Ding Tian's Ancient Life

"Shiro..." A female voice sounded.

Fourth Zhao looked back: "Xiaolan...!"

His wife, Zhang Xiaolan, was standing at the door, holding a baby in her arms, and leading a child who was just able to stand firmly, and another four or five-year-old Xiao Douding was also standing aside to support his younger brother.

Zhao Laosi ran over, hugged his sons and kissed them fiercely, and the children hugged their father and cried so hard that they couldn't help themselves.

But Prefect Du and the others, including Ding Tian, ​​understood why Ma Xiucai fell in love with him.

Zhang Xiaolan has a melon-shaped face, a slender and slender figure, even if she wears a jingchai sarong, it is difficult to hide her soft temperament, especially her eyes, which are big, energetic, and watery, except that her skin is a little dark... probably It was because she was worried about her husband, who looked a little too thin.

The two children are well-raised, the chubby little milk fat, it can be seen that they are very healthy.

The five members of the family were crying so hard, Ding Tian felt terribly uncomfortable watching such a scene, what's the matter!

Zhao Laosi was about to go back, Ding Tian specially asked someone to hitch up a carriage, and loaded him with a bag of white flour, which was about fifty catties, and twenty catties of pork: "This is the master's idea, You can’t spend half a year in prison in vain, this is for you first, go back and make dumplings, have a good meal with your wife and children, and the other compensations, the master will give you an explanation, don’t worry!”

Ding Tian patted Zhao Lao Si on the shoulder: "I originally wanted to take the children and your wife into the city, but who knew that the case would be over so quickly, so you can take them home

Zhao Lao Si took his wife and children and kowtowed three times in front of the government office, very solemnly, then straightened his back and took his wife and children into the carriage. Go back to Zhaojia Village.

And his four brothers have disappeared into the crowd.

After seeing off Zhao Laosi's family, Ding Tian returned to the cell and looked at the four guys who were already able to work: "Work hard, reform well, and when you go out in the future, you can find a decent job...cough cough , earn a living, support your family, and besides, you are all single... One person feeds the whole family and the whole family is not hungry, and all the money you earn from working is saved, and you can buy a family business in the future... "

Ding Tian started nagging, and gave the four of them an ideological and moral education class every day, as if the magic voice urged their brains, making the four of them feel worse than death, and then shut up.

At noon, in order to celebrate a person who was wronged, the cook specially made scrambled melon with eggs and braised pork. Although it is a bit greasy to eat in summer, it is a fool not to eat meat.

And I made an extra cold side dish, which tastes very refreshing.

After a business trip, Ding Tian ran to the street market in a good mood and bought braised beef and a roast chicken. Wang Zuo was already at home waiting for him to cook.

Seeing Ding Tian come back with something, he asked with a stinky face, "Didn't I send you a roast chicken?"

Why do you still buy outside?

"This one is different. It's a family tradition. I'll make you a spicy chicken. It's delicious!" Ding Tian was in a good mood, as if he was brimming with happiness.

"Did something happy happen?" Seeing him like that, Wang Zuo felt better unconsciously.

"Today, Zhao Laosi's case is finally closed." Ding Tian raised the food in his hand: "Let's celebrate."

Spicy mixed chicken is actually mixed with sesame oil, chili oil and pepper. The roast chicken itself has a taste.

He also gave the beef cold salad, put more chives and coriander, put soy sauce, no vinegar, and Ding Tian felt it was not delicious.

Two cold dishes, Auntie Jin specially baked scallion pancakes, Ding Tian made egg soup, and a simple dinner was served on the table.

"Let me tell you, Zhao Laosi's case is really full of twists and turns!" Ding Tian was used to chatting with Wang Zuo at the dinner table. He talked about his work and the case.

The case of Zhao's family is indeed... very unbelievable.

A series of mistakes have created today's evil results.

Ding Tian just said what he knew, but when Wang Zuo returned to his inn, he called Ling Fei over: "You said that the eldest son of the left servant of the official department is here?"

"Yes, staying at Zhang's house temporarily." Ling Fei bowed his head and reported, "It was him who wanted to attack Si Prison Ding, but was stopped by our people, and stopped three times, and he never made a move again."

Because the eldest son knew that someone must have made a secret move here, otherwise, how could he not have counted on a small jailer who was smaller than Zhimaguaner?

"Is the Ma family still probing?"

"Yes, my lord, the Ma family should have ransacked the house and beheaded a long time ago."

"No, no, no!" Wang Zuo shook a finger: "I heard that the Ma family wants to give the young lady from the first line to be the eldest son's wife."

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"Prince?" Ling Fei's eyes widened: "Who is the Ma family? That is the son of an official from Beijing..."

"Soon he won't be anymore." Wang Zuo smiled coldly: "If his family is uprooted, do you think he will marry a squire's daughter in order to save his life... hide his name, or look forward to a comeback?"

"This...why is it so troublesome?" It's a bit like a cat catching a mouse, eating, you must eat it, but before eating, you have to play for a while, and you have to play enough.

"Use that one to involve the Ma family, and then investigate the matter of the Ma family's caravan." Wang Zuo said, "The reason why the Ma family was not moved is to find out who else has something to do with the caravan."

"Okay." Lingfei saw that the prince must do this, although he didn't understand why he had to implicate a small Ma family... But since the prince said so, as counselors, they should find a way implement.

"Also, let the Ma family punish the nine clans!" Wang Zuo ordered lightly, casting the future of the Ma family into hell.

