Chivalrous Song Dynasty

Bai Sheng didn't say the rest, so he couldn't say "You guys will kill yourself when I die, right?"After all, these two women are not his Bai Sheng's women, and he has no right to ask them to keep their chastity.

Bai Sheng's words deeply moved Li Yan and Li Yan. The two girls burst into tears at the same time, hugged Bai Sheng's arms from left to right, and said in unison: "I will die with you."

In just a moment, the team of horses behind had already caught up to him. The dozens of horses in the lead did not stop, and rushed out for half a mile past Bai Sheng and the other three. Surrounded by three people and two riders.

Under the light of the fire, a man and a horse first bullied Bai Sheng and the other three, and immediately sat a man with a face like a jujube, a long beard fluttering in the wind, wearing armor, and holding a long-handled sword with numbers engraved on the sword. A raptor, looks extremely ferocious, Bai Sheng knows, this person is Zhu Ting, the handsome bearded man, exactly like the actor in the TV series.

"Brothers, kill this man, and bring the woman back to my elder brother to deal with." Zhu Dian raised his sword and ordered, as if he knew that Bai Sheng had already been captured, and he didn't think about the latter's resistance at all, but the order was not given in full. But suddenly changed his tone: "Huh? Why is it you? Aren't you Bai Sheng?"

Bai Sheng was overjoyed when he heard the words. Hearing the voice, is this Zhu Dian an acquaintance?Although there is no memory of how he knew Zhu Dian in the past, it is always right for the other party to know him!Maybe he won't die now, he clasped his fists hastily, and said in Zhu's voice: "Brother Zhu, it's me, why did you bring so many people to chase me?"

"Stop!" Zhu Tong waved his sword, pointing at Bai Sheng's face with a strong murderous look, "Don't rush to call him a brother! I know you because when you committed a crime and went to jail, someone gave you money. Zhu and you But there is no friendship! You are just a rascal in Anle Village, and Zhu's brothers are all good men, how can there be such a thing as you?"

Bai Sheng couldn't help being embarrassed, and thought that they knew each other like this, and it turned out to be the relationship between the prisoner and the policeman. Of course, this is not a friend!But as the saying goes, you don't hit people in the face when you hit them, and you don't expose your mistakes when you scold them. You actually called me a rascal in front of a girl. I will settle the debt with you sooner or later!At the moment, I have greeted all eighteen generations of Zhu Dian's ancestors in my heart. What's so great about you Zhu Dian?Isn't it just growing a beard like Guan Yu?

But at this moment, he couldn't take his self-esteem into consideration. Zhu Dian didn't catch up with him to reminisce about the old days. When he was about to explain, he heard Zhu Dian say: "But since you called me Brother Zhu, I would kill you again." Being ridiculed by friends in the rivers and lakes, how about this, you go back to the county government with me, and let the magistrate tell you what to do. It is said that if you beat my third brother Song like that, it is not too much to die a hundred times, but you can't die by my hands superior."

Bai Sheng didn't quite understand why Zhu Tong was lenient to him, and he was very puzzled. He was put in prison, and if he wanted to spend money to run things up and down, he had to have someone working outside the prison. Who would get it? What about yourself?

Although his life was saved, if he was arrested and brought back to the Yuncheng County Government just like that, he would be punished for the death penalty and live.But what else?Judging by Zhu Ting's military strength, even a master like Optimus Prime and Ren Yuan can only end up being captured. With these two brushes, he can beat Song Jiang who is drunk. As for resisting arrest, don't even think about it. think.

Chapter 15

When the sky was bright, the three of Bai Sheng were escorted back to the Yuncheng county government by Zhu Dian's soldiers. Waiting for the county magistrate to ascend to the court for a ruling, but they are not allowed to move around at will, and twenty soldiers are sent to assist the yamen guards to prevent escape.

Seeing the sun rising higher and higher outside the court, Bai Sheng felt like sitting on pins and needles, his heart was boiling like soup, and he cursed inwardly, is this county magistrate so particular about nine to five when he is promoted?I don't know what crime I will convict myself, will it be the death penalty?Or come to a stabbing army and exile for thousands of miles?He didn't have any research on the laws of the Song Dynasty, but he was certain that the matter between him and Yan Poxi would not be cleared up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

"Don't be afraid, I'll defend you later, it won't be a big deal." Li Qingzhao gently held Bai Sheng's hand, stared into Bai Sheng's eyes and whispered.During the previous escape, she had already learned the outline of the matter from Bai Sheng and Yan Poxi.

Yan Poxi took Bai Sheng's other hand and said: "What my sister said is that even if we are really convicted of adultery, at most we will be punished in court, or a year and a half in vain." At this time, Yan Poxi already knew It revealed the true relationship between Bai Sheng and Li Qingzhao, so he followed Bai Sheng and called Li Qingzhao his sister.

"A year and a half?" Bai Sheng was surprised and couldn't believe his ears. He just beat him up and sentenced him to another year and a half in prison?It can't be so light, can it?In ancient times, when dealing with intercourse between men and women, didn't the adulterer be put to death, and the adulterer be immersed in a pig cage?If it is really so light, then whoever wants to fuck can fuck?

