Fujian Jian'ou
During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a beggar in Zhicheng (Jian'ou) in Fujian Province, named Diao Terrier, who once fought with beggars from other places from the outer river. With great strength and no one to dissuade him, the beggars in the field were almost not directly killed, but they were seriously injured and were about to die.
After the conflict, the beggars from other places climbed to the Guandi Temple outside the high gate and repeatedly muttered to themselves: I was beaten by someone and felt bad pain.
The next day, the beggar from the field died in the temple.
Diao Terrier himself also thought of his own heavy hand, thinking that this person might die, and secretly found all the way to the high gate. I heard that a beggar from a foreign country had died in the Guandi Temple, so I ran in to take a closer look, and sure enough, it was the beggar who had fought yesterday.
Then he burst into tears, crying and saying, "This is my own brother, I heard that I was beaten yesterday, so I came to see, I didn't expect that I died, I will definitely avenge you." After crying, he turned and left, and did not come back to collect the body for burial.
Miao Zhu, who lived in the Guandi Temple, went to the surrounding area to make money and wanted to hire someone to bury the beggar. There happens to be a local Zhang Shan, who is the local Yozheng (similar to the leader of a local organization such as Li Changjia Chang). Life is a life of charity. Seeing that the Daoist had come to make money, he gave him five pieces of silver to buy a coffin, and two hundred yuan for him to hire a coachman. Miaozhu took the money and buried the beggars in the field.
When Diao Terrier heard about it, he ran to the Guandi Temple and asked Miao Zhu, "Who buried my brother for me?" ”
"You have not come, and you have to thank Elder Zhang for giving up some silver money to buy a coffin for burial." Miao Zhu replied diao terrier.
Diao Terrier then came to Zhang Shan's door and shouted, "I am from Jiangxi, and my brother's name is Diao Shan." A few days ago, I begged people in front of people's doors to give away their belongings, which annoyed others and was beaten to death. Today I heard that it was your family that beat it, and a coffin will fill people up and it will be all right? Our brothers were exiled here, alone and alone. You might as well pay me twelve or three dollars for the funeral, and I won't go to court. Otherwise, if you sue someone's life, you will also have to pay for it. ”
Zhang Shan saw that Diao Terrier spoke like this and so, and said good words to comfort Diao Terrier. He said, "Your brother must have been beaten somewhere else, and you should inquire carefully about it." My Zhang family has kept its duty for generations and has never scolded beggars. Besides, there were no beggars coming to the door yesterday, where will there be a beggar beating? All you have to do is ask my neighbors to know if it's true or not. ”
Diao Terrier did not listen to his explanation, and still did not spare: "Human life is at stake, but lu cai is true, not the person you beat, why should you bury the funeral with silver and two?" ”
"Charity comes from the hearts of the people, and yesterday a Taoist person came to the door to make money, and I gave him alms." Instead, you are suspicious of this, and you are taking revenge. ”
Diao Terrier did not listen, insisting that Zhang Shan produce two more silver.
When Zhang Shan saw his appearance, he gave him a hundred copper coins. He said, "If you do this, who will dare to do good deeds again in the future?" See you as a scoundrel, and give you another hundred pennies. ”
Guandi Temple, non-text Guandi Temple, for reference
Diao Terrier got a hundred yuan, or felt that he did not meet his own requirements, the so-called wolf heart is insufficient, and went to the county to file a complaint. Say: I am a native of Jiangxi, and I live on the streets with my brother Diao Shan to beg for food. The younger brother has a bad personality, and his behavior in the local Zhang Shanjia before was abrupt, which annoyed the local powerful Zhang Shan. Zhang Shanling beat his brother, and because of the beating, he climbed into the temple and died after one night. Zhang Shan sent people to bury his brother overnight, saying that he was giving alms. Give me money back to buy me shut up. I think my brother died and was buried in another country, and although I was poor and begging, where would I want this sealing fee? Begging the county lord to send someone to examine the wounds, kill people to pay for their lives, and do justice for me.
