Concubine

Chapter 237 The Theory of Rape (seeking monthly ticket)
Song Yuner was very sensitive. Seeing Yang Qiuchi's serious expression, she asked suspiciously, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"There is a problem. If the fire started in the north bedroom, and Wang Dianshi's study is in the south, the distance between them is so far. If this cloud killed Wang Zhaoli and Wang Dianshi, it should be lit in the study nearby. How could he run to the bedroom so far away?" Where are you going?"

"That's right!" Song Yun'er also looked back, "Maybe he wanted to escape over the wall from the north, so he lit the fire there by the way."

"Since you were going to escape from the north, why did you turn back and run out from the south gate to be caught by the patrolling people?"

Song Yun'er was also dumbfounded, thinking that this was a problem, but on the surface she didn't want to admit defeat, she still insisted on reasoning: "Maybe he found it difficult to climb over the wall when he got to the north, so he ran back and went out through the gate."

Yang Qiuchi didn't argue with her any more, thought for a while, and shook his head: "I can't figure it out, I can only find out after investigating."

Chang Fu said: "Master, it may be too late to investigate."

Yang Qiuchi was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered what Jiang Zhixian said, that the execution order might be issued in the next few days.If so, then the time for investigation is indeed running out.

However, what was discovered just now is just an unreasonable situation. It cannot be said that the case of Yun Leng's arson and murder of Dian Shi was a wrongful case, and it was far from the standard of a wrongful case.

Now how to do?investigation?Who to investigate?Are you stunned?He is the criminal, so in order to reduce his guilt, there will definitely be a lot of statements in his favor. If he denies it, he may even say that he was wronged. There is no other evidence. Is it possible to stop the execution based on his confession and carry out the crime? Re-examine the whole case?He, Yang Qiuchi, wasn't crazy enough.

Besides, this case was a death penalty. All death penalty cases in the Ming Dynasty were reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple and then reported to the emperor for approval.Some major cases may have to go through the joint trial of the three divisions. It is not easy to reverse the case!
The ones just now were just some unreasonable doubts, and there will be more or less doubts in many cases.

Therefore, Yang Qiuchi decided not to think about it anymore.

Back in the inner office, Yang Qiuchi, the two concubines and Bai Sumei chatted and laughed for a while, and then it was time to ask questions in the afternoon.

Step out of the inner office amidst the crisp clicking sound of the cloud board, pass the second hall and turn to the back hall to go to the Nuan Pavilion, and sit firmly behind the koan amidst the sound of "mighty" rising to the hall.

Song Yun'er and the other little girls came and hid in the back hall to hear the trial.Master Jin, the case to be tried by the county magistrate today, has been placed on the public case, and the verdict has been drafted.

There were more people hearing the trial in the afternoon, because in the morning, Yang Qiuchi, the magistrate of Xin County, asked the land lord to help with the trial and other interesting things had spread throughout the city, so the people who came to the hearing in the afternoon were three floors inside and three floors outside, crowding the lobby and patio A leak.Even the street outside the Yamen was full of people.

However, the case in the afternoon was a bit depressing. First, there were a few debts that were not repaid.He couldn't see any extenuating circumstances, so Yang Qiuchi directly handed down the sentence according to the judgment drafted by Master Jin, who should be punished by the board, and who should be enforced by force.The trial was over in three or two.

The latter one was a private household in Lin County who fled to the county to avoid the guards, and was found out and turned over to the government. He was also given a hundred slaps according to Master Jin's draft opinion, and sent officials to send him back to Lin County.

The onlookers watched with gusto, but Yang Qiuchi fell asleep during the trial. These small cases are really nothing interesting, but most of the county magistrate's cases are such trivial matters, murder cases and other real big cases, so I'm afraid It is rare to come across one in a few years.The murder of Wang Zhaoli and Wang Dianshi last year was said to be the first in Qingxi County in many years.

What followed were loans, neighborhood disputes, quarrels and fights, etc., which were even more trivial. Yang Qiuchi almost yawned during the trial. The verdict is over.But Yang Qiuchi thought that it would not be easy for others to go to court, so he tried his best to try one by one.

The common people in ancient times didn’t have as much awareness of rights as people do now, so it was enough. They knew how to be tolerant, the so-called relics for righteousness, and they were more afraid of officials. It is also very fast.

When the sun was setting to the west, Yang Qiuchi breathed a sigh of relief when the last case of the day came to trial, thinking that he finally felt relieved.

