Section 258: Solving the Case (4)
When a person wants to commit suicide, you really have no way to help him. Just like when someone wants to drown himself directly, you have no way to stop him.
But Lin Daoxin, a scholar who has no fame and fortune, plans to find the feeling of death at this moment.
"Sir, the student doesn't understand what you mean. Do you really don't care?" Lin Daoxin seemed to have no concern about his beating at all, but instead asked with interest.
"It seems that you really plan to lose your life. What a pity, your cousin Lin Xiaogang is dead. You had a chance." As soon as Ye Tan finished his words, he suddenly heard a voice from outside the door, "Sir, don't you take scholars seriously, do you take Saint Kong seriously?"
In one sentence, Lin Daoxin, who had a little dead fish expression, immediately came to life, but instead shouted to the person at the door, "Brother Kong Xuan, Brother Kong Xuan, you are finally here."
The people at the door suddenly dispersed, and a man in white clothes and a bachelor's hat walked in, looking at the people in the room with a proud look on his face, and couldn't help but ask, "How could this happen here? Isn't it against etiquette and law for men and women to be tortured in the same place?"
When Kong Dade saw his nephew coming in, he knew that this kid must have been so swollen because he had recently been involved in some high-split relationship. But he didn't know Ye Tan's courage?
After the last incident, he thought this kid had learned well, but he didn't expect that he had found a backer from somewhere. Now he began to show his face to scholars under the banner of the Kong family. Don't he know that not only Songzhou can't tolerate him, but even His Majesty may be harsh on him.
Inviting people's hearts has been a chore since ancient times, and it is a terrible chore.
If you don't do it well, you will have to be killed, because since ancient times, there is only one person who can do this, that is the emperor.
"Kong Xuan, what are you doing? You haven't stepped back." Kong Dade shouted loudly. Is this kid crazy? Ye Tan just forgave him, and he forgot what happened before.
"My uncle is polite." Kong Xuan was no longer as arrogant as before at this time. Instead, he saluted Kong Dade, and then said, "My uncle, today is not a personal grudge, but to seek justice for scholars all over the world. Please do not stop him."
"You!" Kong Dade didn't know what to say for a moment. Do you think it's okay if you are so destined to death?
"Slow." Ye Tan stopped Kong Dade and told him not to speak, but looked at Kong Xuan and said, "Do you think there is something wrong with my judgment?"
"Sir, there is indeed something wrong." Kong Xuan said, and also bowed, looking like a child from a noble family, very conspicuous and imposing.
"What's the problem you are talking about?" Ye Tan continued to ask. The two of them felt a bit like a puzzle.
"A problem with people's hearts, a problem of stability in the world." Kong Xuan's words were really big, they were simply too big.
"Oh? There is such a big problem, I wonder how you saw it?" Ye Tan asked curiously. He really hadn't thought about this question.
"Since ancient times, adults have known that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the first, and other scholars have represented the people's will and the general trend since ancient times. Therefore, every dynasty will treat scholars well, but now a scholar has been beaten to death by a soldier. Isn't this disappointing scholars in the world? Now that the Tang Dynasty was established at the beginning, the foundation of the country was shaken, all adults can do it. Aren't you afraid of the shocking words of the saints? Are you not afraid of the future of the Tang Dynasty after the people's hearts lost? In this way, how can you be worthy of the expectations of His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty for you and the laws of the Tang Dynasty?" In order to let Ye Tan kill Fang Liang, Kong Xuan's all-out meaning is just one thing, we are scholars, and we are superior. If you let a soldier kill our people, then it's okay, what do you think this is?
"He violated Songzhou's law." Ye Tan replied with a little rudely, but this sentence made Lin Daoxin hear the helpless words, and what else can he do if he expresses such panic words?
"Brother Lin Xiao was only known after I came to Songzhou. He is well-educated and kind, and he doesn't like to go out. He writes and draws all day long and studies the books of sages. The reason why he sold his own shop was to go to Fuzhou to redeem a few women with poor backgrounds and let them live a normal life. Because the people from Chunhualou said that after that night, they would be sent away, so Brother Lin Xiao was so anxious. He usually doesn't go anywhere, but just chats with some teachers and friends and drinks tea. He wouldn't go to such places at all. Just because he wanted to save people, he was blocked and killed. Such evil people could be rewarded. Lord Governor, is this too unreasonable?" Kong Xuan's words directly pulled out the image of a scholar who was suffering to save people. If he really believed it, it would be forgiven.
Seeing Kong Xuan talking nonsense in front of him seriously, Kong Dade wanted to block the other party's mouth directly. You just want to fool ordinary people. Do you really think the governor doesn't know?
Kong Dade has seen a few things like asking a person to spend money to rescue a woman in a brothel and then let the other party be good, but they are all wealthy and have a prominent status. They have hardly heard of their family breaking their homes to rescue others. What's even more terrifying is that such things seem to have risen to another level at once. Doing this meant to suppress scholars?
"What you mean is that as long as you want to do good things, it is okay to violate the law, right?" Ye Tan asked back. Kong Xuan was very eloquent.
"The law is nothing more than human favors. Did the city gate official ask such an urgent matter at that time?" Kong Xuan asked this sentence at Fang Liang, which made the other party stunned for a moment. Then he glanced at Ye Tan before answering, "I didn't ask, it was just that when Mr. Lin wanted to leave the city, but I didn't let him go, he started arguing."
"Since you haven't passed away, why did you beat such a good person to death?" Kong Xuan asked, as if Fang Liang had done something really wrong.
