Chapter 189(1/2)
"Sir, no, I was taken as a good concubine by Prefect Zhang after I and Li." Huang Li, who had just stood up, thumped and knelt on the ground again, frightened to death, "It must be that the date was written incorrectly."
Huang Li was originally a domineering person. After receiving the concubine's documents through Chai Yi that day, she glanced at her and the names of her and the prefect Zhang above. As for the time at the bottom, Huang Li didn't pay any attention to it.
Mrs. Zhang, who was sitting upright on the chair, was also scared. The concubine's document was still the handprint she pressed. If Li'er was caught and brought to prison, "It was all my son who was killed by you, a bitch!"
Mrs. Zhang pointed at Huang Li and cursed, then smiled at Chen Xuezheng, "Sir, we won't take concubines anymore! Huang's reputation has long been ruined. It was the old woman who saw her pitiful and gave her a place to settle down. Who would have thought that she would harm my son so much? We don't want this concubine anymore, don't want it anymore."
Neither the Prefect Zhang nor the Kong clan spoke. The couple looked at Mrs. Zhang who was talking to themselves indifferently. Is it useful to retort now?
"All nonsense! Are you treating the Daqing law as a joke?" Chen Xuezheng shouted angrily, with a majestic manner, swept across the audience coldly, and shouted at the constable: "The prefect's constitution and rituals violate the law and have an affair with a married woman. Now the evidence is conclusive. I will order you to take him down immediately!"
Qian Tongzhi was stunned for a moment, but looking at the calm-looking prefect Zhang, the panic just now slowly calmed down, "Mr. Chen, the documents for taking concubines need to be registered in the yamen. Governor Wang, you go and find the file immediately."
"Yes." Governor Wang, who was named, immediately ran over to the back yamen.
The originally solemn court was now in a strange calm. No one expected that a concubine storm would actually involve the crime of affair. Moreover, according to Chen Xuezheng's attitude, he would never give up until he put Prison Zhang in prison.
"Sir." Mr. Huang, who was standing in the corner, suddenly walked up, knelt down and saluted, and said, "Report to Mr. Huang, the Huang family had not divorced at the beginning. It is logical that it was impossible for him to come to the yamen to handle the documents for taking concubines. Xiaomin thought that Huang had privately bribed the yamen's officials, so that the documents existed. After all, Lord Zhang and Mrs. Zhang did not know about this in advance. Huang repeatedly violated the law, so he asked the yamen to severely punish him."
Huang's father was not smart, but when he saw his elder brother's attitude, Huang's father knelt down, "One daughter cannot marry twice! Since this concubine's document was before the divorce, it means that this document was forged. Prefect Zhang was just framed by this rebellious woman. Please deal with it impartially and give the prefect Zhang a justice!"
Chen Xuezheng's thin face was so gloomy and tense. He looked at the two brothers of the Huang family who were kneeling side by side with angry eyes. They did not take the opportunity to blame the crime on the charity of the Huang family to relieve the crime, but they even took all the charges on the Huang family and Huang Li. It was simply unreasonable!
The people watching outside the government office also started to whisper, "Huang Li is so brave that she dares to bribe the officials of the government office to apply for the documents for taking concubines."
"No wonder Mr. Ming did not mention He Li before. Huang Li cried, made a fuss and hanged her, and wanted He Li to do so. It turned out that she had already planned and even robbed Ming's family of 10,000 taels of silver."
The people standing by the side secretly glanced at the prefect Zhang in the court, "Although the third young master of Ming is famous, he is still not as good as Lord Zhang."
One is a fourth-rank official of the court, and he may still be promoted in the future. Moreover, the prefect Zhang has no son. Even if he is a concubine, as long as he gives birth to a son, his mother will be more noble by her son.
What is the wife of the third prince of Ming? She doesn’t have much money, and she doesn’t have status and power. Huang Li’s arrogant personality is known to everyone in the Nanxuan Mansion. It is normal for her and Li to marry Prime Minister Zhang.