According to the traditional concept of Confucianism, litigation is something that should not be advocated, so there are special restrictions on litigation, which can only be sued on certain specific dates.This is commonly known as "Release Announcement Day". In the Ming Dynasty, it was generally three six nines, that is, the third, sixth, ninth, thirteenth, sixteenth, nineteenth, twenty-third, twenty-sixth, and twenty-ninth of each month. For the announcement day.Therefore, after the trial of the case today, you can rest for two days.
Yang Qiuchi picked up the last complaint of the day and looked at it. It was a concubine incest lawsuit.This piqued his interest a little.

A closer look revealed that it was the niece of a village chief surnamed Bao who told the defendant Hou in the same village to marry a concubine again.The defendant, Hou Zhong, was a wealthy landowner in a mountain village. He had a concubine named Song Sanniang, and this Song Sanniang had a biological niece named Song Yitong.As a result, here Zheng thought that the seniors and young were out of order, and had persuaded them, but now they were ignored by the resettlement, and Bao Lizheng sued them with a complaint.

Yang Qiuchi passed the plaintiff to the lobby and asked the defendant Hou Zhong: "Are Song Sanniang and Song Yitong your concubines?"

Hou Zhong answered honestly: "Yes."

"Do you know that Song Yitong is Song Sanniang's niece?"

"I know, Sanniang told me." Hou Zhong looked very honest.

Yang Qiuchi was angry and funny, and gave a pat on the gavel: "You clearly know that they are two generations old and young, yet you recruited them all into your bed... You are simply too..."

Hou Zhong kowtowed and said, "But I really like Yitong, and she is willing to be with me forever."

"Then what about your third lady? What do you do with her? Does she have any objections?"

"Their family is very poor, so Sanniang also hopes that after Yitong follows me, she can have someone to rely on."

Yang Qiuchi couldn't help but cry: "You don't have to treat her as a concubine if you want her to have someone to rely on."

Hou Zhong kowtowed honestly and replied: "Both of them... I like both of them very much... I can't bear to leave anyone behind..."

Yang Qiuchi was almost mad at him, and said with a smile, "You're fucking fraternal..."

Suddenly, Hou Zhong's words, "Both of them are reluctant to let go", made Yang Qiuchi's heart tremble, and he thought of Liu Ruobing—that senior Liu who was superb in martial arts, glamorous and beautiful, his eyes were full of loneliness and love. The desolate Liu Ruobing, that sister Liu who had her virginity taken away by her own confusion, only wished to be with her for the rest of her life but couldn't.

Yang Qiuchi was suddenly a little silly.After Liu Ruobing's virginity was taken away by herself, how could she face other men in the society of the Ming Dynasty where "starvation is a small thing, and injustice is a big thing"?So that day she mustered up the courage to express her desire to be with her forever.

Of course, this kind of desire is not entirely out of love, but because he has no choice, and Yang Qiuchi doesn't make him hate him, so he entrusts his life to each other.

Yang Qiuchi had thought about this over and over again, since Liu Ruobing had her virginity taken away to save him, then he should be responsible for her and shouldn't let her live alone, otherwise, it would be too useless.

However, Song Yun'er has a deep affection for her, and I am afraid that she will become her concubine sooner or later, and Liu Ruobing and Song Yun'er are masters and apprentices.The status of the ancient teacher (master) was very high, the so-called "heaven, earth, monarch, relative, teacher". Therefore, from an ethical point of view, there is no essential difference between the relationship between master and student and the relationship between parents and children. There is a saying that "a teacher for a day, a father for life".

Therefore, since I have to be responsible for Liu Ruobing and marry Song Yun'er, if I want to take both of them as concubines, wouldn't it be the same as Hou Zhong's violation of ethics?Although I don't know what punishment I will receive, but I am afraid that I will be the end of the official.

Yang Qiuchi looked at the defendant Hou Zhong kneeling in the lobby, as if he saw his future self, and slowly recovered from his thoughts, he picked up the certificate and looked carefully, only to see the judgment drafted by Mr. Jin on it: On treachery, eighty sticks." Immediately my heart sank.

The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" stipulates: "Any extramarital marriage that obeys superiors and subordinates, is a marriage together, and marries half-sisters of the same mother, who is like the daughter of the wife's ex-husband, shall be considered adultery."

