In the early years, the Yun family in Tianchang County gave birth to a fat boy, and a Taoist nun praised the baby for having immortal fate and gave it the name Zhongxiang. This child is really extraordinary, he can understand bird language at a young age, and he knows things that many people don't, and picks up a lot of bargains. Unexpectedly, this time, the bird was in a misery and a lawsuit for human life was filed.

That day, a white bird was chirping on the tree, and Yun Zhongxiang heard it saying, "Yun Zhongxiang, hurry up and go, the ownerless Gan Niu will die in Beigou. Don't forget yourself this time, you eat the meat and I will eat the head." Yun Zhongxiang heard it and ran to Beigou far away and saw a lot of people there. He was afraid that the cow would be recognized by others, so he hurriedly shouted, "Don't move, it's mine." People "Shua" all flashed away at once, and when he got closer, he was dumbfounded.

Afraid of attracting a lawsuit, he turned around and was about to run back. As soon as he lifted his foot, he was locked by the yamen waiting for the rabbit.

After being tortured, Yun Zhongxiang cried and shouted that he was wronged. County Magistrate Zheng shouted: "Diao cunning murderer, didn't you shout that you (killed) in Beigou! The witnesses have all drawn charges and want to overturn the case, unless the deceased says you are not the murderer." Yun Zhongxiang choked and said that he was deceived by a white bird. County Magistrate Zheng was even more angry when he heard this: "What? You still know bird language? You confuse the crowd, and the crime is one more class! Give me a hard clip!" The yamen were just about to tighten the rope when a white bird crashed into the rolling cage under the porch, chirping non-stop.

Yun Zhongxiang saw that it was the enemy and hurriedly shouted, "Master Qingtian! It was the one who lied to me." County Magistrate Zheng saw that the fist-sized bird was snow-white, with a head like a phoenix, a mouth like a parrot, and a tail like a pheasant, which had never been seen before. Yun Zhongxiang cursed the white bird, and the bird also raised its neck and chirped loudly, as if fighting back.

In order to find out the reason, Zheng County Magistrate asked, "Since you know the language of birds, let me ask you what is it talking about?" "It complained that it sent a letter to the villain, and I picked up a sheep for nothing to eat, but didn't give it to his intestines as promised." "Then why didn't you give it?" "Yes! After washing, my wife hung it on the crooked neck tree." The chirping of the white bird in the cage began again, and it seemed to be furious. Zheng County Magistrate asked, "What did it say again?" "It said that the sheep went into the water and was given to his father by my wife to make mutton soup." County Magistrate Zheng sifted through this conversation like it was nonsense, but he still didn't believe that the bird could predict the future, and shouted to the white bird: "Since you can predict the good and bad, why were you rolled into the cage?" Yun Zhongxiang translated the bird's language: "Because you are greedy for the cruel beating of this unfaithful person, you were rolled into the cage without paying attention." After listening to it, County Magistrate Zheng laughed angrily: "It's too vicious to put the blame on him for a human life lawsuit just because of a mere sheep going into the water?" Yun Zhongxiang translated: "I can get him into a lawsuit, and I can also get him acquitted." It just so happened that the little yamen came to pick the cage to get the bird. County Magistrate Zheng pointed at his son and said, "Fortunately, I didn't allow him to kill. Otherwise, your own life would be in danger, and you would still be able to save others?" Yun Zhongxiang translated, "If I'm finished, you will be trapped. The evidence is conclusive, and you can't defend yourself." Although County Magistrate Zheng didn't believe this, he felt uncomfortable listening to it, so he changed his belief from suspicion: "Please tell me about the maze."

The white bird only said, "Like a bird man, food is the sky." So he closed his eyes and remained silent. County magistrate Zheng was helpless, so he had to order someone to send Yun Zhongxiang and White Bird into the inn for hospitality, but to prevent the birds from escaping.

