Daming Yinghua

When Huang Zunsu walked into the court, the inside and outside of the Songjiang government office were already full of people.

There were silkworm farmers who went to besiege the Han Mansion half an hour ago, and there were also scholars and commoners who ignored the night and came to watch the excitement.

For many of the latter, perhaps they failed in the scientific examinations repeatedly, or they may be doing idle work. Only the non-technical thing of "watching the excitement" suddenly lifted their spirits, and they felt that they were not just trash or salted fish. .

At least it has contributed to the crowds and discussions to the live dramas in this world.

If there is no audience for a big show, how can it be successful?Therefore, the guards in charge of the curfew turned a blind eye and let the revelers pour out of the neighborhood and gather under the court.

And the courtroom of the Songjiang government office tonight is even more exciting than when the Shanghai county government judged the beautiful nun.

Because, more than one woman.

What's more, these women come from wealthy families.

Huang Zunsu sat down on the grand master's chair behind the public case with a sullen face in such a festive atmosphere that pierced through the silence.

Yingtian Mansion has a new censor from the Zuodu, the prefect Zhuang and Tong Pan Ma Lier went to pay their respects to the top of the mountain, Huang Zunsu, as the promotion officer, was temporarily promoted from the third in command of Songjiang Mansion to the first in command, tonight alone to listen to the case.

"Ms. Miao has an order to move the chair for the old lady and watch the seat." Huang Zunsu first ordered the left and right.

"Thank you, Mr. Huang, the old lady can report standing up."

Miao A Tailang said.

There was a whisper in the crowd, all sighing: This old concubine in the Gu family is full of energy.

Huang Zunsu looked at the other five women standing in the front row.

Shen Shi, the eldest daughter-in-law of Gu's mansion, her eyes were slack, her posture has not lost her momentum, she still has the airs of being the mistress of a gentleman's mansion.

The number one hostess of the Han family, Qian Shi, frowned tightly, lowered her gaze, and was shrouded in the exhaustion of being in danger and getting out of danger.

Han Xiying, the third lady of the Han family, crossed her arms with both hands, trembling, leaning towards Mrs. Chen.

This kind of movement seemed to be an instruction from her subconscious mind, so she didn't even understand it clearly, so she moved very slowly.

Han Xiying, the eldest lady of the Han family, and her female companion Zheng Haizhu have the same expression, neither angry nor happy, neither fortunate nor proud, there is no turbulent waves in the eyes, but it is not a pool of stagnant water .

From Huang Zunsu's point of view, the appearance of these two people is like the same year I saw in the examination room before, calmly reading the test questions, and then began to concentrate on writing the article.

Huang Zunsu patted the gavel with the strength not to be exaggerated, but enough to show the majesty, and then said: "Your Majesty Miao, let me tell you about the report."

"I sue Gu's parents-in-law, Mrs. Shen, for committing a criminal crime. It's appalling."

Following the shocking first sentence, the people on the third and outer floors of the hall all entered Miao's narration with wide eyes and no sound.

This is a serial story.

Shen Shi, a great lady who is obsessed with female celebrities, after marrying into the Gu family, she thought that her mother-in-law, Miao, would pass on the unique skills of court embroidery to her, the eldest daughter-in-law. To granddaughter-in-law.

After marriage, the Shen family only gave birth to a daughter and no son, so she wanted to tell her niece to be the eldest son of the second household, Gu Shouqian, as his first wife, but the Gu family took a fancy to Han Ximeng, the eldest daughter of the Han family.

Unwilling, Shen paid money to hire a "green turban" (referring to the brothel tortoise) from Suzhou, and then the green turban found an old prostitute who was good at embroidery.

The history of this Yong embroidery is completely different from the Su embroidery which reached its peak in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties during the Warring States period. It only uses gold and silver two-color silk thread as the main thread, but it can express a myriad of styles.

