Chapter 29 Chapter Six

Tao Gan returned to the inner office and told Duke Di in detail what he had seen and heard in Puci Temple.After hearing this, Di Gong sighed: "Since there is no secret door in the Xiangge Pavilion, I think that Guanyin Master can really send a golden body Arhat to reincarnate." Tao Gan waved his hands quickly and said, "I only saw one of the incense pavilions, I don't know what's inside the other three buildings." Di Gongdao: "You don't need to go to Puci Temple and leave empty-handed. It's useless to waste your time. What matters now is that the case of Xiao Chunyu in Banyue Street needs to be investigated urgently. Ma Rong has a rough heart, and you need to help him."

Although Tao Gan had doubts in his heart, he had no choice but to obey Di Gong's order and temporarily put aside the matter of Puci Temple. When it was time to apply for a license, the late government started the trial. As soon as Di Gong was promoted to the high seat, two brokers came to the court to sue each other for a piece of real estate.Di Gong carefully read the pleadings of both parties, and made a judgment in court.Both parties agree, there is no difference. Di Gonggong looked proudly at the people watching the trial, and suddenly saw an old woman rushing up to the hall tremblingly leaning on a bamboo stick, knelt down under the desk, and said that she had been wronged.

The secretary quietly stepped forward, put his mouth in Duke Di's ear, and said, "This old woman is a bit crazy and out of her mind. She has been coming to the state government for several months to complain about her grievances and tell a very bizarre plot. Feng The master dismisses her every time and refuses to accept it. What she said is like a movie, in the clouds and without boundaries. It is best for the master to ignore her." Di Gong didn't comment on the secretary's words, but carefully looked at the old woman kneeling in the hall.The old woman looked past her sixtieth age last year, and her temples were gray and gray.Although her dress is worn out, it is clean.There was a faintly visible noble and reserved expression on a weather-beaten face.

Di Gong ordered the yamen servant to help the old woman up, and said: "Old lady, why don't you report your surname, but there is no harm in suing, I will make the decision for you." The old woman wished deeply, and said in an indistinct voice: "Xiaomin Liang Ouyang. The late husband Liang Yifeng was a merchant in Guangzhou before his death." Before she finished speaking, tears fell like beads with a broken thread.The voice was too low to be heard, but there were mournful sobs.I saw her whole body twitching, panting. The old lady spoke Cantonese, which Mr. Di could not understand very well, and he saw that she was so sad that he couldn't control himself.He said: "Madam, I can't let you stand in this hall for too long. After you leave the hall, you come into the yamen's house and slowly tell the hall about your grievances."

Di Gong turned around and told Hong Canjun: "Take this old lady to the study in Nei Ya, and give her a cup of fragrant tea to clear her mind.'" Di Gong retreated back to the Neiya study, and Hong Canjun reported: "Master, this old lady is really in a trance and can't speak clearly. After drinking a cup of strong tea, she seems to understand a little bit. She said that she has suffered a strange injustice through the ages. The whole family was murdered, and only she escaped. After saying a few words, she began to cry again, and she could no longer explain the reason. At this moment, the old maid in the yamen is comforting her in the cool pavilion."

Di Gong nodded and said: "When she wakes up, we will slowly guide her to finish what she wants to say. We can't turn away a poor woman who came to the yamen with a glimmer of hope to ask for justice like Feng Xianggong did. Yes, Hong Liang, I have one more thing to tell you. Just now Tao Gan went to Puci Temple to investigate, but there was no secret door in the incense pavilion where women stayed overnight. It seems that finding out the inside story of Puci Temple It is not an easy task. Besides, even if those Fengyue monks have depraved and dirty deeds, how can the victimized women rush to the Yamen to report? Once the truth is revealed, they will not only be unable to hold their heads up in front of their husbands and aunts, Moreover, the lives of those sons who come to the temple to pray will also be in danger. Therefore, I ordered Tao Gan to temporarily put aside the matter of Puci Temple and wait for a while. This matter can only be taken lightly.

"Besides, there is another more important reason. You must not make it public. Recently, the Holy Majesty was bewitched by a group of people in black clothes. He allocated countless gold, silver and silk from his internal funds to order the world to build Buddhist temples and collect them widely. Monks, many eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace have believed in Buddhism. I heard that Master Yuantong of Baima Temple in Luoyang has been ordered to enter the palace to teach Buddhist scriptures for the Holy One and the princes. The three provinces of Menxia, ​​Shangshu and Zhongshu have also planted Buddhist disciples Eyes and ears, all the people of insight in the imperial court are worried and anxious. Hong Liang, do you think that at this moment, if we inadvertently file a case to investigate Puci Temple? We were crushed to powder and imprisoned. The Lingde of Puci Temple only had to take gold and silver belongings to the capital for bribes, and we would not accept it. What's more, there are still those Confucian scum in the court who read the sages and sages, but rely on Shi It is especially important to guard against the fact that the door acts as a minion for a tiger to get promoted and make a fortune."

