starling is not a bird

Sitting in the hall, Yinhu was horrified when she heard it. Chen Liushi had blood all over her head and face, her temple hair was scattered, but her eyes were shining. She stretched out her hand to smooth her messy hair, and knelt down on the hall again, saying: " Master Qingtian, the little woman did kill the son born in front of her, but the little woman was forced to do so."

At this moment, Huang Chen who was next to her sister-in-law threw herself on her knees and said loudly: "Master, it was the little woman who killed my nephew, and my sister-in-law took the blame for me. My lord, kill the little woman."

For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded, who killed the person?Is it a confession or a confession?The case became more and more confusing, but Huang Chen kowtowed to her sister-in-law at this time: "Sister-in-law, you have always been kind to little women, and you are all little women. I have been deceived by lard, please be merciful, sister-in-law. I knew I was wrong."

Chen Liu didn't answer, but just looked at her sister-in-law, her face was full of resentment, she stopped talking, but the two children kneeling below were angry and dissatisfied.

Yin Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke

: "Who killed it, but it's easy to find out, just call the servant who bought arsenic in their family and ask." The yamen servant took the order and went to Chenjiadun to pick up people, and the elder brothers here were also disturbed. , Since the Yamen guarded the people, they went to the back hall to rest.

The servants who followed cleaned the back hall early, took good tea sets and tea leaves in the carrying case, brought spring water by themselves, asked the youngest son of the yamen to borrow a brass stove, the elder brother was afraid of the heat, so he only held an ice bowl While eating, the third elder brother Yinzhi's servant took a bamboo teapot with Salan inscribed with gold and longevity characters and brewed a pot of Zhulan. The fourth elder brother Yinzhen caught up with the heat because of this, so he didn't use tea, but only took the lotus heart from the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Hang Judui was sipping tea in a blue-and-white hole-stone flower teacup, while Yinhu and his younger brothers shared a blue-and-white Bogu teapot imitating the Jiajing style, and drank the silver needle plum tea brought in by the governor of Liangjiang.

For a while, everyone was speechless, but Xiao Shi couldn't bear it anymore, put down the blue and white crane teacup in his hand, and said loudly: "What kind of mess are these people? The first ones come to confess their crimes, and the ones who have confessed are desperately crying for grievances." , third brother, this is not the kind of human ethics and ethics you mentioned, it is simply a matter of being full. Is it interesting to toss the master to see them in a hot day?"

The third elder brother Yinzhi didn't expect to be angered by his younger brother all of a sudden, put down the lotus petal tea cup in his hand, and smiled back at him: "Old Ten, don't be in a hurry like a singeed cat. If you don't come, how can you come?" This is a good show? I think, there must be something inside. Don't panic, wait until they panic, then watch."

Eldest brother has already seen that he has something wrong with his stomach. "Third brother, when are you going to read out the edict of chastity and virtue? Yesterday, Huang Ama praised you for your good writing! Brother, I will remember it as soon as I hear it. , besides you, third brother, it is rare for someone to write so emotionally and rationally. Just wait for it to be posted to correct people's hearts!"

Xiao Jiu has always hated himself as the third brother who is so sour and fake. Seeing his elder brother teasing him now, how could he be willing to lag behind, and hurriedly answered: "Isn't that right, brother, I didn't sleep all night last night, just thinking about it." Third brother, your article, filial piety and fraternity, respects human relations, family members respect harmony, and harmony with village halls to settle disputes. I especially remember this sentence firmly. This important issue of human relations is not your strong point, third brother? With human relations , why bother to go to court, today's case must only be resolved by you, third brother, and you don't need to ask any questions later, just wait for you to read the written decree aloud, and they will be convinced."

The little ten next to him also came together: "I also remember the sentence about paying attention to agriculture and mulberry to make enough food and clothing. This is the credit made by the eldest brother yesterday. What follows is about the law to warn the foolish, and the courtesy to honor the customs, and then what is the duty? The purpose of this business is to set the will of the people, and to train the children to prohibit wrongdoing. You will be busy in the future, third brother."

Yinzhen added lightly: "Isn't there still going to be false accusations in the future to ensure good health, and try to escape to avoid entanglement? If this case is settled hastily, wouldn't it be very flattering to those people? Brother, let's take those people away. Prisoners are interrogated separately, I don't believe the truth can't be found out."

