The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

After serving the porridge, all the Taoists got up and went back to Tianning Temple.Su Cheng leaned against the carriage and couldn't move.The bumps are approaching, Su Cheng suddenly said slowly: "On the first day I ran away from home, Haoxuan was tricked into being my sister-in-law by a 12-year-old girl; on the second day, I found out about Jiangnan Water Town There are also places where there is a lack of water and there are daily fights, so it is ** after all; on the third day... the third day... the third day, I saw the real victims. Hunger is indeed the most terrible thing in the world." She He exhaled, "How merciful is the name Bodhijiao... Daoist, is there anything worse?"

Zhenming thought for a while: "Yes. There is a small village in the northern suburbs, which is a leprosy village. It is worse than Bodhijiao."

Su Cheng said after a while, "I still won't watch it. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."

"You are a young girl who doesn't go out, and I have never seen it before. Ruth walks step by step."

Su Cheng said in a daze: "In the past, I didn't respect my father so much. I always felt that he was pedantic and stubborn, and he was not as enlightened as my grandfather. Only now did I realize that he can be an official in one place and make the people well-off in one place. "

Zhenming said: "Moreover. One year to be a magistrate, ten years to be a snowflake silver. Being a provincial parent official, you can reap more benefits than you can imagine. You are used to Mr. Su and Mr. Su's incorruptibility, and you feel incorruptible This is a matter of course, but it is a big mistake. Girl, selfishness is human nature. As the saying goes, nature is hard to change, resist all kinds of colors. Temptation is extremely difficult. Don’t other prefects and county magistrates also read sage books and take the imperial examination to become an official? Mostly couldn't hold back."

"I understand." Su Cheng supported his head and said, "I just don't know how to persuade him to let me go out."

"Isn't there Mrs. Su?"

"He purposely coaxed Liu Xiaoqi away, just to prevent anyone from helping me. He will definitely not help me himself."

"Then it's up to you to figure it out."

"It's just that everything is urgent right now, and I don't have time to think about myself." Su Cheng sighed, "I don't know that there will be floods this year, right?"

Zhenming glanced at her: "For such an important matter, Yang Qianli will only tell me this old Taoist priest and not Mr. Su? Don't be conceited. Although you are smart, you are a little girl who just came out of the backyard. Mr. Su has been an official for many years. He has treated the water in Jingzhou, and it's not your turn to think of a way." Su Cheng let out a "wow" and fell silent.

Su Cheng thought about taking a ride for a long time, but still couldn't think of a way to persuade her father to let her go out.The next day, I didn't go anywhere, I just lay down under the old camphor tree in Tianning Temple in a daze.The clerk of Jia's horse shop suddenly came and told her: "The female worker named Xiaoque died."

Su Cheng was shocked: "What?! How did you die so well?"

"Her second brother has been thinking about you since he met you. Her mother blamed her for being short-sighted, so she brought a vixen back to seduce her brother's soul, and beat her to death by mistake." The man said, "Now the whole family is If you come to Ma Xing to make trouble, I want you to pay for Xiaoque's life."

When Su Cheng heard what was said before, he didn't know what it was like; then he was stunned: "I will pay for Xiaoque's life?"

"If you hadn't gone to their house and refused to marry her second brother, her second brother wouldn't have lost his soul, and her mother wouldn't have beaten her daughter to death. Now that Xiaoque died, not only did their family lose a salary, There is also one daughter missing. It was originally negotiated with someone to exchange Xiaoque for her eldest brother next year, but now it is obvious that the exchange cannot be done. The two daughters-in-laws of their family are lost because of you, so you will naturally have to pay."

Su Cheng was stunned: "This...there is no reason for this..."

The clerk laughed and said, "It's all happening at the entrance of our horse house anyway. This is something that the eldest lady has caused. What do you think about it?"

Su Cheng thought for a while: "Report to the officer."

The buddy raised his brows: "Really report to the official? The official is the prefect of Su."

"Report to the officials." Su Cheng said, "There is no way to reason with foolish people, the only way is to ask the government to come forward. Your shopkeeper can also join the queue if you report the case."

The man looked at her and said, "When the time comes, Mrs. Su will have to find 'Miss Zhang' to confront her."

"Go." Su Cheng shrugged, "I've prepared a set of unreasonable words. They are unreasonable anyway, so let's be unreasonable." After a short pause, he said, "Don't worry, Doctor Mei is so unreasonable. A rare talent who has made great achievements, my father will not let him go."

The waiter said solemnly: "The villain is about to talk to the eldest lady about this matter. The villain went to see Dr. Mei yesterday. He didn't want to ask your lord for mercy. He would rather go to North America with the whole family, so that he can take care of the tribe in the future." sick."

Su Cheng also said sternly: "It's not up to him to decide this. My father really doesn't have any talents. Look at this mess! Dr. Mei's rare thing is not his medical skills, but his sobriety."

The buddy frowned: "He may not be willing to vote under Master Su's command."

