(Sorry, sorry, I posted the chapter earlier tonight...)
'Wow...' The crowd burst out into noise, shaking their heads. Not to mention, they had forgotten that many people present had seen that scene. Unexpectedly, the old Su family, a well-educated family, actually did something like this.
Such immoral things.[]
The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang system, and although the punishment for adultery was far less severe than before the Han Dynasty... Before the Han Dynasty, it was basically castration, and those caught committing adultery were not guilty of death; but in the Tang and Song dynasties, the maximum was two years in prison...
…However, this is ultimately a despicable act of immorality.
What's more, the genealogy stele erected by Su Xun is already known throughout the city. If his daughter commits adultery, the scriptures engraved on the stele will be a slap in his own face.
Is there such a thing? People's eyes turned to the man pointed out by the lawyer - a scholar with a delicate face and a weak crown.
The scholar had a look of astonishment on his face, as if he was a little confused. A vigorous young man next to him suddenly stood in front of him, pointed his halberd at the litigator and said, "No wonder people say, 'Any litigator can be killed'!"
I'll bet you with my head that they are innocent, do you dare?"
"Who is making noise in the court?" Zhou Daling clapped the wooden door and shouted.
"The student is the younger brother of the person he slandered..." Chen Ke was about to enter the hall proudly, but Erlang held him tightly.
"Second brother..." Chen Ke turned around unhappily. He saw Chen Erlang, who had always been as gentle as water, with a rare expression of absolute determination. He only heard him say in a deep voice: "Sanlang, you have done too much for me, and there is nothing left for me."
Let me do it myself."
After saying this, he passed Chen Ke and strode into the hall. He bowed deeply to Zhou Daling and said, "Student Chen Chen, a student from Qingshen County, pays homage to Daling."
"Let me speak on my own terms." Zhou Daling said: "Can you admit the accusation just made against the Cheng family lawyer?"
"There's no such thing as this!" Chen Chen shook his head and said, "Students can also use their heads to fight him in a round!"
"My family is not afraid of you," the lawyer said with a smile, "It's just that the criminal law stipulates that human life is not allowed..."
‘Pah…’ Zhou Daling shouted in a low voice: “I have to keep quiet before I speak!” Then he looked at Chen Chen and said, “What is your relationship with the eighth mother of the Su family?”
Chen Chen glanced at the pale and shaky Banniang, took a deep breath and said, "The relationship between brother and sister."
"You two don't have the same surname."
"My two families have been friends for generations," Chen Chen said calmly, "It's good to have a good family relationship."
"On Qingming Festival, you came out of Cheng's house carrying the eighth mother of the Su family on your back?"
"Yes." Chen Ke nodded.
There were murmurs in the hall. Accusations of adultery, apart from catching the adulterer in bed, are mostly supported by circumstantial evidence. It is difficult to have conclusive evidence, but it is enough to make people believe it... If you don’t believe it, ask Ouyang Xiu, he will definitely
He said with tears, "Three people become a tiger, but the accumulation of accumulation destroys the bones, brother."
This is exactly the Cheng family's wishful thinking... Even if I can't convict you, I will discredit you so that you can't get rid of the label of a whore, and the effect will be the same.
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‘Pa…’ Zhou Daling smacked the gavel tree again and asked Erlang: “Since you are a scholar, why don’t you know that it is a courtesy for men and women to give and receive without being intimate?”
"Students will naturally remember the words of the sage." Erlang smiled lightly and said, "Why do you only say half of what you said?"
"That's right, the second half of the sentence is 'Sister-in-law drowns, and the one who helps her has the right'." Officials in the Song Dynasty, who were also scholars, liked to use this kind of opportunity, so they did not feel offended at all and said: "But Banniang
Did you drown at that time?"
"Although he has not drowned, he is dying." This guy who was speechless in front of Banniang and blushed at every turn finally showed another side of himself: "At that time, the student was studying in Meishan and was called by Uncle Su to pick him up from Cheng's house.
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"Pick someone up?"
"Ba Niang has been tortured to the point of dying," Erlang said solemnly: "But the Cheng family prevented Uncle Su from taking her back, saying that 'life is ours, death is our ghost', so we discussed and let him
Attract the Cheng family, and I will carry Banniang out while they are not paying attention!"
"Is this true?" Zhou Daling looked at the Cheng family.
"That's nonsense!" Mrs. Song naturally would not admit it: "There were many people present that day, so I might as well ask them to ask."
Zhou Daling knew that asking was in vain, so he said: "Both sides hold different opinions, so this article will be put aside for the time being. When you have clear evidence, it will not be too late to open the court again." He paused, looked at Chen Chen and said: "Chen Xiucai,
It's just that, you won't be able to participate in this year's competition." In the Song Dynasty, anyone who had participated in the provincial examination, regardless of whether they passed the examination or not, was called a scholar, and later it came to refer to all scholars.
The imperial examination is not only an ordinary examination, but also a selection examination for state officials, so there is a strict qualification review... A "suspected adulterer" like Chen Chen will definitely not be put into the examination room if he cannot prove his innocence.
