Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

Sure enough, on the first day of March, a spacious platform was temporarily set up in the square in front of Zhengyangmen, and Deputy Commander Yang of the Wucheng Military Division ordered the traffickers to be taken to the execution ground early in the morning.The people who came a few steps later had to climb to the distant tree to watch - there were about sixteen or seven living people kneeling back and forth in a row above, and a few dead people were hanging on the shackles beside them.The common people passed on to each other that this was the kidnapper who stole other people's wives and children during the Shangyuan Festival. If there were no soldiers guarding him, everyone would have rushed to beat the thief to death on the spot.

At exactly the right time, the chief officials of the third division came out from the palace gate and went directly to the stage to order the criminal officer to read the indictment.When the people heard that this group of people not only kidnapped and trafficked people, but also took care of the children in other people's homes and kidnapped them to do some activities of harvesting and cutting them. There is that bloody man who almost gnaws his steel teeth, wishing to go up and bite these people's flesh.As if he hadn't heard the commotion below, the criminal officer continued announcing the names and origins of the group of traffickers without raising his eyes.No matter who is listening below, anyone who has even half a relationship with these kidnappers will spit on the ground and say bad luck, and no one will dare to stand out. I am afraid that the government will have to trouble them to clean up after the execution.

This group of thieves has a large number of people, a wide range of occupation, strong courage, and cruel methods. It can be said that this case is unique since the establishment of the dynasty.Therefore, the three divisions are now ordered to hold a public trial, and after reading the crimes, they will list the witnesses and physical evidence one by one.There is plenty of physical evidence, full of confessions and remains from the cellar.Witnesses only testified that some of the girls who were rescued were not convenient to come forward, but they also wrote petitions and fingerprints, and the source of everything was found.This time the trafficker knew he was going to die, so he didn't make any sophistry at this time, but he wanted to have a good time. Only a woman who abducted children cried and said that she was wronged.

This woman usually cooks in the den of thieves, and she only goes out when the kidnappers step on her outside. She either brings cakes and candies, or gets close to the women who look after the children, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness or not using food to abduct her, or not being in the street. Robber, held the child and put a cigarette under his arm and ran away.If the child cried out at Xiaoshi, the mother-in-law would turn around and get angry with him: "Cry, cry, grandma will take you away to relatives, go to my concubine's house to eat meat!" After answering one or two, the child was abducted abruptly.At this time, the old woman tied her hands behind her back, knelt on the ground and walked a few steps, crying: "Master Qingtian, I have been wronged so badly. There are always people who want children and want to beg them, my little one." Those who only want to do good deeds, find those children who have many children, or those who don’t care about them, take them out and raise them like pearls and treasures when they go back. To avenge the little one, the little one is not a kidnapper!"

As soon as she said this, not to mention the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment sitting above him laughed angrily, even the common people watching around pointed at her and scolded her.Someone said: "The person who has no children is God's decision not to let him have children. Either he committed adultery in his previous life, or he committed a crime in this life. God will punish him. If you are not, then you will be with him." What do you mean by walking away?" Some people scolded: "Children from other people's families, you care how many children there are in other people's families, no matter how many children there are, and I don't want to give it to you, an old man." There are also narrow-minded people. Disgusted, she said: "Mrs. Wu is so kind, why don't you also do good deeds, sell your own grandchildren to those who want children, and ask people to raise them blindfolded like pearls and treasures. How about inheriting the incense with others?"

Hearing this, the woman turned pale, and a few thoughtful thieves pointed at her and said, "My lords know that this woman is lying. Her eyes are dangling, and she is only staring at the neat children in the small family." Look. The children are abducted. Boys are priced at 100 taels, and girls are priced at 80 taels. Maybe it wasn't for the five or six-year-old children who asked her to get them out, and most of them changed hands in the distance, either in theater troupes or in buildings, regardless of the dirt and smell of the ground, asking for money. We also know that this woman walks around the street Xiangshi had quite a few official babies in his hands, some were delicate and crying, and even asked her to be taken to death. On weekdays, he was very proud to show off to us, saying "whatever he is" My son’s background, in the hands of the old woman, tell him to live or die, it’s extremely rampant! Heaven’s intolerable!”

