Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Fei Yue'er was a little worried about her three horses. Xiaocai told her that the inn was a time-honored one, its business was very secure, and the rent had been paid in advance, so it would definitely take good care of the horses.

At this point, there are no worries anymore.

It happened that not long after, a cloth-selling boat passed by. The goods were not quite full, but it was enough to accommodate several people.

The boatman has been working on the water for many years and has developed a sharp eye. He can tell at a glance that several people at the ferry want to hire a boat, so he loudly solicits: "Five cents for a person to go to Songling, eight cents for Pingwangyi, ten cents for one person." When the money comes to Shengze, those who want it will get on the boat."

The three of them were overjoyed and jumped on the boat.

The journey was smooth sailing, and we arrived at Songling in less than two hours. We drove past Chuihong Bridge and walked for another half an hour. The water surface was dim and the same color, and everything was flat as far as the eye could see. The boatman said that the Ande Bridge was just ahead, and we could go to Pingwang Station by Come ashore here.

Fei Yue'er had the best eyesight and saw a small boat moored under Ande Bridge from a distance. Judging from its appearance, it was very similar to the boat that had picked up the two sedans in the morning. She motioned for the two of them to look at it. At this time, the sedan was lifted off the boat. Walk up the river bank.

When everyone saw it, they no longer had any doubts, and asked the boatman to rush forward with all his strength. The boatman was a young and strong man, and the sampan rowed very fast. In a short time, he reached the foot of Ande Bridge.

When Fei Yue'er jumped onto the revetment, she saw the sedan walking slowly northward behind a man and a horse.

The three of them divided the work. Fei Yue'er was responsible for keeping an eye on the sedan, while Wang Heng and Xiaocai went to the responding ship to check on the situation.

The ship's cable was tied under the Ande Bridge. Wang Cai stepped on the side of the ship and looked into the cabin. No one was seen. When he went around the bow, he saw people on the ship cleaning the hull. Xiaocai smiled and said: "Brother, Bao How much does your boat cost per day?"

The person on the boat said lazily: "This is the official ship of the inn, not rented out."

This boat was actually the official ship of Pingwangyi, so who was it that ordered them to pick up the sedan?

Wang Cai kept his expression and walked around the hull of the boat back to the shore from the other end. There was no one else on the boat. It seemed that the woman in the sedan had indeed been carried off.

The two caught up with Fei Yue'er and saw Fei Yue'er leaning on the big rocks beside the road with a frown on her face. The sedan following in front of her was moving too slowly, which made her very distressed.

The sedan followed one man and one horse, stopping and walking, heading north from the official road.

The sun was already setting in the west. Fei Yue'er said in confusion: "Looking at their direction, it seems that they are going to Songling, the county seat of Wujiang. This is strange. Why don't they disembark directly at Songling, but make a big circle and look down from the horizon?" Are you going to Songling again?"

"Could it be that he wants to meet someone at Pingwangyi and then go to Songling after the meeting?" Xiaocai guessed.

None of them could figure it out, so the current plan was to follow the sedan in front closely.

After spending nearly an hour on the road, the sedan was carried into the north gate of Songling, Wujiang County.

After entering the county town, there were more pedestrians, so the three of them followed closer.

The streets the sedan passed through seemed vaguely familiar. It passed through long alleys and stopped in front of a large house. It was the Songling Shen Mansion that Wang Heng and Xiaocai had visited a few days ago.

Xiaocai said softly to Yue'er: "Sister Yue'er, this is Miss Ye San's uncle's house, Shen Mansion." Fei Yue'er said "oh" with a happy face. It seemed that her busy work for the past few days was in vain. That’s right.

The sedan stopped at the corner door next to the main entrance facing south, but there was no way to get in. There was a circle of people surrounding the gate of Shen's house, including a dozen men dressed as peasants carrying hoes and poles, and two or three country women. People are crying in front of the door.

The accent of this group of people is a bit like those from Yunjian County.

"Ye Tianliao, you middle-aged man, if you give me back my sister, you will see me alive, and you will see your corpse when you die."

"Bah, Ye Tianliao, you are such a killer, you deserve to be called a scholar."

"Second Master Shen, we know that Ye Tianli is hiding in your house. If you protect him, I will beat you up too."

"Dear neighbors, please come and comment on me as a countryman. The son-in-law of the Shen family killed my sister. Is there any royal law in the world?"

There were many neighbors watching the fun, and the two or three country women held the hands of the old ladies and cried.

The general idea is that they are all honest country people from Yunjian County, Songjiang Prefecture, working in farming, and their surname is Zhu.

The girl married Ye Tianli, the brother-in-law of Shen Jundu, the second master of Shen House, as a concubine. Although she was a concubine, she was not sold out. Zhu was a good concubine. She married and gave birth to children, served the old man and his wife, and helped with gardening and embroidery. For domestic use, there is nothing unvirtuous about it.

Unexpectedly, they had not seen each other for a year this year. When the Zhu family went to visit Ye's family in Fenhu, Zhu disappeared without any reason.

They asked Ye Tianliao who he wanted, and Ye Tianliao, a shameless man, said for a while that he was missing, and then that he was dead. It seemed that he must have been killed by Ye Tianli.

The eighty-year-old mother was blinded by crying. They went to the Ye family in Fenhu to ask for an explanation. Unexpectedly, they were kicked out by the Ye family. Ye Tianliao actually hid in the Shen residence of Yue's family and refused to come out like a normal person. .

They had no choice but to surround Shen's house and ask Mr. Shen to hand him over.

The neighbors immediately talked about everything.

"The son-in-law of the Shen family is really not a human being."

"Princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people. Even though the son-in-law of the Shen family is a Jinshi master, since he has broken the law, the Ming Dynasty law cannot forgive him."

"Bah, you are a Jinshi master, a Jinshi master who squats at home and enjoys the autumn wind."

The Zhu family surrounded the gate, and the two-carriage sedan had to stop in front of the door. The man on horseback leading the way gently pushed the Zhu family, and somehow the men of the Zhu family fell to the ground, and the sedan fell to the ground. Lifted in.