Mystery of Ming Dynasty: The beautiful bride disappeared on her wedding night, and three people were killed for it.

Introduction: During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there lived a couple in Qixian County, Henan Province. The couple only gave birth to a baby daughter, who is beautiful and smart. The old couple regard their daughter as the apple of their eye and love her very much. When the girl grew up, the couple found a marriage for her daughter. The future son-in-law is also from Qixian. She is a natural beauty and a perfect match. The girl is also very satisfied. The two families later agreed on an auspicious day and appointed this day to get married. On the wedding day, a comb worker (an ancient craftsman who specialized in combing hair and cutting hair) came to my aunt's house. It turns out that there is a local custom that on the wedding day, the bride should invite the hair dresser to go home early in the morning to comb her hair and shave, so that she can get married beautifully on the wedding day. The comb worker hired by the girl's family is a man. When combing her hair and shaving, the hairdresser found that the girl was slim and delicate, and she had evil thoughts about her, but the girl knew nothing about it. ? When the groom came to get married with the wedding team, the workers mixed in with the crowd and followed the bride to the groom's house. It's already night. After the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, the groom and his father entertain guests at home. The groom's mother and other female relatives are busy cooking, and the bride stays alone in the wedding room. The comb worker took this opportunity to sneak into the bride's wedding room and then lead the girl to escape from the back door. Although the bride found that the person holding her hand was not the groom, she didn't know the purpose of the comb worker for a while, so she followed the comb worker to the street. At this time, the groom's family found that the bride was missing, and quickly held torches with relatives present to find the whereabouts of the bride. The guide saw the torch behind him and thought it was the groom's family chasing him. He had a guilty conscience and ran away with the bride. The bride's feet are too small to run. Afraid of being caught in jail by the groom, the comb worker pushed the bride into a dirt well on the side of the road and ran away alone. The groom's family searched for the bride with a torch for a long time, but never found it, so they reported it to the government and asked the government to thoroughly investigate the whereabouts of the bride. ? Later, someone told the groom, "on your wedding night, I saw the comb worker sneaking around your house." He is very suspicious. " The groom told the government about it, and the government sent a chief to arrest the bar worker. After some torture, the comb worker told the whole story of the crime and said that he was in a hurry and pushed the bride into the dirt well on the side of the road. The government immediately asked the chief officer to look for the dirt well, and sure enough, a body was fished out of it. That's just a bearded man's body, not a missing bride. The government thinks this is a lie from the comb worker, but the comb worker insists that he really pushed the bride into the well. As for why a man was fished out, he didn't know why. The government had no choice but to temporarily put the workers in prison and wait for the trial in the future. Seeing this, readers will ask, what happened after the girl fell into the well? Why no one is alive, but the body is dead? It turned out that after the girl was pushed down the dirt well by the comb worker, she didn't fall to death, but fainted. The girl woke up early the next morning and called for help at the bottom of the well. ? Just then, two businessmen passed by. They heard the cry for help, looked at the bottom of the well and found someone there. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, so they put down their gold and silver and took out the rope they carried in their bags. The two agreed to divide the work to save people. A businessman pulled a rope at the wellhead, and another bearded businessman went down to the bottom of the well and tied the rope around the girl's waist. The businessman above pulled the rope, and the bearded businessman held the girl's feet below, and finally saved the girl. The businessman who pulled the rope on it found the girl beautiful and immediately took possession of her. Moreover, the businessman wanted to take away the property of the businessman at the bottom of the well, so he lifted a big stone to kill the businessman at the bottom of the well, then picked up the parcel and left with the girl by force. ? Later, the bearded businessman's body was fished out by the government, and the girl had been taken to Jiading by another businessman to settle down. In this way, the girl was forced to become the wife of a businessman. The businessman got a beautiful wife, but also possessed his partner's property. He is full of ambition, drinking every day and hitting girls when he comes home. Therefore, the girl bears a grudge against the businessman. Once the girl quietly chatted with the old lady next door and told the story of her being robbed by a businessman in detail. After that, she burst into tears and lamented the hardships of life. The old lady next door is a kind person. She was distressed by the girl's experience and came to the government to report the businessman. The government immediately sent people to escort businessmen and girls to Qixian County. After some interrogation, the magistrate of Qixian county understood the ins and outs of the matter, and beheaded the businessman who killed her for money and the comb worker who saw the color. At this time, the girl was tortured and three people died because of her, but she was innocent, and the government still betrothed her to the original groom. This is the second time. References:

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