu's good deeds have lasted for half a year.
During this period, he would always dress up as a wet nurse and mix into the house, and secretly have fun with Mo's private meeting. Of course, all this is known only to Mo's personal maid Ailian, who is the strange and ugly maid mentioned above.
Half a year later, Zhang Ying returned.
Zhang Ying had previously served as an inspector in Shaanxi, and his term of office was only one year, so he had never brought his family with him. Now that he has been promoted to prefect, this time he is ready to come back to rest and then go to Beijing to receive a letter of appointment.
The lord had already returned, and Qiu Jixiu's good deeds had since been cut off; but perhaps only for the time being, didn't Zhang Ying still want to go to the capital?
However, Qiu Jixiu never had another chance--Mo Shi was dead.
A few days after Zhang Ying returned home, his wife Mo Shi died of illness, and the coffin was placed in Yanhua Temple, ready to be sent back to his hometown for a burial on a chosen day.
When Qiu Jixiu heard about Mo's violent death, he was secretly sighing in his heart, but unexpectedly, a big thing came to the door.
The people who came were the county magistrates' hunting: it turned out that Zhang Ying had buried a crown of beads in the coffin for his wife, three pieces of good jade, gold and silver bracelets, and countless new splendid clothes; however, within a few days of stopping the coffin, all the belongings were looted, leaving only Mo's naked body lying in the cold coffin.
Qiu Jixiu, a jewelry merchant who lives in Yanhua Temple, is considered to be a major suspect.
In the courtroom, despite Qiu Jixiu's every effort to justify him, Ni Zhixian did not believe it and used a large punishment against him; under torture, Qiu Jixiu could only be beaten into confession.
The facts of the case are "big white", only waiting for the approval of the upper peaks such as the government, and what awaits Qiu Jixiu will be "hanging prison waiting".
Thinking of this evil fate, Qiu Jixiu's heart could not help but be full of emotion: just as if he had created sins in his previous life, he should have had this fate in his own life...
Qiu Jixiu, did he die like this?
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As usual, this case should be reported to the Jiangxi Government for approval.
At that time, the inspector of Jiangxi was hong zhong, but at the moment he was holding a private letter sent by his colleague Zhang Ying.
In his letter, Zhang Ying recounted the death of his beloved wife, the moratorium of Yanhua Temple, and the humiliation of the corpse by jewelry merchant Qiu Jixiu; he said that the case had been tried by Duchang Nizhi County, and the suspect also confessed, hoping that Hong Zhong would be able to quickly approve the reply after receiving the writing, so that the suspect would be blinded by the law and his beloved wife, and he would be able to go to Beijing as soon as possible to receive the certificate of appointment.
After reading the letter, Hong Zhong's heart was full of doubts.
Zhang Ying's wife died, why did she put her in Yanhua Temple? Since Duchang Nizhi County has already completed the trial, it will soon be reported to the government, as long as the facts of the case are true and the trial is correct, the inspector will naturally not refute it, why is Zhang Ying in such a hurry?
With doubts in mind, Hong Zhong immediately went to Duchang County to request access to the case file.
In the file, a confession by the suspect Qiu Jixiu attracted Hong Zhong's special attention: "It was not me who opened the coffin and robbed the wealth, but this is a debt of injustice in the previous life, and I am willing to die." ”
Isn't it clear that there is no admission, and how can it be said that the suspect has confessed?
In addition, there were no testimonies from the monks or laymen of Yanhua Temple, where the coffin was stored, and no record of the recovery of lost property; during the inquest of the body, Ni Zhi County found that the coffin where Mo's naked body lay emitted a strong smell of wine.
Also, when it was confirmed that the coffin contained the burial items, there was no testimony from Eileen, Mo's personal maid. The file records that Ni Zhixian once asked about AiLian, and Zhang Ying said that Ailian had disappeared.
The Ming Dynasty had a rule that unless there were special cases such as adultery or murder, women were not allowed to enter the court; this case was only a coffin and a corpse, and Zhang Ying could use this as a reason, so why did he want to answer that AiLian was missing?
As the doubts grew, Hong Zhong immediately demanded that the suspect be interrogated.
Qiu Jixiu brought it to, under hong zhong's questioning, he told the story of the adultery with Mo Shi and the confession of the beating, and finally said: "If I die because of this matter, it is also doomed in my previous life, and now I only want to die quickly and end this evil marriage." ”
Looking at the remorseful suspect, Hong Zhong had a terrible judgment in his heart -- was it Zhang Ying who discovered the adultery and killed his wife and then planted a stolen adulterer?
In this way, the maid Eileen is the key witness in this case!
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Hong Zhong invited Zhang Ying to his official residence and inquired about Ai Lian's disappearance.
Zhang Ying replied: "Eileen has been living with her wife day and night since she was a child, and she has a deep affection; after her wife died of illness, she did not want to have an only child, and even jumped into the fish pond and committed suicide..."
