The Only Favorite Ugly Husband

Before, people outside the county government almost condemned Jiang Zhen one-sidedly, but now, everyone became suspicious.

"The emperor actually sent an imperial edict to this Jiang Zhen, what is the origin of this Jiang Zhen?"

"That Jiang Zhen married into someone else's family. Looking at it this way, the Imperial Envoy asked him to take care of his parents. It's not right..."

"The whole village is talking to that Jiang Zhen..."

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The people in Hecheng County were discussing a lot, and at this moment, even those scholars who came here with Zhou Maohe were a little confused—is this Jiang Zhen good or bad?

However, Zhou Maohe was even more angry.

These people must be people from Jiang Zhen's side, who spent money to find them!

"Don't you think that Jiang Zhen is rich, so you perjured him?" Zhou Maohe said angrily.

"My lord, we didn't..." Jiang Ping looked at Zhou Maohe cautiously, and was frightened by Zhou Maohe, so he couldn't speak fluently.

However, he couldn't speak fluently, but someone could. Zhao Liushi knelt down on the ground and said directly: "My lord, I am wronged! Jiang Zhen has never committed any crime of disobedience. He has been the most filial since he was a child, and he has helped me since he was a child." Working at home, he can help take care of his younger brother when he is five or six years old, and he goes to work in the field when he is seven or eight years old, and when he is eleven or twelve years old, he has done more work than his father!"

"Everyone in our village knows that he didn't come to our house before, and he did all the farm work of Jiang's family."

"It's Jiang Chengxiang, Jiang Xiaomei, who was brought up by him!"

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Zhao Liushi started to talk endlessly, and when she said this, the people in Hexi Village immediately reacted.

Yes, the former Jiang Zhen was very, very filial!

"That's right. When Jiang Zhen was still in the Jiang family, he did all the rough work of the Jiang family."

"This Jiang's family has some delicious food. The two younger sons have always eaten it. Boss Jiang didn't have to eat a bite, but he was not angry."

"Mrs. Jiang always beat him, and he took it hard."

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People in Hexi Village spoke one after another, because they were telling the truth and they were very confident.

The people outside were noisy, but Zhou Maohe didn't even try to drive them away, and even let them talk.

However, he didn't quite believe it.

Those rich people are the most treacherous and cunning, and they are good at buying others with money. Most of these people have been bought!

Zhou Maohe looked at the noisy people with a cold face: "Don't talk nonsense, if you perjure for money and disturb the court, everyone will be beaten twenty times!"

Twenty big boards?When the people of Hexi Village heard this, they were a little scared.

They were already a little afraid of the government, and now they heard that they were going to be beaten, so they naturally flinched a little, but none of the bodyguards under Jiang Zhen flinched.

"My lord, what we said is the truth!"

He Chunsheng glanced at his father, and He's father said loudly: "My lord, when my youngest son was not married, I treated him much better than the two of the Jiang family treated Jiang Zhen at home. My lord, he should also treat him well." My money! I have to give it! He wants to support me!"

When Zhou Maohe attended the officials in the court, he was eloquent, but he couldn't say a lot to a group of people.

His whole heart is for the common people, these common people, why don't they understand?They even helped that Jiang Zhen!

How could someone like Jiang Zhen be a good person? !

"Master Zhou, I have something to say." Jiang Zhen said suddenly.

During the previous journey, Jiang Zhen was always in a bad mood, as if he was blocked by something, but now, he has already figured it out.

He is not living in a peaceful age at all now, and there are some things that must be fought when it is time to fight.

Of course, the most urgent task is to solve the immediate matter first.

Jiang Zhen glanced outside the yamen, and saw that Brother Zhao Jing was standing anxiously at the door, and the people of Hexi Village were also looking at him worriedly.

Suddenly he calmed down.

he will be fine.

Jiang Zhen looked at Zhou Maohe, and said directly: "Master Zhou, you came to see me at my mother's birthday banquet last time, and I'm afraid you already knew all about what the Jiang family wanted to tell me. Now, can I say a few words?"

Hearing Jiang Zhen mention the birthday banquet, Zhou Maohe was furious.

At that time, he kindly wanted to persuade Jiang Zhen, but he didn't expect that Jiang Zhen wouldn't listen to him at all, and even asked someone to drive him out!

Judging from Jiang Zhen's attitude at the time, one knew that he must have treated his parents badly, since that's the case...

"Tell me, I'd like to see what you have to say!" Zhou Mao said softly.

Jiang Zhen didn't speak. Instead, he pulled his belt, pulled off his clothes, and took them off.

Although it is winter now, Jiang Zhen is not afraid of the cold because he has been exercising all the time, and he doesn't wear much clothes. At this moment, he took off his clothes all at once.

