Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 23
It is also necessary to understand this matter, and opportunities will naturally arise.One day after lunch, I went to see the shaft again.The servant girl brought tea to eat, and went to pick up the tea pot with one hand, accidentally frustrated, and splashed some tea to wet the shaft.Teng Dayin put the tea pot, went to the front of the steps, pulled the shaft with both hands, and dried it in the sun.Suddenly, some shadows of characters were seen in the axe in the sunlight, and Teng Zhixian became suspicious. When he opened it, he found that it was a piece of writing paper, which was placed on the painting, and it was Ni Taishou's posthumous handwriting.It said: "The old man lives in five horses, and his life is over eighty years old. He died in the middle of the night, and he has nothing to hate. But the evil son is good at telling, he is only one year old, and it is urgent to be established. The good and the good follow the lack of filial friends, and I fear that in the future The second big house and all the land were newly built, and they were passed on carefully. Only the old small house on the left side can be divided and described. Although this house is small, five thousand pieces of silver are buried in the left wall of the room, and five altars are buried; five thousand pieces of silver are buried in the right wall. 300 gold, and six altars, which can be used as the amount of the pastoral. Later, there are wise men who have a chief judge, and Shuer will be rewarded with 81 taels of platinum. 81 Weng Ni Shouqian wrote it himself. Year, month, day, monogram." It was prefect Ni who made it in advance when he was [-] years old and the child was one year old.The ancients said that a son is better than a father, and his belief is true.Teng Dayin, the most flexible person, would salivate when he saw a lot of gold and silver.With a frown, he made up his mind and sent someone to "Mina Ni Shanji to see me, and I have something to say."

But Ni Shanji said that he was alone with his furniture, contented, and happy at home every day.Suddenly, I saw that the county envoy was issuing orders to arrest me, and I couldn't stop at any time.Shanji had no choice but to follow him to the county.The upright Dayin was promoted to the director of the hall, and sent someone to report: "Ni Shanji has already got it." Dayin called to the case and asked, "Are you the eldest son of Ni Taishou?" Shanji replied: "The villain is right." Yin Dao: "Your concubine Mei's sued you, saying that you chased mother and younger brother, occupied the property and occupied the house. Is this true?" .Recently, his mother and son were going to separate, but the villain never expelled him. His family fortune was determined by his father's own handwriting at the end of his life, and the villain did not dare to violate it." Dayin said: "Where is your father's handwriting?" Shanji said: "I saw it at home, let the villain take it and present it." Dayin said: "In his pleadings, he claimed that he had a wealth of money, which is no small matter; the authenticity of the posthumous writings is also unknown. Thinking that you are a gentry, and It's not difficult for you. Tomorrow, you can call Qimei's mother and son, and I will personally go to your house to check the furniture. If the thickness is indeed uneven, it is fair, and it is difficult to discuss personal circumstances." Drinking Jiaozao quickly released Shanji, and went to arrest him Mei's mother and son will hear the trial together tomorrow.Tolerance got Shanji's host, let him go home, and went to Dongzhuang to arrest people.

Besides, Shanji was terrified when he heard the official's tone of voice.When it comes to furniture, in fact, it has not been analyzed at all. Only holding the father's customs clearance license is a powerful force, and it needs the witness of relatives.I sent the money to the parents of the three parties overnight, and asked him to come home the next morning.If the government asks about the posthumous writing, ask him to help.This group of relatives from the three parties, since the death of Taishou Ni, has never seen Shanji with a plate or a box, and they have never had a drink with each other when they were young.Today, when a large piece of silver was delivered, it was because I didn't burn incense in my free time, and came to hug Buddha's feet in a hurry, each of them laughed secretly, and ended up buying something to eat.See the official tomorrow, watch the movement, and then work as a district office.At that time, there was a poem that said: Don't think that your concubine's citing is too selfish for your brother.Buying silver for the three parties today, how can it be like giving a piece of silk to an orphan?

Let's say that the Mei family saw the county envoy and arrested him, and he knew that the county magistrate made the decision with him.After one night, the next day invaded early, mother and son went to the county to see Teng Dayin.Dayin said: "I have pity on your orphans and widows. Naturally, I should speak for you. But I heard that Shanji insisted on breaking up the customs with his dead father's pen. What should I do?" The plan is not from the heart of the deceased husband. Enxiang only looks at the number in the private book, so he naturally understands." Dayin said: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to break up family affairs. Now I care that your mother and child have enough food and clothing for a lifetime, and you should not be too hopeful " Mei Xie said: "If it is enough to avoid hunger and cold, how can you expect to be a rich man with Shanji?" Teng Dayin paid Mei's mother and son: "First come to Shanji's house to serve."

