Thirty-five         The boy complains

In the early years of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, heavy rains fell in Zhengding Prefecture, Hebei. It continued for several days. The Hutuo River flooded, causing a radius of 100,000 taels of silver. Emperor Xuande heard about it and allocated 100,000 taels of silver and sent Zhao Zhongzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to inspect it. The Zhengding Prefect Kuang Shilun was the general manager and recruited thousands of migrant workers to repair it to ensure the peace of the area.

The river channel in the middle reaches of the Hutuo River is narrow and widened, so that the water in the upper reaches can be smooth. After measuring the river channel, nearly 1,000 acres of farmland along the coast must be requisitioned. Kuang Shilun issued a notice that anyone who was expropriated land would return the land at the price or compensate. The land acquisition office was established, and this matter was handled by the two counties of Lingshou Gaocheng under the jurisdiction of Kuang Shilun. After the Lingshou County Magistrate Wu Bocheng and Gaocheng County Magistrate Dai Shun received the order, they arranged the land acquisition matters.

Kuang Shilun was in the officialdom for many years, and he had no intention of his duties. He was a mediocre official. During the dredging construction, he often accompanied Zhao Zhong's governor to entertain his interests, traveled around, drank and played chess, and tried to please the governor, and wanted to be rewarded and promoted by the sage.

Half a year later, the dredging was almost completed, and within ten days, the task was completed. On the evening of this day, Kuang Shilun went to bed shortly after he went to bed. He saw a little ghost in green face and fangs coming. He said that the City God had invited him. He was in a panic and did not dare to be negligent, so he followed the ghost to the City God Temple. Seeing that the City God had been waiting for him in front of the temple, he brought his hand to the temple. He had not sat down yet. The City God asked, "The dredging of the Hutuo River is about to be completed. Is there any murder case during the construction?" Kuang Shilun said, "The management of the humble position is very strict, how can you do this? Don't tell me about the death case, and there is no harm to the cattle, horse, chicken and dog." After hearing this, the City God stroked his beard, and did not speak for a long time. He slapped the table and shouted, "Please investigate it, come and report it quickly!" Kuang Shilun woke up and was already dreaming.

After Kuang Shilun woke up, he recalled the things in his dreams and felt strange. He felt suspicious. Could it be that someone had died? The City God reminded me? Then he summoned the officials responsible for the construction and asked them if they were all right. He also checked the construction records and litigation documents of various counties, but he did not see any abnormalities, but he was still uneasy. He had a good friend named Huishen, who was the head of Zhengding Longxing Temple. He was proficient in the six-line eight-gua and dream-based characters. Why not ask Huishen to explain the dreams to get peace? He ordered his subordinates to prepare sedan chairs and wanted to go there.

Kuang Shilun prepared generous gifts, changed his clothes and put them on the sedan chair, and took the servants to Longxing Temple. On the way, the sedan chair suddenly stopped. Kuang Shilun asked why. The servant reported that a boy was kneeling in the street and blocked the sedan chair and shouting for justice. Kuang Shilun lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked at him. When he saw a boy, he was furious and thin, withered face, and he looked like a little beggar. What is the injustice of the little naughty boy? He was just making trouble, so he ordered his subordinates to chase him. The two servants stepped forward and picked up the boy like an eagle and grabbed a chicken. The boy hissed and cried: "I am wronged, I am wronged! I want to complain!" The crying was shrill and heart-wrenching, but Kuang Shilun was indifferent. After the official sedan chair passed, the servant abandoned the boy to the side of the road and left.

When Huishen arrived at Longxing Temple, he heard it and brought all the monks to greet him. After Kuang Shilun burned incense and saluted him in front of the Buddha, he went deep into the Hou Zen room with Huishen. The guest and the host sat down. Huishen clasped his hands and asked, "Amitabha, what are the instructions of Master Kuang to come to Han Temple?" Kuang Shilun then told him what he dreamed of Xiang and asked for explanation. Huishen pondered for a long time and concluded his conclusion, "This dream is not difficult to solve. I am sure that what the City God asked is true. Someone must have a murder case for the dredging project that Master Kuang is engaged in!" Kuang Shilun laughed loudly and Chengzhu said in his heart, "What the master said is wrong."

, This official has carefully investigated, but no murder case has been reported so far. I dare to use the black gauze hat on my head to guarantee it!" Hui said excitedly, "I am afraid that the black gauze hat will be difficult to guarantee, but what if there is?" Kuang Shilun swore impulsively, "If there is, I am willing to take off the black gauze, cut my hair into a monk, and convert to Buddhism without any complaints!" So he turned his lips and said excitedly, "If there is no, what if there is no?" Huishen sneered and swore, "If there is no, I am willing to take off the cassock, abandon the presidency and return to the secular world!" Both sides argued, stood up, and high fives to show that they would never regret it.

