Song Jiang saw that Yan Poxi's beautiful eyes had lost their original luster, and he couldn't help but feel an indescribable sadness in his heart. However, at this time, Song Jiang could no longer care about so much, and quickly took out the dye from Yan Poxi's arms. The letter came out with blood on his head and had been stabbed to pieces. He tore it into pieces with his trembling hands and put it in his arms, but was about to burn it in the backyard kitchen. But when he just opened the door and walked downstairs, he pretended to be with Yan Po. Full of heart.
The old woman had been taken out by Yan Poxi earlier on the pretext that she wanted to eat snacks. She just came into the courtyard. She saw the broken tiles in the courtyard and heard the two of them arguing. She didn't care and went to the kitchen at the back. He heard his daughter yell, "Hei Sanlang has killed someone," and Yan Po heard that something was not right. She hurried upstairs, but was bumped into by Song Jiang who was going out.
Yan Po asked: "What are you two arguing about? They are making such a quarrel that the neighbors can hear it and are laughed at."
Song Jiang looked at Yan Po blankly and said, "Your daughter was so rude that I killed her."
When the mother-in-law heard this, she laughed and said, "What kind of angry words are you saying? Don't make fun of me."
Song Jiang said: "If you don't believe it, just go to the room and take a look and you will know that I am really going to kill you."
The mother-in-law shook her head and said, "I don't believe it." When she opened the door and looked, she saw a corpse standing in a pool of blood. The woman's eyes suddenly dimmed and she cried out in pain: "This... what should I do?" "
Song Jiang stood behind the Yan Po and said, "I am an honest man and will not run away in fear of crime. You can do whatever you want."
After hearing this, the mother-in-law suppressed her grief and said with tears: "It must be my daughter's fault. A good man like Oshi would not be killed easily. However, I have no one to support me. From now on... But what should I do..." As he said that, he burst into tears.
Song Jiang sighed and said: "Since you said so, there is no need to worry. I have quite a lot of wealth. I just want to give you enough food and clothing to provide for you to live happily for half your life."
Yan Po wiped her tears and said in a trembling voice: "It would be fine if it were like this. I am deeply grateful to Osi, but... my daughter is dead on the bed now, how will I deal with the aftermath?"
Song Jiang frowned and thought for a while and said: "This is easy. I will go to Chen Sanlang's house to buy a coffin for you. When Qian is buried, I will pay it to him myself. I will take another ten taels of silver to put together as a memorial for you." We bought all the things, and the mourning hall will be set up here." After saying this, Song Jiang took ten taels of silver from his arms and gave them to Yan Po along with some odds and ends.
The old woman took it and put it away, thanking her and saying, "Asi, it's best to ask for a coffin when it's dark so that the neighbors can't see it."
Song Jiang nodded after hearing this and said, "That's fine. You get a pen and paper, and I'll write a note. You can take it and get it."
Yan Po said: "I'm afraid it won't help if the written evidence is written. The police officer must go and get it himself. Only then would Chen Sanlang be willing to send someone to deliver it early."
Song Jiang didn't think much about it, so he answered her and said, "That's right." The two of them went downstairs, and the old woman went to the room to get the key, and locked the door before going out. After the death of his daughter, although he was a little sad, he did not have too much embarrassment. He was still as natural as usual. Song Jiang looked at it and felt a sense of shame in his heart. But it was like this, so there was nothing he could do. Song Jiang sighed heavily. After taking a breath, he and Yan Po went to Chen Sanlang's shop.
It was still early in the day, and the remaining warmth of the sun was still scorching the earth. The county government office was wide open, and there were a few people sitting lazily at the door with their knives crossed across from them.
The woman arrived at the front of the county government office, suddenly grabbed Song Jiang, opened her throat and screamed: "Catch the murderer quickly, catch the murderer quickly,"
Yan Po's sudden shouting made Song Jiang panic. He quickly covered the woman's mouth and shouted in a low voice: "Don't scream." However, the woman struggled desperately, and Song Jiang could not hide it. shut up.
