At night, Wang Yuhuan was tossing and turning on his sister-in-law's bed, tired of thinking, and vaguely saw Young Master Yang rushing up the embroidery building again, but was caught by his sister-in-law and handed over to the clan leader. The clan leader raised his eyebrows and ordered a group of burly men to tie him up and hang him on a willow tree in front of the village, beating him with sticks and beating him to death. Yuhuan burst into tears and wanted to save him anyway. She was staggering towards Mr. Yang, but she fell down and woke up, sweating all over.
At this time, there was an unknown bang on the floor. She was a little frightened and turned on the lamp. Suddenly, a flash of lightning caught my eye, and I heard the patter of wind and rain outside the window. "Crack-" A thunderous explosion shook the mosquito net covering her down, and a thick wet cloud pressed down on her body. She regretted that she should not change her bed to sleep. Her head got out of the mosquito net and she was too lazy to get up and tie it up. She just lay there with insomnia until dawn, then hurriedly dressed and got out of bed. I opened the door and went to the kitchen to wash up and prepare to go upstairs to dress up. I called the maid Hongyu to go upstairs and see if the boudoir door was open.
Hongyu went upstairs and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, something happened!" Yuhuan rushed to see Hongyu's face pale, and a pungent smell of blood came to her nose. As I approached the door of the boudoir, I saw two headless corpses lying on the floor, dripping with blood. Yuhuan was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly. If Hongyu hadn't held him up, he would have fallen down.
Wang Rong heard the screams downstairs and quickly went upstairs to witness the horror. He felt dizzy and burst into tears. Then he screamed and screamed, "My poor son and daughter-in-law, what kind of thunder and fire have harmed you!" The mother-in-law went upstairs, shouting to the heavens and the earth, hugging the headless zombie, and howling incessantly. For a moment: the sad wind rolled into the angry waves, the mist of sorrow pressed on the brows, the miserable cries filled the sky, and the pain and sorrow penetrated the underworld.
Yesterday, Yang Chunlong read the article until he fell asleep deeply at night and got up early to prepare lessons. When he opened the "Four Books", he saw a corner of paper. When I opened it and looked at it, I was startled. I was inexplicable when I suddenly heard crying upstairs.
I thought something had happened to Miss Yuhuan, and after listening carefully to the scoldings from outside the staff, I realized that something bad had happened to the brother and sister-in-law. I thought about their daily benefits, and without even trying to express my gratitude, I couldn't help but burst into tears of bitterness and murmured to myself. In words, dear brother and wise sister-in-law, I will file a lawsuit for you and catch the murderer to comfort your soul in heaven. He suspected that this short letter was not necessarily written by Yuhuan, and that there must be something fishy in it, so he went upstairs with the letter, raising his sleeves to wipe away his tears as he walked.
He walked into the boudoir, and the mother-in-law who was holding the corpse and wailing turned around and twisted his hands and shouted, "You ungrateful and despicable beast, did you kill my son and daughter-in-law?" This suspicion arises because Zhang and Yuhuan changed beds last night with the intention of catching an adulterer, but she saw through it.
Madam, I don’t have the power to restrain a chicken, how dare I kill innocent people? He turned his palm and said, "Look, this letter may have something to do with this case." The mother-in-law took it but was blind. Wang Yuanwai took it away and said angrily, "You bitch, you and Yuhuan did that kind of humiliating thing and ruined our family, and conspired to kill my son and daughter-in-law."
What is written on the paper? The mother-in-law asked with a choked voice.
It wasn't the witch who had tipped him off and told him not to go upstairs last night. Wang Yuan said bluntly in anger.
When Yuhuan saw her handwriting on the paper, she felt a mixture of sadness and anger. She covered her head with her hands and cried, feeling sad for her brother and sister-in-law's misfortune, and angry at the son's unkindness. The mother-in-law rushed to slap her on the cheek and said angrily, "How did you kill them?"
I wrote this letter, I was not involved in the murder, you ask him. Yuhuan stroked her cheek, which was experiencing numbness, with one hand, pointed at Chunlong with the other, and ran towards the corridor crying. Hongyu was afraid that she would commit suicide, so she went over to hold her up, but she couldn't stop crying.
