Jiang Zhao's heart felt cold.

She knew that the status of women in this world was low, and she also understood that this was caused by the underdevelopment of education and civilization in ancient times.

But when she actually witnessed it with her own eyes, she still couldn't help but feel angry.

A man can beat his wife at will in the street, but passers-by seem to be accustomed to it and ignore it.

In this world, killing a woman is like killing a chicken, no one cares at all, let alone just beating her in the street, no one will care.

Jiang Zhao saw that the woman was dying, but the man had no intention of stopping.

He still punched the woman's thin body one after another, as if the woman was his sworn enemy.

Jiang Zhao wanted to go up and stop him, but was stopped by Si Mubai.

Si Mubai shook his head slightly at her and said, "Maybe the woman made a fatal mistake, so her husband was so cruel. Let's observe and observe first."

Jiang Zhao threw his hand away: "That woman was almost beaten to death by him."

"Even if there is any deep hatred, there is no need to be so cruel."

After saying that, he wanted to step forward to stop the man's cruelty.

Si Mubai turned around and stopped in front of her, holding her hand and comforting her: "The imperial examination is coming soon, let's not cause trouble for nothing."

"Otherwise, delaying the imperial examination will be a lifelong regret for you and me."

Jiang Zhao was not an impulsive person. After going through Si Mubai's words in his mind, he felt that he was a little reckless.

Now it dawned on her that she had traveled through time to a dynasty that favored boys over girls to the extreme, and she was not as lucky as the time-travelers in the novel. Once she time-traveled, she became a noble figure such as a princess or queen.

She is just a member of a poor family.

Thinking of this, she took back her steps.

But she was unwilling to let her leave just like that.

After all, it is a living human life.

Si Mubai naturally could see what Jiang Zhao was thinking, so he suggested: "How about we go up and ask about the situation first."

"If that woman really did something wrong, we can't do anything about it."

"But if the man just wanted to beat his wife to death for no reason, then we can't sit idly by and do nothing. We will go to Kyoto Prefecture to report it to the officials and let the officials handle the matter."

Si Mubai's suggestion is very good, and it is now their most reliable method.

Jiang Zhao nodded in agreement.

Si Mubai took several drunk classmates away from the care of a nearby vendor and handed them a few taels of silver. The vendors were naturally very happy to see the money.

After settling the students properly, he and Jiang Zhao went forward to inquire.

The man was still beating the woman one punch after another.

Si Mubai stepped forward and asked, "Brother, why did you beat your wife like this? Did she make a big mistake?"

The man originally had a ruthless face, but after seeing Si Mubai and Jiang Zhao, a flattering smile appeared on his face.

In this world, the status of scholars is extremely high.

After seeing Si Mubai and Jiang Zhao, the man became honest and respectful, completely different from his previous ruthlessness when he beat the woman.

"This is my mother-in-law. She has been married to my family for seven years, but she can't even lay an egg." After saying this, the man spat on the woman.

It's as if it was a great shame and humiliation for a woman to have nothing to do for seven years.

However, in ancient times, if an angry man married into his husband's family and had nothing to do for seven years, it was indeed a great shame and humiliation for the husband's family. The neighbors would point and say something when they saw it.

Jiang Zhao looked at the man's behavior, frowned and said: "Since there is nothing to do in seven years, you just divorce her. Why did you do this so hard? You almost beat her to death."

The man looked at Jiang Zhao and asked, "Die up? In order to marry her, my parents went bankrupt to raise the dowry gift."

"She has been living in my house for free for the past seven years. If we divorce her, wouldn't I lose so much in vain?"

You know, back then, my parents really went bankrupt in order to find a wife for themselves.

I sold all the pigs at home and borrowed a lot from relatives. It took many years after my marriage to pay off the debt.

Jiang Zhao frowned, and she had a bad idea: "Then what will you get if you hit her?"