When the officials in front of the county government office heard the sound and came over to look, they recognized Song Jiang and advised him, "Mother-in-law, shut up your mouth. The officer is not that kind of person. If you have anything to say, just talk it over."
When Yan Po saw the officials standing by, she became more courageous. However, their unbelievable looks made Yan Po feel anxious and said without hesitation: "He is really a murderer, catch him quickly. Take him to the county government office,"
However, he didn't expect that Song Jiang was usually the nicest person, and all the policemen loved and respected him. No one in the county said anything good about him. Therefore, no one in public service was willing to lay a hand on him, let alone what this woman said.
However, Song Jiang was flustered. Not to mention that the officials didn't come to arrest him, but he was being pulled by Yan Po like this. Seeing that there was a lot of movement, pedestrians and neighbors were surrounding him. At that time, even if he wanted to leave, he was afraid of leaving. If he didn't take it off, he would be charged with murder. It would be a trivial matter to assassinate him, but his father at home told him how to do it without any worries.
Just when Song Jiang was in confusion and didn't know how to save him, suddenly a figure flashed in front of him.
Before Song Jiang could see clearly, the figure had already pulled the old woman's wrist, and with only a slight twist of the joint, the old woman's hand that was holding Song Jiang's clothes was released. Then, the old woman also Before she could scream, the man pushed her gently, and Yan Po took a few steps back, turned over and fell to the ground.
"Brother, let's go quickly,"
Song Jiang took a closer look and found that this person was Shi Jin.
It turned out that Shi Jin was beaten hard by Song Jiang and rushed out of the door. He was thinking that Yan Poxi was really a cunning fox. He also hated himself for not being able to explain. He suddenly got angry and kicked his feet suddenly. After stepping down a section of the stairs, Shi Jin stared blankly at the broken stairs. He suddenly thought of something and decided not to do anything else. This time he was ruthless. I don't believe there are knots in this world that cannot be untied. Shi Jin Jin made up his mind and couldn't get out of the house, so he went to find Zhang Wenyuan, whom the bitch said, and brought him to confront the bitch face to face, so he was not afraid of her cheating.
However, Shi Jin angrily turned out of the street where Song Jiang was, and suddenly remembered that although the fox told who the adulterer was, he refused to tell him where he was. Shi Jin paused and thought of Lei. Turns out, when he and Song Jiang left Yuncheng County, he had written a letter asking him to help handle the matter, but now he was looking for him to catch the adulterer, and there were many certifications to test his innocence. Shi Jin walked away and went to the yamen. Just when Shi Jin was about to ask, he happened to meet Lei Heng coming out. The two of them met. Lei Heng quickly invited Shi Jin to sit in the tea shop next to the county yamen.
Lei Heng saw Shi Jin frowning, and when he asked, Shi Jin told him about his current plight and what he had experienced today. When Lei Heng heard this, he felt resentful for Yan Poxi, and he also compared the results of these days of stalking with those of him. Shi Jin said: "That guy Zhang Wenyuan is really a son of a bitch. You and Brother Song Jiang have been away for a few days, and he went there every night. I saw Brother Song Jiang coming back yesterday, and I wanted to say something, but Qingzhou Something seems to have happened over there. Everyone in the yamen is so busy that I don't have time to talk. Now that I meet Brother Shi, it couldn't be better. I'll plan to catch the adulterer. It's a good thing. Leave it to Brother Song to deal with it. At that time, Brother Shi, your injustice will be resolved."
But just when Shi Jin and Lei Heng were planning this matter, they suddenly heard someone shouting not far from the door. It sounded very abrupt. Shi Jin's ears were sharp, and when he heard someone shouting "kill," he immediately stood up from his seat. He jumped up and rushed out to take a look, but he didn't want to see a woman dragging Song Jiang to death.
