Great Lawyer

Chapter 195 The Heart of a Wolf ([-])

Du Jiuyan looked at Ma Yuniang who was brought up to the hall.

Compared with the last time I saw it from a distance, Ma Yuniang was so thin that she was out of shape, with sunken eye sockets and protruding cheeks, almost only a layer of skin covering her teeth. Du Jiuyan was very worried whether she could take another step.

But fortunately, she staggered and walked fairly steadily. After the iron chain rattled, she knelt down numbly and said, "Sinful woman Ma Yuniang, knock on your lord."

Her voice was hoarse, and her body trembled slightly after kneeling.

Outside the door, the seven women in Li's residence let out low sobbing sounds.

"Ma Yuniang, this person wants to defend you." He Cheng said: "What did she ask, you should think about the answer carefully, don't make up your mind!"

Convicts retracting their confessions is the most feared thing in every yamen.

He Cheng is no exception.Du Jiuyan pleaded guilty, and she did not question the crime, but if Ma Yuniang retracted the confession, the nature would be completely different.

Ma Yuniang was startled, looked sideways at Du Jiuyan, sized her eyes twice, and said, "Sir, you don't need to waste time, I confess the crime. But death is better than dying."

Her eyes were gloomy and unwavering, full of despair towards the world.

"Give it a try." Du Jiuyan said in a low voice, "Ma'am just listen to it."

Ma Yuniang should be, and saluted Du Jiuyan, "Excuse me, sir."

"To be precise, what I'm going to do today is not to defend the lawsuit, but to tell you a story about being unkind, unrighteous, unfaithful, and unfilial." Du Jiuyan said: "Mr. Wai Ma in Nanyang, Henan has only one daughter, and he needs a son-in-law to marry him. Inherit the family business."

"At this time, Li Zhi, who was only 17 years old and could not eat three meals a day, appeared in Ma's mansion. He was handsome and eloquent, which made Mr. Ma and Ma Yuniang have a good impression of him. Half a year later, Li Zhi couldn't wait to marry Ma. House!"

There was a sigh outside, and someone whispered: "Master Li is a married woman? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Maybe after becoming an official, I changed my household registration."

Few people knew that Li Zhi was married.

"After entering the Ma Mansion, Li Zhi had no worries about food and clothing. He was served by a good wife and maidservant, and accompanied by a servant. His life can be described as going from earth to sky. Because Li Zhi's family background in Ma Mansion is good and he has no troubles in life, he started Concentrate on studying. At this time, someone once persuaded Ma Yuniang that once a married son-in-law enters the temple and becomes an official, he will definitely feel ashamed as a married couple, and then there will be endless troubles, and the husband and wife will also have suspicions."

"But the kind-hearted Ma Yuniang firmly supports Li Zhi. She believes that it is a woman's duty to regard her husband as the sky. It is a good thing for her husband to have ambition. She must support him."

Someone outside said: "That's right, children will also benefit from fame and fame, and it's good to marry anyone who gets married."

"Therefore, Li Zhi left his daughters and everything in the family to Ma Yuniang, regardless of the common affairs. Even after the death of his father-in-law, he never came forward to take care of the funeral. Ma Yuniang used her own hands and abilities to create a safe haven for him."

"Du Jiuyan." He Chengdao: "When a husband studies and takes a test to serve the imperial court, his wife should support it. This is a woman's duty. Do you still want to show it to praise Mrs. Ma?"

Du Jiuyan cupped his hands and said, "My lord, a husband and wife are destined by marriage, and they are fellow travelers who go together and support each other. It is only natural for a wife to take care of her husband. Then, what is his duty as a husband and the so-called natural justice?"

"Naturally protects wives and children and gives them a stable life. The man dominates the outside and the woman dominates the inside. Do you have any objection?" He Chengdao.

Du Jiuyan asked back, "Outside the male lead? But Mr. Li didn't. He stayed in the safe haven with peace of mind, enjoying nephrite, warm, fragrant brocade clothes and luxurious clothes with peace of mind. He has nothing to pay or contribute to Ma Shi!"

"He is studying." He Cheng said: "You are also studying hard in the cold window, don't you know that reading requires undivided attention?"

Du Jiuyan did not refute He Cheng, but continued: "Under such circumstances, Li Zhi won the Jinshi examination, took Ma Yuniang's family wealth, and entered the official position calmly. After that, he was like a pheasant flying out of a mountain nest, Sitting on the branch, Xie saw too much beauty in the world, so, as a married son-in-law, he accepted the first concubine without Madam Ma's consent."

"He went to the post alone, and there was no one to take care of him, so there is nothing wrong with acting on occasion." He Chengdao.

Du Jiuyan looked at He Cheng and said, "My lord takes a concubine, don't you ask your wife for advice?"

He Cheng was startled, and said: "Li Zhi was far away from home at that time, so naturally he acted in a hurry."

"How urgent is it to take a concubine?" Du Jiuyan chuckled, and He Cheng's face changed, before he could speak, he said, "Like Mrs. He, you have to ask your wife's consent to take a concubine, so Li Zhi is a married couple. The son-in-law of my son-in-law, but making his own decisions? How selfish and shameless this is!"

"After he became an official, he forgot that he is the son-in-law of the Ma family, and there is a character horse in front of his surname Li!" Du Jiuyan suddenly raised his voice, "Ma Li, right, my lord!"

He Cheng snorted coldly.

"Being a matriarch is a forced choice for a man, and Li Zhi is no exception. After he gained power, he forced the Ma family to change his household registration. From being a matriarch, he became Li Zhi of the Li family in Nanyang. He even compiled a family tree to rectify his name. "

"In all of this, the kind-hearted Ma Yuniang has no complaints. She wholeheartedly hopes that Li Zhi will be able to achieve success and realize her ambitions. For this reason, she did not hesitate to go against her late father's last wish, sold all her assets and followed him to Baoqing, and became a Li Zhi who never left home. lady."

