The court of Shu worked very quickly. They said they were going to abolish the Jiaofang Division, but within a few days they actually started disbanding it. The prostitutes who had families went home, those who had relatives went to visit relatives, and those who had no place to go were temporarily placed to work in the factory opened by the prince. Restoration
The ladies with good citizenship all burst into tears with gratitude, and each prayed for Buddha and God for the prince. From then on, the noble ladies of Chengdu no longer had anything to fear, and they even admired the prince. The prince had just returned from school last year, and the prince's mansion was being renovated.
Xiu, he hasn't even married a concubine yet. The ladies couldn't help but ask their father and brother about what the prince was like. They heard that he was very handsome with delicate features, and they all fell in love with him. Old ladies from various families couldn't help it either.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to greet him, he asked the Queen Mother to find out when the prince would choose his concubine.
The queen just vaguely explained that the state affairs were busy, and the queen mother was happy in her heart. She thought that her eldest grandson was capable, kind-hearted, and handsome, so it would be a good thing to choose a daughter-in-law for her. So she smiled and invited the queen to discuss it. The queen was anxious.
It was as if it was fried in oil, with a frown on his face and he said: "Yan'er wants to marry a wife in a few years."
The Queen Mother said: "He is not young anymore. He was several years old when I was as old as him."
The queen sighed: "Yan'er is short and looks like a little girl. She doesn't have much authority among a group of young people. She then thought that in a few years, she could grow taller as she gets older.
The more experience you have, the more powerful you will be. If you marry a younger girl, you will be able to suppress her."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "What is he thinking? He is the crown prince, and this alone can surpass the men of the entire Shu Kingdom. What's wrong with being short? Cao Cao is about the same height as him, and Yan Ying is much shorter than him. This
Neither of them is as good-looking as my grandson. How would you know? Since my grandson persuaded me to abolish the Jiaofangsi, all the girls in the country want to marry him. Besides, he is busy day and night, so he should have a few people to look after him.
Yes." The queen was still waiting to argue, but the queen mother waved her hand and said, "You are his mother, so you can't leave everything to him. That's all, my old lady is not old yet, I will take care of it, and I will choose a few good girls for him.
." The Queen Mother then ordered people to go to the photo studio to ask the husband to take pictures of the ladies from each family.
The queen, who was mute and unable to explain the pain of eating coptis, returned to her courtyard with worries. As soon as she entered the door, the nun guarding the courtyard hurriedly came forward and replied: Something happened to the Ruan family again.
This time it was Miss Ruan San who received a Xue note. Two days ago, a maid accidentally damaged a painting. She ordered someone to beat twenty pieces of paper and threw it in the stable for two days, then dragged it out.
She is almost dead. It is clearly written on Xue's note: If the maid dies, Miss Ruan San will pay with her life.
The queen's face was as angry as gold paper: "It's not bad! Is there any royal method?" She hurriedly sent to find the prince.
At that moment, the little eunuch who was running errands reported back: "The prince has asked Mr. Ruan to leave." The queen felt a little relieved.
The prince was already in Ruan Mansion at this time. Two cousins were sitting with her in the study, and someone went to the backyard to get Xue Jian.
Mr. Ruan Er said: "Your Majesty, this guerrilla group really must be wiped out."
The prince shook his head and said: "We can't eliminate it. The forces behind it are too strong."
The two men of the Ruan family asked at the same time: "Isn't it Fang Xiong's remnant?"
The prince sighed: "It is really Fang Xiong's remnant, can't they find a backer? If it hadn't been for this incident, I would still have just doubted it, but now I can be sure that the federation is helping them from behind."
The Ruan brothers were shocked: "Federation?!"
The prince smiled bitterly and said: "I have been suspicious since Xue Jian was a metaphor for Schrödinger. I originally thought that as long as our Shu country governs the world in a clear and clear manner, and the people have a future without injustice, the guerrillas will lose their market. Now it seems that this is not possible. This matter is obvious.
The master beats a slave to death, and the guerrillas demand the master's life. According to the laws of Shu, slaves are not human beings, and all federal countries have abolished slavery. The guerrillas follow federal laws. Even though I am the heir apparent,
We cannot let the Shu government administer justice for the slaves. This is forcing us to abolish slavery."
The Ruan brothers looked at each other. Uncle Ruan said: "Uncle Cen has mentioned the abolition of slavery several times, but the court meeting cannot pass."
The prince shook his head: "If you touch the foundation of your lords, you will naturally not be able to pass. Why do you need to discuss such matters at court? Can't it be over if my father gives the order?"
Just as he was talking, Xue Jian brought it. The prince picked it up and took a look. The pavilion was square and square. When Ruan Erye saw a maid from his sister's room, he asked casually: "That girl broke it."
What painting?"
