It is said that Wu Song was working on a case and arresting people in Shengmu Village, lower part of Yanggu County.
This case is also a strange one, because the murderer and the woman who was killed were actually husband and wife.
The murderer had previously worked for the owner of a gambling stall in Cuntou, earned some money, and invited the boss to his house for a drink. Unexpectedly, the boss had taken a liking to his mother-in-law, and started to flirt with her. If it had been another man at this time, he would have punched and kicked her. , I'm afraid it will be even more bloody when you meet someone with a strong temper.
But although this man refused to be molested by his boss, he was afraid of offending the gambling stall boss because of his cowardice, so he just tried every means to persuade him to leave.
The boss of the gambling stall has been obsessed with harassing his mother-in-law several times. Although he tried to go there with a knife, he never dared to do it. Instead, he went to flatter her afterwards. It can be seen that when he held the knife, he was just pretending to look good, otherwise How can we continue to hang out in the village?
Later, the boss tried to trap him, and after thinking about it, he divorced his mother-in-law with a divorce letter and ran away to another place.
Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law had a strong temper. Even if she was divorced, she would not join the gambling stall boss. She actually took out the scissors and stabbed her own house with blood. Now the boss was afraid and ran away. Poor this woman, if the neighbors hadn't discovered To save her, she would definitely die if she shed all her blood.
The boss and the governor couldn't do anything, and he was afraid of getting involved in life-threatening lawsuits. If he didn't come to harass him, this man got the news out of town and ran back.
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, if there is reconciliation and divorce, there will be no relationship between husband and wife, let alone if he takes the initiative to divorce. Divorce will probably cause the woman to be dirty, and will involve the natal family being humiliated. If there is another girl in the natal family, it will be difficult to marry off.
This is the case not only in this dynasty, but in all dynasties, and even in later generations. Once they leave, no matter what the reason is, laws, etiquette, and morality will no longer have a foothold.
This person actually thought so too, but when he returned to Shengmu Village to buy melons at the entrance of the village, a few melon-eating idlers couldn't help but talk about the excitement and not being afraid of big troubles. Their words were just idle gossip.
His heart moved and he went to see his mother-in-law at night. Unexpectedly, she said, "Since you divorced me and I suffered humiliation, why should I look back?"
The two of them were fighting, but the mother-in-law refused, and he became angry. He thought that he was afraid of the boss of the gambling stall, and he was also afraid of you as a mother-in-law, so he used a knife to bully her. Willing to comply.
If you miss, kill him!
There is nothing better than bullying the weak and fearing the strong, fearing the strong bullying the weak, and the weak wielding a knife against the weaker.
Yanggu County found out that the case was clear, with both neighbor witnesses and physical evidence of the murder weapon. Wu Song came to pick up the man, but unexpectedly the man fled to the mountains. Wu Song had no choice but to stay in the village for a few nights, waiting for the opportunity.
Fortunately, there were big insects cutting trails on the mountain recently. This man was afraid, so he ran back from the mountain again that morning. He was seen and reported, and Wu Song led people to catch him.
It was morning now. After Wu Song was arrested, he was sitting at Katsuki Village's house drinking. However, the more he thought about this matter, the more anxious he became.
Why? Just because he thought about his older brother, he knew that Pan Jinlian was romantic, and he was afraid of harming his brother, so he wanted to persuade him to reconcile, but he never expected to encounter such a case.
He knew that his brother was obsessed with Pan Jinlian, and if he continued to entangle her after the divorce, something would inevitably go wrong again.
Bao Zheng was observing the words and sifting the wine and said: "Since Du Tou has captured the murderer, why are you so depressed?"
Wu Song said: "I just don't understand this person. After divorce, his mother-in-law was left alone, and he insulted his mother-in-law and his father-in-law's family. Why did he attack him later?"
Baozheng smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? You can tell by just asking."
After a while, the man was brought up and Wu Song interrogated him.
The man cried: "I didn't want to, but the idle man in the village did not talk about the law, did not talk about right and wrong, did not talk about the divorce letter and insulted his wife, he just talked about it and played it, the villain was deceived, and even made this big mistake. .”
When Wu Song heard this, he suddenly realized that if his brother reconciled and told him not to go out to buy melons.
After eating and drinking, and resting for a while, Wu Song led the guards to escort the prisoners back to Yanggu.
For some unknown reason along the way, Wu Song only felt restless and in a trance, and was anxious to rush back to see his brother.