"My lord, without your order, the Ma family's caravan dared to sneak out of the customs and trade ironware with people on the grassland. This in itself is a serious crime against the nine clans." Ling Fei told Wang Zuo: "What's more, they are still with some officials. Collusion inside and out."

This felony alone is enough to make the Ma family unable to stand up forever.

But the people of the Ma family are really brave!

Wang Zuo's side had already issued an order, but the Ma's side didn't notice it, and was still busy with Ma Jialiang's affairs.

It doesn't matter if you lose the lawsuit, the most you can pay is some money. As a big local family, how can you care about a little money?

However, Governor Du invited the Xuezheng from Beifeng Mansion over to discuss the removal of Ma Jialiang's fame.

The reason is that Ma Jialiang's character is not good.

In ancient times, a person's character and reputation were very important. Once his reputation was ruined, no one would be willing to talk to him even if he was a talented person.

However, if one member of a family is degraded because of his conduct, then the entire family, and the three generations of the family, will not be able to lift their heads.

The ancient imperial examinations were not like modern ones. If you passed the exam, you passed the exam, and the score prevailed.

In ancient times, the imperial court had the final say in the imperial examination, and the imperial examination was to investigate whether there were any men who broke the law and whether there were remarried women in the three generations.

In other words, if there are such people within three generations, they are not eligible for the imperial examination.

Also, the first name written on the test paper is not yours, but your great-grandfather, grandfather and father.

What are the respective identities.

If your great-grandfather lived by servants, carts, boats, shops, feet, teeth, etc., then you are also not eligible for the imperial examination.All of these require three generations before the imperial examination is allowed, that is, the generation of your son, because the identity of your grandfather may be different in that generation.

Having said so much, it is because Ma Shi absolutely cannot produce such a person!

Moreover, it appeared in modern times. With such a person, it is impossible for Ma's three generations to have an imperial examination, because in the circle of scholars, his reputation is notorious.

"Brother, what should we do?" The youngest of the Ma family looked at the Patriarch of the Ma family.

Now he can only turn to his own elder brother for help.

If the grandson is really dismissed, then his branch... can't hold its head up anywhere.

"Prepare a gift!" The Patriarch of the Ma family gritted his teeth: "Prepare a generous gift! I will go to the government office and pay a visit to the lord."

People used to call him "Prefect Du", and "Lord Fu Zun" is an honorific title.

Now the head of the Ma family also used the honorific title, which is equivalent to bowing to the prefect's office, or in other words, bowing to the prefect Du.The second child of the Ma family snorted, and glanced at the third child of the Ma family angrily: "If you don't have that ability, don't worry about other people's daughter-in-law."

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The youngest of the Ma family laughed: "Second brother, you were supportive at that time!"

"At that time, who knew that he couldn't even get his legs right, and his fame would be taken away." The second child of the Ma family belonged to the kind of temper that turned his face and refused to recognize others.

That time was that time, and at that time the third child was the younger brother who followed behind him.

Now is now, the troubles of the third family may affect the whole family, of course it is not the same, and it is impossible to give him a good face.

The youngest of the Ma family had a bad look on his face: "Yes, the second brother always makes sense."

The head of the Ma family patted the table: "Okay, okay! Shut up, now is a critical moment for the Ma family. I will go to the government office, and you go home. Let everyone in the family be honest for a while..."

The head of the Ma family thought that if he went, at least the magistrate would give him some face.

In the end, he didn't even enter the gate of the government office, and the guard on guard told him: "Master Zhifu is discussing matters with Lord Xuezheng, I don't see any visitors for now, please go back."

The owner of the Ma family didn’t know the servant who was standing guard, but the head steward of the Ma family knew him and had a lot of dealings with him. Steward Ma stepped forward and handed him a silver ingot, two or two taels: “Please let me know , the Patriarch of the Ma family came to see the magistrate

people. "

"It's not that I don't give you face, it's just that the adults have said it, don't allow people to disturb you." The man returned the money to him again: "This money is hot to hold."

He didn't dare to collect money. Today, the case is being tried in the yamen, and the boy from the Ma family is actually thinking about his wife... If the daughter-in-law didn't have a child, you will miss it if you think about it. That wife has three children , still thinking about it, this is wrong.

What's more, the Ma family's reputation in Fucheng is not very good.

Others don't know the details of Ma's family. How can no one know about the fact that they have lived in the same city for so long?

The Ma family was the first family to open a brothel in the local area. The Zhang family and the Lin family of the three major families, one is a big landlord, heirs through farming and study, and provided for one person and three scholars; the other is a well-known local business family. There are the most shops in the city, and there are two caravans that specialize in traveling from south to north to source goods. It can be said that two-thirds of the shops in Fucheng get goods from the Lin family.

Moreover, the Zhang family is a farming and studying family, with the most land and a large population. Similarly, the Zhang family is a scholar's family. There is a clan elder who is the head of the school in Fucheng, and a Juren, which is enough to support the appearance of the Zhang family. .

The Lin family is a purely commercial family, and the population is not prosperous, but the Lin family is a land household with a longer history than the Ma family. In addition, the Lin family's second son is not in good health. For this reason, the Lin family has done a lot of good deeds and asked God to bless their son. Be healthy.

Therefore, the Lin family has the best reputation, and the Zhang family is not bad. Only the Ma family... because of the brothel business and their large population, it is inevitable that good and bad are mixed...so the reputation is not very good.

The yamen servants are also locals, and as local snakes, because they are yamen servants, they can get more gossip.It is said that the talent of the Ma family cannot be kept, and some people say that the magistrate also dislikes the Ma family.

A big family was disliked by a magistrate...the county magistrate who destroyed the family, the magistrate who destroyed the family....