"Poison" The poem has that we should distinguish right from wrong. Hurting others ends up harming oneself. A cruel plan won't work. Murders and killing are the worst crimes. So what is true is true, and what is fake is fake. When you commit a crime, money can take care of everything. But escaping from punishment is an intolerable injustice. You might expose sooner or later. And if you are wronged and tortured, you will be clear of the charge someday. If things go wrong, the sinful can live a pea
ceful life in old age while the innocent die in prison, Gods are being too stupid in this way, aren't they? The ancients have it that No one can deceive God, God always knows before they commit crimes. Good and evil will always be rewarded. It is only a question of time. See you. Hey, old man! Your copper plate has been worn down. No one will take it. How can you blackmail me? This is not mine. Even if I gave it to you, you wouldn't take it. When you paid me just now, you hid it under this, so I
didn't notice. Why are you blackmailing me? I'm not. You are old and obstinate, aren't you? You think I'm old and easily to be bullied. You want to blackmail me. No way! Give me or not? What are you doing? Alright! Hey! Keep the rat poison for yourself! You won't win forever. Am I right? How happy you are! You haven't seen money before? Huh? Who massages like this? Can you massage or not? How annoying! Why did you play with him? Come on. Damn it! I'm out of money now. Give me more money! OK. Yo
u can have my one hundred taels. I'll give it back to you later. All in! One hundred taels plus one hundred taels! What about the other hundred taels? It's only one hundred taels. Will I refuse to pay you? If I lose, you can come home with me to get it. Do you dare? Sure. Deal cards! Do you know how to massage? Massage well! Take a look. You will win for sure. You are doomed! Show me. Show us! Collect the money! Wait. I lost! Amazing! (Zhang's Mansion) It's so much more expensive than the market
price. Why? Then you can buy it in the market. You know it's closed now. You are making fun of me! I'm not. I'm selling things you can't buy in the market now. If you don't buy from me, you can't get it anywhere now. Let's say it's more expensive. But it's justified. If you buy it all, I'll make it cheaper. Keep them for yourself! How can you say that? How can you say that? What's the fuss? Why are you all standing by the gate? Oh, gentleman, look. This is rat poison. It's expensive but effecti
ve. You are rich. I don't think you care about the price. Stop it. Give him the money and drive him away. Thanks. I won't. Why should I give money to you? My master works hard to earn money. Why should I give it to you? Just give me. I won't give you. I won't! Whatever! I'll go in first. Sir, please uphold justice for me. What are you doing? Let me go! You're playing with fire! Old man. Hey! Don't die here. Wake up. Bring him in. Hurry! Hurry! Bring him in. Get out of the way. I will leave you t
wo be. He is still here! Go. What are you doing? So? You want his money as well as his wife? I'm handsome and cute. Everyone loves me. Aren't you convinced? Bring some water! Hurry! Try to wake him up. Hurry! Don't scare me, wake up! Wake up, don't scare me! Wake up now! Wake up now! Hu Ahu, come here! You're stubborn! I told you to give him money but you refused. We're in big trouble now. But you didn't get the money easily. Why should I give it to him? You're reluctant to admit mistakes! If he
's dead, I'll skin you! A life for a life. I didn't hurt him. You... How annoying! How annoying! Get lost! A financial loss may prevent disaster. Even if I have a million dollars, I can't avoid this disaster now! Master, he is awake! Awake? Old man. Bring some water now. No, tea! Please wake up. Slow down, no rush. Come on. Refill! Hurry up. Stop looking around. She stopped singing long ago. None of your business. Drink your wine. Zhang Sheng is so sill. The old man blackmailed him but he still
gives him food and drink. He faked the accident, you know? I'm already tired of doing that. So you become a card sharp? That makes the two of us. Listen. The money you got today is from my pocket. I'll give you your share. How do we divide the money? You tell me. You tell me. You tell me please. How about fifty-fifty? OK. That's a deal. Dude, it was a false alarm. Hope you don't mind what happened just now. No discord, no concord. Sir, it was a false alarm for you. But I really suffered a lot. I
have pyrophlegmatic syndrome. As soon as I'm anxious, my old disease will attack me. It takes at least three days to recover. Sometimes, it even takes half a month! I'm looking OK now, I'm eating and drinking, but I'm struggling! And it gets more serious every time. Maybe next time I can't get up again! To tell the truth, it's my blessing if I could die in your house. I don't have enough money to buy a good coffin for myself. I got it. Ahu! Come here! Coming. It's been so long. Will the old man