Shi Jin climbed up a few times and pushed the old woman to the ground. Song Jiang got free and stood on the ground in a daze. Several officers around him saw Shi Jin and rushed up. Although these two simple moves , but invisibly revealed his amazing skills. He was afraid that this new generation would hit the old woman with bad intentions, so he was about to step forward to stop her, but was startled by a loud shout from behind.
Lei Heng also came over and dismissed the officers with a wave of his hand. Seeing the woman getting up and about to rush towards Song Jiang, he shouted again: "Old thief, why are you holding the officer back?"
The mother-in-law cried: "Du Tou, my daughter is asking Song Jiang to kill her. Quickly arrest her and see the official."
Lei Heng was furious when he heard this. He didn't even listen to what she said. When he saw the old woman rushing towards Song Jiang, without asking why, he spread his fingers and struck Yan Po on the face with a slap, which sent stars all over the sky. Slumped down on the side of the curb.
"Brother, hurry up and leave," Shi Jin pulled Song Jiang's sleeve. Only then did Song Jiang regain his composure. Not caring about so many people, he pushed aside the crowd, spread his legs and walked away.
When the woman saw Song Jiang running away, she cried like crazy. She grabbed Lei Heng and cried, "Song Yasi killed my daughter, but you let him go."
Lei Heng was very happy when he heard that Yan Poxi was dead, but when he saw that the woman was entangled in him and wanted to blame the matter, he shied away and said, "How did I know?"
Yan Po shouted: "You let the murderer go, and you must be brought to see the official."
Lei Heng was afraid that the woman would go crazy and involve Shi Jin, who had intervened previously, and immediately said: "Let's go, I'm afraid you won't succeed."
Saying this, Yan Po dragged Lei Heng into the yamen together. The magistrate heard about the murder and hurriedly came out to promote the office.
When the magistrate looked at it, he saw a woman kneeling on the left, and Lei Heng, the head of the county, was also kneeling on one side. The magistrate was a little confused and asked: "What kind of murder is this? What is Lei Heng doing?" meaning,"
The mother-in-law saw the Lord asking questions and immediately told her: "My surname is Yan. I have a daughter. I call her Po Xi. Dian and Song Asi are living outside the house. This morning, Song Jiang went out and came back and killed my daughter. I am When I arrived in front of the county, Dutou not only didn't catch the murderer, but instead knocked me down, allowing Song Jiang to take the opportunity to escape, and asked you to make the decision for me." As he said this, the old woman felt sad again and was about to cry.
The county magistrate said: "Lei Dutou, you have been working in the Yamen for some years, how dare you let the murderer go?"
Lei Heng reported: "I don't know the cause and effect of this. I just left the Yamen and wanted to have some good tea, but I didn't want to see someone screaming at the street. When I rushed out of the teahouse to take a look, it was this old woman who married me." The police department was in front of the county, and they were all from the Yamen office, so they went up to persuade them. Unexpectedly, Song Jiang broke free and left. The villain did not knock her down."
After hearing Lei Heng's excuse, the old woman was afraid that the case would go unsolved, so she immediately rebelled and said: "In the clear sky and in the white sun, don't talk nonsense like this. The officers are here and they all see it." The old woman was anxious. , turned to the magistrate and said: "Sir, don't listen to his nonsense. Just ask the officers and you will know."
The magistrate raised his eyes, looked at the guards waiting outside the door and said, "You were there at that time, did you see Lei Heng hurt someone and let the thief go?"
"I'm telling you, sir, the boys were enjoying the cool weather at the door and happened to see it with their own eyes. Lei Dutou didn't do anything. It was the mother-in-law who caused the injustice, and it was just her own fault," the guards reported.
After hearing this, the mother-in-law was so angry that she cried in court: "Song Jiang killed my daughter, how can I live alone?"
The county magistrate shouted: "Nonsense, Song Jiang is a gentleman and an honest man, how could he commit murder? The fate of this life must be your fault," so he called the official.
