Datang romantic little landlord

Above the lobby, the yamen servants stood on both sides, and Yang Zuan and the county Wei Shengtang took their seats.

Li Wangyou and the elders of the Li clan stood in the hall, seeing the county magistrate was promoted to the hall, Li Wangyou respectfully bowed to Yang Zuan and the county captain.

"I've seen Yang Mingfu and Fang County Captain."

"Mianli, young man of the Li family, why did you go to court with the elders of the Li clan?" Yang Zuan asked puzzled.

Before Li Wangyou opened his mouth, the elders of the Li clan beside him began to complain.

"Yang Mingfu, this young man from the Li family has a grudge because he was kicked out of his family tree, and he conspired with others to deceive the clan and defraud us of 200 taels of gold and a hundred acres of fertile land! Please Yang Mingfu make a clear decision and give my Li clan justice!"

"That's right, this little bastard deceived us with a broken rope, it's really abominable, let Yang Mingfu be the master!"

"In broad daylight, to do such a mediocre thing is a heinous crime!"

Yang Zuan was even more confused when he heard it, and exchanged a glance with Fang Chun, the county lieutenant who was hearing the trial, but was afraid of the gavel: "Su Jing, what's going on? Let me explain in detail."

Only then did the crowd of clan elders who were crying and fighting for land quiet down, and the elder clan leader alone told how he was deceived by the monk today, and how Li Wangyou tricked him into taking a hundred acres of fertile land.

In the end, he presented the colorful rope as evidence, and Li Wangyou also presented the written evidence written to him by the Li clan.

Yang Zuan couldn't help shaking his head when he heard such a ridiculous thing.Even though he had been an official for many years, he couldn't figure out how the monk did all this. He thought he would be deceived if he was there.

"Xiaolang from the Li family, do you know that monk?"

"I don't know you." Li Wangyou said indifferently.

"Nonsense! If you don't know the monk, how do you know the secret of the non-stop burning of the colorful rope?"

"Yang Mingfu must not listen to this kid's nonsense. If he doesn't know the monk, how will he know that the monk is lying?"

"Could it be that you cheated to get a hundred acres of fertile land?" Li Wangyou's words made the elders of the clan clamor again.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Yang Zuan slapped the gavel angrily: "This county is asking questions, no noise!"

After finally getting the clan elders to shut up again, Yang Zhuan continued to ask: "Young man of the Li family, since you don't know the monk, why do you know he is a liar?"

"Reporting to Yang Mingfu, I have already seen the methods used by the monk in the book. It is just to deceive the ignorant. But the monk may not be a liar, but I think he may be a chivalrous man!"

Li Wangyou's answer made the elders of the Li clan make another noise, and Yang Zuan slapped the gavel until it almost shattered before telling them to shut up.

"If there is any more noise, drive them out of the county government office!" Yang Zuan said angrily, and then continued to Li Wangyou: "Young man from the Li family, tell me in detail."

024 Maid Flower Dress

Li Wangyou glanced at several members of the Li family from the corner of his eye, and said loudly: "Back to the Ming Mansion, as far as I know, this monk who claims to be righteous has been sitting on Huxian Street for three days. The previous three days the monk He didn't say a word, just sat quietly and meditated. Today, when he saw the elders of the Li clan, he suddenly opened his mouth, and it was obviously aimed at the Li clan."

Yang Zuan nodded slightly, he did know about the monk.

The monk sat on the street for three days without taking in water or rice, and neither the cold nor the heat invaded. Hu County had already caused a lot of trouble.

Today, Yang Zuan and the head book Liu Xiao went to Li's mansion, and they saw the monk from a distance while riding on horseback. They even said a few words with emotion, saying that he was an eminent monk, but they didn't expect that the Li clan came to report that the monk was a monk. fraud.

"Does Xiaolang know how that monk can go without water or rice for three days, but still be full of energy?" Fang Xianwei asked curiously.

Li Wangyou smiled: "Captain Fang County, did you notice that the monk is wearing an arhat pearl around his neck?"

"That's right, there are Arhat beads." Fang Xianwei nodded and said, recalling the scene of seeing the monk.

"Arhat beads are usually composed of nineteen beads, eighteen beads and one ring bead. But I found that there were only sixteen beads on the monk's neck. I looked carefully at the Arhat beads worn by the monk. Jin Feimu later remembered an ancient book that recorded that monks used ginseng and other medicinal materials to make some kind of pills, the size of walnuts, and eating one can keep you from eating for a day, and you are not afraid of the cold.”

