During the Jiajing period, the Lu family of Chengtianfu South Street invited the daughter of the neighboring Zuo family, Chunhe, to visit the temple fair. Unexpectedly, the crowd was crowded, and Chunhe accidentally bumped into Xu Xiucai in the southern suburbs of Chengguan. The daughter's family was shy, and she ran away as if she had pulled the Lu family with a red face.
After coming back from the Town God's Temple, Chunhe became thoughtless about food and tea. Lu shi saw that Chunhe was a lover, so she intentionally went to help her matchmaking. Chunhe was very happy to hear that, and his illness was much better.
One night a few days later, Chun He was about to fall asleep when he suddenly heard someone knock on the door and said, "Miss, Xiaosheng is Xu Xiucai. I left the City God Temple and thought about the girl day and night. I came here abruptly tonight, just to see the girl."
As soon as she heard that it was Xu Xiucai, although Chun He was happy, she still refused: "Young Master Xu, in the dead of night, how can a man and a widow coexist in the same room? Tonight I will give Young Master a sachet as a token of love. If Young Master is really interested in me, please bring a matchmaker to matchmaker tomorrow." After saying that, he handed the sachet out through the crack of the door. The man sighed, took the sachet and left.
The next day, Chun He waited until the matchmaker did not come to the door at night, when suddenly she heard her father's scream coming from the yard. Chun hurriedly pushed the door and came out, only to see his father lying on the ground, blood was flowing, and he had no breath. Coincidentally, the sachet given to Xu Xiucai last night fell beside his father. Chun He determined that Xu Xiucai had killed his father, so he immediately went to the county yamen to report to the official.
In the courtroom, looking at Xu Xiucai kneeling on the ground, He Zhixian asked sharply, "Xu Xiucai, you failed to seduce a woman from a good family and killed the old man Zuo, what should be the crime?" Hearing He Zhixian say that he had caused a lawsuit for human life, Xu Xiucai woke up and quickly kowtowed and shouted, "My lord, Xiaosheng is wronged!"
He Zhixian asked the yamen to bring the plaintiff Chunhe and asked Xu Xiucai if he knew the woman. Xu Xiucai shook his head and said he didn't. Seeing that Xu Xiucai refused to confess, He Zhixian asked again, "Where were you last night?" Xu Xiucai did not speak.
Seeing that Xu Xiucai was speechless, He Zhi County knew that there must be a secret, so he ordered the yamen to be punished, but Xu Xiucai still did not recruit under the stick. Helpless, He Zhi County had to put the suspect in prison and wait for more sufficient evidence to be found for a retrial.
Before the case was solved, He Zhixian returned home distraught. His daughter Xiangyun probed and said, "Father, are you in trouble today?" Seeing her daughter ask, Zhixian explained the case again.
As soon as He Zhixian's voice fell, Xiangyun fell to the ground with a "plop": "Father, my daughter can prove Xu Xiucai's innocence. Because I was with Xu Xiucai last night, I didn't come back from the back door left by the maid until midnight." It turned out that Xiangyun and Xu Xiucai were in love and had long been privately agreed for life, but because of the family's opinion, Xiangyun had never dared to mention it to her parents.
Hearing his daughter finish, He Zhi County's face was livid with anger, and he was about to hit her with high hands, but when he saw his daughter's tearful eyes, he could only sigh.
Since Xu Xiucai was innocent, who was the murderer? Seeing her father frown, Xiangyun looked at the sachet at the scene of the crime and said, "Father, Chunhe said that she gave the sachet to Xu Xiucai as a promise, but Xu Xiucai didn't know Chunhe, and someone must have taken the sachet under false pretenses. I think Chunhe must be hiding something, so you might as well ask again."
He Zhixian felt that his daughter was reasonable and hurriedly summoned Chunhe. After some cross-examination, Chunhe made it clear that Xu Xiucai met in the City God Temple and neighbor Lu's enthusiastic matchmaking. He Zhixian hurriedly took Lu's to the county yamen. Looking at the woman kneeling in the hall, He Zhixian asked, "You woman, you are clearly helping Chunhe to matchmaking, but secretly colluding with others to take people's lives, what should be the crime?"
