Jinyi Night Walk

Xia Xun could not feel these things that happened in the Emperor's Palace. He only knew that Peng Ziqi brought a sachet and met Xu Zengshou, the third son of Zhongshan Prince's Mansion. Xu Zengshou went to Yingtian Mansion once. , and then he was released back, thinking that this matter was all due to Xu Zengshou's help. He didn't even think about the background of the person who was going to be punished.

In fact, the matter has come to this point, even if he is willing to give up and accept any sanctions, the Zhongshan Palace will never give up. Now that the Zhongshan Palace has intervened, this is not Xia Xun's personal matter. It has to do with the dignity of the Zhongshan Palace. It is impossible to go all out.

After Xia Xun returned to Moling Town, he also made careful preparations for the retrial ten days later.

Speaking of witnesses, the first witnesses were the servants of his house, in addition to the workers and craftsmen who were hired to clean up the house. With the filthy dead mother card.

These days, all the officials and lords of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Imperial Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Rites are not idle. The particularity of this case has made it the key to a heated debate among courtiers. Coupled with Zhongshan Wangfu and Huang Zicheng's secret support, it turned into a huge academic seminar.

Later, Huang Zicheng found sadly that he could no longer control the situation, and no one could control the situation anymore. The plaintiff and defendant in this case had been automatically ignored by those officials who argued happily. They were scholars. , I like to delve deeper into the social significance and academic value hidden under the surface of this case. As for the death of the plaintiff and the humiliation of the defendant, let him die!

Filial piety conflicts with national law. How can the two be harmonious and harmonious without conflicting with each other?

The focus of the dialectics is finally focused on this point. Although the core of the governance of each dynasty in history is still law, they are all packaged with Confucianism, or Confucianism outside the law, or Confucianism outside the law, or Confucianism outside the law, or both Yang Confucianism and Yin law, but even if everyone knows It is well understood that this legalist thing can never be put on the table. Therefore, Confucianism is the keynote and the core of law.

Confucianism, on the other hand, emphasizes reason, the laws of heaven, the law of the state, and human feelings. The three must be unified.The Confucian law has always required law enforcement officers to follow the principles of heaven and the people, bend the law and uphold the justice, and punish crimes according to the scriptures.Those who have good intentions but violate the law will be exempted, and those who have evil intentions and conform to the law will be punished.In other words, the subjective motive is good, and there is no crime in breaking the law.Subjective motives are evil, and only when they are legal can they be punished and evil promoted.

Therefore, since ancient times, there have been many behaviors that seem to be illegal but are allowed by the law, such as cohabitation and concealment (if someone in the family commits a crime, he can conceal it for him, and he does not have to bear the burden of reporting and proof, except for the crime of treason. ) The son does not speak of his father's faults, retains his relatives, commits five convictions, and so on.

This is the unique Chinese law that has been composed of the three major elements of heaven, law, law, and human feelings for thousands of years. It is extraordinarily stable. Until the Ming Dynasty, no one had ever broken it.

But Yang Xu took the principle first: private property is included, and others are prohibited from encroaching on it; and if righteousness is taken, the parents' temple will be humiliated, and those who are sons of man should be cleansed. This is filial piety.

As for the so-called claims, beatings, humiliation, and killing of cattle by the Yangdi people, everything is caused by their mistakes and violations of righteousness. Therefore, all consequences are borne by themselves, Yang Xu should not be punished.

Before the result of this debate came out, Lord Wang Hongrui had already written the verdict, so he didn't care what those people were talking about. Xu Zengshou had already brought the emperor's grandson's outspoken words to him. The emperor said that what the emperor's grandson meant was the emperor's It means, then this is the emperor's oral order, how you discuss it is your business, my old king has confirmed one point: follow the above, you can't go wrong!

Therefore, Xia Xun's second trial was a complete victory without any surprise.Mr. Yang, who had been arguing about being slapped in the face, rushed to get close to his old face. Under the attention of countless people from the government and the public, he was slapped hard again, and this time he finally fell ill. up.

The arrogance of the Yang family was immediately suppressed, and now every servant in Xia Xun's mansion raised his head and raised his eyebrows when he went out the door. The Yang family members all took a detour when they saw their family members. The common people are even more eager to please them.

Xia Xun, Peng Ziqi, and Xiao Di stood under the shade of the willows, looked at the frame of the house that had been erected in their yard, and said, "We just came back, and it's enough for this sake. What a big conflict. Although the house is rushing to work day and night, it will take some time to build it. In the past two days, I want to find the family that my father ordered when I was young, meet the elders of the family, and make an agreement to get married day."

Peng Ziqi said, "I'll go with you."

"No."

