The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Early this morning, Yang Guotai ordered two hundred elite soldiers to wait for Su Cheng.After waiting for half a day, no one came, so I sent someone to Su's residence to ask.But I heard from people in the Su residence that the young lady went to Zhuangzi in the southern suburbs in the morning.Yang Guotai was puzzled, and patiently waited until noon to find out that Su Cheng had returned, so he rushed to Su's mansion to find out what happened.

It turned out that Su Cheng thought that in order to rescue those robbed women, there must be a place to house them.Yesterday, I bought two Xiejia villages on the outskirts of the city from her father at the market price. Today, I led people to have a look, and made a very long list for the people below to buy things, such as coarse cloth, furniture and such.

Yang Guotai immediately said: "It's better to take it slowly in the future. The most important thing right now is to get rid of the person first while your father is very busy. Otherwise, the matter will be brought to him, and he will definitely not agree." Glancing at her, "My old man knows what you want to do."

Su Cheng's eyes lit up: "You are really a treasure!" After thinking for a while, "You are right, it will be difficult for my father to know."

Yang Guotai smiled and said: "I have worked in the magistrate's yamen for so many years. Although I am just a doorman, my old colleagues give me some favors. But in your house..."

Su Cheng also smiled and said, "It's common for my father not to go home when he's busy. Isn't there a bed for him in the side room next to the government office's study?" She thought about it again, "Please ask my mother to help me, just in case .”

"That's right, there's nothing wrong with it."

Su Cheng turned around and ran, going to her mother's place.Yang Guotai didn't leave either, and sat in the concierge of the Su residence with his legs crossed and waited.After waiting for about three quarters of an hour, Su Cheng came back.Changing into the official robes of Jinyiwei Hundred Households, leading two big maidservants pretending to be yamen servants, showing a bit of heroism.Su Cheng watched Yang Guotai stretch out his right palm with a smile, and Yang Guotai also stretched out his hand, and they clapped hands together.

The two of you were about to leave when someone shouted out of breath from behind: "Miss, wait~~" Su Cheng turned her head and saw the two maids in her mother's room, both wearing light yellow blouses and peach red brocade skirts , wearing a white wrinkled silk belt, with two or three pearl flowers on her head.The two stepped forward and saluted, "Miss, Madam let us go with Miss."

Su Cheng sized them up a few times: "Mother asked you to go with me?"

"Yes."

Su Cheng frowned and was thinking about how to send the two of them back, Yang Guotai said from the side: "Madam is very thoughtful, take them there together."

Su Cheng was taken aback: "Ah?!"

Yang Guotai said solemnly: "These two girls you brought are going to do things later, aren't they? Then you won't be taken care of? Anyway, you are the eldest lady of the magistrate's family, how can you do it if no one takes care of you?" Nai Squeeze winked.

Su Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth: "Can you please explain clearly."

"Take them anyway." Yang Guotai waved his hand, "You will know then."

Su Cheng turned his head and looked at the two maids carefully for a long time, but he couldn't see anything special, so he was puzzled.Her mother would not send them for nothing.Since Yang Guotai refused to speak, he could only hold back his curiosity.So he took them with him.

Yang Guotai wore the brand-new uniform of the deputy general and ordered two hundred elite soldiers. Su Cheng took the four special soldiers and four servant girls left behind by Jia Cong, and a group of people went straight to Nail Alley.

Just arrived at the entrance of the alley, the horse neighed a lot, attracting every family to come out to watch the excitement.With a sullen face, Su Cheng bowed immediately: "Fathers and folks, my servant is ordered by the magistrate, Mr. Su, to thoroughly investigate the case of robbing civilian girls."

As soon as the words fell, a person emerged from the crowd, it was the man Su Cheng was coaxed to talk to her that day.The man said angrily: "The girl promised to let us live in peace."

Su Cheng glanced at him: "That's right. Did I come here after that? Or was there another official sent here? I only had an errand for a day, and someone went to the yamen to sue me. I don't provoke people, If people want to piss me off, stop complaining."

The man said urgently: "Young lady is obviously not an ordinary person, how can such a small lawsuit hinder her?"

Su Cheng said casually: "Is disturbing a criminal who has been under investigation for four years counted as hindrance?" The man was stunned.Su Cheng went on to say, "I really can't blame the official for this matter. If they don't go to the government office to file a complaint, Su T...Su Zhifu doesn't know about these things at all. They are honest and say what they have to say, and that big brother Xiaoque still Reported more than 40 families of criminals who robbed civilian women. The prefect of Su didn't know about it before. Now that he knows, how can he ignore it? Such lawlessness has become a habit. If there is no severe punishment, there will still be people in the world. Wang Fa?"

