What's the story of cabbage and Yang Naiwu?

Cabbage and Yang Naiwu are one of the four great mysteries in the late Qing Dynasty. During the Tongzhi period, Yang Naiwu and Gebi were suspected of adultery and killing their husbands. They pleaded guilty after being sentenced to prison and were sentenced to death. The case shocked the imperial court. Although the charges were cleared after several trials, the tragic experiences of the two tortured people were still deplorable.

Yang Naiwu, whose real names are Shu Xun and Zhao Zi, is from Clarification Lane, Yuhang Town, Yuhang County, Zhejiang Province. Family mulberry sericulture, honest and frank personality. He is called "Mr. Yang Er" and has obtained the provincial examination for Guiyouke as a juren. Ge is the child bride of the Ge family, and she is white and beautiful. They are called "Chinese cabbages" because they wear green clothes and white trousers. Yang Naiwu taught Bi Xiugu to read, and they got very close, so there was a rumor that "sheep eat cabbage" in the neighborhood.

Shanghai's "Shen Bao" reported the case continuously, and the contradiction pointed to the mutual cover-up and bullying of court officials, which attracted public opinion, Zhejiang squire and Zhejiang officials' sympathy for Yang Naiwu. Because Yang Changzhuo was suspected of harboring and bullying the Zhejiang squire, many Zhejiang officials ran for Yang Naiwu, hoping to vindicate Yang Naiwu. At the same time, it also alarmed the Empress Dowager and Prince Gong. , ordered a retrial of the case.