Old things in Nancheng

Chapter 8

In the Song Dynasty, the power of the military was released due to the drinking of the emperor and the ancestors. The military was always noble and the military was inferior. In the army, civilian officials commanded generals. Soldiers went out and obeyed the orders of the Privy Council. Generals cannot be changed arbitrarily.The battlefield is unpredictable, and the fighters are fleeting, and the generals must obey the command of those civilian officials who have never been on the battlefield. It is really hard to win a battle.

Such an environment, especially in places like Jiangnan water towns where culture is at its peak, is even more respectful of literature and restraint of martial arts.There are conflicts, quarrels, dislikes, quarrels, literati swearing and citing scriptures without swearing, ordinary people can also blush and have thick necks. Everyone tacitly chooses to present the facts and reason, and never do anything until the last moment.

But now, a dozen or so strong men smashed the scene, which is definitely a big scene for these frail people in Jiangnan water town.

Lin Zhilan watched coldly as more than a dozen guards smashed her stall to pieces. She didn't cry or make a fuss, just stood quietly by the side, looking at Second Master Bao with contempt, like a holy white lotus, aloof ,noble.

On the one hand, there was lively smashing and looting, on the other hand, Taishan collapsed in front of his face without changing his face. More and more people were watching. Bao Erye was pointed at by others, and he did not feel complacent in robbing civilian women at all.

"Arrest this woman for me, I want to let her know who I am today." Second Master Bao winked at the guards with a dark face.

"Stop!" Lin Zhilan shouted loudly.

"Why, now you know you're afraid? It's too late!"

"Who said I was scared!"

With the lesson learned from last time, the guards took away Lin Zhilan's kitchen knife, Lin Zhilan sneered, quickly pulled out the copper hairpin from her head, and pressed the sharpened hairpin tightly against her face .

"Abalone, you want me, but there is no way!"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Zhilan tightly squeezed the copper hairpin, and scratched hard on her face.

"you!"

Second Master Bao couldn't believe his eyes. Which woman doesn't love beauty, and which woman doesn't cherish her appearance? This lady Wang in front of him, Second Master Bao has inquired about, is the wife of the criminal Prince Mo. She is famous for her beauty. As far as I heard, Prince Mo was imprisoned, and Second Master Bao was thinking about it, but who would have thought that this lady Wang would be disfigured and resist.

"Abalone, do you still want my face?" Lin Zhilan didn't care about her own blood flowing quietly on her face, she put the copper hairpin on her slender neck, and said to everyone Ling Ran: "I, Wang Jialin , married to Prince Mo as his wife, born as a member of the Wang family, and died as a ghost of the Wang family. As a minister, loyalty to the emperor is to serve him with life, and I am a woman, so I have to live a life of chastity. Please be a witness for me, I, the Lin family of the Wang family, have a clean body and are worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth!"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Zhilan closed her eyes, and stabbed the copper hairpin down her neck with trembling hands.

"Miss Wang, don't!" A vendor who was closer, saw that Lin Zhilan had really impaled herself with a copper hairpin, and hurried forward to stop her.

"Miss Wang, don't kill yourself for this person!"

"This lady Wang, Zhenlie!"

"That's right, such a woman should be included in "Biography of Martyrs"!"

"This Second Master Bao, it's not enough to have harmed so many people, but he is so despicable that even Mrs. Wang won't let her go!"

"He thought that he was really the emperor and I would not succeed, even such a strong woman would dare to attack."

"Hit him, my niece was taken away by him, this dog, that bastard is not a thing at all!"

Lin Zhilan was robbed of the copper hairpin by a few acquainted street vendors, and she guarded her back. She looked ironically at Bao Erye who was surrounded by righteous indignant crowd.She still has Bao'er, so she won't die, it was just a show.

Before the Song Dynasty, the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the openness made the future generations ashamed, and it was not a problem for a woman to remarry.In the Song Dynasty, since Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism came into being, integrity, especially women's chastity, was highly valued. From the court to the people, everyone respected Neo-Confucianism, and extremely sought after women who were faithful and unyielding in keeping chastity for their husbands. The groupies of the later generations will be even more crazy, and they will go deep into the marrow of their bones.

Lin Zhilan dared to come out and set up a stall again, and she had already thought of a countermeasure in her heart, which was to let others know that she was a virtuous woman who would rather die than submit, so as to arouse the resonance of others.Common people are indeed afraid of power and are as timid as a mouse, but they also hate Erye Bao's evil deeds very much, and they are not indifferent.A woman like Lin Zhilan who raises a young girl alone, keeps her husband chaste, and is hardworking and persevering should actually be praised by the government, but because of Prince Mo's status as a prisoner, Lin Zhilan did not enjoy this treatment.