When news arrived, Zhang Wenyuan, the superintendent of police, came and saw that it was Yan Po who had accused Song Jiang of killing his daughter, who was his beloved. He couldn't help but feel pain in his heart, so he immediately took the spoken word and wrote a complaint on behalf of Yan Po and filed a case. Then he called the local passers-by and a group of people from the right and next door to Yan Po's house, opened the door, and took out the body for a brief inspection on the spot.
Yan Poxi had bloody holes all over her body, and a knife used to commit the crime was thrown next to her body. After repeated inspections, it was determined that she had been stabbed to death before she was alive. Everyone performed an autopsy on the spot, put the body in a coffin, and stored it in the temple. , a group of people came to the yamen, Zhang Wenyuan came to the hall and brought up the physical evidence, and said: "Sir, I saw Song Jiang's clothes-pressing knife at the scene. I must go to get Song Jiang to question him." Something comes to light,"
Song Jiang was the confidant of the magistrate, and the magistrate wanted to evade Song Jiang's involvement. At first, he found excuses to falter, but he stopped investigating further.
However, Zhang Wenyuan came to report three or five times, but the county magistrate couldn't hide it, so he had to send people to Song Jiang's residence to arrest him. However, Song Jiang fled on his own and did not come back after waiting for a long time. The police had no choice but to take a few neighboring People came back and said: "The murderer Song Jiang is on the run and his whereabouts are unknown."
Zhang Wenyuan refused to give up, and came up to report again: "The prisoner Song Jiang has escaped. His father Song Taigong and brother Song Qing are now living in Songjia Village. You can send someone to arrest him and bring Song Jiang to the Yamen."
The county magistrate originally wanted to do a pretense investigation, and once the limelight was over, he would slowly find a scapegoat to excuse Song Jiang in the future. However, how could this Wen Yuan's official copywriter instigate Yan Po to go to the hall and just come to sue? , The county magistrate knew that he could not stop him, so he had to issue an official document and deliberately sent three or two officers who were close to Song Jiang to go to Songjiazhuang to summon Song Taigong and his brother Song Qing. After receiving the official document, Song Taigong came to Songjia Village. At the palace, the Grand Duke came out to greet him, and he sat down in the thatched hall. The Duke took out the documents and handed them to the Grand Duke to read.
Song Taigong said: "Masters, please sit down. Let the old man tell you slowly. The old Han ancestors have been farmers and lived in this countryside. Song Jiang, his unfilial son, has been rebellious since he was a child and refused to take care of the crops to make a living. He wants to be an official. He was told in every possible way that he would not obey; therefore, a few years ago, the old man was accused by the county government of being rebellious and expelled from his registration. There were no more people in the old man's household. He lived freely in the county. The old man and his son Song Qing lived in this deserted village. He had no relationship with the old man and had no interference. The old man was also afraid that he would do something and cause inconvenience. Therefore, he sued the former official and kept the certificate here with the document. The old man took it. Come and teach me how to read up and down,”
All the officers were close friends with Song Jiang. They knew that this was a path that had been opened in advance and had reserved it for this moment. However, they turned a blind eye and helped him fool him.
Everyone then replied: "Since Grand Duke has the certificate, please take the trouble to show it to us, so that we can make a copy and send a reply to the county government office."
The Grand Duke then slaughtered some chickens and geese, put the wine steward in charge of everyone, paid out ten taels of silver, took out the official documents, and asked the officers and others to copy them.
The officers said goodbye to Song Taigong and returned to the county office to return to the county magistrate. They said: "Song Taigong left Songjiang three years ago and filed a complaint with the official certificate. Now the copy is in vain here, making it difficult to catch him."
When the county magistrate heard this, he was secretly happy and took the opportunity to say: "Since he has the official document, he has no relatives. He must have fled somewhere else. I can offer a reward of 1,000 yuan to catch him."
