Chapter 5 The fourth round recommends the death of Zhai and Shang Qi to sue the gentry of Qiufeng and get raped

It is said that the old lady saw that these guys were all her own, she was not happy, she was confused by phlegm, and fainted.The daughters-in-law and maids of the family panicked, and quickly asked the master to come in. When Fan Juren came to see it in three steps, he didn't even ask his mother not to answer, so he quickly put the old lady on the bed and called for a doctor.The doctor said: "The old lady's disease is caused by internal organs, and it cannot be cured!" Even after inviting several doctors, they all said the same.Fan Juren became more and more panicked. The husband and wife watched over and wept, preparing for the funeral.At dusk, the old lady was dying and died, and the whole family was busy all night.

The next day, Mr. Yin and Yang Mr. Xu came to write the seven orders. The old lady committed a three-seven crime, and she should ask a monk to recommend her after the due date. A white cloth ball was hung on the gate; the newly posted hall couplets were all pasted with white paper.All the gentry in the city came to offer their condolences.Wei Haogu, who was also in the same case, was invited to accompany the guests in the front hall, wearing a towel. Father Hu couldn't sit on the table, so he had to help measure white cloth and scale meat in the kitchen or in the daughter's room, running around.When the 27th arrived, Fan Juren remembered the old days, took a few liang of silver, gave it to Hu Tuhu, and entrusted him to go to Jishang nunnery, invited the monks he knew on weekdays to take the lead, and invited eight monks from the great temple to chant scriptures and worship Liang Huang's repentance, Put the flame mouth, and recommend the old lady to ascend to heaven.

The butcher took the silver and walked all the way to the monk's house in Jishang Nunnery, just as Huimin, the monk official in the big temple, was also sitting there.Because there is Tian nearby, the monks often sit up and sit in this nunnery. □The monk asked the butcher to sit down, and said: "The last time Master Fan in Xinzhong was sick in the small nunnery; the poor monk was not at home that day, and he did not see you. Thanks to Mr. Chen, who sells medicine at the door, he made some tea for me. Master." Hu Tuhu said: "Exactly, I also thank him for the plaster; aren't you here today?" The monk said: "I didn't come today." Then he asked: "Master Fan's illness will be cured soon, but he doesn't want to come again There is a change in the old lady. I think Father Hu has been busy there for dozens of days? Didn’t you come to the market to do business?”

Butcher Hu said: "Isn't that right? Ever since the death of one's own mother, one of the country gentry from Hecheng did not come to his house; even my clients, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou, also served as guests there. Long days, sitting bored, He only dragged me to gossip, and accompanied me to drink and eat. When I saw guests, I had to bow and bow again. I was very tired. I am a person who is used to idleness, and I am impatient to do these things; The son-in-law? The gentlemen who provoked the gentry looked at it and said, "What do you want your relatives to do?" After that, and so on, he talked about inviting monks to fast.When the monk heard this, he turned his back on the shit and hurriedly made tea.In front of Father Hu, he asked the monks to make an appointment with the monks, and prepared incense candles, paper horses, writing books, etc.Butcher Hu ate the noodles and went back.

The monk took the silver and was about to enter the city. He could not walk more than a mile when he heard a person behind him shouting: "Master Hui, why don't you come to the village these days?" The monk hurriedly turned around. When I looked at it, it was He Meizhi, the tenant.He Meizhi said: "You old man is so busy with money these days! Why don't you come for a walk?" The monk said: "No, I want to come too, just because I want the one behind my house in the big house in the city. Tian, ​​and refused to pay the price, I cut him off several times; if he came to the farm, the tenant of his family would come over and talk, making trouble. I was in the temple, and someone from him came to look for me. Go back to him and go out." He Meizhi said: "That's okay, it's up to him if you want it, or you if you want it; if you don't have anything to do today, let's go to the village to sit. Besides, the half ham that the master cooked the day before yesterday, Hanging on the stove, the oil has run out, and the wine is ripe, why not eat him. I will rest on the farm today, what are you afraid of?" The monk was drooling at what he said, and his feet couldn't help themselves. Follow him to the village.He Meizhi asked his wife to boil a hen, cut up the ham, scooped out the wine and scalded it.The monk got hot, sat in the courtyard, took off one piece of his clothes, opened his arms, and stretched out his stomach, and walked out of Heijinjin's fat head and face.

