Holy Bone

Chapter 5 Sheng Mien, Dou Mi Chou

"There was a thunder explosion, it turned out that someone was killed by the thunder!"

"It was Li Cailiang who was struck to death by a thunderbolt when he was passing by the river!"

"At that time, there were many people from the same village who came home after farming."

"I have all seen the scene where Li Cailiang was struck to death by lightning."

"There was a loud thunderclap, the earth and rocks collapsed, the willow tree was broken at the waist, and a scorched black pit was blown out on the spot. Li Cailiang, who happened to be walking on the bank of the river, fell directly into the cold river in February, with no bones left."

"When Li Cailiang's body was salvaged from the lower reaches of the river by a fishing net and pulled back to the door of Li's house in Shangpan Village by an ox cart, Li Cailiang's death was so appalling that his hands and feet were blown off."

"Broken hands and feet were just thrown at random beside the ox cart corpse."

"The corpse didn't even have a straw mat to cover it. The corpse was exposed all the way, and it was pulled back to Shangpan Village with an ox cart."

"Looking at her husband who was doing fine not long ago and promised to go home for dinner after paying back the cattle, all that was left was the dead body. When Li suddenly heard the bad news, he cried heartbroken. The son in his arms was also frightened and crying. , has been crying for daddy."

"Hey, that scene... the listener sheds tears."

"Here Li Cailiang's body is not yet cold, and there are rumors spreading in the village over there. The villagers all say that Li Cailiang must have done something that is devoid of conscience before he will be punished. He was struck by thunder. Otherwise, they will not be punished by God, not only will people be struck to death by lightning, but they will still die without a whole body."

"Li, who was already crying bitterly, heard the gossip from the surrounding villagers, and she cried even more to the core, saying that her family's old Li was honest and friendly all his life, why did he still fall behind in his old age after death, and his reputation was not guaranteed? slander."

"But there is no choice but to talk about gold. Li Cailiang alone can play a role. The villagers gossip about so many villagers in Shangpan Village. Got hacked to death?"

"The old men and women in the village all said that this is because God has eyes. God only hacks evil people, not good people. God will not wrong and wrong good people, and scold Li for not respecting God. This will be punished by God. Pan Village will definitely be implicated, the fields are dry and the grains are not harvested, grinning and screaming and yelling to drive away the Li family, lest the Li Cailiang family do evil and harm the innocent people in the village."

"It's pity that Li Cailiang's body is still not cold here, but the orphan and widow's mother Li and the only son are allowed to be bullied by the surrounding villagers."

"Just when everyone thought that this matter was so finalized, that Li Cailiang's death was due to being struck by lightning, and even Li Zheng and Cun Yong had no objection, but a young man stood out in the crowd."

"Tsk tsk, that young master is amazing! Eight feet tall, eight feet wide, with a stern body, thin skin and tender flesh, with short hair like a monk, self-reported his name, his surname is Jin, and his surname is An, and there is a scholar around him. The companions of the driver are the three other villagers who just stayed overnight in Shangpan Village tonight..."

"The son who calls himself Jin'an, he said that when lightning strikes people, it will only leave charred traces on the spot, and it will definitely not be like the earth and rocks that people see, the willows are broken at the waist, and there is still a big hole in the same place. "

"This is obviously because someone buried gunpowder by the river in advance, deliberately led Li Cailiang to the preset location, and then faked that Li Cailiang was killed by lightning. And washed the river bank and Li Cailiang's body with the help of the river. Attempts to get rid of residual particles and odors of gunpowder."

"Because only gunpowder can have such a violent and domineering effect in this world."

"Lizheng in the village only needs to report the murder case to the officials, and let the county government investigate who has recently bought a large amount of gunpowder, sulfur, and saltpeter; besides Li Cailiang himself walking to the river, who else is most likely to put Li Cailiang in the Meeting at the riverside, or who was with Li Cailiang at that time; who is most beneficial to Li Cailiang's death... Then this person must be the murderer who killed Li Cailiang."

"gunpowder?"

"The villagers were shocked when they heard the words. The imperial court of Kangding Kingdom had extremely strict control over folk gunpowder. Gunpowder was controlled by ordnance. In Kangding Kingdom, private ownership of gunpowder was strictly prohibited.

"The villagers do not believe that Li Cailiang died of gunpowder."

"Because no one among the people has access to gunpowder."

"Everyone got angry and yelled that these people from other villages are disrespectful to God, and they should be driven out of Shangpan Village along with Li's mother and son."

"But fortunately, Li Zheng has been in private school for a few years, and his knowledge is more extensive than these illiterate poor people. Li Zheng knows that if gunpowder is involved in this matter, it will be a big matter, and it is definitely not something that a small Li can handle. He would rather believe it or not, and must not lie about it. After Lizheng stopped the villagers who were making trouble, he hurriedly dispatched a few village warriors with the fastest legs to report the incident to the Changxian county government overnight. "

"I heard that there was a suspected gunpowder case in a village in Changxian County. Zhang Zhixian, Changxian County, did not dare to delay, and ordered all the heads of the county overnight, brought arresters and fast horses, and divided the troops into several routes. The clues mentioned by Mr. An were investigated overnight, and sure enough, the real culprit was quickly caught!"

"It really corresponds to a folk proverb, if you want people to know nothing, you have to do it yourself."

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of calling the door in the middle of the night."

"The murderer who killed Li Cailiang was Li Dashan, a relative of Li Cailiang's village. That man was a bad gambler. In the early years, he asked Li Cailiang and his wife to borrow money to help him tide over the difficulties, and vowed never to gamble again in the future. Li Cailiang and his wife Seeing that he was pitiful, he believed his words easily, took out his savings to help him, and paid off his gambling debts for him."

"As a result, not only did that guy not repent, but after the relatives helped him pay back the money, he continued to gamble like his life. He kept delaying the money owed to Li Cailiang and his wife. Instead, he even borrowed money from Li Cailiang in private several times. But Li Cailiang knows his gambling instinct. It’s hard to change, lending money to a gambler is like drawing water from a bamboo basket, so I have been reluctant to borrow money again.”

"This rotten gambler's relative sees that Li Cailiang's family obviously has savings but is unwilling to help relatives, and feels that he is willing to gamble his whole life without paying any money, so he has bad thoughts and plans to kill Li Cailiang, and wait for the weak Li's orphan to be left. If he has a widowed mother, he will not have to pay back the money. He even came up with a vicious plan to incite the ignorant villagers who do not know the truth after Li Cailiang's death to drive away Li's orphans and widowed mothers, and then take the opportunity to occupy the houses and fields."

"As the saying goes, the emergency is not the poor."

"Sheng Mien, Dou Mi Chou."

"People know that ghosts are scary, and ghosts know that people are poisonous."

"It was supposed to be the case of 'Lightning scorched the corpse', but it ended up being the 'Record of Atonement', and finally involved another 'the strange case of privately storing gunpowder', with twists and turns, and strange twists and turns."

"And because the son surnamed Jin and Ming'an was appreciated by the county government and the magistrate for his meritorious service in cracking the gunpowder case, he hosted a banquet to invite people to come to Chang County. The magistrate of Zhang County understands righteousness and clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments. At the banquet, he let the county's merchants The squire raised 300 taels of silver and handed it all over to Mr. Jin'an face to face. He thanked Mr. Jin'an for saving Chang County and protecting the people of Chang County from being implicated. Now the register of merchants and squires raising money has been marked as a plaque, which is still hanging in Chang County On the archway."

"The book is over."

(End of this chapter)