die? Let's go and check. Old man, here are one hundred taels of silver and cloth. You can have them. Take them back to lull nerves. Thanks. You're from a wealthy and influential family. You are so generous. OK. I'd make it clear first. As soon as you leave, we'll have nothing to do with each other. Here are two documents. Press one's fingerprints on them. Each of us will have a copy. From then on, we'll have nothing to do with each other. OK? OK. Here. Wait! Didn't you tell me we only had one h
undred taels of silver? Why did you give him all? Aren't you generous? He has no money! Go grab it now! He has no money! Honey, let's give him the money. Then we... Let go! That's mine! Let go! Let go! Stop it. Zhang Sheng, when will you pay me back? Tomorrow, tomorrow, I will go to the counter to get the money for you. Tomorrow? No! I want it now! Stop it! Honey, I will take some of your jewelry that's worth one hundred taels of silver and give them first. I earned that jewelry myself in the th
eatrical troupe. Why should I give them? You're a pushover. Pay them yourself! Honey! Let go! Honey, listen to me! I want my money now! Stop shouting! So? I owe you one hundred taels. I'll give you one hundred and fifty taels back because I'm behind in payment. I pay Dongmen Qing back in the same way. Dongmen Qing? He borrowed you usury? He asked me not to tell you. But I think it's okay. This has nothing to do with you. Take it. The other way around. Check it. It says you owe me one hundred tae
ls and you will give me back one hundred and fifty taels? Keep it well. This is the receipt for a loan. Don't lose it. Shall we press fingerprints? Go away, old man. Go away. Go away, old man. Don't come again! I will beat you if I see you again! Get lost! Zhang Sheng, I'm in a hurry. I will leave now. See you. See you around. How is it? - Ask him to pay you! - See you. Zhang Sheng! What? Don't forget that you owe me money. Are you serious? Who am I? I have such a big family business. Will I ref
use to pay you back? I will pay you back with interest. Don't worry, you won't get a cent less. Please keep it in mind. - Sure. - I'll take my leave. Don't come again. Feng Qi. Why are you walking so fast? Are you counting money? What the hell? I don't know what the hell he's doing. There's no way Zhang Sheng is short of money. Don't you agree? I mean what the hell you are doing! I won and you have a share. Why don't you share with you the interest you earn? Do you want to keep it to yourself? W
ho told you that? Zhang Sheng? You earn from both the winner and the loser! After all, you get the best deal! Have you ever thought about this? If I didn't bring Zhang Sheng there today, could you earn that much money? If I hadn't been cheating, you couldn't get a penny from him! He has such a big property, so what? You can't get a penny! I didn't know Zhang Sheng only looks rich. He has no money! I'm not afraid that he won't pay me back. Anyway, I have his written receipt for a loan. Show me. W
hat are you doing? Give me! Don't rob! Give me! Look! It's torn apart now! What to do? Look at you! No wonder Zhang Sheng said you never saw money! Listen! Just for the sake of my name, Dongmen Qing, Zhang Sheng will pay me back even if there isn't a receipt for a loan. Nonsense! The receipt is gone! What if he refuses to pay? It's all your fault! You have to pay for it! Enough! First, how do we divide this money? What? This is mine! Didn't we agree that we will get fifty-fifty? Did I agree? No,
never. You want to make it dog-eat-dog, huh? What do you want? Dog-eat-dog? The interest Zhang Sheng gives you is enough for your whole life! Yet you still want my money! Don't you go away! I have seen a lot of dangers. You toy boy. You are too young! Hit me. Cool. Sorry. Why are you sneaking around? I was pooping. The three of us all head in one direction. I'm not heading in one direction with you. Feng Qi, listen up! I'll let you go today, but it's not over! Look at you! Honey! Open up, honey
! Now I'm in debt for a hundred taels of silver. People will laugh at me for being poor. How am I supposed to do business? Open up, honey! Only you think you are still rich. Honey, don't say that. All the stores in the market owe me money. Everyone in nearby villages say that I am the richest man. But the money is not in your account! I'll be a beggar sooner or later with you. I'd better stay in the troupe and sing! I'm furious! Master. You scare the hell out of me! What are you doing? Master, l
ook. He didn't put his fingerprint on it. Just let him press his fingerprint! Go now! Honey, open up. Old Li. Old Li. What did you do? It's already dawn. Did you get the fingerprint? OK, you may leave. Open the door. Go and check. Open the door. Stop knocking at the door. Coming! Who are you? Sir, do you know this? Listen, the old man is dead. Alright, enough. He has been in the water all day long. We can't recognize his face anymore. It's terrible! Ahu, I asked you to get his fingerprints yeste