Eldest elder brother agreed deeply: "What the fourth brother said makes sense. One of the two women is savage and the other is deceitful. If they make a confession, it will be difficult to judge them later. It is better to separate them."

The old servant of the Chen family has already been brought up, along with the head of the village of Chen Jiadun and the patriarch of the Chen family, Chen Shoubao.The two women were taken to separate cells awaiting trial.

The name of the old servant was Chen Zhong, and he was an old servant of three generations of the Chen family. When he arrived at the court, he burst into tears. buried for him."

"Bold servant, how could you want to murder your own master?"

"My lord, it's really none of my master's business. The young master gambles and drinks all day long, and beats the younger one every time he gets drunk. The younger one only does it when he gets angry."

The elder brothers in the hall are even more strange, why is there another one who takes the blame?The head of the village and the patriarch next to him also knelt down and replied: "My lord, Mrs. Chen Liu has been married to the Chen family for more than ten years. She has always been a virtuous woman. Later, she is also a widow. Killed the son of the front room, please be careful."

The eldest elder brother couldn't help but sighed, a simple case was almost closed, but when the fourth brother disturbed it, all kinds of moths ran out.This time it was really troublesome, I looked sideways at my third younger brother, who was also confused and confused, and felt a little more balanced in my heart.Only the fourth brother's eyes were focused and thoughtful.

Suddenly, Xiao Jiu opened his mouth

"If you killed someone, why didn't your family members surrender to you? It can be seen that you are lying. Why don't you commit the crime?" The old servant just kowtowed and didn't answer any more.

The case was at an impasse for a while.Yinhu was next to him, but he saw something. He turned his head to look at his fourth brother, who was sitting upright coldly, and saw Yinzhen said flatly: "It is a felony for a servant to kill his master. I don't think you are afraid of death, otherwise I don’t plead guilty anymore, it’s just that the inner curtain is not repaired, and it’s still Chen Liu’s housekeeper who has no way, so let’s execute him together!”

The old servant didn't answer, but just wept bitterly.

Yinzhen glanced at him, and then said: "The stepmother kills the son, it's devoid of conscience, so let's take my own son for death."

As soon as these words came out, the old servant collapsed on the ground, speechless for a long time

Yinzhen continued: "I know that you are dedicated to protecting your master's family. This matter is none of your business. If you don't tell the truth, it will be your master's family who will suffer."

The old servant thought for a while, then kowtowed on the ground: "I have no words to answer, my heart only has the sky."

The third elder brother Yinzhi next to him was already impatient, the good things were messed up by them, and just now he was ridiculed by several brothers for a long time, this moment took most of his usual gentleness away.

Yinhu clung to the fourth brother's ear, and said softly: "Fourth brother, you send the woman who is out of the head, and let them face to face!"

Yinzhen nodded and turned to let the guards go to pick her up. After a while, Mrs. Huang Chen came over. When the old servant saw her, his eyes lit up. The elder brother asked, "Mr. Huang Chen, who is kneeling here?" He killed the person, do you know about it?"

Huang Chen didn't dare to look at the old servant, but lowered her head and said softly: "Little lady only knows that she kills herself, she doesn't know about other people's business."

"You said you killed people, how much arsenic did you inject, and where did you poison your nephew?"

"Little lady" Huang Chen stammered, "Little lady is in the soup."

"What soup?"

"The little lady doesn't remember very well."

Everyone in the hall heard that there was something wrong here, and the elder brother hurriedly ordered someone to bring Mrs. Chen Liu up, "Mrs. Chen Liu, how did you poison your stepson?"

But Mrs. Chen and Liu remained silent.

Yinzhen stood up

: "Since those who pleaded guilty retracted their confessions, and those who came forward pleaded guilty, this is always a muddled case, so let's do it muddled, brother."

Eldest Brother has forgotten what he meant, so he nodded

"Just take those two Chen family men and behead them!"

Mrs. Chen Liu was kneeling on the ground quietly. When she heard this, she suddenly raised her head, looked at her aunt and said, "Pingping, this is the end of the matter. Don't blame me. I thought it was because of our sister-in-law's love. You want to be the leader, I will bear with you, and I am willing to risk my life just to go down and explain to your brother, now they want to do what your nephews do, I can't care about you."

Huang Chen's face was flushed, he bowed his head and refused to answer.

Chen Liu Shi move forward

: "Master, the little lady wants to sue my late stepson for treason, please, master, be the master of the women and drive this rebellious son out of the house."