Seeing that there are green worms, fresh fruits and other delicacies in the "rice", the white bird told a case through Yun Zhongxiang's translation: "On the surface, there is only one headless case in Tianchang County, but there are other traps. He Xiancheng has been coveting the position of Tianchang County Magistrate for a long time, but Zheng County Magistrate is hard-working and loves the people. Although he has been unable to replace her many times. Late last night, Li Chun, a businessperson who robbed his brother-in-law's room, accidentally killed him, and hurriedly knocked on the door to ask him for advice.

At first, He Xiancheng scolded his brother-in-law for causing trouble, but when he scolded him, he "burst into music": the opportunity to move out of the way has come. I heard that the father-in-law of the county magistrate Zheng wanted to repair the ancestral tomb, but the county magistrate Zheng was an official and honest, and there was no silver to send, so it was rare for the wife to wipe away tears. He Xiancheng sent three hundred taels of silver to Mrs. Zheng overnight, under the name of an anonymous gift from a rich man who had received the favor of the county magistrate, and instructed him not to let Lord Zheng know. On the one hand, he asked his brother-in-law to bury his head and the murder weapon in the adjacent Jijiu County boundary, because the law of the dynasty did not allow the local magistrate to cross the boundary and search without authorization, so that the county magistrate Zheng could not solve the case. On the other hand, he rushed to the state and took the road of Hu's judgment, falsely accusing the county. This poison plan was connected and had evidence. He thought the promotion to county magistrate was just around the corner.

Although county magistrate Zheng did not fully believe these words, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back, and he thanked him again and again. When he went home and asked if someone was really coming to deliver the money late at night, although that person changed his clothes and didn't say who the head of the family was, the maid recognized that it was He County Cheng's follower based on the horse-tying stake in his right ear. Just at this time, the yamen came back and reported that He County Cheng had gone to the prefecture, and it seemed that the frame-up mentioned by the bird had already begun. It happened that County Lieutenant Lin was summoned to come, and the two of them were drinking tea while discussing countermeasures. County magistrate Zheng ordered people to engrave all the silver with the word "bribe" and register it in storage. At the same time, he wrote an official letter to the prefecture, sealed it with fire paint, and sent it by County Lieutenant Lin and others on horseback overnight.

Everything was arranged, and county magistrate Zheng came to the inn, thanked the bird for its timely reminder, and begged for further help to solve the case as soon as possible. The bird chirped for a while, and Yun Zhongxiang translated: "You beg me to help you solve the case, who will solve the pain of my cage?" County Magistrate Zheng woke up like a dream, and patted his forehead urgently: "There are many offenses, Divine Bird Haihan." The order immediately opened the cage door and gave a deep salute: "I hope the divine bird will teach me." The bird flew out of the cage, chirped a few times in the room, grabbed the lantern and hung it upside down motionless, as if asleep, no matter how much it begged it. Helplessly, county magistrate Zheng made a respectful bow and retreated sadly.

County Lieutenant Lin rushed back from the prefecture to report urgently: "The inspection of the prefecture will arrive the day after tomorrow. In order to solve the headless case as soon as possible, it is allowed to cross the county border to find the head. He said that Xiaoxian Cheng met the robber on the way back and was killed together with a follower with a horse stake." Xiaoxian Cheng's naked official rarely interacts with people when he takes office, and no one knows his wife's surname. How can he know who his brother-in-law is? County Magistrate Zheng's cheeks immediately bulged, but he didn't dare to urge the divine bird.

The next day, a two-horse carriage with suona playing gongs, drums and cymbals passed through the countryside and paraded through the streets. The sign on the carriage read: The day after tomorrow, under the old locust tree in Bachagou, interrogate the splashing bird that shielded the murderer. Bird trial, never before, is it tried in human words? Or in bird language? Can County Magistrate Zheng talk to birds? People ran around with suspicion.

Just after the third day, on the way to Bacha Ditch, people had already been flowing in a continuous stream. At that time, there was a crowd in front of the century-old locust tree. County magistrate Zheng solemnly slapped the trees, and the yamen shouted Tang Wei. "Did you bring that white splashing bird?" Yun Zhongxiang raised the white bird.

