Chapter 407 Mao Dafu

Taihang Mao Dafu, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, specializes in treating falls and wounds. On this day, when I returned from medical practice, I met a wild wolf on the way, with a package in his mouth and spitting on the ground. Mao Dafu opened the package and looked at it. There were several gold and silver jewelry in it. He was surprised. The wild wolf gently bit his clothes, as if begging him for medical treatment.

Mao Dafu saw that it was not malicious, so he nodded. The wolf led the way and took him to a cave. A wild wolf in the cave was sick and had abscess on his head. Mao Dafu took out a knife, removed the abscess, applied the medicine powder, and left. At that time, it was late, and the wolf was afraid that he would be in danger and got up to see him off. Walking three or four miles, several wild wolves came to face, with fierce eyes, surrounded Mao and roared repeatedly. Mao Dafu was very afraid. The previous wild wolf quickly walked into the wolves and whispered, as if he was telling the story to his peers and begging for Mao. When the wolves heard the words, they dispersed one after another, and Mao returned home safely.

Before that, there was a banker named Ning Tai in the county who was killed by a robber on the way and never caught the murderer. Coincidentally, the pile of jewelry given by the wild wolf to Mao Dafu is exactly Ningtai's. Knowing this, the county magistrate immediately captured Mao and forced him to interrogate him. Mao Dafu tried his best to defend himself. The county magistrate did not believe it and was ready to use the punishment. Mao Dafu's grievances were hard to redress, and he said to the county magistrate, "Please forgive me for a few days. When I go into the mountain, I will ask the wild wolf, ask about the real murderer, and it's not too late to use the punishment."

The county magistrate nodded and ordered two yamen to escort him into the mountain and came to the wolf's den. The wolf went out and did not return. Until dusk, there was still no trace of the wolf. The three of them turned back sadly. On the way back, they met two wild wolves, one of which was still scarred on his head. Mao knew that it was the patient. He came forward and said, "The last time I was gifted by you, so I got into a lawsuit. If Brother Wolf doesn't take my place, he will definitely be beaten to death when he goes back.

When the wild wolf saw that he was tied up, he ran to the government office angrily, and the government office drew his knife to defend himself. The wild wolf howled loudly and screamed several times. Hundreds of wild wolves flocked to surround the government service layer by layer. The government service was trapped and looked embarrassed. The wolf came forward and bit the rope. The government official understood and quickly untied Mao's shackles, and then the wolves left.

After going back, he mentioned the matter to the county magistrate. The county magistrate was secretly surprised. He knew that Mao was mostly innocent, but he didn't catch the culprit for a day, and he couldn't let him go for a day. On this day, the county magistrate went out to patrol, and a wild wolf held his broken shoes and threw them on the road. The county magistrate ignored it. Seeing him leave, the wolf bit the broken shoes again, quickly rushed to the front, and still threw the shoes on the roadside.

The county magistrate shouted strangely, ordered his men to put away their shoes and said, "Go and find out who lost the shoes?" After a few, his men came to report that "the shoes are from a village woodcutter. The man went up the mountain to cut firewood, was chased by the second wolf, and lost his shoes in a panic.

The county magistrate suspected that the woodcutter was the murderer and ordered him to be arrested and interrogated. Sure enough. It turned out that the woodcutter killed the silver merchant and took away the huge gold. In a hurry, he didn't have time to search for the jewelry in his clothes and left. As a result, the jewelry was taken away by the wild wolf, and the previous strange case happened.