"I didn't mean it. At that time, Mr. Lin wanted to grab the key in my pocket, but I didn't give it to him. Then he grabbed my shoulder and bit me. In pain, I pushed him and hit the wall." Fang Liang said this, and he tore a hole in the clothes. The tooth marks on it were clearly visible. Judging from the distribution of the tooth marks, it should have been bitten by a man. As for whether it was Lin Xiao, it doesn't make much sense to say it now.
"You pushed him?" Kong Xuan continued, "He is a scholar, and he is different from you, the rough people. No matter how strong he has, he is not as great as you. You should have been a soldier before, right? You should know how to deal with these people. Why don't you subdue him and hurt others instead? Do you have any other ideas?"
"No, I didn't think much about it at that time. I just thought it was not appropriate for him to go out at night." Fang Liang was frightened by his anger and didn't know what to say, so he could only explain constantly.
"Is it your final decision whether it is suitable or not to go out at night? He is an adult and a living person. Do you still have to report to you what he wants to do? You are just a small city gate official in Songzhou. Why, what qualifications do you have to take care of a scholar?" Kong Xuan's words were no longer shameless, but that they were extremely shameless. They could say anything like this, which is extraordinary.
"I..." Fang Liang actually found out that the other party was saying it well. He could manage himself and the people of Songzhou. But for a scholar, how do you manage it? Are you a teacher or a descendant of Confucius? Otherwise, what do you require to manage others? You say the law? But they are going to save people. Are you a little unconscience when you do this? Although the current society emphasizes the law, everyone seems to be able to agree with the law, but it may not be like this in the past. Sometimes, the law cannot withstand the conventions in people's hearts.
"I don't know." Fang Liang felt his brain explode. He kept scratching his head, pulling off a strand of his head, and bloodshot appeared on his palm, as if he was indescribable fear.
"Haha." Ye Tan smiled, walked over, slapped Fang Liang on the neck, and the buddy fainted, then looked at the surprised yamen runners around and said, "Send him home and tell his mother that if he dares to be chaotic again, let his mother slap him."
"No." Several yamen runners looked at each other and carried Fang Liang carefully out, but Kong Xuan seemed very anxious. He didn't expect that the man would be carried away. Isn't he no longer a partner to deal with?
"Let's go." As soon as Kong Xuan finished speaking, he saw Ye Tan's palm hitting his face and said, "Do you give me a face? You said, is it a face?"
His slap made a slap mark appear on Kong Xuan's face, and the yamen runner quickly carried Fang Liang away. The things here were not something he could see, and the people outside were stunned. Although Kong Xuan and Kong Ziyou were also making trouble here before, they were just a down-and-out family at that time. They didn't say it, so everyone just pretended not to see it. But now they said it, isn't it good for you to still act like this?
"Dare you dare to hit me?" Kong Xuan covered her mouth, and the pain on her face deformed his whole face. He pointed at Ye Tan and shouted angrily, "You are just a governor of an ordinary state prefecture. After treating a saint Kong like this, you are too brave. I must sue you, I must sue you."
"In the Tang Dynasty, I know a lot of people, but not including you so-called scholars. Why do you think I dare to hit you? Do you want to know?" Ye Tan asked indifferently. He didn't want to be an emperor, so why would he worry that scholars would dislike him? Instead, he asked with a smile.
"Why? Let me tell you, Ye Tan, your cruel means make Songzhou dare not speak out. How can you not tell the world about your atrocities? Everyone scolds you at that time. I see how you deal with it?" Kong Xuan seemed to be angry and crazy, and the words in her mouth were also crazy.
"Is that so? My atrocities are to let the people under my rule have food to eat, clothes to wear, children to raise, books to read, do I need other things?" Ye Tan asked back, then suddenly looked at Lin Daoxin and asked, "Do you know why I have always tolerated you today?"
"What?" Lin Daoxin wanted to complain a little. You beat me like this, and you still want to say that you tolerate me?
"Since you came, I sent someone to search your house. I didn't expect that there was an unexpected occurrence. Do you want to know?" Ye Tan's words changed Lin Daoxi's face, as if he had thought of something, but he still looked at him seriously and said, "What do you want to do? I have nothing there."
"Is that so? This is the first time I have met such a heartless person." Ye Tan said with a smile, then looked at Kong Xuan and said, "You are here today. When you return to Shandong in the future, you have to take me to say something to your ancestors. Your scholars are really amazing."
"Come on, bring the things up." Ye Tan clapped his hands and said, and then four people came up with two boxes. When they opened the things inside, Lin Daoxin and Lin Han's faces changed because the things here were indeed theirs, and they almost didn't change.
"You are really in love with each other. I dare not look at the things in it. I didn't expect that you, Lin Daoxin, really cherish the fragrance and love the jade. Before your cousin died, you began to learn to take care of them. Moreover, the mandarin ducks on this handkerchief were also well embroidered. It seems that Lin Han, you have put your heart into consideration, but, have you used the wrong place in your heart?"
Ye Tan looked at Lin Han, who was trembling and continued, "As for Lin Dong, you are also a talented person. You sold the things in your family with your son, and it was Lin Han's dowry. You are also a talented person. Don't you know that the dowry in the Tang Dynasty law does not belong to the husband's family, but to the woman's side? You did this just to find a few singers to come back. It seems that Lin Han's gynecological problem is very serious. After all these years, there are no children. As for why there is no one, Lin Han, should I tell you?"
"You, you are a demon." Lin Han felt that his face was burning, and he kept covering his face and said.
Chapter completed!