"So far in the story, Master Li's actions can still be understood. From a man's point of view, apart from being ungrateful and selfish, he is not heinous. So what made Ma Yuniang, after nearly 30 years of husband and wife, have a lot of love for him at the beginning? Is Yi Baishun's husband going to kill you?"

Outside the yamen, there was no sound, and everyone seemed to be fascinated.Everyone knew Li Zhi and the whole story of the case, but this was the first time they heard about Li Zhi and Ma Shi's past.

"This Li Zhi is really shameless. You are afraid of being laughed at, so you shouldn't be a door-to-door son-in-law at the beginning! Now that they provide you with education, you will say that you are ashamed when you are in your early years. This is crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, and you are Chen Shimei!"

"Yes, this kind of person is also a corrupt official."

He Cheng's expression darkened when he heard this, and he was very upset!
Du Jiuyan walked up to Ma Yuniang.

"If that's all, would you kill him? Before you followed him to Baoqing, did you ever think about killing him?" Du Jiuyan said.

Ma Yuniang smiled miserably, shook her head and said, "If I wanted to kill him, why would I sell my property and come to Baoqing with him?"

"That's right!" Du Jiuyan nodded, "After coming to Baoqing, he was promoted to the fifth rank Zhizhou Master Li, how did he force his virtuous, kind and even stupid wife to kill him?"

"A concubine?" Du Jiuyan asked.

"No, although I was not happy at first, but later when he asked for a concubine, I was ashamed, and I didn't ask any more." Ma Yuniang said.

"Is it hanging around the flowers and drinking?" Du Jiuyan asked.

"No, it's not uncommon for him to go whoring, and he has been drinking heavily for many years. I'm used to it already." Ma Yuniang said.

"Is it because you don't have a wife and daughter but force you to use the dowry to raise him and a concubine for him to eat, drink, have fun and take care of himself?" Du Jiuyan asked.

"No, I have been well-clothed and well-fed since I was a child, and I have never been stingy with money. I never treated him badly when he asked me for money." Ma Yuniang said.

"Then," Du Jiuyan said in a loud voice, "it's because you spoil your concubine and destroy your wife. He lets you live in the firewood house while he lives in the main courtyard with the concubine he bought, and asks you to kneel on the ground to serve him, serving tea and water. Do you clean the pail?"

There was an uproar outside, and everyone was stunned.

Doting on concubines and destroying wives?

Let his wife live in the firewood house, but he lives in the main courtyard with his concubine, and his wife kneels on the ground to serve them.

"Wolf-hearted and dog-lung!" Someone scolded: "It should be killed!"

The words fell, but Ma shook his head, "No! I have suffered for many years and my heart is ashamed. I can bear it until the day I die. I never wanted to kill him."

"Isn't it? What is that, Li Zhi did something even more egregious?"

"Is there anything more extreme than this?"

"This is simply inferior to pigs and dogs!"

The people were erupting, and each one was furious. This about Li Zhi's true face was beyond everyone's expectation.

Yes, no one would have thought that under Li Zhi's glamorous appearance, there is a rotten, foul-smelling, disgusting body and heart.

"Du Jiuyan." He Cheng slapped the table and said, "Don't incite the masses!"

Du Jiuyan knelt down and looked at Ma Shi, "So, what made you kill him?"

"Yes..." Ma Yuniang said: "It was my nanny's death. He killed my nanny. If I don't kill him that night, I will be sorry for my nanny!"

Ma Yuniang covered her face and cried.

"Kill...Kill?" Someone shouted: "Master He, during the court trial, it was clear that this matter was not mentioned."

He Cheng slapped the table and said: "The nanny's sale to Ma's house is a life-long contract! What's more, although there is a causal relationship with this case at this time, it cannot change the fact that Ma Yuniang killed someone."

"Nurse, how did you die?" Du Jiuyan didn't ask Ma Yuniang this time, but Brick looked at the people and at the adults present, "My lords, I would like to see Ma Yuniang's nanny, who raised her for 40 years." How did the miserable woman of the year die?"

"Du Jiuyan, don't act foolish!" He Cheng said.

She came today to build momentum, how could she listen to He Cheng.

Du Jiuyan waved his hand and said, "Open the coffin!"

Dou Rongxing took the lead, leading Ma Yuniang's two sons-in-law, and under everyone's gaze, opened the coffin and lifted Qiao's body that had been buried for many days.

Beautiful costumes and golden funeral jewelry, but still can't cover up Qiao's face like a skeleton.

There is no hair on the top of the head, a red head with maggots infested, a face without skin, rapidly decaying and the bones can be seen deep.

The corpse was smelly and looked terrible.

Ma Yuniang burst into tears!
Everyone took a deep breath.

　When I was writing, I was also thinking, is Ma Yuniang hateful?Hateful, because of her cowardice and incompetence, she killed her nanny.But this kind of hatred is not real, but more like anger.You are clearly capable, why don't you resist?What's more, why didn't you kill him earlier when you were clearly capable, and only did it after the nanny died.

　　In fact, her pathetic and hateful is not an exception. There are still many such women in modern society, not to mention ancient times.Even if she could choose at the beginning, her thoughts and vision framed her and she couldn't do it.

　　To be proud of your husband and your son, what an honor it is for a husband to be an official.In ancient times, how many women carried a family by themselves, and worked hard to study for their husbands. This is considered natural and just in the eyes of everyone, even women themselves.

　　In the early days, he is an official and she is a wife. This affects not only them, but also their children, married wives, married daughters, and so on.

　　Therefore, the real "Ma Yuniang" also has her own considerations.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)