Zhang Wenyuan was dissatisfied, gritted his teeth secretly, and then instigated Yan Po to go to the hall with her hair disheveled and tell her: "Song Jiang is actually hidden at home by Song Qing. Why don't you go and get Song Jiang with me?"
The magistrate shouted: "His father sued him three years ago for disobeying the official position and expelling him. Now he has official documents and certificates. How can he get his father and brothers to come here?"
Yan Po cried and complained: "Sir, who doesn't know that his name is Xiaoyi Heisaburo? This certificate is a lie. I just ask you to see how pitiful I am and make decisions for the people."
The county magistrate said: "You mother-in-law, don't talk nonsense. How can the official seal document in the hands of the former official be fake?"
Yan Po was whining in the hall, choking with sobs and crying: "Sir, human life is as important as the sky. If you don't want to make the decision with me, I have no choice but to go to the state to file a complaint. But my daughter died miserably."
When Zhang San saw the opportunity, he went to the hall to speak for the old woman again, and reported: "Sir, I think if we don't deal with her in this matter, and this evil woman goes to the higher level to complain, all the stakes will be lost." It has to fall on us. If someone comes to ask questions, it will be difficult for the clerk to answer them."
The county magistrate knew the situation was reasonable and could not evade it, so he had to deposit a piece of official document and deliberately sent Zhu Tong. Lei Heng and the other two leaders were in charge of the office and said: "You can take many people to Dahuzhuang in Songjia Village to search for the prisoner Song Jianglai."
Zhu and Lei both looked at each other and smiled secretly. After receiving the official documents, they ordered more than 40 officers and soldiers to rush to Songjiazhuang.
When Song Taigong learned about it, he hurriedly came out to greet him. Zhu Tong and Lei Heng said, "Don't blame us, Taigong. Our superior sent us here without any control. I don't know where the commander is now."
Song Taigong said: "Both of you are above me. My rebellious son Song Jiang, he and the old man have no interference. He has been prosecuted by the former officials. The evidence of the accusation is here. He has been with Song Jiang for more than three years. I don’t live with the old man’s family anymore, and I haven’t come back to the village today.”
Zhu Tong said: "No matter what, we treat guests with books and seduce people with invitations. You said you are not at the village. You wait for us to search and see before we can reply." So he asked thirty or forty soldiers to surround him. In the village courtyard, Zhu Tong said: "I will decide the front door, Lei Dutou, you go in first and search."
Lei Heng secretly looked at each other, then went inside, searched the front and back of the village, and came out and said to Zhu Tong: "I'm really not in the village. I must have really escaped to another place. Let's go."
Zhu Tong shook his head and said, "I'm just worried. Lei Dutou, you and the brothers have opened the door. I'll search it carefully myself."
Song Taigong saw that Zhu Tong still came to search, and immediately said: "This old man is a man who knows the law, how dare he hide in the village?"
Zhu Tong said: "This is a matter of human life, but you can't blame us."
Tai Gongdao: "Just do your best and search carefully."
Zhu Tong said: "Lei Dutou, you are supervising the grandpa here and don't teach him to move." Zhu Tong went into the village, leaned his plain knife on the wall, locked the door, walked into the Buddhist hall, and put the altar bed Drag it aside and lift up the floor. There is a rope head under the board. Just pull the rope head and a copper bell rings. Song Jiang comes out of the cellar. When he sees Zhu Tong, he is surprised. Zhu Tong says : "Brother Gongming, don't blame me for catching you. I just want you to be the best with me in your free time. I won't hide anything from you. One day while drinking, my brother once said: 'There is a cellar under my Buddhist hall, and the offerings above are "The Third Buddha, there is a floor covering under the Buddha's seat, and there is an altar bed on it. If you have something urgent, you can come here to take shelter." I heard about it at that time and remembered it in my heart. Today, the magistrate of this county sent me and Lei Heng When the two came, they had no choice but to hide it from others. My husband looked down on his brother a little, but Zhang San and the mother-in-law spoke in the hall and said that if the county does not make the decision, it must be complained to the state; therefore, The superior has sent two of me to search your village. I'm afraid that Lei Heng is stubborn and won't be considerate. If he meets his brother, he won't be able to do anything harmonious. Therefore, I asked him to stay in front of the village, and he came all the way to talk to his brother. "Speak, although this place is nice, it is not a safe place to live. If someone knows about it and comes here to search, what can they do?"