Ni Shanji had already cleaned the hall. A tiger-skin chair was set up in the hall, and an incense burner was lit.At the same time, he urged his relatives: "Come and wait early." When Mei's family and Shanshu came, seeing ten relatives and nine family members in front of them, they met one by one, so they couldn't help but say a few words of intercession.Although Shanji was full of anger, he couldn't vent his anger at this time.Each of them secretly arranged to talk to the official.

After a short wait, I only heard the sound of shouting from a distance. It is expected that the county lord is coming.Shanji adjusted his clothes and hats to greet him; among his relatives, the older governors were ready to go up to see the officials; the younger generation who were afraid of troubles stood behind the screen wall and looked around, inquiring about consumption.I saw pairs of deacons lined up in two shifts, with the talented and intelligent Teng Dayin behind him under the Qingluo umbrella.At the head of Ni's house, the deacon knelt down and gave a drink.The Mei family and the Ni family brothers all knelt down to welcome them.The door shouted: "Get up!" The bearer stopped the Wushan screen sedan chair, and Teng Dayin walked down the sedan chair in a calm manner.When he was about to enter the door, he suddenly greeted the air and greeted him again and again; he responded with his mouth, just like being greeted by his master.Everyone was surprised to see how he behaved.I saw Teng Dayin bowing all the way to the hall, making several bows repeatedly, uttering many cold and warm words in his mouth.First, he bowed to the tiger-skin top chair facing south, as if someone was watching to sit; he quickly turned around, dragged a top chair, and took a seat facing north;Seeing that he was seeing gods and ghosts, everyone dared not go forward and stood on tiptoe to watch him.I saw Teng Dayin sitting on the top and bowing to each other, and started talking: "Ling madam tell Wansheng about the family property, how is this going?" After speaking, he acted as if he was listening.After a long time, Nai shook his head and stuck out his tongue, saying: "The eldest son is too bad." After listening quietly for a while, he said to himself: "How did the second son survive?" After a pause, he said again: "The hut is on the right side, what work do you do? "He said again and again: "Let's teach, let's teach." Pausing for a moment, he said: "This is also handed over to the second son? The late students have taken orders." The young man stopped and bowed again: "How dare the late students take this generous favor?" After a long time, he said again: "Since I have honored my life and earnestly accepted it, I will give it to the second son and accept it." But he got up, and made a number of bows, saying, "Go when he is born." Everyone was stunned.

I saw Teng Dayin standing up, looking east and west, and asked, "Where did Master Ni go?" The door said, "I didn't see any Master Ni." Then he asked: "Just now, Mr. Lingzun greeted you at the door; sat opposite me and talked for half a day. You must have heard it all." Shanji said: "The villain has never heard it." Teng Dayin Said: "Just now he has a long body, a thin face, high cheekbones, slender eyes, long eyebrows and big ears, a three-tooth beard, silver as white as silver, gauze hat and soap boots, red robe and gold belt, but What does Mr. Ni look like?" Everyone was in a cold sweat, and they all knelt down and said, "It's exactly what he looked like when he was alive." Dayin said: "Why did he disappear suddenly? He said that there are two halls in the house, and they are old in the east. A cottage, but there is?"

Shanji didn't dare to hide it, so he had to admit: "Yes." Dayin said: "Let's go to the hut to the east and have a look, and I have something to say." Everyone saw Dayin talking to himself for a long time, and he spoke vividly. It was clearly the appearance of Prefect Ni, everyone believed that Prefect Ni appeared and everyone stuck out their tongues, everyone was startled.Who knew it was Teng Dayin's clever words.He just looked at the picture of Xingle, according to the small picture, there was never half a sentence that was true!There are poems to prove: sages are empty topics, but ghosts and gods dare not touch them.If Dayin hadn't pretended to speak, how could Nizi be convinced?Ni Shanji led the way, and everyone followed Dayin to the old house in the east.

