Strange case in Qing Dynasty: A girl who was ruined by marriage was angry, insulted by grave robbers when she was buried, and killed by her lover when she was resurrected.

In the middle of Qing Dynasty, there was a scenic spot called Jinming Pool in Kaifeng, Luoyang. The beautiful scenery of the four seasons here is constant, and tourists are woven. There is a restaurant called Fan Lou near Jinmingchi. A man named Fan Dalang opened a restaurant in it. This Fan Dalang has a younger brother named Fan Erlang, who is not married.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, there is an endless stream of tourists in Jinmingchi. Fan Erlang also comes here to play. Tired of watching while playing, I walked into a teahouse on the roadside to have a rest. Unexpectedly, I looked up and saw a woman in the teahouse, eighteen years old, with a beautiful face and a beautiful face. Fan Erlang didn't look, but when he saw it, he couldn't help standing in a daze.

The woman saw Fan Erlang standing there alone in the teahouse and couldn't help looking at him carefully. She saw him affable, with a straight face and bright knife-shaped eyebrows, but she also admired him. Make eye contact, make eye contact twice, make eyes at each other.

Women are secretly happy. I thought, "If I can marry such a man, I will be satisfied." Today is a rare opportunity. If you miss this opportunity face to face, where else can you try your luck? But how to find an excuse to talk to him? How do you know if he is married? "The woman wanted to think, think there is no magic solution. I couldn't help tying a knot between my eyebrows. Just chatting with the maid and the old maid beside the woman, where will you know the sorrow in the girl's heart.

Just then, the sound of a bucket came from outside. Hearing this, the woman frowned at once and cried out, "Tea seller, give me some sweet sugar water." The man was busy pouring sugar water into the copper pot and delivering it. The woman took it, took a sip, threw the copper bowl of water into the air and shouted, "OK, you have to plot against me!" " Do you know who I am? I am the daughter of Cao Men Zhou Dalang. My nickname is Sage, and I am eighteen years old. I am an unmarried girl! "

As Fan Erlang listened, he thought to himself, This woman speaks strangely. She introduced herself here. Didn't Bai Zizai tell me specifically?

The tea seller said, "Dear, how dare I harm you?"

The woman said, "You said you didn't plot against me. There is a grass in the copper bowl. You want to hurt my throat. I really hate that my dad is not at home. If he is at home, he will certainly spare you! "

The old maid on the side also advised the woman: "What's the point of talking to such people!"

Hearing the noise inside, Dr. Tea came in and said to the waiter, "Don't argue. Pick that sugar water aside and don't put it in front of the store. "

Fan Erlang thought, since she secretly passed on what I wanted to know so skillfully, why didn't I take the opportunity to imitate her and pass on my situation to her?

Immediately called: "tea seller, pour a cup of sugar water!" " The water seller handed him a cup, Jiro took a sip, threw the cup into the air and shouted, "OK! You really want to plot against people! Do you know who I am? My brother owns a hotel in Fan Lou. His name is Fan Dalang. I'm Fan Jiro. I'm only nineteen years old. I'm telling you, I'm good at martial arts. Don't bully me, an unmarried person. "

Hearing this, the water seller felt confused and angry, and said, "Are you crazy? What do you mean by saying these words to me? I'm just a water seller, how dare I plot against people! "

Fan Erlang argued, "Why don't you plot against him? There is still a blade of grass in my cup. "

The girl was very happy to hear that. Dr. Tea came in, persuaded him, and pushed the water seller out of the door. The girl got up and said, "Let's go home." He looked at the water seller again and said, "Do you dare to come with me?"

Fan Erlang thought: She told me to go with her!

The girl walked a mile or two, and Fan Erlang came out and followed closely. I saw the girl turn around and smiled at him. Fan Erlang was so happy that he followed her to the woman's residence. Watching the woman walk in the door and open the curtains, Fan Erlang was in heaven. But after a while, the woman went in and never showed up. Fan Erlang seemed to have lost his soul and wandered back and forth in front of her house until dark.

Since the girl came home that day, she hasn't thought about tea and rice for several days in a row, only feeling unwell. Her mother was anxious to see the light, and wanted to invite a doctor to come home to have a look, but Zhou Dalang didn't come home, and there were no other men at home, so she was afraid to ask. The servant girl gave advice: "There is a Wang Po next door, and people are king. He can deliver a baby, sew, be a matchmaker, show people the pulse condition and know the severity of the patient's illness. I like to find her when there is something in my neighbor's house. " Hearing this, Ma Zhou asked Ying Er to invite Wang Po.