rday. Did you... No, master. It's none of my business. None of your business? Did you kill him? Master, when I saw him, he's already... Old Li. Master. Master, I thought since he was dead anyway, I could get his fingerprints and that was all. Master, I didn't take his money. Do you think I will kill someone for money? What? Don't you believe me? Where is his money then? Master, I didn't see his money. He was dead when I found him. Enough, he's not dead. When I fished him up, he was breathing a b
it. He said he had pyrophlegmatic syndrome and someone was hunting him down. He asked me to help him appeal to local authority and charge you. Nonsense. Why should I talk nonsense? Look! He gave me this to thank me. Why are you looking at me like that? Are you trying to blame me? If I killed him and robbed him, I should have buried him long ago. Why should I talk to you? Look at you! Believe it or not, why should I come here to make fun of myself? Where are you going? To appeal to local authorit
y. Maybe they'll reward me with some hundred taels of silver. Zhou Si, listen! He died at the ferry. You can't get away with it. Yeah. You can't get away with it. I have nothing to do with it. Do you think only you have written evidence? I also have written evidence in black characters on white paper. I can explain myself. - Give me! - It's clearly stated that as soon as he leaves, he has nothing to do with our master. Nothing to do with him? He is dead. That's a big thing. It's a life-and-death
matter. The officials will decide. Murderers should be punished and debts should be paid. Why are you standing still? If you give me money, I promise to keep my mouth shut. A financial loss may prevent disaster. Damn. Damn you. Master, you don't believe me? Does it matter? Will the officials believe you? I was thinking to use these one hundred taels of silver to pay my servants at the end of the year. I was not willing to give it to Feng Qi. But I had to give him. (Honest and Upright) Who are y
ou and what grievances do you have? Tell me the truth. My Lord, please save my father. Take it easy. My Lord. My father went to the market yesterday and hasn't returned yet. We think he must be in danger. So we come here to ask for help. Please help us, My Lord. My Lord. Please. Wait, have you seen this guy? No. Hey! Have you seen this man? - No. - Let's go. My Lord. No one has ever seen him. OK. My Lord. There is a ferry over there. Let's go and check. Yes. Boatman! Is there anyone in the boat?
Is there anyone in the boat? Boatman. Come out! Boatman. Boatman. Is there anyone on the boat? Stop. Stand still. Stand still. Why are you running away in a panic? No, I was going to the market. You are the boatman at the ferry, right? Yes. Have you ever seen this man? Have you seen him? No, I haven't. If you see him, report to the feudal official immediately. Yes! My Lord! Your wife is still as good as before. Dongmen Qing who sang with her is an amateur, but he is also very good. They are a p
erfect pair. This drama is nice. Very nice! Master. Master, listen. Let's go. No, I have no money! Didn't I give you one hundred taels? Didn't we agree that's the end of it? Why are you contradicting your promise? That's enough! No. I didn't contradict my promise. But I'm in trouble. What trouble? I think you want more money and you won't let it go! I swear I didn't use a penny of those one hundred taels. If I lie, I'd be hanged by the neck! OK! Tell me where is the silver I gave you? Where is i
t? I lost it all. Lost? It's lost? All hundred taels? Liar! I didn't get a penny. The officials came to the ferry to investigate. I didn't tell them about you. You should pay me for that, right? The officials went to the ferry? What did you tell them? I didn't say anything. I kept it from you. Why are you looking at me like that? You doubt me? His family went to the court. His family? He's alone! You lied to me! How do I know? The officials said it. The officials said it. You may leave. Yes. The
maids are gone? The maids are gone? Yes. Come on. How is it going? Feng Qi is really something. He won all the money very soon. Where's the money? Feng Qi has it. Why? He has it all? That night, the old man who sold rat poison meddled in, or I would have killed Feng Qi. Don't kill anyone. Don't worry, I know what to do. I'm doing everything for you. After I get all of Zhang Sheng's money, I will buy this house. At that time, it will be renamed as Dongmen Mansion. What about me? You, you will be
Mrs. Dongmen. Go and check what the old man is doing. I don't care. The night of rendezvous is always too short. We should cherish. Tell you what. This is the last time. I'll burn it in front of you. OK, do it. I almost made a fool of myself. I'll burn it after I get the money. Zhou Si, what if I refuse to pay? Zhou Si, what if I have no money? Who would believe that you have no money? Who will believe it? It's up to you. I really have no money now. Zhou Si. I just have no money! I really have
no money. I really have no money! I'm not afraid of anything. But I'm afraid people say I have no money! You all think I have a lot of money and try to get something out of me. I'm telling you now. I really have no money now! Don't come to me anymore! You won't get anything. Don't bother me and leave me alone! Where are you going, Zhou Si? Feng Qi, come out! Do you think you'll be fine if you hide yourself? Come out! Feng Qi, come out! Feng Qi, come out! Feng Qi, pay me back! Open up! What are y