After a while, after tidying up, He Meizhi took out the plate, his wife twirled the wine, and placed it on the table; the monk sat up, his wife accompanied him, He Meizhi turned around and poured the wine.While eating, he mentioned that within three to five days he would go to Fan's mansion to cook for the old lady.Mrs. He Meizhi said: "Grandma Fan's family, we have seen him since we were young, she is a very kind old man; only her daughter-in-law is the daughter of Zhuang Nantou Hu butcher, with red-rimmed eyes and yellow hair. , I lived here at that time, and I didn’t have a pair of shoes. In summer, I wore a pussy, with crooked legs and rotten feet. Now I wear two corpse skins, and I heard that I am a wife. !"

Just as he was eating happily, he heard a fierce knock on the door. He Meizhi said, "Who is it?" Hugging in, seeing a female monk sitting at a table, Qi said: "It's so happy, monk and lady, flirting in the bright sky and daylight! Good monk and official, you know the law and break the law!" He Meizhi shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! This is the owner of my land. "The crowd scolded at once: "Owner of the field? Even your mother-in-law has the owner!" Without any explanation, they took a straw rope and tied the monk and the woman together; I also brought it.When I came to Nanhai County, under the stage in front of the Guandi Temple, the monk and the woman were tied together, waiting for the county magistrate to come out and report.Everyone escorted He Meizhi out, and the monk quietly asked him to inform the Fan family.

Fan Juren was chained to the monk because his mother was doing Buddhist work. He couldn't bear it, so he took a post and told the county magistrate.The magistrate sent the monks to liberate the monks, and the women were handed over to Meizhi to lead them home; a group of hooligans took them with them, and they will be released tomorrow morning.Everyone panicked and begged Zhang Xiangshen to intercede with the county magistrate.The monk and the others spent dozens of taels of silver at the gate of the yamen. The monk official went to Fan's mansion first to thank him.The next day, Fang led the monks to build the mandala and hang Buddha statues; the ten halls on both sides were the kings.After eating the scripture-opening noodles, the cymbals were jingled, a volume of scriptures was read, and the morning fast was served.Eight monks, including Spin's Wei Xianggong, nine, sat in two seats.Just after eating, the long class reported customers.

Wei Xianggong put down his bowl and went out to welcome them in. It turned out that they were two squires, Zhang and Zhou, with black gauze hats, light-colored round collars, and powder-soled soap boots.Accompanied by Wei Xianggong, he hugged him all the way to Lingqian.One of the monks said to the monk official: "The one who just entered is Mr. Jingzhai in the big room of Zhang. He is a neighbor of the field with you. You should go over and say hello." The official monk said, "That's all! The Zhang family is What kind of interesting person? Thinking of my gossip the day before yesterday, what kind of rogue was there, he was his tenant. It was agreed that he would be a ghost and come and get me off. But I want to win a few taels of money away, so that the house behind the house Sell ​​a piece of land to him; "Use your heart and heart, and you hurt yourself!" Later, the county lord wanted to beat his farmer, and he was generally panicked, and he shyly used a post to say it, which made the county lord dislike it." Then he said: "He has a lot of unreasonable things! It's like the eldest girl from the Chaoxian family in the house on Wednesday, and she is his niece; the house in the third house once asked me to be a matchmaker, and I told him how rich the rich family in Xixiang was. The Zhang family insisted on granting it to the impoverished little Mr. Wei just now. Because he entered a school, he said he could write some poems. The day before yesterday, he made a recommendation book for this place, and I showed it to others; It is three words wrong. It seems that this is all a crime! Seeing that the second girl is about to promise someone else, who is she to seduce?" As he spoke, he heard the sound of the soles of his boots, and all the monks winked. No more words.

