Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"You don't tell the truth in front of me." Meng Changqing said: "Come here, take down Wang Lamei and give him three strokes of the cane."

Wang Lamei kept moaning until someone stripped her of her coat and received three firm blows on her back.

In shock and pain, she fully understood the horror of the Yamen.

"Wang Lamei, do you know your mistake?" Meng Changqing asked the man lying on the ground.

"I acknowledge my mistake." Even in winter, her body and palms were all sweaty at this moment.

"I will ask you again, can you admit that you humiliated and abused Shu Erhua?"

"I didn't feed her enough, and I didn't buy her any clothes, but the county master, what kind of daughter-in-law..."

Before she finished speaking, the gavel sounded again, and Wang Lamei and Luo Xinzhu were frightened.

"You only need to answer whether you admit it or not, and there is no need to say anything else."

"admit."

"Xu Erhua, your mother-in-law admits to abusing you, so what are your demands? Please tell her in court."

"I want to make peace!"

"Luo Xinzhu, Wang Lamei, are you willing?"

Wang Lamei suddenly came back to her senses at this time and looked steadily at the person on the high seat. She felt that she understood.

The county boss must have taken a liking to Shu Erhua, which is why her family suffered this disaster.

Wang Lamei didn't dare to resent Meng Changqing, so she resented Shu Erhua and cursed her in her heart for not being a woman.

Meng Changqing asked again, and Wang Lamei lay in court and had no choice but to agree.

Now that divorce is a foregone conclusion, the next step is to divide the property.

Meng Changqing asked Shu Erhua to return the share of land she brought with her.

"Sir." Bafang couldn't help but said: "A house has been built on the ground, do you want to demolish the house? This is not good."

"If your family still doesn't have land, you can buy it from the government. Now the price of homestead land in the county is one tael of silver per cent of land. You just need to pay."

"One tael!" Wang Lamei cried: "How can a family like ours afford so much money?"

"I can't give it out for the time being. I'll allow you to owe it now, and then pay it back after the next autumn harvest."

Wang Lamei just cried.

But it is obvious that Meng Changqing has not finished draining the blood of this family. "How much of the grain you harvested in the autumn was cultivated and cultivated by the two of you?"

After dividing the homestead, they also need to divide their food.

No matter how reluctant Wang Lamei was, how could she, a commoner, be so tough as a county magistrate? Thinking about the beating he had just received, he had no choice but to tell the truth. Most of the grain harvested in the autumn was cultivated by Shuerhua.

"You marry Luo Xinzhu. Wang Lamei is your mother-in-law after all. It's impossible for all the food you grow to belong to you." Meng Changqing said to Shu Erhua, "You take away 40% of the food from the house, and the rest will be counted as your filial piety." Mother-in-law.”

Shu Erhua was naturally happy, but she didn't expect to get food. Meng Changqing withdrew from the court, indicating that the case was over.

Shu Erhua and Wang Lamei held the letter of reconciliation written by Meng Changqing in their hands. From then on, Shu Erhua and Wang Lamei's family were completely separated. They were two unrelated families.

"Master, Master!" Bafang hurriedly caught up with Meng Changqing, "It is said that upright officials cannot handle household affairs, why do you have to get involved in this matter?"

"I am willing, and I happen to have the right." Meng Changqing kept arranging the papers on the desk.

Bafang pressed it on the desk, "Master! Are you attracted to the Luo family's new daughter-in-law?"

Meng Changqing frowned, "This is all you can think of? Can't it be that I can't bear to see the suffering she suffered?"

"Oh, Master! I've been with you for many years, and I think I know you very well. I also know that you can't fall in love with other people's wives, but even I can't help but have this idea, and others will do it even more. think.

Even if you are kind-hearted and pity the woman, the woman will inevitably be gossiped about when she leaves Luo Xinzhu's house. Her life will not be easy. Why would you put her in a more difficult situation? "

Meng Changqing asked: "Is her life easy now?"

"Although it's not easy, that's how most women get through it. As the saying goes, if a daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, she will naturally live a comfortable life by then."

"This is not a matter of women not being women." Meng Changqing said: "This is the oppression of a weaker person by a person with a little power.

I can't stand it.

There are difficulties on both sides. One is that she doesn't have enough to eat, doesn't have warm clothes, and has to work non-stop. She is already so tired physically, but mentally, with only Wang Lamei, what kind words can she say?

In another place, she can support herself, work for herself, eat when she is hungry, add clothes when she is cold, and rest when she is tired. Although there are gossips, she can have a place to stay.

Bafang, we grew up together since childhood. You should know that I never ask others to understand what I do, I only ask for my own peace of mind.

I can't help but watch her suffer, and comfort her with words like, 'When your daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, your life will be easier.'

If she works hard for many years, she may not be able to live to that age.

And she shouldn't have suffered this in the first place. Why should the food she grew have to support a person who keeps oppressing her?

I dare not say it elsewhere, but within the boundaries of my Beishan County, I cannot tolerate such a thing.

If she dares to complain, I will judge her like this. "

Bafang took a deep breath and sighed, "I really don't understand you."

Bafang couldn't understand, so he went to talk to Wenshi, and when delivering tonics to Wenshi, he muttered, "The young master's good reputation among the people, why should it be affected by this kind of thing?"

"This is a small matter." Mrs. Wen took the medicine bowl, "You still don't understand Changqing's temper? It's a big deal if she doesn't let her out."

Bafang came out of the back office and saw several government officials rushing out, "Hey, brothers." He asked from the side: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Master Meng ordered us to help Shu Erhua move food."

"Now we are moving the food. There is no house for that bunch of two flowers. Where should the food be moved?"

"Move to Luo Yu's house." The leading yamen servant replied, "Hasn't Luo Yu been living in the post house since it was built? His house was empty and no one lived in it. Master Meng took the lead and asked Shu Erhua Let’s rent Luo Yu’s house first.”