ou doing? My Lord. Sir. Are you looking for Feng Qi? Yes, I'm inviting him for dinner. I'm looking for him too. Isn't he home? I don't think he is home. My Lord, I will take my leave. Let's have tea together when you're free. Who is he? My Lord, his name is Dongmen Qing. He's always with Feng Qi. He's a bad guy. Zhang Sheng. Why are you here? You went to look for Feng Qi? Yeah, I'm not doing that for you. I want Feng Qi to give you a few days. Thanks. Let's go. Come back. The officials are looki
ng for him. The officials? What are you afraid of? Maybe Feng Qi committed some crime, and the officials want to arrest him. But he's gone. He's gone? I don't have to pay him back. You don't have to pay him back. But you have to pay me back. When will you pay me back? When? I have no money right now. No money? How come? Zhang Sheng, when will you pay me back? Let's find a place to have a cup of tea and talk. Let's go. You may leave. Yes. Close the door. How are you, honey? How is your illness? I
s it better? I'm fine. Tell me what you have to say. It's no big deal. I still want to borrow some jewelry from you. So I... Don't even think about it! Honey, I went to the shop today. I wanted to get some money out. But I don't have any cash, so... I don't care. No one can touch my things. Your things? All of them were given to you by me! I earned it from singing! You earned from singing? It's because I'm supporting you! Did you forget it all? I send someone to send you food, clothes and jewelr
y! Do you regret it? I never regret what I did. But then again. Honey, you are lukewarm to me now. It's true. I won't depend on your private money. Listen to me. I'll borrow it. There's something urgent I have to take care of right now. Honey, it's really urgent. Human life is at stake! Help me, please. A day together means endless devotion for the whole life. Help me. You are so ruthless. When I collect all the money, you won't take a dime from me! Don't regret it! Honey. I beg you! Help me, pl
ease. Don't go, honey. Can you help me please? Help me, please. What to do? My wife won't help me and I have no money. What should I do? (Zhang's Mansion) It is dry and things are flammable, not to catch fire! It is dry and things are flammable, not to catch fire! It's late, master. Are you going out? Remember. If anyone asks for me, tell them I'm not here. I'll be right back. Yes, master. Take care, master. God, are you playing with me? I'm a millionaire! It's so late and I have to borrow money
from others. What the hell? Open the door! What? What do you want? I'm looking for your master. Our master is not here. Go away. Go away. Not here? Impossible! You won't let me in, huh? I'm inside now! Who is it? Madam, I'm Zhou Si, the boatman. What are you doing? Your husband asked me to get the money. My husband is not here. No way. I heard his voice just now. He is not here. Leave now, or I'll call someone! OK. I'm leaving, ma'am. Tell your husband to prepare the money. Otherwise, I'll repo
rt to the officials. Ask him to wait and see. I'll call someone! He must have found out about us. What? What if he told Zhang Sheng? Zheng Sheng is so useless! Even a boatman comes to collect the debt. Judging from what he said, he and Zhang Sheng must have a secret. Master, you are finally back! Madam has been sick for a while. Please go and check now. Go. Yes. Master. Master. Wake up! Madam is dying. Honey. My Lord, I heard that a doctor surnamed Feng is specialized in gynecology. He is from F
engjiapu, west of the River. He is quite famous. Maybe he can cure her after he comes. OK. Ahu! Hurry. Hurry up and go to Fengjiapu to find Dr. Feng. Invite him over. Talk nicely to him. Don't make trouble anymore. Come back soon. No delay is allowed. Hurry up! Madam. Master already asked someone to bring a doctor. Open up. Dr. Feng. Open the door! Who are you looking for? I'm looking for Dr. Feng. Who are you? I am looking for a doctor. Dr. Feng? Dr. Feng who cures gynopathy. Which village is h
e from? Fengjiapu. I mean which village is the doctor from? That's not important. There is a patient in our family. Please come and check. This is Lijiapu. Lijiapu? Yes, Fengjiapu is another twenty miles south of here. Open the door, I have an invitation. I have an invitation! Open up! Master, madam can't hold it anymore. - Master. - Master. Madam is dead? I'll beat you! I'll beat you! I'll beat you to death! You silly slave! I will kill you! Listen up! I didn't go to find the doctor. I went to
report to the officials. You killed Old Li! You ungrateful thing! You treat me badly! And you wouldn't find a girl for me. I'll beat you to death, brat! He's here. Catch him! Zhang Sheng, do you plead guilty? It's a misunderstanding! You go it wrong. Hu Ahu said you killed Old Li. Come with us to the yamen. I'm wronged. I'm wronged. Kneel! Kneel! You bastard. You framed me! I'll kill you! Zhang Sheng! How dare you hurt and kill people? Today, Hu Ahu came to report. Hurry up and tell me the truth