"..." Chen Chen was stunned. Fang lowered his head and said, "Student knows..."
"Your Majesty..." The male and female voices sounded together, but it was Ba Niang and Chen Ke who spoke at the same time.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Daling looked at Chen Ke and then at Banniang.
"The students have evidence to prove my second brother's innocence..."
"Folk women can prove their innocence..." The two of them spoke at the same time.
"Tell them one by one," Zhou Daling said: "Su Baniang, what evidence do you have to prove that you and this scholar are innocent?"
"Sir, the women themselves are the evidence." Banniang smiled miserably and said a shocking sentence: "The women of the people have not lost their virginity to this day!"
'Boom...' Everyone's eyes were about to fall down inside and outside the lobby. Even Zhou Daling opened his mouth wide regardless of his manners. After a long while, he stared at Banniang and said, "Are you kidding?"
"Please ask the county lady to take me to the back hall and check it out."
"Okay." Zhou Daling ordered the female servant in the yamen who was responsible for checking women's bodies to take Su Baniang to the back hall for a physical examination.
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After a while, Po Wen came back with Ba Niang and reported back to the commander: "This little lady is indeed a virgin."
The audience was in an uproar again, with various expressions on their faces. Sansu and his son looked incredulous, Chen Erlang looked indescribably ecstatic, Cheng Zhicai's eyes glowed with resentment, and Mrs. Song stared at her son in disbelief.
‘Pah…’ Zhou Daling slammed the table and said, “Hey, what’s the reason for this? Why don’t you tell me quickly?”
"Replying to the great order," Banniang said with her face burning like fire and her voice sounding like a mosquito: "After two years of marriage, the eldest son of the Cheng family has not consummated his marriage to a commoner girl."
'Hey...' Everyone looked at Cheng Zhicai with strange eyes. He was at a vigorous and lusty age, so why did he treat his beautiful wife like a flower as a decoration and never touch her?
"Cheng Xiucai, what do you have to say?" Zhou Daling turned to Cheng Zhicai.
Cheng Zhicai withdrew his resentful eyes, took a deep breath, saluted Zhou Daling and said: "Reporting to Daling, the student is a fresh graduate. My family has taught me that I should put my studies first and not stay in the boudoir. Therefore, the student has sworn not to wait for the gold medal."
When signing the title, I will never approach women."
"Since you want to quit women's sex, why did you take two concubines?" Zhou Daling frowned and said: "You also accused the Su family's wife of being 'childless'. What kind of intentions are you doing? Isn't it slander?"
"Here, students are concentrating on their studies and not listening to what is going on outside the window. This is all their fault." Cheng Zhicai quickly shirks his responsibility.
Mrs. Song was dumbfounded when she heard that Banniang was still in perfect condition. Only then did she come back to her senses and said regardless of the situation: "Yes, he doesn't know anything. I asked the lawyer to write this."
.Including concubinage is also my idea. Who made my son shy since he was a child and let me, the mother, still keep it in the dark?"
"This paper is signed by Cheng Xiucai's name..." Zhou Daling shook his head and said: "Even if you take the responsibility, he will still be punished." He looked at Banniang with sympathy and said warmly:
"Su Baniang, if you have suffered any grievances in the Cheng family, tell them all and I will make the decision for you!"
After all, how can one parent be fooled so easily? Zhou Daling has already seen that Cheng Zhicai must have something to hide, and Su Baniang is an out-and-out victim. Now the perpetrator is falsely accusing the victim. Fortunately, the girl is still a virgin.
Otherwise, she and the scholar would not be able to argue with each other, and she would become a confused official.
Recalling that in the past, the Cheng family had used power to bully others and had a lot of misdeeds, not to mention that he, the head of the county, was not in the eyes, Zhou Daling finally made up his mind to settle old and new scores together, so that the arrogant Jiang Qing family would know that today's big situation
Whose world is Song Dynasty?
However, Ba Niang shook her head.
In fact, with her cultivated sentiments and reasonableness, if Cheng Zhicai used the saying of "concentrate on studying", she would have waited ten or eight years, not to mention two years. She would not be wronged to the point of dying by her mother-in-law's sarcastic words...
She really saw a scene she shouldn't have seen.
Until now, whenever she closes her eyes, the scene she accidentally bumped into appears in her mind...the study room, the tumbling body, Cheng Dalang and his bookboy...the lie was exposed in an instant, and the whole world shattered. She
She also collapsed. If it hadn't been for her father, if it hadn't been for her family, if it hadn't been for Chen Sanlang, if it hadn't been for Chen Erlang, she believed that she would have turned into a ball of loess and left this absurd world.
After all, Baniang is kind. Even though Cheng Zhicai is a selfish, indifferent guy who doesn't care about the life and death of others, she is not willing to force him to die. Since she has proved her innocence, Chen Erlang will not be implicated, so she
When I wrote about Goro, I thought of Kentrick Perkins. When I wrote about Cheng Zhicai, what came to my mind was... "The Frost Flower Shop" which is a must-read for fujoshi.
In addition, I solemnly declare that I maintain respect and understanding of same-sex love, but in my works, I have to write according to the actual situation at the time.
