Ministers and others get married by decree

The jailer glanced at Qin Fengchi, saw that he was looking to the other side and had no intention of objecting, so he gave Chu Lou some pointers.

"Xiao Langjun, you lost your eyes in it, and this matter is actually very easy to handle. To be honest, why don't you just use your own name to redeem these people first? After you redeem them, find a place for them to settle. Next, tell their family members to come over and pay the money with one hand and pick them up with the other. It helps people without losing money, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Chu Lou suddenly realized.

It's all his fault!Blame him for being so upright!

He always thought that his natal family must come to redeem him, but he never thought about himself.After all, where has he been engaged in human trafficking for so many years?

He changed his mind and began to worry again.

"I just don't know, how much is the ransom?"

The jailer grinned: "Hey, can Mr. Xiao Lang still be short of this money?"

Chu Lou: "..."

It's missing.

jailer:"……"

He hesitated and slowly put away his smile, and said in embarrassment: "This depends on the person. The female family member pays one price, and the servant family member pays the same price. Female family members are also divided into married and unmarried. Those who are unmarried and over 12 years old have to pay ten taels of silver in previous years." , This is the most expensive. There are different types of servants, the maids of the first and second ranks in the upper house can also be sold for four or five taels, and the rough envoys of the third and fourth ranks can be sold for five hundred cash to one tael."

Chu Lou's hair stood on end when he heard that.

He read the criminal laws of the dynasty in the past, and he only knew that "the law of ignoring others is the most serious", and the country has always vigorously rectified the bad habit of "selling the good for cheap".But he forgot that this is not a later life, this is a feudal society.

Just like the marriage law of this dynasty stipulates monogamy, but it is not really only one couple for a lifetime, but a "monogamy and multiple concubines" system. There are even so-called "equal wives" among the people. Pick two rooms on one shoulder."Therefore, although this dynasty says that it is forbidden to sell slightly, it does not prohibit "legal" selling, and it will not even punish buyers in illegal selling.

This is incomplete and unfair.

The literati and nobles seem to have forgotten that their status is not eternal, and their property, including their wives, concubines and children, cannot be truly guaranteed.In the later generations, there was a governor, Wang Danwang, who committed an offense and ransacked his home. His concubine was bought by He Shen, and later He Shen was also ransacked, and the family members were sold to no one knew where.

He thought of his own family, where the five women in the back house used to be nothing more than jealousy and petty trouble.Although he and his sisters are not very close, they are also relatives who grew up together since childhood.If one day the family collapsed, he couldn't imagine that his relatives would be picked and picked in humiliation, just like livestock trading.

The jailer probably also saw that Chu Lou was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to continue talking.

Qin Fengchi remained silent all this time, and then he said, "If you believe me...you can believe Wang Qianhu, and leave this matter to us. If Wang Qianhu wants to redeem someone, that's another price, and it won't cost much. At most half a month, the families of these people can be contacted, and when the Chen family comes to a verdict, the matter will be over immediately."

He added: "Don't delay, there will be a boat going south in the evening."

Chu Lou felt inappropriate: "This is something that brother Tianyong entrusted to me, how can I entrust it to others?"

Qin Fengchi was displeased: "What do you mean? You don't believe me?"

Chu Lou immediately found the familiar feeling of swallowing his breath.

...Didn't this person tell him to trust Wang Qianhu?

It's really Wang Qianhu who has nothing to do, Wang Qianhu is such a poor tool!

"It's not that I don't believe you," Chu Lou said earnestly, "This matter is really important, human life is at stake." He can even imagine that if it really comes to the step of being bought by others, or filling in to the Jiaofang Secretary, these female relatives Likely to be cornered.

He felt that this explanation was quite sincere.

But Qin Fengchi also felt that he had exhausted his patience all his life.

"I advise you to leave as soon as possible," he said coldly, "Chen Danian's case involves the local garrison, and the Jiufu Yamen will definitely investigate one by one. Don't forget, your father is still stationed at the border. Such things, It's too late for you to hide, how can you still move up?"

When Chu Lou heard this, he was stunned.

He thought it was just a civil servant who was corrupt, but he didn't expect the army to be involved?If this civil servant and military officer could be so harmonious in the court, the court would have soared to the sky and rushed to a well-off life ahead of schedule!

"I see." He bowed his head obediently, "Then I will trouble you, my lord."

Qin Fengchi's mouth twitched.

This man was sick, he waited on him all night without changing his honorific title, now for a bunch of irrelevant people...

"You really don't know the women of the Chen family?" He asked abruptly.

Chu Lou looked confused: "Who is it? Mrs. Chen?"

He only remembered that Chen Tianyong urged him to meet the magistrate's wife.

"...It's nothing." Qin Fengchi changed the subject nonchalantly, "Since I promise you, you just need to rest assured."

The defense of the east gate is stricter than before, the middle gate is closed tightly, and the openings on both sides are only reserved for entering and exiting on the right side, so the flow of people leaving the city in the evening has been lined up to the middle of the street.

Chu Lou raised his head and looked at the tower. When he entered the city that day, there were only four people standing guard on the inner and outer sides of the tower. Two groups of two patrolled back and forth.But now, there were eight people holding long halberds on the inner side of the tower, and there were almost no gaps between the patrolling groups.

"The 500 people from the first battalion at the West City Gate are all detained in the Sikouyuan," Qin Fengchi said softly, "Until Tong San and the angels return, this place will be guarded tightly."

