The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 11

Asking for the faint coincidence of the spiritual lottery, talking about it in detail in the dream
But he said that Di Gong had finished praying in the county temple. He sat on the futon, closed his eyes and concentrated on it, and went to sleep dimly with thoughts. When the coffin was opened for inspection, the Zhou family was noisy, and the Wang Qiu family complained about grievances. Many incidents were united in their hearts, making them uneasy.At this time, I sat on the futon for a long time, although I wanted to close my eyes with peace of mind, but I had no choice but to think about this matter, it was that one touch, I was thinking wildly, until the second drum, I still didn't close my eyes.Di Gong himself said anxiously: "I came here today to stay in the temple. At this moment, I haven't fallen asleep yet. When will I get instructions from the gods?" He had no choice but to stand up and walk to the bottom. Without disturbing him, he walked alone in the hall for a few times, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a similar book on the god's table.Di Gongdao: "As the saying goes, 'Reading books will lead to sleepiness'. I can't fall asleep right now. Why don't I use it for entertainment? Or I will feel sleepy after reading it. I don't know."

Thinking of going to the front, I took it to have a look, but who knew it was not a scroll, but a booklet asking for a lottery in the county temple.

Di Gong secretly said: "I can't sleep peacefully. I'm afraid it won't come true. Now that I have the autograph here, why don't you ask for it first, and then take a closer look. If the gods have a feeling, it would be better to use this instruction." "Then put the signature book on the God's case to make a confession, remove the wax flower, add incense, and pray a few times on the futon, and pray again, reach out to it, take the stick, and chatter Falling, shaking a few times, a bamboo stick pierced out of it.

Di Gong hurriedly got up, picked up the slip and looked at it. There were five characters written on it, but it was No. 20 and four.Immediately, he came to the front of the case, took the signed book, and turned it over one by one. When he arrived at the part of the signed book, there was the word "Zhongping" written on it. There was an ancient name on the press, but it was Li Ji.Di Gong thought to himself: This man is from the Spring and Autumn Period. Duke Xian of Jin was deceived by him and killed Prince Shen Sheng. wicked woman.Looking down again, I saw four sentences: "If I don't see Si Zhan having a hen, why does Jin Lord favor Li Ji?"

The reason for the woman's scheming is dangerous, and the bed's private relationship is not a problem.

After reading it, Duke Di hesitated, and said: "These four sentences are probably similar to Bi Shun's case, but although Li Ji is a coincidence with Zhou's, I have no choice but to tell the reason for the case, but not the plot of the case. Narrated. Bi Shun and her were originally husband and wife, so they naturally had an affair. As for the first sentence, Si Chen had a rooster. When he wanted to visit her home the day before yesterday, she spoke harshly and scolded her. Not only scolding me, but also scolding her mother-in-law, this is obviously a rooster sitting in the morning. The second sentence, saying that Bi Shun should not marry her. If the third sentence, just don’t say it, she killed her husband, Wouldn’t the tricks be dangerous? Although the signatures coincided, they couldn’t solve the case. What should I do? I looked at it twice under the candlelight, but I couldn’t think of any other explanation, so I had to put down the signature. Turn the second drum, and after this, I feel sleepy, so I turn around and go to the upper bed, and sleep peacefully with my clothes on."

About meal time, in the dimness, I saw an old man with white hair, walked up to him and shouted to him: "Your honor has worked hard these days, and it's lonely here, why don't you go to the tea house to drink tea and listen to the news of the exchange?" Looking at him, he seemed to be a very familiar person. He couldn't think of his name for a while, and he forgot that he was in the temple, so he couldn't help getting up and following him.When I got to the neighborhood, I saw that there were three teachings and nine streams, and it was very lively.Walking through two streets, on the east corner, there is a big tea house, with a golden signboard hanging in front of the door, with the words "Wenjinlou" written on it.When Di Gong arrived at the door, the old man invited him in. In the middle of a courtyard in the front hall, there was a hexagonal pavilion with many tables inside.The two entered the pavilion, sat down at an empty table, and looked up to see a black lacquered couplet on it: "Looking for the traces of the child to stay in the bed, specially for the eternal affairs; asking Yaofu what is Bugui, it is difficult to find a Sichuanese."

Di Gong looked at it, and asked the old man, "this place is a tea house. Why don't you use the vulgar books of Lu Tong and Li Bai instead of this Ruzi and Yaofu? Why is Bu Gui staying here? Isn't it wrong? And the second line is also It doesn't run through, Yao Fu is not from Shu, so why do you say the word Sichuan, it seems really inelegant." The old man laughed and said: "Your criticism, although it is good, we know that he did not choose the words for the sake of this tea house. In the future, the nobleman Of course I know."

When Di Gong saw what he said, he didn't ask any more.Suddenly, the place where I was sitting was not a tea house, but a playground, with gongs and drums beating, and hundreds of people gathered around one person.In the circle, there are also gun dancers, machetes, horse racers who sell strings, and those who plant melons by breaking their stomachs, and there are all kinds of tricks.In the middle there is a woman, about thirty years old, who sleeps on a square table with her feet raised up, and beats a top-quality jar into a round shape.But she has two feet, one up and one down.Like a wheel.While playing, a young man came out from the opposite side. He was born with a face like a powder, red lips and white teeth. When he saw the woman, he couldn't help laughing.Seeing him coming, the woman was very happy, kicked the altar up in the air with both feet, bent her body, stood upright, stretched out her right hand, and received the blessing from the bottom of the altar, only to hear a cry: "My lord." , You are here again." Suddenly, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl jumped out of the mouth of the altar, blocking the boy's way, not allowed to joke with the girl.When the two were arguing, suddenly the crowd watching the trick dispersed.For a moment, no one was seen, only the jar, and the boys and girls, all of which disappeared.

