[PS: For plot needs, this chapter will inevitably have to copy some things, so the number of words will be longer.]
At the beginning of the play, there is a wedge.
Dou Tianzhang, a scholar who was living in Chuzhou, had no choice but to sell his seven-year-old only daughter Duanyun (Dou E) to Granny Cai as a child bride because he owed the local Granny Cai 40 taels of silver and was unable to repay the principal and interest. Dou Tianzhang received another 10 taels of silver from Granny Cai.
To pay for travel expenses, I went to Beijing to take the exam...
This segment didn't have many highlights, but the actors on stage performed superbly, the plot transition was smooth, and it looked quite comfortable, so it didn't disappoint anyone.
"That little Duanyun, he's not that old, but he's really good at acting."
"You don't know this, right? They have been trained in this aspect since they were young. Since they can go on stage, you can't fault them."
"Yes, but since this play is called "The Injustice of Dou E", I can't see where the injustice lies..."
"What's the rush? This has just begun. Keep reading..."
Due to the popularity of the "Bao Qingtian" series some time ago, everyone is extremely fond of this type of drama about resolving cases. They are all from the lower class. Who doesn't like this kind of drama about redressing the grievances of the people?
Soon, they found out where Dou E was wronged.
The Cai family moved, and Dou E's husband died early, and she and her mother-in-law were dependent on each other. They were framed by evil people, and happened to meet corrupt officials. In order to save her mother-in-law from being tortured, Dou E had no choice but to confess, admitted the crime, was sentenced to death, and was taken to the execution ground...
According to the convention of previous dramas, this moment is the most exciting part of the entire drama.
"This corrupt official deserves to die!"
"This daughter-in-law is really filial. In order to avoid punishment for her mother-in-law, she is willing to suffer this unjust injustice..."
"Where's Mr. Bao, why haven't you shown up yet? Hurry up and overturn Dou E's case!"
"Have you ever seen the show? How could Mr. Bao appear at this time? It was obviously Zhan's guards who descended from the sky first, shouting "Save one under the knife"..."
Someone next to me finally couldn't help but remind me, "Are you two brothers acting together?"
"...Is it true? Isn't this Bao Qingtian?"
His eyes returned to the stage again.
Dou E had been taken to the execution ground, and two voices sounded in everyone's ears one after another, like Hong Zhong and Da Lu.
"There is no reason to violate the king's law, and he is not careful about being punished. His screams are shocking to the heavens. In an instant, the wandering soul goes to Senluo Palace first. How can he not complain to the heaven and the earth?"
"...Those who do good will suffer poverty and their lives will be shortened, and those who do evil will enjoy wealth and longevity. Heaven and earth! You may be afraid of the strong and bully the weak, but it turns out that you just go with the flow! Earth, you don't distinguish between good and bad, what is the earth?
!Heaven, you have wronged the virtuous and foolish, and you are in vain!"
As soon as these two extremely depressing narrations came out, everyone's hearts immediately sank.
They seemed to feel the injustice suffered by Dou E, which had reached the point where even heaven and earth complained!
At this time, the prison officer was heard saying: "When death is imminent, what else do you have to say?"
Dou E said: "I want to receive a clean mat. When I, Dou E, stand up, I will also have two feet in white to hang on the flag gun. If I, Dou E, are really unjust, and the knife cuts across the place, my head will fall, and I will not have any blood."
Underground, they all fly on Bai Lian!"
"It is the dog days of heaven now. If Dou E is found guilty of injustice, after her death, three feet of snow will fall from the sky and cover up Dou E's body."
"I, Dou E, died unjustly. From now on, Chuzhou will suffer from drought for three years!"
Dou E's voice was sad, and she made three wishes in succession: "Blood stains the white silk, blood will fly in June, and there will be a severe drought for three years." There was silence in the place, and there was no voice of discussion.
The prison officer shouted angrily: "The time has come for execution!"
In the center of the stage, the executioner cut off the knife in his hand, Dou E fell to the ground, and a stream of hot blood spilled into the air, splashing on the white silk.
At this moment, more than half of the people in the field couldn't help but stand up.
Practice is wasted with blood, practice is wasted with blood!
Dou E's first wish has come true!
On the stage, the executioner made a silent gesture. Where there was a missing piece on the stage, a board was raised, and the stage became tight and seamless again.
At this moment, someone below suddenly shivered and murmured: "Why do I feel that it is so cold around..."
Some people couldn't help but cross their arms. Although the weather was hot, there were ice sheets everywhere in Goulan to cool off the heat, but even if it wasn't hot, it wouldn't be cold either...
Someone suddenly noticed a cold feeling in their nose and couldn't help but touch it, but found some wet marks.
When I raised my head, I discovered that there were white "snowflakes" in the sky, falling down one after another.
"this……"
"Is it snowing?"
"How is that possible? It's summer now, not to mention it's inside the Goulan!"
…
Above everyone's heads, on the thick beams, someone stood there, gently shaking the bamboo basket in his hand, and extremely fine ice shavings sprinkled down from above.
When everyone's eyes turned to the stage again, Dou E's "corpse" had been buried under heavy snow...
When the tragic music gradually became clearer, the few lines from the play could not help but appear in their minds.