Hong Canjun said angrily: "In this way, we can only watch those bald donkeys doing evil and ignore them, and let them run free? We often condone and raise traitors, and dare not speak out. Once a catastrophe is caused, we will do it again Why?" Di Gong nodded indignantly, thought for a moment, and said: "Unless the investigation from filing the case to the settlement of the case, and even the judgment and execution were completed on the same day, otherwise the monk would have brought us down if he got wind of it. Even if we judged To punish those monks who have committed the most heinous crimes, we still have to prepare documents for the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. The delay lasts for half a year and a year. I will not let go of the opportunity that can be used easily, even at the cost of my life. Alright, now you go and bring Mrs. Liang Ouyang to the study."

When Hong Canjun went out, he brought the old woman into the study in a short while. Di Gong asked the old lady to sit down on a chair in front of the desk, and Hong Canjun brewed another cup of fragrant tea.The old lady's mind seemed much refreshed, she took a sip of tea and thanked her affectionately. Di Gong smiled and said: "Old Madam, you just said in the hall that your husband's surname is Liang, and later you said that your family was murdered by gangsters, but you survived. Now you can slowly talk about your grievances, the more detailed the more it is good." Mrs. Liang nodded lightly, and while going to her sleeve, took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Duke Di respectfully with both hands.Said: "Master, Xiaomin is getting old and often falls ill. My Liang family died so badly. I hope the master will avenge Xiaomin's grievances. This small packet contains all the written records of Xiaomin's grievances. Ci, there is a letter, the master will know the original reason after reading it." She bent down and couldn't help sobbing again.

Hong Canjun passed the fragrant tea, and Mrs. Liang took a few sips slowly.Di Gong gently opened the small cloth bag, and saw a large volume of documents inside.He spread out the front page, and saw a copy of adverbial words written in small regular script with fine brushwork. The writing is sharp, the expression is vigorous, and the calligraphy is exquisite.Mr. Di took a cursory look at the pleadings, and roughly wrote down the details of the bloody feud between the Liang family and the Lin family in Guangzhou.The feud between the two families started when a son of the Lin family seduced and raped a daughter-in-law of the Liang family.Afterwards, the Lin family murdered the Liang family unscrupulously, so that the entire Liang family was killed and all property was robbed by the Lin family.Di Gong was secretly surprised when he saw the date when the money was finally stamped.Asked: "Mrs. Liang, is this pleading signed twenty years ago?"

Mrs. Liang's eyes widened and she said in a weak voice, "The longer the years, the deeper the hatred. Twenty years are like a blink of an eye, and all this seems to be happening right before our eyes." Di Gong looked through the other court documents, and saw that most of them were the continuation of this case in different periods and the records of new cases.The most recent pleadings happened two years ago. ——All the papers bear Zhu’s words of “Insufficient evidence, not admissible”, and they are signed by the various seals of the county government and state government. Di Gong couldn't help asking: "Mrs. Liang, many of these cases happened in Guangzhou, why did you leave Guangzhou and report to Puyang Yamen?" Mrs. Liang said: "The defendant's chief criminal, Lin Fan, is now living in Puyang, and Xiaomin has followed him here for thousands of miles, so he sued the master in front of the hall, and hoped that the master's mirror will hang high, adjudicate the case, and redress Xiaomin's 20-year justice." Di Gongdao: "Mrs. Liang, I will read these pleadings carefully. Once the court accepts the case, it will start a trial. I hope that Mrs. Liang will come to the court for a confrontation hearing at any time." Mrs. Liang was overjoyed, with tears in her eyes, she thanked her repeatedly, knelt down and bowed again and again, then walked out of the study lightly with lotus steps. After Hong Canjun sent Mrs. Liang out of the state office, she returned to the inner office. Di Gongdao: "This case is very infuriating. A cunning gangster is willing to destroy the lives of others and his family for his own lust, but he can't escape the punishment of the law. It is obvious that Mrs. Liang has suffered a terrible blow. The grief caused him to be in a trance, and he often lost his self-control. However, this case is very difficult, and the reason why those states and counties retreated in spite of difficulties, and the rejection was not entirely due to Mrs. Liang's "insufficient evidence." Duke Di summoned Tao Gan, and said to him kindly: "Don't be dejected! Now you have another good job entrusted to you. You should go to Mrs. Liang's house and find out everything about her and her family. , you have to find out everything clearly and keep it in your stomach. Then go to find a wealthy Guangzhou businessman named Lin Fan. This Lin Fan has a sworn feud with Mrs. Liang. They are both from Guangzhou and have moved here successively. You are from Puyang. I hope you will be successful in your visit, and make the first contribution to my investigation of this case." A smile appeared on Tao Gan's gloomy face, and a thin layer of blush appeared on his long, thin and pale cheeks.