After the meeting, Ma Zhou told Wang Po that her daughter couldn't afford to lie down when she came home from Jin Ming swimming pool, and Yinger took Wang Po to the young lady's room. The young lady lay on her side in bed and closed her eyes. Wang Po finished her pulse and said, "Miss has a headache, aches all over, and is sleepy and disgusting." The woman said, "Yes." Wang Po said to the maid and the old maid, "Don't worry about us. I'll ask the little lady alone."

When they left, Wang Po said to the woman, "An old woman like me knows about this disease. It's called heart disease. Honey, it's probably because I met someone I like and fell in love with it that I got this disease. Isn't it? "

After listening to what she said, the girl told her about it and said, "The young man's name is Fan Erlang."

Wang Po asked, "Is Fan Erlang opening a hotel in Fan Lou?"

"Exactly!"

Wang Po said, "Don't worry, my old woman doesn't know anyone else, but when it comes to Fan Erlang, I know his brother and sister-in-law. They are all good people. Fan Erlang is also a clever young man. His brother once asked me to match him. Dear, shall I fix you up and marry you to Fan Erlang? "

The woman smiled and said, "of course, but I'm afraid my mother won't." If I can do it, I must thank my mother-in-law. "

Wang Po went out of the girl's room and called Ma Zhou: "I know your daughter is ill." He told her what happened to the woman and Fan Erlang.

Ma Zhou asked, "What should I do?"

Wang Po said; "Only a little lady will marry Fan Erlang. If you don't marry him, the little lady's illness will be difficult to treat. "

Ma Zhou said, "My boss Dalang is not at home, so I can't make decisions."

Wang Po said, "I think we'd better settle this marriage first and wait until Zhou Dalang comes back. It is always important to save this little lady's life. " Ma Zhou had no idea at the moment.

Wang Po said, "Don't worry, everything is on me."

Wang Po left Zhou's house and went straight away. When Fan Dalang saw Wang Po coming, he quickly stepped forward and said, "My mother-in-law came at the right time. I just wanted to see you. A few days ago, Jiro came back from playing billiards in Jin Ming. He was bedridden. I want you to feel his pulse. "

Wang Po walked into Jiro's room alone and couldn't help laughing. Jiro said inexplicably, "I am sick, but you laugh at me!" " "

Wang Po said, "I'm not laughing at anything else. I already know your illness. Are you missing Zhou Dalang's daughter in Caomen? "

Jiro was right. He jumped up in shock. "How do you know?"

Wang Po said: "I was entrusted by the Zhou family to propose marriage."

Fan Erlang didn't listen. When he heard that there was such a good thing, he was overjoyed. He jumped out of the hospital bed and went out with Wang Po to see his sister-in-law. Wang Po told Fan Dalang about the matchmaking for the Zhou family. My brother and sister-in-law are naturally overjoyed, and now they have a wedding, which is one of the marriages.

Since their engagement, both of them have suddenly changed. Fan Erlang used to go out when he was free, but now he stays at home and manages the shop with his brother. That week's daughter used to hate sewing, but now she is willing to do it. The two are happy and stable, just waiting for Zhou Dalang to go home and arrange marriage.

After half a year, Zhou Dalang finally returned home. Ma Zhou happily told Zhou Dalang about his daughter's engagement. Unexpectedly, when Zhou Dalang heard this, he glared at Ma Zhou and cursed: "Who did you find and dare to engage your daughter? No matter how good that man is, he is just a hotel owner. Aren't you worried that your daughter doesn't have a whole family to kiss? It is not your ambition to give your daughter to such a person! "

There was a lot of noise and abuse here, and I suddenly heard Yinger shout, "Mom, come and save this little lady!" " "The girl heard her father scold her behind the screen and refused to marry Fan Erlang. Suddenly, she choked and fell to the ground. When Ma Zhou saw this, he rushed to save her, but Zhou Dalang grabbed her by the hand and wouldn't let her save. She also cursed: "Let her die when you are dead. Why save her? " Yinger tried to save her, but Zhou Dalang patted her on the wall and couldn't move. When Ma Zhou saw this scene, she suddenly fainted. Yinger woke Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou suddenly burst into tears when he woke up. Hearing this, the neighbors flocked to see what had happened, and suddenly a room was full of people.

It turns out that Zhou Dalang is unkind on weekdays, while Ma Zhou is very kind and everyone is willing to get along with her. Seeing so many people in the room, Zhou Dalang said angrily, "This is a private matter at home, so you don't need to persuade." Neighbors saw him so outspoken and left.

