[Bao Qingtian] Why is peace?

When they entered Laiyang County, the two of them were not in a hurry to find out where the county government was, but like foreigners entering the city, they first inquired about the local folk customs, and then "by the way" inquired about the character of the local parents and officials.

Bai Yutang was handsome in the first place, even if he changed his appearance, his face was more delicate, and he was easy to please.In addition, as long as he wants to, he can also change from being evil, charming and crazy to being good at dancing. During the conversation, the simple and simple people let go of their guards and talked to him happily.

Speaking of Laiyang County Magistrate Bao Mian, the big vegetable farmer showed a trace of anger on his face, and he pulled the two young people from other places like bitter water and said: "You two brothers don't know, our county magistrate... Sigh! It's hard to describe in words." !"

"Brother, speak slowly, why can't you explain it in one word?" Bai Yutang stood in front of Pang Yu without any trace, and offered his sleeve to Brother Vegetable Farmer to catch him, "Can you tell me more about it?"

"Ah!" The vegetable farmer sighed again, and then said: "The girl from old Zhangtou's family is gone. Poor old Zhangtou is just such a daughter. His wife left early. His father and daughter depend on each other. The sweet-scented osmanthus She looks quite fresh, and a matchmaker has already taken a fancy to Xie Xiucai from the East Village for her. Unfortunately, sweet-scented osmanthus does not have that blessing! There is a big family in our area, Wu Yuanwai, whose son is flirtatious and lustful. Take her as a concubine. Old Zhangtou disagrees, neither does Osmanthus, who knows that within two days...Old Zhangtou came back from selling vegetables, and found Osmanthus her... She was ruined, unbearable to be humiliated, and committed suicide!"

"Then Wu Yuanwai's son has been arrested and brought to justice?" Pang Yu asked.

"Oh, how can such a good thing happen!" Brother Vegetable Farmer wiped away his tears. Although he was not talking about his own family affairs, because of his friendship with Lao Zhangtou, he inevitably felt sad. Our county has been domineering for decades, and many good girls have been ruined by them, but what's the use of suing the officials? Although our county magistrate here is surnamed Bao, he came from the same school as the one in Beijing, but this is Really cowardly and stupid, he accepted Wu Wanwan's bribe, not to mention punishing him, even if he went to court, he never let their father and son be stained with ashes!"

Brother Cai Nong choked up and cried: "Poor old Zhang, he wants to avenge his daughter but has no way. There is no witness, and the only physical evidence is Wu Jia's belt. Then Wu Jia categorically denies that the belt is his, even if someone in the village sees it." Wu Jia wore that belt before, but no one dared to go to the court. If he went there, he would be accused of giving false testimony and would be punished! Old Zhangtou has gone to the Yamen to sue twice, but he failed every time. The people sued the officials Wu Jia is going to suffer [-] boards, so Wu Jia is ignorant, but he is rich, and his family has donated a scholar to him, no matter how young he is, he is still an official. Lying on the bed, covered in injuries, half of my life is gone!"

Pang Yu was also very sad when he heard it, rubbed his pan-acid nose, and asked with red eyes: "Can't the old man go to the higher-level government to sue Wu Jia?"

"That's useless!" the vegetable farmer said lazily and disheartened, "Those officials who are higher than Bao County Magistrate are afraid of him. After all, he is the nephew of Bao Zheng and Master Bao! Besides, Laiyang County said that the case has been closed, and The evidence is indeed insufficient, who can sue the Wu family for forcing a life to death? I am afraid that even the crime of robbing a woman will not be convicted. Just like the one in Beijing...isn't that An Lehou too? Relying on the support of the grand master , I don’t know how many good women have been harmed, but people still live well! In this world..."

Pang Yu: "..."

Brother, I have changed my mind, can you give me a chance to be a good person...

Bai Yutang saw that his face under the leather mask was almost blushing, so he couldn't help squeezing his hand through his sleeve, with a hint of warmth in his eyes, as if he wanted to comfort him.

Pang Yu felt a pain in his heart. Even if he didn't want to recall the past, it was the sin he should bear. Now that he doesn't know how to atone for his sin, why bother to bring others into it even if he can't take care of himself?No matter how much he likes Bai Yutang, he can't implicate the other party for his own selfish desires. If the fate of the two is intertwined, I'm afraid that Bai Yutang's already rough fate will become even more difficult.

