An Unbelievable Strange Case Story

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One Incredibly Bizarre Case
There was a strange case that took place in the Qing Dynasty during the reign of Guangxu.
In Leiyang County, southern Hunan, there was a well - off family named Gu that had been running a cloth business for generations.
The Gu family had a son named Gu Qiji, also known as Gu Lang, who was bold and liked to make friends.
Among his friends, Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun were his closest companions, and the three often drank and had fun together.
When Gu Lang was 21 years old, he was about to get married.
His bride was Guan Lamei from Guanjia Village, forty li away.
On the wedding night, Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun made an appointment to play tricks in the bridal chamber.
That night, there were many guests coming to the Gu family to have fun in the bridal chamber.
Secretly, Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun hid in the attic above the new room, intending to eavesdrop on the couple.
As the night grew late, the guests gradually left.
Eventually, only the newlyweds remained in the room.
However, instead of going to bed immediately, the groom Gu Qiji and the bride Guan Lamei sat at the table, drinking tea and chatting.
After the third watch of the night, Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun in the attic could no longer wait.
Bu Qingyun said to Ouyang Qi, "Forget it, let's go back!
We won't hear anything interesting tonight.
" Ouyang Qi thought for a while and said, "All right!
But we can't let this guy off so easily.
" Then, he took out a short knife from his pocket and threw it down through the crack in the floorboards, saying, "I wonder how scared they will be when they see this knife.
" Finally, the two left the attic, giggling, and went home.
The next morning, the two made an appointment to come to the Gu family again.
They saw the bride Guan Lamei sitting upright in the new room, but the groom Gu Qiji was nowhere to be seen.
Bu Qingyun casually asked, "Where is the groom?
" Guan Lamei said, "He went out to buy something and will be back soon.
" Ouyang Qi then searched everywhere in the room for the short knife he had thrown last night.
Bu Qingyun winked and asked Guan Lamei, "How was last night?
Didn't you see anything strange?
" Guan Lamei hesitated for a moment, then took out a short knife from her sleeve and said, "Last night, someone threw this knife down from the attic.
They almost scared us to death!
Whose knife is this?
" Ouyang Qi took the knife and said, "It's mine.
I threw it down from the attic last night.
" Guan Lamei took the knife back and asked, "Is it really yours?
" Bu Qingyun said beside her, "Of course it is his.
Last night, the two of us hid in the attic to eavesdrop.
Who would have thought that you two wouldn't go to bed no matter what.
So Ouyang Qi had to throw this knife down to scare you two…"
At this point, Guan Lamei suddenly changed her face, stood up, grabbed Ouyang Qi, and wailed, "You are the one who killed my groom!
" Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun were stunned, not knowing what she was talking about.
When the Gu family heard the crying, they quickly came in.
Guan Lamei cried to everyone, "Last night, my groom and I were drinking tea at the table when suddenly someone threw this short knife down from above.
It hit him right on his right temple.
He immediately fell to the ground, unconscious.
I was so frightened that I picked up the groom and saw that he was already dead.
I was flustered for a moment and wanted to cry out loud.
But then I thought that if the crying was heard, the family would surely come over.
With so many people coming to the bridal chamber, who was the murderer?
So I hid the groom's body under the bed and wiped the blood on the floor clean.
This morning, I lied that the groom had gone out to see who would come to claim the knife…" As she said this, Guan Lamei dragged out the groom's body from under the bed.
Indeed, the man had been dead for a long time.
Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun never expected that a life would be lost during the bridal chamber prank last night.
They were immediately dumbfounded.
When the Gu family saw their son's tragic death, they were in great pain.
They tied up Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun and sent them to the county yamen.
The magistrate of Leiyang County, seeing that the evidence was conclusive and there were confessions from Ouyang Qi and Bu Qingyun, did not investigate further.
Although it was an accidental killing, Ouyang Qi was still sentenced to prison, and Bu Qingyun was given 20 strokes with a stick and then released.
Ouyang Qi's family felt that the matter was strange, but they couldn't figure out why.
They wanted to appeal for their son but didn't know where to start.
They could only watch helplessly as Ouyang Qi was imprisoned.
Three months later, suddenly a servant brought a man in his twenties to the Gu family, claiming that this man was the Gu family's son, Gu Qiji.
The Gu family was greatly shocked.
Gu's father said, "My son is already dead.
How can he still be alive?
" When the man saw Gu's father, he immediately knelt down in front of him and cried, "Father, I am really your son, Gu Lang!
I'm alive.
I have returned from the dead in another body.
" The Gu family was even more astonished because, in terms of appearance, the man was not Gu Qiji at all.
At this time, the servant who came with the man said, "He is my master.
He had an acute illness and died some days ago.
But on the day of his burial, he suddenly woke up.
His family was very happy to see him awake, but he looked around and said that this was not his home.
His family thought he was talking nonsense.
But then he said that he was the son of the Gu family in Leiyang, named Gu Qiji, who had just got married and then died.
His family suspected that he was a reborn person, so they asked me to bring him here for verification.
" Gu's father was half - believing and half - doubting.
He asked the man a few things about his family, and the man answered clearly.
Then he called the Gu family members one by one for the man to identify, and there was not a single mistake.
When Gu's mother saw that her son had returned in another body, she rushed forward and hugged her son, crying bitterly.
After crying for a while, the man asked, "Where is my new bride?
" This strange case left everyone in the county bewildered.
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