Nongmen Shenjue

Master Yang has quite a status in the local area, and he has a family fortune. The eldest son got married, and there were many guests.

The wedding hall is decorated in a grand manner. Mr. Yang and Mrs. Yang are sitting in the high hall. On both sides are the elders of the clan, the village head, and the squire. The inside and outside of the hall are full of guests, and there is a passage in the middle. Come over step by step.

Everyone's eyes are on the bride, no matter how much they say behind their backs, from the moment, the bride's figure is slim, her steps are graceful, her face is covered by a big red hipa, and a pair of mandarin ducks become more lively with the shaking. There are white and tender fingers slightly exposed in the red sleeves, clutching the red silk tightly.

I can't comment on the face and appearance, but the posture and demeanor are quite beautiful.

Yang Rusong, the son of Yang's parents, lives up to his name, tall and straight like a pine, with a handsome appearance, and he is even more heroic against the backdrop of a red wedding gown.It has to be said that although they are brothers, the two are very different in size and appearance. Standing together, people's eyes will always fall on the elder brother first.It is precisely because of this that it is even more regrettable to think of Yang Rusong's footfall due to an accident.

Yang Rusong looked at the approaching bride with a smile on his face, and his eyes sparkled, indicating that he himself was willing to marry this marriage, and it wasn't forced for some reason.

"The auspicious time has come——First worship to the high hall——Second worship to heaven and earth—"

"Licheng! Send to the bridal chamber!"

Chen Shiliu watched with great interest, until the bride left, he asked as if thinking of something: "Why didn't you see Yang Rubai?"

Indeed, it stands to reason that as a younger brother, he cannot be absent from such an important occasion.

Mu Qingyan noticed that Master Yang also seemed to be dissatisfied. After Mrs. Yang said a few words, Master Yang's brows eased.

Fortunately, the servants did their duty: "Young masters, please take a seat, the show is about to start outside."

The servants had already been ordered by Yang Rubai, so naturally they couldn't neglect them.

Mu Qingyan and the others came here to listen to the play, so they went to sit at the table right away.

Yang Rubai deliberately arranged them and a few scholars at a table, the table was just right to see the stage outside through the gate, the location was excellent.Both parties had met each other earlier, so they had no friendship after all, just exchanged a few pleasantries.

At this moment, the evening is drawing to a close, and the lights are lit up everywhere.

The dishes started to be served at the table, and there were [-] kinds of cold, hot, salty and sweet dishes, which could be called the top-notch table noodles.

The plays on the stage also started, and there were several lively and festive plays in a row.

Chen Shiliu picked up the two dishes in front of him and ate them, and said to Mu Qingyan next to him, "I found out that the finale of the new play will be in two more. The wife of the Yang family knows the general content of the play. It is said that it is similar to "Fifteen The play of "Continuity"."

Mu Qingyan knew nothing about operas, and the original owner had never heard any operas before, so he really didn't know "Fifteen Strings".

"About what?" he asked.

Wen Jixue on the other side answered: "Roughly speaking, there are two unjust cases caused by the fifteen pennies."

The first unjust case was Xiong Youlan and Su Shujuan.

To make a living, You Tuhu borrowed fifteen pennies from relatives, and coaxed his stepdaughter Su Shujuan into telling her that it was money for selling herself.The stepdaughter believed it was true, and she didn't want to be a maidservant, so she ran away from home overnight.The gambler Lou Ashu broke into You's house, stole fifteen pennies, and killed You Tuhu with a meat axe.The yamen received a report and found that the fifteen pennies were missing and the stepdaughter was missing, so they went to investigate.It just so happened that the stepdaughter met Xiong Youlan on the way to escape from home, and the two went hand in hand, but was caught up by the Yacha.Coincidentally, fifteen pennies were found from Xiong Youlan's baggage.The county magistrate was in a daze, and Lou Ashu testified that the stepdaughter and Xiong Youlan conspired to murder the butcher, stole the money and eloped, and were beaten into a trick.

Another unjust case is that of Xiong Youhui and Hou Sangu.

Xiong Youlan and Xiong Youhui are brothers, the elder brother Xiong Youlan goes out to help a businessman, and the younger brother studies at home.The neighbor's surname is Feng, a businessman with a good family background. His son Jinlang is ugly, but his son Hou Sangu is smart. Feng's father thinks that Sangu has ulterior motives.Feng's father handed over a pair of gold rings and fifteen pennies to Sangu for safekeeping, but they were snatched away by a mouse. The mouse hole happened to lead to Xiong's house next door.Xiong Youhui woke up early in the morning and saw Jinhuan, thinking it was a gift from God, and was worried that there would be no rice for the pot, so she exchanged it for money.At the same time, they bought rat poison, mixed it with flour cakes, and prepared to poison rats.The shop where Xiong Youhui went to exchange money and rice happened to belong to Feng's family. When Jin Lang saw Jin Huan, he believed that it was from Sangu, so he wanted to go home and ask the crime.Unexpectedly, the mouse took the bread to Feng's house, and Jinlang ate it by mistake and died.The Feng family reported Xiong Youhui and Sangu Hou to the yamen. The county magistrate listened to Feng's father's one-sided words and saw Hou Sangu's beauty.

Mu Qingyan could hear some interest.

The two unjust cases have some things in common, for example, they both started from the "rat disaster", one is a natural rat, and the other is a human rat named Lou Ashu.Secondly, it is a series of coincidences, which are staggering.Again, all of them are highly reversible, and what you see on the surface is often the exact opposite of the truth.

