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"Why did you die? How did you die?" Fu Chuan was not very excited when he saw life and death, "What happened?"

Jian Dao was a articulate little girl, and she said a lot: "Feng Shuniang also left Xiangu Stone with Fu Zhenren yesterday, and she came back after a while, saying that someone asked her to meet at Xiangu Stone. It was getting dark and it was cold, so I treated her to a jug of wine. She waited and waited until she couldn't meet someone, so she said she was going home. "

"I heard her say that her uncle was vicious, and I was afraid that she would be robbed halfway, so I followed her quietly. I will come back as soon as she gets home."

"I don't know that she didn't go home either. She went to a teahouse in South Lane, and not long after, she brought two women out."

"I found it strange, so I showed up and asked her if there was any difficulty?"

"She told me that the teahouse was run by the Jin family, who is also a widow with her, and she didn't have any business, so she simply used it to entertain the sisters who worshiped the fairy. It was originally a place for the sisters to talk and have fun, because the Jin widow has a hot temper. She is used to fighting against injustice, and when she comes and goes, girls with cowardly temperaments come to join her, and it gradually becomes a shelter from the wind."

"A major event happened yesterday. Feng Shuniang said that for their women who worshiped Xiangu, it was like shaking the mountains. Some acquaintances said that Widow Jin asked her to meet at Xiangu Stone, and she hurried back to discuss important matters. Xiangu Shi. I waited and waited, but I couldn’t wait. I went to the teahouse and saw that the golden widow was also missing.”

"There are two sisters in the teahouse who ran away after being beaten, and one is still pregnant. Feng Shuniang said that the teahouse of the Golden Widow is very famous among the sisters who worship fairy girls. I'm afraid they will be targeted by others, and the Golden Widow can't find them." We have no choice but to take the two runaway girls home first."

"I saw those two girls, one with such a big belly, the other was only twelve or thirteen years old, like a baby, with injuries all over her body, and the bruises on her face didn't go away. They were so pitiful, so I volunteered to escort them back home. Feng Shu's family. On the way, I bought twenty meat buns for them, just in case they wouldn't have enough to eat."

"Send them back to Feng Shuniang's house, and see that they have settled down. I walked around the area before I came back."

"I bought another [-] steamed fried dough sticks this morning to see them, but when I got to Feng Shuniang's house, it was a mess everywhere, the door was torn down, Feng Shuniang was lying on the ground, her head was smashed into scum, and her blood was all over the place. Frost formed, and the two girls disappeared!"

Jian Dao looked like she was about to die of anger, and spit out her saliva: "The next door to Feng Shuniang's house is the house of the uncle and aunt in the next room. I knocked on the door and asked them to collect Feng Shuniang's body. They said that someone came to look for her last night. , but he is looking for his own wife, Feng Shuniang is also suspected of abducting and selling women, and the one who lost his wife has already reported to the police, but this corpse dare not move lightly, waiting for the county government servants to come and see it."

"I'm so angry that I want to die. If it weren't for the master saying that I can't beat ordinary people who are powerless, I...I really want to beat him! The whole family will be beaten!" Jian Dao said angrily.

The whole matter is not complicated, both Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan understood.

Fu Chuan asked, "Where is Feng Shuniang's body now?"

"It's at her house. Her neighbors are all neighbors of the husband's family. Besides, her uncle and aunt said that someone has reported to the police. I don't know what to do, so I just..." Jian Dao ran all the way to Here, I haven't had time to see the master and brothers.

Why did you come to Fu Chuan?

Because this matter is not easy to manage.The teahouse of the Golden Widow sheltering runaway women and children is in itself impolite.

As the saying goes, the horse bought by the married daughter-in-law can be ridden by me.Husband hires a wife and house, which is serious money, and the wife is his property. Whether it is the golden widow or Feng Shuniang, they cover up other people's wives on the grounds that their sisters can't bear the beating. It is completely untenable in terms of reason, and no one will support and sympathize with Feng Shuniang.

No matter how chivalrous and righteous the Jianhu Village is, they can't violate public order and good customs, and go against the norms recognized by the whole world.

In other words, in Jianhu Village, there may not be so many people who support and sympathize with Feng Shuniang.Jian Dao vaguely understood this, so instead of going to Mei Yun, Ling Cangyuan, and Jian Hao, she came directly to Fu Chuan.