When Kong heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This not only solved the crime of affair between the master, but also solved the problem of Huang Li, the concubine. After all, the documents for taking concubines were forged.
Since Chen Xuezheng planned to use Huang Li to plot against Prefect Zhang, he would naturally not leave such a simple loophole. He would nod in a serious way and look at the panic-inducing Huang Li and Mrs. Zhang.
"Old lady, Huang, this concubine's document is related to you. If this document is really as Master Huang said, you bribed the officials of the yamen, but you pressed the handprint on the forged document." Chen Xuezheng deliberately paused, and the second-rank official released the official's official unceremoniously towards the two who were trembling in fear.
Chen Xuezheng continued coldly: "I believe that the prefect Zhang is more clear about the criminal law than the prefect of this prefect. You two have three crimes: one is to buy court officials; the second is to forge the documents of taking concubines; the third is to falsely accuse the court officials. The three are punished together. Zhang, don't know how to judge?"
If it is just the first two crimes, Mrs. Zhang is older and Huang is a weak woman. Even if she is sentenced to a scepter or whip, she can use fine silver instead.
But if Chen Xuezheng grasps the third article, it would be a serious crime. People will be punished first by suing officials, let alone openly accusing the fourth-rank prefect. This is definitely not a trivial matter of taking it lightly.
Huang Li and Mrs. Zhang were both frightened. If the one in the court was the prefect Zhang, they could still make trouble, but Chen Xuezheng had a majestic face and a ruthless attitude. He almost arrested the prefect Zhang before, let alone the two of them.
"It should be sentenced severely!" The people outside the government office muttered again, and they had no good impression of Huang Li at all. As a woman who was not aware of her wife, she did not say that she harmed the third prince of Ming, but she also wanted to frame the prefect Zhang.
As for Mrs. Zhang, although the people have little contact with her, everyone knows that Mrs. Zhang is not a charitable elder. She went to the shop several times to buy things, but her noble attitude clearly looked down on ordinary people. She didn't think that she was also a mud-legged person.
What's more, the story of Zhang Guantong's enlightenment is that Mrs. Zhang is full of trouble. The Kong family is virtuous and kind, and the reputation of being kind and generous is as bad as that of Mrs. Zhang, the evil mother-in-law.
"I..." Huang Li, who was so scared that she was speechless, opened her mouth and suddenly remembered what Chai Yi mentioned before.
It seemed as if the man who fell into the water had grabbed the last driftwood. Huang Li shouted excitedly, "I did not use the money to buy the officials in the yamen, nor did I forge the documents for taking concubines. This was all done by Prison Zhang. He was greedy for my beauty. Now that the incident happened, he pushed all the charges on me. Lord Chen, the civilian woman wronged him!"
Huang Li howled twice at the throat, then looked at Mrs. Zhang fiercely and said, "Old Madam, it was you who told me that the Prime Minister Zhang fell in love with me, so I wanted to divorce him. It was just that the Prime Minister Zhang was afraid of the inner world and did not dare to offend the Kong family, so he asked you, "Old Madam, to press your fingerprints on the concubine's document. I was wronged!"
Mrs. Zhang, who was even more afraid of being in jail, was stunned for a moment. After understanding what Huang Li said, Mrs. Zhang looked at the prefect Zhang guiltily and spoke tremblingly: "Li'er, aren't you the one who wants to take a concubine? My mother mentioned it to you before, and you didn't object. Why don't you admit it now? You are the prefect. If you don't speak, how dare these people under your command apply for the document of taking a concubine."
"I have a token of love! This is the jade pendant worn by Prison Zhang." Huang Li took out a thumb-sized jade pendant from her body. All the officials in the yamen knew him. Prison Zhang had indeed worn it before.
Chen Xuezheng finally smiled on his gloomy face and said sneer: "Mr. Zhang, as a court official, you have blamed the elderly, weak, women and children. One of them is your mother. Lord. Zhang, you are very unfilial!"
