peasant young lady

Chapter 246 She Wants to Kill This Old Lady

"Oh? Come on, what's the idea?" Zhang's grandfather became obviously excited, his buttocks were slightly off the stool, and he leaned forward.

Cheng Xia sneered, and said leisurely, "You are short-sighted, you must not know these things, our Ming Dynasty is the most strict law in history. Emperor Gaozu once enacted strict laws, in order to prevent the abuse of private and arbitrary The officials who deal with the common people. Of course," Cheng Xia smiled, "this has little to do with you, but it does have a lot to do with my little cousin who wanted to kill people."

The old man listened seriously, and Cheng Xia also smiled when he said, "Even if we ordinary people violated the law, the magistrate of the county or even higher officials cannot directly sentence people to death, and they have to hand it over to the emperor. , and it needs to be submitted five times repeatedly, and the five verifications are correct before it will be divided into capital punishment."

Seeing the old man's expression changed, Cheng Xia smiled again, "Of course, even if the little cousin is really guilty of the crime, he deserves to die, but he may not necessarily die in the end, because His Majesty the Emperor will always show his kindness and will be executed in every batch. Choose one or two of the prisoners to be forgiven. Maybe in the end my little cousin can step on shit luck and become one of the lucky ones. At that time, he will just stay in prison for the rest of his life. You don't have to spend your life with me."

Cheng Xia was right, the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" really stipulated in this way.The reason why she insisted on asking Zheng Guan to put Cuihua and Wang Ge in prison for the rest of her life was because she knew that the death penalty was not easy to sentence, so she said that.

The old man was already on the verge of going berserk, and Cheng Xia hurriedly added, "Grandfather said that my little cousin is going to have a great future, let me tell you, this man is really promising, even if he is in a dark prison, he will be very promising .”

"Stinky girl, you're playing tricks on me!" Grandfather Zhang got angry.

Cheng Xia nodded earnestly, "Yeah, I finally heard it, I was just playing with you. Do you really think there is any way to save a murderer that has the best of both worlds? It is said that murder pays for life, and you take the law as a joke Ah, I really think how capable I am.”

Grandfather Zhang sat up, pointing furiously at Mrs. Zhang who was hugging Cheng You, "You'd better think clearly, if you agree to this matter, you will still be my most valued child, otherwise, hum."

Zhang Guanggang and Zhang Guangqiang rushed out after Zhang Guanggang threw off his robe, and gave Cheng Xia a timid look before leaving the door.

Seeing that they were all gone, Mrs. Gu also took the opportunity to sneak out, followed all the way to the yard, and yelled softly to Grandpa Zhang to stay for a while.

"Father-in-law," Gu said with a flattering yet shrewd smile, "then what kind of promise was given to you by the outsider, shouldn't it be only 50 taels of silver?"

Zhang's grandfather's face was horrified, he looked Gu's up and down, and then said, "Can my mother-in-law help me with this matter?"

"Naturally," Gu smiled mysteriously, and moved his fingers, "But, what about the money?"

"That's easy to say," Zhang's grandfather immediately became happy, "Huo Yuanwai originally promised to give 100 taels, and I was thinking about fifty taels per person. Now that my mother-in-law has this request, then I don't want any money, and I will give it to my mother-in-law after everything is done. As long as my mother-in-law can save my grandson."

"It's easy to talk about," Gu smiled contentedly, "my grandson has a very hard life, and the fortune teller was absolutely right, he just beat me. Look at the way he looks at me, wish he could eat me , Our family can't keep such a child, and it's a good thing to go to Yuanwai's house, and I'm naturally happy to see it succeed. This matter is on me." Gu patted his chest confidently.

"It must be resolved within five days," Grandpa Zhang added, "This is the deadline given by Yuanwai Huo."

"No problem." Mrs. Gu thought to herself, it wouldn't take so long at all.

Cheng Xia watched all this through the window, and couldn't help but look back at Mrs. Zhang worriedly, "Mother, I think grandma will make some kind of mess, she dares to use all kinds of dirty tricks, I don't trust you. During this period of time, you and my younger brother should live with me, I can watch you, so you can rest assured."

Mrs. Zhang pulled Cheng Xia to sit beside her, stroked the top of her hair lightly, and said with emotion, "Mother feels more and more that you and You'er are the ones who are most sorry in this life. Mother I have done too many wrong things, and now I know who is really good to me, but I feel that there is too little time left, and my mother can't make up for you."

"Mother, don't talk nonsense." Seeing that Cheng You was out of breath from crying, Cheng Xia smiled and said, "Move to live with me, I will protect Mother no matter what."

"No," Mrs. Zhang shook her head weakly but definitely, "Mother already knows what to do. I believe that I can protect You Er by myself. No matter who it is or what means I use, I will not let You Er If my son leaves, I don't believe it anymore, can someone force me to let go?"

Cheng Xia explained a few words, but Mrs. Zhang still insisted, Cheng Xia nodded, "Well, I'll visit my mother more often every day, it's not a big deal if I think about it."

Cheng Xia remembered that the locker that Uncle Tian had opened up was alright, and it happened to be brought back now, in case of emergency.Cheng Xia talked to Mrs. Zhang, asked Cheng You to take care of her, and then left directly to Tian's house.

Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian gave another thank you. Uncle Tian specially found a strong young man and moved the wardrobe to Cheng's house with him.

As soon as Cheng Xia entered the courtyard, she realized that something was wrong. She vaguely heard whispers, which were intentionally lowered conversational voices. Although it could be covered by many other voices, Cheng Xia still heard it.

Cheng Xia shook her head, saw Uncle Tian entered the door, and hurriedly asked Uncle Tian to put the wardrobe in Zhang's room.Uncle Tian and Mrs. Zhang exchanged greetings unavoidably. Cheng Xia sent Uncle Tian away after seeing the two finished speaking. When she heard the voice was still there, she hurriedly walked towards the source of the voice secretly.

Cheng Xia approached slowly and found out that it was Mrs. Gu and Father Cheng who were talking, and they were talking at the back of the house a little far away.Cheng Xiafu stood in a slightly hidden place, pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then his face turned frosty, wishing he could chop two people with one knife.

Seeing that Old Man Cheng was still hesitating, Mrs. Gu suddenly became annoyed, and raised his fist to beat Old Man Cheng's chest vigorously, "What are you hesitating about? Are you still entangled in such a good thing? 100 taels of silver, you have spent your whole life You can't make that much money."

100 taels?Cheng Xia snorted coldly, Zhang's grandfather is really abominable, he still wants to use this incident to make a difference in the price, and is a human flesh business, it's damned.

Father Cheng's hesitant voice came, "Mother, Cheng You is my son after all, how could I sell him?"

"You are stupid," Gu said bitterly, "You forgot what the fortune teller said in the year he was born, saying that his fate is hard, he must kill a lot of people in his life, and he can only be well after seeing a lot of blood." Isn’t living just to beat us? Look at the current situation at home, if there is no food brought by Cheng Xia, we will have to dig wild vegetables to eat.”

"But, mother," Father Cheng was still a little uncertain, "Our family still has a house and land, so we won't mess around to sell our son. It would be embarrassing to talk about it."

"Fart, what do you know?" Gu pinched her waist and spun around angrily, "We didn't send the child into the palace to be a eunuch, nor did we make him suffer. He went to Yuanwai's house to enjoy the blessings. Didn't you listen to your father-in-law? Said that the wealth of the member's family is so rich that he doesn't have his own son, so he worked hard to adopt a son. Most people don't have this blessing. If the third child is not for Cheng You's sake, this good thing can be Cheng You's turn. , don't be dissatisfied."

Cheng Xia was simply amazed, Gu's is definitely the only one who can say such nasty and disgusting things so fresh and refined.

That member may have any special hobbies, if it is really as good as what Gu said, according to his grandfather's urine, even if he sells the child, it will not be Cheng You's turn.

Father Cheng really hesitated even more, "But where is the baby?"

Hearing Father Cheng's words, Mrs. Gu immediately beamed with joy, "You don't have to worry about it, I have a solution for her. Now that Cheng Zuo and Dahua are separated, and Xiu'e has run away again, won't our family lose their incense? You Look at your second brother's family. After Qian Pan and the child died, Cheng Guang was threatened by his brothers-in-law. I see, the root of your second brother's family is broken. If Cheng Zuo keeps If you can’t marry a wife, won’t the houses and land of these two families fall into other people’s hands?”

Mrs. Gu was moved with emotion and reason, "When we get the 100 taels of silver, we'll go and buy a decent girl for Cheng Zuo who can give birth. Doesn't that mean holding two for three years and three for five? Ding Dongxiang, who is poorer than now, is not as good-looking as a daughter-in-law. When you have money and build such a big brick house, who will talk about how you got the money, you will be envious to death."

Cheng Xia really had the urge to kill the old lady.If it weren't for Zheng Guan being the magistrate of the county now, Cheng Xia might have really dealt with her quietly.

Seeing that Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Cheng had reached an agreement, Cheng Xia turned around and went back to the room. She didn't tell Mrs. Zhang what she had heard, for fear that she would be chilled. Let's tell the magistrate, when the magistrate goes to arrest people directly, there will be no such things."

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and shook her head, "That Yuanwai and your aunt have not reached that point yet, I am afraid that the county magistrate will really go, and the two of them will collude to cover up this matter, and you will be the one who will be blamed .”

Cheng Xia knew that Mrs. Zhang's thinking was not unreasonable. She thought about the castor bean, so she told Mrs. Zhang in detail, "Mother, you were poisoned just like Grandpa Lizheng. This matter is the same as that of the second aunt. I can't get away from grandma, I have a way to make grandma show her original shape now, but I still need the help of the county magistrate."

Mrs. Zhang laughed when she heard Cheng Xia's careful and rigorous explanation of the steps to make several people obey the law, "Why didn't I find that Xia girl is so smart before, how about it, wait a few days, when I get better, we will Do as you say."

Cheng You hurriedly raised his hand to promise, "I will also cooperate with my sister and promise to be obedient."

Cheng Xia intended to make Gu's escape as soon as possible, but Zhang's body was indeed too weak, and it was not appropriate to work too hard, so Cheng Xia nodded.

A few days will pass, but I never thought that some things will be irreversible in just these few days.

(End of this chapter)