"Eldest brother, I'll go to the county government to have a look." Fu Chuan felt that he couldn't stand by and watch.

However, what happened to Feng Shuniang was not worth alarming the master of the Hanjiang Sword Sect.Yesterday, Xie Qinghe's two words made Xingcheng Ling's head so dire that he was dying. If Xie Qinghe went to sit in the second hall of the county government early in the morning, he might not have time to ask the case, and Xingcheng Ling would collapse half of it.

Xie Qinghe also knew that he had a special status, and it was not easy to follow around to join in the fun, so he nodded and said, "Go."

There were outsiders watching, and Fu Chuan was very polite, and got up to pay his respects.

Jian Dao didn't expect that the Hanjiang Sword Sect had a lot of rules, and they usually had to bow when they went out. He originally bowed and bowed, but when he saw this, he hesitated to bow down with Fu Chuan?For a while, the movements were very tangled and split.

Fu Chuan had already stood up and greeted him, "Let's go, Junior Sister Jian."

Junior Sister Jian?The thighs are hugged!Jian Dao was delighted immediately, and happily followed Fu Chuan's pace: "Hey, Senior Brother Fu."

Seeing that the two of them had gone away, Xie Qinghe looked down at the pile of peanuts and oranges on the table and sighed softly.

Peanut was already in a group, but unfortunately, the formation was broken up by the orange, and they were defeated one by one.For one thing, there were not enough peanuts in the group, and they failed to form an absolute advantage in the local area, which led to a fiasco.Secondly, what if the sweet potato with absolute power is directly on the side of the orange?

The water boiled on the brazier boiled, and the lid of the pot was pushed against the pot.

Xie Qinghe grabbed a handful of tea leaves and picked up water to make tea.

If the water is too ripe, the tea will be burnt and bitter.

... have to take it easy.

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At the gate of the county government office, Fu Chuan saw the missing door panel of Feng Shu's mother's house.

Lying on the door panel was a thin woman with a high belly, covered with a dirty oilcloth, and blood dripped down the door panel onto the ground.Kneeling next to him was a middle-aged man full of yellow teeth, kowtowing and shouting, "Your Majesty, you are wronged! The grassroots are wronged!"

A crowd of onlookers had already gathered around, and the troublemakers asked, "Diao Erhu, isn't that your wife? Did you beat her to death?"

Diao Erhu acted as if he hadn't heard of it, just kowtowed and shouted: "Master Qingtian, avenge your grievances! The grassroots have been wronged! The great injustice!"

Seeing this, Jian Dao rushed forward angrily, and scolded angrily, "How dare you sue the wicked first!"

Jian Dao is wearing a gray cotton robe and carrying a long sword, which is the uniform uniform of Jianhuzhuang disciples.

Many people in Xingcheng knew her attire, and there were many discussions: "Jianhuzhuang heroine."

"What's going on here again? What's the matter with Jianhuzhuang? Didn't you hear that Diao Erhu had something to do with Jianhuzhuang?"

"How do you send a daughter out to take care of things?"

……

Jian Dao turned around angrily: "Who do you say is a female?! Isn't your mother a female? You were not born of a female?!"

Everyone knows that Jianhu Village has strict rules, and this naughty man who was scolded by Jian Dao was not afraid, and said with a playful smile: "I was born by my mother, not by you. If you want to be my mother, I'll go back and ask my father if he agrees..."

As soon as this remark came out, the onlookers burst into laughter.

Jian Dao blushed with anger, and wanted to punch him, but she was afraid of the school rules not to bully the weak, so she didn't dare to do it.

The naughty man was even more proud when he saw this, staring at Jian Dao's pink and blushing pretty face, he said with a smile: "If this little mother wants to regenerate me, that's easy. If the little mother gives orders, I will drill my son." Get into my little mom's legs and slide out by myself..."

He was about to laugh out loud, when suddenly he was hit hard on the face, and he flew out.

The people who gathered around and laughed loudly were also stunned.

Fu Chuan shot so fast that no one could see which hand he moved. He put his hands behind his back and scolded impatiently: "Everyone is swearing at your face, what do you care about the rules of the house?" Reason? I don't believe it anymore, your master can stand here and listen to him scolding you like that!"