. My Lord, don't listen to his nonsense. I am a Confucian. How could I harm someone for no reason? He works in my mansion. He made a mistake and I punished him according to the house rules. He's holding a grudge and framing me. Master, please investigate. Bring Zhou Si here. Zhou Si? Master, he asked me to keep it for him. Zhang Sheng, what else do you want to say? My Lord! Although I hurt Old Li accidentally, I did it for a reason. Besides, I saved him and he woke up. And I also gave him money
and the... the cloth. I treated him well and we signed a document. We wouldn't have anything to do with each other. Although he died of a sudden illness at the ferry, it could be typhoid or something else. It has nothing to do with me. My Lord, you are wise. I hope you will check thoroughly. Please check thoroughly. You denied it, but now you're arguing and refusing to admit it. How eloquent! Someone. Yes. Take him and kill him. I'm wronged. Another nightmare! Master. Madam is dying. Go and have
a look. Go and check, master. Honey. My Lord, I heard that a doctor surnamed Feng is specialized in gynecology. He is from Fengjiapu, west of the River. He is quite famous. Maybe he can cure her after he comes. Didn't you say it before? I never said it before, master. No? It's a dream. OK. Ahu! Ahu! No. You go to Fengjiapu to find Dr. Feng. Ahu has already gone there, master. Ahu... who told him to go there? Is there something wrong, master? Ahu will report to the officials! Alright. Go to Feng
jiapu to find Dr. Feng. Now! Come back soon. Doctor, take care. Doctor, doctor, how is my wife? Congratulations, your wife is pregnant. My wife is pregnant? Mr. Feng. Please. Thank you, doctor. - Goodbye. - Thank you. This way. Master. Master. Master. It's my fault. I went astray and I went to Lijiapu. I almost caused big trouble. It's good that you are back. It's fine. Thank god you sent someone there. When I found Mr. Feng's house, his family said we had already invited him. I almost caused bi
g trouble. It's okay, Ahu, you're really capable! Good job. Someone! Take him to take a bath then eat and drink something good. I don't need to rest now. Guess who I met in Lijiapu? Open up! I have an invitation! Open up! I really have an invitation. Who is it? Listen. You... Old Li! Hurry up! Come on, it's a life-and-death matter! It's almost dawn, hurry up! Why are we going so fast? If you don't keep your word, I would get nothing! You know it. Our master is straightforward and generous. If yo
u help him get rid of his anxiety, he will treat you well. Come on! I won't be a beggar, right? You're overthink it. Listen. If you do it well and make my master happy, maybe he will take the money from Zhou Si and give it to you! That's one hundred taels! One hundred taels? Let's go. Don't be afraid. If you get the money, don't forget to buy me a drink. I won't let you go if you refuse me. Why don't we take the ferry? There is a single-plank bridge ahead. No, I have diarrhea. What's wrong with
you now? I have diarrhea. Let me poop. I'll be right back. Bro, I can't poop if you are looking at me all the time. How about you go first and I'll go after you? Don't worry, I want one hundred taels! Hurry up! Really? It's him? Yes, if you don't believe me, just look there. Sorry, my stomach was aching. I pooped at the entrance of the village and came late. My god! It's really you! Old Li, you are not dead! I'm not dreaming, am I? Master, Zhou Si was fooling us. He killed someone and accused yo
u! Old Li is here, let's go find him and get the money back! Then, we will send him to the yamen. They will behead him. OK! Zhang Sheng. Yes. Are you Zhang Sheng? We didn't do it. I didn't kill anyone. He's still alive. He can prove it. What nonsense? A missing person case is related to you. Come with us to the yamen. We didn't do it. Zhou Si is fooling us. Yeah. Zhou Si killed someone and accused me! Old Li can prove it. We are going to find Zhou Si and send him to you so that you can behead hi
m. - Behead him! - Yes. You have a guilty conscience. Take him! Old Li, I will give you one hundred taels of silver. Please testify for me! Master! Madam! Old Li. Old Li. Yes. Tell me everything. Don't hide any detail. Tell me in detail. Yes. That night was like this... Boatman! Coming. Coming. You again? Yes. It's so late. You want to cross the river? I need to go back. Do you have money with you? What? The price for crossing the river at night will be double. Do you know? Do you want to fool m
e with rat poison again? Well... You are not a boatman. You are a robber! Whatever. I've been busy all day. I want to take a rest now. To tell you the truth, I made some money today. Look. I have a fine piece of fabric. Please have it. Is it enough to pay for the boat? Okay? You bought such a fine cloth? Where did you get it? I didn't buy it, they gave it to me for free. Free? There's no such thing as that! You might have stolen it. No. Listen to me. Today, I went to sell the rat poison in town.
