Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Huang Yuntai would tell Li Xugu and Qu Biyu if he had any troubles.

Since childhood, Huang Yuntai discovered that several people in the village were malicious towards him, so he deliberately treated his servants with kindness and often rewarded them.Several times, the boys discovered some clues and reported to him. Huang Yuntai analyzed that someone was going to attack him, so he asked his confidants to go to Li's house in Mingyuewan Village to report the news.

Li Xugu either sent someone to invite him to stay for a few days, or came to Wanhuzhuang in person. He was young and mature, and acted like an official's son, which deterred some bad intentions that were ready to take action.

Li Xugu was the eldest son of the Shili family. Li Xugu's deceased father, Li Ling, was originally from Wucheng County. The Wucheng Li family was a noble family, but unfortunately there were few people.

Li's father was a two-time Jinshi. He died of illness last year and was appointed magistrate of Wuxian County. His official reputation was not bad. Judging from the fact that his family was not well-off, he knew that Li's father was a good official.

Li's mother was a weak official's wife, who soon passed away from grief.

The successor magistrate, Wu Ling, was a close friend of Li's father in the same year. Li Xugu could call the county government officials to handle errands with just a greeting card.

Qu Biyu is the third eldest in the family and is known as Miss Qu San. Her father died early and the mother and daughter have always lived with her uncle. She does not often live in the old house in the village, but sometimes returns to live in the city of Suzhou. These days Because her uncle went to Shandong to work as a fellow scholar in [-], her mother was ill and didn't want to move, so the mother and daughter returned to live in their old house in the countryside.

In order to reduce Huang Yongning's hostility and avoid his sharp edges, the eldest sister of the Huang family claimed that she was ill a few years ago, ignored everything in the village, and was disabled at home.Huang Yuntai had not studied much at the age of ten and only knew a few words. Li Xugu taught him how to read.

The three children cuddled each other for warmth, read together, played together, and gradually grew up.

A few years later, the epidemic was raging that spring, and every household in the western mountains of Dongting was infected with the disease. Every day, people were playing and playing music to hold funerals. Eventually, too many people died, so they just found a place to bury them.

An old servant of Li Xugu's family was also infected with the epidemic. The medicine was ineffective and he passed away within a few days. Li Xugu also gradually showed symptoms of the epidemic. There were still three or two handymen in his family, but the situation was not good at this time. , fearing that he might catch the epidemic, he ran away without even saying goodbye.

Biyu discovered that Li Xugu was the only one left in Li Zhai, so she and Huang Yuntai took care of Li Xugu.

Li Xugu was in frail health and could not survive more than a few days. When he looked back, he said: "I have nothing to worry about Biyu, but I am worried about Yuntai. Your family is surrounded by tigers and wolves, waiting for opportunities to seize your wealth. You My sister-in-law is very skilled in martial arts and has ulterior motives. If you grow a few years older and get in his eyes, you will be in danger at any time. When I go to the west, you don't need to announce my funeral. Yuntai is about the same age as me, so you can pretend to be me. Study for the imperial examinations, seek fame, and be a strong person to protect yourself. I no longer have any important people in the Wucheng clan, and no one will notice."

Li Xugu struggled to hand over his family genealogy, land deeds and other items to Huang Yuntai. Before he died, he took the hands of Huang Yuntai and Qu Biyu and said, "Li Xugu and Qu Biyu, Huang Yuntai, will be together forever."

Because he was infected with the epidemic and died, the coffin was laid to rest after seven days of rest.

Biyu took a fancy to a plum forest to the east of Li's house. Looking down the mountain from there, she could see the vast blue waves of Taihu Lake. She thought Li Xugu would also like it.That's the property of Li Xugu's family, so let Li Xugu rest here.

The two men dug for a long time, but the grave was still not deep enough. At this time, a young man passed by. Seeing that the two young men were weak and weak, he stayed to help. This young man was Qingque, the apprentice of the old swordsman Wuchen of Piaomiao Peak. Following the teacher's orders, he went down the mountain to apply medicine in various villages.

After working until dark, the tomb was sealed. Huang Yuntai personally erected a monument: the tomb of his beloved brother Li Yi'an, the monument was erected by Li Xugu.Yi'an is Li Xugu's nickname. He has been using it for a short time and outsiders will not know it.

Biyu and Huang Yuntai planted hundreds of chrysanthemums in front of and behind the tomb to accompany Li Xugu.