Surprised, Jian Dao nodded obediently with a bit of indescribable joy: "Oh. The younger generation is taught."

"What's the use of just talking about it? You go over there and slap him eight times! Come back after beating!" preached Fu.

Is the upbringing of the Hanjiang Sword Sect so arrogant and domineering?Jian Dao said in her heart that she loves love, and she still looks like a well-behaved heroine. She walked through the crowd to the slick man whose face was covered in blood by Fu Chuan, and she slapped eight times in a row. The man was beaten so dizzy that his nosebleeds flew everywhere.

After beating, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood on her hands, bent down, and asked, "Son, tell me, what am I?"

That naughty guy probably didn't know how powerful Jianhuzhuang was, and he dared to molest Jian Dao crazily only because of the excellent self-cultivation of Jianhuzhuang's disciples.

At this moment, Fu Chuan slapped her all over her face, and she was slapped hard by Jian Dao, and now she saw Jian Dao's pink and innocent smiling face, and she was so scared that the corners of her mouth couldn't control her: "Female, female hero, Female Bodhisattva, female aunt... female ancestor!"

Jian Dao turned around in satisfaction and returned to Fu Chuan's side: "Senior, this disciple pays the order."

At this time, the onlookers were silent, and they also knew that the naughty man said too much, and Jian Dao didn't make a move. They were happy to see the beautiful knight in Jianhu Village being molested, and Jian Dao turned his face, and they couldn't do it for the sake of their mouths. The flamboyant gangster came out.

On the contrary, it was a few middle-aged women caught in the crowd who were not pleasing to the eye, talking about it strangely.

"Punching and kicking as soon as I speak, with such a hot temper, I will become a wife and a wife in the future, I am afraid that I will ride on my husband and beat him!"

"Which man dares to marry her into the house? This temperament is suitable for being widowed for a lifetime. Who else will marry?"

"A young girl who wears a tunic every day and fights with men... Humph, anyway, my family's three treasures dare not marry! Which green-haired tortoise, who has lost her virtue for ten generations, is just right."

……

Jian Dao became even more angry.

She looked at Fu Chuan angrily.

Fu Chuan said angrily: "Are you still pointing at me to help you out? I usually don't hit women."

As soon as this remark came out, Jian Dao's eyes lit up, and she turned around abruptly.

The few women who were holding vegetable baskets to watch the fun and swearing were also taken aback. Those who had a good face forced themselves to stand still, and sternly said to Jian Dao: "I only speak a few words in plain language, you alone The heroine of Jianhuzhuang, will you still beat me?"

The other two begrudging women had already run away, lost one of their shoes, and turned back to pick it up again.

Jian Dao happily grabbed the one who didn't run away, and said innocently: "I don't want to hit you either. Your words are so ugly and offended senior, senior told me to hit you!" Grabbing the woman by the neckline, Bang Bang slapped the face several times, making the woman's eyes dizzy.

The woman was so angry that she roared angrily, "You little whore, how dare you hit me, you..."

Jian Dao happily slapped her seven or eight times, her eyes full of innocence: "Don't scold me anymore. I really don't want to hit you." As she spoke, she even swollen the woman with her tender little hands Rubbing his cheeks, he educated earnestly, "Your mouth is so dirty, it's fine to talk nonsense in front of me. Senior is here today, so you don't dare to be so arrogant... Just admit your mistake, I really don't want to hit you. "

The woman was very stubborn, she insisted on refusing to admit defeat, and continued to curse: "Little coquette with stinky hoofs, a yellow-haired girl who doesn't know respect..."

Jian Dao was not angry either, she swears and Jian Dao slaps her.Neither of them would give up until the woman couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed Jian Dao's arm and wanted to lie down on the ground, but she didn't know that Jian Dao's arm was very strong, so she held her firmly and continued to fall. slap.

The woman finally couldn't take it anymore: "Let go of me, let me go! I won't scold you anymore!"

Jian Dao sneered and said, "Let go if you say so? You won't scold if you don't want to? Now it's up to me whether I'm happy to let you go!"

That woman is a real rascal, unable to break free from Jian Dao's control, she was about to take off her pants.Jian Dao was stunned and had no choice but to let her go.The woman actually took advantage of the situation and threw the basket in her hand at Jian Dao, and the shitty squirrel ran away.

