There are no lids on the rivers, lakes and seas, and there are no restrictions on the purchase of rat medicine. If a person really wants to die, there are many ways to go to hell quietly.

People like Wei Chen, the widow of Wei Yuanwai, chose broad daylight when the streets were bustling. Dressed in full filial piety, they led their young children to the busy Jishan Hall and wanted to hang themselves from a beam in front of the people on the street. It would be strange if he could die like this.

Most of the people are always simple and kind-hearted. Many people rushed over to stop and persuade him, and some asked him why.

Mrs. Wei Chen only covered her face and cried for her late husband. She kept saying that her husband's name was on the monument of merit and deeds. However, she did good deeds but was not rewarded. Her family was wronged, her late husband was forced to death, and her orphans and widowed mother were kicked out. The door of the house is like this.

Jishantang is in the north of the city, and the Wei family is in the south. They are far apart. The women of wealthy and noble families in this world do not appear in public, so no people can recognize which family they are.

Hearing what she said was desolate, it was pitiful to have orphans and widowed mothers wearing sackcloth and filial piety, and good people not being rewarded was a favorite drama among the people. Ordinary people could not help but feel sympathy, and they talked about their relatives, neighbors, or what they had heard. If others are upset, the number of onlookers will increase.

Fucheng was re-divided into districts due to the construction of Shecang. In each district, a member of the Dengzhou Guard Qi Qian was responsible for public security, and specialized soldiers were arranged for daily patrols.

Jishantang is near the Chenghuang Temple, and this area is the focus of patrolling. As soon as the crowd gathered, the patrolmen there quickly rushed over.

In the past, there were two incidents of causing trouble in the grain store and collecting rice from the salary warehouse. These days, the patrols are very strict. Those who are petty thieves on the street and those who use alcohol to make trouble are caught by the patrolmen, and they are all sent to the police according to the seriousness of the crime. Go to the beach to dig sand or build a post road outside the city.

The public security situation in the city suddenly improved, and the people's attitude towards the patrols became respectful and fearful, and they even understood the rule of "not interfering with law enforcement."

Therefore, as soon as they saw the patrols approaching, the onlookers quickly dispersed and just stood watching the excitement from a distance without moving forward to talk to each other.

The Wei and Chen family were still there crying and saying something to incite the masses, but suddenly they saw everyone leaving quickly, so they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

The patrol leader, Xiao Qi, looked at the Wei Chen family up and down, and said with a cold face: "Which family are you a female dependent from? Why are you making such a noise here?"

Wei Chen immediately burst out into a mournful voice, and changed the tune three times, "The women of the people are being wronged..."

Xiao Qi immediately interrupted her and shouted: "Since there is a grievance, why don't you go to the county government office to beat the drum and redress the grievances?"

Mrs. Wei Chen couldn't keep up her crying when he shouted at her. She choked twice and weakly twisted Bai Ling and said: "The injustice of the women is as deep as the sea, and there is really no way to live..."

Xiao Qi lowered his face and said: "If you have a grievance, go straight to redress it. What's the use of wiping your neck and hanging yourself? Besides, if you hang yourself here, what will your son do? Have you ever thought about scaring him?"

Mrs. Wei Chen was choked again. She was just here to cause trouble, so she naturally wanted to drag the child out to gain more sympathy. How could she want to place the child and scare the child after he died?

So when the question came to her head, she really had no words to answer, so she had to hide her face in silence, whimpering and crying.

The little flag looked around at the people, and then asked her again: "I heard that you said that your husband has done good deeds and has a name in this Jishan hall. Doing good deeds and doing good deeds is about cultivating one's own merits, not business transactions. If you do it, you have to get back the profits." Money is coming, but you want to accumulate virtue, but you come here to mess around, what's the point?"

When he said this, many people began to respond to him, "Yes, I haven't heard that if you go to the temple to burn incense and make your wishes, you will hang yourself at the temple gate."

The woman's face turned the color of pig's liver, and she said hurriedly: "No, no, the civilian woman is not here to seek any reward. It's just... she just feels her life experience..." Then she started wailing again, "What's the fate of a civilian woman?"

It has to be so painful..."

The Xiaoqi then said coldly: "Why was your family wronged? Who forced your husband to death? Why didn't you report it to the official?"

Mrs. Wei Chen wanted to pretend that she was crying so much that she couldn't help herself and avoid talking about it.

Pian Na Xiaoqi continued: "You and your son were kicked out, and by whom? Is it your mother-in-law? Is it a relative? If someone has seized your property, you should report it to the county magistrate. The magistrate makes the decision!

