And what kind of story is "The Case of Murdering the Husband in the Sauce Garden"? Starling will tell you about this shocking case during the Republic of China!
First let's see the protagonist
On the left is her husband Zhan Yunying, and on the right is Zhan Zhou
This story happened on March 20, 1944 in the Republic of China period, Zhan Zhou killed and dismembered her husband Zhan Yunying into 16 pieces. In the five big boxes, the unusual thing about this woman is that when the police arrested her, she was unusually calm, the corpse boxes were placed around her, and she was wearing a fitted cheongsam, waiting indifferently for the police...
Zhan Zhou's life experience is actually no different from that of most low-level women in that era. Before marrying Zhan Yunying, she was called Zhou Huizhen, but in fact she was not surnamed Zhou, and she didn't know what her surname was, but she was sold to her surname. Zhou's family follows the surname Zhou.
Zhan Zhou and her husband were also brought together by a family of Zhou surnames. It is impossible to say whether they love each other or not. If they marry, they will marry, but this Zhan Yunying has a bad problem. Not to mention gambling every day, but also drinking every day, going home to beat his wife when he was drunk, and never bringing money back, Zhan Zhou was hungry at home, so he went out to a spinning mill to find a job, but was arrested. Zhan Yunying found out that it was another beating, and felt that his daughter-in-law was losing face by going out to work (mynah wants to say, you don't let your daughter-in-law go to work outside, but you give them a bite to eat, and it's okay to be blocked at both ends. )
Zhan Zhou finally filed for divorce due to various abuses by her husband, but Zhan Yunying was inseparable, and Zhan Zhou chose suicide again. Zhan Yunying felt that he had lost face again, and the abuse of Zhan Zhou was even more cruel...
On a dark and windy night for a month, Zhan Zhou finally broke out and killed Zhan Yunying while he was asleep. After the
incident, Zhan Zhou resolutely admitted his murder, and the strange thing started from then on.
initially convicted Zhan Zhou of having an affair and killed her husband due to the influence of the social atmosphere at the time. Although Zhan Zhou did not admit it, under the influence of this argument, Zhan Zhou was forced to explain 3 Individual men, including a man named "Little Ningbo" who seduced his husband to gamble, Zhan Zhou hated him very much, but all three men had alibi that day. When
asked Zhan Zhou, she said that she killed herself, and the confession was surprisingly consistent with the first time. Due to the great impact of this incident, some well-known feminist movement scholars came out to investigate the incident, and her abused life also surfaced. Everyone also showed sympathy to Zhan Zhou and supported her not to be sentenced to death.
Then suddenly another witness appeared, which was her neighbor. The neighbor said that he heard the movement of his house in the middle of the night and went upstairs to knock on the door. The door was opened by Zhan Zhou, but there was no movement in the house, and Zhan Zhou was also very calm. , don't panic at all. Combined with the difficulty of committing the crime at the scene, the police judged that there must be a helper in the house, otherwise he would not be able to complete it at all, but who is this mysterious character, no one knows, "he" is hidden like this.
Zhan Zhou sentenced to death , changed to suspended , and changed it to 15 years. After that, Zhan Zhou was released from prison and remarried. When he passed away, he was nearly 90 years old. When someone asked who the helper was, She asked if the case was being retrialed, and when she found out that it was not, she said, "The truth will never be revealed."
Zhan Zhou's fate was both tragic and fortunate, because in that era, such persecuted women were There are not a few people at the bottom, but she is different. She chose to resist and ended it all by herself. Maybe she never thought she could live so long...