Brother, I didn't expect this woman to sue

"Why is your stepson so rebellious?"

Chen Liushi pursed her lips, as if she had made up her mind

: "Since the death of her husband, the little woman and auntie have been widowed together to raise the child. Unexpectedly, the aunt spoiled the child too much, and cultivated a domineering personality, causing trouble everywhere. The little woman couldn't bear his nuisance. Beating the little woman, so the little woman will sue him for treason!"

"It's against human ethics to beat a mother with a son, but you can also ask the family, why do you have to do this?" Yinzhen said, "You just want to use this to drive him out of the house, so as to reduce your crime and save your son, so why bother talking! "

The old servant who had kept his head down all the time turned to Huang Chenshi and said, "Miss, you are the one who caused the trouble. Do you really want your nephew to kill you?"

Huang Chen finally raised his head,

: "Returning to the master, my sister-in-law is concerned about my face and refuses to tell the truth."

After struggling for a long time, Mrs. Huang and Chen didn't continue, but Mrs. Chen and Liu took the words calmly: "Little women always wish to preserve their innocence for their children. Now their lives are almost gone. What's the use of reputation?" , maybe the little lady is going to shame her face and expose her family's ugliness."

But Huang Chen said

"Sister-in-law, I did the ugly thing, let me tell you."

She looked back at her two nephews

"Auntie has done this wrong thing in her life and shamed you. Please remember that Auntie still loves you very much."

"Please put my nephew back, my lord. How can I say it in front of them?"

The elder brother called someone to take them outside.

That Huang Chen just started to speak, shedding tears as she said each line, her face full of embarrassment

"My eldest nephew was spoiled by me since he was a child. He relied on him for everything. He gambled and drank alcohol. The family was gradually unable to provide for him. I was supposed to pick up a wife for him last year, but because I didn't have enough money to hire him, I kept procrastinating. .”

"It's also the little lady who can't make up her mind, and the eldest nephew is a young man." At this point, Huang Chen couldn't continue. Everyone in the hall had already understood, and Yinhu hurriedly got up and looked at the elder brother: "Brother, I How about taking my younger brother out for a walk?" The eldest elder brother smiled, nodded in agreement, and Yinhu left his younger brothers and went to the outside room with a look of excitement.

"Brother, why did you bring us out?" Xiao Jiu asked with puffed cheeks

Yinhu squeezed his powdery face, "What are you kids doing knowing so much? I'm afraid you won't be able to stand your smell. It's not good to be in the heat. How long did fourth brother be sick last time? It's been these days. Face It's still yellow."

"Actually, the fourth brother was harmed by us last time. If we had known that ice could not be used, I guess the fourth brother would have recovered." Xiao Ten continued, "We didn't mean it. Don't you think so, mynah?" Nine gave his brother a push.

"No, who dares to say that Xiaojiu is doing harm on purpose?" Yinhu smiled and said that Xiaojiu's neck was raised even higher.

"Brother, don't pretend that we don't understand anything." Xiao Ten suddenly said, "I know you don't want us to hear anything, but it's just that the aunt is having an affair with his eldest nephew!"

Yinhu couldn't help being annoyed, Baba'er brought them out just to prevent them from listening to those dirty things, how could they know all about it?Then why are you so hypocritical?

"Brother, you are too ignorant, we are not young." Xiao Jiu looked at her brother and said regretfully.

Inside the court

"Ms. Huang Chen, you have committed adultery with your nephew, and it's like a retribution, and you are as human as a beast. So what does it have to do with killing?"

"My sister-in-law found out about this, and she tried to persuade me not to listen, but my eldest nephew stole the land deed from the house, and planned to sell the business and fly away."

"My lord, there is one more thing I haven't explained," Chen Liushi on the side suddenly interrupted: "I found out that they were selfish, so I tried hard to persuade my sister-in-law and stepson, but he refused to listen, so I wanted to separate from him. Not only did he refuse, he stole the title deed, but he even sneaked into my young daughter’s room that night, attempting to do something wrong.”

"My daughter started to make a fuss, and he actually swore a vicious oath to me, saying that only a thousand years of being a thief can never prevent a thousand years of thieves. As long as he doesn't die, my daughter will one day succeed. The little lady originally wanted to die for the sake of face. But how can the little woman watch her daughter being ruined by him? So the little woman did it not for the sake of property, but for the sake of peace!"

