Liu Yingshun naturally couldn't say anything about being more experienced, but when it comes to being vicious and vicious, his son is far above me. He immediately said: "Son, this is absolutely impossible, it is only a human life. If the government
I know that neither you nor I can break away from our relationship!"
When Liu Mao heard this, she was immediately unhappy. She said disdainfully: "Thanks to you, you are still a local official. Now the emperor's decree cannot go out of Jiangling City. The people are not promoted and the officials are not investigated. How can the government have the free time to take care of us?"
Small place affairs?"
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the law punished the crime of adultery more severely, and allowed relatives to lynch the adulterer. As early as the Qin Dynasty, there was a regulation: "If a husband is a loitering, killing him is not guilty."
The so-called "sending pigs" refer to boars that go to other people's homes for breeding. It means that if a man gets into someone else's bed like a boar, he deserves to be killed, and the murderer does not need to bear legal responsibility.<
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Later, although lynching was prohibited in all dynasties, family lynching was a concentrated expression of patriarchal power in feudal society, and it and the imperial power constituted the two core forces of social control.
In the feudal society where "public power did not go to the countryside", the family head class represented by the gentry, which was allied with the government, had the dual functions of grassroots autonomy and public power nerve endings, so lynching was carried out legally in an illegal environment.
exists.
Liu Maoshi said again: "Furthermore, the adulterer also said just now, said...what..."
Liu Yaozu hurriedly reminded: "It is said that bandits robbed Yangjiadu in the fourth lunar month."
Liu Maoshi nodded to her son with a smile, and then said to her husband: "Yes, there are bandits coming. He is a scholar from other places. He lost his way at night and met the bandits. Hey... who can doubt us?"
Come up?"
When Liu Yaozu heard his mother's suggestion, it just matched his own ideas. When Chen Chang died, it can be said that the greedy scholar had squandered his money. Anyway, there was no proof.
In this way, the 2 to 1 vote approved the lynching of Chen Chong, and the next step was to discuss a safe method of destroying the corpse and eradicating traces.
In fact, this problem can be easily solved. There are so many barren graves and graves around Yangjiadu. You can just dig a hole anywhere and bury it, or you can make it look like drowning and sink it into the river.
The family of three was debating whether to dig a hole directly or sink it into the river to be executed. Suddenly, Shui Ling'er, who was tied to a tree, said with a weak breath: "He... what he said is true. There is indeed a thief who is about to attack..." <
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After experiencing the initial panic, she gradually came to her senses. The three members of the Liu family were vicious and sinister, and they were capable of killing people and mutilating corpses. If they didn't tell the truth at this time, they might not be able to help Chen Chang get out of trouble.
Liu Yingshun and others heard Shui Ling'er talking and came over one after another.
Liu Yaozu took the lead, with Liu Yingshun and Liu Maoshi following behind him. Of course, today's matter must be settled. Chen Chang, a scholar from other places, is easy to deal with, but it will cost a lot to keep Shui Ling'er silent.
A lot of work.
Liu Yaozu said angrily: "You are still protecting him at this time, right? We have seen with our own eyes what you are doing, how can we still unjustly accuse you?"
His chest heaved violently, his face turned red, his face was ferocious, and his eyes seemed to be filled with blood, as he stared at Shui Ling'er.
At this time, if Shui Ling'er is willing to say something soft, even just one sentence, he will feel that it is meaningful for him to keep her.
Shui Ling'er murmured in a low voice: "Dalang, please, tell everyone to move away quickly... The thief is coming, we all have to die!"
After saying that, she looked at Chen Chang with mixed emotions. Two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks. Her heart was filled with regret. If she hadn't misunderstood him just now, how could she have ended up in this situation?
If the Liu family insisted that there was an adulterous affair between her and Chen Chang, she, a weak woman, would have no way of refuting it. After all, the Liu family was unreasonable.
When she saw Chen Chang being severely beaten by Liu Yaozu, she felt even sadder than the beating herself.
Just now, the three members of the Liu family were whispering to the side, as if they were plotting something. Are they planning to kill Chen Chang?
If he dies because of me, even if I survive in the future, I will be in torment all the time?
At this point, how can I save his life?
These questions were swirling in her mind, almost driving her crazy!
Shui Ling'er begged bitterly, but Liu Yao's grandmother and son were determined, so how could they be willing to listen?
Liu Yingshun, on the other hand, frowned as if thinking.
As a local official, he has seen some things in the world. In recent years, there have been wars and bandits. Last month, Dongshan Village, more than 30 miles northwest of Yangjiadu, was looted by bandits. He also knew the local local officials.
I heard that his head was hung on the big tree at the entrance of the village.
After thinking over and over in his mind, Liu Yingshun finally came up with the idea that he didn't want to kill him without teaching him. He could ask Chen Chang carefully. If what he said was true, it would save the lives of a whole village of young and old.
This is not to say that Liu Yingshun's ideological consciousness is very high, but if all the villagers are killed by bandits, how can he be an official?
However, this proposal immediately met with strong opposition from the mother and son.
Liu Yaozu's idea was very simple. Chen Chong and he had a sworn hatred for "stealing his wife." Moreover, the money they had secretly kept could not make Chen Chong open his mouth.
Liu Mao's attitude completely depends on his son's attitude.
"A woman's kindness!" Liu Yingshun said for a rare moment, "If there are really bandits, we will all have the same fate as Dongshan Village!"