Kuang Shilun returned, and when he was sleeping that night, the door opened. The little ghost came again and called, "Master Kuang, the City God is invited." Kuang Shilun said, "What's the matter? It's nothing more than what I asked last time. I have carefully investigated and no one's murder case has appeared. Please report it back." The little ghost shouted, "Don't be too long-winded! Go away quickly, so that I won't capture it." After saying that, he shook the chain in his hand to scare him. Kuang Shilun was afraid to obey the order and went to the City God Temple. When he saw that the City God was sitting upright in the lobby, a boy knelt under the hall. The City God asked angrily and sternly, "Master Kuang, can you know the child kneeling in front of the hall?" Kuang Shilun looked at it carefully and stopped the sedan chair and complained in his day. Then he replied, "This child is blocking the sedan chair today because I have urgent matters to do, but it has not been accepted yet. However, this is a trivial matter in the world and is not the City God's belonging to, so why is it?

"The City God sneered and said, "Mr. Kuang, I'm afraid this is not a trivial matter in the world. Now I call you here to prove it, not a boy's nonsense." Kuang Shilun was puzzled and wanted to understand it. He suddenly heard the little ghost shouting: "Get out!" Kuang Shilun woke up in shock, sweating all over his body, and was wet his clothes. Looking out the window, he had already passed the third update and thought to himself: This dream is strange, is there really an unjust case? At dawn, I sent someone to find the child who stopped the sedan chair and complained about the wronged. The servant returned and reported that this child had drowned after he jumped into the river last night. Kuang Shilun was shocked and trembled all over and asked him urgently for the reason. The sent person said that this child drowned and was related to dredging and land acquisition. Kuang Shilun was furious, and his subordinates dared to deceive the official and conceal the facts and let me slam the high fives at Longxing Temple. If this matter is serious, I will lose. He immediately sent several yamen runners to investigate it quickly and report it to the internal cause.

What exactly? There is a small village in the Hutuo River, which is in the middle of the river. There are nearly 200 acres of land in the village, with only eight families. There is a wealthy family named Fei Mingyou, covering more than 10 acres of land. He is rich and unkind, and he has long had the ambition to occupy the fields of the entire village. There is a poor family named Liu Mingxian, covering only ten acres of land, and ten acres are fertile land. He and his wife and children make a living by dredging. This time, the government needs to seize the fields of six families. The Fei family and the Liu family are far away from the river. The land has not moved. Fei You secretly is happy. He has been coveting the ten acres of land for Liu Xian for a long time and wants to take the opportunity to take them back to his own. So he bribed Wu Bocheng and Dai Shun to drive the Liu family in the name of expropriation, and then buy the ten acres of land for his own.

Liu Xian was born after the age of age. His wife, Zhou, was beautiful and virtuous. She had a son named Ling'er. The whole family relied on farming these ten acres of fertile land for life. This dredging project was far away from the river and was not among the fields expropriated. When he was glad, the official arrived and claimed that the project needed it and requisitioned the land. Hearing this news, Liu Xian rushed to the land acquisition office and asked for another ten acres to be renewed. Wu Bocheng smiled and said, "There are ten acres on the riverside ridge that are placed on you, so you can cultivate it." There is a terrible land on the ridge, and no grass grows. How about it

Farming? Liu Xian immediately rejected it, Dai Shun said annoyedly, "If you don't want to change it, you can give it twenty taels of silver and abandon the farmers to do business to make a living." Liu Xian stopped hearing this, how could the twenty taels of silver be able to survive in business? So he refused it. Wu Bocheng shouted and said, "Bold! You don't want to let the left and the right don't want it, and clearly fight against the dredging of the court! Confiscate your land and confiscate it. If you don't accept it, lock it in prison!" The yamen runners shouted and wanted to lock it up, but Liu Xian was afraid to argue, so the yamen runners drove him out of the office.

Liu Xian returned and walked to the riverside. Seeing that he was desperate, the family had no livelihood. In a fit of anger, he drowned after he heard the bad news. His wife cried bitterly. That night, Fei You went to the Liu family and pretended to appease him. He coveted Zhou. The beast wanted to break out and closed the door and closed the door. He wanted to be polite and persuaded him, "You have died and there is no land. Why not follow me. I will raise your mother and son to live." Zhou saw that he was unable to resist and refused, and said, "My husband died and the funeral is in his body. It is unlucky to have a relationship at this time. Can you wait for it to happen in the future?" Fei You thought to himself: Your orphan and widowed mother cannot escape my hand. You should avoid evil spirits for the sake of stability and wait for it to happen in the future."

The next morning, Zhou, who was forced to have no way out, custody his son in his brother-in-law in a village. He rushed to the riverside and shouted, "My husband is walking slowly, and his foolish wife will be with him!" He also jumped into the river and drowned.