Li Qingzhao was well-read and talented, so it was impossible for him not to understand the law, so he immediately explained the law of the dynasty to Bai Sheng, which made Bai Shengmao enlightened.

It turns out that in ancient China, adultery was always classified as a crime, but the degree of punishment was different. In the era before Tang and Song Dynasties, the law sanctioned adultery very severely, basically a capital crime, or even more serious than a capital crime. However, starting from the Tang Dynasty, the government began to reduce the punishment for the crime of adultery, and the Song Dynasty was the lightest. The emphasis was on "don't sue relatives, don't investigate officials", which means that the right to assert this matter is in the hands of the husband. Here, if the husband does not sue, the adulterer and the adulterer will have nothing to do. If the husband sues, the criminal will be punished with a buttock or spinal cane, and he will be released in court after the cane, or he will be sentenced to one year in prison if he is not beaten. year and a half.

Li Qingzhao also said that in the law of the current dynasty, the restrictions on officials were stricter, and the emphasis was on doubling the crime.

After hearing this, Bai Sheng was relieved, and thought to himself: No wonder such incidents in "Water Margin" are endless. It turns out that the law is too light to be feared.

Seeing Bai Sheng's relaxed expression, Yan Poxi put on a worried face again, and said, "Don't be happy, now I'm only worried that you beat Song Jiang too hard, and this crime is fatal."

"Where is the person? Where is the person?" A rough voice sounded familiar from outside the courtroom. Bai Sheng turned his head and saw a rough man striding in from the outside, but it was a tiger with wings Lei Heng's heart trembled, and he stood up hastily.

When Bai Sheng saw Lei Heng, Lei Heng also saw Bai Sheng and the other three sitting in the hall, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "My third brother was beaten so badly by this fight, how can you allow this fellow to stay here so long? Why? Didn't teach him a lesson?"

Seeing Lei Heng go crazy, all the soldiers in the hall dared not make a sound.Lei Heng had already come behind Bai Sheng, and cursed: "You bastard, how dare you hit my third brother, see if I don't hit your shit today!" After saying that, he grabbed Bai Sheng's collar with one hand, and was about to start the fight .

"Brother, stop! You can't beat him!" Zhu Dian's voice sounded outside the hall, but Lei Heng didn't let go, he just turned his head to look behind him, and asked, "This person is just a troublemaker in Anle Village, why can't he beat him?"

Zhu Tong walked in quickly, grabbed Lei Heng's arm, forced Lei Heng to loosen Bai Sheng's collar, then pulled the latter to a corner of the courtroom, and said in a low voice, "Do you know that Bai Sheng has a friend?" Brother is called Shi Qian?"

Lei Heng was puzzled and asked back: "I know, isn't it the Drum Flea who is known as the world's number one thief? A few days ago I suspected that he stole the third brother's things and went to Anle Village to catch him, but he ran away. Since Si Qian is Shi Qian's brother, we must fight even more!"

Zhu Ting shook his head again and again and said: "Confused, brother! Have you forgotten who our county magistrate is? Where is our ancestral home?"

"Shi Wenbin, what's the matter? Could it be?" Lei Heng's voice also softened.

"Hehe, do you understand? Where do the villages in our Yuncheng County have surnames? Our county magistrate was originally from Gaotang Prefecture, and he was not a local at that time. What if he is a relative? If you and I beat him to death If you beat him to death, wouldn't you be hitting the county magistrate in the face?"

"Isn't it? You can tell that they are related just by their surnames?"

"Of course not. Last year, Bai Sheng committed a crime and was arrested and imprisoned by me. Later, he moved to the county government to manage it. He was very accommodating and easily fished Bai Sheng out. At that time, I I was thinking, without the approval of the county magistrate, how could he have done so smoothly?"

"Why didn't I know about this? You never told me. And why didn't you take care of me at that time?"

"Hey, such small things happen every day. Why do I tell you? Besides, you led your troops to lie in wait for a few days at the entrance of Li's house, and you were not in the county government office. Have you forgotten?"

"Oh, it turned out to be what happened during that time period." Lei Hengruo realized something, "You mean, he beat our third brother and slept with the third brother's woman, so we still have to curry favor with him?"

"That's not true, do we brothers need to curry favor with anyone? What I mean is, we should save face for the magistrate. We just report the case. As for how to deal with it, it's up to the magistrate himself."

The two were whispering in the corner of the courtroom, their voices fluctuating, but Bai Sheng heard every single word in his ears. He said to himself the real reason why he was spared, and immediately made up his mind to wait for the county magistrate to be promoted. Tang Shi must mention Shi Qian, maybe it will really work, and I can't help but feel a little proud when I think of it. When I look at the two daughters of Yan and Li, I feel that the two daughters didn't seem to have heard the conversation between Zhu Dian and Lei Heng. He was only nervously watching the actions of everyone in the hall.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a voice in the back hall shouting hoarsely: "Master Zhixian is here!"

Then there was a clear voice dragging: "Shengtang"

The atmosphere in the entire courtroom suddenly became solemn, and the yamen servants on both sides stood up with their water and fire sticks in front of them, and then shouted in unison: "Mighty!"