How dare you, County Magistrate Zheng, offend the Divine Bird so much? In fact, it was all arranged by the bird, trying to gather people with this quirky move. According to common sense, the murderer wants to know the progress of the case as soon as possible, and strange interrogation objects can arouse their curiosity, and most of them will mix in the crowd to inquire. County Magistrate Zheng took another shot at the alarming tree: "Tell me where is the head?" After the white bird chirped, Yun Zhongxiang translated: "In the south of the Yacha Valley, the mountain spring is to the right, and it is one foot parallel, and the new tomb is buried in the head." "What a cunning gangster, he killed someone in Tianchang County, and buried his head in the border of Dijiu County in the south of the valley. He thought that I had no right to cross the border to search, and today, I have to do business in Dijiu County. Yamen, quickly open the new grave on the right side of the spring. "When he dug up and looked, he found a human head and a sharp knife with blood stains, which was confirmed by the victim Yuxian to be the head of her husband Li Chun. The interrogators shouted in unison:" The fairy bird is amazing, the county respects the sage. "County magistrate Zheng shouted" reward ", and the yamen served mussel meat, walnut kernels, and diced watermelon, and the bird chirped while eating.

The county magistrate asked anxiously, "Who buried the head?" Yun Zhongxiang translated, "Master, it said'spring is not spring, autumn is not autumn, the seeds take root in the field and show their heads. 'County magistrate Zheng pondered for a moment and said with a smile," Spring is not spring, autumn is not autumn is summer, the seeds take root in the field is a armor, and the top is clearly the word Shen. Those who bury their heads, Xia Shen also. The bold Xia Shen still hasn't come to claim the crime? "After shouting three times, but no one said anything, County Lieutenant Lin saw an old lady under the tree in the outer circle, trembling slightly. County magistrate Zheng asked again," Splashing birds! What does that Xia Shen look like? The bird chirped again, and Yun Zhongxiang translated: "Black is not black, and it doesn't match. There is black hair on the right cheek and a crescent scar on the left forehead."

County Magistrate Lin caught a glimpse of the old lady rubbing her hands and grinding. The head hunter quickly pulled a man out of the crowd and took him to the front of the koan. County Magistrate Zheng saw that the man was indeed dark and short, with a crescent-shaped scar on his left forehead and an inch of hair on his right cheek. Yu Xian pulled a Guanyin pendant from his neck, saying that it was an object that her husband never left his body, scratching and tearing, crying and scolding Xia Shen.

Xia Shen was hired by someone to bury his head and knife here. Who was the employer? What did he look like? He was drawing for a long time, but no one understood it. The hearing was all disappointed, and County Magistrate Zheng was more like a cold water topping. He thought that if he found the person who buried his head, the case would be solved. I didn't expect him to be a mute, and the followers who had tied the horse stakes were dead again, and the clues were all broken. How could this case be solved? After County Magistrate Lin walked to the anxious County Magistrate Zheng and whispered in front of him, County Magistrate Zheng suddenly shuddered: "Immediately pulled the murderer Xia Shen to the south edge of the ditch and cut him."

The trembling old lady was Xia Shen's mother. When she heard that her son was about to be beheaded, she knelt down in front of County Magistrate Zheng and cried, "Master Qingtian, my son really didn't kill anyone, that employer..." Just as she said this, the head of the police covered her mouth and motioned for her to whisper.

The white bird chirped a few more times, Yun Zhongxiang softly translated, and County Magistrate Zheng nodded frequently. After a while, County Magistrate Lin looked at the crowd majestically for a while and said loudly, "The murderer is in the crowd. If you don't surrender now, when will you wait?"

Not to mention, the murderer Fang Quan was really in the crowd. He thought that no one saw the murder, so why didn't he come to see the absurd thing about the bird trial? But when he saw Mrs. Xia shouting injustice and being stopped, he whispered, although Yun Zhongxiang was quietly translating, his eyes kept looking at him, and his heart began to drum, it was better to avoid. But when he saw that the patrolling yamen didn't allow people to leave, he saw that he couldn't get away and had to stand up.

