Chapter 16 The Sixteenth Chapter Tan Guanren Repays Gratitude and Shame Mu Jierong Zhao Hides His Name

But when he said that the prisoner was brought up, Chu Yu asked: "The imperial decree has been issued, telling me that I don't need to offer prisoners, and I will take the traitor and kill it with you. Now that the traitor has been obtained, we should go to the Fa together. Ask him, he said that he is not a real traitor, but an impostor who did things for you, which is justifiable, and the crime is not worthy of death. I want to release him in my heart, so I bring you out and ask clearly. This impostor, But is it true?" The prisoner said: "It is true, but this man is very sinister, and I hate him. If you want to kill him at the same time, please don't let him go!" Shi Gong said: "I and you are colleagues. Why do you hate me so much?" The prisoner said: "When you were not out of the mountain, you received a thousand gold dowry from me. Later, you pretended to be a soldier and surrendered on the battlefield. I took you into the army. Wherever you got the gold Bo, all entrusted to you to take charge, you should be inseparable from life to death, and share weal and woe. When you see that the wind is not good, you wrap up the money and silk by your side and float away. Could it be that I have become a big thief, just for your mouth [ The original text lacks] things can’t be done? If we die together, we will never let you alone!” Chu Yu said: “There are so many people in the world, which one can’t pretend, why do you only hire him?” The prisoner said: “It’s just because of his face It is exactly the same as Murong Bingdao, so I hired him with a thousand gold dowry." Chu Yu laughed and said, "That's it! Speaking of which, he is not your enemy. It's time to rectify the Dharma with you." The prisoner said: "It's obviously him, how can you say it's not?" Chu Yu said: "This is the original body of Murong Bingdao. After he was dismissed, he never came out of the mountain. If you don't believe me , go closer and take a closer look!" The prisoner looked at it and said: "It really isn't, don't blame him. I was the one who deserved to die, I shouldn't have ruined your reputation and offended you with fake things! "Chu Yu came down in person, helped Shi Gongdao: "I have offended many officials, please forgive me! Please go to the yamen and change your clothes."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a yamen servant report: "I got the fake soldiers, please release them!" Chu Yu said: "Bring them in!" Then he brought the fake soldiers.Chu Yu took a look at this person, and sure enough he was exactly the same as Shi Gong.Chu Yu said: "Who captured it?" One of them knelt down and said, "It was the little one who caught it!" Chu Yu said: "What is your name and where does it live? How do you know that he is a traitor? To be honest !” The human said: “The young man’s surname is Wang, and his name is Da Yuan. He lives in a thatched cottage on Sanjiao Mountain fifty miles away from the city, and he farms for his business. Because that day, a man suddenly came and wanted to live in the small village. On that day, he He bought a house with a thousand pieces of gold, but he had no family members. The young one knew that his whereabouts were unknown. After a few days, the young one went to the city to sell cloth, and saw a shadow hanging on the city gate, just like him. It's a traitor! The small one was brought from the same place." Chu Yu said: "What proof do you have?" Wang Dayuan said: "There is a box of gold and silver, and a waist knife. The young one dug it out from his home. " Chu Yu said: "Bring the gold and silver here." The local government then carried the box up.Chu Yu said: "Wang Dayuan has meritorious service in catching the thief. He will reward you with a hundred taels of gold and a hundred taels of silver in other places. Let's all go." Called: "Pinch the offender with me with a stick!" Offended said: "Don't pinch, little boy It’s just a matter of recruiting. The young one lives in the mountains, and one day the king of the mountain brought a thousand taels of gold, and came to say that I am so and so. I think that if you want to be an official in the world, you must bring out the silver; now you have to be an official again. , Got gold again, there is such a good thing there! So the younger one agreed to him. Who knows that there is such a thing? I beg Grandpa to live!" Chu Yu said: "Now that the thief has been caught and the offense has occurred again, let's Tie them up and behead them for public display!" Then they beheaded the two of them.

Chu Yu withdrew and said to Shi Gong: "The lower officials are so stupid and ignorant that they can't detect it. It's a false alarm to the benefactor. How offended!" Once you are born, you will have a bad smell for thousands of years. When the old lady arrives, let's thank you together." The courtyard said: "The two ladies have arrived." Chu Yu said to Miaogu: "I have contributed to the thief, and I owe Mr. Mu's guidance. Come and thank you Benefactor!" Shi Gong said to his wife: "Lady, I owe the strange injustice of the thief to Mr. Tan Zhaoxue, come and thank me!" All four of them bowed four times each.Shi Gongdao: "This old man has always had the wish of loyalty and goodness, but he suddenly received the name of infidelity. Although he has no shame in his heart, he also feels shameful in his deeds. Nowadays, what we look forward to is not only to preserve the bones, but also to clean up the reputation. One way to differentiate, I'm afraid it will be necessary to tell you a few times." Chu Yu said: "Not only have you heard about the emperor, you have told the soldiers and the people, and you have a special recommendation, I will definitely invite you out of the mountain!" Shi Gong said: "It's not necessary! I have a spring stone If you ask me to come out of the mountain, if you are a person who is blind and hazy, why don't I resign at that time?" Chu Yu said: "It turns out that the noble heart is so resolute. If this is the case, I dare not be strong." Shi Gongdao : "The old man is a pedantic person. Not only does he not have the heart to go out of the mountain, but he also has a few hidden words. Although it is harsh, I have to tell each other. When a mortal is in a happy situation, he must think of when he is frustrated. For example, on the theater, there is no Beating the gongs and drums without rest, there is no clothes to wear! Where there is birth, there will be ugliness; It is desolate. People who understand affairs must close the gongs and drums in a lively place, and must not hang a seal on a desolate place to resign. These few harsh words must be kept in mind." Chu Yu said: "These few words The words are actually a great drink, a bell that breaks dreams. When the subordinate officials heard it, they were sweating all over the body. Mr. Going back this time, he built a few thatched huts for me on the left and right sides of the respected residence. Disband the group and go back to seclusion, and live with my husband." So Shi announced his resignation and returned.Chu Yu couldn't keep it, and the two parted with tears.

Let’s say that after Chu Yu’s departure from Shi Gong, thinking about the career path is like floating clouds, why not take advantage of this to capture the rebellion and play the reflection of the nature and relationship of the Ming court, but the subject of understanding is innate, and they are knowledge. And, it's better to return to the mountain.So in order to revise the book and resign from office, he took his wife to Yanling.After leaving, Jiangxian and Wenqing came to look for her daughter, and when they arrived at the Yamen, they saw Yinxi hanging high and disappeared.Wen Qing said to Jiang Xian: "Chu Yu lives on a four-horse horse, and even if he doesn't fall in love, his noble heart is beyond comparison. Besides, you and I are lowly people, how can we live together!" Then he turned back.

Besides, when Chu Yu was in Yanling, he and Shi Gong met from time to time, fishing together with a pole during the day, and light and tireless nights, wandering leisurely, enjoying the years of life.After Shigong took a concubine and gave birth to a son, Chu Yu also got a second son.The descendants are still Kejia figures, stretching and flourishing.All of them are loyal and honest, so there is this reward.The details of the flounder can be ignored! The poem says: Recently, the righteousness is quite absurd, and the crime of prostitution is put on the stage. Thinking about borrowing the theater to maintain righteousness, the person who tied the bell will teach you how to untie the bell!

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