"What a strange person!" Jian Dao caught the basket, which contained two taels of pork and two white radishes.

After fighting and fighting for a long time at the gate of the county government office, only then did the servant lazily come out and said to Diao Erhu, who was kowtowing and screaming for injustice, "What's the matter with you, old parents?"

At this time, an official from the county came out quietly and saluted Fu Chuan: "Mr. Fu, the county honorable invites you to drink tea in the second hall." Then he said in a low voice, "I should have come out to greet you in person, but the people in front of the hall are too polite." Too many, it's not easy to attract attention, please Haihan."

After thinking for a while, Fu Chuan took Jian Dao and went in through the side door with him, and went straight to the second hall.

Xingcheng Ling was dressed in ordinary clothes as if he had just washed up. When Fu Chuan entered the door, he was gnawing on fried dough sticks. The servant reminded him that Fu Chuan came in. He put down the half-bitten fried dough sticks and wanted to get up. Fu Chuan saluted first: "It's me!" It's so abrupt, let's eat first, my lord."

Xing Chengling didn't know him well enough to care about etiquette, the boy wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and immediately someone came to clear the table.

Xingcheng Ling and Fu Chuan sat down to discuss the ceremony.

Fu Chuan said bluntly: "This is for Feng Shuniang's death."

Xingcheng's forehead was buzzing with pain, and he complained to Fu Chuan: "I found out about this early in the morning, and sent the county's foreman to conduct an autopsy. To tell the truth, Fu Zhenren, in the county town, he died overnight Seven...these are sufferers who came to sue the officials. The old father came to sue his son-in-law for killing his daughter, and the uncle came to sue his sister-in-law for killing his sister. They all knelt at the door and cried..."

Fu Chuan is not a "god" who is completely ignorant of common affairs, Xing Chengling's words are very scary.

In one night, there were seven murder cases that were brought to the county government by the court alone. Then, the married women whose natal family was not around, the women who were not cared by the natal family... those who were tightly shrouded in the boudoir How many women are there who have passed away without a sound?

"I have already sent someone to invite Governor Gu to assist in the investigation." Xingcheng Ling was not worried at all that the murder case would be difficult to solve. Anyway, the Dragon Scale Guards can call back souls, and they will know right and wrong by asking the dead ghosts.What makes him sad is that so many lives were lost overnight, and this year's political performance evaluation is ugly...

Fu Chuan can call back souls, but he can't do it for him. Longlinwei is the yamen appointed by the emperor, and Gu Pingxiang brings people to assist in the investigation. It is notarized.

At this time, Xingcheng Ling wanted to wait for Gu Pingxiang to assist in the public trial, and also wanted to ask Fu Chuan's opinion.

——Of course there is no need to consult the Hanjiang Sword Sect on how to judge the case.However, the two giant Buddhas just squatted in Xingcheng, and if there was a case where the ruling did not meet their wishes... the Xingcheng decree who was dismissed from office and imprisoned was a lesson from the past.

Fu Chuan shook his head and said, "I still don't know the cause and effect, how can I have any opinion? But there is one thing I want to ask the county lord."

Xing Chengling said politely: "Don't dare, Master Fu is free to ask if you have anything."

Fu Chuan described Feng Shuniang's situation to Xingcheng Ling, and said: "My question has nothing to do with this case. I just want to ask the county lord, if you know Feng's situation, what should you do if you want to rescue her?" Woolen cloth?"

Xingcheng Ling twirled his beard, pondered for a moment, and said: "It's not difficult to deal with it really. Feng's determination to keep the festival, I will declare her wish according to the truth, and ask the imperial court for her. The archway must not come down. But with such a layer of documents, placing it in the ancestral hall of her husband's family will be her reliance for the rest of her life. When she really keeps it all her life, the archway will naturally be in her hands."

"It's just like this, she will never remarry again." Xing Chengling said.

This is another thought that Fu Chuan has never heard of before.It sounds weird at first, but it's inexplicable when you think about it.

Waiting and waiting, Gu Pingxiang never came.

Fu Chuan could bear his temper, and chatted with Xingcheng Ling about the murder that happened in the city last night.

Xingcheng Ling is an old master who grew up reading the books of sages, so naturally he can't escape the idea of ​​the monarch, the minister, the father, the son, and the son.