When I passed by Zhang Mansion, his servants pushed me and pyrophlegmatic syndrome stroke me. It scared them. They were afraid that I would die in their house. So they took good care of me, gave me the cloth and one hundred taels of silver. What? One hundred taels of silver? Where is it? It's dark. So I didn't bring it with me. Who would believe it? Pyrophlegmatic syndrome? You just took the opportunity to rip him off! No, look. We signed a letter. They were afraid that something would happen t
o me. If something goes wrong with me, they'll be in trouble. Look. It's written clearly there. Look. This stuff is good. But it's not enough for the ride. It's not enough? Well. It's dark and there's no one around. I think it's enough and you say no. We have to bargain until dawn. I need to go home. It's not enough! Do you want to go or not? I'll take you there first. But you need to keep something as collateral. Keep the clothes you're wearing now. Come to get it when you have enough money. We
ll... Okay then. You also want my clothes? Just take it off! Otherwise, you won't come back to redeem it. OK. Get on board. Open the door! Who are you? Sir, do you know this? My Lord. What I said is the truth. We will know whether it's true or not when we reach the graveyard and check the body. Go! We have dug for long. Why can't we find the body? Yeah. Keep digging. What you just said is the truth? Yes. He is asking you a question. Answer! Every word I said is true. Search carefully. Hurry! Her
e! No. Check there! Dad! Dad! Stop! Let me pass, please. My Lord. Let me pass. Let me pass. Hurry! Search! Here. You go there. You go over there. Hurry! My Lord, we found the body. Hurry! Come and see if it's Feng Qi. Dad. Master. My Lord, we found Zhang Sheng's IOU on the boat. The wage of sin is death. Zhou Si's death was caused by greed. He deserved it. The whole things come to obvious now. You all have been involved. You can't get away with it. Old Li. Yes. Since you witnessed the crime, why
didn't you report it earlier? My Lord, I know I was wrong. I was wrong. I should have punished you for failing to report the facts. Since you are old, confused and timid, I'll give you a way out. You can go home and ponder over your mistakes. Thank you, My Lord, thank you! Hu Ahu. Yes. You didn't know good from evil and helped Zhang Sheng bury the body to destroy all traces. Do you plead guilty? I should have punished you as a confederate, but since you are ignorant and forced to help your mast
er, I'll give you a light sentence. I'll punish you to ferry at the ferry from tomorrow for three months. Thank you, My Lord. Thank you, My Lord. Zhang Sheng, do you plead guilty? My Lord. I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill anyone! Although you did not kill Feng Qi, you tried to cover up your crime when you didn't understand the situation. You bribed Zhou Si and bury the body to destroy all traces. You are as vicious as a murderer. What's more, when I arrested you, you uttered that you would pa
y a hundred taels of silver to buy someone's confession. It's insane! How can I spare you? My Lord. I didn't know the dead man was Feng Qi. I didn't dare to look at his face, My Lord. You didn't kill Feng Qi, but you killed Zhou Si. Zhou Si hanged himself. It has nothing to do with me! You can't fool me with this little trick. Zhou Si had bruises on his head from being struck with a blunt object. After he was killed, the murderer made it look like he hanged himself. My Lord, I was wronged! Zhou
Si used it to blackmail you many times. Someone saw Zhou Si going to you many times at night. You couldn't take it anymore and became murderous. My Lord, I was wronged! Really! It seems that you won't tell the truth if you don't suffer. Someone. Yes. Take him and beat him! My Lord, I was wronged! My Lord, I was wronged! My Lord, he is dead. What? He couldn't even stand the beating? He would be dead in prison anyway. It's good. He didn't have to suffer more. Dismiss! (Zhang's Mansion) (Memorial o
f Zhang Sheng) Come on. Don't run away. Come on. Stop it. Ever since he died, this house looks scary. Let's go, just sell it. How much can we get from this house? Whatever. Let's get out of here. Do you think we can get 300 taels? As long as someone pays three hundred taels of silver, we'll sell him the house. Then we'll fly far and high.
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(Memorial of Zhang Sheng) Stop it. The weather has changed so fast. Ahu. Old Li, where are you going early in the morning? I
'm going back. I want to ask you something. Zhang Mansion soon became... Well. You never know when you'll be lucky and when you'll be unlucky. A few days ago, my master's family was prosperous. Now, his family is broken up. And I'm being affected, too. I'm ferrying boats here all day long. What a bad luck! Well, they say your madam is going to sell the house. What to do if she doesn't sell it? Look at it. But it's such a nice house. She only sells for three hundred taels of silver. She needs mon
ey urgently. The house is nice. How nice it would be if I could live in that house? You want it but you can't afford it. Not necessarily. How much can you sell the rat poison for? Don't look down on people. If you really have money, you might as well lend it to me. I'll buy that house and be a master. Who would give money to others? We'd rather enjoy the money ourselves. Come on. You have no money, Old Li What a miserable life I have. Zhang Sheng said that Zhou Si tricked a hundred taels of silv