When Ma Zhou looked at her daughter, she found her limbs cold. She held her daughter in her arms and cried bitterly, thinking that her daughter would not have died, but she died because no one saved her. Thinking of this, Ma Zhou was so angry that he cursed Zhou Dalang: "You are so vicious! You must be reluctant to part with your dowry of three or five thousand dollars and deliberately kill your daughter! "

When Zhou Dalang heard this, he was furious: "Will I be reluctant to give up a dowry of three or five thousand dollars? How dare you mock me like this? " Said angrily out of the house. When Ma Zhou thought about the death of her clever daughter, she was even sadder. Who knows, suddenly Zhou Dalang came back. Followed by a coffin carried by eight people, he said to Ma Zhou, "You said I couldn't bear to pay three or five thousand dollars for a dowry. You give me all the gold and silver jewelry in my daughter's room and move it to the coffin. "

Immediately, he called the man into the coffin and ordered him to be buried that day.

There was a young man in his thirties named Zhu Zhen, who took part in the work of burying and building pits. On this day, Zhou's daughter was buried. When I got home, I crossed my mother and said, "I'm lucky!" " Then he told his mother about the plan to steal the coffin.

Hearing this, mother tried to persuade: "This stolen coffin is no joke. You can't leave, son! "

Zhu Zhen said, "Mom, you can't dissuade me." Said, and pulled out a leather bag from under the bed, which contained an axe with a knife, a lamp, a jar of oil and a hemp fiber. Zhu Zhen put on hemp fiber. Behind the hemp fiber, he brought a curtain made of more than a dozen bamboo skins. This is walking in the snow. If you take one step, the footprints will be flattened by the bamboo pieces behind you, and you can't see the footprints. At midnight that day, Zhu Zhen got up and ordered his mother to say, "I will knock on the door when I come back. As soon as I hear the door opening, you can open the door. " Then he went out.

Leave home and go straight to Zhou's daughter's grave. Come to the grave and remove the snow from the grave with a knife. Because the hands and feet were tampered with during the daytime burial, the coffin opening process was very smooth. He took off all the gold and silver jewelry and clothes on the girl's head and body. Seeing the girl's white body, Zhu Zhen could not help but defile the girl. But who would have thought that the girl opened her eyes and hugged Zhu Zhen with open hands.

What's going on here?

It turned out that the girl was so worried about Fan Erlang that she choked to death when she saw her father swearing. Actually, it was suspended animation. Although it was buried that day, it was not long after all. Now that the coffin has been opened and fiddled, I wake up again.

The girl didn't know where she was or who she met, and eagerly asked, "Brother, who are you?" ? What is this place? "

Zhu Zhen was immediately surprised and thought he had met a ghost. He touched her chest with his hand and found his heart pounding, covered her nose and mouth and exhaled a hot breath. Knowing that it was a living person, he suddenly used his quick wits and said, "Miss, I came to save you specially."

The girl believed it and said to Zhu Zhen, "Brother, please take it to see Fan Erlang of Fan Lou Hotel. I will thank you very much. "

Zhu Zhen thought: Other people spend a lot of money to find a wife, but they can't find a girl as affectionate as her. If I get her out, I won't admit to letting that bastard get her! Zhu Zhen was very unhappy when he thought of this, so he said to the girl, "Don't worry, I'll take you to my house first, and then I'll let you meet Fan Erlang."

The girl said, "If I can really see Fan Erlang, I will go with you."

Now Zhu Zhen packed her things, dressed the girl and put her on the ground. Then she climbed up from the pit and covered some snow on the stone without a trace. Everything is ready, Zhu Zhen carrying the girl, found a quiet path back to the door, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door two or three times. Her mother knew that her son had come back, so she went to open the door. When she saw him bring back a body, her mother was very scared. Zhu Zhen told his mother to keep quiet, pushed the girl into her bedroom with a bright meat cleaver in her hand, and said to her, "I have something to discuss with you. If you promise, I'll take you to see Fan Jiro; If you don't do this, I will cut you in half with this knife. "

The girl quickly said, "I wonder what my brother wants me to rely on?"

Zhu Zhen said: "First, you can only stay in the room without noise;" Second, don't go out of this bedroom door. If you do these two things, I'll ask Fan Erlang to pick you up. If you can't do it, I will kill you. "

The girl promised: "I depend on you, I depend on you."

The days passed day by day, and the girl never left the house and saw Fan Erlang again. Expect, wait until the fifteenth day of the first month of the following year.