The two squires came out and shook hands with the monk, and Wei Xianggong sent them out.The monks finished their fast, washed their faces and hands, performed blows and beats, worshiped and confessed, burned incense and lighted lamps, distributed food and scattered flowers, and traveled in five directions.After three full days and nights of trouble, they just broke up. With the flick of a finger, the July 7 period has passed, and Fan Juren went out to thank Xiao Xiao.One day, Zhang Jingzhai came to greet him. He also said that Fan Ju asked to sit down in a small study in front of the funeral. He was dressed in mourning clothes and a hemp scarf on his head.Zhang Jingzhai said: "As nephews and nephews, we should serve the old aunt's important affairs. It's fine if the old aunt dies on such a birthday. It's just that I missed Mr. Shi's meeting this time. It seems that the ancestral tomb was buried? Was it ever decided? Date?" Fan Juren said: "This year's mountain is unfavorable, so we have to hold it in autumn, but the cost is still not enough." Zhang Jingzhai made a calculation: "The inscription is under the title of Zhou Xuetai, and the epitaph will be written by friend Wei. But whose name is used? The rest of the funeral, table mats, deacons blowing and beating, as well as miscellaneous things, meals, breaking ground, thanking Fengshui, etc., need more than three hundred silver."

Just as he was counting, he took out tea and ate it.Zhang Jingzhai said again: "It's reasonable to live in a hut for three years; but Mr. Shi has to go outside to find ways to use it for important burials. It seems that there is no need to stick to it. Now after the high incidence, he has never visited your teacher's place to greet him; the high place is fat and beautiful, or But the autumn wind is one or two. My brother also wants to visit my uncle, why don't we meet together? I will take care of the transportation and boat expenses along the way, and I don't need Mr. Shi to bother." Fan Ju said humanely: "Mr. Great love, I just don’t know if it’s possible to do it with a big gift?” Zhang Jingzhai said: “There are scriptures in the ceremony, and there are also rights; I don’t think there is anything that can’t be done.” Fan Juren thanked again. Zhang Jingzhai agreed on a date, hired Qi Fuma, took his servants, and took the road to Gaoyao County.On the road, they discussed and said: "One of them here is to see the teacher; the other is the epitaph of Mrs. Tang, and the official title of Mrs. Tang must also be borrowed." Not a day later, I entered Gaoyao City; However, it was not easy for the two of you to enter the yamen, so you had to sit down in a Guandi temple.The main hall of the temple was being built, and there was a workshop in the county to supervise the work. When the workshop heard that the friend of the county lord had arrived, the workshop hurriedly greeted it and sat in the guest room, setting up nine tea trays.After eating once, a man walked in, wearing a square scarf and a wide suit, powder-soled soap boots, bee eyes, a high nose bridge, and a beard.As soon as the man entered the door, he asked the tea tray to be removed, and then sat down with the two narrators; who is Mr. Zhang?That one is Mr. Fan?The two said their names, and the man said: "The humble surname is Yan, and Shexia is nearby. The case of the grand master came last year, and I was lucky to be recommended by the year. He and my parents are very good friends. The two old gentlemen, I think they are both. How old is the Nian family?" The two said their Nian friendship to teachers and students, and Yan Gongsheng was very respectful.Kobo apologized and went over there.The Yan family packed up a food box, picked up another bottle of wine, and put it down on the table; opened the lid, and found nine plates, all of which were chicken, duck, bad fish, ham and the like.Yan Gongsheng invited the two gentlemen to the table, poured wine and served them over, and said: "The two old gentlemen should have been invited to come to the humble house. First, they will live in a small house for fear of insulting their respect; second, they will go to the yamen. I am afraid that it will be difficult to guard; therefore, prepare a rough Dish, let's talk here, don't think it's contemptible." The two took the wine and said, "I haven't served you yet, but I'll disturb you first." Yan Gongsheng said: "Don't dare, don't dare." Standing for a drink, The two of you were afraid that you would blush, so you didn't dare to use more, so you ate half a cup and put it down. Yan Gongsheng said: "Tang's parents are honest, quiet and kind, which is really a blessing for the county." Zhang Jingzhai said: "Yes, does my uncle still have some good governance?" Yan Gongsheng said: "Mr. It’s really hard to come! On the day when Tang’s parents came to office, the whole county’s gentry set up a colorful