Zhang Shan also wrote a piece of paper: Zhang Shan has always abided by the law of reason, and is now a covenant. Because a beggar died in the territory of the township, the temple blessed people with money to pay for the funeral. I gave him five pieces of silver to buy the coffin, and two hundred pennies to hire someone to bury it. It was the temple that came out to solicit advice, and the Baojia notice suddenly appeared, saying that the deceased was his brother and falsely accusing me of killing him. I was wronged and gave up a hundred yuan to seek a cleansing, and when Diao Terrier came to me to cheat money and failed to satisfy his desires, he fabricated lies to sue. During this time, there were no beggars coming to the door, so how could there be a scolding of beggars? I am funding because of the temple blessing money, why should I bribe with money? Beg the big boss to carefully check the neighbors left and right, distinguish the true from the false, and avoid disasters.
Because this Zhang Shan was usually a very good person, the other local baojia were also indignant about his being framed, and collectively submitted a letter of guarantee to the government, saying: Zhang Shan did not kill the beggar, it was very wronged, and if there was a matter of killing people, everyone was willing to be punished.
The prefect receives three sheets of paper at the same time.
The prefect' surname was Mei, and the plaintiff, defendant, and Zhongbao Jia were all summoned to the lobby for interrogation. Diao Terrier has always insisted that his brother was beaten to death by Zhang Shan, so he paid for it. All the baojia said that Zhang was kind and kind, and that paying for the funeral was charity, and did not kill the beggar.
At this point, it was difficult for Mei Ye to be embarrassed, so he had to let diao terrier be imprisoned first.
After five days, Mei Ye thought that this beggar must not be entangled around him, and after five days of detention, he would definitely find someone to help. In this way, the source of this trick is found out by the person who received the help.
So he brought the jailer to interrogate him: "Who did Diao Terrier ask you to send a letter to?" At the beginning, this forbidden son pretended to be stupid and said that he did not know, and Mei Ye let people beat him five big boards. Then he said, "If you are accused of being a robber, you are afraid of being involved, and it is reasonable to say that you do not know." Now Diao Terrier bid farewell to people and send letters to his relatives and friends, what does it matter, why do you want to hide it for him? ”
Forbidden Zi listened to the old master's words before he said, "He asked me to send a letter to Yang Jian at Chaotianmen gate today." ”
Ancient prisons, non-text prisons, for reference
Mei Ye immediately had Yang Jian arrested and sent to the palace and asked him, "What kind of relatives are diao terriers and you?" ”
"I'm his cousin on a vine." Yang Jian replied.
"Where is Diao Terrier's hometown, and who else is in the family?"
"Diao Terrier is a native of Dongxiang, this province, and now the family has also been defeated, leaving only Diao Terrier alone, no brothers, uncles."
"Do the Diao family have any assets?" Mei Ye continued to ask questions.
"The Diao family was able to live a good life in the early days, but later because of good gambling and happy prostitution, they gave their family a lot of waste, and now they have become beggar heads, where is there a home?" Ken replied.
"Why did Diao Terrier send you a letter?"
Yang Jian replied: "He said that he was imprisoned for a lawsuit and asked me to borrow a plate. ”
"Is his letter still there?" Mei Ye said.
Yang Jian took out the letter and handed it to the Mei prefect. When The prefect of Mei took a look at it, if this was the case, he dropped the letter and returned it to Yang Jian. Immediately interrogated Diao Terrier.
"Where are you from Jiangxi, you are from Dongxiang in this province, and you have no brothers." There used to be a home, only because you were a good gambler and a loser, and now you are a beggar's head. You beat the beggars from other places to death, and people have not yet sued you, and you in turn rely on Zhang Shan. I have already investigated all of this, you want to pay for your life, is there any doubt? Confess well, lest you be tortured! ”
Diao Terrier looked at it, Mei Ye said one hundred and fifty, he made his old foundation clear, he did not dare to hide it, he was hungry, I am afraid that he could not withstand the punishment again, so he explained clearly one by one and confessed.
The Prefect of Mei then decided that Diao had paid for his life.
Ancient mansions, for reference
This case, on the one hand, lies in the efforts of everyone, and Zhang Shan will not be framed. However, the beggars in the field have fatal injuries, if the murderer is not found, the terrier insists on a hard mouth and can resist the beating, and this buried silver is indispensable to be sentenced to the terrier, but the real murderer of the death of the beggar in the field cannot be found. In this case, the key lies in the fact that Diao Terrier was first detained, and finally the person who received him was found out, so as to know the details of Diao Terrier, and the magic is here.
This article is original by Jiangnan Yizheng, welcome to pay attention to, take you along with long knowledge!
Original link: Ming Dynasty local beggars fight to kill beggars from other places, and the case of relying on well-meaning people is tried
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