He hated the fact that the Xingcheng woman was superstitious about An Xiangu, ignored her aunt, and was restless in her room.However, after An Xiangu's superstition was broken, countless women were beaten to death by their husbands, which also made him very angry.

"Women are superstitious and evil, arrogant and uneducated. This husband is immoral and incompetent! Now that I know that Aunt An is delusional and obsessed, it is the best way to take care of my wife's house and lead her back to the family. Opportunity, as a dignified man of seven feet, slow in speech, clumsy in thinking, lacking in character, appeal, and virtue. Tell me, these fools! They can't even coax their wives! —— If you know how to fight!"

All in all, in the eyes of a man like Xingchengling, there is no wife who can't be taught well.

For a big man, it would be embarrassing if he can't teach his wife well, so he should squat at home and try his best to reform his wife. After the reform, he can go out to meet people-what?You say there is no other way?Beat his wife to death?A broken man like you is such a failure, even the Qi family can't do it, rubbish!

Therefore, Xingcheng Ling hated Diao Erhu who brought his wife's dead body to the Yamen to file a complaint.

——Beating your wife to death is disgusting, but you still beat your pregnant wife to death, are you still not a human being?

Xingcheng Ling did not express his likes and dislikes, but the rest of the sufferers who came to sue were warmed up in the county yamen, and were led by the yamen servants to make complaints and go through various confession procedures. Only Diao Erhu knelt at the door and kowtowed for grievances. Even lazily ignoring him...

Fu Chuan pricked up his ears and listened to the front.

He had come in and talked to Xingcheng Ling for a long time, but Diao Erhu was still kneeling at the door.

Jian Dao's patience was not that good, she walked around the courtyard of the second hall several times, and came to follow Fu Chuanchuan: "Senior brother Fu, I'm going to see where Master Gu is."

Fu Chuan already knew that many people died in the city last night, and he didn't want Jian Dao to go out and cause trouble: "Sit down for a while, it's cold outside."

Jian Dao was obedient, and squatted obediently in the yard, playing with her pigtails.

Xingcheng Ling's views on husbands and wives' morality are [-]% similar to Xie Qinghe's, and Fu Chuan doesn't think it's annoying to chat with him.Xingcheng Ling felt that Fu Chuan was very knowledgeable at a young age, and he could handle any topic from all over the world.

Speaking of later, Gu Pingxiang never came, and the two really had nothing to talk about.

Xingcheng Ling felt that he was getting old and feeling uncomfortable all over his body, so he began to talk about the weather and seasonal symptoms, and asked Fu Chuan politely for some knowledge about health and longevity.Fu Chuan was not too polite, and looked at his problems of premature ejaculation and constipation...

At noon, Xingcheng ordered Fu Chuan and Jian Dao to have a light meal, halfway through the meal, Gu Pingxiang finally came.

"Senior brother Fu is also here."

Gu Pingxiang came in wearing a big cloak, the shattered snow on her forehead melted, and it was wet on her head.

While wiping his face, he took off his gloves and leaned closer to the brazier to keep warm: "Yesterday, I received a report and went out to chase human traffickers. When I came back, I heard that the county lord was looking for me... Coincidentally, Guardian Liu is not at home."

He smiled at Fu Chuan, and said: "I was sent back to Hanshan by Master Xie, and said to deliver a letter."

Xingcheng Ling yelled: "I have several murder cases here."

A servant came to deliver hot tea, Gu Pingxiang was cold and hungry, and quickly took a sip of it: "Senior brother Fu can call back souls. The county lord invited brother Fu to eat this meal, it must not be difficult .”

Xing Chengling suddenly patted his forehead: "Look at my head, I forgot all about it." As he spoke, he stood up and toasted Fu Chuan, "Mr. Lao Fu is the one with this matter?"

Fu Chuan nodded: "It's a little effort, you're welcome."

"The human trafficker I caught will be held in the county first, and I think I won't be able to interrogate her for a while." Gu Pingxiang squeezed to the table to find something to eat, and the servant came to add more bowls and chopsticks for him. Picking up the stewed soybeans and pig's trotters, Xilihulu ate half of them first, "I'm afraid I've sold a lot of people over the years, when the time comes, I'll check the list of lost women and children in the county, maybe I can find them again." return."

