Idle courtiers

Chapter 32 Confirmation of Identity
When Shi Zhixian said this, Zhou Nan suddenly realized: But it is true!
The ancients valued festivals the most, especially for women.Think about it, a woman from a good family is detained and imprisoned, and she is guarded by a scumbag in the eyes of the world, a villain servant, what will happen this night, the devil knows.

Therefore, if a woman commits a crime, the county magistrate will usually make a judgment in court when judging the matter.Unless she is a serious criminal, she will be held in a cell, and her guard will be replaced by a female prisoner.

Although Mei Yuanwai, the head of the Mei family, came from a remote family, he can make a living on the water, and he is considered a big family in the county.The old man probably knew that he had a bad family background. Since he started his family, he has been enthusiastic about official duties and tried his best to get closer to the yamen and the gentry circle.Whenever something happens locally, respond first.Whenever there is apportionment in the yamen, he will pay a large portion.

The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty did not go to the countryside, and the management of the place usually required the help of such a big family, and the Yamen was not willing to offend them easily.

"Yes, my lord." Zhou Nan thought in his heart, this Shi Zhixian looked confused, but he was careful in his heart.Sure enough, there is no fool who can become a Jinshi and become an official. There is always something special, and carefulness is also a natural endowment.

He was amused again, the Mei family's daughter-in-law even acts as a bustard, so what is she talking about?
It was probably because Zhou Nan was too tired after repeated fierce battles, and Zhou Nan didn't have the energy to go out with Li's team leaders, and went to bed early after dinner.Early in the morning of the second day, when it was dawn, Shi Zhixian and others packed up their luggage, took a boat and went all the way, and leaned against Sister Su's boat.

Li Bantou shouted: "Is the master here, come out and talk."

"Here it is, guest officer, it's so early, please come inside." I saw Sister Su poking her head out of the cabin with her face turned upside down, with a confused expression on her face.She probably felt strange too, yesterday's little friend came to play tricks early in the morning, why is there another boatload of people today.Don't people nowadays like to get up early and have fun?
Seeing her, Zhou Nan, who was hiding aside, shouted, "Mrs. Mei!"

Sister Su responded subconsciously: "What's the matter?" When she said this, seeing Zhou Nan who was smiling, her face immediately turned pale.

Captain Li: "Sure enough, Mrs. Mei, I'm the head of the arrest team of the Andong County Government. My surname is Li. Your husband's family reported you missing, and they are looking for you everywhere. Come home with me."

Sister Su suddenly regained her composure, and gave a little blessing: "I have heard about Captain Li's name for a long time, and today I meet him, he is indeed a capable person. Please wait a moment, the little girl still has some things to pack up, so I need to pack up." Stop and go home with the squad leader."

After all, she is the daughter-in-law of a rich family, so there is no embarrassment, Li Bantou nodded: "Mrs. Mei needs to hurry up, and I have to go back to Anton today."

In a short while, Sister Su packed a small package and let the girl under her leave by herself. Then she came to the boat that Shi Zhixian was on, and she pulled the anchor and set sail.From the beginning to the end, she also looked flustered when she first saw Zhou Nan, and then she didn't look at him again.

It was smooth sailing from Huai'an to Anton, and they had to rush to the family who would hand over Sister Su to her before dark, so no one dared to delay.The boat traveled extremely fast and arrived at the county seat before Shenshi in the afternoon.When they arrived at the pier, Zhou Nan was also awake. She prepared a pair of sarongs early on to cover Sister Su's head and face so that no one else could see her.

Immediately arrived at the yamen, and when he saw him, a yamen servant from the silk class rushed up and grabbed him by the collar, "What a surnamed Zhou, you absconded in fear of crime, and the crime will not be pardoned. You are so brave today, how dare you come back. "

The word "dog" in his mouth angered Zhou Nan. This guy, surnamed Gao, was one of the two yamen servants who returned to the county magistrate to punish him in the court that day, so he must be his confidant.Gui's intentions are vicious, but he is an official from Qipin County, so there is really nothing to do with him.Now it's good to train his subordinates, but let the people in the yamen know that I, Zhou Nan, are not easy to mess with.

Immediately, he rounded his arms, slapped the servant Gao severely, and cursed: "You bastard, what do you want to do, the lord is back in the yamen, there is an urgent business to deal with, can you afford to delay it? open!"

Zhou Nan's strength was so great that he was whipped around half a circle immediately, his nose was broken and his face was swollen.

The servant Gao was so painful that his nose was snot and tears flowed. He was used to oppressing goodness on weekdays. When had he suffered such a big loss, he shouted loudly: "What kind of master, what kind of urgent business, who can you fool? Come here, come here Lah, I caught Zhou Nan!"

"What are you doing?" Shi Zhixian was disturbed by the commotion earlier, he had already got off the sedan chair, and seeing that it was late, he was anxious, and shouted: "You slippery fellow, get out of here quickly! Zhou Nan, follow me to the ear room."

Gao Yamen saw that it was indeed the county magistrate, so frightened he ran away with his head in his arms, wondering again: Didn't this man surnamed Zhou run away? Why is he with the county magistrate again?He absconded in fear of crime, and regarded the authority of the yamen as nothing. Anyone who was the magistrate of the county would be beaten to death with a killing stick.But judging from today's appearance, Zhou Nan is extremely trusted by the elder, why is this?
The county magistrate is an official close to the people. According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, all cases at the county level need to be interrogated and judged by him personally.In other words, the magistrate not only has to take care of the county's civil affairs as the county magistrate, but also has to shoulder the responsibility of politics, law, and finance, which is a jack of all trades.Only when it comes to the state and the government, the judiciary is divided and the jurisdiction is under the jurisdiction of special officials.At the provincial level, there is a criminal law in charge of the procuratorial department.