Di Gong was really surprised, the old man who came with him just now stood in front of the door again and said: "You have watched the second half, but you haven't seen the first half, come with me quickly." Di Gong didn't understand him, why? I can't help walking forward.I walked through many wild and smoky places, but I saw some strange birds and monsters, which engulfed many dead people and ate them there.When Di Gong arrived at this time, he didn't feel his heart was in a trance, he became frightened, and saw a person sleeping on the ground, from head to toe, like a white paper, suddenly a fiery poisonous snake pierced through his nostrils, until it reached his body forward.Di Gong was startled, and heard the old man say: "Remember!"

Unconsciously, I was covered in cold sweat, and woke up with a start, and found that I was still in the temple.Listen to the drums and three shifts outside.He sat up, settled himself on the edge of the bed, felt thirsty, woke up Hong Liang, uncovered the teapot, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Di Gong, waited for him to finish drinking, and then asked: " Did your lord fall asleep here in the middle of the night?" Di Gong said: "I fell asleep, but I felt in a trance. You slept over there, did you see anything that was invisible?" Hong Liang said: "The villain has been visiting this place for days. The case, running here and there, has been extremely hard work, and in addition to handling Bi Shun's case for the adults, I have no clue, I want to stay here overnight, get some dreams, so that I can help the adults, who knows that I am confused, and I fell down, just I'm fast asleep. It's not the adults shouting, I'm not awake yet. The villain has never dreamed anything, I wonder if the adults can have dreams?" Di Gong said: "It's strange to say, I was also upset before, until the second watch, I was still there He didn't close his eyes. Then he couldn't do it, so he had to get up and walk twice, but he saw that there was an autograph on the divine case." He asked for an autograph and said it to Hong Liang.As he spoke, he deciphered the signature and listened to him.

Hong Liang said: "I have never signed a sentence, hidden but not revealed. If you sign it like this, it is very clear. Although the villain does not understand arts and science, I don't see any ancient people's scrutiny. The first sentence above has the four meanings of 'chicken for morning'." The word, or the time of dawn, what is the movement. In the past, most of the adultery cases were open and secret. The season when the cock crowed was the season when the adulterer stole it. The second sentence is empty theory, and the third sentence is about women Dangerous, this is obviously killing someone with an adulterer at night, and at dawn, Fang pretends to cry and cry. Look at Bi Shun that day, after watching the dragon boat, it was time to light up the house when he came home. The cook prepared wine and meals, and had wine with his mother and others. After drinking, it was time to watch. Although he couldn't let him eat, he went to sleep. It was not without reason that he had to talk, and it was very early when he entered the room. It's already been two drums. Wait for a deep sleep, and then the Zhou family will discuss with the adulterer again, and start to murder each other. After a few delays, wouldn't it be four or five watch days before the matter can be completed? Grandma Tang said her son died, but It is an appointment time, the second is night, and the fourth and fifth are also nights. This is a villain's fantasy. I am afraid that after Zhou's murder is over, it will coincide with the four characters of "the chicken is in the morning". If the murder is at this time, the The case is easy to handle." Seeing what he said, Di Gong said, "According to you, it makes sense. Gu Zuo is here at this time, what can you do?" Hong Liang said: "The problem with this sentence is obvious. Why is it difficult to solve. Let's send a few more assistants, and don't disturb them during the day. When the adults return to the yamen, they will still hand over Mrs. Zhou to Mrs. Tang to bring her back. Once she arrives at home, if she has no way out, she will be fine. If she has other feelings, then the traitor The husband must inquire about her in the town or at the yamen for several days. Seeing her go back, is there any reason not to ask her? We sent people around his alley, patrolling all night, only when the rooster crowed, we paid special attention. I think this is the way , there is no reason not to solve the case.”

When Di Gong saw his words were convincing, he looked at the figure carefully and found that he was a bit confused, so he said: "You have deciphered this signature sentence quite well. You know that after I asked for the signature, I was already sleepy. I saw it in my sleep. The matter is even more bizarre, let me tell you about it, everyone can refer to it.”

Hong Liang said: "What dream did your lord have? Although there is an image of the signing sentence, if you can give instructions in the dream again, this matter will be completely solved. I don't know if your lord is staying in the temple just for Bi Shun's case, or even Come together for the case of Liulidun?" Di Gongdao: "I came together, but this dream is very difficult to decipher. For some reason, I started to drink tea again, and then watched tricks. Isn't this inconsistent? "At that time, I repeated what happened in my dream.Hong Liang said: "This dream villain can't guess the details. May I ask my lord, what is the meaning of the word 'ruzi'? Why is there a word for staying at the bottom? Is Ruzi a child?"

Seeing that he didn't know the code, Di Gong deciphered it randomly, but said with a smile, "You don't know the origin of these two characters, so you can't tell them apart. I'll tell you the original." I don't know what Di Gong said, let's see the next chapter break down.

(End of this chapter)