Needless to say, he went to the Yamen to hand over the prisoner. The county magistrate was overjoyed and rewarded him with wine and food.
After eating and drinking, Wu Song went back to his lower room, changed his clothes, shoes and socks, put on a new headscarf, locked the door, and walked all the way to Zishi Street.
When he arrived at the wooden building, he pushed the door twice but did not open it. Wu Song raised his eyes to look at the sky, but it was only noon. He couldn't help but feel uneasy. He exerted his strength and only heard a "bang" sound. The door bolt disconnected from the inside, and he Then I heard talking inside.
"Dalang, it's time to drink medicine."
When Wu Song heard this, his heart suddenly trembled, but why do you think it was?
It turned out that after he became the capital of Yanggu County, he wrote a letter to the prince in the capital to report that he was safe, but the prince replied later in the year. There were only four words in the letter, which were "should not drink medicine."
When Wu Song thought about it, the hairs on his body suddenly stood up, and he was soaked in cold sweat. He immediately yelled: "You can't drink it!"
Hearing a cry of "Ouch" from upstairs, Wu Song ran upstairs and saw his brother lying sickly on the bed. Pan Jinlian was holding a lamp in his hand and was looking left and right with a look on his face. Panic.
Although Wu Song was not careful, he knew at this moment that there was medicine in the cup. He was afraid of shocking the woman and spilling the medicine, so he just said: "Sister-in-law, why is my brother so seriously ill?"
Pan Jinlian choked up and pretended to cry: "Uncle, I don't know something. Since the day before yesterday, your brother has been very anxious and distressed. He has been sick for two days and was bedridden. Only then did he take medicine."
Wu Song nodded and did not look at her. He just slowly approached to look at his brother. He saw that Wu Da's face was green and black, and there were faint blood stains on the corners of his mouth. He wanted to open his mouth but could not speak, so he knew that something was fishy.
When Pan Jinlian saw him coming, she cried, "Uncle, please see if this medicine is cold. I'll heat it up and give it to Dalang to drink."
Wu Song nodded, and the woman was about to turn around, but unexpectedly a hand reached out to snatch it away. The woman was shocked, but she couldn't snatch it away from Wu Song. Half of the medicine had been spilled in the blink of an eye.
Wu Song took half the medicine and felt at ease, but when he saw the woman reaching out to grab it, he couldn't help but push it aside and said, "Sister-in-law, don't make a mistake."
Pan Jinlian said in a panic: "I'm taking care of Dalang's condition, why is my uncle grabbing medicine?"
Wu Song ignored him and stretched out his hand to take out a piece of snow-white official silver. It was not pickled and broken like the ones on the market. He dipped the snow-white into the cup. In just a moment, it turned gray and black. Wu Song's face changed greatly and he said: " Sister-in-law has done a good job.”
Pan Jinlian's beauty suddenly turned pale, and she turned around to run away, only to see Wu Song snatch her up, throw her to the ground, and said angrily: "Sister-in-law, you still don't recruit me according to the truth, don't blame Wu Song for being rude again."
Pan Jinlian was not willing to say anything. She just cried loudly. Wu Da said weakly on the bed: "Xi, Ximen Qing..."
Upon hearing this, Wu Song immediately rushed to the bedside: "Brother, which Ximen Qing?"
Wu Da took a moment to catch his breath, and then he had the strength to speak again: "The person who runs a herbal medicine shop...Ximen Qing."
When Wu Song thought about it, he knew that the shop was not far from the county government office and he always stopped by.
He asked the person's name, walked over and grabbed the woman: "What else can I say? If you don't call her from the truth, don't blame Wu Song for killing someone directly!" As he said this, he took a wrist-breaking knife in his hand, pierced it on the ground, and immediately revealed that The hem of the woman's skirt went straight into the wooden floor.
Pan Jinlian was so frightened that her heart trembled. She didn't dare to hide anything anymore, so she told everything about Ximen Qing's hookup and being caught and raped by Wu Da, Ximen Qing's kicking until Wu Da vomited blood, and Wang Po's plot to kill Wu Da.
Wu Song's thick eyebrows stood up when he heard this, and he shouted: "I am so angry!"
This is exactly what it is: Love is infatuated with flowers and refuses to stop, and plotting can only be prepared forever. Who would have thought that the poison on the head of Wuer's sword was even more severe than arsenic.
(End of chapter)