"You!" Zhou Maohe wanted to accuse, but was suddenly speechless again.

Jiang Zhen had many old wounds on his body.

Those wounds on Jiang Zhen's body belonged to the original boss Jiang.

During those years when Boss Jiang was in the Jiang family, he was often beaten and injured by the Jiang family. There were many wounds on his body, and he had never been healed. Those wounds naturally turned into scars.

Jiang Zhen pointed to a deep wound on his arm: "Master Zhou, this wound was caused by my mother when I was seven years old."

He pointed to the burn on his other arm: "Master Zhou, this burn was caused by my mother when I was 16 years old."

"This injury was caused by my father using bamboo when I was 15 years old."

"And this wound..."

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Boss Jiang had a lot of wounds on his body. In fact, it wasn't just the old lady Jiang butcher who did it. Some of the wounds were left by those of his age in Hexi Village when they bullied him.

But at this moment, Jiang Zhen planted all of them on Mrs. Jiang and Butcher Jiang. Anyway, these two people probably can't remember how many times they beat Boss Jiang.

"You..." Zhou Maohe looked at Jiang Zhen talking there, and couldn't help being speechless for a while. He didn't know that Jiang's father and mother were so bad to Jiang Zhen...

The scholars who came with Zhou Maohe fell silent now.

People sympathize with the weak. Before the Jiang family looked too pitiful, they sympathized with the Jiang family, but now...

"My lord, he is my son, so what if I beat him? My lord, he beat us!" Old lady Jiang cried.

It's just that she is crying so much now, and there are obviously not as many people who sympathize with her as before.

Zhou Maohe frowned, and then said: "Jiang Zhen, your parents gave you flesh and blood, even if they are punished, you should bear it well..."

"My lord, I haven't finished my sentence yet!" Jiang Zhen said: "Master Zhou, I'm not trying to show sympathy, I just want to tell Mr. Zhou that their words should not be taken lightly... They probably never told you that I used to be in Jiang's house. For more than 20 years, I have lived a life that is not as good as a cow or a horse.”

Zhou Maohe's face froze. Before that, he really didn't know that Jiang's father and Jiang's mother treated Jiang Zhen so badly.

"My lord, they didn't treat me well, but as my lord said, I was born and raised by them, and I should take it well even if they did to me." Jiang Zhen said, "My lord, before I left home, I kept I have worked hard and never complained, and I have never done anything to them since I left home, please be careful!"

"You talk nonsense, you beat us repeatedly!" Mrs. Jiang and others said one after another.

"My lord, if I really want to beat them, why don't I see them leave Hexi Village and flee to other places?" Jiang Zhen said.

"You don't support your parents, and you don't care about your parents' hunger, what do you have to say?" Zhou Maohe asked again.

"I want to ask my lord to find someone to search for these people." Jiang Zhen said suddenly.

"Search?" Zhou Maohe was taken aback.

"Your Excellency, ask someone to search and find out whether my parents are really hungry!" Jiang Zhen said, he is very good at observing others, after seeing people like the Jiang family before, he discovered something.

There must be money hidden on Mrs. Jiang's body, and her waist is bulging.

"Why do you need to search?" Mrs. Jiang immediately said, and said to Zhou Mao: "My lord, didn't you say that you must give us justice? My lord, why didn't you lock him up?"

Among the members of the Jiang family, Jiang Chengxiang was considered to be the smartest person, but when he heard Jiang Zhen saying that he wanted to be searched, his heart skipped a beat and he panicked.

Earlier, after Young Master Shen gave them the money, he divided the money into three parts, he, Jiang Chengcai, and his mother each got one part.

Jiang Chengcai's share was probably taken away by Huang Min, but he only gave Zhu Shufen 20 taels of his share, and the rest of the money...he hid it in his body.

He was afraid of being stolen or even taken away by Zhu Shufen at home, so he naturally put it on his body, and his parents probably did the same.

In the past, they would never have done this, but recently, isn't it because the family has been uneasy and they are still being bullied in the village?How dare they put money at home?If it is turned over...

The old lady Jiang was still making trouble, but Jiang Chengxiang took out the money on his body: "My lord, I have some money on me." He took the initiative to take it out, and it was better than being searched.

"Why do you have so many taels of silver on you?" Zhou Maohe was surprised, this man actually took out 40 taels of silver at one time, obviously not as poor as he showed!

"My lord, not only does he have it, but my mother should have it too." Jiang Zhen said.

"Yes, my lord, my mother also has it. It was given to us by a young master who thought we were pitiful." Jiang Chengxiang said hastily.