Thinking of this, he retracted his hand to avoid Bai Yutang's hand.

Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes, revealing a bit of evil spirit rarely.

The vegetable farmer didn't know the interaction between the two of them, so he cried for a while, then remembered something, sighed and said: "You two little brothers don't know, just a few days ago, Wu Jia ruined a girl from a good family again. Because The family passed by and lived in the ruined temple for a few days, so Wu Jia found out about the girl somehow, and went in and raped the girl when the girl's family was away! Maybe it was because of the sweet-scented osmanthus, so Wu Jia didn't dare to keep alive. After the incident, he strangled the girl to death with a rope. A wandering monk happened to pass by and wanted to save the girl. Unfortunately, it was too late, and the girl died. But Wu Jia, the villain filed a lawsuit against him, saying that the monk raped and killed her. I missed the girl, but he himself is a man of justice who just happened to witness the monk committing crimes!"

In the words, the vegetable farmer's face was full of sarcasm and sadness: "The girl's family didn't believe it at first, but their family is out of town, they don't have much money, and they go to relatives. Wu Wanwan gave them a hush money, and they hate it Wu Jia couldn't get along with Yinzi, so he had to sue the monk. Although the monk pleaded not guilty, but with the so-called personal evidence provided by Wu Jia, our foolish Mr. Bao settled the case and sentenced the monk to an autumn sentence. Then ask to cut..."

The vegetable farmer spoke with eloquence, attracting vendors from two nearby stalls, and a tofu-selling sister-in-law was even more eloquent. Compared with the dry narration of the vegetable farmer, she could even imitate the scene in the courtroom that day .

"You two don't know, the servants watched outside the court for a long time that day, and old Zhangtou was too unlucky to meet an official like Bao county magistrate!" Mrs. Tofu pinched her voice and imitated vividly, "Old Zhangtou said it was Wu. Jia forced Osmanthus to death, but County Magistrate Bao said, "If she was really raped, why didn't she sue the officials and commit suicide instead? Could it be that she knew she had done something ugly, didn't love herself, and wanted to die in shame?"

Old Zhangtou said that although Osmanthus fragrans was ashamed, it was only because she failed to keep her innocence in front of the powerful, but was forced by the wicked. She was powerless to resist, and she had no face to face her father afterwards, let alone dragging down Xie Xiucai, so she went to seek death .So Lord Bao said again: "Since she is being forced, why didn't she call someone, why didn't she lock the door and close her legs, she can obviously get rid of the coercion, but she doesn't want to!" '

Look at what our magistrate Bao said!There are so many members of the Wu family, and the old Zhangtou's house has only four walls, and Osmanthus is a weak woman, how can she resist?The old Zhangtou was still about to say something, Master Bao said: "Wu Jia originally wanted to hire Osmanthus as a concubine, and the Wu family is so rich, what kind of woman do you want, how can you do something forced?" '"

Sister-in-law Tofu's eyes were red after she finished speaking, and she wiped away her tears with a handkerchief. The people who stopped to listen around also shared the same hatred, thinking that Wu Wanwan's family was really bad, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Bai Yutang pondered and said: "I heard that this old lady of Bao county magistrate's family is the sister-in-law of Lord Bao in Beijing. She brought the fatherless Lord Bao Zheng into her home in the early years and treated her like a parent and child. She is very decent. The adults listen to her very much. I don’t know if you have asked the old lady for help to persuade Bao county magistrate to handle the case fairly?"

"Why not?" Brother Vegetable Farmer hurriedly said again, "Old Zhangtou even gave up his life for his daughter, and he did a lot of begging people to worship Buddha, and he also asked Mrs. Bao. It's a pity that the old lady has been ignoring things for many years. He often stays behind closed doors, and doesn't know much about the outside world, thinking that his son is a good and honest official! The old lady had already been persuaded by Zhang Tou, but when Mr. Bao went over to talk, and the wind blew in her ears, she felt that It's the old Zhangtou who made trouble for no reason, and let people sweep the old Zhangtou out of the house!"

Lao Zhangtou was very old, had no way to appeal for grievances, was so angry that he couldn't afford to get sick.