This old house was the residence of Taishou Ni when he was not in possession. Since the hall and lobby were built, the old house has been vacant, and it has only been used as a warehouse, where some scraps of rice and wheat have been piled up, leaving a room for the family.Seeing Dayin walking back and forth, he sat down in the main room, and said to Shanji: "Your father is really alive, and he told me about the family affairs in detail. Teach me what to say, this old house is not as good as Shanji's." What do you think?" Shanji kowtowed and said, "But it's up to Entai to make a clear decision." Dayin looked at the private book carefully, and said repeatedly: "It's a big deal." Seeing the separation of the leftovers , laughed and said: "Your old man wrote it himself, but just now he said in front of me that there are many things wrong with Shanji, and this old man has no idea." I will give you the accounts one by one, and you are not allowed to dispute if you are good at reporting." Mei secretly cried out, and Fang wanted to go up to beg, but Dayin said again: "This old house is judged and well reported, and everything in this house is not allowed to be inherited. Fighting arbitrarily." Shanji thought, "This house is ruined and the house is broken, and there is nothing serious about it, so I piled up some rice and wheat, and sold seven or eight of them a month ago. I don't have much left, so I bought it cheap. " Then he repeatedly agreed: "Entai's judgment is very clear." Dayin said: "You two have made a decision, and neither has regrets. Since everyone is a relative, they all come to testify. Just now Mr. Ni told Fu in person. "Under the left wall of this house, 5000 taels of silver were buried to make five altars, which should be given to the next son." Shanji didn't believe it, and said: "If there is such a thing, even if it is ten thousand gold, it is also a brother's. The villain does not Dare to argue." Dayin said: "When you argue, I will not allow it." He taught his men to beg for hoes, shovels and other tools, and Mei's mother and son acted as eyes, and led the people to dig under the east wall. Five altars were buried.When it was raised, the altar was full of light silver.When a pot of silver was weighed, it should be 62 and a half catties, which is just 1000 taels.Everyone was surprised when they saw it.Shan Jiyi's letter was true: "If it wasn't for the appearance of the father's ghost and telling the county lord, we don't know about this Tibetan silver, how can the county lord know?" I saw Teng Dayinjiao put the word "five altars of silver" in front of his family. , and paid to Mei Shi and said: "There are five altars on the right wall, which are also five thousand. There is also an altar of gold. Just now, Mr. Ni was ordered to give me as a reward. I dare not take it. , I have to take it." Mei's Tong Shanshu kowtowed and said: "The left wall has five thousand, which is beyond expectation; if there are more on the right wall, dare not follow the orders of the ancestors." Dayin said: "How do I know? According to you Old Mr. Jia said it like that, and I think it is not a lie." Then I taught people to excavate the west wall, and there were indeed six large altars, five of which were silver, and one was gold.Shanji looked at the many yellow and white objects, his eyes sparkled, and he wished he could snatch an ingot from him.It's just that there is something to say, and I dare not say a word.Teng Dayin wrote a photo post and gave it to Shanji as a photo, and sentenced the Fang family to Shanshu's mother and son.Mei's Tong Shan expressed his great joy and kowtowed together to thank him.Shanji was so unhappy that he had no choice but to kowtow a few times and reluctantly say "Thank you for Entai's proposition".

Dayin ordered several seals, sealed a pot of gold, put it in front of his sedan chair, and carried it back to the yamen, and it was good for him.Everyone recognized that the real Prefect Ni had promised to reward him, but they took it for granted, and the one dared to say "no".This is called the confrontation between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman benefits.If Ni Shanji was loyal and his brothers were harmonious, and he was willing to analyze his belongings equally, this thousand taels of gold should be 500 taels for everyone, how could he get Teng Dayin's hands?In vain made someone else.I was still getting bored, and I added the name of being unfilial and disrespectful, and I was counting thousands of times. I never counted others, but only my own family!

Gossip off topic.Besides, Mei's mother and son went to the county to pay respects to Teng Dayin the next day.Dayin has taken the picture of Xingle, removed his posthumous pen, mounted it again, and returned it to Mei's collection.On the picture of Mei's mother and son Fang Wu Xing Le, one finger points to the ground, which refers to the gold and silver hidden underground.At this time, with these ten altars of silver, people usually buy farms and become rich.Later, Shanshu married a wife, had three sons in a row, and became famous in reading.Among Ni's sect, only this branch flourishes.Shanji's two sons are both fond of wandering, and their family business is wasted.After Shanji's death, the two big houses were sold to his uncle Shanshu.Anyone in Lizhong who knows the whole story of the Ni family thinks that the sky will tell the truth.The poem said: What is the selfishness of the way of heaven, it can be laughed at that Ni Lang is too crazy.Forbearance bullies the concubine's mother with his brother-in-law, but teaches the dead father to count as a son.The hidden characters in the shaft are not accidental, and there are metal parts buried under the wall.Why is it better to keep some justice, so that there is no competition and no words.

(End of this chapter)