Seeing that the female ghost in the forest had repented, the young man with the sword took out a piece of yellow talisman paper from his arms and placed it on the ground to light it. Following the burning smoke of the talisman paper, two ghosts came from the west. I don't know what the young man with the sword said to the two guards. The two undercover guards put shackles on the woman and took her away.
The heroic young man also said to Zhuzi: "Go home and cook for your mother. Your mother is making a fuss at home!" Upon hearing this, Zhuzi ran back quickly, and the three young men disappeared.
Returning to Wuzhong City, let me tell you that there is a farmer named Li Deshan in Qianruge Village outside the city. There is an old cow in the family who has dozens of acres of land. His ancestors have made a living by farming for generations, and they are honest and kind. Although life is not rich, it is still passable.
Suddenly one day, Li Deshan was driving cattle to plow the land. A short man came from the field, holding a pole. There is a curtain above the pole, with the word "Ma Yi" written on it, and a big word "Xiang" written in the middle, which is a big fortune-telling guise. When he walked to the end of the field, he greeted Li Deshan and said, "Brother, please come!" Li Deshan stopped the plow and hurriedly returned the greeting. The dwarf said: "I was passing by and saw a teapot on the man's field. I wanted to ask for a drink!" Li Deshan took the teapot, took the bowl, poured a bowl of water and handed it to the dwarf. Chapo finished drinking the water and clasped his fists to express his gratitude.
After drinking the water, the dwarf and Li Deshan sat on the ground to rest and chatted. The dwarf looked at Li Deshan's cow back and forth. Li Deshan said jokingly: "Mr., Mr. Xiangshou, is he also good at predicting cows?" The dwarf smiled and said: "For the sake of a bowl of water, I would like to give you a friendly reminder. You This cow is probably going to fly!"
Li Deshan laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "Sir, you are really joking. Cows have no wings, how can they fly!" The short man laughed and said, "You can't be wrong. If you don't believe it, we can bet that if within a month, , you don’t have the calamity of the flying bull, I will give you a hundred taels of silver. If there is a calamity of the flying bull, how about you lose a hundred taels of silver to me?" Li Deshan also showed off his courage for a moment, and immediately slapped his thigh and said: "One word is Certainly!"
When he got home, Li Deshan was very excited. Chapo is a fortune teller. If he dares to place such a big bet, he must be confident. He felt that he was not safe, so he strengthened the rein harness. But then I thought about it, it was useless. If the cows could really fly away, wouldn't these sets be useless? After thinking about it, Li Deshan came up with a plan. The gentleman was talking about the disaster of the flying cow. If I sell the cow, it has nothing to do with me! If the cow is not with me, do I still care whether it can fly or not? You can't stop saying that I'm responsible for the flying bull, right? When this month is over, I will buy another one. If you win, you will get a hundred taels of silver!
So Li Deshan took the cow to the market and sold it. I put the silver I earned from the sale into a bag and carried it home on my back. A stone fell from my heart. On the way home, he saw an eagle that had been injured by a hunter. Li Deshan went up to the mountain and caught it. He said to himself that he was so lucky today and unexpectedly caught an eagle. Thinking about it, he tied the eagle and the robe together and carried them on his shoulders, and walked home happily. Unexpectedly, the eagle rested on his shoulder, suddenly grabbed the robe and spread its wings and flew away. If the cow money flies away, this is still the disaster of flying cows!
Only then did Li Deshan realize that it seemed to be fate. But in the end, he was still unwilling to give in. Look at the way the eagle didn't fly very high while carrying the robe, and it looked like it was stumbling. The eagle is always injured and cannot fly far. If you catch it immediately, it will fall down soon if you don't give it time to rest.
So Li Deshan chased closely and almost caught the eagle several times, but it escaped every time. In this way, Li Deshan chased after him, but when he saw that the eagle could no longer fly, it fell into a weed in front of him. Li Deshan caught up and saw that it was a tomb. There was a hole in the tomb, and the eagle got into the hole. Li Deshan went to dig it out with his hands, but the hole was deep and Li Deshan couldn't reach it with his arms. Without any time to think about it, Li Deshan found a stone from the side and blocked the entrance of the cave. Then he ran home in a hurry and used tools to dig the grave.
I took tools from home and dug down. Only after digging to the bottom did I find that there was a hole in the coffin. Without allowing Li Deshan to dig deeper, several people suddenly came forward and grabbed Li Deshan. "How dare you dig up graves in broad daylight!" Li Deshan was immediately taken to see the officials.
Wu Zhixian went to court to inquire about the case. Li Deshan argued that he was chasing cattle money, and told the story of how he caught an eagle on the way back from selling cattle and how the eagle took away the robe. The magistrate thought that if the silver coins were really lost in the tomb, it would be a good thing. According to the law of this dynasty, a hundred sticks are used to dig up graves and travel three thousand miles. If Li Deshan is sentenced in this way, not only will he be dissatisfied with it, but he will also be unable to justify it in his conscience. It is better to conduct an on-site inspection. If no silver coins are found in the tomb, it is not too late to find out. So he led the government officials and escorted Li Deshan to the cemetery where the crime occurred.