The eldest maid glanced at the prince and hesitated to talk about him. Uncle Ruan simply said: "Go and get the painting." The eldest maid was a little frightened, but she didn't dare not go, so she left with a blank face.
Not long after, the painting was brought in, and when everyone took a look, they all looked embarrassed. They thought that the maid must have damaged some ancient masterpiece, but who knew it was actually a small fine brushwork painting. Although it had been torn in half, it could be seen at a glance when put together.
The person who painted the painting is the prince, and the portrait is very similar.
The prince thought for a while: "I haven't seen my cousins since I returned to Chengdu."
Mr. Ruan also asked: "When did you, the third girl, draw so well?"
The eldest maid lowered her head and said, "Our girl bought it for fifteen taels of silver."
A staff member following behind the prince said jokingly: "So expensive?"
The eldest maid said: "I heard it has risen to twenty taels now."
The prince looked at Huizi's portrait carefully and asked, "Where did you girls buy it?"
The eldest maid said with a mournful face: "Your Highness, don't ask, our girl won't tell. If she does, the lady next to her won't be able to buy it. I won't have to blame her then."
The prince said: "Someone has infringed on my right to portrait, and I have to defend my rights. Not only do I have to find the seller, but I also have to claim compensation for his illegal gains." He ordered his people to "put it away and check it out."
The portrait was rolled up. The prince said slowly, "You have to do a thorough investigation in your house. How did the guerrillas know that a maid was beaten? The two cousins may not know."
The two Ruan brothers sighed at the same time, and Uncle Ruan said: "I have been investigating since I received Xue's note, but I didn't find anything."
The prince frowned and said after a while: "I closed the Jiaofang Division because I guessed that there must be elaborate work from other countries and guerrillas. Those women are all relatives of officials, and there are many smart people. And they are all innocent people who have been implicated, and they are full of resentment.
It must be important. And he has access to our country’s officials. How much information flew out of the wine glass and beside the pillow. Now it seems that there must be many servants from each family."
But at this moment, a woman hurried in and said, "That little bitch is dying!"
Everyone was shocked. Uncle Ruan immediately ordered: "Don't let anyone know! Send her to Zhuangzi in the western suburbs to recover from her injuries."
The prince glanced at the desk and saw that there was inkstone left by someone who had written earlier. She immediately spread out a large piece of snow-wave paper, took out the thickest brush in the pen holder, and wrote: I will try to abolish slavery.
Let her go. He ordered someone to stick this piece of paper in Miss Ruan San's room and told her two cousins: "I will go to the newspaper office, and you will arrange for someone to carefully protect the third cousin." Then they left in a hurry.
The next day, "Chengdu Weekly" published a special issue. The front page headline briefly talked about Miss Ruan San receiving Xue Jian, and then published a short paragraph written by the Crown Prince. She said: As the ancients said, he who does not know is not guilty.
Miss Ruan San will be fourteen years old. The ignorant young girl has not developed a complete mind and does not know what will happen if she hits someone twenty times and is imprisoned for two days. She only treats it as a small punishment and does not intentionally kill people. Moreover, the current law allows the master to
Miss Ruan San did not break the law by disposing of the slaves at will, and no one told her that beating the slaves to death was wrong. If someone had told her in advance not to hurt the slaves' lives, she would not have done it. Therefore, the guerrillas' move was an "ex post facto law."
, that is, modifying the rules based on what has happened, and then using the newly modified rules to judge the previous events, is the most wrong thing in jurisprudence.
Uncle Ruan took the newspaper and asked the prince: "Will this work? Reason with the thieves."
The prince said: "A dead horse is a living doctor. If the guerrillas are really just the remnants of the Fang family in charge, it will be useless. The Fang family has a blood feud with my grandfather. But if the people of the Federation have the final say, they must not consider my words. The Federation
What is important is to gradually change the laws of Shu to be similar to theirs, and the most important step is to abolish slavery. If I throw out such a big bait, they will not fail to take it."
Uncle Ruan asked: "What benefit does the abolition of slavery in Shu bring to them?"
The prince thought for a while and said: "Jia Cong believes that the next hundred years will be a period of rapid development of science and technology, and talents are most needed. The talents among the slaves are much higher and cannot be wasted. But I think there are other reasons." Uncle Ruan nodded.
The prince asked the little girl again, but she had disappeared yesterday afternoon. Now Miss Ruan San was as frightened as a bird and did not dare to go anywhere. There were more than a dozen guards in the courtyard to follow her.
As soon as this newspaper came out, the big families in Chengdu were in trouble. Who would have thought that the mistress could accept Xue Jian even if she beat a slave girl to death? Civil servants wrote letters one after another, begging the court to take heavy action to wipe out the guerrillas. The military generals were very worried.
Rudou - they really tried their best. The king of Shu had a headache. Why didn't he want to wipe out the guerrillas? Situ Cen repeatedly talked about the benefits of abolition of slavery, and all the civil and military officials in the court opposed it, so he had no choice.