Sensing Han Ximeng's temperament, Shen made the green kerchief pretend to be a silk merchant, set up a trick with Yongembroidered handkerchiefs, and made various pretense to lure Han Ximeng to go to Suzhou to learn from the prostitute who pretended to be a senior from the outside world. Green Turban came forward to find Qiu Wanliang, a water bandit in Qiandun Town, kidnapped Han Ximeng, insulted his innocence, and detained him in the bandit village.In this way, the marriage between the Han and Gu families will be broken.

Unexpectedly, in the robbery of the bandit village last year, Han Ximeng and Zheng Haizhu were not only spared the humiliation, but also fought side by side with Huang Zunsu and Ma Xianglin by accident, and became celebrities who were rewarded by the government. The marriage between Han Ximeng and Gu Shouqian Nothing is lost.

What's more troublesome is that the green turban killed a prostitute pretending to be a senior in Yongxiu in Suzhou, and kept blackmailing Mrs. Shen with a secret attitude.

Shen's heart disease became more and more serious, and she hated Zheng Haizhu, a stinky girl, for living such a prosperous life.

Shen wanted to kill her, but she couldn't do it just to understand hatred.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Gu's mansion to supply a large amount of mulberry leaves for silkworm farmers, she sent her confidants to poison the mulberry leaves, causing dozens of silkworm households' silkworm babies to be unable to spin silk after clustering.Using this excuse, she suggested to Mrs. Miao that the Gu family would host a ceremony to welcome the silkworm god "Matou Niang" in the guise of a village sage, and suggested that Zheng Haizhu, who had a special status, be the main guide among the white horses. .

According to Shen's plan, after Zheng Haizhu was burned to death, Han Xiying, who was deceived and controlled by herself as a little minion, would collude with A Zhen from the tailor shop to imprint the name of the Han family along with the crossword riddle of the silkworm god's condemnation. On the silk bottom, Shen himself embroidered the pictures of Japanese women's erotic palace and slaughter. Han Ximeng and Zheng Haizhu embroidered these pictures, and the Silkworm God took the life of Zheng Haizhu, a wicked woman who flattered the Japanese.

And Han Ximeng will be notorious in Songjiang Mansion, and it is impossible for Gu Mansion to allow her to marry again.

Never thought that this girl surnamed Zheng would not die this time.

It happened to blackmail Shen's green turban, and because he hadn't paid his gambling debt, he came to Songjiang to ask Shen for money.

Mrs. Shen immediately revised her plan, handed the unsightly embroidery to the green scarf, and asked him to wear it and wait in the restaurant, someone would take him to the government to report to Miss Han and Miss Zheng.

In fact, Shen's biggest accomplice is hidden in the restaurant, reenacting the tricks of dropping strange fires and burning people with flames, and leaving the bamboo scene of "a chicken at two o'clock, a group of geese, the capital of the east and the west, and the silkworm god descends" on the scene again. foil.

After the murder, the accomplices in the restaurant opened the box in public and announced that the guests who had heard that they were burned to death had bought this box of embroidery from Ms. Han and Ms. Zheng with a lot of money, and wanted to sell it to Japan at a high price.

Farmers in the Ming world had a hard time every year. Silkworm farmers, like mulberry farmers and rice farmers, had to bear extremely heavy taxes to support the numerous descendants of the Zhu family and the dense bureaucratic gentry of the empire.

In the eyes of silkworm farmers, if the silkworms do not cocoon, it means that if they cannot pay this year's taxes, it means that they may have to sell their sons and daughters.

The second "Heavenly Fire" in Xiuwa Building, the dirty embroidery exposed to the public, finally ignited the anger in the hearts of the poor people.

The silkworm farmers flocked to the Han Mansion under the continuous fanning of invisible people but audible sounds.

They believed that Zheng Haizhu, whether she was a witch or a descendant of the Japanese, had to be burned to death, so that the silkworm god would be satisfied with the understanding of her old man's will by the mortal warriors, and let the mature silkworms a month later cocoon smoothly.