shed, and they greeted them at the Shili Pai. The younger brother stood at the door of the colorful shed. , Blowing hands, night service, team after team, all passed. The sedan chair was approaching, and I saw the old parents from a distance with two high eyebrows, a big nose bridge, and big ears. I knew in my heart that they were a gentleman. But Surprisingly, dozens of people were there to pick them up together, and the old parents only looked at the younger brother in the sedan chair. At that time, there was a friend who was standing with the younger brother. He looked at the old parents and then at the old parents. Little brother, quietly asked me: "Mr., have you ever recognized this parent?" The little brother said honestly: "I have never recognized him." He became suspicious, only knowing that his parents were looking at him, so he hurried forward a few steps, intending to ask the old parents to ask him something I didn't want my old parents to get out of the sedan chair and bow to everyone, but looked away, only to realize that I didn't look at him before, and I was so ashamed of him. The next day, my younger brother went to the yamen to have an audience; I was busy with things, but I quickly put down my work and asked my younger brother to go; I changed the tea twice, as if I had known friends for decades." Zhang Xiangshen said: "It's always because your husband has a good reputation, so my uncle respects each other; recently, naturally, I often ask for advice." Yan Gongsheng said: "I didn't go in often afterwards. To tell you the truth, my younger brother is straightforward. He is in the town. In the middle, I never knew that it was cheap to take advantage of people, so parents and officials have always loved each other. Although Tang's parents don't like receiving guests very much, they are considerate of everything. Just like the county examination last month, the second child was selected as the first Ten people were called in, and asked him carefully who his husband was, and asked him if he had ever engaged in a marriage, and he was really concerned!" Fan Ju said humanely: "My teacher has a good eye for reading articles; since he appreciates your son, he must be Talent. Congratulations!" Yan Gongsheng said: "How dare! How dare!" He also said: "If my high school is a famous county in Guangdong; within a year, there will be no tax on money, grain, cloth, cattle, donkeys, fishing boats, and land. Ten thousand gold." Drawing on the table with his hands, he said in a low voice, "Like what Tang's parents did, it was only eight thousand gold; when the former Pan's parents did it, they really had ten thousand gold. He still has some branches and leaves, and he still uses a few of us. An important person." As he spoke, fearing that someone might hear him, he turned his head away and looked out the door. A disheveled and barefooted emissary came in, looked at him and said, "Master, please go home." Yan Gongsheng said, "What are you going back for?" Xiao Si said, "The pig that was locked up in the morning, that man Come begging, let’s make a fuss at home." Yan Gongsheng said: "He wants a pig, take the money." Xiaosi said: "He said the pig is his." Yan Gongsheng said: "I see, you go first , I’ll come.” That Xiaosi refused to go again.Zhang Fan and the two said: "Since there is something in the house, please go back, old gentleman." Yan Gongsheng said: "You two old gentlemen don't know something, this pig was left behind!" They stood up together and said, "Go back to the yamen." The two adjusted their clothes and hats, asked the housekeeper to take the post, thanked Gong Sheng, and went all the way to the gate of the house to put in the post. Tang Feng, the county magistrate, accepted the post, and one wrote "Nephew Zhang Shilu".One wrote "Student Fan Jin".He pondered in his heart: "Brother Zhang Shi has come to fight the autumn wind many times, which is very disgusting; but this time I come to see my new middle school student, so it is not good to return him." Please hurry up.When the two came in, Jingzhai met first, and Fan Jin came up to describe the rites of teachers and students; the magistrate of Tang gave way again and again, sat down and had tea with Jingzhai, talked about farewell with Jingzhai, and praised Fan Jin's article.Asked: "Why don't you go to the test?" Fan Jin just said: "My mother saw her back and obeyed Ding You."There are bird's nest, chicken, duck, and soft fish and bitter gourd from Guangdong. Two bowls are also made. The magistrate set up a table and sat down, all using silver inlaid cups and chopsticks.Fan Jin retreated back and forth without raising his cup.The county magistrate didn't understand why, Jingzhai said with a smile: "Mr. Shi is not using this cup because he complies with the regulations."Jing Zhai said: "I don't need this chopstick either." Then I changed to a pair of white bamboo