Therefore, Shizhi County needs to personally interrogate the case of the Mei family.

There is a lot of movement in the case of the county magistrate Shengtang, and the case of the Mei family is related to the chastity of women and the reputation of the Mei family, so we must be cautious.Therefore, he set the interrogation place in the side room next to the courtroom. Besides him and the two female prisoners, only Zhou Nan, the first person in charge of solving the case, was left as the recorder, recording the case and related disposal results.After all, the Mei family has officially reported the case, and the official procedures also need to be completed.

At the beginning of the formal questioning, Sister Su simply told the story of how she disappeared.

It turned out that Sister Su was neither kidnapped nor eloped with anyone, but ran away from home passionately on a whim.Since her husband passed away ten years ago, Sister Su has been living in the Mei family as a widow.

On the day she disappeared, she was washing clothes at the small dock at the door, when suddenly a small boat passed by downstairs, and there was a soft singing, which was sung by Vimoji, "The bamboo noise returns to the raccoon girl, and the lotus moves to get off the fishing boat." , Looking up, it was the scholars in the city who carried the singers on the water in boats.

Sister Su suddenly remembered her early days in the Jiaofang Division. At that time, she was still a nobleman with a bit of color. She was really gentle and pleasant, but she met many young talents in the capital.But now, I have lived in the building for ten years. Is my good looks going to rot with the grass and trees?
Looking around again, this large courtyard is simply a prison, and with the abuse of her mother-in-law, what is the point of living like this.

She immediately thought of leaving Anton, threw the basin away, boarded a passing boat, and traveled all the way to Huai'an.Because of household registration and road guides, I can't go back to the capital for the time being, and I'm facing another livelihood problem.So, she took off the hairpin on her head, took off the jade bracelet on her wrist, exchanged it for ten taels of silver, rented a boat, took in a few refugee women, and became a shopkeeper.Anyway, she was born in Jiaofang Division, and she is no stranger to Fengyue business.

What he wanted was to save enough money and find a way to lead him back to his hometown in the capital. Unexpectedly, he was caught by Zhou Nan within a few days of opening.

After hearing her narration, the people in the ear room all had expressions of disbelief.The daughter-in-law of the dignified Mei family went so far as to become a bustard, without even losing face... This is really a strange situation that I have witnessed in the past 20 years.

Just after the statement was recorded, someone from the Mei family had already arrived.As early as when the ship docked, Shi Zhixian ordered a teacher to go to Mei's house to report the news, and roughly narrated the incident.It is said that Mrs. Mei probably found it, but I am not sure, so I will send someone to look for it, and if it is, I will take it home.In addition, the circumstances of this case are tortuous and embarrassing, which should not be publicized.

Just after entering the ear room and sitting down for a while, a yamen servant brought in a woman and a woman.

The woman wore a sarong on her head, no need to ask, she was the second Miss Mei from the Mei family.A woman has been away from home for such a long time, who knows what happened outside, and heard the letter brought by the master, they probably realized something, and only let Miss Mei Er quietly enter the county office through the side door.

As soon as she saw Sister Su, Second Miss Mei let out a low cry and hugged her.With red eyes, he said: "Sister-in-law, is that you? Where have you been these days? The family is very concerned. Are you okay?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grope around her body.

Sister Su coldly pushed Second Miss Mei away: "Second Miss, I'm fine, I'm fine, don't worry about it."

Seeing this situation, Zhou Nan and Shi Zhixian breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.Only then did they confirm that Sister Su was the missing daughter-in-law of the Mei family, and the case was considered solved.

Miss Mei Er, a rich girl, is not a good-tempered person. Seeing her sister-in-law's expression of refusal, she suddenly remembered what the county government official said earlier.Immediately annoyed, he said with a sullen face: "Sister-in-law, why bother? Since the death of the elder brother, the family has treated you well, but you are short of daily necessities? If you don't want our family's kindness, you can just run away, and do it anyway." If such a scandal happens, the reputation of our Mei family will be ruined by you."

"So what if all the corruption is gone, throw it with peaches and plums, and repay it with Qiong Yao. If you throw it with hatred, can't you repay it with jealousy?" Sister Su said still coldly.

Second Miss Mei was immediately annoyed: "Sister-in-law, you have to make it clear, what kind of grudges are there?"

"Do you want to say this in front of so many people? How does my mother-in-law treat me on weekdays? Could it be that the second girl is deaf and blind, didn't she hear or see? Ever since I entered the door of Mei's house, since your eldest brother passed away, I ate You don’t know about it?” Sister Su suddenly giggled, and turned to look at Zhou Nan who was recording: “Big Daddy, Zhang Lang, you saw it yesterday. Is there a scar three points below my navel? At that time, You cherished it for a long time, you said "passionate looking for spring and happy to see plum blossoms" and said that it is beautiful to decorate a piece of snow skin, I feel pity for it. But you don't know, it was the winter of the year before last when I was burned by charcoal because I hated my mother-in-law It's hot."

"Ah!" Everyone in the room couldn't help taking a breath, wondering where the three points below the navel are.That is the most private part of a woman, and Zhou Nan can see it all.This, this, this news is too explosive, right?

(End of this chapter)