Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 51

After getting the approval of the village chief, Ling Changfeng and the two went to Na Wuming's house under the guidance of Wu Laoqi.

Xiaolan poked Ling Changfeng from behind, and said in a low voice: "Master, for some reason, the village chief doesn't seem to want us to investigate this matter. Why don't you ask Wu Laoqi?" After finishing speaking, she sneaked a glance at Wu Lao Seven glances.

Ling Changfeng nodded, coughed lightly, and said, "Wu Laoqi, just now your village chief said that the White Horse Temple had found out the truth, and it seemed that he didn't want me to continue to investigate in his words. I don't know why. ?”

When Wu Laoqi heard Ling Changfeng mention this matter, he faltered and hesitated, not as straightforward as before.

Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Xiao Landai frowned, and snorted softly: "Wu Lao Qi, just say what you have to say, why hesitate and be speechless! Could it be that there is something in this truth that cannot be concealed? "

"You two don't know, this Wu Ming is the village chief's nephew! Now the family scandal cannot be publicized, and the village chief has announced in the village that no one should mention this matter." Seeing no one around, Wu Laoqi, said in a low voice.

"Since the monk didn't succeed at that time, shouldn't the truth be announced to the public to prove his innocence?" Hearing this, Xiaolan was even more puzzled.

"If that Wu Ming's wife is a decent person, it should be announced to avoid gossip in the village. But that woman came from Kanglefang in the city. Hmph, there have long been rumors in the village that she secretly hooked up with people in the temple. It’s just a monk. It’s just that I was caught by someone this time.” Although it was a rumor, it was obvious from Wu Laoqi’s tone that he also believed it.

Ling Changfeng heard the words and asked softly: "Oh? There is such a thing? From what you said, this rumor is not new. Could it be that the monks from the White Horse Temple often come here?"

Wu Laoqi nodded, and said in an almost indescribable voice: "Young master, to tell you the truth, earlier, the younger one saw it from a distance once, and a monk went to Wu Ming's house. Cough cough, young master Seeing that jujube tree is gone, we are going to Wu Ming's house." After speaking, he pointed to the big jujube tree less than twenty steps away.

Looking in the direction of his finger, a tall jujube tree is growing there luxuriantly.Several houses stand side by side, and a winding gravel road extends from the main road to the small courtyard in front of the houses.

He signaled Wu Laoqi to inform the host first, while Ling Changfeng and Xiaolan stood there and waited.

After a while, Wu Laoqi came out and said to Ling Changfeng and the two of them: "You two, please come inside. Then Wu Ming and his wife are here."

When Ling Changfeng heard the words, he walked through the small courtyard in front of the court and walked into the private house along the gravel path.

When I entered the room, I saw that Wu Ming had an honest face. He was sitting on a wooden pier repairing farm tools, and there was still fine sweat dripping down his face.He looked up at Ling Changfeng and the others, and resumed his busy work.Obviously didn't care about someone coming in.

Then look inside the room.A glimpse of a soft wooden bed was displayed in the bedroom, and the exquisite carving decoration was extremely extraordinary. There was a brocade quilt on the bed, and there was a dressing table standing in the corner, and a bronze mirror was placed on the wooden dressing table.It seemed out of place with this shabby folk house.

His wife was sitting on a wooden chair in the house, and there was a cup of tea by the desk. Seeing Ling Changfeng and the other two coming in, she had a fair and beautiful face, showing a lovely and pitiful look.

Ling Changfeng looked at the two of them, bowed his hands, and said softly: "The special envoy Ling Changfeng came here today because of the incident at the White Horse Temple a few days ago. Please tell the truth."

Hearing this, Wu Ming stopped what he was doing, and said angrily, "My lord, I went to the city early that morning. I don't know anything about it. Just ask her if you have anything." Wife sitting on wooden chair.

His wife stood up, stretched out her green hands, bowed to Ling Changfeng, choked up and said: "Master Ling, please don't blame me, my husband is sulking this time. My lord came here this time to give the people Is it for the girl to avenge her grievances? It’s just that I heard that Monk Hua committed suicide, but now no one can wash away the grievances of a poor man like me.” After speaking, he put on an expression of pear blossoms and rain.

Xiao Lan watched from the side, and thought to herself: This woman is worthy of being a member of Kanglefang, she is so well maintained, I don't know if the tears are real or not.

Seeing his miserable appearance, Ling Changfeng turned his mouth slightly, and asked softly: "I just wanted to find out the truth before this time, so tell me about the situation that day."

The woman nodded, wiped the corners of her eyes lightly, and said slowly: "Lord Ling, the day of the civilian girl."

Here's what the woman said:
[My husband-in-law went out early in the morning that day. I thought the weather was fine, so I took out the clothes at home to dry.After the original drying, I wanted to go back to the house to rest.

Unexpectedly, I saw two monks asking for alms in the village. Originally, our family has always been respectful to Buddhism, so instead of going back to the house to rest, I turned around and went back to the house to prepare some dry food for the monk who came to ask for alms.

When I was taking dry food, I suddenly heard a knock on the door, so I turned around and went to open the door, but when I opened the door, I saw no one outside the house.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he was beaten unconscious, and in a daze, he saw that the man looked like a monk.Afterwards, I fell unconscious.After waking up, I found that my clothes were disheveled, and there were still some people standing in the boudoir.

Later, I learned from other people's words that the monk who begged for alms that day wanted to... woo woo woo.]

After the woman finished speaking, she sobbed softly.

After listening to Ling Changfeng, he thought for a moment, and then asked: "When you saw the monk begging for money that day, where did he beg for money?"

"This little girl can't remember very clearly, and estimated the distance of two or three hundred steps."

"How long has it been since you went back to the house that day and you were beaten into a coma?"

"I don't remember that."

"Why do you say this person looks like a monk?"

"I saw that this person is bald and has ring scars on his head!"

"Then what does this person look like?"

"Can not remember!"

"Have you ever heard what the monk said?"

"Well, the monk didn't speak."

Under Ling Changfeng's series of questioning, the woman was not flustered, and often prevaricated with "I don't know" and "I don't remember".

After Ling Changfeng asked, he sighed, and said to the woman, "You know, because of your unclear memory, you killed an innocent person."

The woman heard the words, but said decisively: "Hmph! This person is to blame! The adults said he was innocent, but who would know that the little girl is the innocent person!" After speaking, tears came out of her eyes again.

(End of this chapter)