Xia Xun paused, held her hand, squeezed it lightly, and said with a smile: "Guan Shi Xiao is the one who is most familiar with his family's situation, so he has to accompany me. Sap, you may not have the courage to dare to make trouble, but you are not afraid of [-], just in case, how can it be done without anyone watching?"

Xiaodi puffed out her chest and said, "I'm here!"

Xia Xun glanced at her, Xiaodi stuck out her tongue, blushed and said, "Well...then I'll stay at home with my sister."

Xia Xun smiled, turned to Peng Ziqi again, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, if you should see each other, you will see each other sooner or later. What I told you will always be effective."

"People are not worried about this."

Peng Zixuan felt a little embarrassed, coy for a while, and then said: "Okay, you go, I will handle it easily...stay at home."

Xia Xun nodded and said: "Well, you pick four gifts from King Yan tonight, and I will take them with me tomorrow, and I will use them when I go to Xie's house. By the way, don't move those two normal-sized walking beads. "

Peng Ziqi asked in surprise, "Why?"

Xia Xun scratched her nose lightly, and said with a smile: "Because I see that you and Brother Ling are inlaid with beads on the hilt of the knife, I guess the father-in-law in Qingzhou must like pearls, those two beads, When I am going back to Qingzhou to seek marriage, it will be used as a bride price."

Peng Ziqi's face was like a pomegranate flower, and he responded happily, and the feeling of uneasiness and sadness was instantly swept away.

On the ground next to him, Carpenter Wang opened his eyes and closed his eyes and was playing wooden thread. When he heard this, he raised his head and glanced at him, thinking: "My boss is really a master who can coax people!"

"Master, how old is my young lady who has never been married, and what's her name?"

Xiaodi at the side couldn't see the love between the two of them, and got goosebumps all over the floor, so he hurriedly interjected, lest the two of them flirt with each other and get bored.Peng Ziqi was also wanting to know the name of Mrs. Yang's family, and looked at him with inquiring eyes. Xia Xun subconsciously touched his waist, where the marriage certificate was hidden.

"Her, she just turned [-] this year, her name is Xie Luti, small characters... thank you..."

"Thank you!"

Manager Xiao thanked the half-grown old man who was playing chess by the side of the road, and returned to Xia Xun's side! "Master, I heard from that person that the Xie family sold their house ten years ago and moved away."

"Moved?"

Xia Xun was a little dazed. When he didn't see this unmarried lady, his heart was beating drums. He didn't know whether she was dark or pockmarked, what she looked like, whether her temperament was gentle, and whether her character was decent. He was worried all the way. Unexpectedly, I rushed to this Jubaomen, but the family has already moved away.Xia Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If her whereabouts are unknown, I will never be able to find her again, so I don't have to take the risk of marrying her?

I heard Guanshi Xiao said: "Yes, this is a prosperous place near Jubaomen. I heard from the old man that Xie's family was struggling at that time, so they sold the real estate here and moved to the edge of the city where the land price is cheaper. Because It’s always a shame to sell your ancestral property, so it’s not easy for the old neighbors to inquire about the specific place to move to, and it’s even less clear if they haven’t been in contact with each other for these years.”

When Xia Xun heard it, he raised his heart again: "It's still in Nanjing City, so it's not easy to pretend not to know, but Nanjing is not small, when will we find it?"

Guanshi Xiao said: "Master, let's go to the Sanshan Gate. Old Xiao accompanied the master to this alley once to sign a marriage letter. Afterwards, he invited Master Xie's family out for a drink, and the place was at the Sanshan Gate. According to the way they greeted the shopkeeper at that time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant and Mr. Xie's family should be very familiar friends. Maybe he can get some information from him. If it still fails, then the young master will go back first. Qian asked a few local idlers to help inquire."

While talking, the two walked along the Qinhuai River towards Sanshan Gate.

The section of the Qinhuai River from Jubaomen to Jiming Temple is the most prosperous area. On the market, the [-]th floor of Qinhuai stands on the banks of the Qinhuai River. There are constant singing and dancing every night, and the sound of silk and bamboo every day, even under the strict management of Zhu Yuanzhang. Underneath, here is still the world of gold powder in the Southern Dynasty, drunk with gold, and romantic everywhere.

Although the banks of the Qinhuai River are a place of sensuality, not all of them are streets and willow lanes. Many wealthy gentry and merchants also have houses here.In fact, during the Yuan Dynasty, Nanjing had already fallen. Zhu Yuanzhang established the Central Plains and established Jinling as the capital. After rebuilding half of Jinling City, Nanjing City was finally built into the largest city in the world. The hero of Qiyuan has never been seen before or since.