If you really died here, wouldn't you have fulfilled the villain's wish?"

Then he said to the people watching on the left and right: "Dear neighbors, who knows that the prefect cares about the people and is most willing to make decisions for the people!"

At this time, when the city was undergoing a new change and the prefect Shen Rui's popularity was rising, the people immediately responded and boasted that Lord Shen was the best official in the world.

Mrs. Wei Chen secretly hated that it was this "good official" who had harmed her family!

But he couldn't answer a word, so he could only continue crying.

The people around her also discovered at this moment that the woman just cried and said that her family was wronged and pitiful, but she did not tell any key information.

Inevitably, the idle guy watching the fun said in a strange tone: "I'm afraid she's just here to cause trouble. Look, she wants to hang herself without even finding a stepping stone. Can she reach the rope?"

The people around her couldn't help laughing when they looked at the woman's petite figure. Most of those who had pityed her before had woken up.

Mrs. Wei Chen was so regretful that her intestines turned green. She had no shame in staying here any longer. She covered her face with her sleeve, pulled her son away and left.

However, the patrolmen could not let her go. They immediately surrounded her and blocked her way.

Mrs. Wei Chen was panicked, so she secretly pinched her son hard. The child was confused and burst into tears. Mrs. Wei Chen immediately cried and said: "What do you mean by these bad guys? I am an orphan and a widowed mother..."

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The little flag had already come over, stood in front of her, and said solemnly: "You have grievances, and we have encountered them, how can you ignore them? If your mother and son died, and there was something wrong, wouldn't it be our fault?"

When there was trouble in the grain store earlier, this little flag also participated in the operation to arrest rogues, so he was very vigilant. He was afraid that if he let this woman go, she would go elsewhere to instigate people to make trouble. Therefore, he had to be arrested before anything else.

Take it away and talk about it later.

"He died without reporting it to the official, and he also took possession of family property. I am afraid that such a big matter must be dealt with by the county government," Xiaoqi said loudly, not intending to send the person to the county government as usual.

He waved his hand and ordered the patrolman beside him: "Go to the nearest horse and carriage shop and borrow a set of cars. Let's allocate some people to escort the mother and son to the government office."

How could Mrs. Wei Chen agree, but she had small feet and was carrying a child, so she couldn't run away even if she wanted to. She refused with various excuses, and the people around her started making noises, calling her a liar, but Xiao Qi was also determined and wouldn't give in.

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Chenghuang Temple and Jishantang were both important stops for carriages and horses. The patrolmen quickly borrowed carriages and horses. Wei Chen couldn't even think about it, so she had to bite the bullet and get on the carriage.

There were people around who were addicted to watching the excitement. When they heard that they were going to the government office, they couldn't help but want to follow him to see the new magistrate's trial.

The little flag refused to obey, and he told the people with a cold face that they were not allowed to watch.

Although everyone only agreed, many people were curious and had some spare money. The public post buses were right next to them and the fares were cheap. When the patrolmen left, some good-hearted people joined in the fun and boarded the post buses.

Even the one who was reluctant to give up two cents and still wanted to watch the excitement followed him from a distance. Anyway, the patrolmen were escorting the woman's carriage on foot, so they couldn't go very fast at all.

The patrolman chased him away twice, but he still didn't chase him away. He thought that when the county government held court hearings, people were not allowed to enter the Yimen to listen. There were also many people outside the government office listening to the news and other news, and they couldn't stop them, so they

So he gave up and let the people in the north of the city follow.

Xiaoqi over there had already sent someone to deliver the letter to the government office.

Shen Rui couldn't help laughing when he heard that sentence was missing a stepping stone.

He had long wondered that in those miscellaneous books and plays, it was often written about people hanging in front of other people's houses. He couldn't carry a stool to his own house to step on. If he moved a stone to step on, would he be able to kick it over? How could he die!

With this thought in mind, he couldn't help but say a few words.

Master Xiao, who was next to him, liked to joke the most, so he said with a smile: "Maybe the door beam is low, or maybe someone who is looking for short-sightedness is good at jumping, I don't know."

Master Chen's stern face couldn't hold back anymore, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, and said helplessly: "Miscellaneous records of unofficial history are not trustworthy." He said hurriedly and seriously: "My boss, this matter is quite fishy. This Xiaoqi is still reckless, isn't it better?

Ask this woman for the petition, check the evidence, and let her go home first..."