Song Jiang said: "I have also been thinking about this. If brother Xian hadn't been so thoughtful, Song Jiang would have been in trouble."
Zhu Tong said: "Don't say that, brother, where should I go?"
Song Jiangdao: "Xiao Kexunsi has three places to stay: one is at Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin Village in Henghai County, Cangzhou; the other is Xiaoli Guanghuarong's place in Qingfeng Village, Qingzhou; and the third place is at Kongtai Gong's Village in Baihu Mountain. He has They have two children: the eldest son is called Maotouxing Kongming, and the second son is called Duxingxing Kongliang. They have come to the county to meet each other many times, but the three are undecided here, not knowing where to go."
Zhu Tong said: "Brother, you can think urgently and do it as soon as possible. You can leave tonight. Don't delay and make a mistake."
Song Jiangdao: "I rely on my brother to maintain all the lawsuits, and I only care about collecting gold and silk."
Zhu Tong said: "Don't worry, this matter is all on me. My brother only cares about arranging the way out."
Song Jiang thanked Zhu Tong and went into the cellar again. Zhu Tong still covered the floor and pressed down the bed. He opened the door, took a simple knife, and came out and said, "I'm really not in the village." He shouted, "Thunder." Dutou, how about we only take Song Taigong?"
When Lei Heng saw that he wanted to take Taigong Song, he thought: "Zhu Dian and Song Jiang are the best, how could he confuse it and want to take Taigong Song... This must be the opposite, if he mentions it again.
I ended up being a favor,"
Zhu Tong and Lei Heng called the soldiers to come up in the thatched cottage. Song Taigong hurriedly set up the wine steward to treat everyone. Zhu Tong said: "Don't arrange wine and food, and please ask Taigong and Shilang to go to the county with them."
Lei Heng said: "Why is Silang missing?" Song Taigong said: "The old man asked him to go to a nearby village to get some farm equipment. He was not in the village. Song Jiang had already reported the traitor out of the house three years ago. Now there is a certificate The official documents are kept here,"
Zhu Tong said: "How can I say it? We, on the orders of the county magistrate, asked you and your son to go to the county to answer the question."
Lei Heng said: "Zhu Dutou, listen to me. There must be a reason for Song Yasi's crimes, and he does not deserve to die. Since the Taigong has an official document, it is an official document with a seal, and it is not a fake. Yes, we have to look at the face of the custodian who met us a few days ago, and we can only bear some responsibility for him. We just copied the receipt and went to reply."
Zhu Tong thought: "I said it on my own, so that he would not doubt it." Zhu Tong said, "Since my brother said this, I have no reason to be a bad person." Song Taigong thanked him and said, "I deeply feel that both of you are confused." "Looking at each other," he immediately arranged food and wine, rewarded everyone, and gave twenty taels of silver to both of them.
Zhu Tong and Lei Heng refused, so they separated Lai San from the others - forty soldiers - and copied an official document to bid farewell to Song Taigong and leave Songjia Village. Zhu and Lei Dutou led a group of people back to the county. The county magistrate was about to be promoted to the office. When he saw Zhu Tong and Lei Heng came back, he asked why.
Two reports said: "We searched twice in front of the village, behind the village, and in the surrounding villages. In fact, there was no such person. Song Taigong was ill in bed and could not move. He was in danger sooner or later. Song Qing had been away from home the month before last and had not returned. Therefore, Just copy the certificate here in vain,"