A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 261 Noble Marquis Wu

Wu Huaiyu wanted to kill Zhao San, it was as easy as crushing an ant.

Honghu does not associate with sparrows, and Zhao San is not worthy of Huaiyu's attack on a street rogue like him, but today, since he is in such a Shangyuan Festival, in front of the colorful building at the gate of the Wu family, he is in charge of many neighbors, even other people in Chang'an. In front of the scholars and people in the square, he openly insulted the Wu family.

Especially this is a person who has received a lot of help and kindness from the Wu family.

Then Wu Huaiyu must make a move.

Since the shot, it will be in place once.

Huaiyu directly asked people to invite bad people from Wannian County to arrest him.

Zhao San scolded officials, failed to pay his debts, and stole. If you add up these things, you can beat him for a hundred or two hundred boards first, and then spend two or three years in vain.

Although the punishment of beating the board seems not heavy, it can sometimes kill people.

If in ordinary times, you give some money to the questioner in charge of execution in the yamen, then even if there is no grudge, the questioner will be merciful and give you a good spanking, but it will not hurt your bones.But if someone wants to make people suffer, it is normal to spend money to manage it and beat you as a disabled person.

If you intentionally beat him to death, even gods can't save you.

The evil of human nature, in fact, has always been like this. There are too many white-eyed wolves like Zhao San. Since the incident broke out today, if we don't deal with it severely, then the majesty of the new nobles of the Wu family will not exist in the future.

Fear of might and virtue.

You can't just be a good person. Of course, sending money and food is also necessary, but when it's time to show your fangs, you still have to show them, and you should even see blood occasionally.

There are bad people in Wannian County who maintain the order of Shangyuan Festival in the square.

After receiving the notice from the servant of Shouyang Hou Mansion, he came over immediately, and soon the bad guy also came in person.

Iron ruler and chain, just pick up Zhao Sanxian directly from the lock.

The six county lieutenants in Wannian County, the one in charge of security also rushed over quickly, and directly checked the whole matter in front of many onlookers.

The facts are clear and the evidence is sufficient.

The stolen goods are all there, and there are many witnesses.

The Wu family also produced the Zhao family's IOU, fingerprints, etc.

"Strike eighty sticks first, and then bring them back to the county government prison!" The county captain was very polite to Huaiyu. Come here, because I was afraid that I would accidentally provoke the upstart Wu family.

Seeing that things are simple now, he intends to take the opportunity to build some relationship with the Wu family.

The onlookers applauded.

It is said to kill this dog.

Really should hit.

Huaiyu looked at Mrs. Zhao and Zhang, who were still crying, and felt that Zhao San was a scumbag, but she was really pitiful, so she pulled the Wen county lieutenant, "This woman is the wife of that scoundrel Zhang San, Zhang San owes her money." A lot of gambling debts were pressed by a creditor yesterday, so he pawned his wife to the rascal for three years."

Lieutenant Wen glanced at the woman, she looked haggard and emaciated, she was really pitiful.

He comprehended and replied, "Zhang San's behavior belongs to marrying and selling raw wives, which is a folk custom explicitly prohibited by the imperial court. His contract is invalid."

Pawning a wife is actually a rented wife, which is somewhat different from direct marriage and selling, but it is also illegal.It's just that this kind of thing, for example, is really impossible for the common people to do, and the government generally ignores it if the people don't raise their officials. As long as both parties are willing, they just turn a blind eye and ignore it.

If the government wants to investigate, it is illegal and invalid.

The two chatted for a while.

Wen Xianwei said that his ancestral home was also in Hedong, and the three Wen in Hedong were his uncles.

Wen Dalin, Wen Yanbo, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yongzhou Zhizhong, and the Duke of Xihe County.Wen Daya and Wen Yanhong are Minister of Rites and Li Guogong.

In the second year of Wen Dayou's Wude, he was awarded the title of Minister of Zhongshu and the Duke of Qinghe County. Unfortunately, he died young, otherwise he would have been a prime minister in the three heroes of the Wen family.

Upon hearing that this was from the Wen family, Wu Huaiyu immediately became polite.

Although Wen Dalin and Wen Yanbo were defeated in the Battle of Hedong the year before last, and were captured by the Turks and sent to Mobei to herd sheep for a year, they were still taken back after the Weiqiao alliance, and this Sima of Youzhou who used to be Li Yi, and later Li Yuan's confidant, now also has to Li Shimin appreciates and trusts him. As for Wen Daya, although he was Li Yuan's secretary in the early years, he became Li Shimin's secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Daxingtai, Shandong Road, and became Li Shimin's confidant Yuan Cong.

As soon as the new emperor came to the throne, he worshiped Wen Daya as the Duke of Li Guo, and now he is the Minister of Rites.

Wen County Lieutenant's name is Wen Fu. He said that his uncle Wen Daya also started his career as a scholar of the Eastern Palace and Wannian County Lieutenant in the early Sui Dynasty. He was very close to the Wen family brothers, and he was the key support of the Wen family. young children.

"This rogue probably won't be able to bear these dozens of rods." Wen Fu said casually.

However, Huaiyu understood that he was asking what he meant, and Yinjiao said that he could directly die here, which is also to help the Wu family to establish their prestige.

Huaiyu thought for a while, "This rascal has lost his body with wine and wine, and I ask County Captain Wen to let the man holding the stick be gentle, and don't beat him to death directly. This is a good time for the Lantern Festival, so don't be unlucky."