The thief exposed the old woman's background, and sure enough, a clerk added a few crimes to the charge with a pen, and a jailer came over and took the man aside under the shade of a tree to hide him.The thieves at the side saw that he had gained a lot of money by showing his head, and they thought that maybe they could get away with it by chance, so they also opened their mouths and pointed at others to expose it.Some say that this person is used to collude with casinos to sell gamblers' wives and children; They are colluding, looking for pious believers in Shangxiang who cheat money, sex and children—often come to the door with empty teeth and say that the life of the child is bad, and if they are not sent to the temple in time, they may bring the whole family down.You cheated one by one, and ran away after cheating the child. When the family members figured it out, where would they go to find them?These people also like to lie to girls that they are going to a certain nunnery to practice. Once they go in, let alone practice in meditation, most of them sell them to be the Goddess of Mercy on the Fengyue Field, no matter how difficult it is to be clean.

The evidence of these mutual bites was more vomited than when they were tortured in the big prison before. In the end, only a few kidnappers who specialize in stealing official children and dealing with special and wild temples were dragged out by Tete for further careful interrogation , the rest of the kidnappers were all sentenced to death with a stroke of a pen by the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.The chief officials of the Procuratorate and Dali Temple were sitting beside them, and they didn't have to go far to check the sentencing. They just put down the big seal on the teacup and stamped "啪,啪,啪", and the knife and ax hand sharpened their knives and waited. It's been a long time.

As soon as noon came, except for three or four of this group of thieves who still had to be kept for retrial, the rest of the dozen or so were all immediately sentenced to subjugation, and their corpses were exposed for three days as a warning to everyone else.The soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division ran for a long time just to flush the blood on the platform into the ditch, and finally arranged the headless thieves neatly before sunset.

All that is left is to send the case to the local government offices, ordering the department to investigate secretly these kidnapped and lost people.According to the testimonials of the kidnappers, some of them have been peddling for nothing more than a year or two, and it would be a great merit if they can be found back.Even the major palaces and temples also worked together with the Daolu Department and the Senglu Department to sort out the disc documents of the monks and priests, and those who had vague words or fake numbers were reported to the imperial court and sent to the government to lock them into prison. eat board.During this period, many illegal things were found out, and many believers who were coerced or oppressed were rescued, and the atmosphere of the whole country was changed.

It's late spring when things are done here.In April, the weather is gradually getting hotter, and there are still light rains from time to time. The flowers in Beijing bloom and fall successively, and it is another good year.Since Shen Yu was transferred from Beizhen Fusi to the Jingwei Camp in February, it was enough to practice Yingmao on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and she stayed at home to guard Baochai on weekdays.Now that the four realms are stable, there is only one difficulty in the promotion of generals, so he is not in a hurry, and sees Tian'er accompanying Baochai and taking old man Shen to either Daci'en Temple, Zechi, or his own Zhuangzi.The old doctor Xu told old man Shen to be more active if necessary, and said that it is beneficial and harmless for a pregnant woman to move around more during pregnancy, so he specially kept the two of them idle.

Baochai knew his good intentions, and he was healthy and willing to go out to play and see the scenery. The family of three enjoyed the scenery of Gyeonggi all the time, and it didn't stop until April when their stomachs swelled up.

It was Enke's exam day, and the family sent the sojourner Shen's children to the Gongyuan, but they were stuck in the street and hadn't returned yet. The family was waiting for Xue Jiji to be ordered to deliver things.Along with Mrs. Xue was an embarrassing old woman who went to Mr. Shen's place to say hello, and then supervised the servants to carry things down one by one and show them to Madam Su: " Although these four pieces are made of cotton, they are the most suitable linings for those who wear them inside. They are light, thin and soft, and will not stick to the body after absorbing sweat. They are comfortable and light for my aunt to wear at home every day, and they are better than any amount of silk and satin. "After speaking, he took down a few boxes and opened them to Madam Su, saying: "The bird's nests sent by the guys from the south. We asked the doctor that the high-grade official swallows are fine, and the blood swallows are only afraid that the color of the swallows will be uncomfortable for my aunt. There are also rock sugar, walnuts, black sesame, everything is good."