Seeing this, Bai Sheng turned to look behind the hall, Li Qingzhao and Yan Poxi also turned around, only Yan Poxi bent her knees, knelt down, pulled Bai Sheng hard with one hand, and said urgently: "Kneel down quickly!"

An official in his 40s turned out from behind the screen, went to sit behind the table and sat down, glanced down dignifiedly, suddenly stared, picked up the gavel on the table and slapped it, and shouted: "Your Majesty!" Who, why are you so bold, dare not kneel down when you see this official?"

Bai Sheng knew very well the truth that people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and when he was about to kneel down, Li Qingzhao said in a clear voice: "Just because you are a small official the size of a sesame seed and mung bean, can you bear my kneeling? I'm not afraid of breaking you." ?”

Chapter 16 The Second Generation of Authentic Officials

Li Qingzhao's words startled Bai Sheng a lot.This is the county magistrate!How dare you not kneel?Dare to contradict him face to face?Bai Sheng was immediately confused.

While Li Qingzhao was questioning the county magistrate, the hand that was holding Bai Sheng was also exerting force, but the direction of the force was opposite to that of Yan Poxi, and the intention was to make Bai Sheng not have to kneel down.

At this moment, Bai Sheng is not the only one who is messed up in the courtroom, almost everyone is confused. Who is this girl with a face full of makeup?How dare you contradict the Lord Magistrate like this, is this fatal?

Even Shi Wenbin, the county magistrate himself, was in disarray. He had been in charge of Yuncheng for more than five years, and he had never seen such a person under his rule.However, he was quite calm, because just by listening to this woman's tone, he knew that she was not an ordinary person, because he found that this woman was not only sharp in her words, but also full of confidence.

Shi Wenbin could hold his breath, but Zhu Dian and Lei Heng couldn't hold their breath anymore. As both the heads of the horse army and the heads of the infantry, they are equivalent to the commanders of the armed police and the captains of the criminal police in later generations. Secretary of the county party committee?So they shouted at the same time: "Bold!"

"Huh?" Shi Wenbin waved his hand, stopped Zhu Tong Leiheng's follow-up actions, looked at Li Qingzhao and asked, "Who are you? Why don't you make it clear, I want to hear what qualifications you have not to kneel."

Li Qingzhao said: "Listen to me, my husband is Zhao Mingcheng, the son of the former prime minister, is this qualification enough?"

Shi Wenbin was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately stood up. This is the daughter-in-law of a high official in the court. Who is Zhao Mingcheng's father?Others don't know, how can he not know as an official?That is the former right minister Zhao Tingzhi!How could he provoke his daughter-in-law as a county magistrate?

Moreover, he also knew about Zhao Mingcheng, who was also a member of the officialdom. Recently, when he was in contact with his former classmates who were also in the official career, he heard that Zhao Mingcheng was about to go to Laizhou to be the governor of Laizhou. How could he provoke the wife of the governor?

In amazement, the woman in the audience spoke again: "If you think this is not enough, then I can also tell you another identity. My surname is Li and my name is Qingzhao. My father is Li Gefei, a member of the Ministry of Rites. Kneel down, do you dare to bear it?"

Shi Wenbin's hair stood on end from the shock. At first he hesitated, suspecting that this woman was pretending to be a family member of an official, but after hearing Li Gefei's name, his doubts disappeared, and he confirmed Li Qingzhao's identity, and hurried away from behind the table When he came out, he saluted and said, "Your official has blind eyes. I hope Mrs. Zhao will forgive me."

In this era, communication is extremely backward, there is no TV broadcasting and the Internet, except for Qingtian like Bao Zheng who can spread his reputation among the people, ordinary people can only know who the emperor is and who the parents and officials in their hometown are. In addition, it is absolutely impossible to know the names and in-law profiles of other officials in the dynasty.Therefore, Shi Wenbin could confirm that Li Qingzhao's identity was real on the spot, and there was no need to suspect that she was bluffing and deceiving.

Bai Sheng was also dumbfounded. Hearing this, Li Qingzhao himself is the second generation of official officials, and he is the second generation of official officials in Beijing. His status is amazing!If I had known this earlier, why would I have to worry about escorting her to Beijing?I really don't know what Li Qingzhao is thinking, just let the local government send troops to protect her from crossing Liangshan, isn't it over?With the skills of Lei Heng and Zhu Dian, how can Wang Lun's Du Qian, Song Wan and Zhu Gui match up?Isn't this bullshit!

He didn't know that under the laws of the Song Dynasty, most of the relatives of officials were extremely self-disciplined. Although there were many people and things that used power for personal gain, such as Gao Yanei, the adopted son of Gao Qiu, Li Qingzhao was not among them. Li Qingzhao would not reveal his identity completely about Bai Sheng's safety.

Shi Wenbin immediately ordered people to move out the chairs and showed them to Li Qingzhao and the other three. Yan Poxi didn't have to kneel anymore. Since the three of them were together, they had to be tried sitting down even if the case was being tried, regardless of the plaintiff's complaint. What content.