I Don’t Want To Be the Emperor

Chapter 209 Law

Zhou Jiuling, Chief Secretary of Yuezhou, settled in Sanhe. In the first three days, he watched how Shanqi and Shiquan tried cases and also learned the laws of Sanhe.

On the fourth day, the court hearing began.

Occasionally, he would take police officers out to arrest prisoners and learn about Sanhe's arrest procedures.

To him, everything was new. He had never heard of or seen anything in his life, such as being fined for littering.

 Many things are even unreasonable, and women are actually allowed to divorce without permission!

 Where is Hugang?

  It’s simply unseemly!

He wanted to reason with Shanqi, but Shanqi only gave him one sentence: Sanhe had the final say with the prince.

 Then he realized that heaven and the prince were in harmony, and whatever he said to the prince was the law.

 Just like Emperor Delong, what the emperor said is the law of the Liang Kingdom, and it has nothing to do with wrong or right.

At present, he lives in a house allocated by the Chief Secretary. It is said that it used to be some kind of orphanage. Although there are no pavilions, fortunately, he has a place to stay. Next door is the palace of He Wang. From now on, his family will live here safely. It's definitely guaranteed.

As soon as he arrived home, his son Zhou Cuo knelt in front of him and cried, "Father, that woman and the child really don't want to go."

He couldn't help but shudder when he thought of that woman who was as strong as a mountain.

 “You child,”

Zhou Jiuling sighed, "Why do you still not understand? Our family is no longer what it used to be, so what else do you have to find fault with.

The most important thing at the moment is to carry on the ancestral lineage for my Zhou family. Otherwise, how can we face the ancestors of my Zhou family?

This woman was carefully selected by me to have a good child. Whether you agree or disagree, the matter is settled. "

 He is already at this age, and it no longer matters whether he has a good future or not.

 The most pressing issue is the incense issue of his Zhou family.

Zhou Cuo said, "Father, there are so many fertile women in the world, why should you let your son marry such a woman?"

Zhou Jiuling slammed the table angrily and said, "Do you still want to marry the girl from Chunxianglou?

 Look at what a coward you are now! "

Shanqi only gave him one hundred taels of Anjia silver!

 Just eating, drinking and eating is a huge expense for a family, how can it be enough?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel sad again, thinking that at the beginning, he didn't even pay attention to the ten thousand taels of silver.

"Father."

 “Okay, less childlike,”

Seeing his son crying bitterly, Zhou Jiuling finally couldn't bear it. No matter how old he is, he is still his son. "If nothing happens, my father will have to leave in a few more years."

The only ones who are worried are you. You two brothers must memorize these three laws of harmony, otherwise your father will not be able to save you. "

 Sanhe's laws do not distinguish between high and low. No matter who breaks the law, he will be severely punished.

"yes."

The two brothers kneeling below said in unison.

 The two brothers have been pampered since they were young. Even when they married their wives, they were ladies from a famous family.

But I didn’t expect that now I am reduced to marrying a commoner’s daughter, and the key point is so miserable.

However, they had to listen to their father’s words.

“It will be good when Yuezhou is settled and my father has a little more money,”

Zhou Jiuling sighed and said, "Don't be anxious now, the most important thing is to give birth to a child. The older you get, the more uncertain this matter becomes.

 Once you have a child, it’s up to you to do whatever you want to do with it.

Even if a stupid son is born, the father will recognize him. "

 “That’s what my father said.”

 The two brothers looked at each other and could only nod helplessly.

　　It can be regarded as acquiescing to his father's words. His old Zhou family cannot cut off its incense no matter what.

 The branches on the moon are looking up to their hometown.

The Sanhe people who had already captured Xunyang City were actually a little homesick at this moment.

 After winter, Sanhe is still warmer.

 Hongzhou is a place where people can freeze to death.

　　Many people came out, wearing only thin outer clothes, and now they were nestling outside private houses, shivering.

Wang Xiaoshuan said to Wei Yishan, "Please add more firewood, I'm going to freeze to death."

 “Yes, yes, add more firewood,”

As an honest commander, Kang Bao was also shivering with cold at this moment. "I will definitely not come next time. My Sanhe is the best."

 “Yes, yes, never again.”

Wang Xiaoshuan gritted his teeth and agreed.

Wei Yishan added firewood and said disdainfully, "You guys, can't you bear this little pain?

I heard my grandma say that it’s even colder if you go further north, so you won’t go there in the future? "

"I won't go," Wang Xiaoshuan curled up and shook his head like a rattle, "Whoever wants to go to these ghost places will go there. I won't go."

Wei Yishan said with a look of fascination, "Do you still remember a poem by Master Xie Zan? Smoked willows paint bridges, wind curtains are green, there are hundreds of thousands of homes, clouds and trees surround the **** and sand, raging waves roll up frost and snow, the sky is clear. Ya, the city is lined with pearls, and the households are filled with luxury goods.

 It refers to the land south of the Yangtze River, which is also in the north, and is the most prosperous land in the world.

 Are you sure you don’t want to go? "

Wang Xiaoshuan was stunned, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, you would be a fool not to go.

　Today, I watched the snow drifting by in the cold night, drifting far away with a chilled heart.”

 He sang a song unconsciously.

　　The song started out very sorrowfully, making people want to laugh when listening to it.