"Gifts? Who will give you so much money? You are obviously not poor at all. You deliberately changed into dirty clothes and pretended to be poor to harm me." Jiang Zhen said, "My lord, when I married into the Zhao family, the Zhao family was poor and white." , even without a piece of land, Zhao Jinge has a twin son, and he has to do long-term labor to earn money to support his family. One, the adults said that I forced my parents to live separately, I dare not admit it. But they are afraid that they are jealous of the Zhao family's property, so they want to harm me. "

The fact that Jiang Chengxiang has so much money has already made people suspicious of the Jiang family. Now that Jiang Zhen said so...

That's right, the Jiang family was far richer than the Zhao family at that time, so Jiang Zhen thought well...why did he marry into the Zhao family?

Jiang Zhen didn't put on any clothes yet, and was naked from the waist up.He straightened his back, and when he spoke, he was neither humble nor overbearing, which made people unable to help but be convinced.

Zhou Maohe's expression froze.

If what Jiang Zhen said is true, then...

At the beginning, Zhou Maohe only listened to the Jiang family's one-sided words, so he had a preconceived opinion on Jiang Zhen, but now...

"Jiang Zhen, don't lie to me!" Zhou Maohe patted the gavel again.

"Don't dare, what I'm telling is the truth, please be careful, my lord." Jiang Zhen said.

"My lord, if Jiang Zhen hadn't saved my life when he went to the capital, I'm afraid I would still be poor and useless now... Alas, I shouldn't have given him a lot of money out of gratitude, causing him to be targeted and sued for his money." Go to court." Zheng Yi sighed and said, "The money was not given to him alone, Brother Zhao Jin was pregnant at the time, and he was still protecting me..."

"Yeah, when Jiang Zhen had no money, why didn't they sue Jiang Zhen?"

"When Jiang Zhen left from the Jiang family, the Jiang family was rich. If Jiang Chengcai hadn't been cheated out of so much money, how could they have fallen to where they are now?"

"The Jiang family is actually not that poor now, they still have a lot of land! Jiang Chengxiang can still carry 40 taels of silver with him."

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There was a lot of discussion among the people, and at this time, the hearts of the people in Hecheng County had turned to Jiang Zhen.

Zhou Maohe only felt that he could not hold the gavel firmly in his hand.

Everything before that was indeed very coincidental.

He hadn't noticed the Zheng family at all. After all, the Zheng family has no other promising people except Mr. Zheng Er. It is different from those gentry who are deeply rooted and form a party for personal gain. That letter made him so angry that he ended up here.

Zhou Maohe was still thinking deeply, but Jiang Chengxiang became more and more anxious.

It's the imperial decree and this pile of things... If this goes on like this, I'm afraid Jiang Zhen will retreat completely!

Why is this imperial envoy so pedantic?The case is tried as it is, why does he insist on being listened to, and also allows people outside to discuss?

Jiang Chengxiang was in a hurry when someone came outside again.

Seeing those people, both Zheng Yi and Zhao Jinge felt relieved.

There are two parties who come.One of them was the people Jiang Zhen had rescued from the water bandits' lair, both men and women. As soon as they came, they knelt down and cried, pleading for Jiang Zhen.

Zhou Maohe asked people to go outside to have a look, and soon found out what was going on.

When Jiang Zhen escorted Zheng Yi back to the capital, he defeated a group of bandits and rescued many people from the bandits, and the people he opened the escort agency were all rescued from the bandits, which can be regarded as Gave those people a way out.

Zhou Mao and this person have always sympathized with the weak, so they felt a little uncomfortable, but at this time, the other party came over, the leader was a white-haired old man, and beside him was the second uncle of the Jiang family .

The second uncle of the Jiang family used to reprimand Jiang Zhenlai, which was plausible and confident, but now when he came to the Yamen, he shrank his neck like a quail, looking terrified of fear.

He is very scared right now.

Before Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui brought the villagers of Hexi Village to the county seat, they relied on understanding them with reason and moving them with emotion, but he was different.

The elders of the Jiang family were all kidnapped by someone sent by Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi made up his mind to save Jiang Zhen, so he thought of a way to treat him in his own way.

Since the Jiang family can sue Jiang Zhen, why can't he find someone to sue the Jiang family?In Jiang's family, it is not that there are no people with higher seniority than Jiang Tuhu.

After coercing and luring the elders of the Jiang family, all the elders of the Jiang family became obedient.

They were afraid of imperial envoys, but they were also afraid of the Zheng family and Jiang Zhen.

Their family members have now fallen into Zheng Yi's hands... No matter what, they are going to sue the Jiang family.

Daqi treats the elderly very kindly. Elders over 70 years old can see officials without kneeling. Zhou Maohe has always respected the elderly. Even if he knows that these people should come to save Jiang Zhen, maybe they are bribed by Jiang Zhen. But the yamen servants still invited them in respectfully.

"Everyone, you also came here to intercede for Jiang Zhen? It's always wrong for him to ignore his parents..." Zhou Mao reconciled.