er from him. Zhou Si is dead. But we didn't find the money there. My Lord, Zhang Sheng must have robbed the money. What about this IOU? Why didn't he take it too? If I were Zhang Sheng, I would kill Zhou Si to get this IOU back. Then I would take the money. My Lord, you mean someone left us the IOU on purpose? And the murderer faked the suicide scene, but he didn't take care of the obvious blood stain on Zhou Si's head. It means the murderer wanted us to focus on Zhang Sheng. Nice. We needed to
sneak around before. Now we are open and aboveboard. You thought you married me? Are you impatient? I'll hit the gongs three times in front of everyone today. How will you sing on the stage in the future? I will keep singing my role. It is only natural to pay off debts with houses. I will keep being a villain. My belly is getting bigger every day. You have to find a solution. Really? If you are willing to give birth to him, he will be the offspring of the Dongmen family. I heard from Hu Ahu that
Old Li wants to buy this house. I was thinking the show is not nice enough. Here comes another walk-on. Nice. How sad. Ahu. Take me to the other side. Old Li, it's early in the morning. Where are you going now? Is your master's house sold? It can't be so soon. A few people went to check it last night. And they liked it. But they needed to pay the deposit first. Did they pay? No, the aunt asked them to wait. Maybe someone would come and pay with cash in a few days. What's this? Nothing. I'll tak
e it myself. Hurry. My Lord, they are all here. The good show is yet to come. What if they don't go on? The wage of avarice is death. They fight for Zhang Sheng's property. Now that Zhang Sheng is dead, all of them will come. Sheng, Dan, Jing Mo, Chou. They will start the show. Open the door! A distinguished guest is here! Open the door now! Old Li, please. Someone said I was wrong. Speaking of which, who is the guilty person? We have to sort things out to understand it. You don't know. The one
who was wronged and dead, and the murderer who got away must have done something in the previous life. If not, why the murderer survived while the innocent died? The dead is very resentful. The officials couldn't bring him justice, but God would. They did everything possible to create opportunities to close the case. People are afraid of the wicked, but God isn't. Good people will be bullied, but God won't bully them. As the saying goes, justice has long arms. Old Li, hope you are well. Why are
you here? What's strange about it. Zhang Sheng owed me money and couldn't pay me back. So the house was given to me. I'm the owner of the house now. Is this house for sale or not? Of course I can sell it. That depends on whether you have brought money. If you have the silver with you, take it out and let us check. If they are real, I will sell this house to you. Look. It's of good quality. Old Li, this money belongs to our family. Why do you have it? What did you say? Hey! Don't rob! Silvers all
look the same. Why do you say it belongs to your family? Fine if you don't want to sell the house, why are you making this excuse? Old Li, take a closer look. What's written on the back? See clearly. Zhang. You can't explain yourself! Let's go see the court. Go. What are you doing? My money! How can you explain it to the officials? Explain it to the officials. You killed Zhou Si. OK, I can go to the court. I take you both in! You and Feng Qi teamed up to deceive Zhang Sheng. It's true. I heard
with my own ears that you wanted to kill Feng Qi. It's true. I've seen it with my own eyes. You adulterous couple acted in collusion to annex Zhang Sheng's property. OK, let's go to the court. OK, I'll go with you! Calm down. Peace is the most important. Peace is the most important! We all committed crimes. If you go to the court now, we will get nothing once the officials are here. Right? You mean... Yes. Peace is the most important! Come. Have a drink and make peace. Let's make money together.
Cheers. Let's finish this cup of wine. From now on, we are on the same team. Let's make money together. Now we are on the same team. Come on, drink it. Wait. Never relax vigilance against evildoers. Why guard against me? We're on the same team. Want to kill me? Old bastard. I, I will kill you here! This is how you end up! You deserve it. And you! Get up! What are you doing? You offered the wine. You put the poison in it. Yes. A real man does not lack in venom. But people will think you murdered
your husband and poisoned your lover to monopolize Zhang's property. I didn't! Listen, if you don't want to go to jail, share Zhang Sheng's property with me equally! You need to ask me first. You. Bitch! You are not dead! Y-you are not dead. Lord Li is merciful and he spares me to see how you end up with. My Lord, you came just in time, this bitch... Old Li. You only have a few packs of rat poison. But you got three hundred taels of silver in one night. You're a parvenu. The money... You got on
e hundred taels of silver from Zhang Sheng. Feng Qi tricked one hundred taels from him. You pushed Feng Qi into the river and got his money. Zhou Si blackmailed Zhang Sheng and tried hard to get one hundred taels of silver. But you blackmailed him and got it. Old Li, you got so much money easily. My Lord, I am wronged! I am wronged! You are wronged? You should recognize what you left behind, right? Do I need to remind you? That day when you pushed Feng Qi into the river, where did your clothes g
et cut? I admit it. My Lord, I'll tell the truth. Sorry. Why are you sneaking around? I was pooping. The three of us all head in one direction. I'm not heading in one direction with you. Feng Qi, listen up. I'll let you go today, but it's not over! Look at you! Why are you following me? In fact, I heard what you just said. What did you hear? I won't tell you, I'll tell the official. Come back. Just tell me what you want. It's up to you. You are the most greedy one! You cheated Zhang Sheng a hund