The two yamen armed with water and fire sticks protected Yun Zhongxiang, who was holding the white bird in his hands, and walked in front of the people and said loudly: "If there is such a divine bird, where will the murderer run away? In order for the divine bird to see it clearly, the people in the field have to move a foot away from the left and right." Yun Zhongxiang said: "After the divine bird identifies the murderer, it will leave bird shit on the top of the person's head, so no one is allowed to shake their heads, let alone put their hands on the top of their heads." Then he let go of the white bird. The bird circled low and slowly three times above the people's heads, almost scaring the house out of its pulse. The bird fell back on Yun Zhongxiang's shoulder, and County Magistrate Zheng waved his hand to let him go behind the koan.

At this time, a few yamen came down from the tree and went straight to Fang Quan, dragging him to the front of the koan case to report that he was the only one in the field who secretly raised his hand to protect his head when the bird flew over the top three times. Fang Quan said confidently, "But there is no bird shit on my head and hands!" County Magistrate Zheng asked, "Then why did you raise your hand to protect your head?" Fang Quan pointed at the white bird and argued slyly that he was afraid of being mistaken by it. Before he finished speaking, Madam Xia grabbed his right hand with "six fingers" and shouted, "Master, when he handed in the silver that night, although he covered his head and face, I really saw this curved six fingers." Xia Shen also shouted and jumped up, Fang Quan hurriedly dodged, Mrs. Xia pointed at his lame leg and said, "Just go to this eight-character leg, and I can recognize it when I run to the horizon."

Fang Quan was still trying to argue, but Li Chun's wife suddenly pulled off the long sash of plain flowers from his waist. County Magistrate Zheng pointed to the words on the sash and asked, "What does the word Yuxian mean?" "Yes... "Yuxian is my name, and I embroidered the long sash for Li Chun." Why is it tied around your waist? Give it back to my husband!Reaching out, he scratched his face, and the yamen hurriedly pulled it away. County magistrate Zheng slapped a startled tree and shouted, "What else do you have to say?" In front of the witnesses and physical evidence, Fang Quan truthfully confessed the crimes of robbing and wounding people to death, seeking help from his brother-in-law, cutting his head and mutilating his corpse, and hiring someone to bury his head in Dijiu County.

County Magistrate Zheng did not even see Yun Zhongxiang's answer. He turned to look at him and asked in amazement, "What's wrong with him?A white Taoist nun stepped forward to inspect the head and said, "County Honorable, Yun Zhongxiang is tired, just send him home to rest. "How do you know? Could it be that you have something to do with him?When the Taoist nun ascended, he turned into a white bird and landed on Yun Zhongxiang's shoulder just now, and the chirping sound was the same as before. After flapping his wings a few times, he changed back to the Taoist nun, and then said, "I am the left envoy of Yinluan before the bird ancestor. I am a colleague with him. He was originally the right envoy of Jinpeng before the bird ancestor, and was demoted to the mortal world for violating immortal rules and reincarnated." County Magistrate Zheng hurriedly handed over his hands and thanked him: "Thank you for your help, but I don't know how you knew that there would be a case in Tianchang County?"That day Ancestor Bird had a whim and thought someone was going to frame the county supreme. He ordered me to turn into a white bird and lure the mortal body of Jinpeng's right envoy to help you solve the case."

County Magistrate Zheng asked again: "There are thousands of officials in the world, I don't know where the only blessing is?"

"You are the supreme good body of the third generation's beloved bird. If you are in trouble now, why can't you help?" The left envoy of the silver luan blew a breath on Yun Zhongxiang's face, and he was refreshed. The left envoy of the silver luan said to him: "From now on, you will no longer understand bird language, and there will be no unwarranted disasters. Peace is a blessing. When the punishment limit is full, I will come to pick you ."

At this time, the air was filled with immortal music, and the left envoy of the silver luan said to the county magistrate Zheng, and sang: "If you love birds and protect birds, you will be rewarded, and if you kill wantonly, you will be punished by the sky..." After singing, you step on auspicious clouds and slowly rise into the sky.