"My lord, we're not here to plead for Jiang Zhen, we're here to sue someone." The leader said.

This old man is the most senior and oldest elder of the Jiang family.

He is not like the second uncle of the Jiang family who is always jumping around. In fact, he has always been indifferent. He waits for his sons to bring him meals every day. After he finishes eating, he sits at the door of the house, or Drowsy, or telling stories to the juniors in the family.

But at this moment, all the people in his family were guarded by Zheng Yi, so he could only meddle in their own business.

Zhou Maohe was startled, and immediately said, "Are you going to sue Jiang Zhen?"

"No, my lord, what I want to sue is Jiang Chengcai. He is too lazy to work. He forced his parents to sell the land for him to squander. After being cheated, even his own sister was sold by him. It is simply unfilial." The old man said: "Afterwards, he forced the old mother to work in the fields to support him, it's not as good as a beast."

"My lord, I also want to sue Jiang Chengxiang. He cheated his parents of money, and he was not doing his job all day long. All the affairs of the family were taken care of by his old father. He drank and ate meat in the county town, but left his father to starve at home. It is also unfilial. .” The old man said again.

"What?!" Zhou Maohe was startled, he never thought that he would come out like this, that someone would sue the other two sons of the Jiang family.

"You're talking nonsense, I'm the most filial!" Mrs. Jiang immediately said: "My lord, you can't listen to his nonsense!"

"My lord, what I'm telling is the truth, you can tell by looking at their hands." The old man said again.

Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang, has lived a very difficult life in the past year. Their hands are all full of calluses, and there are many wounds cracked by frost.

Zhou Maohe had seen the hands of these two people before, and he felt more and more sympathy for them, but now he looked at their hands, and Jiang Chengxiang's hands...

Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang didn't even have any calluses on their hands!Especially Jiang Chengxiang, whose hands are well maintained. Those hands don't belong to a countryman at all, but belong to a scholar.

But Jiang Zhen...

Jiang Zhen stretched out his hands. There were no frost-cracked wounds on those hands, but they were covered with calluses, black and thick, and there were many scars on them.

Zhou Maohe didn't really believe Jiang Zhen's words before, but now he was stunned.

"My lord, this Jiang Chengxiang was cheated of his money because of his brother and lord, and forced his parents to separate the family for their two brothers. Many people in Hexi Village know about this, so please be aware of it." The old man said again: "At that time, this Jiang Chengxiang's wife brought her natal family to the door to force her in-laws...the written evidence of the separation..."

The old man looked at the second uncle of the Jiang family, and the second uncle immediately took out a written note.

"My lord, we asked them to divide it. It's different! My lord!" said Mrs. Jiang.

The old man glanced at Mrs. Jiang, pointed at her, and said slowly: "My lord, I still want to sue her, Mrs. Jiang. This Mrs. Jiang is not a good wife and an unkind mother, so it's time to divorce." She's right."

Mrs. Jiang was taken aback for a moment, unable to react.

She was also accused? !

At this moment, Zhou Maohe already knew that he was probably being tricked.

Although that Jiang Zhen is not a good person, this Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang are also not a good person!

"My lord, Jiang Zhen has already joined Zhao's family, we have nothing to do with it, Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang are not filial to their parents, my lord must punish them." The old man said again.

"You're talking nonsense!" Mrs. Jiang was in a hurry, and she was about to tear the old man apart.

No matter how much the law emphasizes filial piety, the rural areas have always been ignored. Now Mrs. Jiang doesn't think it's wrong to beat the old man at all.

"You old man..." Mrs. Jiang hated the old man so much that she pulled the old man to the ground.

"How unreasonable!" Seeing this, Zhou Maohe was furious.

This person actually attacked a white-haired old man in front of his face!

Jiang Chengxiang also yelled "Oops".

He only thought that the imperial envoy believed them, and Jiang Zhen really didn't support his parents, so he would be able to sue Jiang Zhen.

It's all because of the imperial envoy's fault. If it wasn't for the fact that he was sticky and not straightforward at all, how could it be like this? !

Jiang Chengxiang hurried to pull his mother, but the old lady Jiang didn't realize that the imperial envoy's face was particularly ugly until this time.

This this……

Mrs. Jiang suddenly became anxious: "Chengxiang."

"Mother..." Jiang Chengxiang's hands trembled a little.

"We won't sue, we won't sue Jiang Zhen, let's go!" Mrs. Jiang was frightened after hearing Jiang Chengxiang explain many things related to the crime of unfilial piety these days.

She can't let Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang have an accident!

Zhou Maohe's face immediately turned dark when he heard her words.

This this……

He was so angry that he brought so many people here, and after all the trials, it turned out to be a farce? !No, he was simply being teased. This Jiang family...is really unreasonable!