When Fu Chuan heard him talking about human traffickers, he thought about it and asked, "Where the human traffickers captured by Dujun Gu are male or female, how do you abduct women and children?"

Gu Pingxiang put down her pig's trotters after listening to Fu Chuan's questioning, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "She is a widow who runs a tea shop. She specializes in abducting women and children who live in poverty under the name of helping the poor. If she looks good, she will sell her." Going to brothels to work as prostitutes, they are usually sold to passing merchants... Most of the women and children sold by her escaped from their homes, and they dare not run away or sue the officials, so they suffer from being dumb."

Jian Dao's eyes widened when she heard that, "Isn't the widow's surname Jin?"

Gu Pingxiang was surprised: "Heroine Jian also knows about this? It is the Golden Widow."

Jian Dao slumped her shoulders, put down her chopsticks, and couldn't eat anymore.

Gu Pingxiang didn't understand, so she said, "Why is this? Does Lady Jian know Widow Jin? Could it be that some acquaintance told Widow Jin to sell her? It's okay, I will take you to meet her later, as long as she is still in Hexi County, someone Gu will keep it for you to chase him back."

As the governor of Longlinwei Hexi County, Gu Pingxiang has the confidence to make this promise.

Fu Chuan explained Jian Dao: "Widow Jin is a human trafficker, and Feng Shuniang may not know about it. Don't be discouraged."

Gu Pingxiang couldn't understand what they were talking about at all, so she had to look at Xingcheng Ling with her eyes.Xingcheng Order briefly explained the case of Diao Erhu going to Feng Shu's mother's house to snatch his wife Sang, so that both Feng Shuniang and Sang died.

Looking at the delicious food, Jian Dao was so stunned that she wanted to vomit blood: "How can there be such an abominable woman in this world! People go to her when they have no other way out, but she wants to sell her! How dare you make money with such ignorance! But I want Take a look, what does this black-hearted, rotten villain look like!"

Gu Pingxiang discussed with Xingcheng Ling: "Master, why don't we try the case of Widow Jin and that Diao Erhu together?"

Considering that Fu Chuan came to the county government because of Feng Shuniang, Xingcheng Ling nodded and agreed: "I will bring it up in the afternoon."

Gu Pingxiang gnawed the rest of the pig's trotters, and suddenly became curious: "Diao Erhu went to Feng Shu's mother's house to rob his wife, Sang. Both Feng Shuniang and Sang were dead. He came to the county government to complain. Who did he want to sue?— —Could it be someone else who beat Feng Shuniang and Sang to death?"

Xingchengling shook his head, probably because he was used to seeing all kinds of strange things, he was in a stable mood when he said this: "Diao Erhu said that he received news last night to pick up his wife Sang from Feng Shu's home, and the trafficker Feng Shuniang refused to let her go When he went to snatch his wife, Feng Shuniang fell to the ground by herself, but grabbed his wife Sang's feet. Therefore, Feng Shuniang fell to her own death, but his wife, Sang, fell to the ground and killed both of them. , one life is more important than two lives, not to mention that Feng Shuniang is a human trafficker and the Sang family is a good citizen. Together, Feng Shuniang owes him two lives. He came to sue the officials to ask Feng Shuniang to pay him money, and asked the county to pay him the land left by Feng Shuniang. "

Gu Pingxiang is also used to seeing all kinds of weird things, and her mood is very stable after listening to it: "This kind of troublemaker deserves to be rewarded with eighty rewards!"

After all, Xingcheng Ling professionally adjudicates cases and punishes all kinds of troublemakers. His thinking is very clear. First, determine whether Feng Shuniang is a human trafficker, and then study how Feng Shuniang died. Times, motives and positions matter more.

If both the standpoint and motivation stand on the moral high ground, no matter how insane things they do, they can be saved from death.

vice versa.

After lunch, Xingcheng Ling brought Widow Jin to court first.

Gu Pingxiang's cable newspaper has witnesses, and there is also a woman abducted and trafficked by the Golden Widow to testify, there is no way to deny it.

Xingcheng Ling didn't directly ask about the relationship between Feng Shuniang and the Golden Widow, so he took the Golden Widow and forced her to count them one by one, who sold them when, where and where... The stone blamed Miss Wang's power to fall into the devil and started to make trouble. It is only in the past few years that Shi Ye has begun to respond to requests. It has only been fashionable in the past two years for women in Xingcheng to worship fairy girls with great fanfare. The tea shop of the Golden Widow has only had "business" in the past three or four years.