Wouldn't it be a dead city with a city and no people?Zhu Yuanzhang used Qin Shihuang's immigration trick again, and moved the rich and famous gentry and rich families in the south of the Yangtze River to a big move. 20 households were relocated in one go, [-] households were moved to Fengyang, the central capital, and [-] households were moved to Jinling.

As a result, Jinling finally regained its splendor, with high-rise buildings abounding and aristocratic families everywhere.

The Guozijian at the foot of Jiming Mountain is the place where the aura of Jinling City is located. The imperial students of this dynasty and those who came to study abroad all gathered here to study knowledge.The building here is grand and magnificent. There is a main hall with fifteen rooms, named "Yilun Hall"; There are 1000 library buildings; more than 100 residences for university students, more than 100 residences for foreign students, and more than [-] acres of lecture halls, shooting gardens, vegetable gardens, mills, and warehouses.

At this moment, in a bamboo grove behind the Guozijian shooting garden, there is a faint and elegant guzheng flowing out from time to time.Under Xiuzhu, there was a stone platform with a zither placed horizontally. Huang Zicheng was wearing a white robe, sitting cross-legged on a futon, with his eyes slightly closed, playing the zither.Behind him, stood a young man in a Confucian shirt, with a Confucian scarf in his hair, and his hands slightly arched in front of his chest. This scene and this image are like a picture of an ancient sage.

"Zheng..." Huang Zicheng placed his hands on the strings of the zither lightly, and said slowly, "Yang Chong, your heart... is not quiet."

Yang Chong hurriedly bowed: "Sir..."

Huang Zicheng raised his hand, stroked his beard lightly, and smiled: "If you know yourself and don't know your enemy, defeat is inevitable. Who would have thought that he actually knew people from the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion? This old man was also careless. Taking advantage of the gap, I went to seal the mouth of the emperor's grandson first, after the emperor's grandson learned the truth, he was really annoyed, but there is nothing you can do about it."

Yang Chong hurriedly said: "Yes, this is a family matter of the students. I didn't dare to work on it, sir. The students are already very grateful for your troubles, so how dare you complain at all."

Huang Zicheng snorted and said, "Although he followed the path of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion, he was able to get away with it, and in the end it was a word of filial piety. This little thief is very cunning, but if you want to punish him, it is not impossible. "

Yang Chong's eyes lit up, and he said quickly, "Please advise, sir."

"Come with ears."

Huang Zicheng called him to him, whispered in his ear, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a triumphant smile: "With Zi Yu, attacking Zi Zhishield, even if he is as cunning as a berry, by then he will either bow his head to his ears or be ruined." , is there a third way to go?"

Yang Chong was so happy that his handsome face flushed, and he said repeatedly: "Mr. is brilliant, sir is brilliant, sir is really a talent of Zhuge, the student knows how to do it."

Huang Zicheng laughed, his sleeves fluttered, and he walked away.Yang Chong hurriedly picked up the guzheng, just like a boy serving the zither, following behind step by step.

Half an hour later, Yang Chong left the Imperial College and hurriedly appeared on Chengxian Street.

Yang Chong hurried away for a while, looked around and saw no acquaintances, so he turned to the Qinhuai River in a hurry.

Yang Chong walked through the alleys of two wealthy families with blue tiles and white walls, and came to the bank of the Qinhuai River. There was a small boat tied under the willows by the river. Looking at the lanterns hanging on the boat, it seemed to be a good family, not a prostitute.At the bow of the boat, a little girl in a green dress and a red dress was playing in the water. When she saw him coming, she quickly jumped up and said happily, "Master, you are here."

Yang Chong nodded, leaped onto the boat, opened the curtain and entered the cabin, and heard a pleasantly surprised voice from inside: "Brother Chong, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I have to get up and go back, why did you come here?" .”

Immediately afterwards Yang Chong's voice came: "Sir must play the piano, what can I do as a disciple?"

The woman's voice said: "Is that the old man Huang Zicheng? This person is the most annoying. Brother Chong, I finally came out for a while, but you delayed too long, I have to go back right away, or Daddy saw that I had been out for a long time , to be scolded again."

Yang Chong said: "Fei Yi, I came here to tell you that there is something urgent, I have to go home immediately, and when I come back, I will set a time to have a loving relationship with you."

The girl said in a shy voice: "Fuck you, he is the one who really misses you, but you only think about his body all day long..."

The two of them rubbed each other's ears and temples together for a long time, and they didn't know how to coax the girl to be happy, so Yang Chong hurried ashore again, the cabin curtain was lifted slightly, revealing half of his beautiful face with a glowing glow, reluctantly saying : "Brother Chong, I'm waiting for your letter."

Yang Chong waved to her and hurried away. ! ~!