After the witch hunt with Daming characteristics started, in the depths of the backyard of the Han Mansion, Han Xiying walked to the back door sealed by the maid and opened the latch.

The three strong men, like wild boars baring their fangs, were hired by the Shen family with a lot of money. Led by Han Xiying, they went straight to the kitchen where the girl was hiding.

Miss Han San very much agrees with Madam Shen's method.

It is not so important that Zheng Haizhu will finally die this time, or whether he can still escape. Run away.

Then, it is no longer possible for the eldest sister to become a subordinate with the second brother Gu.

Perhaps, relying on Madam Shen's promise, one day, she can really become Second Brother Gu's roommate.

……

The court fell into silence, and a needle could be heard.

Not only the common people, but Huang Zunsu also seemed to fall silent.

Miao raised her head and caught Huang Zunsu's expression.

In the bright lights, Huang Zunsu's eyes flashed with surprise and disgust that could no longer be suppressed.

Mrs. Miao smiled secretly, Mr. Huang, although you are in your thirties, you are a scholar who has just entered the officialdom after all, so it is not surprising that you have such a reaction.

In fact, compared with all the plots and cruel killings in the court and in the deep palace, the tricks that Shen, the back house woman put together from the scriptures and added oil and vinegar, are really very shallow.

It's nothing more than the ignorant and turbulent public opinion, which finally made this play be staged with drums and gongs.

"Old madam, is there anyone to prove what you said?"

Finally, Huang Zunsu, who came back to his senses, broke the silence, and followed the necessary procedure of trial.

Mrs. Miao said: "Master Huang, after the ceremony of welcoming the Silkworm God, Mrs. Zheng, who survived the catastrophe, reminded the old man to investigate the servants of the Gu family. Mrs. Zheng and the old man are not Mr. Kong Ming, who is unpredictable. To be able to discover the clues, it is said that Shen Shi himself did the crime. Mr. Huang, the first witness is Shen Shi's personal maid, Cui Liu."

Huang Zunsu said: "Cuiliu, the maidservant of the Gu family, come forward to make a statement."

Cuiliu walked up to Miao Atai, knelt down, and said: "Master, the green scarf not only asks for money, but also asks for someone from Grandma. He said, if Grandma wants me to marry him, he will take me with you." When I go back to the countryside of Ningbo, I will never pester Grandma again..."

"You little slut who eats inside and out, didn't I clean up that bastard!" Shen said sharply, her mouth was dirty, and she no longer had the dignity of a lady.

Cui Liu's voice was higher than hers: "But before you found a way to burn that rogue to death, what did you tell me? You said, it's better to use an expedient measure, let me go with him first, at worst, you will turn around." Then find someone to kill him and bring me back. When he came to ask you to ask for money last month, he made a move on me, and you have the right to pretend that you didn't see it."

"So what?" Mrs. Shen was furious, "You are the girl I bought off, if I hadn't bought you from your mother, you would have been serving customers in the kiln for several years! You have to live whatever life I give you. You heartless little bitch!"

"Shut up!" Huang Zunsu patted the gavel, "If Mrs. Shen yells at Xiao Gongtang again, I will punish you!"

Miao Atai stared at Shen, and said calmly: "Boss daughter-in-law, now I can tell you why I didn't teach you the art of embroidery. Your hand is sick, and no matter how difficult my technique is, there are ways to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses when stitching. But you are a person with an impure heart and an impure heart. You can't comprehend the beauty and truth that can't be drawn into a painting. The Gu family chooses the eldest daughter-in-law, and it's not my turn to speak. Lord, you cannot enter my eyes."