Finally, perhaps the two county magistrates' partiality, partiality, haste, and "beating into tricks" must also be counted.

Different from the previous life, it is legal for the yamen to try the case now.In this way, it is inevitable that unjust, false and wrongly decided cases will be caused due to various reasons.

Finally, the finale of the new drama "Mandarin Duck Buckle" began.

Mu Qingyan listened with all his attention, even making guesses, otherwise he would not be able to understand many places.He doesn't listen to the tune, but only pays attention to the libretto, focusing on understanding what kind of story is being told.

——A scholar surnamed Zheng went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and stayed at the home of a country gentleman surnamed Cheng on the way.Cheng Xiangshen has a son and a daughter. The son is also studying, and the daughter is smart and just at the age of marriage.Like other clichés, Zheng Sheng was well received, appreciated by the Cheng family and his son, and even got a marriage contract.Cheng Xiangshen sponsored him and asked him to go to Beijing to take the exam, and after he got the honor, he came back to get married.

At this point, the story changes abruptly.

Zheng Sheng bid farewell to Cheng's family, and took the carriage and servant sent by Cheng's family to Beijing. That night, he stayed in a desolate temple, but when he got up early, he found that the servant was dead.Zheng Sheng was terrified and at a loss. He was about to find someone, but a group of government servants appeared and locked him up.It turned out that after he left Cheng's house, all members of the Cheng family were poisoned and died. The squire Cheng wrote the word "Zheng" when he died, and the young lady of the Cheng family was disheveled and hit her head to death, clutching a jade coin tightly in her hand. Mandarin duck buckle.

The government officials found another mandarin duck button on Zheng Sheng's body.

This is a pair of buckles on the belt, with lotus flowers and mandarin ducks carved on the bright side, and the buckle on the back is designed in the form of a mandarin duck buckle, which is exquisite and unique, and is not easy to loosen.

Zheng Sheng admitted that the mandarin duck button was a token of love given to him by Miss Cheng's family, one for each person, and when he came back from high school, the two would be combined into one.

This play is divided into two scenes, and the first half just ended when Zheng Sheng was arrested.

"At first I really thought it was an ordinary gifted scholar and beautiful woman. But..." Chen Shiliu recalled the content of the play, and asked: "Bringing blame? Isn't it similar to "Fifteen Strings"? Could it also be a setting up?"

Like "Fifteen Strings", "Mandarin Duck Button" is also loved by the people. They discussed it to their heart's content, and without exception, they all believed that Zheng Sheng was innocent.why?Because their eyes followed Zheng Sheng all the time, Zheng Sheng did not commit any crime at all.

However, Mu Qingyan was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, because the servant beside Zheng Sheng also died, and the two were together all the time, and one died after dawn. It is not so much that Zheng Sheng did it, but that the playwrights hid the key plot. up.Perhaps, in order to preserve the storyline?Make the drama more suspenseful and arouse the interest of the viewers.

At this time, there is nothing to eat, either drinking or watching a play.

Just as the guests were waiting for the second half of the play to start, Mu Qingyan noticed that the butler came out in a hurry, his face was pale and his head was sweating.The butler invited Master Yang and Yang Rusong away from the banquet, and after a while, he turned back and went somewhere in the carriage.

It seemed that something big happened, and the Yang family didn't want to say anything about it.

However, there are some things that cannot be concealed. Someone yelled, "He's dead! The new wife of the Yang family has hanged herself!"

Xiaosheng, who was about to go on stage, sprained his foot and rolled down the stairs. Now he couldn't sing at all.

There were also guests from all walks of life who were also frightened.

After all, today is the Yang family's wedding, and it was a lively and lively day, if someone really died, it would be really...

For a while, many people asked the Yang family to inquire.

The butler got an order from Master Yang to report to the officials. Master Yang and the groom Yang Rusong lived in the inner house, and the guests outside could only be comforted by the elders of the Yang family.

"Why is Brother Rubai missing?"

Finally someone thought of Yang Rubai who hadn't shown up all this time. It was strange at first, but now that someone died again, it made people even more suspicious.

"A member of the Yang family said that Brother Rubai had something to do before, and he thought he would show up at the opening meeting, but he never came." Someone had asked earlier.

Someone showed concern: "Brother Rubai, something will happen too, right?"

Regardless of whether it was true or false, everyone discussed it one after another and hurriedly went to inquire with the Yang family.

Chen Shiliu got up and saw that Mu Qingyan was still sitting, he couldn't help shouting, "Brother Mu?"

Mu Qingyan knew what he meant, but asked back: "We are not the police, nor are we the relatives and friends of the Yang family."

Therefore, both public and private, they have no reason to approach the new house, and they will be stopped by the Yang family if they go there.

Chen Shiliu had forgotten it for a while.

indeed so.

In addition, they are not in Fenglin County, and the local county magistrate will not sell their face, so it is estimated that they really can't get involved in this matter.

Even so, Chen Shiliu felt itchy in his heart, and took a step back and said, "Let's leave two days later to see what's going on."

There were discussions among the guests earlier, which shows that people feel that this marriage is unequal.Originally seeing Yang Rusong's expressionless face, he thought it was rumors and speculations, but now that something happened to the bride, it happened in the new house, so it's a big problem.

Suicide or homicide is debatable.