The man snorted heavily and said coldly: "When Mr. Xie is here, there is no king's law."

Su Cheng smiled: "That's why he S...so he was dismissed." The man was stunned again, thoughtful.Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "According to the list given by Brother Xiaoque, check every household! The first household is three brothers from Liu Ermao's family. Where is Liu Ermao's family?"

Su Cheng had already weighed a small piece of silver in his hand, thinking, if no one told him, he would take out the silver and shake it around.Unexpectedly, someone shouted immediately: "Liu Ermao's house is there! Over there!" The man jumped up while talking, his arms stretched out and he pointed in the alley.This person is obviously not Xiaoque's brother.

Su Cheng cupped his hands on the horse's back: "Thank you." He jumped off the horse.Yang Guotai also jumped off his horse, and everyone got off their horses one after another.

Seeing so many officials and military masters looking at him, the man became more excited and waved: "Follow me!" He then led the way.The rest of the families heard that they were only looking for Liu Ermao, and they all happily followed.No matter men or women, pay less attention to the two officials, Su Cheng and Yang Guotai, and pay more attention to the two maids of Mrs. Su and Mrs. Zhang.Su Cheng now understands.These two maids are only seventeen or eighteen years old, they are the most outstanding beauties among the maids in the Su residence, and they both wear makeup and wear gorgeous clothes.With the two of her around, not many men would stare at Su Cheng.

He followed the guide to Liu Ermao's house, and the door was closed tightly.Yang Guotai ordered his soldiers to come forward and knock on the door.After clapping for a few times but no one answered, Yang Guotai smiled and said, "I heard the wind." Then he winked at the soldier.The soldier kicked down the gate.More than a dozen soldiers rushed in, filling the courtyard in the blink of an eye.

Just as Su Cheng was about to go in, Yang Guotai took the first step to block her, pacing in there swaggeringly.He walked slowly, and when he entered, the soldiers had already dragged everyone out of the house.Yang Guotai took a look at the old couple, two sons, three daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren.Then he said loudly: "Master Zhifu has received reports from the common people. The three daughter-in-laws in your family were not married by three matchmakers and six hired officials, but by robbery, right?"

The old man knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I am wronged——my daughters-in-law are all married seriously."

Yang Guotai raised his chest and said, "Oh? Where are the parents' families of the three of them? What's the last name? Do you have a marriage certificate? Who is the matchmaker? Who is the witness?" The old man hesitated for a long time and couldn't answer.Yang Guotai snorted, "Sure enough, they were all robbed." He ordered, "Take away the three robbed women and their children."

The soldiers went forward to arrest three daughters-in-law and four children.Two of the three did not move and the other struggled. The child immediately ran away and was caught by the soldiers again.The old couple shouted, "Why arrest my grandson?"

Yang Guotai said: "Is your grandson born to these three women or your son?"

The old man said in a daze, "Of course it was born by my daughter-in-law, and my son can't have children."

"You snatched the woman, not your daughter-in-law. Since the daughter-in-law does not belong to your family, and the child is born to the daughter-in-law, the child naturally does not belong to your family."

The old man was anxious: "The grandson belongs to my family!"

"Your son is a man and can't have children!"

"But it's my family's seed!"

Yang Guotai said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whose family he is from. In the future, whoever has three matchmakers and six hires will marry their mother in a serious manner, and they will take whoever's surname."

The two men were still kneeling, one jumped up suddenly: "I will fight with you!" The soldier kicked to the ground with a "boom".The old woman burst into tears.

Su Cheng led two beautiful maidservants to come out from behind Yang Guotai, and said loudly: "What's the use of crying? If you are a husband and wife, you can make money and marry them. Without a marriage certificate, they are not part of your family." The two men had to look at Su Cheng, but they immediately saw the two maids behind her, their eyes straightened.The old man pinched his son hard a few times.Su Cheng sneered, "Didn't you say you have a wife? Now that you have a wife, why are you still staring at other women?"

The one who just jumped up said: "My wife is too ugly, these two elder sisters are pretty."

Su Cheng waved his hand: "Since you think they are ugly, you can marry more beautiful women if you make money in the future, you don't have to marry them."

When the three daughters-in-law heard it, two immediately stared at their man, and one looked back and forth at the faces of the father-in-law and uncle.Seeing that none of the three men said a word about cherishing friendship, they burst into tears.The old woman stopped crying and shouted: "The grandson is still mine!"

Su Cheng said calmly: "The child belongs to their mother. If you want a child, you have to marry their mother, and you cannot marry someone else."

The one who jumped up stared at the beautiful maid and shouted, "I don't want the child anymore! A newly married wife can have children anyway!"