Since the time is not long, it is impossible for women and children to escape all the time. There are more than 20 in a year, so I can't remember clearly.

The golden widow also only thought that the government was going to rescue the sold women and children, but she was caught and beaten by Xingcheng order, and her fingers were pinched, and she cried like a ghost, how dare she play tricks, and honestly confessed how much she sold. Man, where did the sale go...

Xingcheng Ling asked her again how much she sold and where the money was spent.

The golden widow was afraid of being poor, and she remembered the money very clearly. This one was sold for two taels, and that was worth 20 taels... She made up all kinds of things.As for where the money was spent, the golden widow cried very sadly: "It was sealed in clay pots and buried under the apricot tree in the backyard of the tea shop... That was my pension money... I didn't spend it..."

There is no chance now.

The golden widow was particularly wronged and regretful.

If he spent all his money before the incident happened, he wouldn't be so wronged!The thing was committed, the crime was committed, and the money was not spent!

The Xingcheng order immediately issued a signature and asked the yamen servants to dig money in the backyard of the tea shop.

We all know that the hands and feet of the yamen servants are not necessarily clean. When this kind of smuggling is done, there may be some yamen secretly stealing a few.Usually, no one will stare too closely.However, today's matter was related to Feng Shuniang's innocence, so Gu Pingxiang sent two dragon scale guards to follow her to watch.

If the money Widow Jin buried in the backyard matches the profit she confessed, Feng Shuniang can be cleared of being a human trafficker.

——The golden widow doesn't give Feng Shuniang money, what kind of accomplice is that?

The Golden Widow's tea shop was in the city, and the servants quickly dug up clay pots under the apricot tree, ordered a little silver, and brought them back to hand over the errands.

It was almost the same as what the golden widow said, and even more than twenty taels.

The golden widow stared at the broken corners of large and small silver ingots, and couldn't help feeling sad: "That's the pension money left to me by my dead husband..."

Only then did Xingcheng Ling ask her about her relationship with Feng Shuniang, Diao Erhu's wife Sang Shi, and sister-in-law Xiao Sang Shi.

"Ms. Shu..." Widow Jin rarely showed a bit of anxiety, "Ms. Shu is a very enthusiastic and generous sister. In the beginning, my tea shop didn't have much business, so she often brought people to sit and asked me to help She cuts clothes...I later found out that her female celebrity is doing very well, and she is just looking for an excuse to help me a few, so that I can have a meal."

It is common for prisoners to ramble in the classroom and fail to express their ideas. Xingcheng Ling didn't knock on the gavel, so no one stopped the golden widow from continuing.

According to Widow Jin, Feng Shuniang has been trying her best to help her save people.Widow Jin provided accommodation, and Feng Shuniang, because she had money, often bought food and drink, donated clothes and so on.However, this relief is not a long-term solution.The golden widow was full of confidence and said that she would help the sisters who had escaped find a new home. She was a good-looking and gentle woman, and she really tried to take her out to marry.

But not all women can find a suitable home.More and more little sisters came to join Widow Jin.

Widow Jin also wanted to find a good family to marry the poor sisters at the beginning, but she couldn't find a good one, so she just found someone to marry, anyway, she couldn't stay in her teahouse all the time.Later, she would "marry" if she gave money. When she met a good-looking sister, she knew that the other party was a bustard in a brothel, but she pretended not to know, and took a large sum of money to "marry" her out.

"Ms. Shu didn't know about the fact that I took money to sell people. She really thought that I 'married' everyone out." The golden widow cried.

Xingcheng Ling's expression became very complicated.

Feng Shuniang is indeed not a human trafficker, but her purpose is to keep other people's wives at home and marry another.All she did was pimp, whether she made money from it or not.

In terms of public order and good customs, Feng Shuniang is such a bad marriage and corrupts the norms, she is even more hateful than a human trafficker.

The Xingcheng Order concluded the case of Jin Widow traffickers and sentenced her to eighty years of cane punishment. For the first three years, Jin Widow was temporarily remanded in custody and the cane punishment was postponed because Jin Widow wanted to cooperate in rescuing the trafficked women and children.After signing and depositing, the yamen servant took the golden widow down.