After saying that, she turned to Huang Zunsu again, and said: "Master Huang, after the white horse float burned down, Miss Zheng reminded me that Sang Nong is usually under the care of Mrs. Shen. I don't know if there is something wrong with Mrs. Shen's subordinates. The servants and maids in the room talked about the silkworm god’s sin, but Cui Liu not only made mistakes in her work, but also had a bad complexion. I stared and asked, and she finally confessed to me. Xiang, in the name of giving soup and medicine prescriptions, went to the Han Mansion to inform the eldest lady and Mrs. Zheng of this matter. Mrs. Zheng proposed not to startle the snakes and let Mrs. Shen explode her evil deeds, so that she can be taken. However, at that time, even if Cui Liu , I only know that Mrs. Shen will stir up the silkworm households to make trouble today, and take the opportunity to find local ruffians to insult people's innocence, but I don't know that she will take advantage of the situation to kill that green turban."

In the classroom, everyone who has a long brain knows that the old lady's last sentence is very important. If it is known that Shen Shi is going to kill the second person, Zheng Haizhu's suggestion not to report to the official is also an act of breaking the law. Even if the green turban He himself is a villain.

Huang Zunsu nodded: "So, those two men in the hall were arranged by you in advance?"

Mrs. Miao replied: "That's a friend that Mrs. Zheng found from Nanhui. Cui Liu mixed in with the real hooligans and recommended it to Mrs. Shen. Mrs. Shen has no doubts, so tell them that at that time, the third lady of the Han family will give them Open the door, because this third lady wants to see her sister get robbed more than anyone else."

When the people hearing the lawsuit heard the words, they couldn't help discussing again.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

"The third lady? I can't tell, she's still a delicate little girl, with such a vicious heart."

In the midst of the chatter, Butou Liu suddenly sang the newspaper: "The criminal Feng Abao is brought here."

It was Boss Feng of Naxiuwa Restaurant who was pushed into the hall by Catcher Liu with his hands cut behind his back.

The Songjiang scholars saw that Boss Feng, who was usually the most kind and kind-hearted, thought that the next sound would be "Grass people are wronged".

Unexpectedly, after Boss Feng knelt down, he opened his mouth very calmly: "Master, the idea of ​​killing people was given to Grandma Shen by the villain, and it was also done by the villain. The villain once received a great favor from her natal family. In order to repay Grandma Shen, and because the villain was able to get phosphorite soaked in sulfur and charcoal from the kiln in his hometown, he urged Grandma Shen to use this method to kill people."

Huang Zunsu said calmly: "There were two big fires before and after, one person was injured and the other died. Is this the same method?"

Boss Feng nodded: "It's all this way. After the phosphorite dissolved in the sulfur charcoal oil is poured out, it will not burn until the sulfur charcoal disperses. Therefore, from applying the medicine to protruding the flames, it takes half an incense stick of effort. The first time, our people poured mulberry branches on the horse's feet, but there was no chance to spray it on Zheng's dress. The silk horse was burning, and Zheng was able to escape. The second time, I did it myself. , pour the potion on the hem of the robe with the green turban, once it catches fire, he will never come back to life."

Zheng Haizhu, who was listening carefully, also ignored the rules of the court, and asked, "This potion has a sulfur smell. The first time it was because of people setting off firecrackers, it could still cover it up. How to cover up the smell the second time?"

Boss Feng has obviously made up his mind to take the main responsibility for Shen, and he didn't mean to become angry with Zheng Haizhu, and said calmly: "I found out from Grandma Shen that the green turban is from Ningbo, so I specially prepared Ningbo's double scarf for him. Smelly."

Double Smell is a famous dish in Ningbo. The stinky winter melon steamed with stinky amaranth stalks has a more pungent smell than stinky tofu. It is more than enough to cover the sulfur gas in the small bottle.

After Boss Feng finished talking about the murder process, he seemed afraid that Huang Zunsu would not believe it, and added loudly: "Master, Grandma Shen didn't let those bandits kill these two women last year, and she didn't ask anyone to kill them when Mrs. Zheng returned to Songjiang this year. She, no matter how angry Grandma Shen is, she wouldn't really kill someone, it's because of my persuasion and making arrangements on her behalf, two things were done."