After speaking, Mrs. Chen Liu began to kowtow

"It's a fact that the little woman killed her. I just hope that the children will not be implicated, and I beg for mercy from the adults."

When Huang Chen heard what happened next, she was dumbfounded, her face turned pale, and she said after a long while: "Sister-in-law, I don't know, you have made it hard for me to hide it from me."

Chen Liu said sadly: "Your elder brother is the only one who loves you. Are you willing to suffer? There is a capital crime, and I will be done if I admit it. Your nephew and son are still waiting for someone to take care of you! You are so stubborn."

That Huang Chen muttered to himself: "Sister-in-law, it's all my fault."

Taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, she slammed headfirst into the pillars in the nave and died on the ground.

When Chen Liushi saw her sister-in-law died, she sobbed more and more. The elder brothers in the hall were also dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

In the end, the elder brother has a lot of experience in the world, is steady and reliable, pondered for a while, and slowly said: "Chen Liushi, it is true that you poisoned and killed the step-son of your ex-wife, but the situation is pitiful, and you will be detained first, and will be released later. Sentence." As he said that, he waved his hands to have Huang Chen's body wrapped up and handed over to the head of the Chen clan to take it back, and Chen Liu's body was put in prison.I went back first with my brothers.

On the way, the elder brothers were all silent. This case turned out to be such an inside story. Huang Chen's loss of virginity and disobedience, and Chen Liu's compulsion, all weighed on their hearts.

"Brother, is the Huang Chen family dead?" Xiao Jiu asked softly

"Well, yes, commit suicide."

"Then how will Chen Liu be convicted?"

"She killed someone after all, so naturally she will pay for it." Yinhu replied flatly, "But she did it to save her daughter! If she doesn't kill him, what will her daughter do?" Xiao Shi really couldn't accept this ending .

"That's right, mynah, the law is nothing more than favors, why don't we ask Huang Ama to spare her?" Xiao Jiu stubbornly wanted to help the woman.

"Xiao Jiu, the law is nothing more than human feelings. It doesn't mean that human feelings are used to govern the country. It means that even though there is no human feeling in law enforcement, there are many human factors in the legal provisions. For example, there are lenient and exempt provisions in the sentence. In fact, considering the circumstances of the case, it is the favor in the law!" The elder brother Yinti spoke, and he thought a lot along the way. It was originally a simple murder case. Open the surface, but saw a lot of tragic pain.

In the evening, the elder brother Yinti handed over the case file to the emperor, and Kangxi carefully read it for more than an hour. Finally, he raised his head, looked at the quiet sons below, and said slowly: "How do you think this case will be judged?" More appropriate?"

The crown prince Yinfeng guarded the emperor during the day and did not go to the yamen for interrogation. At this time, he was the first to say, "The Huang Chen family's evil deeds have caused such a crime, and they should be sued. Sentence her to pay for her life, and the old servant will be an accomplice, and she will be exiled for a hundred. The two sons do not know the mother's evil, so they should be innocent."

The third elder brother Yinzhi hurriedly took over the conversation: "What the second brother said is extremely reasonable and appropriate. But is the owl too much? Ordinary people's customs are mainly to educate, and such cruel actions seem to be harmful!"

The eldest elder brother Yinti is in a state of confusion at the moment, and he doesn't bother to argue with them, so they will scramble to be the first.The fourth elder brother Yinzhen, who had been silent on the road until now, suddenly opened his mouth, "Huang Ama, the reason for this matter is that the Huang Chen family lost their morals first, and the Chen Liu family tolerated and raised traitors later, and then the situation deteriorated until it became uncontrollable. , It can be seen that all things are foregone, and if they are not forewarned, they will be abandoned. All things must be prevented in the near future, so as to prevent future troubles. mouth, to correct the people's customs."

The little brothers next to him were not there, only Yinhu followed, furious, then Chen Liushi was just eager to protect the calf, why was he so cruel?

"Huang Ama, that woman is only eager to lick the calf, so she made a bad plan, you can spare her life, pity her youngest son is younger than her son, if the mother also goes, what will they do! "Yinhu hastily asked for mercy.

"Yes, Huang Ama, God has the virtue of being good at life. Those two children are fatherless. Today, my aunt has also passed away. If the mother continues to torture her, how will she survive?"

"Huang Ama think twice, severe punishment cannot be used lightly!"