"Thank you for your clarity. How dare a weak woman, a civilian woman, make a falsify documents and accusing Mr. Zhang. "Huang Li wiped her tears as if she was wronged. Now she didn't want to marry the prefect Zhang anymore. As a result, Huang Li wanted to escape unstoppable, as if she was in prison.
Although Mrs. Zhang knew that she was sorry for her son, she didn't want to go to jail, so she could only agree with her, "Li'er, it's not good for her mother. If she doesn't force you to give birth to a son, you will also want to take a concubine, and you will not know that it will break the law."
"Mom." Prefect Zhang ignored Huang Li who was kneeling, and Qing Ru only had a look of disappointment on his face, "Mom, do you really want to blame this charge on your son?"
Is it because my son is in jail or if he is in jail by himself? Mrs. Zhang's shriveled lips trembled twice, and finally lowered her head and did not dare to look at the prefect Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang had a sharp-eyed eye. She had long seen that Chen Xuezheng was going to attack Master Zhang, so when he took a concubine, Li'er would definitely not be an official. If he didn't become an official, he might as well go to jail. Her body would not be able to withstand the jail disaster. Moreover, Li'er was the most filial, and she was the old lady who gave birth to him and raised him. Can't he go to jail for him?
Governor Wang quickly returned to the court with the file, but his expression was a little weird, but no one noticed others' small official Weibo account.
Qian Tongzhi took the file without saying a word and quickly read it. According to Lord Chen, the document for taking concubines was before Huang Li and Li, which was in March.
"Huh?" Qian Tongzhi looked closely and was stunned. He couldn't help but rub his eyes. How could this be possible?
"Who handles Qian Tongzhi's documents on taking concubines? I have to review them personally!" Chen Xuezheng asked coldly, "Ask a concubine can be a ruling ceremony."
Qian Tongzhi raised his head and glanced at Chen Xuezheng, who was full of power in his eyes, and replied in a stern manner: "Sir, the official has just checked the file. There is indeed Huang Li's concubine document, but the one who took Huang Li as his concubine is not Lord Zhang, but Chai Yi, a native of Nanxuan."
"What?" A scream sounded, Chen Xuezheng's expression changed suddenly, he walked over quickly, snatched the file from Qian Tongzhi's hand, and he was furious when he saw it.
As if he had thought of something, Chen Xuezheng opened the concubine's document on the case again. He had not looked at it carefully before. When he looked at it again, Chen Xuezheng suddenly threw the document in his hand on the ground.
After all, in the court, I can’t say anything extra. Chen Xuezheng squeezed out his words from his teeth, “Mr. Zhang is the first time he is in the chess game, I admire him!”
Then, without waiting for the prefect Zhang to speak, Chen Xuezheng walked out of the yamen. If he stayed, he would really bring shame to himself.
Qian Tongzhi bent down and picked up the concubine's document on the ground. He finally smiled relaxedly on his wrinkled old face, "Huang, you made a mistake. This concubine's document is written clearly and clearly. You are Chai Yi's concubine now. Why did you slander Lord Zhang in a confused way and make such a big joke."
"This is impossible!" Huang Li screamed again and got up from the ground. She probably knelt for too long, and her body stumbled in front of Qian Tongzhi, snatched the concubine's document and took a look.
When Huang Li saw Chai Yi's name, she widened her eyes in shock, "Impossible! I am obviously the concubine of Prefect Zhang!"
Although Huang Li had an ambiguous relationship with Chai Yi before, she was just enjoying Chai Yi's gentleness. How could she marry the poor Chai Yi? It would be better not to be together. After all, the third young master of Ming was famous and elegant and handsome. Chai Yi was not only a good face, but was just a poor scholar.
Seeing that Huang Li was still trying to tear up the documents of taking concubines, Qian Tongzhi hurriedly avoided and signaled the constable to arrest Huang Li.