Ling'er, whose parents both died, was heartbroken and wanted to seek revenge. He escaped from his aunt's house and went to Chenghuang Temple to beat the drum and complain. Passers-by were surprised and mistakenly thought that Ling'er was mentally ill. An old beggar told me, "If you want to complain to your parents, you should go to the government office. Only after the death became a ghost, and then come to Chenghuang Temple to complain, you are foolish."

Ling'er then went to the government office and beat the drum to complain. The guards saw it and shouted, "You little naughty boy, you dare to make trouble, harass the yamen, and find a beating!" So he drove him away with a stick. Ling'er was unable to do anything, so the old beggar told him again, "You are waiting in the street, and the magistrate should pass by it in a sedan chair. You can stop the sedan chair and complain."

When Ling'er saw him, he knelt down on the street and stopped him to make a complaint. However, Kuang Shilun was indifferent and ordered his servant to drive him out. Ling'er saw that there was no hope of seeking justice, and went to the riverside and recalled the old beggar's words. After he died, he could sue the City God Temple. He jumped into Hanoi without hesitation and drowned himself!

Investigate the internal information of the yamen runners. They returned to the government office in the evening and reported to the magistrate to the back hall. After hearing this, Kuang Shilun was shocked. These three lives were caused by dredging projects. What should I say? To report to the Governor Zhao tomorrow, let him take care of him! The yamen runners retreated. Kuang Shilun was flustered and suddenly felt dizzy and soft. He collapsed on the seat. He was confused. He saw two little ghosts with green faces and fangs entering the house. Without saying a word, he clanged the iron chain and pulled him out of the house and headed straight to the Chenghuang Temple Hall. In the gloomy court, under the fire, the ghost soldiers were all

Standing on both sides, I saw three kneeling in the court, Wu Bocheng Dai Shun and a middle-aged man with a thief-eyed eyebrows. There were three standing on the other side of the court, and the boy complained to his parents. The City God's eyes were like torches, his face was as cold as frost. He slapped the agglomeration tree and sounded like a bell. Fei You took advantage of the dredging of the Hutuo River and bribed the county government Wu Bocheng and Dai Shun. In the name of expropriating the fields and Xiuhe River, he occupied the Liu family's fertile land and forced the three Liu family to death. The three kneeling in the ground pleaded guilty and wrote each one. The City God's judgment on Fei You to break the car and cut into 18

Hell, never to be reborn. Wu Bocheng and Dai Shun were sentenced to seek profits, corruption and abuse of power, and forced three lives of the Liu family to death. It should be punished. These two officials were punished for the punishment of abusive sores, rotating the lungs and piercing the heart. After the City God sentenced him, all the ghosts were sentenced to death. First, he tied Fei You to a turntable, turned the turntable, squeaking Fei You into several petals, and all the internal organs were flowed out. Then, he peeled off Wu Bocheng and Dai Shun's official uniforms, put the burning charcoal basin on the hall, and poked Wu Dai's abdomen with pliers. The pain was shrill, his face was twisted, and the burning smell was pricked.

The nose was unheard. Kuang Shilun looked at him, his heart and courage were broken and his hair was terrified. The City God slapped the case and said to him, "Mr. Kuang, you have already understood this case. If you strictly regulate your subordinates on weekdays, be honest and honest in politics and comply with the people's feelings, how can this unjust case be released? The boy Liu Ling'er stopped the sedan chair and complained, and you ignored it. This is a crime of dereliction of duty. Liu Ling'er died because of your fault. What should you do?" Kuang Shilun's soul was scattered and screamed, and he woke up with a loud bang. He was already wet with cold sweat and wet his official robe, trembling all over, collapsed on a chair, and had incontinence.

After arriving until dawn, the sender urgently reported that Wu Bocheng and Dai Shun had an unbearable chest pain overnight and died of sudden illness! Another sender came to report that Yanhewan Village had a strange news last night. Villager Fei You hired a worker to irrigate the farmland. When he was at night, a strong wind blew, which blew into the puddle, and was twisted by a rotating water wheel, and died of a broken belly! After hearing this, Kuang Shilun said that it was similar to what he saw in the underworld last night. He was as stupid as a wooden chicken, speechless for a while.

A few days later, the dredging was completed. Kuang Shilun came to the Supervision Office and reported his work to Zhao Zhongzhi. He took off his official uniform and submitted a letter of resignation. He returned home, bid farewell to his family, walked into Longxing Temple, admitted his mistake and accepted his defeat, asked Huishen to slaughter him, cut his hair into a monk, and he would never complain if he converted to Buddhism.

Governor Zhao Zhongzhi sighed and said, "Wow! The three murders of people are caused by dredging, but my supervision is not effective. I have also made mistakes. If we are diligent and honest as officials, how can there be a boy complaining? Sad husband! How sad!"
Chapter completed!