I bent the devil

"Huang Lang! How dare you disturb the court! Can you be convicted?!"

Huang Lang smiled slightly, put away the paper fan that was swinging gracefully in his hand with a 'shua' sound, made a bow and got up. "My lord, please forgive me for this, mainly because I thought it would be bad if my lord accidentally misjudged me."

As soon as the word 'misjudgment' was uttered, the people outside the lobby were in an uproar and whispering, but these low-pitched voices would also form a lot of noise when there were a large number of people.Not only the county magistrate and city gate guard in the hall were slightly taken aback by Huang Lang's words, even the girl who was kneeling a little distance away from those gangsters suddenly raised her head in disbelief and looked at Huang Lang's face, which was originally only on the pretty face, actually added a bit of shocking beauty because of the look of despair.

In Huang Lang's eyes, he was amazed at first, and then regretted.

No matter how beautiful it is, it is just a broken flower.Reluctantly withdrawing his eyes and glanced at the servant next to him, the servant quickly took out two pieces of paper from his sleeves, raised his hands flat, and bowed until the county magistrate signaled the yamen servant to take it over, then took two steps back and stood up again. After Huang Lang was behind, he straightened up.

Keep the etiquette, neither humble nor overbearing.Huang Lang's family member only handed over a note, showing his family style, and for a while, it even indirectly made the people of Huaicheng who knew what kind of virtue Huang Lang was, slightly changed their minds.However, this scene fell into the eyes of the county magistrate and the young city gate general, but they couldn't help exchanging worried looks with each other.

Even the girl who was kneeling there and had never been able to read was a little uneasy because of this move.

When a person shows a stronger or more elegant demeanor than himself in front of him, he will always look up and reverence because he does not have one.Even if he knows that his character is worrying, he will become hesitant when he shows disdain in the future because of the brilliance he once showed.

Huang Lang said proudly when the county magistrate took the paper to read, "My lord, these two papers are the deeds of prostitution of Li Cui'er, Zhang Dabao and others. Or, life and death are all up to the master'." When he said this, he deliberately procrastinated and emphasized, Dan Feng glanced at the young general who was standing aside, his face was already livid, and glared angrily.

When I saw the angry tiger eyes that looked murderous, I felt dry mouth for a while.It's like he hasn't fully grown into a big tiger yet, with a little childishness, but he already has the aura enough to make the shit out of ordinary people.

This is... so provocative.

After a pause, he moved his eyes away and continued with a fake cough, "Li Cui'er is my maidservant, and I thought it was not to my liking, so I rewarded her to Zhang Dabao. As for how he treated Li Cui'er... this..." The following words did not There was no exit, but Huang Lang opened the fan again with a 'shua' sound, and fanned leisurely.Leaning slightly at the hall.

The unspoken words were nothing more than the words 'none of your business'.

This time, not only the young city gate general turned pale, but also the county magistrate who was pointed at and said this in front of his face was also darkened.Many people outside the hall didn't quite understand what it meant. They were begging for popular science around people who had read and read. After a brief explanation, there was an uproar.

It's so shameless.

There was a lot of noise for a while, and the county magistrate patted Jing Mutang again before quieting down again.

And this startling sound also woke up Li Cui'er who was kneeling in the hall. She turned her head to look at the smug smile on Huang Lang's face, but she felt as if she had fallen into an ice hole in an instant, trembling all over.After a shock, he turned his head sharply and threw himself in the direction of the county magistrate, his voice had become shrill at this moment because of the great change, like a female ghost who was full of endless grievances and could not end well.

"My lord! My lord!! My daughter is a commoner! My father and I depend on each other for our lives! Today is my daughter's birthday, so my father wanted to buy some eggs and go back early! Who knew that it was only a short time since I left the city gate...!" If I had known... …If I had known earlier, I would not have left so early.

Because Li Cui'er jumped forward just now, the yamen servants standing on both sides blocked her with sticks, afraid that she would really jump in front of the case.

But in fact, Li Cui'er had used all her strength to pounce. She was so excited that she trembled all over, her hands and feet were weak, and she looked at the county magistrate in the hall with tears streaming down her face, hoping that he would give him justice.In this way, even if he died, at least... at least it would not be cheaper for those four people.

"grown ups!"

The stern voice spread outside the lobby, causing many people in Huaicheng who were surrounded couldn't bear to look directly at it, and they sighed sideways.Even the county magistrate felt that he could not bear Li Cuier's eyes at this time, and after looking down at the two contracts again, he reluctantly handed over the documents below. "Certificate, you can tell the truth from the fake."

Then he turned his head to look at Li Cui'er, but dodged the moment he touched her eyes, and felt a little unspeakable for a moment. After a pause, "...Li Cui'er, do you have an uncle named Liu Daqiang?"

The girl in the hall was stunned for a moment, feeling uneasy in her heart, shaking her lips, and found her own voice after several attempts, but after speaking, even she felt ethereal, as if in a dream. "...Yes. But..."

