Chapter 149 Filial piety, benevolence, righteousness and good husband
Chu Nanzhi, Liu, and the patriarchs of the Chu family rushed to the yard and saw Mr. Chang, Mr. Nie and several elders of the Lin family arguing with Qi Mochen and his son.
Through the dim light from the lanterns and torches, we could vaguely see the dense crowds of county government officials and soldiers in armor outside the courtyard.
Chu Nanzhi looked intently and noticed the figures of Hu Maoxi and Sun Wucai in the crowd. The two of them were cowering in fear, not daring to raise their eyes to look at Mr. Nie and Mr. Chang.
Chu Nanzhi and the two patriarchs walked over. Qi Mochen pointed at her and gestured to a sturdy middle-aged man next to her with a proud face: "Master Supervisor, this woman is my unreasonable and unreasonable woman."
Cousin, she was the one who instigated my uncle to hold my father’s body and not let my nephew come home.”
Zheng Haichuan, the Superintendent of the Twelve East Counties in Pingning County, has the narrowest scope of supervision among the fifty-six counties in the county. However, because he has the power to supervise the fertile land of Luyan Port, he is deeply criticized by the County Supervisor Wu Enrong.
He was even relied upon by the special governor of the imperial court, who became the first of the four governors.
So when this man saw Mr. Nie and Mr. Chang, although he was respectful on the surface, in his heart he didn't take the two elders who had retired at all. He complimented the two elders for a few words, and when he faced Chu Nanzhi, he started to talk without any scruples.
He showed his authority: "Ms. Chu, I have been ordered to inspect the counties within the county. I have the responsibility of supervising the county magistrates and powerful people. I heard today that you were so arrogant and rude and snatched people's corpses. Do you think you are guilty?"
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Chu Nanzhi responded unhurriedly: "Does your Excellency regard civilian women as county magistrates or powerful men?"
As he said that, he looked around and gestured: "But for a rural farmer to be able to alert the postal governor to visit, the whole family is really flattered."
There is something in my memory about the Qi family sending money to high-ranking officials in the county every year, but I don’t know who it is.
Now it seems that the reason why the Qi family is so confident is obviously not because of Hu Maoxi's influence, but because of the powerful leader of the four postal governors.
Zheng Haichuan was very angry at her words and was about to scold him when Hu Maoxi got ahead of him and scolded him quickly: "Ahem, cough, Mrs. Chu, don't be rude to the postal governor."
Although he knew the rights and wrongs of this matter, he did not dare to openly defend her in front of his superiors, so he had to preemptively reprimand the woman, leaving the supervisor speechless.
Chu Nanzhi raised her eyebrows and glanced at Hu Maoxi with a strange expression: "Yes, what the county magistrate said is absolutely true. Naturally, a civilian woman would not dare to be rude to the postal supervisor. She is just telling the truth."
Zheng Haichuan also felt a little embarrassed when he heard what Chu Nanzhi said.
Indeed, it is not his responsibility to deal with such trivial matters, but he has no choice but to collect a lot of money from the Qi family. How can such a fertile land as Luyan Port not have someone to make money for him?
He could no longer rebuke Chu Nanzhi in person, so he could only look at the county magistrate angrily: "Hu Maoxi, I shouldn't have intervened in this matter, but you are a county magistrate, and you can't even punish a cunning woman.
How to convince the public again.”
"Haha, Mr. Postal Supervisor is really smart. He comes to this county every year, but he can't even tell who is a cunning woman. I'm afraid he is not far away from retiring and returning to his hometown."
Nie Huaian said sarcastically, glanced at Qi Yujie meaningfully, and sat down in his original seat angrily.
Chang Yanjue directly protested silently, sat down next to Mr. Nie calmly, picked up the food again, and chewed slowly.
"What do you mean, Mr. Nie?"