"He is a good man, and he cares about the people. He doesn't need to vote under my father's command, and he can do a lot of practical things if he stays. Xie Jing and my father didn't bother him to take care of the well at Bodhi Point? North American immigrants are important, but to my father After all, it is not as important as governing Jiangxi."

The man shook his head: "He has made up his mind."

"How did the people from the King of Yan persuade my father to come to Jiangxi? That way can be copied to persuade Dr. Mei." Su Cheng said, "My father was born and worked in Jingzhou. He got along well with the king of Chu and the people of Jingzhou. The people of Jingzhou also love him. , was coaxed to pick up this mess all of a sudden, isn't it because King Yan took advantage of his 'love for the people'?" The man was dumbfounded.

The clerk then returned to Jia's Horse Shop to discuss with shopkeeper Zhou, and finally reported to the official.Su Cheng searched for Zhenming by himself and borrowed a horse to ride to the government office. On the way, he ran to the office of the general army first, and moved Li Guopei and Yang Guotai as backing, in case her father beat her up in a hurry.After hearing this, the two hurriedly dropped their official duties and followed to watch the excitement.

Shopkeeper Zhou played a cautious role, and only said that Xiaoque's family killed their daughter because of their son's marriage, which was heard by the yamen servant Hu Limeng.Since they lost their lives, Su Tao had no choice but to let them join the team.Shopkeeper Zhou entered the lobby of the government office, hiding his head and showing his tail on purpose, and said: "There are two female workers in the little man's shop, and one intentionally begs for her brother to be the sister-in-law for the other. Later, for some reason, the one with the brother died yesterday, and now the whole family It's making a fuss in our shop. The villain was very confused and saw that someone was killed, so he came to ask the elder to uphold justice."

Su Tao couldn't understand what was going on at all, so he asked, "Since one died, what about the other?"

"The other hasn't come to work since yesterday."

Su Tao suddenly suspected that there was something wrong with this woman, and asked, "Do you know where she lives?"

"I know. The villain has called her here, and I'm waiting outside for now."

Su Tao nodded and ordered the plaintiff to be invited first.Xiaoque's family followed the yamen servant and walked in.Little Que Niang talked for a long time with snot and tears, but Su Tao couldn't understand at all.Helpless, he ordered another female worker to come in.Not long after, a woman in servant's clothes came in.Su Tao took a closer look, and his eyeballs almost fell off: Didn't this girl run away from home?As soon as the little bird girl saw her, she howled and rushed forward.The yamen servants had already recognized the eldest lady, and hurriedly stopped the young lady.She was still struggling to pounce on Su Cheng, yelling curses, and the two yamen guards couldn't cover her mouth with all their strength.Su Tao was annoyed, and slapped the gavel: "Silence! Let's drag you out of the courtroom and hit [-] big boards first!" Little Que Niang was frightened, shut her mouth, and stared at Su Cheng as if she was about to spew fire.Xiao Que's two elder brothers have been staring at Su Cheng since she entered the door.Li Guopei and Yang Guotai also sneaked into the lobby and hid behind the pillars.

Su Chengduan was kneeling in the hall: "The daughter of the people, Mrs. Zhang, sees the elder."

Su Tao gritted his teeth, pointed at her and said viciously, "Mr. Zhang, what's going on!"

"Master, please forgive me." Su Chengsui started from Xiao Que asking her to see the cloth flowers, until Xiao Que Niang wanted to force her to keep her for her son.Su Tao was so frightened that he slapped the table with a "bang" and shouted "Bold!" Su Cheng ignored it and lowered his head and said, "So the civilian girl picked up the weapon she carried with her and poked a hole in the wooden water tank in their courtyard. They have to let the minnv go. The rest of the minnv don't know about it."

Shopkeeper Zhou had been kneeling silently by the side, and hurriedly said: "The rest of the villains know. That Xiaoque's brother was very envious of seeing Miss Zhang's upright appearance, so he urged Xiaoque to go to work the next day and then persuade Miss Zhang. The girl never came to work, and Brother Xiaoque was very disappointed and depressed when he heard about it. Seeing that her son was suffering, she complained that her daughter had no eyesight, and found an unmarried woman for her brother, so she beat and scolded her to vent her anger, and accidentally beat her daughter to death .”

Su Tao was dumbfounded: "It's unreasonable!"

Little Que Niang burst into tears: "It's all your fault, you bitch..."

Su Cheng said loudly: "This little girl is not at fault."

Brother Xiaoque quickly said: "Miss Zhang, you have become my wife, and our family will not blame you anymore, and we will not file a lawsuit."

Su Tao was so angry that he slapped the gavel again: "Presumptuous!" Pointing down for a long time, he was speechless.