Wen Fu immediately said, "What Marquis Wu said is, no one let this kind of bedbugs dirty the gate of the Wu family." He stretched out his hand to call for a follower, and gave some instructions in a soft voice.

The attendant immediately went over and gestured calmly to the questioner who was about to carry out the execution with the stick, so the two questioners immediately understood the meaning.

This is not only to maim and injure, but also not to kill directly. It doesn't look very serious, but at least it can be delayed until seven days before death.

This is because he doesn't want him to live, and he doesn't want him to die right now.

This is a technical job, but the question is that the yamen specializes in executions. Like the executioners, they are all ancestral craftsmanship. Relying on this ancestral craftsmanship, they are the iron rice bowls in the yamen, and they can still live a good life. .

Every time the stick was lowered, it attracted a lot of applause from the onlookers.

Zhao San was still begging for mercy at first, but soon he was dying and couldn't scream, his back was stained with blood from the beating.

After the beating was over, the executioner even poured a basin of ice water on purpose. It was the first lunar month, and Zhao San immediately woke up, screaming and moaning.

"Stop howling," asked Wen Shi, who was satisfied with his handicraft, and several unscrupulous people came up to support Zhao San, got into a carriage, and took him directly to the Wannian County Prison.

Not surprisingly, Zhao San will not come back, and he doesn't even need to serve his sentence in hard labor. After seven days, he will die in prison. As for the cause of death, it may be contracted tuberculosis, or died of internal injuries, or may Wound infection is possible.

At that time, no one will pay special attention to such a scumbag. With a swipe of the jailer's pen, this criminal life will end, and then someone will pick it up, and the body will be taken home for burial. If no one picks it up, it will be thrown into a mass grave.

Mrs. Zhao Zhang was also completely desperate for this husband. Although she had been heartbroken again and again before, for the sake of the child, she still tried her best to endure and maintain it, but she never thought that her patience would be rewarded What happened was that her husband wanted to lease her to someone else for three years in order to pay off a gambling debt.

heartbroken,
Tears are dry.

Mrs. Zhao and Zhang didn't look up at that bastard again, she was holding on to a pair of young sons and daughters tightly with both hands, ten years of hard work had been so desolate.

The husband was dragged away half dead, and even if he survived, he wouldn't be able to come back in a few years.

On the contrary, it made her feel more relaxed.

after that,

The countless bad debts owed by her husband have long left her family in ruins. How can she, a weak woman, maintain her life and support this pair of children?
If she didn't have the two-year-old child, she even wanted to die straight away.

Although the eldest son, who was only nine years old, received a special kindness from the Wu family and made an exception to accept him as an apprentice, there was still a girl who was only seven years old.

Wu Huaiyu stood up, walked up to Mrs. Zhao and Zhang in front of the neighbors in the neighborhood, "What do you plan to do in the future?"

When Zhao Zhang saw Huaiyu, she seemed to have seen a savior, and pulled her daughter down to her knees, "I beg Marquis Wu to take Erya in kindly. Although she is still young, she can still serve tea and water. A place to stay, as long as you have a stutter."

"What about you?"

Mrs. Zhao Zhang was confused, with despair in her eyes, extremely gloomy. She had already thought about it, arranged for her daughter, and when she turned around, she would go home and hang herself.

Huaiyu could feel the frustration and despair.

After all, I can't see this kind of suffering in the world, even though I was heartbroken by Zhao San's white-eyed wolf just now.

"If you want, you can come to the back kitchen of the Wu family to help out. You and your wife will be provided with food, clothing and lodging, and a salary of [-] Wen per month."

A discount of [-] Wen a day is what young and strong men can earn in Chang'an today, unless skilled craftsmen can earn more.

It's a great favor for a woman to have six hundred months' money, not to mention allowing him to take a little girl with her. She is so young and can't do much work.

Not to mention that this job is still in the back kitchen. Working in the back kitchen has some benefits, at least you can eat some leftovers from noble families, which is a benefit that other servants do not have.

Zhao Zhang was surprised.

"Don't you want to?"

"Willing, willing..."

In the gloomy pupils, there was a glimmer of light again, and she regained some vitality.

Huaiyu looked at the cold weather, but there was only a little girl who was covered with patches and a very thin jacket, "Don't go home for a while, let Jianyi arrange a place for you in the mansion, and go back tomorrow Pack it up."

Zhao Zhang knelt down again for Huaiyu, tears streaming down his face.

This scene also moved those who watched and ate melons around.Marquis Wu is kind, even though Zhao San looked like a wolf, he only let him be beaten, and specifically told him not to beat him too hard.

This side also arranged for Zhao San's wife and daughter to survive, and the conditions were so good.

The Wu family is really a good family.

Nobility is indeed both noble and noble.

Under the splendid colorful lanterns, the atmosphere at the entrance of the Wu family was lively, and the word of mouth of the Wu family was rising in a straight line.

Wu Huaiyu also took the opportunity to make a guest appearance as a host, incarnate as a riddler, and set questions on the spot. As long as he can answer his riddles correctly, he will be given a lantern and a small gift, or a few copper coins, or a peace talisman. Runic Bunting etc.,

This caused the atmosphere of the scene to become even more enthusiastic.

In a blink of an eye, everyone forgot about that rogue and scumbag Zhao San, and they didn't even pay attention to the poor and lucky mother and daughter who were brought into the mansion.

Joy and peace.

The Martial Family of Shouyang Hou Mansion also became more and more powerful.

(End of this chapter)