"And this," the woman smiled and brought out two full bamboo baskets: "These are the eggs that my aunt and grandma eat every day, not the ones collected from the village that I don't know how long they have been stored. The three eat as much as they can, and I will give them away later. My wife said, it will be a must when the little grandson is born in the future, just eat, there are plenty at home.” In addition, there are all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, and I don’t know where to buy them. , as fresh as if it had just been torn from a vine.

Su Momo looked it over carefully, and sent the cloth directly to the courtyard to be cut and sewed by the maids, and sent all the food to the big kitchen of the Shen family to cook without asking any questions.Now that Shen Yu stays at home when she has nothing to do, Baochai buys all three meals from her own hands, and Madam Su is happy to be free, just replace the inappropriate things in the yard, and just write a list and hand it out for what she eats every day. Then remind Baochai to live well.

Shen Yu helped Baochai out for a walk after the delivery guy from Xue's family left.Now the Shen family's garden has been reorganized, the vegetation is verdant and well arranged, and it looks quite natural.Ever since she stopped going out for a walk, Baochai loved to take a walk in the garden when she had nothing to do, and she also slacked off a lot about her family affairs.Fortunately, the Shen family has fewer masters and fewer servants, so slack will be slack, but no one dares to cheat.

After Baochai walked for a quarter of an hour, she turned back to the east courtyard to rest. Shen Yu went to the kitchen to see what fresh food was prepared today, and Madam Su came over to report to her natal family one by one, and finally approached Baochai's little girl. Said: "Auntie, there is still something you have to weigh yourself." After speaking, she looked up at Ying'er and Bailu who were serving in the room, and the two maids stepped back immediately, and Madam Su continued: "You The body here is getting heavier and heavier, and the mother, child and mother-in-law need to prepare earlier. There is another one," the old mother paused and said, "Grandma must know, don't listen to others' slander and go to my uncle indiscriminately. Adding someone to the house. Not to mention embarrassing yourself, it will hurt the relationship between husband and wife again. Why bother to hurt yourself because of the face. If my uncle mentions it himself, let's be a virtuous person to arrange It's a big problem, and it can be prevaricated and easy to deal with in the future; if the young master doesn't ask for it, he can simply pretend that he doesn't know it and get in the way."

Su Momo looked at Baochai with loving eyes and said, "I have been to Xue's house since the girl was still in Jinling, and I have regarded this place as my own home all these years ago. Outside Taoists say that the most important thing for a woman is to obey the three virtues and be humble. I said, that is a group of bastards, who can't do well in the officialdom, so they have to work hard on women. Let's just make sure that the outsiders can't make mistakes. Don't believe their nonsense. If you believe them, everything will be fine. They all follow those dogmas, telling you to live a life that is neither human nor ghost. The sage also said that the young son of a man should accept it, and the big one should go away. Why can’t he be flexible when it comes to women? Just stand upright and stand aside The most important thing is to make your own home comfortable or not, and don’t care what other people say.” Baochai helped her by the hand and said with a smile: “Please trouble me to think about these things for me, I said that when the Shen family came to propose marriage earlier. You can take a concubine if you are over [-] years old and have no children. I have only been married for a year now, and I already have news in my stomach. Who can have the cheek to mention this matter to me, I will wait."

Su Momo nodded and said: "I'm afraid that women will gossip about this matter. There will often be those who speak while standing up and don't hurt their backs. They will give other people some bad ideas. Just don't listen to it or believe it." Baochai laughed naturally. I should not mention it.

In the evening, Shen Yu made a few refreshing side dishes, and boiled bird's nest porridge, and watched Baochai clean it before happily ordering his servants to clean it up.When she was going to bed at night, Baochai stretched out her hand and pinched him, saying, "Did someone give you a good gift in the past few days?" Shen Yu froze for a moment, then laughed a few times: "Grandma's eyes are like torches, and I can't hide anything from you. A few days ago, a businessman from outside begged to come to the door, saying that he had opened a shop in Beishi and asked me to take care of him, and as a show of sincerity, he sent two skinny horses over, and I chased them all away." Baochai rolled her eyes in the dark, turned her back to him and said: "If there are such good people, just bring them back, the Shen family can't afford to have two mouths anymore!"