Huang Lang interrupted before he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows slightly and raised his voice loudly. "My lord, this deed of selling oneself was indeed signed by Li Cuier's cousin Liu Daqiang and you. It stands to reason that this deed was only valid when Li Cuier's father was still alive, and her parents' fingerprints were on the contract. But now..."

Now Li Cui'er's father has died tragically. According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a woman obeys her father at home. When her father dies, she obeys her brothers. If there are no brothers, etc., she obeys the male of the family with the closest relationship.

And after Li's father died, Liu Dayong actually became Li Cui'er's closest relative.This deed of sale, which was just signed and sent to the county magistrate's case with mud prints not yet fully dry, made Li Cuier Huang Lang's personal property.

From ordinary people, to become inferior slaves.

"...No..." Li Cui'er shook her head slowly, in disbelief. She wanted to rush forward but was stopped by the staff's stick. In addition, she had already become a little exhausted after the successive great changes and mental turmoil. Holding on with his last breath, he might have passed out directly by now.

"My lord." After carefully examining the documents, the secretary looked up at the county magistrate, "This deed...is true."

"What!!??" The young city gate general next to him stared, took two steps forward and grabbed the deed from the document case, and checked it carefully.He has a very strict family tradition since he was a child, and sooner or later he will enter the officialdom like his parents, so these things such as distinguishing the authenticity of the contract are all things that need to be learned in the officialdom to prevent being framed by opponents.

It is also because of this that he hates and is impatient with the insidious and cunning in the officialdom, and prefers to be a straightforward general.Defend the country and defend the frontier.It's better than arguing every day in the court for trivial matters.

However, after careful inspection, he had to admit that the contract in his hand... was indeed true.

If it weren't for the family tradition and dogma from childhood, I really want to tear this paper to pieces.However, in the end, he could only use the utmost restraint to return the contract U that he had squeezed into a ball of paper to the secretary.

The judgment of civilians and the judgment of slaves are completely different things.

Killing civilians will range from being exiled for three thousand miles to beheading for public display.And the slaves...

and many more!

The young general's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands towards the county magistrate, "My lord, it would be different if there were servants on both sides, but Li Cuier's father who died tragically was indeed a commoner."

When the county magistrate heard this, he was not overjoyed like the young city gate general. Instead, he gave him a complicated look.

As if it was a glance to apply for the county magistrate, after hearing what the young general said, Huang Lang waved the paper fan, looking confident. "The little general is right. But..." He paused deliberately, causing the young general to turn his head and stare.

"But what?!"

"Of course, I already gave Li Cuier to Zhang Dabao as my wife." Huang Lang looked at the young general, his eyes flickered, with some other meaning in it, "So..." shrugged.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, those who have no other brothers and sisters are slaves, and those whose parents are half slaves and half sons are slaves are also slaves.

In other words, because Li Cuier is a slave, her father is also a half-slave now, and Li Cuier has no other brothers and sisters, so her father's support is naturally her future husband-in-law. If this son-in-law is also a slave, then Li Cuier's father It will also change from a half-slave status to a slave.

It's just the difference between owned and unowned.

This decree was promulgated nearly a hundred years ago, during the time of our grandfather Xianzong.

It was proposed by the Ministry of Household Affairs at that time to please the fatuous and immoral Emperor Xianzong.It's just because Xianzong fell in love with a brothel girl when he went out for a private visit on Weibo, and wanted to bring it back to the palace, but he was distressed because it didn't comply with the rules.

After being noticed by the Minister of the Household Department, he came up with this stupid trick.The woman was originally from a humble family, even if she was redeemed, she would still be from a sword family, but he first redeemed her and let his good concubine recognize the woman as a goddaughter, and then arranged for Xianzong to come to his mansion to provide the private meeting between Xianzong and the woman. Opportunity, let her tell Xianzong after teaching the woman in advance.

[The emperor loves me and pity me, it is the blessing of my three lives and three generations of cultivation, but in this life I can only call myself 'I' in front of you, and outside... I am still a 'slave', thinking about it, for Your golden body, it is better to break it early, so that I can leave a little beauty in your heart. 】

Xianzong was so pity that after he came out from the woman, he went straight to the Minister of the Household Department and got this trick.

[Although the girl is a 'slave', she is actually a disaster to her parents, and she has not done anything herself.Since the misfortune of the father's generation will harm the children, why can't she be protected because the lower officials now recognize her as a daughter?Even... the mother is more expensive than the child, and the child is more expensive than the mother, isn't it all the same reason? 】

The result of the deceit was that Emperor Xianzong directly ordered the passage of this law.It caused turmoil in the court, and the ministers couldn't get Xianzong back even with the memorial.

But now, this law directly makes the four people who should have paid for their lives after killing people sentenced to exile or even beheaded. absurd.

The author has something to say:...Friendly reminder: This is a problem with the laws of the Great Zhou~~~~