"Shopkeeper, here's a pound of beef, a pot of wine, and ten steamed buns," the energetic voice resounded throughout the restaurant.
Zhu Ruofeng took a closer look and saw that it was the beggar who came before, leading the "magic dog". He was really rich and courageous. The beggar had earned enough money and was no longer as humble as a talented person.
"Poor, pathetic," Wang Bingzhen sighed.
"Although this man is begging, he has gained a lot. Why does the prince say he is pitiful?" Zhu Ruofeng asked puzzledly.
"I'm talking about that 'divine dog'. Haven't Mr. Huang ever heard of harvesting and harvesting? That 'divine dog' was made from living creatures." Wang Bingzhen's eyes showed sympathy.
"What!" Everyone's expression changed.
"Collecting, cutting, and cutting" first appeared in the Song Dynasty. It was a barbaric superstitious activity of using living human organs for sacrifice. Later, it came to mean: "taking the ears, eyes, internal organs, etc. of a living person and cutting off its limbs."
This kind of criminal method, which is outraged by both humans and gods, has been severely punished in all dynasties. The "Da Ming Code" stipulates: "Anyone who harvests raw materials and mutilates people will be executed without delay, and his property will be cut off and paid to the family of the deceased. Even if the wife, children and family members do not know about it,
They flowed two thousand miles side by side and were resettled, and they were killed by the followers."
"Turning living people into dogs, there is such a tragedy in the world!" Zhu Ruofeng said to himself, unable to believe it.
"If Mr. Huang doesn't believe it, you can send someone to follow the beggar. When he goes out, ask the man and his dog to find out," Wang Bingzhen said.
Zhu Ruofeng nodded and ordered Mei Tao to follow the beggar. The others still stayed in the restaurant, looking at the table full of fine wine and delicacies, but they all lost their appetite.
After a while, Mei Tao returned and said, "Sir, Na Hua Zi actually has a small house in the back street. He tied up the magical dog, fed and drank it, put on a new set of clothes, and went to visit the brothel in a big way." "Let's go and have a look with this young master," Zhu Ruofeng shouted and took Wang Wan, Mei Tao, and Luo Biao to the courtyard where the beggar lived.
Sure enough, I saw that the "magic dog" was tied to a pillar in the courtyard. When he saw them approaching, he didn't panic or pounce. He just sat there quietly and looked at them blankly.
"Are you a human or a dog?" Zhu Ruofeng asked, his voice trembling a little. His father has been his pride all these years. He couldn't believe that in the peaceful and prosperous era under the rule of his wise and powerful father, there were people who were tortured into dogs.
The ugly things exist.
After the dog heard this and saw that the beggar was not there, he shed tears instantly, made rapid gestures with his paws, and barked, as if he had something to say urgently. Unfortunately, he was made mute.
Speechless.
Mei Tao quickly got a pen and paper and handed it over.
The dog was swiping, and a shocking tragedy was coming!
It turns out that this is not a "magic dog" at all, but a person, a person with a name!
This man's name is Lin Yuan, and he lives in Tangyin County, Zhangde Prefecture, Henan Province. He has been smart since he was a child and can read poetry and books. He was playing on the street one day. He didn't want to be noticed by this evil beggar, so he used candy to trick him into a den.
They forcibly tied him up and gave him a mute medicine. From then on, he could no longer speak. When he was in a hurry, he could only make a hoarse sound.
The evil beggar and his accomplices beat and scolded him every day, and ordered him to practice calligraphy and memorize Tang poetry. If he slacked off even a little bit, he would be beaten severely.
Soon, a tragic thing happened. That day, a group of evil beggars stripped Lin Yuan naked from top to bottom and tied him tightly. Then, a big black dog was brought in from outside. The dog was half as long as
He was tall, but I don’t know what happened to him. He was lying half dead.
Before he understood what was going on, he felt a sharp pain in his back. When he turned around, he saw that the evil beggar was pricking him with a needle, one needle after another, causing him to bleed drippingly and he fainted. But the other gangsters
Then he started to slaughter the big black dog, peeled off the entire dog skin completely, and wrapped the dog skin around him while it was still hot!