After listening to Zhang Ying's explanation, Hong Zhong thought about it for a moment and said: "The younger brother is busy with official duties, and since Brother Zhang is here, he will stay in the palace for a few days, and after the murderer has committed the crime, it is not too late to go home and pack his bags." ”
In a word, you stay here!
Zhang Ying had no choice but to live in Hongfu first. Over there, Hong Zhong took the opportunity to interrogate all the butlers and servants in Zhang Ying's mansion, and finally found out from the housekeeper the tragic death of AiLian.
It turned out that after Zhang Ying returned home, he found that there were many Hepu pearls in Mo's place; when asked, Mo's weak heart as a thief was unable to answer, and Zhang Ying became suspicious.
Therefore, Zhang Ying called the maid Ailian to the backyard fish pond and forced her to inquire about mo's situation; at first, Ailian wanted to help her wife hide, but Zhang Ying actually drew her sword and threatened: "If you don't tell the truth, I will kill you with a knife and throw you into the fish pond!" ”
Forced to be helpless, Ai Lian had to tell the matter between Madame and Qiu Jixiu, and explained that Qiu Jixiu was living in Yanhua Temple. Zhang Ying, who learned the truth, was afraid of the news that AiLian had revealed, so he pushed her into the fish pond and drowned, and this matter happened to be secretly seen by the housekeeper.
The innocent maid, Ai Lian, died inexplicably.
So, is Zhang Ying's wife Mo Shi really sick and dead? What will happen to the smell of wine in the coffin?
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After finding out the cause of Ailian's death, Hong Zhong immediately went to find Zhang Ying.
At first, Zhang Ying still pushed and refused to admit it, but Hong Zhong said to him: "If Brother Zhang is not willing to tell the truth, then I have to go to investigate with great fanfare, and when the time comes, the city will be full of wind and rain, and I am afraid that the saints will not be able to cover up for you today." If you can explain, maybe you can get a point or two in the next step. ”
At this point, Zhang Ying had to honestly "confess."
Killing Ai Lian, Zhang Ying returned to the room without a word. That night, when he slept until the second change, he suddenly told Mo Shi that he couldn't sleep and wanted to drink wine to help sleep. When Mo Shi wanted to wake up the maid to get the wine, Zhang Ying pushed that it was late, don't disturb the next person, let Mo Shi personally go to get the couple to drink, Mo Shi had to go to the courtyard alone to get the wine.
At that time, the Duchang people used large vats of wine, and the most could be filled with more than a thousand liters of wine. Mo Shi stepped on the small stool and bent down to get the wine, but Zhang Ying quietly followed behind, grabbed her feet, and threw her head down into the wine tank.
Poor Mo Shi didn't even hum, so he made a ghost in the jar, which is why the smell of wine wafted from the coffin.
Zhang Ying returned to the room, and after a while, he heard no movement in the courtyard, and then pretended to shout "Lady" and woke up the domestic servants to look for Mo Shi...
Subsequently, Zhang Ying "buried Mo's thick" with great fanfare to show his "love" with Mo's. He specially arranged to stop the coffin Yanhua Temple, and sent two close associates to take out the treasure in the coffin, in order to plant the adulterer Qiu Jixiu, which can be described as a thorough effort.
Not only that, in order to close the case as soon as possible, he not only exerted pressure on Duchangzhi County, but also cleverly wanted to use the principle of officials and officials to protect each other and repair the book Hong zhong, hoping to quickly close the case and cover up the facts. Who knows, when he met Such a "fierce and direct minister" as Hong Zhong, he investigated this matter to the end, and it was really "the organs did their best to calculate and mistakenly missed Qingqing's life."
At this point, it can be said that the truth of the case has come out, but the punishment of Zhang Ying, who killed two people in a row, has surprised people.
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The crime committed by Qiu Jixiu was to rape the wives and daughters of officials and the wives of the imperial court, which was the most heinous crime, so he was proposed to be beheaded and executed in the autumn.
Zhang Ying, on the other hand, only lost his official position and was not subject to other sanctions.
Zhang Ying's crime was to kill the adulteress and murder the maid. According to the Great Ming Law, the husband kills the adulterous woman only "one hundred rods and three years of imprisonment"; while the master kills the maid, it is "sixty rods and one year of imprisonment". According to the principle of concurrent heaviness, the sin obtained by Zhang Ying should be "one hundred rods and three years of imprisonment."
However, after Hong Zhong reported Zhang Ying's case to the Ministry of Punishment for deliberation, the Ministry of Punishment only dismissed him because he was an official of the imperial court and was an official who was about to be appointed or promoted, and the rest did not pursue him.
Speaking of which, Zhang Ying also lost his life, but only lost his political life.
From here, we can see how unequal the restraint of officials and people in the Ming Dynasty was, and the women who were maids and servants suffered even less equally.
Feudal society formulates laws in order to maintain and maintain a kind of equality to the greatest extent, but this equality is more relative to the same level and between the same class; a comparison between different classes and different classes will only be left with "justice" within the law, but there will be no equality in sight!
The so-called "Son of Heaven breaks the law and shares the same sin as the common people" is just a slogan!
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