Chu Lou was terrified when he heard the words, the whole battalion.

This dynasty was afraid of military generals, the officials promoted civilian officials, and the cabinet took power.Especially the frontier garrisons, all of which are supervised by the imperial court and reported monthly, are more in charge than the political commissars of later generations.Now it happened that the garrison colluded with local officials to sell smuggled salt. One can imagine how angry the officials would be.

His family is a hereditary military officer, and has the title of Zhengyipin. His father has been stationed on the border for a long time. Now his father's supervisor is Ma Yu, a great eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. An official awarded Xuanhui envoy, so he is a serious son. In exchange for military exploits.Such a supervising army not only did not hinder his father, but even added wings to a tiger.The two have long been inseparable.

In case the imperial court's policy changes, or plans to replace the supervisors in various places, who knows whether the next one will be a cat or a tiger?

"May I—" Chu Lou said halfway, then closed his mouth again.

Qin Fengchi raised his eyebrows, with a half-smile in his eyes.

Chu Lou was instantly annoyed.He was really stupid, but fortunately he didn't ask directly.

Qin Fengchi: "You want to ask if you can remind your father?"

Chu Lou said with a straight face: "What are you talking about? Am I such a disobedient person?"

"Sure, you can do whatever you want."

Qin Fengchi said leisurely.

What?

Chu Lou stared at him suspiciously.real or fake?

Qin Fengchi pointed to the front of the team with his finger: "Hurry up, go and join the team."

Chu Lou had no choice but to follow him to the door.As they walked, they were rolled their eyes all the way, and some people complained in low voices about their jumping in line, but seeing their unusual attire, they all held back.

When the soldiers inspecting the documents saw the badge in Qin Fengchi's hand, they silently moved out of the way.Yuan Zhen was leading people to guard outside the city gate, and immediately recognized Qin Fengchi when he saw him, but when he saw the blue-clothed boy beside him, he shut his mouth again.

Qin Fengchi was quite satisfied, he nodded casually at him, and put away his waist badge by the way, avoiding someone's probing eyes.

"Wow, how ruthless!" Chu Lou retracted his head in dissatisfaction, and rolled his eyes at him.

Qin Fengchi was speechless: "If you can't see people normally with those eyeballs, how about I dig them out for you?"

Chu Lou thought to himself: Can you speak human language?This must be on the way, and have not been hacked to death.

There was still the same tank boat by the pier, and I don't know if it was greeted by someone, but it was already setting sail and preparing to leave the port.Travelers and merchants lined up to board the ship, and the lively scene was the same as when they got off the ship that day.But in Chu Lou's view, those two women were the only ones missing.

Chu Lou scratched his head: "If someone doesn't board the ship on time, what about the leftover items?"

Qin Fengchi glanced at him, but said nothing.Fortunately, this person still remembers this... At the beginning, he and Qin Song planned to go south to help Tianjin Mansion, but they didn't expect to be unable to leave now.He recalled that only some accessories and clothes were left on the boat, and the important things were also left behind, so it didn't matter.

Seeing that he ignored him, Chu Lou could only sigh secretly, lamenting that things are different.

The two came to the side of the boat with their own thoughts, and they ran into Chang San, a small official from the Water Transportation Department, checking the boat ticket.

"Isn't this Brother Lou?" Chang San recognized him and said pleasantly.

Chu Lou smiled politely: "Brother Chang, I haven't seen you for a few days."

As soon as Chang San saw him, he became enthusiastic and gossiped: "Brother Lou, the lady in the room opposite you seems to have had an accident and died."

Chu Lou was startled suddenly and stared straight at him.

How can it be?

Chang San was obviously very satisfied with his performance: "Hey, it was the Tianjin government officials who came to inform us, saying that there was a major case in the prefecture city, restricting trade, and asking the pier to clear up and leave the port as soon as possible... and said that there was a murder in the cabin of No. B ship. It's unlucky, tell us to pack up the things in the cabin and send them to the official office."

At the end, he also sighed: "The beauty is so unlucky!"

Chu Lou: "..."

Qin Fengchi: "..." wanted to kill someone.

Who came up with the bad idea?

Chu Lou coughed lightly, thinking, maybe this is the excuse Wang Qianhu and the others came up with?Miss Qin was really unlucky to be killed just like that.

The real "Miss Qin" is already sharpening her sword in her heart, and is about to send her off to "Xiang" Zhu Yang.

He said with a cold face: "You can get on the boat now, so I can go back and take my life."

Chu Lou glanced at him, turned around and went up the hanging ladder.

Anyway, they meet by chance and say goodbye after all, this person is much more flexible than him, so why should he be so affectionate?

The huge tank boat slowly left the port under the traction of the small boat, the sound of shouting chant echoed above the port, and the crowd was bustling.Under the afterglow of the sun and wearing a mask, Qin Fengchi stood on the shore for a long time watching the ship go away.

With his eyesight, he could clearly see that Chu Lou was still standing at the bow of the boat, but he didn't turn his head.

"Why are you angry again?" Qin Fengchi muttered to himself.

After half a stick of incense passed like this, he finally couldn't see the tank boat, so he turned back to the city.

The encounter this time seems to secretly echo the one-sided acquaintance many years ago.But for someone like Qin Fengchi, who is used to walking alone in secret passages, Yangguan Avenue seems to be suitable for Chu Yunkai, but not for him.