"I don't want half a star of blood to be spilled in the world of mortals, all I have to do is practice hanging on the eight-foot flag and spear!"
"If there is any resentment that spurts out like fire, it will definitely send ice flowers rolling like a brocade to prevent my corpse from being revealed!"
"I, Dou E, died unjustly. From now on, Chuzhou will suffer from drought for three years!"
This time, there was no guard, no Bao Qingtian, Dou E was beheaded, and the oaths he made before his death came true one by one. Blood was spattered in vain, and snow fell in June. According to common sense, this is simply impossible to happen!
Even heaven and earth were touched by her grievances and fulfilled her wish!
Next, it was supposed to be three years later that Dou E's father, Dou Tianzhang, reversed her case and the unjust case was vindicated. However, at this time, the atmosphere in the hook bar had begun to become a little uncontrollable. On the stage, actors were already preparing to start the performance.
I had no choice but to stop.
Off the stage, I don’t know how many people were staring in the direction of the stage in a daze, and I don’t know how many people had tears streaming down their faces.
Dou E was unfortunate and miserable. However, those who could sit and watch the play in such an occasion were from wealthy families. Their status was not much higher than that of Dou E. They also suffered from all kinds of evil in daily life.
Oppression by power.
This is Dou E's injustice, and it is also their injustice.
It was obvious that the play could no longer be performed, so Goulan had no choice but to announce that the final episode of "The Injustice of Dou E" would be postponed.
When everyone walked out, they felt that the scorching sun in the sky was not so hot. Instead, they felt a little bit cold all over their bodies. They also sweated a little, but it was just cold sweat.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Is the play over?"
"Does it look good?"
"What's going on? You guys should say something!"
…
The people outside the venue couldn't find any useful information from the people who had come out. At this time, the second show was about to start, so they didn't bother to ask them and quickly poured into the hook bar.
After a long time, the second group of distraught people walked out of the hook fence.
An unjust case shocked the whole world, and the snow in June touched the common people.
In just a few days, the play, known as "the most extraordinary injustice in history", spread throughout Kyoto.
There are dozens of goulan in Kyoto, large and small. Other performances have been temporarily stopped. From morning to night, there is only one "The Injustice of Dou E", which is rehearsed non-stop in every goulan.
Kyoto Prefectural Government.
Magistrate Liu looked at the thick stack of papers in front of him and suddenly felt a little dizzy. He slumped down on his chair and murmured: "How can there be so many unjust cases in the majestic Kyoto, at the feet of the emperor..."
Zhao Captou below showed a wry smile on his face and said: "Master Liu, please stop complaining. These days, all county offices are the same. Chuzhou is next to us, and the governor of Chuzhou and Shanyang County
Ling has been scolded to pieces, and the people of Kyoto are filled with indignation. Some people even knelt at the gate of the palace, begging Her Highness the Princess to thoroughly investigate the unjust case and clear Dou E's name... This, this is just a drama!"
Magistrate Liu slammed the table angrily and said loudly: "But there are so many unjust cases, how do you ask me to investigate them!"
"Sir, this really doesn't mean anything. If you think about it this way, if in that play, the person who cares about human life is not the Shanyang County Magistrate, but the Capital Magistrate..."
"Shut up!" Magistrate Liu's face turned pale, his whole body trembled, he suddenly jumped up from his chair, and said loudly: "Blow the drum, go to the hall, I will break ten of them today!"
Kyoto, above the streets.
A man looked at the woman next to him and said aggrievedly: "Madam, believe me, I really lost my wallet. I didn't raise a vixen outside!"
The woman looked unbelieving and said angrily: "You are still arguing that you have the smell of her perfume on you. You think I can't smell it..."
In desperation, the man took out a bottle of perfume from his arms and said, "This is the birthday gift I bought for my wife with the money I saved for a year..."
He cried sadly: "You actually suspected that I had a vixen outside..., I, I am really more unjust than Dou E!"
"What, you saved some private money!"
"——"
At the street corner, a woman chased a **-year-old urchin out and said angrily: "Tell me, if you didn't go to school today, did you go to the fence?"
The child stopped, shook his head and said, "I didn't, you wronged me!"
The woman grabbed his arm and said, "How dare you lie to others? All the teachers in the school told me!"
"I really didn't!" The child shook his head violently and said loudly: "Mom, you have wronged me. If I die unjustly, my blood will be spattered in vain, there will be snow in June, and there will be a drought in Kyoto for three years...
"
"You still said no!" The woman took off his pants in the street, slapped him a few times, and said while spanking: "I will let your blood be spattered in vain, let you snow in June, and let you suffer a drought for three years.
…”
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In the past few days in Kyoto, there has been a wave of grievances. Everyone, regardless of gender, old or young, calls themselves Dou E. When Goulan performed for free, there were not even many pedestrians on the usually crowded streets.
In addition, the yamen in various counties were blocked by people who appealed every day. It was not until the government took a tough attitude to suppress several groups of people who took the opportunity to cause trouble that the situation improved.
At this time, in front of the Xingbu Yamen, a frail woman walked out of the crowd, beat the big drum at the Yamen entrance, knelt down in front of the door, and shouted loudly with a sad voice.