The old woman scolded: "Nonsense! Where did our family get the money to marry you a new wife!"

Su Cheng smiled: "Whether you marry another woman, or come to marry these three, you must have three matchmakers and six engagements, and you are not allowed to rob. If you rob the second time, you will be beheaded." Nai waved his hand, " Let's go." Turn around and go out.

The old woman caught up and said, "My grandson!" The soldiers stopped him.

Su Cheng turned his head and smiled sweetly, "No, they are the grandsons of your own mother." He walked away in a huff.Several children cried louder.The soldiers handed them over to their respective mothers.

After leaving the gate of the Liu family, the sensible man came up to meet Su Cheng and Yang Guotai, clasped his fists and said, "My lords, the grandson really belongs to the Liu family, why did you take it away? Is there really such a thing in the law?"

"Naturally." Su Chengnian explained patiently after he had helped him once, "A few days ago, Master Su, the prefect of Jiangxi Province, once settled a case of selling his wife. She gave birth to a son for the seller. Because the younger brother-in-law has no right to sell his sister-in-law, this transaction is illegal. The widowed wife is not considered a member of the seller's family, so the son she gave birth to the widowed sister-in-law and her husband's family name, and now with The eldest son of the widow's sister-in-law is very respectful and friendly." In that case, Su Tao wanted to cut off the youngest son to his biological father's family, but Jia Cong said something like a warning to the world.It sounded reasonable to him, so he accepted it.Later, when I talked about it with Su Zheng, the old man also said it was good.Troubled times require heavy codes, and now Jiangxi is almost the same as the troubled times.Su Cheng paused, "Heirs are the most important thing in the world. If you don't take this as a measure, it will be as difficult as going to heaven to forcefully stop this trend of snatching relatives."

The man stumbled: "How can we generalize."

Su Cheng looked at him and said, "What's the difference? Isn't the reason why the seller wanted to buy a woman to have a son? Could it be that the Liu family and other families robbed the women for other reasons? Don't they also want a grandson? The heirs born to the women who come here are not owned by the man, so that the folks can restrain themselves. Otherwise, do you have other ways?" The man didn't know how to answer for a moment.

The two of them were talking, when someone yelled in the courtyard of Liu's house, and a man jumped out.Yang Guotai and the others saw that it wasn't the two kneeling in the courtyard just now.It was obvious that he was Liu Ermao, who had been hidden by his wife just now.The soldiers hurriedly stopped in front of several women and children, for fear that he would come up and rob them.Unexpectedly, he only glanced at the woman and the child a few times, shy away from stepping forward, gritted his teeth and stumbled.A woman looked at him expectantly with tears in her eyes.After a long while, the man cursed: "I can't get a wife, but I envy someone who has a wife! Villain!" and ran away.Su Cheng followed him with his eyes and saw him running straight into a family's yard.That yard belongs to Xiaoque's house.There was not even a white lantern at the door, so it was obvious that no funeral was held for Xiao Que.

Not long after, the sound of fighting came from Xiaoque's yard.

Su Cheng looked at the three women and said, "You have two choices. First, take the child back to your mother's house. Remember, you must never marry without a matchmaker, or it will still be the same as this time." The three women Still crying, looking at each other and not daring to speak. "Second, let's live in Cixiangzhuang for the time being. The magistrate's wife knew that we were going to rescue the robbed women and their children, so she specially prepared to move to Cixiangzhuang. The Zhuangzi is huge and it's on the outskirts of the city. Not to mention, regardless of women and children Everyone can eat enough and have new clothes to wear..."

Before she finished speaking, the eyes of the three women lit up.A bigger one asked: "Have you got enough to eat?"

"Women and children, there is enough to eat every meal." Su Cheng said loudly, "It's just that after a while, you have to learn to work. Naturally, you will be paid."

The man shouted: "How can there be such a good thing! There is no food in the cell. This Mr. Zhang, don't make random promises for the magistrate's wife."

Su Cheng said: "Because the magistrate's wife's natal family wants to run a factory and needs many reliable female workers to do the work. If their worries are not solved, how can they recruit so many female workers at once?" The man's eyes suddenly darkened.Su Cheng just didn't notice, "What's the point of having enough to eat? The magistrate's wife will also ask the teachers for the children of the ladies to let them study." She looked at the four children and said softly, "Each of you has enough to eat. , every meal is full, and there is Shunem.”

An older child boldly asked, "Is there really enough to eat?"

"really."

He hesitated for a moment: "Can I still see my father?"

"If he is still willing to marry your mother in the future, you will be able to see him."

The child was somewhat disappointed.After a while, he said, "Then what's my last name?"

Su Cheng looked at his mother: "Whatever your mother's last name is, that's yours."