However, her words and deeds meet the highest standards for women in the current society, and can become a benchmark and a role model.When Lin Zhilan was bullied by Bao Erye, everyone flinched, but when Lin Zhilan died in public in order to keep her chastity, everyone with a strong complex couldn't help it anymore, anger overcame Fear and accumulated resentment merged into rivers and seas. This resentment that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly burst out, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Although Second Master Bao was protected by the guards, the angry people still stretched out their fists to beat him to death. Second Master Bao felt scared for the first time when he saw the red-eyed and ferocious faces of the crowd.

The crowd was so passionate that the guards were scattered by the crowd, and they could no longer protect Second Master Bao. They were beaten like a torrential rain of fists and feet, and Second Master Bao was beaten so hard that he couldn't even howl.

"Stop it all, sir!"

After an unknown amount of time, the most respected magistrate in Yanguan County finally arrived in time to rescue the half-dead Mr. Bao.

Bao Duobao, the magistrate of the county, was so angry that he almost fainted when he saw the second son who was like a dead dog. He begged the magistrate, "Grandpa, you have to be the master of my son~"

The county venerable, Chang Renzhi, looked around coldly, and waited for the yamen servant to control the situation before he said slowly: "Cheng Bao County, please be calm, and I will give you justice when the case is clarified."

Chang Renzhi's words frightened the people who fought. They were excited for a while during the fight, and they started to fight. But now they calm down and wait for the settlement after the fall. Those who did the fighting might not have a good fruit.

Chang Renzhi is the magistrate of the county, the biggest official in Yanguan County, but the affairs of Yanguan County are not decided by Chang Renzhi alone. The words of the county magistrate Bao Duobao are actually more useful than Chang Renzhi. Renzhi is not a local, and has no roots in Yanguan County, but the Bao family has been a big family in Yanguan County for generations, and Bao Duobao has been promoted step by step in the county government. His connections are intricate, and he has the support of the gentry, so Chang Renzhi cannot be overwhelmed by a strong dragon. Snake's.

However, Chang Renzhi did not join hands with the Yan officials and squires. He usually kept a low profile, and when it was time to make a move at a critical moment, for example, the case that Wang Zimo was involved in, for example, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The yamen servant brought Fangzheng Song Cheng from the market, and Chang Renzhi asked indifferently, "Song Fangzheng, will you take care of the market here?"

"If you go back to the grandfather, it's the little one who will take care of you." Song Chenggui knelt down and answered politely.

"There's such a big mess in this grocery store today, you Fangzheng, hehe..." Chang Renzhi deliberately didn't say the whole thing, and smiled coldly.

"It's not a small matter, my lord, you can see clearly, it's not a small matter!" Song Cheng was so frightened that he kowtowed frequently to ask for forgiveness.

Today, this matter has become serious, and there was an incident of gang fights in the miscellaneous market in the village of etiquette. This is not only an issue of public security, but also involves the face of Yanguan County.

"Oh? It's none of your business, who started it?" Chang Renzhi couldn't help sneering when he saw the fish was hooked, but in Song Cheng's eyes, such a smile represented distrust.

Song Cheng glanced at Second Master Bao who had passed out, then at Bao Duobao who was sullen, and then caught a glimpse of Chang Renzhi's half-smile.

In fact, he also despises Second Master Bao, but he can't afford to offend him, but if he doesn't find someone to take the blame, he will have to be blamed for such a big crime, and he can't bear it either.If it was in the county government office, he would definitely say that it was Lin Zhilan's instigation without hesitation, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, if he lied about it, he would have to be torn apart.

"Come on, Song Cheng, as a Fangzheng, mismanaged the house, so that the life and death of the second young master of the Bao family were unknown, so he was sent to a prison to be detained, waiting to be released."

"Master, please forgive me!" Song Cheng was so frightened that he couldn't offend Bao Duobao, nor could he offend Chang Renzhi. Under Chang Renzhi's pressing step by step, Song Cheng panicked and said in a panic: " It’s Mr. Bao, yes, it’s him! He brought a group of people to find trouble with Mrs. Wang, and wanted to rob Mrs. Wang back to the mansion, but Mrs. Wang refused, so Mr. Bao led someone to smash Mrs. Wang’s stall, and almost forced him to return. Miss Wang is dead! Everyone can't see it, so the fight started!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Bao Duobao said in a deep voice.

"No, the small sentence is true, everyone has seen it!"

"Yes, we have all seen that what Song Fangzheng said is the truth."

"That's right, this matter was provoked by Second Master Bao. It's not the first time he's made a fuss."

In order to get rid of the crime, everyone killed Bao Erye with one bite.

"Shut up! Take Mrs. Wang!" Chang Renzhi became even more aggressive when he got the words.