Shen Yu hurriedly sat up and said: "I can't afford it, but I can't afford it. Our family only has grandma, and we can't do the flowers outside. Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's good to be angry with grandma and then angry with uncle Baochai snorted suddenly: "How do you know it's the old man? What if it's a big girl? Why don't you?" Shen Yu just now knew the situation in which a woman can mess around with her body, so she had no choice but to talk nicely. Coaxing her softly, he said: "Hello, big girl. Actually, I just want a big girl. She is beautiful, smart and caring. I can't get a little padded jacket anymore. If the girl asks her to cut a new skirt every day Just pick up the old clothes of your relatives and children and get rid of them, the green-skinned brat."

Baochai finally calmed down and said: "I can tell you, if you really like a good girl, you have to come back and discuss with me, and there is no one who refuses to agree. If you dare to take it home secretly Man, even you took off your clothes and threw them out, wherever you want to go!" Shen Yu knelt on the bed board and kowtowed to her: "I said grandma, why did you abduct back again? If I have this If you have the guts to tell the two elder brothers to beat you to death, how can you use the working grandmother? Don’t worry, our family is poor, and we really can’t afford to support the powerful ladies outside.” De Baochai turned around and lay down again.

As soon as the big belly woman turned around slowly, Shen Yu reached out and placed her hand on her swollen belly and rubbed it lightly. After a while, a small bulge protruded out to prevent him from touching her house.Shen Yu was overjoyed, and changed places to stick her hands to flirt, the child in her stomach was also persistent, and she insisted not to allow her father to touch it, kicking wherever she touched it.After playing for a while, Baochai pushed him impatiently, and Shen Yu just stopped, and then brought his face closer and took a blow, and finally settled down contentedly: "What will you read to him tomorrow morning? After that, it will be The collection of scriptures and histories left by the sages is gone. I didn’t work so hard when I was studying, but now I’m filling it all up.” Baochai laughed and laughed at him: “I still have all the Tang poems in there. Why don’t you read this first, and those Let your grandfather teach you the teachings of the saints in the future, I am afraid that the little ink in your stomach will lead the child astray again!"

Shen Yu also laughed when she heard her say this: "I can't help it. I just can't sit still. When I read a serious book, my upper and lower eyelids are inseparable from glue. I can clearly recognize every word. Mr. I can’t understand it once I read it together. I’m the only one in our family who can’t do well in learning. If I’m as smart as my elder brother, I can’t go to school early and just sit in the yamen and drink tea.” Baochai knew that he was a second-hand student at home, but But I've never heard anyone from the Shen family talk about Mr. Shen, Mrs. Shen and the uncle in detail, as if there was only a second master who jumped out of the cracks in the house from the beginning.

Just as she was about to ask, Shen Yu suddenly stretched out her hand and hugged his wife tightly, Baochai shut up and didn't ask anything.But looking at the appearance of Mr. Shen and Shen Yu now, it doesn't look like the grudge has not been avenged. I just guessed that it was either really an accident, or the vengeance had already been done long ago.Also thinking about Shen Yu's earlier work as an errand in Beizhen Fusi, I'm afraid that the people who committed crimes and their families did not end well.

Seeing her, Shen Yu didn't ask too many questions, and thought about waiting for a suitable opportunity in the future to talk about these things with her one by one.After such a night without talking, he got up early the next morning and went to the kitchen to change tricks to eat with his wife, without the slightest airs of a third-rank official.

The author has something to say: Yesterday we went to sell the old house to Brother Rui's father and mother to repay the loan sharks.

There is no way, the old man in the family is crazy and superstitious about the nonsense that a certain company's original stock market will make a fortune overnight and make a lot of money. Without telling us, we have to borrow usury to invest.Now it seems that it is going to be yellow, and the loan sharks call every day to press for money, and if there is no other way, they will sell the house.