Ten days passed. Miss Ruan San was safe and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The prince suddenly remembered that someone was selling her portrait, so he asked if he could find out. The people below looked at each other for a long time, one pushing the other. That boy
He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, half of them have been found."
The prince raised his eyebrows: "What does half mean?"
Together they have found the place where they bought the painting, which is a very small painting shop. The portrait of the prince is not hanging out. Those who want to buy it have to give a secret code, and the owner will take the painting from inside and sell it. This portrait is not from the owner either.
The paintings I painted by myself were delivered by a young man every day, and they only sold 30 paintings, no more. But when the prince's men checked, they found that all the portraits that day had been sold, and the person who sent the paintings did not come the next day! Since then, there have been no paintings.
Come on. They have asked the art shop to paint a portrait of the painting boy. They have been looking around for the past few days, but there is no news.
After hearing this, the prince thought for a while and ordered someone to send the portrait to the Chengdu government office so that the detectives could help find it.
Not long after, the boy who sent the portrait ran back with a smile like a flower: "His Royal Highness! You have something to say~~"
"Huh?" The prince was discussing matters with a group of classmates and staff, and asked without raising his head, "What do you mean?"
The boy glanced at everyone present and suddenly became speechless. He winked at the Crown Prince and said, "That, that, hey, it's just something His Highness asked me to do. I have some clues."
The prince also looked at the people in the seat: "Hey, whoever secretly drew my portrait and sold it, confess as soon as possible and get a lighter punishment."
Everyone looked at each other. One said: "I can't draw."
Another said: "I can't draw portraits."
Another one said: "I'm not short of money."
The prince hummed, "You're not even recruiting, right?" He waved his hands and said, "Come on, let me, the great arrester of Shu, tell me who the criminal is?"
The boy hesitated for a moment and murmured something in a low voice. The Crown Prince asked him to speak louder. He really said loudly: "I took the portrait over and the two squad leaders said in unison, it was the young man who came to complain a few days ago.
"
"Which young man?"
"Master Mingduan's younger brother, Second Master Mingshun."
"Ahem, cough..." Ming Duan had just said a lot, but now his mouth was so dry that he was drinking tea and choked when he heard the words. The prince looked at him with a half-smile. It took Ming Duan a long time to recover.
He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, my brother can't draw." The prince said nothing. Mingduan said again, "I really can't. Besides, he has been stretching like me for the past four years and has never even touched a pen. My brother
His wife is still injured, so he can't think about other things."
The prince thought for a moment: "Where is your brother?"
"At home."
The prince stood up and said, "Let's go to your house and have a look."
The crowd all cheered: "Let's go and have a look!" and they all followed.
The Mingduan brothers lived in a small house near the palace. It was originally the property of the queen and was temporarily lent to the prince. Mingduan led the way, and a large group of people followed them out of the back door of the palace garden, turned into a small street, and walked for ten minutes.
It's just a few steps away.
Ming Shun was taking care of his wife. Hearing that his brother had brought many people back, he came out to meet him. Ming Duan winked at him: "Shun'er, are you going out today?"
Ming Shun said: "I didn't go out today. I only supported my wife and walked around the house."
"Where have you been in the past few days?"
"Huh?" Mingshun was stunned, "I go to the market occasionally."
Just as he was talking, a servant woman came in and whispered back: "Masters, the young lady said that since a male guest came to our house, she went back first."
Ming Shun hurriedly said: "I know, you see her off." Then he said to everyone, "This is a friend my wife met in Jiaofangsi, and I just came to visit her." The servant girl then went out.
Not long after, he heard a noise outside. The prince quickly walked to the door and lifted the curtain. He saw a woman in blue, as quick as a cunning rabbit, walking towards the courtyard door. She glanced back at the door and immediately jumped out of the threshold.
The prince smiled and said: "Tong Niang, please wait." Before he finished speaking, the girl had disappeared. The prince shrugged, "I can run away, but the monk can't run away from the temple." Then he ordered, "Uncle Tiger, help me.
Follow her."
Uncle Hu said: "You don't need to be humble to get married to a woman, just send Xiao Wu to do it."
"That's okay." The prince looked at Ming Shun and said with a smile, "Even if I lose her, someone knows where to find her, right, Mr. Ming."
Ming Shunqiang smiled a few times: "Well... probably hehe..."
The prince patted him on the shoulder: "How many times have you raised the price?"
Ming Shun glanced at his brother, who shook his head. Ming Shun hesitated for a moment and stretched out four fingers: "Four times. At first, it was sold for five taels."
"Oh. What happened next?"
"Later eight taels, twelve taels, fifteen taels, and twenty taels." Mingshun said honestly, "They discussed increasing it to thirty taels in a few days."