The people of the entire Nanxuan Mansion watched a lively drama. After a long time of doing it, it turned out that this matter had nothing to do with Prefect Zhang. Then he thought about it and it was right. Prefect Zhang didn't know that he had taken a concubine, so he naturally had never seen the documentary for taking a concubine, so he didn't know that Chai Yi was the one who took a concubine, not him.
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Shangsi County.
"There is a fish in the north, whose name is Kun. Kun is so big that it is thousands of miles away. It turns into a bird, which is called Peng. Peng is so thousands of miles away." The clear and clear reading sound came from the study room, and was then interrupted by the sound of speaking.
Zhan Feiyu looked out the window and couldn't help but be surprised, "Three Young Master?"
The one with a beautiful body in the yard was the third young master Ming, wearing a white wide-sleeved robe, waving a folding fan in one hand, and holding a real celebrity.
"Little Fish, and I." Qi Heng's little fat man jumped up hard, grinning at Zhan Feiyu on the other side of the window, "I came with my uncle."
The folding fan in his hand clicked and closed it. Ming Sanxu pointed at Zhan Feiyu and said angrily: "The little girl is so familiar with her. What is the third young master? The little student Ming Maoze, whose name is Yahou, come on, call her Brother Yahou."
"No! Then I'm a generation shorter than Xiaoyu?" Qi Heng shouted in protest.
Ming San burst into laughter and rubbed Qi Heng's little head with disgust, "The master is the teacher! The little girl's house is the leader of the case. You are just sixth. You are the name of a teacher. Is there anything wrong with you a shorter generation?"
"Me?" Even though I knew that the uncle was laughing at him, I couldn't say anything to refute. Qi Heng was so angry that he was puffer fish's face and raised his neck, "I don't care, Xiaoyu and I are both peers in the same year."
Zhan Feiyu greeted Ming San Gongzi and Qi Heng into the study, while He Nuan went down to prepare tea and snacks for guests.
Qi Heng looked at the elegant and quiet study, "Xiaoyu, are you studying "Zhuangzi" now?"
"I am a little talented in poetry, so I can only read more classics." Zhan Feiyu estimated that the entire Nanxuan Mansion knew that he was good at mathematics and was not good at poetry. "The inner chapters of "Zhuangzi" were clear about the rational version, the outer chapters were about his deeds, and the mixed chapters were clear about the directors. The articles were fantastic, the conceptions were clever, and the rhetoric was magnificent, and the rhetoric was magnificent. They were a model work of the articles of the pre-Qin philosophers."
"Govern by doing nothing, the unity of man and nature. This is the essence of "Zhuangzi"." Ming San looked at Zhan Feiyu and Qi Heng, and shook his head with disappointment. "You little boys who are active and fame and fortune like you can only get the form of the book, not the intention of reading this book."
The despised Zhan Feiyu raised his eyebrows, "I don't know whether the essence is or not. At least I have understood the essence of Xiaoyaoyou."
Ming San became interested. He spent more than a year studying "Zhuangzi". Unfortunately, the scholars in Nanxuan Mansion all went to the imperial examinations, and they all read the "Four Books and Five Classics". Although they were involved in various schools of thought, they were not proficient.
Pulling over the chair and sitting down, Ming San smiled and said, "Come and tell me what your opinions are."
Seeing this, Qi Heng hurriedly sat aside and prepared to listen. Is the uncle going to argue with Xiaoyu? Haha, the classmates in the academy must be both envious and jealous when they found out.
He Nuan put the tea and pastries on the table, and then moved slightly out of the study.
He looked at Ming San, who was holding a tea cup and drinking tea leisurely. Zhan Feiyu held a book in one hand and held the other behind him, holding a classic posture of a scholar reading, "There is a fish in Beiming, and its name is Kun. Kun is so big that it cannot be stewed in a pot."
Cough cough... A violent cough sounded, and Ming San sprayed out a mouthful of tea, and Qi Heng, who was sitting opposite him, was poured on his face without any time to react.