While he was so angry that he couldn't stop himself, Su Cheng knelt up straight and said loudly: "The death of Xiaoque is the fault of three people. First, the direct assailant is his mother. Even if he misses, it is an accidental injury. Second First, Xie Jing, the prefect of Jiangxi. Mr. Xie did not educate the people when he was in office, nor did he arbitrate many cases of robbing civilian women as wives according to law, so that many people mistakenly think that there is no need for three media and six hires, and two parties are not willing You only need to coax a woman into the house and you can take her as a wife. If you don’t punish if you have committed a crime, you will condone more people breaking the law. This is a big dereliction of duty for the magistrate. Besides, there are three strong laborers in the family, and they can’t support them. Starting a family, not being able to marry a daughter-in-law, or even having enough food, we can see that the people under Xie Jing’s rule are struggling. The third is King Yan in Beijing. As we all know, Xie Jing was originally a guerrilla general in the Beijing camp, and then the Supreme Emperor transferred him to Jiangxi The chief soldier is an authentic military commander. The so-called civil and military have different paths. The King of Yan transferred him to be the magistrate of Jiangxi. Although Lord Xie can command soldiers and horses to fight, he can't govern the people of a province. The cause of Miss Xiaoque's death."

Yang Guotai couldn't help sticking out his thumb, and said with a low laugh, "Although it's absurd, it's very reasonable."

Li Guopei thought about it: "I don't think she's being unreasonable."

After a long time, Su Tao sighed: "One family, three strong laborers. They can't support a family, can't marry a wife, and can't eat enough. This is my fault."

Su Cheng said crisply: "Master Su, there is no need to take the blame. You have just moved the Xie family, so there is too little time to do anything. Minnv believes that with an official like Master Su in power, the people of Jiangxi will be prosperous and well-off in a few years. gone."

Su Tao shook his head, then asked Xiaoque's father, "What do you do?"

Daddy Xiaoque kowtowed and said, "The villain is a mason."

"Do you always have a job?"

Father Xiaoque shook his head: "It's hard to find a job. The big family has their own masons, and the small family doesn't need us."

Su Tao said: "In the future, more factories will be built locally, and you will have a lot of work to do."

Daddy Xiaoque was pleasantly surprised: "Really?!"

Su Tao nodded: "It's just that marrying a daughter-in-law is a matchmaker. Don't forcefully deceive a woman from a good family."

Daddy Xiaoque said: "Every family is like this."

"Every family is wrong. The previous magistrate never took care of this matter, and this official will take care of it."

Brother Xiaoque suddenly said: "Then the daughter-in-law who was cheated by other family must be returned?"

Su Tao said: "The theory should be like this."

The elder brother was pleasantly surprised: "Isn't that Liu Ermao and He Suozi's daughters-in-law also want to return it? Hahaha they are about to lose their daughter-in-law too!"

The second brother looked at Su Cheng and said, "I made money, three matchmakers and six hired to marry you, how about it?"

Su Tao shouted again: "Presumptuous!"

Su Cheng thought: "I don't know you, why do you look at me?"

The second brother said: "You look good. The good-looking women in this city are either sold out of town or entered a kiln. Except for you, I have never seen a good-looking woman."

Su Cheng laughed: "I really don't lie. Have you ever thought that since I am the only good-looking man in the city, wouldn't other men be interested in me? I have to choose the one who is the most pleasing to the eye."

The second brother was silent for a moment.After a while, he said, "I'm not lying. I'm not better than those shoppers outside?"

Su Cheng shook his head: "Not lying is indeed a strength, but it can't cover up the fact that you can't afford to support a small family. No woman would choose a husband and son-in-law who would cover up all the other weaknesses just because of one strength. Since you want to marry a good-looking Girl, if you work hard in the future and earn money to support your family, you will naturally be able to marry a good wife."

The eldest brother said from the side: "Even if you don't marry into our family, my sister died because of you. I was supposed to replace my daughter-in-law with her, but now I don't know where to get it. You shouldn't compensate me?"

Su Cheng sighed softly, and looked at the whole family: "Your sister just died last night, her bones are still not cold, and you only want to exchange her for a marriage? It's thanks to her deceiving people in the shop for you."

The elder brother didn't take it seriously: "She just wanted to send less money to the family after she married herself."

Su Cheng was taken aback: "After she gets married, she still needs to send money to her family? Is her in-law's family very rich?"

"Where can I get rich? Since she is a sister, can't she get money for her second brother to marry a wife?"

"Since you traded her for your wife, the extra money you earn will have to marry your brother's wife!"

The eldest brother said confidently: "The money I made is mine, so what does it have to do with him?"

"What about your sister? Isn't her money hers?"

The eldest brother blurted out: "She is a girl, and a girl belongs to the whole family."

The two of them spoke smoothly, Su Tao and the others were too busy wondering to interrupt, and didn't know what to say when they heard this.Su Cheng sneered: "It turns out that she is not your sister, but a pig raised by your family. The pig belongs to the whole family. Even if it is sold, it must be stolen from the buyer's house and returned to you." Nai looked at Su Tao and kowtowed, " My lord, the province of Jiangxi has been plagued by banditry for more than ten years, and the idea of ​​the early years has basically been ruined. The folk women think that the folk women must go out to work to fill the labor shortage."