After Huang Yuntai returned to Wanhuzhuang, Biyu spread the word that the epidemic was serious, and Li Xugu took refuge in Wucheng.

After Huang Yuntai returned to Wanhuzhuang, the siblings planned for a long time. After more than half a year, Huang Yuntai found the right opportunity to go to Ziyang Academy in the city. Because of Yuan Shanchang's advocacy of hands-on work, he sent the four companions he brought back to Xishan, and thus obtained the honor. free.At the same time, Li Xugu took his disciple and handyman back to Mingyuewan Village to study. When he returned to the village, he fell ill and saw almost no outsiders except Miss Biyu. He then left his disciple in his old house in the village and went to Suzhou City alone. I went to study there.

Biyu's uncle was now transferred to the general magistrate of Suzhou, so her mother and son also returned to live in the big house in the city. Biyu became a disciple of Shen Xiaolian's wife.

During this year, Li Xugu visited three famous teachers in Wu and his knowledge increased greatly. When he heard that Wu Ling had been promoted to Huguang, he immediately went to the county examination, the government examination, and the college examination. After several examinations, he was admitted as a scholar. .He only said that he was physically weak and rarely appeared in public except for the 15th grade of junior high school examination in the county.

Usually, he always appears as Huang Yuntai in Ziyang Academy.

Last autumn, a pair of brothers from the same clan came to the outside of Ziyang Academy. Wang Heng and Wang Cai, known as the Wang family's second wife, fell in love with him. He found that Wang Heng's temperament from a small rural eunuch family was similar to that of Huang Yongning. Very similar when not crazy.

In late autumn, the eldest sister of the Huang family wrote a letter, telling him in code words that he had faked his death and escaped, and the time had come to eradicate Huang Yongning.

Mr. Ye, who teaches calligraphy, is also in charge of general affairs. When Huang Yuntai was helping Mr. Ye write the academy roster, he discovered the secret of Wang's family. Yuan Shanchang was not so secular, he was very worldly. Every scholar on the roster, or More or less, there are several strokes of writing.

For example, in Huang Yuntai, the remark says that he is Dongting Chunshan Goods Store and Tea Store Shaodong. Wang Heng's note is that he is a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and the nephew of Wang Yuanyu, the second assistant.

A bold plan emerged. Huang Yuntai was going to introduce Wang Heng into the revenge plan of the eldest sister of the Huang family. He wanted to lure Wang Heng to Wanhu Village and let him witness Huang Yuntai's death. He would announce the news to outsiders, and, In the future, we can properly take care of Huang Yuntai's survivors, the eldest sister of the Huang family, and other female descendants.

Having said this, Huang Yuntai bowed and expressed his sincere apology.

Wang Heng looked at him blankly, his heart filled with sadness.

"If King Yuzhang and the leader of Bai Yuan hadn't rebelled, my father was still practicing Taoism on the mountain and we were living a good life, but what could we do if we were manipulated by these careerists and speculators? So Mr. Zhang Xiru is right, how could we Everyone wants to be a hermit and should actively join the world to reverse the bad ways of the world." Huang Yuntai said: "Xiao Wang, do you know what happened to Magistrate Liu who trapped 82 white kite sect men in Dinghui Temple?"

Wang Heng shook his head.

"The cruel official fell ill and died while he was in office. He died happily. When Ahu and the others found his traces, he had been dead for many years. When a person dies, his karma disappears. What will happen to the sacrifices made by the people in the past?" Huang Yuntai said eagerly. explain.

Wang Heng was at a loss. He had never considered this issue. The sacrifices made by people in the past had to be forgotten.

"So, I want to become an official in the court, so that ordinary people can also have the opportunity to appeal, and let dog officials like Liu Zhifu be handed over to Yousi, be tried under the national law, and receive canonical punishment." Huang Yuntai's mood is still high.

Wang Heng stared at Huang Yuntai and said sincerely: "I also appreciate Mr. Zhang Xiru's idea. We must join the world and do things. What Xiongtai said must be judged and convicted by a competent authority. There must be justice and justice. I even agree with it." . But, brother, things are changing. If you are in court in the future, no matter what decision you make, you must think more about Sister Yunting and Miss Biyu. The people of Li do not need a savior. King Yuzhang and Bai Yuan Why don’t the leaders think that they are the saviors?”

Huang Yuntai was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thought silently.

After hesitating for a long time, Wang Heng made up his mind, a smile appeared on his lips, and said: "Brother, I have said a lot. Now, I will also tell you a story."

There is a man named Shen Muzhi.