Zheng Haichuan said righteously: "I have been deeply favored by the emperor, and I have taken care of your majesty's worries in every possible way. However, such a shocking thing happened in a subordinate county when I was patrolling. I dared to snatch corpses and disturb the public customs for the sake of mourning. I have to investigate."
After explaining in a serious manner, he saw that the two elders ignored him. His face was dull and he could only turn around, stared at Chu Nanzhi closely, and said insinuatingly: "This eldest son of the Chu family is the son-in-law of the Qi family. He will be mourned after his death."
It should be taken care of by the Qi family, what qualifications do you, a niece, have to undertake other people's funerals?"
After a moment of pause, he immediately added: "The mother of the Qi family is smart and capable, with a gentle and virtuous temperament, and the young man of the Qi family is also a filial, kind and good son. Could it be that they can't handle the funeral of their family members themselves?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, the whole courtyard was in an uproar.
"Quiet, quiet."
Zheng Haichuan roared twice, and Qin Sihai, the boy beside Qi Mochen, accidentally looked at the Chu family's banquet, looked at Chu Nanzhi with some disdain, and said with some disdain:
"Uncle of the Chu family is also the head of the Qi family after all. You and your family are tyrannizing over my uncle's body and insisting on hosting this funeral just to earn such unscrupulous money. But look at what this funeral banquet is. It's so shabby and the seats are...
There is not even a bowl of mutton bag on the surface to show filial piety, which is really chilling."
"You are so filial. When your father passed away, you didn't see this dish on the table."
Chu Nanzhi looked at the hateful face of this little village bully and couldn't help but choked.
"My family is poor and cannot afford mutton."
"It sounds like no one is poor."
Chu Nanzhi glared at him angrily, but Liu Chengming hurriedly explained in fear: "Mr. Governor Rongzhen, it's not that we were not well prepared for this banquet, it's just that the Qi family has several mutton shops in the county.
We have purchased all the mutton, but I am helpless."
Thinking about what his niece had taught him, he added: "Besides, filial piety lies in the heart and not in the surface. Don't listen to the nonsense of the Qin family. He is just a gangster in the village. He doesn't know anything about filial piety and benevolence. His family's
My old father was so angry that he died."
"Liu Chengming, you old thing."
Being exposed in public, Qin Sihai suddenly became angry and cursed. He was about to scold Liu Chengming, but Zheng Haichuan shouted back on the spot: "Shut up."
Then he straightened his posture and said: "I'm here today because of the dispute between the Qi and Chu families. Don't talk about other things. This young man from the Qin family is not rude, but what he says makes some sense."
, it is indeed outrageous to do anything to earn a few taels of silver."
"Master Superintendent, this is an injustice."
Liu Chengming replied with a bitter face: "My niece's family just tried their best to do something for the deceased and let the deceased rest in peace, but they did not receive even a cent of money from the neighbors. Today's funeral banquet is only
My younger sister and brother-in-law are just showing their kindness as landlords in order to thank the neighbors for helping with the funeral arrangements."
As soon as he finished speaking, the neighbors at the table who were facing the Chu family began to express their grievances with indignation:
"Who wants to make such unconscionable money? The Postal Superintendent should find out clearly."
"That's right. I heard that the Qi family set up a living feast for ten days and distributed funeral notices. However, they collected tens of thousands of taels of silk in three days. They couldn't get the body of the uncle of the Chu family back, so they actually wanted to build a tomb. This
You are just trying to make money by any means necessary."
"It was originally an ominous gift, but it was made like a funeral. Those who didn't know better thought that the husband of the Qi family was in high school."
Hearing this, Zheng Haichuan glared at Qi Mochen beside him with some annoyance.
Qi Mochen's brows froze in fear, and he glanced at Qin Sihai angrily.
Qin Sihai looked at the group of useless losers in front of him with a confused look on his face.
I just spent the whole day eating and drinking at the Chu family. I was still joking about how all the people in the Chu family were brainless. They even paid money to treat everyone to delicious food. I didn't expect that one meal would win people's hearts. It's really shocking.