Tian Shun, who was on the sidelines, became anxious and said: "Sir, there is no good thing in the Wei family. The two little brats of the Wei family are still pretending to be dead. It just so happens that this woman bumps into the door. Why don't we just take her!"

The Wei family has always been a key target of surveillance. Wang Guangzi took a group of people to Zhaoyuan County to prevent the refugees from disaster. Tian Shun was in charge of the news network in Fucheng.

The Wei family's farmland has almost been checked. Originally, Dengzhou's land boundaries had historical problems of dividing acres. There are quite a few people who convert three acres into one mu (taxation is based on one mu of land). The Wei family's situation is even worse. Many good fields are five or even five acres.

Seven acres are converted into one acre.

There are also many ambiguities, such as the two deeded fields are not adjacent to each other, and the middle field is considered an ownerless land, but it is controlled by the Wei family. Tenants pay rent to the Wei family, and the Wei family only pays rent according to ownership.

The two parcels with a deed are subject to land tax, while the parcel without a deed is tax evasion.

After this clearing, the Wei family's hidden land amounted to a hundred hectares, and the registration was unclear, and the good land was used as bad land to collect taxes. These accounted for 60% of the Wei family's land property.

In terms of tax evasion, with such an amount, half of the property would be confiscated. If Wei Yuanwai did not die, fifty floggings would be enough to kill half of his life.

However, if a member of the Wei Dynasty dies, the corpse cannot be whipped with a stick, but the penalty and confiscation will remain the same, but there is no such thing as the penalty for death.

Normally sensible people would actively go to the Yamen to ask for forgiveness when their backstage collapsed. If they actively cooperated, they might be punished less, or at least leave a way out for the future.

However, the eldest son of the Wei family is not in trouble. He is already a married man and he is not a young boy, but he is pretending to be cowardly because of a family funeral.

Tian Shun naturally looked displeased.

Now that the Wei Chen family is causing trouble, it is indeed a knock on the door. The reason why the Wei Chen family is looking for death and survival is not to play a double act with the two stepsons, but to be kicked out by the stepsons.

When Wei Yuanwai complained that he was ill, he asked his step-sibling Wei Chen to take his young son to live in Puzhao Temple in the name of praying for blessings. It was not long before the couple quietly drove out of the city and headed to Fushan and Ninghai.

Went to the state direction.

As a result, Wei Yuanwai died suddenly before he could run away.

The eldest son of the Wei family did not know about his father's plan, so he sent his servants to the temple to report the news to pick up his stepmother, but nothing happened.

The eldest son and the second son of Wei were both born to the head of the family. There were more than twenty of them, and they were all married and had families. The daughter-in-law could also organize the funeral and send it there, without the Wei Chen family doing anything. Besides, the Wei family was really

No one came to express condolences.

Therefore, Erlang, the eldest son of the Wei family, did not send anyone to find the Wei Chen family at all. Instead, he set up a mourning tent and held the funeral ceremony. Wei Dalang even carried out the funeral ceremony of the Wei Chen family in front of his father's funeral and in front of his clan members as the patriarch.

He and his younger brother Wei Wulang were exterminated. The reason was that the Wei Chen family did not abide by women's ethics and Wei Wulang's bloodline was questionable.

Mrs. Wei Chen probably heard the news on the way and rushed back in a hurry, but she couldn't get into the Wei family's door.

The Wei family is not a big family, and there are few important elders in the family who can come out to "justice." Wei and Chen took their son to the homes of several relatives and friends, but most of them were rejected.

She didn't know who gave her such an idea, so she came to Jishan Hall to make a fuss.

Tian Shun said fiercely: "That woman was married to a matchmaker named Wei, and her stepmother is also a mother. Can this be used to accuse the Wei family of two little brats of being unfilial?"

The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. In the laws of the Ming Dynasty, unfilial piety and rebellion were both listed as one of the ten evils. They were considered extremely heinous. In the past, they were not punished with death, and many were sentenced to life-long labor service.

Master Chen said: "If the woman accuses her stepson of being unfilial and disloyal, Wei Dalang can indeed be punished. How could the woman not know this and not come to accuse her, but choose this time to go to Jishan Hall to cause trouble?

I don’t know what the intentions of the person behind the plan are, but we still need to investigate.”

Tian Shun couldn't say anything, but couldn't help but muttered: "What kind of trouble can she cause? She is just disgusting. The Wei family is not a kind family in the city, and this time they are selling food, even more so."
To be continued...