"Rebellion, rebellion, how dare you say that I..." The anger on Liu Mao's face disappeared in an instant. She had also heard Liu Yingshun talk about things in Dongshan Village, "Will they really come?"
"Father, grandma!" Liu Yaozu was worried that his mother would change her mind. "How could he, a scholar from out of town, know about the bandits? He was probably caught by us and told nonsense to save his life."
"Huh? My son is right!" Liu Maoshi nodded, "How could he know? Oh, is this person an accomplice of the bandits? If we caught him and beat him, wouldn't we have offended the bandits?"
Liu Yingshun gritted her teeth and secretly cursed the ignorant woman with long hair and short knowledge.
After Liu Yingshun argued hard, the mother and son finally agreed to ask questions clearly.
Liu Yaozu took the opportunity of taking the rag from Chen Chang's mouth to warn him to be careful with his words and not to cause more trouble.
Chen Chang retched a few times at first, and then breathed in the air greedily. He did not expect that the Lius and his son would give him a chance to speak. Although his body was in pain, his heart was filled with joy.
Shui Ling'er didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing his miserable condition, her tears couldn't stop flowing down. She sobbed and said: "Little Master, please tell the official where you got the news."
Although she is a woman, she also knows that the only way to gain Liu Yingshun's trust now is to explain the channel of the news, and this channel must be one Liu Yingshun is willing to believe.
"Pa!"
"Bitch! Shut up!" Liu Yaozu slapped Shui Ling'er hard in the face, "He can just say what he wants to say, why do you need to make noise on the side? If you can't say that you are ugly today, you will die!"<
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Liu Yingshun said to Chen Chang: "You said there are bandits threatening our village. Where did you get the news?"
Shui Ling'er immediately turned around and said anxiously: "Xiao Langjun, you and I are both innocent. Please tell me where you heard the news."
Chen Chang has a hard time talking about it.
Where did I get the news?
I heard the news from one of the gang of tomb robbers named Kong Fuzi.
But how can such a ridiculous answer be convincing?"
Chen Chang's eyes passed over the three members of the Liu family, and what he saw was their hateful and angry eyes. These three people already had a preconceived impression of him and would definitely not believe him.
He looked at Shui Ling'er again, and met her expectant eyes. Their eyes met, and they both felt sad in their hearts.
Through Yan Qianshi's narration and personal contact, we learned that she is a kind but timid woman. Because the Liu family is kind to her, she can silently endure the oppression and enslavement of the Liu family and accept the arrangement of her fate.
However, when faced with the life and death of the people of Yangjiadu, she was very strong, willing to believe his "hearsay", willing to work with him to do something to save the people, and bravely chose to stand on the opposite side of the Liu family
Up.
Regardless of the outcome of today's incident, because she helped him, an "outsider", she would not be able to gain a foothold in the Liu family after all.
In such a feudal era, in addition to physical torture, what is even more unbearable is the mental torture, which is the invisible force that binds people like cattle and horses.
The more Chen Chang thinks about it, the more stressed he becomes. Now that this poor woman, the safety of the Yan family's ancestors and the people of Yangjiadu are all tied to him, how can he not be nervous?
Calm down, calm down, you will definitely be able to find a way to solve the problem.
Chen Chang was thinking about countermeasures, but in Liu Yingshun's opinion, he was just trying every possible means to cover up lies.
"Xiao Langjun, you should hurry up and tell me..."
Shui Ling'er saw him being calm for a long time, and his face gradually showed panic. Liu Yingshun would not give him too much time to explain.
At this moment, Chen Chang took a long breath and said slowly: "Of course, the young lady told me this news during the day!"
When he first came to this era, he could count the people he knew with just one slap. Wang Huan's identity was enough to suppress Liu Yingshun, a country official. At this time, he could only use the banner as a tiger's skin. If he was lucky enough to survive, he would
It’s not too late to explain to Wang Huan and apologize.
Liu Yingshun sneered and said, "You just came here with your mouth open! That lady has been away from Yangjiadu for a long time, how can you meet her?"
Not to mention Liu Yingshun, even Shui Ling'er couldn't help shaking her head after hearing this. This answer was too far-fetched.
Liu Yaozu burst into laughter and said: "Hahaha. How ridiculous! You and that lady are not close friends, so why would you tell you such news in the middle of the night? Could it be that the two of you are also having an affair?"
After what happened just now, Liu Yaozu looked at him like an adulterer.
Chen Chang ignored him and pretended to be calm: "This matter is related to the lives of the people of Yangjiadu. It is of great importance. You can go and inform the village first. Chen is here. Can he still run away?"
Liu Yaozu said coldly: "What a clever word! You knew that the lady would not come back, so you made up such a lie to deceive us. Do you really think that we are three-year-old children?"
He turned to Liu Yingshun and said: "Father, this thief is so confident that we dare not torture him because of the intimidation of the young lady. How can he give in without a severe beating?"
As Liu Yaozu spoke, he picked up a bamboo pole from the ground and slapped Chen Chang shamelessly.
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside the courtyard, and someone shouted: "Liu Lili, notify the people to move immediately, the bandits are coming..."
Liu Yingshun and others were stunned after hearing this.
Chen Chang heard that the man's voice was somewhat familiar, and heard what he said was about bandits massacring the village. No matter where they got the news, there was always an explanation for the matter.
His vision went dark, and he couldn't hold on any longer, so he fainted...
This chapter has been completed!