It was the Lantern Festival, and Zhu Zhen went into town to see the lanterns. Coincidentally, in the dead of night, a shop next to Zhu Zhen's house caught fire. When the girl heard the chaos outside, she used her quick wits: "Don't run at this time, when will it be?" Go out and ask Zhu Zhenniang to come in and clean up quickly. Zhu Zhenniang didn't know what she was going to do, and she was in a hurry to get into the room and pack up. The girl took the opportunity to escape. Although I don't know the way, I can only walk and ask until I find the Fan Lou Hotel.

When she entered the shop, she found Fan Erlang standing at the counter doing business for his brother. That is, he went to the cupboard, bent his hands and said to Jiro, "Long live Jiro!" " Hearing this, Fan Erlang hurried down from the cupboard and took a closer look. He was scared to death and shouted, "Destroy! Put it out! " Seeing that he turned pale with fear, the girl quickly told him, "Second brother, I am human. Do you think I am a ghost? "

Fan Erlang refused to believe it. He let out a cry and retreated to a corner with a trembling rope. He happened to trip over a small bucket at his feet. He quickly picked up the bucket and threw it in the girl's face. Who knows that it was hitting the girl's temple, and the girl screamed and fell to the ground.

When people saw this scene, they gathered around to watch, only to see the girl lying dead in a pool of blood. Fan Dalang heard some noise outside, so he ran out and saw a dead woman lying in the shop. He even asked Jiro why he wanted to kill that woman. Jiro was in shock and stammered, "She ... she is a ghost! It is the dead daughter of Cao Men Zhou Dalang. "

My brother said, "If it is a ghost, there should be no blood. Since there is blood, it should not be a ghost. What should we do? "

At this time, someone in the local shop wanted to bring Fan Erlang to justice. Fan Dalang said to the crowd, "This is the daughter of Zhou Dalang in Caomenli, who died in November. My brother thought it was a ghost. It's just to exorcise ghosts, but I didn't expect to kill people at once. I don't know if she is a person or a ghost now. If you want to arrest my brother, please allow me to let her father identify the body first. "

When everyone saw that he was reasonable, they all agreed to invite her father.

Fan Dalang immediately ran to Zhou's house and told Julang the story in detail, asking him to identify the body. Zhou Dalang didn't believe it at first, but he thought Fan Dalang was not a liar. Seeing that he was worried, he followed him to the hotel. He looked at the woman's body carefully and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He said, "My daughter is dead. How can she be resurrected? What is this? " Those officials can't say anything. They took this group of people into custody and lived in the government.

Lord Kong, the magistrate of Kaifeng, read the case sent to him, but he couldn't understand it either. He ordered Fan Erlang to be escorted to the prison department first, waiting for handling. At the same time, while examining the body, he ordered his subordinate officials to check and verify it carefully. Subordinate officials sent people to the cemetery to dig the grave and found that there was only an empty coffin in the grave. Ask the person who looked at the grave at that time, and I'm not sure. I have to report it truthfully. After reading the submitted materials, Yin Da was very annoyed because he didn't see any progress. He must find out the truth of the case within three days. However, the time limit has been extended several times, and the whereabouts of this case are still unknown.

Let's talk about Fan Erlang again. In prison, he thought about what happened before and after, and finally understood. He missed the girl more and more and regretted killing her. Every time I think about it in prison, Fan Erlang is crying, beating his chest, feeling extremely depressed and crying.

A month later, Fan Erlang was tried. What happened was this: there was a man named Dong Gui who was shopping in Kaifeng. One day, he bought a gardenia strung with pearls. It turned out that this gardenia was dropped when Zhu Zhen dug a grave and went home that day, and it was picked up and hidden by Zhu Mu. Now Dong Gui bought it and sold it to collect private money. Dong Gui is a discerning person. He bought this thing and immediately ran to the yamen to report the matter to the yamen. The yamen immediately took this gardenia to Zhoufu for them to recognize. Zhou Dalang and Ma Zhou recognized this as an ornament worn by their daughter when she died. The magistrates immediately went to Jia Zhu's house to arrest Zhu Mu who sold pearls and flowers. When Zhu Mu saw this scene, she was scared to death and kept saying, "My son Zhu Zhen is not here!" The poor official caught Zhu Zhen somewhere else and took him to Kaifeng. Zhu Zhen saw that he couldn't deny it, so he had to confess one by one.

Lord Kong immediately ruled that Zhu Zhen was found guilty of robbing the tomb and was beheaded; Fan Erlang was convicted of playing with ghosts, which is different from homicide. This case is purely bizarre and should be released.

In this way, Fan Erlang was released and went home happily. Later, Fan Erlang also got married and had children, but he never forgot Zhou's daughter's infatuation with him. I go to her grave to burn paper and drink every New Year. Fan Erlang is finally a sentient beings and righteous person.