Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"You...you are a beggar. Whether I want to give you money or not depends on whether I am happy or not. There is no beggar who forces others to give money."

"This is the capital! Beggars in the capital are like this!" The beggar stood up and pointed at the store and shouted, "You are just a newcomer, don't you give me money? Okay! Believe it or not, I lie here every day! Let's see how you do business!"

"I'm new to the capital to do business, so I don't know the rules here, but didn't I give you money just now? Why are you still staying here?"

"If I don't lie here, can you give me money!" The beggar weighed the copper coins in his hand, "You are really begging! I spent a long time talking and talking to give these few coins! No!"

"You have been scolding me for a long time, and I still want to give you money, but you refused to leave after taking the money, and you are still scolding me for asking for more money, you are so unreasonable!"

"True?" The beggar laughed, "Let's tell the truth to the officials! What I want is money! Let me tell you! Today you not only have to give me enough money, but also give me an apology! Otherwise, I will come every day! Let you Not even a penny!"

The people around were talking about the beggar's rude behavior, but the beggar turned a deaf ear to it, so he ordered the owner of the wine shop. At this time, a commoner stood up and said, "You are too much! When someone gives you money, you still scold him! You If you don’t leave, I will go to Kaifeng Mansion to report to the officials!”

"Report to the official?" The beggar walked up to the people and pushed him. "Go! I will be beaten ten times when I arrive in Kaifeng Mansion. When I come out, I will come to his wine shop to ask for money! You go!"

"You! You are simply hateful!"

"I'm disgusting! Go report to the police!"

The owner of the hotel hurriedly persuaded the people to leave, turned around and cupped his hands to the beggar, "Okay, I will apologize." Then he took out a few pieces of silver and put them in the hands of the beggar, "My lord, my shop is small, and I can't make much money a day, please hold your hand high." .”

The beggar looked at the broken silver in his hand and smiled, "It's not too bad. I'm going to suffer a little bit today. You, go to the store to get some wine, toast me three glasses, and I'll leave after drinking."

"You!" The shopkeeper was very angry. "You scolded me, took the money, and asked me to make an apology to you. I have already done it humbly! Don't go too far!"

"What's the matter? Too much?" The beggar poked the shopkeeper with his finger, "What can you do if I don't leave!"

"You! You!" The shopkeeper flicked his sleeves and went back to the wine shop and patted the table vigorously. "I opened this small wine shop with all my belongings, and I still have my parents, wife and children to support! If you do this, you won't let me live!"

The beggar walked back to the door of the wine shop and sat down, leaning against the door frame and said, "I'm dead anyway, so I don't have the time to worry about other people's lives, I only blame you for your own bad life, hahaha"

Taizong looked at the beggar and thought for a while, then turned his head and asked, "Nephew Defang, do you think this beggar deserves to die?"

"Uncle, what does this mean?"

"Look at the shopkeeper, he was insulted by the beggar for taking out the broken silver, and he had to bow down to apologize, but the beggar didn't think of the shopkeeper's kindness, and spoke bad words. If you want a hateful person, shouldn't he deserve to die?"

"Uncle, although this beggar is indeed extremely abominable, there is no clear text in the court's law to punish this kind of evil behavior. Kaifeng Mansion has also caught many such beggars, usually it is just a few punishments."

"So what if you hit the board a few times? You heard it too. He just said that he will come back after the board is hit. What about Kaifeng Mansion? The owner of this wine shop is a law-abiding businessman. Now he is humiliated for no reason and pays money and gifts. If he decides, it is the court's fault."

"Uncle, what do you mean?"