He Zhixian asked, "Who else have you mentioned this to?" Lu shi shook his head in panic after hearing this. He Zhixian saw her panic and shouted sharply, "Be bold, if you don't admit it from the truth, I will be punished!"
Lu shi was unwilling to suffer from the pain of flesh and blood, and hurriedly told the truth. It turned out that Lu Shi's husband was selling medicinal materials outside, and she was unwilling to be lonely. She hooked up with Jianxi, the owner of Jufeng Pawnshop. One night, Jianxi came to Lu Shi's house by car, and when she had nothing to do, Lu shi told Chunhe about being a lover.
Without further ado, He Zhi County sent someone to bring the suspect Jian Xi to court. In the court, Jian Xi was all confessed without waiting for the yamen to be tortured.
Jian Xi had a romantic nature, and when she heard Lu shi say that Chunhe loved Xu Xiucai, she had a crooked idea. That night, he secretly came to Zuo's house and pretended to be Xu Xiucai to commit adultery. Who knew that Chunhe closed the door and only gave him a sachet? Jian Xi had to take the sachet and go back to Lu shi's house. When he met Lu shi, he took out the sachet and showed it off. After playing with it, he threw it on the table.
Jian Xi was cunning and treacherous. Who knew that the county would believe his words and stared angrily at him: "Then how could this sachet be by the deceased's side?" Jian Xi hurriedly said that she did not know either.
Just then, a yamen came in to report that Miss was suddenly seriously ill. He Zhi County had to ask everyone to wait a moment and go home to see what happened. After a while, He Zhi County returned to the yamen and saw that Jian Xi was dead and alive, so he ordered the yamen to stick and stick. Jian Xi couldn't stand it, so he had to confess to murdering.
In just a few days, the sachet case was successfully solved. But unfortunately, his daughter Xiangyun actually suffered from a strange disease. Lang Zhong said that to cure this disease, he needed a medicinal material called Taixi, but Taixi was produced in the Western Regions, and it was extremely rare in mainland medicine halls.
He Zhi County was eager to save the girl, and immediately posted a notice that anyone who could send Taixi medicinal herbs within three days could get 500 taels of silver. Although the bounty was tempting, no one announced it for two days in a row.
On the third day, a middle-aged man came to the yamen with a notice that he had Taixi. He Zhixian hurried out of the back hall. Seeing the governor of the county, the middle-aged man took Taixi out. He Zhixian looked at it, and after asking the person's name Hao Er, he suddenly shouted sharply: "Someone, take down the criminal Hao Er for me!" Hao Er struggled and shouted, "Sir, why did you arrest me?"
He, Zhi County, rose to the hall, pointed to Hao Er, who was kneeling under the hall and said, "Did you kill Old Zuo?" Hao Er was silent.
He Zhixian also said, "The Lu family's husband once brought back a Taixi from the Western Regions. You went to the Lu family's house to steal a few days ago. Did you steal Taixi?"
At this time, Xiangyun walked out of the back hall and said, "Coincidentally, you heard the conversation between the two of them and took the sachet away from the table. The reason why you killed Zuo Laohan and deliberately left the sachet behind was because Jian Xi had an affair with your wife, but Jian Xi's wealth was big, and you couldn't help it, so you took the opportunity to frame Jian Xi."
Hao Er still refused to confess to the murder. Xiangyun took out a cloth button and said, "This button is yours?" When Hao Er looked at it, his face suddenly turned pale. It turned out that the old man Zuo pulled off one of his buttons when he was dying that night. Seeing that the crime had been exposed, Hao Er had to confess to the law.
It turned out that Xiangyun had heard the trial in the back hall several times. She heard that Lu's home had been stolen and precious medicinal materials had been lost.
Xiangyun is smart and intelligent, and Zhixian is full of joy when he breaks the sachet case, and promises not to interfere in his daughter's marriage.