In ancient China, it was forbidden to be relatives with foreign relatives or wives and concubines who were not of the same generation. This is called foreign marriage, which is a marriage of superiors and juniors. That is to say, one cannot marry the elder or younger generation of his wife (or concubine) , otherwise, if both parties are voluntary, it will be regarded as adultery, and if the woman is unwilling and the parents force the decision, it will be regarded as rape.

Yang Qiuchi didn't know whether the master and apprentice in the Ming Dynasty also belonged to "foreign marriages with obedience and inferiority", and it should be similar.That is to say, if he married Liu Ruobing and Song Yuner's master and apprentice at the same time, he would be considered adulterous.

Knowing the news, Yang Qiuchi no longer had the heart to try the case. According to the verdict drafted by Mr. Jin, he hastily handed down the verdict and withdrew from the court.

Song Yuner and the other little girls were hiding behind to watch Yang Qiuchi's trial. Seeing him hastily retreated, their faces were ugly, and they didn't know what happened.

Yang Qiuchi didn't speak to them, and went straight to the inner office.

The girls didn't know what happened, so they trotted after him.Song Yun'er took Yang Qiuchi's hand: "What's wrong with you? Your face is so ugly."

"It's nothing, I'm not feeling well, just go back and have a rest."

The girls were slightly relieved after hearing this, and Qin Zhihui said: "My husband must be too tired these days." He ordered Hong Ling to say: "Hong Ling, wait a while and make some of the light and refreshing food that the young master likes for the young master. Eat." Hong Ling nodded in agreement.

Back in the inner office, Yang Qiuchi went straight to his study.This is Yang Qiuchi's private place, and there is also a big bed.

Yang Qiuchi threw the black gauze hat on the desk, and fell on the bed on his back, with his hands resting on the back of his head, looking at the roof of the tent, his heart was in a mess, there was Song Yuner's mischievous smile for a while, and Liu Ruobing's cold and lonely eyes for a while.

Qin Zhihui told Yang Qiuchi not to disturb him and let him take a good rest.

But Song Yuner sneaked into the study anyway, sat down on the edge of the bed, and patted Yang Qiuchi: "Hey! What's the matter? It doesn't look like you are sick, but you seem to be full of worries. What's the matter? "

Song Yuner couldn't think of what Yang Qiuchi was thinking at the moment.How could Yang Qiuchi tell Song Yuner what was on her mind? Song Yuner didn't even know that her master was with her. If she wanted to know, she would be very sad.

Although he didn't do it on purpose, Yang Qiuchi still felt sorry for Song Yun'er.He stretched out his hand to hold Song Yun'er's hand, and smiled slightly: "Brother is fine, Yun'er, don't worry."

Hearing his gentle words, Song Yuner giggled, "That's good." After a pause, she said excitedly again: "Your birth is more courageous than my father, and the interrogation will be over after three times, five divisions, if my father, A case can drag on for several days, and when I was young, I secretly went to watch his promotion, but later I didn’t have much interest, so I didn’t bother to watch it, and my master forced me to practice martial arts every day, so I didn’t have time to watch it.”

Speaking of her master, Yang Qiuchi's heart skipped a beat, but there was no expression on his face: "Your master is very strict with you, right?"

"Of course, it's like urging me to die. Sometimes I am naughty and lazy, and I have to be punished." Although Song Yuner said with her lips pouted, her eyes were full of pride and gratitude.It can be seen that the relationship between their master and apprentice is very deep.

"Where's your master? Why didn't you come to see you?" Yang Qiuchi asked in as calm a tone as possible, and added at the end, "Does she not care about your martial arts progress?"

"Of course I care," Song Yuner said, leaning down, and said mysteriously: "Actually, my master has followed us all this way!"

ah!Yang Qiuchi's whole body shook slightly, and he almost cried out.Quickly covered up and complained: "Then why didn't you tell me? Your master is here and we should treat him warmly."
"My master won't let me." Although Song Yuner noticed Yang Qiuchi's gaffe, she didn't think about it anyway, "My master said that she just came to see how my martial arts progress was, and gave me advice for a few days, and then she would Let's go." After thinking for a while, he added with some embarrassment: "I didn't tell you because my master said she didn't want to see irrelevant people."

Irrelevant people?Yang Qiuchi smiled wryly in his heart, why did I become an irrelevant person.In terms of close relationship, I am afraid that I am the closest to your master in this world.

Yang Qiuchi asked, "What about your master? Where is she now?"

"I don't know either, but my master told me to go to the hill outside the south city gate tonight, and she will wait for me there."

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