Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Nian Chao yelled "Dagui! Shut up!"

Jia Jun went up and gave Nian Chao a few kicks, "How dare you lie to the prince! You are courting death!"

"Jiajun!" Defang said, "Gag him and tie him up!"

"Yes!" Jia Jun tied it up first, then picked up a stone and stuffed it into Bainianchao's mouth without taking the cloth.

Defang knelt down and clutched Dagui's clothes, "Tell me, is his brother still alive?"

"His brother is indeed dead."

"And what about his wife? What about his children?"

"His wife is dead, and the child... is dead..."

Defang was stunned for a moment, then stood up and kicked Dagui away, "You really have the guts of a leopard! You have played tricks on the lonely king again and again! Someone! Cut off his tongue! Then break his limbs!"

The jailer stepped forward to hold down Dagui, and Dagui got up and hugged Defang's leg again, "My lord! Caomin is telling the truth! Caomin hasn't finished yet! Please let Caomin finish! Caomin doesn't want to die!"

Defang pulled out the jailer's knife and said, "Okay! Just let you say a few more words, if you dare to play tricks on the lonely king, the lonely king will cut off your head!"

"Yes! Yes!" Dagui didn't let go, hugging Defang's leg and said, "His brother Baicheng got married very early, and he has a son and a daughter. We all live together. His brother can do some carpentry, and his wife You can make some money, but, but... Every time you earn money, your father robs you of gambling, and our brothers are not much better. We work in a rice store, and our monthly money is also taken by my father. Go, then my father owed a lot of money, so... he secretly sold his 15-year-old niece to a brothel, and the little niece committed suicide after only two days there..."

Hearing this, Defang gritted her teeth, "It's a beast! What about the child's parents, didn't they report to the police?"

"I want to go, but dad...he... got into a fight with Baicheng, and when Baicheng fell to the ground, he kowtowed and passed out. After waking up, he became stupid, His wife was very scared and fell ill soon, and my father didn't buy her medicine, so she died of illness."

"What about you? Just watch them being hurt by your father and remain indifferent!"

"We persuaded my father...he beat us up with a stick...and said that if we didn't listen to him, he would beat us to death..."

"You two brothers are dignified and handsome, so let him beat you like this!"

"We have been beaten since we were young...we are scared when we see our father...you see, Dafu and I are both crippled by my father's legs, we can't run very far..."

"A bastard like him is worthy of being a father! You..." Defang looked at the rich and powerful legs, shook his head helplessly and dropped the knife, "Let go of the lonely king's legs first."

"My lord...don't kill me..."

"As long as you tell the lonely king, the lonely king can spare you two brothers."

Dagui let go of Defang's legs, knelt down with Dafu, and Defang sat back on the stool, "What about Baicheng's son?"

"After the death of my little niece and sister-in-law, people in the town scolded us, and the county government also sent someone to inquire about the situation. Dad sold the house and took us, Baicheng, and little nephew Baihui to Shaowu from Nan'an. We built a thatched hut by ourselves in a village, and my father took Baicheng and our brothers to the city every day to do work for others, and then went to gamble by ourselves. Sometimes we couldn’t eat for several days, and Baihui went to eat when he was hungry. Ye Zi, the villagers couldn't bear it, and some secretly gave Baihui steamed buns to eat. This kind of life has passed for six years, and Baihui is also seventeen. , Dad asked for 20 taels of silver from him, Baihui didn't want to be with us, so he was willing to recruit, and after more than a year of marriage, he had a son Wang Zhuangmiao."