Walking to the safe area, Zhan Feiyu shook his head and continued to chant: "It turns into a bird, and its name is Peng. Peng is so big that it needs two barbecue grills, one sweet and sour, and the other slightly spicy."
The hilarious rumbling sounded again. Ming San didn't care about the reputation of a crazy famous scholar. He wiped the tea stains from the corner of his mouth with one hand, and pointed at Zhan Feiyu who was pretending to be, and smiled and leaned back and forth, "You dare to say something to Master Gu, Ming San admires you."
"I will definitely say something when I see the teacher." Zhan Feiyu also laughed, looked at Qi Heng, who was dripping with tea on his cheeks sympathetically, and shouted to the outside of the door, "A Nuan, please send cloth towels and warm water in."
"Uncle Master!" Qi Heng, who was embarrassed, stared at Ming San who was slapped at the table with a chuckle, silently repeating the essence of Xiaoyaoyou, but he also burst out laughing.
"You silly boy who knows it later." Ming San looked at Qi Heng who was half a beat slower, and then looked at the serious Zhan Feiyu angrily. "My father and brother both said that you are calm and should let them see your uncontrollable appearance."
"I'm still a child." Zhan Feiyu grinned and raised his eyebrows, "Do you want me to say a few more words?"
"You say!" As soon as Qi Heng said this, Qi Heng, who had just wiped his face clean, quickly moved the chair to the side, fearing that he would be sprayed with tea on his face again.
Zhan Feiyu's round eyes were full of smiles, "Do you know the Sixi Child Prodigy?"
"I have been drought for a long time and I have a sweet rain, and I meet an old friend in a foreign land. I have a wedding night and I am on the golden list when I get a title." Qi Heng answered immediately.
He didn't know the other three joys, but Qi Heng knew the joy of the title of the Golden List. Although his father was only ranked sixth in the house, his always taciturn father's eyes turned red. The frustration of being bullied by the legitimate branch over the years seemed to have dispersed.
"Three Young Master, can you tell how the four joys turn into four sorrows?" Zhan Feiyu smiled and threw a problem.
The four great mercy that Ming San knew: the widow and her son cried, and the general was captured by the enemy. He lost his kindness to the palace maid and lost his title. Of course, there is another saying: he lost his mother at a young age, lost his father at a young age, lost his wife at a middle age, and lost his son at an old age.
But if you can't stew it in a pot for Zhan Feiyu, Ming San knew that the answer would not be so simple, "Let's talk about it."
"A long drought is a rain, a drop; meet an old friend in a foreign land, a creditor; the wedding chamber turns into a candle, next door; the title is the same as the title of the gold list." Zhan Feiyu finished speaking, Qi Heng couldn't help laughing, how could he be as arrogant as he first met at Qingya Academy.
Ming San, who was amused, rubbed his sore cheeks and pointed at Zhan Feiyu and shook his head, "It's really time for the scholars in Nanxuan Mansion to see your cramped appearance. Little girl, you don't look like the head of the case. This crazy name should be replaced."
"Don't, I still need the imperial examination." Zhan Feiyu's eyes rolled and he said again, "How much sorrow can you have? The third young master paired with one pair of the second couplet."
"Don't, just say it." Seeing Zhan Feiyu's bad appearance, Ming Sangan gave in and gave in.
"Then I'll tell you." Zhan Feiyu stood beside him, fearing that Ming San would beat someone up in a while, "I'll ask you how much sorrow you can have? It's like a group of eunuchs going up to a brothel."
Qi Heng still looked confused. Ming San, the romantic and crazy person who often calls his friends to go to brothels, laughed again at this moment, but looking at Zhan Feiyu with a blushing face and white teeth, his white and tender little face, his laughter stopped abruptly, and then he chased Zhan Feiyu and wanted to beat him up.
"Little girl, tell me honestly, who did you learn from?" Ming San, who finally looked like a strict teacher, roared angrily. This girl is only nine years old. She even knows the brothel, and she also knows that the eunuch goes to the brothel!
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To be continued...