Chapter 157 True and False Dragon Pictures
Chapter 157 True and False Dragon Pictures
Once upon a time, there was a man named Song in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, who was the magistrate of Xianyou County in Fujian.
The county magistrate of Song Dynasty was an upright and honest official and was deeply loved by the people. As time went by, he became somewhat complacent, often treating himself like a dragon and a master.
It is said that in a village below Xianyou County, a supervisor named Wang (a student qualified to study in the Imperial College) committed adultery with the wife of a tenant in his family.
This couple is in love with each other, and their relationship is really good. The two wanted to be together every moment, but because the tenant was at home all day and was in the way, it was very inconvenient for them to do things.
The two often discussed countermeasures in bed, and finally Wang Jiansheng came up with a good idea.
He secretly found a fortune teller, gave him some silver, and asked him to pretend to tell the fortunes of his tenants.
Then, in the name of fortune telling, he told the tenant that he would be unlucky and would suffer a bloody disaster if he stayed at home! You have to go far to survive.
This fortune teller was almost like a liar. After taking Wang Jiansheng's money, of course he had to do something for him.
The fortune teller pretended to have met the tenant by chance and said in shock: "If your fortune teller turns black, there will be a disaster!"
The tenant had never seen much of the world, so he was frightened after hearing what the fortune teller said. He quickly took out the few pennies he had and asked him to tell his fortune and point out a clear path.
The fortune teller pretended to tell Wang Jiansheng's story.
The tenant was convinced and wanted to go away to make a living immediately. But he was penniless and couldn't make the trip.
After much deliberation, there was no other way, so I had to ask Wang Jiansheng for help.
The tenant told Wang Jiansheng exactly what the fortune teller said, and expressed his intention to ask him for a loan.
Wang Jiansheng got what he wanted. Not only did he lend the tenant a traveling fee, but he also lent him a sum of money as capital to do business in Sichuan.
The tenant took the money with great gratitude and immediately left for Sichuan. I have been gone for three years and there has been no news from him.
Wang Jiansheng and his tenant's wife were like ducks in water, and they often slept together unscrupulously.
Gradually, due to their blatant behavior, nearby villagers became aware of their adultery. Since the tenant was absent from home for a long time, the villagers did not know that he had gone to Sichuan, so there were rumors that he was murdered by Wang Jiansheng's adulterous couple.
Somehow, this matter also reached the ears of the county magistrate Song, who compared himself to "Bao Longtu", and he immediately became furious. If something like this happens under my own rule, what's the point? !
He immediately decided to arrest the couple and redress the injustice of the tenants.
On this day, he went to Wang Jiansheng's village to investigate the case on the spot. Suddenly a whirlwind blew down and hit his sedan chair.
Magistrate Song ordered the bearers to follow the whirlwind, and finally discovered that the wind was blowing from a well.
So, the magistrate of Song County ordered people to drain all the water in the well, and then asked people to go down into the well, and found a man's body.
The corpse was so decomposed that it was beyond recognition and it was impossible to tell who it was.
But Song County Magistrate had a preconceived idea and believed that this was the tenant.
So they immediately sent people to arrest Wang Jiansheng and the tenant's wife.
But the two knew full well that the tenant was just deceived into going to Sichuan by them, and they did not kill him.
They absolutely cannot admit that human lives are at stake.
When the county magistrate of Song Dynasty saw that the two men refused to confess, he ordered them to be severely punished.
Under severe torture, the two could not bear it anymore, so they had to give in and admitted that they had collaborated to murder the tenants, and were eventually executed according to law.
The villagers found it so satisfying that everyone in Xianyou County called Magistrate Song "Song Longtu". They also compiled the incident into a script and performed it in various villages.
Another year later, the tenant came back from Sichuan.
Before I got home, as soon as I entered Xianyou County, I saw opera singing on the stage.
Seeing that it was still early to go home, the tenants joined in the fun and went to the theater. As a result, I found out that the drama was about Wang Jiansheng and his wife.
After the trick was over, the tenant realized that his wife had died unjustly!
He was immediately heartbroken and wanted to seek revenge from Magistrate Song. After calming down and thinking about it, my wife was killed by the county magistrate. In this Xianyou County, how can a commoner like myself compete with the magistrate who covers the sky with one hand?
After thinking about it, the only way to go is to find his superior!
So, he cried all the way to the provincial capital to complain.
Mr. Neng Si (the abbreviation of the prosecutor who presided over the administration of justice in a province. It is equivalent to the current highest official of the provincial public prosecutor and law) received his petition and personally tried the case for him.
In fact, this case is very clear. The tenants who were previously considered dead have come back, which shows that the two people who were killed by Song County magistrate were just guilty of adultery. According to the crime, they were not killed, but they were killed innocently.
As a result, Song County Magistrate was removed from his official position and imprisoned!
Xianyou made up a ballad about this:
"Nonsense about an adulterer harming my husband,
The real dragon picture turns into a fake dragon picture.
Those who send a message to the people of the world,
Don't rely on officials to be clean and courageous. "
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