"The woman has seen the grandfather." Although she was reluctant to kneel, Lin Zhilan still knelt and pretended to be pitiful.

"Is this because of you today?" Chang Renzhi looked at Lin Zhilan whose face was half covered with blood, and couldn't help but nodded secretly, his tone softened by three minutes.

"It is indeed because of the slave family." Lin Zhilan was strong in her weakness, and she said in a clear voice: "The slave family set up a wonton stall in the market to raise their young daughter. A few days ago, Bao Er The master came to the stall of the slave family and said that he wanted to accept the slave family as a concubine. The wife of the slave family, although the husband is not here, but as the wife of the royal family, how could she remarry out of integrity. Today, Second Master Bao went to the market again, smashed the wonton stall of the slave family, and threatened the slave family to submit. A weak woman in the slave family was no match for his people, so he had to fight with his life. The people around saw the slave family as pitiful, and dissuaded them one after another. Somehow, there was a fight."

"The wound on your face was caused by Bao Er?" Chang Renzhi asked.

"No, it was drawn by the slave family themselves. With a beautiful face, she is just a stinky skin. The slave family is ruined. Only by keeping my innocence can I be worthy of my husband's family." Lin Zhilan raised her head and looked at Chang Renzhi, and said firmly.

"What a strong woman! There are such women in Yanguan County, and the common people help with all their strength, which shows that our county educates and educates the common people, good!" Chang Renzhi is a scholar, and he is especially fond of integrity.

"Master, how can you listen to her one-sided words!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Bao Duobao questioned.

"Lady Wang is telling the truth, what are one-sided words!"

"That is, your own son has been disciplined like this, and you still have to cover up the facts for him. You are a majestic magistrate, and you are ashamed of the trust of the court!"

"Bold! How dare you slander the court officials!" Bao Duobao became furious when he heard this.

"Hmph, you who cover up your own son and do evil, you still have the face to call yourself an official of the imperial court!"

"On weekdays, Bao Er is a fish and meat common people, Bao County Prime Minister not only doesn't care, but also indulges Bao Er, please make the decision for us!"

"Grandfather, please be the master for us!"

"Grandfather, please be the master for us!"

The crowd was so passionate that everyone knelt down and attacked Bao Duobao.

"Everyone, please calm down. It is my county magistrate's fault that a bully like Bao Er appeared in Yanguan County. I, Chang Renzhi, am here to apologize to all my fathers and fellow villagers." Chang Renzhi bowed to the bottom, stood up and looked at Bao Duobao He turned his face and shouted: "Come on, put Bao Er in prison and wait for his release. County Chancellor Bao, I will write a letter to the court and explain everything here to the emperor. You can do it yourself!"

"Okay, Chang Renzhi, let's wait and see!" Seeing that Bao Er was half dead, Bao Duobao hurried away to find a doctor.

"All the righteous men helping the martyrs are indeed a great event in this county. This matter will be recorded in the county annals and be praised by future generations. Madam Wang, please get up." Chang Renzhi didn't pay much attention to Bao Duobao at this time. In the village, he tried his best to appease the people, and even helped Lin Zhilan up personally, admiringly said: "I will build a chaste archway for you to commend your virtue."

"Thank you, my lord, I can't be a slave, so please take my lord back!" Lin Zhilan made a blessing and refused.

"A woman like you can't deserve it, who should!" Chang Renzhi was determined to justify Lin Zhilan's name.

"Building an archway is a waste of money for the people, and it's useless for my slaves." Lin Zhilan didn't want any bullshit archway. This kind of imaginary thing can't be eaten, so it doesn't matter.

"Miss Wang is righteous, since this is the case, in the name of Yanguan County, I will give you 50 taels of silver to help you raise your young daughter, how about that?" Chang Renzhi said warmly.

"Grandpa, thank you, my family."

A farce is finally over. For Chang Renzhi, this is just the beginning, and he has to go back to fight Bao Duobao.For Lin Zhilan, she didn't care about helping Chang Renzhi in the wrong way. Bao Erye was imprisoned, and she got another 50 taels of silver. It was an unexpected gain, but her face might never be restored .

Women love beauty, and beauties cherish their looks even more, but in order to survive, to live with dignity, Lin Zhilan still abandoned this face. The bloodstain not only scratched Lin Zhilan's face, but also scratched Lin Zhilan's heart.

This is the price of survival!

The crowd dispersed, as if the fragrance of the wontons spread thousands of miles away, and it seemed that the aura of the wonton stall proprietress was even sweeter than the smell of the wontons.

This is the taste of justice!

The author has something to say: I wrote this chapter with passion and excitement, but it is a pity that I am not strong enough to write such an exciting scene better, I am ashamed.

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