When Li Wangyou said this, he smiled and looked at Yang Zuan: "Mingfu, what can you think of?"

"Three arhat beads are missing? Could it be that the arhat beads hanging around the monk's neck are the pills made from ginseng? He secretly eats one a day, so he can not drink water or rice for three days, and his face is still flushed?" Yang Zuan immediately understood.

"That should be the case." Li Wangyou nodded, and continued: "I don't know if the Ming government has ever thought about why this monk insisted on going after the Li clan? There are many merchants in Hu County, and the Li clan is not counted. What kind of wealthy family is nothing more than a small fortune in Hu County. Since this monk wants to cheat, why doesn't he find someone else to do it?"

"Exactly so, but why?" When Li Wangyou said this, both Yang Zuan and Fang Chun felt that there was something wrong.

Defrauding the Li family was only 200 taels of gold, but Yang Zuan thought in his heart that if other merchants and great merchants encountered such a scam, perhaps the monk's gold thousand taels would really agree.

Li Wangyou contemptuously forgot the elders of the Li clan who were at the side, and sneered: "If I'm not wrong, this monk is here to seek revenge for others."

"Seeking revenge? Why do you say that?" Yang Zuan didn't understand.

On the other hand, the elders of the Li clan turned pale, and ignored Yang Zuan's warning just now, and couldn't help but refute.

"Nonsense, I, Mrs. Li, have always been kind to others, so how can I have any enemies?"

"You are talking nonsense! You are seeking revenge! It is clear that you colluded with that monk to deceive us!"

"Please ask Yang Mingfu to make the decision for us! Don't let people slander our Li family! If there is no explanation for this matter, we will go to the imperial court to file a complaint!"

"Let's talk nonsense! Shu Zi dare!"

There was another commotion in the lobby of the county yamen, and Yang Zuan was so angry that he was almost ready to call the yamen servants to beat these old things out.

After a few angry shouts, the group of elders shut their mouths again. Yang Zuan turned blue and said to Li Wangyou: "Xiao Lang continue talking."

"Yes, because today I saw that the monk set up a scam, but I wondered why the monk chose Li's as the target, so I inquired about it, and finally found out about a scandal about Li."

When he said this, the group of elders wanted to make a noise, but Yang Zuan had been prepared and asked the yamen servant to fork out a noisy clan elder, which shocked the group of elders.

Li Wangyou sneered, and continued: "On the street today, someone among the onlookers suddenly said that Mrs. Li had a life lawsuit some time ago. A little trick, hehe, I got the whole story from him."

Where did he use any small tricks, it was simply to deceive the passerby.He said that he was a member of the county government, and dragged him to see the official if he didn't say anything. Only then did he coax the man to tell him the truth.

But Li Wangyou would not explain this to Yang Zuan in a foolish manner.

"What did you ask? Why doesn't this county know about Li's death lawsuit?" Yang Zuan asked curiously.

"In the old mansion of the Li clan, there is a maidservant named Huashang. I wonder if the old patriarch still remembers it?" Li Wangyou looked at the old patriarch, but saw that the old man's face suddenly turned pale.

"Hmph, it's just an unruly lowly maid who stole money from the mansion and was caught by the old man. Originally, it was only intended to be punished slightly, but who knows that maid can't stand the whip, she deserves to be beaten to death!" the old patriarch argued.

"Hmph, if that's the case, why didn't you report it to the county?" Yang Zuan asked dissatisfied.

According to the provisions of "Laws of the Tang Dynasty Discussing the Laws of Litigation and Litigation": the master beat up the trilogy until the death, and the penalty is one year, and there is no limit to the severity of the crime.Those who kill with reason, plus one class, that is, those who kill with no intention of beating, plus one class, combined for one and a half years.There is a wrongdoer, but death due to punishment and manslaughter are not guilty.

Slaves are like livestock property, they are the private property of the master's family, no different from cattle, horses, pigs and sheep.

If you intentionally kill a servant, you will be sentenced to one year in prison, and the worst case is only one and a half years.But the master has the right to punish the servant who made a mistake, even if he accidentally killed him, he would not have to bear legal responsibility.

But even so, it is necessary to report to the county government to inform the matter.However, the death of Huashang, a maidservant in the family of the head of the Li clan, was obviously deceived by the Li clan.

But even so, Yang Zuan could only reprimand at best.

"I'm afraid it's not stealing money, is it?" Li Wangyou's face became colder. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the most unbearable thing for him was to treat people like livestock.