ones, that's all. The county magistrate suspected that he would be so ceremonial in the funeral, if he did not use meat and wine, he would not prepare for it.Later, I saw him pick a prawn ball from the bird's nest bowl and put it in his mouth, so I felt relieved.Yin said: "It's really offending me. There is nothing to eat at the banquet in my church. I only have a few small dishes. I have the right to have a light meal. The church is only beef and mutton, and I am afraid that the masters of the expensive church will not use it, so I dare not attend the banquet." ;Nowadays the slaughter of farm cattle is prohibited by decree, and the cards are very tight for the superiors, and there is no one in the yamen to eat." Holding a candle in his palm, he took out the card and looked at it. A close-fitting Xiao Si whispered a few words in the magistrate's ear, and the magistrate got up and said to the two: "There is a book office outside who wants to answer, and I will come as soon as I go." After leaving for a while, I only heard the order: "Let's put it there." When I came back, I sat down at the table again, excused myself, and said to Zhang Jingzhai: "Brother Zhang Shi, you were an official, and this matter should be discussed with you, which is the matter of breaking the beef. My godfather prepared a total of 50 catties of beef, so I invited a teacher to beg me, saying that it was going to be exhausted, and they would have no food to eat, so I begged me to be a little more relaxed, which is called keeping the truth and sending it away. Give me fifty catties of beef here. But can you bear it?" Zhang Jingzhai said: "Old Uncle, this sentence is absolutely unacceptable. You and I who are officials only know that there is the emperor, but how do you know that there are relatives? Thinking of Hongwu years, Mr. Liu..." Tang Zhixian said: "Which one is Liu? Old gentleman?" Jingzhai said: "It's a taboo. He is a Jinshi who started his course in the third year of Hongwu, and he is the fifth in the three sentences of 'the world is right'." Fan Jin interjected: "I think he is the third? Jing Zhai said: "It's the fifth place. The ink scroll was read by my younger brother. Later, when he entered the Imperial Academy, Hong Wu went to his house privately, just like visiting Pu on a snowy night. It happened that King Zhang of Jiangnan gave him an altar." The small dishes, when opened in person, are all melon seeds. The sage Hongwu was annoyed, and said, "You think that everything in the world depends on you scholars." On the second day, Mr. Liu was demoted to the county magistrate of Qingtian County, and poisoned. Killed. How amazing this is!" Seeing that he spoke eloquently, and it was an exact allusion from the dynasty, the county magistrate couldn't help but not believe it.Asked: "How to deal with this matter?" Zhang Jingzhai said: "According to my nephew's humble opinion, Uncle Shi has made a name for himself in this matter; ask him to serve tonight. Tomorrow morning, take this old teacher in and beat him Dozens of boards, take a big yoke, pile the beef on the yoke, and put out a notice next to him, affirming his boldness. The boss visited Zhi, and saw that Uncle Shi is meticulous, and promotion is just around the corner." The county magistrate nodded. Said: "Very reasonable!" At the end of the banquet, the two stayed in the study. In the morning class the next day, the head was brought together. It was a thief who stole chickens.The magistrate said angrily: "You slave! You have committed several crimes in my hands, and you will never change your career; you are not afraid of being beaten. What should you do today?" Because he took a vermilion pen, he wrote "chicken thief" three times on his face. He took a yoke, tied the chicken he stole, with its head back and tail forward, on his head, and yoke it out.When he got out of the county government office, there was a slap from the chicken's buttocks, and a bubble of excrement came out, dripping from the head to the nose, and the beard was stained, and everyone watching on both sides laughed. In the second case, the teacher brought the teacher's father up and yelled at him: "Bold dog slave" severely punished thirty boards, took a big yoke, piled the fifty catties of beef on the yoke, and tied his face and neck tightly. Tight, there are only two eyes left, and they are displayed in front of the county.The weather was hot, and on the second day, maggots were born in the beef; on the third day, it died.Dissatisfied, the crowd gathered hundreds of people, gonged to strike the market, and came to the county, saying: "We shouldn't send beef, and we shouldn't be punished by death! This is all the idea of ​​Zhang Shilu, a bachelor in Nanhai County. Let's go to the yamen, drag him out, beat him to death, and send a man to pay for his life!" Because of this disturbance, there are different teachings: