Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Wu Song opened it with his hands, and when he looked into the bag, there were two pieces of crispy black bones, and an ingot of ten taels of silver.Wu Song raised his head and asked, "How do you know it's the testimony of the boss?"

Uncle He Jiu said: "The villain does not know the context. Suddenly, on the 22nd day of the first lunar month, at home, I saw the lady from the teahouse come to call the villain to bury Wu Dalang's body. On the solstice, I walked to the entrance of Zishi Street and met the county gate. Ximen Qingdalang from the raw medicine shop stopped the little man and invited him to go to the hotel to have a bottle of wine. Ximen Qing took out the ten taels of silver and paid it to the little man, saying: "The corpse that is buried should be covered by everything." The little man I have always known that that man is a trickster, and I can't let the villain refuse to accept it. After eating wine and food and collecting the money, the villain went to Dalang's house and lifted the Qianqiu flag, only to see blood in the seven orifices and tooth marks on the lips , is the dead body of poisoning during his lifetime. The villain wanted to make a statement, but he didn't have a victim; his wife had died of a heartache. Therefore, the villain dared not speak up, biting the tip of his tongue, and only did evil. , Fugui came home, but the Huo family went to bury the body and never accepted a penny. On the third day, when I heard that it was carried out to be burned, the villain bought a piece of paper and went to the top of the mountain to pretend to be a favor; Sister-in-law, I secretly picked up these two bones and wrapped them at home. The bones are crisp and black, which is a testimony to the death of poison. This piece of paper has the year, month, day and the name of the mourner written on it. It is a small population. The words are gone. Take a closer look."

Wu Song asked, "Who is the adulterer?"

Uncle He Jiu said: "But I don't know who it is. The villain can tell me that there is a pear seller, brother Yun, and that boy once went to the tea house with Da Lang to catch rape. No one in this street knows. If you want to know the details, you can ask Brother Yun."

Wu Song said: "Uncle Jiu is right. Since there is such a person, you can go for a walk with me."

Wu Song put away the knife, hid the bones and money, and went to Brother Qiao Yun's house with He Jiushu.

After Wu Song and Uncle He left Lion Street, Shi Yong flashed out from the shadows, sneered and walked towards Ximen Qing's mansion.

Wu Song and He Jiushu managed to get to Brother Qiao Yun's door, only to see the little monkey returning from buying rice with a willow cage in his hand.

He Jiushu called out, "Brother Yun, do you recognize this Dutou?"

Brother Qiao Yun said: "I'll recognize it when Jie Dachong comes! Isn't this Wudutou? Uncle Jiu, what are you two looking for me for?"

Uncle He Jiu said: "Wudu came to look for you, of course it is for the affairs of Wuda. Brother Yun, you have to tell the truth."

Brother Qiao Yun couldn't see the clue, he said, "Just one thing: my father is 60 years old and has no one to support him, but it's hard for me to accompany you through lawsuits."

Wu Song said: "Good brother." Then he went to get five taels of silver from his side.Said to Brother Qiao Yun: "Go and make money with Dad, come and talk to me."

Brother Qiao Yun went into the house and took the silver and rice with his father, and followed the two of them out of the alley to a restaurant upstairs.

Wu Song asked to make a three-point meal, and said to Brother Qiao Yun: "Brother, although you are young, you have a filial heart to support your family. But you only spend money with you, and you are just doing money. I need you to deal with business. At the end, I will make capital with you fourteen or five taels of silver. Can you tell me in detail, why are you going to the tea house with my brother to catch an adulterer?"

Brother Qiao Yun said: "I'm telling you, but don't be bitter. I brought a basket of pears from the [-]th day of the first month of this year to find Ximen Qingdalang to hang a hook, but I couldn't find anywhere else. Ask When he was a man, he said, "He was in Wangpo's tea house in Zishi Street, and he had a place with the wife of Wuda who sold cooking cakes; now I have caught him, and I only stay there every day." After hearing this, I ran away Looking for him, the old pig and dog, the evil king, stopped me and wouldn't let me in. If I said something to invade his foundation, the old pig and dog beat me up, straight forked me out, and took all my pears. Leaving on the street. I was so angry that I went to look for your Dalang, and told him to be careful, and he would go to catch the traitor. I said: "You are not good, that guy Ximen Qing is very good at it! If you can't catch him, you will catch him instead." It's not good for him to sue. I will make an appointment with you at the entrance of the alley tomorrow, so you can make less pancakes. If Zhang sees Ximen Qing going into the tea house, I will go in first, and you will send a burden. Just wait. Just watch me throw out the basket, and you will snatch it in and catch the adulterer.' I carried another basket of pears today and went to the tea house. I scolded that old pig and dog, and the woman went Come and beat me, eat me first, I throw the basket out of the street, and put my head against the old dog on the wall. When Wu Dalang snatched it, the old woman wanted to stop it, but I resisted it, and only barked, "Wu Dalang!" Come on!" It turned out that the two of them blocked the door. Dalang only shouted outside the door, but he didn't pay attention to Ximen Qing who opened the door, ran out, and kicked Dalang down. I saw Then Pan Jinlian came out and helped Dalang not to move, and I hurried away too. After five or seven days, it was said that Dalang was dead, but I died somehow."

Wu Song asked: "Are you telling the truth? But don't lie."

Brother Qiao Yun said: "When I went to the government, that's all I said!"

Wu Song said: "That's right, brother." Then he begged for food and ate, and paid back the money for the meal.

Three people came downstairs.Uncle He Jiu said to Wu Song, "The villain will leave."

Wu Song said: "Come with me, I want you to give me a certificate." After finishing speaking, he took Uncle He and Brother Qiao Yun all the way to the county hall.

But Wu Song didn't know that after he and He Jiushu left, Lu Xiaoyi, who was hiding next to Brother Qiao Yun's house, saw all this and went back to Ximen Qing's mansion to report.

Ximenqing heard Shi Yong and Lu Xiaoyi's report at the mansion, and knew that Wu Song would not be able to hide it after all, and he would come to find him tomorrow at the latest.

Ximenqing immediately asked Lu Xiaoyi to go to Zishi Street to take Pan Jinlian away and hide her, lest she fall into Wu Song's hands and kill herself in vain.

Afterwards, Ximenqing asked Shi Yong to rush back to Ximenbao, and asked Hong Zhen and Tang Long to come back to the county mansion overnight.

Ximenqing wants to prepare a big net for Wu Song, waiting for him to drill.

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In the Yanggu county hall, the county magistrate saw Wu Song and asked, "What is the chief suing?"

Wu Song said: "The villain's brother Wu Da was raped by Ximenqing and his sister-in-law, poisoned and murdered. These two are the witnesses. If you want the husband to be the master, it is up to you."

The county magistrate first asked Uncle He Jiu and Brother Qiao Yun about their words, and discussed with the county officials that day.

It turns out that the county officials are all related to Ximenqing, so the officials need not talk about it; therefore, the officials all weighed together: "It's hard to ask about this matter."

The county magistrate said: "Wu Song, you are also the head of the county. Don't you know the law? Since ancient times, it has been said: "If you catch a traitor, you will see the double, if you catch the thief, you will see the stolen goods, and if you catch the thief, you will see the wound." Your brother's body is gone again, and you have never caught him. I got raped by him; now I only ask him about killing people based on these two words, is it not too biased? You can't make mistakes. You have to think for yourself, just do it."

Wu Song took out two pieces of crispy black bones, ten taels of silver, and a piece of paper from his arms, and said, "I tell you, this must not be made by a villain."

The county magistrate looked at it and said, "Get up now, and wait for me to discuss with you. When it is feasible, I will ask you."

On the same day, Wu Song kept Uncle He and Brother Qiao Yun in the county government room overnight, waiting for the county magistrate to ask Ximen Qing the next day.

Chapter 52 Into My Urn (Revised)

The next morning, Wu Song reported in the hall, urging the county magistrate to arrest him.Who would have thought that this official would be greedy for Ximen Qing's daily bribes, and at the same time rely heavily on Ximen Qing to protect him from Liangshan bandits, how could he be willing to find Ximen Qing?

The county magistrate came back to bring out the bones and money, and said, "Wu Song, don't listen to outsiders instigating you and Ximen Qing to be against each other. This matter is unclear and difficult to reason with. The sage said: "The matter of Jingmu is still afraid that it is not true; behind the scenes How can you believe everything you say?' Don't make mistakes at once."

The jailer then said: "Dutou, for any matter of human life, you need to have a corpse, an injury, a disease, a thing, and a trace—five things must be present before you can inquire about it."

Seeing that the county magistrate is protecting Ximen Qing, Wu Song said: "Since the magistrate is not allowed to sue, but he pays no attention to it."

Wu Song took the money and bones, and then gave it to He Jiushu to take it.Going down the hall to his own room, Wu Song asked the soldiers to arrange meals with Uncle He and Brother Yun.

"You two, please stay in the room and wait, I will come as soon as I go." Wu Song said to Uncle He Jiu and Brother Qiao Yun.

Wu Song left the two of them in the room, and took three or two local soldiers with him, and left the county government office. After buying inkstones, brushes and ink, he bought three or five pieces of paper and hid them with him.

Wu Song also asked two soldiers to buy a pig's head, a goose, a chicken, a load of wine and some fruits, and arrange them at home.

At about the same time, when everything was bought, Wu Song brought a soldier to the house.

"Sister-in-law, Wu Er is back." Wu Song shouted upstairs before seeing Pan Jinlian.

After waiting for a while, Pan Jinlian did not respond.Wu Song was suspicious, and went upstairs, but where was Pan Jinlian?

When Wu Song came back this time, he wanted to interrogate Pan Jinlian and Wang Po in front of the neighbors, how he committed adultery with Ximen Qing, and how he poisoned his brother Wu Dalang.Suddenly found that Pan Jinlian was not there at this time, leaving Wu Song unable to do anything, very depressed.

Could it be that this ** is at Wang Po's place? Wu Song went downstairs and walked to Wang Po's tea house.

Wang Po was sitting in the tea house when she suddenly saw Wu Song barging in with a bad expression.

"Wu Dutou, do you want some tea?" Wang Po asked Wu Song tentatively.

"Wang Ganniang, is my sister-in-law with you?" Wu Song walked up to Wang Po and asked forcefully.

Wang Po didn't know that Pan Jinlian had been secretly picked up by Lu Xiaoyi.She said to Wu Song: "Dutou, why is your sister-in-law here? If you don't go to Master Wu to find her, how can you come to me to ask for someone?"

Wu Song asked: "Are you really not here?"

"It's true that it's not here. If you don't believe me, head to my house and look for it." Wang Po replied.

Wu Song looked inside and out, but didn't see Pan Jinlian.

"Wang Ganniang, do you know where my sister-in-law went?" Wu Song returned to Wang Po and asked.

"Dutou, your sister-in-law has her own feet. How would I know where she went? Why did you only come here to find my troubles? You are an uncle who cares too much. Your sister-in-law must not belong to you." Wang Po held the gun Said with a stick.

Wu Song was already in a rage, but the old lady still teased him with words, how could Wu Song bear it?

"It's all because of you old pig and dog!" Wu Song grabbed Wang Po's bun and slapped her head several times.