The prince and the third elder brother who originally advocated severe punishment were also frightened by their younger brother.too heavy!They all begged for mercy.

In the end, the emperor decided to exile the woman in Heilongjiang for a hundred bucks, and allowed her son to follow her, so the elder brothers breathed a sigh of relief.

In the evening, Yinhu sat alone at the table practicing calligraphy, but heard the servant reply

"Master, fourth master is here."

Yinhu didn't look up either.

"Let's just say I'm asleep. If there's anything important, we'll talk about it tomorrow!"

"Xiaoba, what's the matter today?" Yinhu raised his head, but saw his brother standing at the door with a smile all over his face.He snorted heavily, bowing his head and ignoring him.

"Xiao Ba, do you resent brother for talking too hard this afternoon?"

Yinhu's heart was full of anger, he dropped his pen, "fourth brother, that woman is so pitiful, why did you ask Huang Ama to kill her? The fourth brother I know is not such a person!"

The smile on Yinzhen's face became wider, and he sighed softly, with a doting look on his face.

: "Little Ba, Fourth Brother needs your help with serious business."

Yinhu looked at his brother and smirked a few times.

"My brother is not a capable person, how can I help my brother?"

Yinzhen didn't care about his sour face, and walked over by himself without waiting for greetings, took the melon-edge enamel pot on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat beside his younger brother: "I remember Xiaojiu and his grandfather three The official security officer is the leader of Shengjing, and he is in charge of this place now. It is pitiful for the mother and son to be exiled for thousands of miles. I don’t know Xiaojiu well. Xiaoba, you care about them so much, why don’t you ask Xiaojiu to tell those people to go all the way? Take care of them more, and they will suffer less?"

Yinhu raised his head and looked at his brother in surprise.

: "Fourth brother, do you feel sorry for them too?"

"They are naturally pitiful, do I have no heart?" Yinzhen asked his younger brother back, his face was full of helplessness, "If that's the case, why did you..." Yinzhen suddenly woke up

"Fourth brother, you did it on purpose!"

"Finally, my brother, you are still not confused!" Yinzhen sighed, "Huang Ama is the most sage, such a thing is pitiful, and should be killed according to the law! The second brother is just not there, and his handling is absolutely right .”

"But we are all there!" Yinhu said sadly

"Huang Ama is not there either, so this matter should be requested by Daniel, and you are only asking for affection, how could Huang Ama accept it?"

"So you said that on purpose to arouse Huang Ama's sympathy?" Yinhu had already guessed what his brother was thinking, and couldn't help shouting out, "Why are you calling so loudly?" Yinzhen picked up the teapot and continued for him With a cup of tea, he looked at his brother blushing with a half-smile, "Can you help me now?"

Yinhu raised his neck, pretending not to care and said: "Understood, I will go to Lao Jiu tomorrow."

"I've exchanged some scattered banknotes here, and you can pass them along. Orphans and widows have no money, how can they make it this way?" Then he took out a few silver banknotes and handed them to him.

Yinhu picked it up, and said after a while: "Fourth brother, I'm thinking about it, don't worry about it with my brother."

How could Yinzhen have the same knowledge as him?He stretched out his hand and snorted a few times on the top of his head in a funny way, thinking that this younger brother had been staring at him all this afternoon, and even gouged himself a few times with a knife at the end of the day, and felt happy.He has never been close to his brothers, only this eighth younger brother is closer. Yinzhen is not a person who likes to explain, but he just can't stand that even this younger brother misunderstands him. I know, actually, why bother to follow the footsteps of the eighth brother?It's just that you bring a ladder to go down.

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The note is quoted from page 341 of Yang Zhen's "Emperor Kangxi's Family"

[Prince Yu's eldest son, Changquan (born to the family of Fujin Xiluke), and his second son, Zhan Sheng, died in the 16th and 19th years of Kangxi respectively. Therefore, Baotai is actually the eldest son of Fuquan.The name of Baotai was given by Xuan Ye, the elder brother Yinti's baby name was Baoqing, and the crown prince (second elder brother) Yinfeng's baby name was Baocheng. 】He named this newborn nephew Baotai, which means to keep the world safe forever. It is not only his inner wish, but also reflects the characteristics of the situation after the Qing Dynasty put down the San Francisco Rebellion. [Put my nephew's name in line with the prince's name to show the family relationship between Xuan Ye and the prince's brother, not only are they two brothers, but their next generation is also a family].