Immediately afterward, the case of Diao Erhu suing Feng Shuniang for beating his wife was about to be tried. Taking advantage of the interval between the yamen servant's court appearance, Xingcheng Ling returned to the second court.

"From this point of view, Feng Shuniang is indeed not involved in the case of Widow Jin's human trafficking. However, her behavior is not easy to enter in the document." Xingcheng Ling can probably feel Fu Chuan's attitude towards this matter, but Xing Cheng Ling is also very clear about the imperial court's attitude towards this matter.

None of the masters of the Hanjiang Sword Sect take wives and concubines. Of course, they can generously think that you treat your wife badly, and the wife can run away.

However, the etiquette followed by this secular world does not work like this.

Everything related to Feng Shuniang in the Jin Widow's confession can be crossed out, because Feng Shuniang has nothing to do with the Jin Widow's trafficking case.

The trial of Diao Erhu is completely different.Diao Erhu has always believed that Feng Shuniang is a human trafficker, and if he wants to prove that Feng Shuniang is not a human trafficker, he must get the testimony of Widow Jin.Widow Jin's testimony made Feng Shuniang's position even worse-public order and good customs can tolerate human traffickers.Because someone buys, someone sells. Human traffickers abduct and sell women and children for money. This is human nature.

Feng Shuniang married other people's wives to other people's surnames, but she didn't want money.So, what is she plotting?

What she wants is to destroy "public order and good customs", and what she wants to attack is "a lady of class and common sense", she is even more damned than a human trafficker who wants money.

Once this case is reviewed by the Shangguan, Feng Shuniang will be dug up and flogged even if she is dead.

The only thing Xingcheng Ling can do is to cover up the matter, prevent Diao Erhu's complaint from being recorded, and dismiss the matter.But now, if he wants to intimidate Diao Erhu to withdraw the case, he has to persuade Fu Chuan, and by the way, make Gu Pingxiang who happened to be present also shut up and pretend not to know about it.

Both Fu Chuan and Gu Pingxiang are smart people, and after Xingcheng Ling said a word, they all understood Xingcheng Ling's thoughts.

It wasn't a big deal.

Intimidate Diao Erhu, make big things into small things, and small things into nothing.

Fu Chuan asked: "Did the county lord believe that what Diao Erhu said was true? He said that Feng Shi fell to his own death, and Feng Shi fell to his death by himself? If Feng Shi didn't fall to death by himself, it was because of her." Protecting a pregnant woman who was so beaten up and escaped from the house, she deserves to be found and beaten to death?"

Ling Xingcheng sighed, and said: "Even if I can sentence Diao Erhu to death, the list of death row criminals will be sent to the county government first, and then to Longcheng, where there are checkpoints and checks step by step. In the end, Diao Erhu protects his wife and kills the thief. , Feng Shuniang destroys the outline and will be opened and slaughtered... Fu Zhenren, I, Deng, a seventh-rank official, can't stand against the court and all the lords."

Fu Chuan sneered and said: "It's a coincidence, the one I, Fu Mou likes to deal with the most is the princes who are at the height of the temple!"

Gu Pingxiang rubbed her nose, feeling that as a fourth-rank warlord, she was indeed a little too small and humble.

Jian Dao couldn't understand what they were talking about at all. Hearing a pause, he jumped out immediately: "Senior Brother Fu! That Diao Erhu is lying! I went to see Feng Shu's mother's house, and her head was smashed into scum Scum, how can anyone wrestle and smash their heads into bean curds! Women with less strength can't do such a tragedy! They must have been beaten to death by Diao Erhu!"

Gu Pingxiang looked at the situation and said: "Then I'll prepare the pen and paper for inviting the soul. Brother Fu, you're going to perform in front of the shrine's incense table? I know that you have a deep cultivation, so you don't need to make so many tricks." There are so many people watching the theater at the gate, if we don't give them a performance, I'm afraid they will think we are talking to ourselves..."

Fu Chuan nodded, and then looked at the Xingcheng Order: "My lord, please judge the case impartially. Reasons belong to reason, and sophistication belongs to sophistication. If everyone is so sophisticated and unreasonable, how can there be a bright mirror in this world? Clear sky?"

Xing Chengling let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "That's all, that's all."