However, slowly people began to sing along, then a large group of people, and finally the civilians, officers and soldiers from several miles around began to sing together.

 “Forgive me for my unruly indulgence and love of freedom in this life”

“Anyone can abandon their ideals”

This voice resounded throughout Xunyang City.

The local Hongzhou people hiding in the house could not understand the lyrics sung in the local dialect of Sanhe, which was a bit baffling.

 Xunyang City Yamen.

 The lights are bright.

Zhang Mian sat on the main seat and looked coldly at Huang Sifang and other bandit leaders who were kneeling below.

 “Sir, spare my life!”

Huang Sifang’s head hit the bluestone, and blood could be seen faintly.

Zhang Mian smiled and said, "I thought you were a good man, but now you are so disappointed."

The 20,000 rebels in Xunyang City, he just wanted to attack himself, but he did not expect it to be so easy.

When Huang Sifang and other bandit leaders tried to escape from the west gate, they were stopped by Ye Qiu and Shensuan.

Nearly half of the rebels surrendered.

 “Sir, this is a small injustice!”

Huang Sifang said loudly, "The younger one was forced by Han Hui!

 Otherwise he will chop off my head! "

Zhang Mian snorted coldly, "The massacre of Baiyang City, Daxi City, and Xunyang City was also caused by Han Hui's persecution!"

Huang Sifang was about to speak, but Zhang Mian continued, "Come here, take him down!"

This kind of crime is too numerous to describe, and he can't wait to chop it off with a knife.

However, he still held back, and finally took him back to Baiyun City and beheaded him in public.

“Sir, please don’t get angry,” Wang Dahai, Zhang Mian’s bodyguard, handed him a cup of tea and said with a smile, “It’s not worth it to fight for this kind of person.”

 After Zhang Mian took a sip of tea, he looked at the white-faced scholar kneeling below, "Are you Lu Xiaolou?"

Lu Xiaolou said hurriedly, "That's right, Xiaolou!

I am from a good family"

“People say you are called a poisonous scholar?”

Zhang Mian didn't give him a chance to speak at all, "Come here, take him down and chop him down!"

"ah"

Lu Xiaolou was stripped to the ground by two officers and soldiers. His face turned pale with fright, and he shouted loudly, "You are wronged!"

The officers and soldiers couldn't help but drag him out of the government office.

 He can’t understand!

You are not the culprit, so why would you be the first to die?

After a while, everyone in the government office heard a scream.

The remaining thieves were so frightened that they even peed their pants.

 Zhang Mian said disdainfully, "Take them all down."

"yes!"

 The officers and soldiers on both sides responded to the order with a bang.

Looking at the suddenly quiet tent, Zhang Mian suddenly felt a sense of pride.

This feeling is something I have never experienced in Ankang City.

In Sanhe, you don’t have to please the superior or feel aggrieved. You can do what you want at any time.

How magnificent it is to express gratitude and enmity with pleasure!

“Come here, please bring up the Chief Secretary.”

At this moment he remembered that Yuan Busheng, Chief Secretary of Hongzhou, was still in prison.

As soon as Wang Dahai stepped out of the threshold, he hurriedly shouted again, "Take it to Houya, you don't have to come to me."

"grown ups."

Wang Dahai was puzzled.

 “Go and wait for Master He to come.”

 Zhang Mian waved his hand.

Although Yuan Busheng was in jail, he still served as the second rank of the imperial court.

Although He Jixiang is in the army, he is still experienced.

 It is most suitable for two people to talk.

He said that he was a general. Yuan Bu was in trouble in front of him, and he would only be virtually ordered to commit to snakes. He would not take him in his heart.

On the second day, he ordered his troops to be divided into various places to suppress the bandits, making sure to restore peace to Hongzhou.

The largest force in Hongzhou, apart from Huang Sifang, is only Zhao Lichun, with only a few thousand people. He is entrenched in Raocheng, only a few dozen miles away from the border with Nanzhou.

 He stayed in Xunyang to guard it.

 A month later, the sky was covered with heavy snow in Xunyang, and He Jixiang and Shen Chu finally arrived belatedly.

After entering the city, He Jixiang broke the military discipline for the first time and allowed the Sanhe soldiers to stay in private houses.

  It was the first time for many of the Sanhe soldiers to see snow in their lives. What started as freshness, curiosity, and excitement has slowly turned into complaints and curses.

Even warriors, faced with such ice and snow, still have their hands and feet red and swollen from the cold. Some people even find it difficult to walk.

The happiest person was Li Sanniang. The cotton clothes and silk he collected from the civilians, officers and soldiers were doubled and sold back.

 “Why is it so cold?”

 Lean the butcher on the chair, wrapped in quilt, "I want to go home."

“You are such a coward and still want to go to Ankang City?”

Zhu Rong laughed loudly and said, "What are you doing? If you go to Ankang City, you will know what it means to freeze when you drop water. Even when you urinate, it will freeze into ice cubes."

“Guards, here’s some hot water, let’s wash our faces.”

 An old man carefully brought over a basin of hot water, his face pale.

Zhu Rong smiled and said, "Uncle, you don't have to be afraid. We are not bandits. We are just staying here for two nights and then leaving. Whatever food we have, we will bring it to us."

After speaking, he grabbed the old man's hand and stuffed two pieces of silver into it.

 (End of this chapter)