red taels. Now you want to blackmail me! Open your eyes and see who I am! Blackmail? I didn't say that. You dare not. The one hundred taels you have should be mine. You got it and I only got an IOU! Why don't we switch? Give me the money and you have the IOU. - Let go! - Give me. It's mine now. Whatever. I've been busy all day. I want to take a rest now. To tell you the truth, I made some money today. I have a fine piece of fabric. Please have it. Is it enough to pay for the boat? You bought suc
h a fine cloth? Where did you get it? I didn't buy it, they gave it to me for free. Free? There's no such thing as that! You might have stolen it. How could I steal it? Listen. Today, I went to sell the rat poison in town. When I passed by Zhang Mansion, they pushed me and pyrophlegmatic syndrome stroke me. It scared them. They were afraid that I would die in their house. So they took good care of me, gave me the cloth and one hundred taels of silver. What? One hundred taels of silver? Where is
it? It's dark. So I didn't bring it with me. Who would believe it? Pyrophlegmatic syndrome? No one will buy it. You just took the opportunity to rip him off! No, I didn't. Look. We signed a letter. They were afraid that something would happen to me. If something goes wrong with me, they'll be in trouble. Look. If you don't believe me, take a closer look. I'll take you there first. But you need to keep something as collateral. Keep the clothes you're wearing now. Come to get it when you have enou
gh money. Okay then. You also want my clothes? Just take it off! Otherwise, you won't come back to redeem it. OK. Let's get on board. Give me! I wish you prosperity. Why are you here? Boatman. What are you doing here? No need to lie to me. I've seen what you've done. What did you see? You faked my death and got so much money. It isn't for free. Besides, I'm still alive. I don't want to be considered dead. It might shorten my life. I just need to go to him, and he will know the truth. Do you thin
k he will forgive you? How much do you want? One hundred taels. What? One hundred taels? But I only have one hundred taels. I can't give you all! You're smart sometimes and stupid sometimes. It's a matter of life and death. And you only asked for one hundred taels! Give me the money. Go and ask him for more. I don't care how much you get. I will never be jealous. Are you dreaming in the broad day light? Money is nothing. If someone tells the officials that you killed someone and obliterated trac
es of murder, you will be beheaded. I didn't kill that person. Don't tell me that. Tell the officials and see if they believe it. You are greedy but you have no guts. Fortunately, you didn't do it. Think about it. It's midnight now. I wouldn't ask you for money all by myself. I will call them here. No. What? Here. At least you are sensible. Hey! Leave some for me. Listen. Don't forget to buy me a drink. I won't let you go if you refuse me. Why don't we take the ferry? There is a single-plank bri
dge ahead. We can cross the river from there. I have diarrhea. What's wrong with you now? Let me poop. No, if I go with him and people find out about it, I can't get the money and I have to go to jail. Zhou Si! Right. As long as Zhou Si dies, the official will think Zhang Sheng does it. Then I will become Zhang Sheng's talisman. And I can get more than one hundred taels! Right. Since you helped my friend wholeheartedly, I'll treat you well. But your friend doesn't appreciate what is good. Who wo
uld believe him when he said he had no money? He lives in such a big house. But he refused to give me! What are you going to do? What to do? If he won't give me, I will tell the officials! Tell you what, that's manslaughter. Even if you tell the officials, they won't behead him. And you won't get any benefits. Anyway, I said everything I had to say. If you want to do your friend a favor, pay for him. Then we can both live in peace. Since I'm here today, I'll do something. Give me the money then.
Here! Who killed him? It simplifies matters. My Lord, everything I say is true. I'm old and confused. Please give me a light sentence. You are greedy, cruel and vicious. It's unfair if I don't punish you hard. Mrs. Zhang cheated on her husband and cooperated with the adulterer Dongmen Qing to murder her husband, which is conscienceless. Dongmen Qing killed Zhou Si and framed Zhang Sheng. You will be punished. Someone. Yes. Put the three of them in jail. Their unforgivable crimes will be severel
y punished! Yes. My Lord. My Lord. I'm wronged! Go. Old Li was greedy. Dongmen Qing and Mrs. Zhang were greedy and horny. They were all vicious. And they ended up hurting themselves. Zhang Sheng went through a storm. He was beaten and punished. Although it didn't take his life, it left a mark on him. He shut himself up and pondered over his mistakes. He quit many bad habits. He donated one hundred taels of silver to make this teahouse so that passers-by could rest and have some tea. He made it i
nto a story for you to enjoy and learn from it. There have been many upright officials in history. But human life is at stake and the world is unpredictable. So officials should keep a close eye on everything so as not to wrong the innocent. Now people say the officials only like money and wealth, and forget about being honest and upright. They know this is intolerable. But they try to make their mistakes sound less serious. They know things cannot bear closer analysis, but they find someone to
blame hastily. The story today is to tell the honest and upright officials to protect the good and punish the evil. Only then can they live up to their title. Then people will love them and God will also bless them. Good! Good! That's all for today. Thank you!
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