When he arrived at the cemetery, Li Deshan insisted that he would accept the crime if he couldn't dig out the chain! The magistrate ordered people to dig up the grave and found a thin-skinned coffin inside. The county magistrate knew immediately upon seeing it that this was not a tomb of a wealthy family nor a grand burial. There would not be many funerary objects. Li Deshan had indeed been wronged by the tomb robbers. He ordered people to open the lid of the coffin. There was no chain inside, only a corpse that had turned into bones. The magistrate ordered the government officials to search for the chain, but failed to find the chain. However, the government officials found a steel nail inserted into the skull inside the coffin!
What is this called? This is called a case within a case!
After finding out the case within the case, the magistrate immediately called in the widow for inspection. After confirming that the deceased was indeed nailed to death with steel nails, he immediately investigated whose tomb it was and when the owner of the tomb died. It turns out that those who turned Li Deshan to the officials were close relatives of the tomb owner. Those close relatives testified that the tomb owner died of illness three years ago and his widow had remarried three years ago! When the county magistrate heard about it, he died of illness three years ago and has been remarried for three years. Was it because he couldn't wait to remarry or something? Immediately ask where to marry and bring it immediately!
Soon, a woman was arrested and brought to court, where she knelt down. The county magistrate clapped his hands and said: "Bold whore, how did you team up with the adulterer to murder your husband? Do it with the truth and avoid the physical pain!" The woman did not dare to hide it, and told the whole story about her affair with someone three years ago. She committed adultery and was beaten by her husband after being discovered. Then she conspired with the adulterer, drugging her husband's food to stun him, then opening the door and letting the adulterer in. He then drove a steel nail into his head and submerged it in the hairline of his head. The next day, she pretended to die of illness and remarried the adulterer after her husband sent her.
The county magistrate immediately issued a warrant to arrest the adulterer. At this time, the convict woman looked at Li Deshan and thought that bad luck had fallen on him! He wanted to bite him even if he was dead, and cried out that he was wronged. The magistrate asked: "You have confessed, how can you be wronged?" The prisoner's wife said: "This incident was all caused by Li Deshan digging the grave, and there is no discovery in the tomb." Li Deshan was found guilty of digging up graves and should be hanged!" Before the county magistrate could reply, the officer who went to arrest the adulterer reported that the adulterer had already escaped after hearing the news! The magistrate immediately ordered people to draw pictures and post notices to catch the murderer!
The prisoner's wife was still suing Li Deshan for digging up manure and graves when she suddenly heard a drum sound at the door. A government official came to report that someone was beating drums to complain about injustice. When asked who was playing the drum, the officer replied: "A short man with a chain on his shoulder and a fortune-telling sign in his hand." The magistrate understood that something strange was going on in this case. The whole case was set up by the fortune-teller, who pointed the finger at the deceased. His tomb, this person must be an expert from this world! Moreover, Feiniu bets a hundred taels of silver, such a clever trick is probably not something ordinary people can come up with! Quickly tell the Yamen servants to invite you as soon as possible!
I saw a short man outside the government office carrying a chain on his back and waving a fortune-telling sign. He walked in with his arms crossed carelessly, laughing all the way! When the magistrate saw this man, his eyes widened with surprise and surprise, and he ran down the hall to meet him in three steps at a time. The short man clasped his fists: "Brother Qiao passed the imperial examination and was sent to the outside world without end. I haven't had time to clean you up! This case is the first trouble the three of us have caused for you! Hahaha..." The county magistrate Qiao Yu clasped his fists: "Wherever I am, no trouble, this is my duty. The first thing I did when I got here was to look for the three brothers, but the whereabouts of the three brothers were uncertain and I couldn't find them."
Some of the government officials who knew him whispered that this was the short immortal master among the three immortal masters. Unexpectedly, the new magistrate, Mr. Qiao, actually called these three immortal masters brothers!
I saw the short gentleman put his robe on the shoulders of Li Deshan who was kneeling on the ground and said: "This is your cow." Then he turned to the convict woman and said: "Your husband died violently and the ghost is still there. When he showed up to harm others, he was killed by me." Waiting for him to be caught. Because he couldn't bear to let you and the adulterer go unpunished, he set up this clever situation. Therefore, Li Deshan removed the grave at the request of the tomb owner (ghost). It was also the ghost of your ex-husband who guided him to the cemetery. You have Why don't you accept it? Not only that, your ex-husband's wronged soul promised that the price difference between Li Deshan's sale of cattle and his future purchase of cattle will be compensated by your late husband's inheritance in the world. So if Li Deshan has any debt when he buys cattle in the future, you will bear it!"
At this time, a close relative of the tomb owner came forward and knelt down: "My lord, this cunning woman has remarried to someone else and is no longer a member of my family. Moreover, this move is just to avenge the soul of the deceased. Our family is grateful to Li Deshan and will never pursue her!"
At this time, the drumming started again outside. The yamen servant reported that two people were beating a drum outside with one person tied up. The magistrate hurriedly asked what the two men looked like, and the Yamen servant replied: "They are in strange clothes. One is a warrior and a scholar, and the other is a scholar with a sword." After hearing this, the magistrate hurriedly greeted them personally. They saw two people dragging a kidnapped person. Someone they knew was the adulterer.