When he woke up, he felt unbearable pain all over his body. The dog's skin was tightly attached to his body, like a sweater stuck to his skin. Even his face was tightly wrapped in the dog's skin, which was as furry as a human head.
It looks like a dog's head and can't be taken off no matter how hard you take it off.
A good young man becomes no longer a human being and a dog no longer a dog.
"It tells you that your fortune is good. If Master Beggar uses this method to create a human dog, nine out of ten people will die. I didn't expect you to be alive. From now on, be a good dog for Master Beggar and earn money, otherwise I will kill your little one."
Fate! Hahaha!" Lin Yuan still clearly remembers the evil beggar's wild laughter.
After that, the evil beggar took him around various places, defrauding money, and then came to this Tao's shop and settled down.
As he wrote this, Lin Yuan pointed to his mouth where he could not speak, and burst into tears silently.
In a peaceful world, such evil things really do exist! After reading Lin Yuan's written experience, Zhu Ruofeng was heartbroken and wanted to catch the evil beggar and send him to the government.
It just so happened that the evil beggar came back from visiting the brothel. In this era, brothels and brothels were not the same concept, but the most direct and low-level places. They were often located in a broken thatched house, and the transaction cost was only a few pennies.
It’s just a few kilograms of rice, so the time is very short, and guests are rarely allowed to stay overnight.
"Hit me hard, until I die." Zhu Ruofeng's chivalrous spirit kicked in, and he took the lead and gave the evil beggar an old punch. Mei Tao and Luo Biao also took action, and even the always gentle Wang Wan
Kicked a few times.
Although the evil beggar was evil, he could not resist being beaten violently by others, and he was soon beaten to death.
"Let's go, take this guy to the Yamen," Zhu Ruofeng shouted.
Along the way, Mei Tao loudly announced to the people around him the tragic events of humans and dogs. Many indignant people, out of righteous indignation, cursed the evil beggar and rushed to the Yamen with them. At this moment, Zhu Ruofeng felt that he was very much like "Water Margin"
The hero who upholds justice for heaven in "The Biography".
After all, there is still justice in this world!
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Although Taojiadian is the richest commercial port in Kaifeng, it was just a village at the beginning. Although it became prosperous later, the Lijia system was still used in its organizational structure. The so-called Yamen was just a Shenming Pavilion in the countryside.
However, because it was an important commercial port, Kaifeng Prefecture officials also set up a police station near Shenming Pavilion, stationed with a chief police officer, two official police officers, and more than a dozen handymen.
In the Ming Dynasty, villages were set up with lijia. Natural villages were used as units, with 110 households in one li. There were ten jias in one li, and ten households in each jia. In each li, ten people with more Dingliang were elected as lijia, and each person took turns to serve for one year.
, a cycle of ten years. Each household takes turns to be the head of the household for one year in ten years.
The corresponding organizations in the city are called "fang", and the corresponding organizations in the suburbs are called "xiang".
Lijiafangxiang was a very high-level administrative agency in the Ming Dynasty. The people inside were not officials, not even officials, and could only be regarded as semi-public officials. However, they held the basic power at the grassroots level.
For example, the manager of Tao's store has the power to manage and control the residents in the store, inspect and supervise production, mediate civil lawsuits and minor crimes in the store, and collect money and grain. He is already a very important figure in the eyes of the villagers.<
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At first, the elders who presided over the civil trials and minor criminal cases in the township were not necessarily the district chiefs, but were elected by the villagers and appointed by the state and county governments. Later, for the sake of convenience, most townships,
The district chief presided over the trial of cases in Shenmyeongjeong Pavilion and promoted good deeds in Jeongseonjeong Pavilion.
"Sir, Shen Mingting has arrived," a local told Zhu Ruofeng.
Zhu Ruofeng took a look and saw that there was only a countryman standing listlessly by the pavilion, so he winked at Mei Tao.
Mei Tao understood, walked over and shouted: "Calling Mr. Li over quickly, there is a big case in Tao's store!"