The man chuckled and said without shying away from the two of them: "I heard before that there is an old man in the east of the village who is over fifty years old and has not yet married. He wants to marry a wife to renew his family's incense."

"The old man has been a widow all his life. He has nothing but strength. He made some money when he was young, but he is ugly and no girl is willing to marry him."

"Now that he is getting older, he wants to renew his family's incense, so that he will not have anyone to take care of him when he gets old."

Listening to the man's explanation, Jiang Zhao felt chills in his heart.

She originally thought that the woman had made some mistake to make the man angry, so the man was so cruel, but she didn't know that she wanted to pawn her wife off.

In ancient times, the act of arranging a wife could not be prohibited by law and could not be stopped by righteousness.

"Since you want to marry your wife, why do you beat her like this?" Jiang Zhao's tone was a little angry.

It is already unacceptable to have a divorced wife, but it is even more unacceptable for a divorced wife to commit domestic violence.

Unexpectedly, the man angrily punched the woman twice more, and then said after calming down the anger in his heart.

"That day, after I signed the contract of pawning my wife with the old man, I sent the woman over. Unexpectedly, the woman came back within two days."

"The old man came to my house to ask for someone. He asked around, but he found out that this woman had nothing to show for seven years. The old man insisted on returning the goods."

"The old man has slept with my mother-in-law for several nights, and now he wants to return the goods. How is this possible? I don't want these shabby shoes!"

"Besides, I've spent all my money, so where can I get the money back?"

Perhaps he was annoyed by the old man and the woman, so the man told him everything as if he was complaining.

Jiang Zhao glanced at the woman lying on the ground, and felt a trace of pity for ancient women in his heart.

In ancient times, women had no human rights at all.

Jiang Zhao was speechless for a long time. She really didn't know what to say.

In this era, it seems that the education she received before was wrong.

She snorted coldly and said: "You were the one who sold her, and now you are the one who thinks her shoes are broken."

"If she wasn't infertile, could I have sold her? Then could the old man return the product?" the man retorted, blaming all the mistakes on the woman.

Jiang Zhao glanced at the woman on the ground and said, "Why is infertility a woman's problem? Why don't you find the reason within yourself?"

The man was very angry at the exchange with Jiang Zhao. He waved his fist and said to Jiang Zhao, "What did you say?"

Just as his fist was about to land on Jiang Zhao, he was stopped by Wei Xiang.

Wei Xiang squeezed his fist and stared at him coldly.

The man felt as if his fist was about to be crushed in the boy's hand. He tried with all his strength to pull his hand out, but he couldn't.

Jiang Zhao didn't want to argue with this man, and felt that communicating with him seemed like an insult to his own intelligence, so he asked Wei Xiang to let him go.

She said to Simubai: "You take care of this woman here and don't let him do anything cruel to her again. Wei Xiang and I will go to Kyoto Prefecture to report to the official."

Si Mubai was worried about her, so he said, "I will accompany you to report to the official."

But Jiang Zhao shook his head: "Wei Xiang can just go with Brother Yu. Brother Mu Bai should stay here to take care of this woman and all the drunk brothers."

How could Si Mubai safely let Jiang Zhao go, but Jiang Zhao insisted on reporting to the official with Wei Xiang.

"You are the one who invited everyone to drink today. You are the host. How can you ignore everyone when they are drunk?"

Jiang Zhao said this, and Si Mubai couldn't say anything else.

Before leaving, Si Mubai still told him uneasily: "If something cannot be done, it is the same as waiting until after the palace examination before applying for an official position."

Jiang Zhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what's more important."

After that, Wei Xiang left and went to Kyoto Prefecture to report the case.

Si Mubai watched the two people leaving, still feeling uneasy. He felt that with Jiang Zhao's character, something would definitely happen.

But he glanced at the woman lying on the ground, the man who had been staring at him, and the drunk classmates who were being looked after by the vendors, so he had no choice but to sigh and stay.


Chapter completed!