Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

知州

The Zhizhou Prefecture was located in the southeast of Dazhi Dynasty. There were eight counties under the jurisdiction of the Zhizhou Prefecture, among which Heyang County was under the jurisdiction of the Zhizhou Prefecture.

After all, this is the provincial capital, much more prosperous than Heyang County, and the wide streets are much more spacious than those in Heyang County.

Compared with the stone roads in Heyang County, the roads in the provincial capital are all paved with bluestone slabs, which look neat and hygienic.

There are yellow boundary lines drawn on the ground on both sides of the street, and the uniform yellow lines separate each grid.

Each grid represents a stall. The vendors place their goods in an orderly manner, and the items in each stall do not exceed the yellow line.

In the past, vendors would put out more and more stuff, causing the streets to become crowded and narrow. The new official, Sanbao, set rules since he took office as the new prefect.

People drew yellow boundaries on both sides of the street to divide stalls of equal size. Each stall was rented out and charged per stall.

No matter what goods you sell, you cannot go beyond the yellow boundary. If one stall is not enough, you can rent two, but the goods you sell for free cannot go beyond the yellow boundary.

Once this rule was implemented, some people were happy while others were sad. In the past, whoever occupied a spot first could set up a stall, and the space available was limited.

Some are unreasonable and take up space for themselves and won't let others put their things there. If others put their things there, they will even knock over your things.

The vendors who were always bullied by others were now very happy and kept praising the new governor for truly caring about the people.

In the past, they were always bullied by those unreasonable street bullies. They were suppressed and dared not speak out.

Now it's better, there are dedicated people to manage it, and the boundaries are drawn. In addition, the prefect will send people to inspect from time to time, and if they find any problems, they will order them to correct them.

The first time you do it you will be given a verbal warning, the second time you will be fined, and the third time you do it you will not be allowed to set up a stall here.

In the beginning there were always people who challenged authority and didn’t take it seriously. But when it was actually implemented and they weren’t allowed to set up stalls, some people got scared. From then on everyone behaved themselves and didn’t dare to cross the yellow line even a step.

Since then, the streets have become much tidier, and everyone follows the rules and no one dares to act recklessly. All this is thanks to Xu Mingchang, the prefectural governor.

The prefectural government office is located in the center of South Street. It looks grand and imposing, with high walls, a spacious gate, and two stone lions in front of the gate. It looks much more imposing than the county government office.

Xu Mingchang had just left the court and returned to the backyard. He had just tried a domestic violence case in which the victim was the man's wife.

The man was addicted to alcohol and would beat his wife whenever they disagreed with him. Unable to endure the long-term domestic violence, his wife chose to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

This would have been left unresolved in the past, because in a patriarchal society, women had no status, and many men treated their wives with scolding at best and beating at worst, so most women lived a life of submission.

But Xu Mingchang was a modern man, and he happened to encounter this incident, and he happened to pass by and saved the woman's life. Later, he learned about this incident after asking.

This also gave Xu Mingchang the idea of ​​killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, so he arrested the man of the house. Originally, the lady had been defending her husband, thinking that it was all her fault.

I didn't expect that the man would beat his wife in front of the prefect. This is intolerable.

Originally, Xu Mingchang thought that if the man repented, they would live a good life together. Unexpectedly, when the man learned that the woman had committed suicide by jumping into the river, he started to curse and kept asking her why she was not dead yet!

The first time, Xu Mingqiang endured it, but he didn't expect that the man would go further and beat his wife in front of him in court.

This time, Xu Mingchang couldn't bear it anymore, and beat him with 20 sticks. He also said that he would convict him and throw him into jail. Unexpectedly, his wife actually defended him and pleaded for him with tears in her eyes.

It is true that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person. In ancient times, women had no status and had to rely on men to live. Even if many women had a hard time living in their husband's family, they had to swallow their anger.

In the end, there was no other choice. Considering that if this man was arrested, the family would lose its source of income, and his wife pleaded for him, they released him after giving him 20 beatings.

Prefect Xu gave a stern warning and said that he would send bailiffs to check from time to time. If it happened again, he would be thrown into jail directly without any negotiation.

The man was beaten with 20 big boards, and he was in so much pain that he grimaced and broke out in a cold sweat. He dared not say no and kept agreeing. Finally, he passed away with the support of his wife.

"What the hell!" Prefect Xu, holding his black hat, walked into the backyard with an angry face.

Seeing her husband's angry face, Dong hurriedly came forward and said, "What's wrong, sir? Who made you angry?" After that, she took the black gauze hat and placed it on the table, then helped Xu Fuyun take off his official uniform and put on casual clothes.

After taking off his official uniform, Xu Mingchang felt much more relaxed. He sat in a rocking chair and began to chatter to the director: "Tell me, I just tried a case today. This woman was beaten by her husband for a long time. She couldn't bear it and jumped into the river to commit suicide. Fortunately, I saved her.

I wanted to arrest this man and punish him, but I didn't expect his wife to beg him for mercy. Isn't that infuriating?"

It turned out that her husband was angry about this matter. Mrs. Dong suddenly realized that her husband was a good official and an honest official. She knew this.

But as the saying goes, even a fair judge cannot judge family affairs. This man is the pillar of the family. If he is arrested, it would be like the sky falling down in the family.

Besides, women are more soft-hearted, and most of them are willing to compromise. In this era, women have no status. After getting married, their husbands are their heaven. They dare not go west if they are allowed to go east.

Because once you disobey, you will most likely be sent back to your parents' home. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and there is no place for her in her parents' home, so some women endure it no matter how hard or tired they are.

"Ugh!"

After hearing what Dong said, Xu Mingchang sighed. It was indeed so. Thinking back to the time when Madam Shen's daughter Erya was beaten almost to death by her husband Liu Neng.

If Madam Shen had arrived a step later, he might have been buried long ago. Fortunately, Madam Shen and her companions arrived at the last moment and saved his life.

Later, with the intervention of Madam Shen, she paid off Liu Neng's debts and they were able to divorce.

There are many miserable women like Erya, but many people are not so lucky as to have a mother to support them.

A married woman is like a duckweed without roots. If her husband is not nice to her, life will be a torment.

"By the way, is Linglong awake?"

Suddenly, Xu Mingchang thought of his little granddaughter, who is now more than 5 months old. She is fair, tender, smart and cute, so he named her Linglong.

The little granddaughter was very close to him. Every time she saw him, she would reach out for him to hug her and even liked to pull his beard with her hands, which often made Dong burst into laughter.

Speaking of her granddaughter, Mrs. Dong smiled and narrowed her eyes: "The older this baby gets, the less she likes to take a nap. I wanted to let her rest for a while, so I asked the nanny to take her to the back garden to play, and Feng Er followed her."

Xu Mingchang nodded. He was very satisfied that Dong did not dislike Mo Ru just because she gave birth to a daughter.

In ancient times, men were valued more than women, but he was a modern man and did not have such thoughts. He was surprised that his wife was so open-minded.