Yang Chunlong knelt down on his knees and spoke softly with tears. He was greatly favored by the officials and lived under a fence, studying scriptures day by day and writing articles at night. Xiaosheng really did not do anything so harmful to nature.
shut up. Wang Yuanwai pinched the letter and shook it, saying that this is evidence. You pretend to read and practice essays every day, secretly hooking up with that scoundrel of mine. The two of them wanted to catch you last night, but you unexpectedly resorted to such a vicious move. I want to ask you, why do I, Wang Rong, hate you? How much hatred do the two of them have against you? Looking at the headless body again, I was filled with anger, huh, you killed someone and lost two heads. The officer yelled, kicked him in the knee, and said, where were the two heads thrown?
Poor Chunlong fell down, his face was blue and his mouth was white, and he cried, "How can I know the person's head if he didn't kill anyone?" I have been living here for several months after being rescued by you. I have never been to the embroidered building and have nothing to do with the lady. I don’t know what happened to the letter written by the lady. If I knew that going upstairs last night could lead to death, I should have thrown my body long ago. The humble young man is willing to take over, in exchange for the lives of his brother and sister-in-law, in order to repay the kindness of his family.
You bastard, you still want to deceive me with your clever words. The officers roared outside and invited his family members to tie him up. They also sent people around to look for his head, but there was no trace of him.
Zhang Dahong pretended to squeeze out a few crocodile tears in the meantime, sighing for the deceased, but secretly rejoiced: Huh, I killed someone by mistake last night, so my husband has a long life, but the case has not been found, and he will have to be a scapegoat in the end. He took the lead to go to the door of the oil shop but failed to find the head, so the case was not to be blamed on Tao Songzhong, and there was still a trace of regret that the conspiracy had not succeeded.
On that day, Yang Chunlong was escorted to the county government office and reported the case. County magistrate Sun Youfa immediately took a sedan chair to Wang's house to inspect the scene. He searched everywhere for the head, but still couldn't find it, so he returned to the county government office.
The next day in court, it was reported that Yang Chunlong knelt in front of the hall and was interrogated: Common man Wang Rong is here to accuse you of an affair between Yang Chunlong and his daughter Wang Yuhuan. On the night of December 13, Wang Yuhe, Zhang and Wang Yuhuan changed beds with the intention of catching the adulterer. , but you killed me, cut off your head and threw it away unknown where. Did you personally commit this horrific crime? Hurry up and get the truth. If you conceal anything or deny it, the king will not forgive you.
I report to Mr. Qingtian that I am lucky enough to have been saved by the king. I have been favored by my dear brother and sister-in-law many times. I am interested in poetry and writing, hoping for fame, and I study day and night to prepare for the exam in the coming year. I will live up to everyone's expectations. As for Yuan Wang's official statement that Xiaosheng had an affair with a young lady, this is indeed not the case, and it is really conjecture. The young man and the young lady have no acquaintance with each other. They live in a house outside the house, but they often avoid the suspicion of having too many conversations between men and women. My dear brother and sister-in-law caught an adulterer and killed someone, but Xiaosheng really didn't know.
But in the early morning of the 14th, I came across a letter. It was said that the letter was written by the lady. I wonder if it had anything to do with the case. Xiaosheng originally wanted to surrender to your government to arrest the murderer and repay the blood debt of the couple, but unexpectedly, Xiaosheng was implicated and was wronged. Yang Chunlong bowed his head silently after speaking.
Sir, please don't listen to this bastard's clever words. He killed my son and daughter-in-law with his own hands. The sky is high and the mirror is high. I hope you will enforce the law impartially. Wang Rong interrupted.
shut up. Sun Youfa poured out a piece of letter from his left cuff, which Wang Rong had given him yesterday as evidence for arresting Yang Chunlong. He opened it, looked at it and asked, is this it?
Exactly.
Take Wang Yuhuan to the court.
After a while, a soldier pushed Wang Yuhuan in front of the hall, and Wang Yuhuan knelt down in tears. Sun You trembled and opened the letter and asked, "Is this written by you?" Yuhuan nodded and shed tears.
Did you conspire with him to murder Wang Yuhe and his wife?
Sir, on the night when my brother and sister-in-law were in trouble, the slave family was sleeping downstairs.
Since you wrote to him, you have the intention of colluding with him, how could you not know? Tell the truth quickly, otherwise the king will not forgive you.
