Chapter 358: Pathetic
Qiaozhen listened to Jiang Zhao's words and let her get up, but she sighed in her heart, this is a story of a bully who forced a pretty widow.
If it is true, it is nothing for her to help, but she has too many doubts about this Jiang Zhao family, and she feels that the other party is not so simple.
"Your husband is mourned, you have an elderly father-in-law to serve, and you have children to take care of, you can't be busy alone, wouldn't it be nice to have someone to help you? Since that son is from the town, he must have power, and he will never treat you badly. Why wouldn't you? ”
Qiao Zhen asked Jiang Zhao, her expression and tone were very light, with temptation.
Jiang Zhao listened to Qiaozhen's words, and her face was full of anger, but she calmed down again, and people had to bow their heads under the eaves.
If she can't stand it and leave, then what consequences await her, she can't bear it.
"If grandma is interested, you might as well listen to a story told by the people's women, and after listening to grandma, you will know why the people's women don't want to be outsiders."
Jiang Zhao calmed down and looked at Qiao Zhen quietly.
"Okay, you speak."
Qiaozhen nodded, the other party was willing to say, and she listened, because before helping someone, the other party's affairs must be clarified to see if she is worth helping.
"The maiden's maiden name is Zhao, her ancestral home is Linzhou Mansion, her ancestors have been officials for generations, and my father used to be the magistrate of Qipin."
Jiang Zhao's words made Qiaozhen and Chen Xuanyu a little surprised, the other party was not from their place, and he was still a young lady from an official family, how could he marry here and fall to such a point?
"Ten years ago, there was a severe drought in Linzhou Province, and the crops were not harvested. Within a hundred miles, the land was parched and cracked, and there was not even water to drink. My father was stingy with people's livelihood and suffering. I am thinking that I can't ask the imperial court to allocate grain for disaster relief. But the imperial court issued an edict and still collected taxes. Because the old man of Zhizhou above him did not say that there was a great drought in Linzhou, for fear of ruining his exploits. ”
Jiang Zhao said this with anger, if it weren't for that dog official, then she wouldn't have died in such a situation.
"Father saw that all the people in his land would live on barren grass. There are even those who sell their sons and daughters, just for a few buckets of food, and there are many people who are in the wilderness. There is not even a place to bury it, and on such a day, there are still heavy taxes, doesn't it force people to die. ”
Qiao Zhen and Chen Xuanyu were silent. It is said that Jiang Zhao is telling the truth. That's really hateful.
Some officials, in order not to have problems with their own political achievements, and in order to be promoted, do not report the disaster, but report the good news, in order to satisfy the imperial court.
But this has made the people miserable, how many people have been forced to die like this, and such a tragic situation is embarrassing.
"In such a situation, it is impossible to watch the people live. My father couldn't bear to pay any more heavy taxes, so he privately reduced the taxes of the imperial court. It was also ordered to open a warehouse for grain. ”
When Jiang Zhao said this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but sigh secretly, according to this, then Lord Zhao is a good official, and his heart is good, but unfortunately, he can't get the permission of the imperial court to do this, and the saint will definitely be furious, so his fate can be imagined.
"My father saved many people and was praised by the locals, but unfortunately he couldn't save himself. He was played by the dog official, saying that his father had committed a crime, saying that his father had disregarded the law of the country, and the holy dragon was furious and issued a holy decree, saying that his father had disobeyed the emperor's Ming and had used the granary of the imperial court to escort his father back to Beijing for trial. ”
"When the local people heard the news, they all pleaded for their father, they all knelt outside the official office, and held up a joint letter to ask the saint to relieve his father's sin, but unfortunately Nazhizhou had already seen his father unpleasantly, he actually said that those people were going to rebel, saying that his father was agitating people's hearts, and he was rebelling and making trouble, and finally reported it to the imperial court, but the imperial court did not verify it, and demanded that his father be executed on the spot."
Speaking of this, Jiang Zhao's shoulders trembled slightly, his face was filled with deep sadness and resentment, his hands under his sleeves were clenched together, and his nails were pinched in the flesh.
Qiaozhen and Chen Xuanyu glanced at each other, if all this is true, it is really uncomfortable, but it is a pity that he is a good official who thinks about the people.
"On the day my father was beheaded, the people knelt on the ground, but they couldn't stop the official who was going to be executed, and the executioner couldn't bear to get off the knife, so he knelt on the ground and cried, saying that the sky has no eyes, why do you want to murder a good official, but unfortunately the rain and tears in the sky can't bring back the heart of the dog official, and my father was beheaded like this."
When the mother in the prison heard the bad news, she couldn't stand the blow and immediately hit the wall and died, and the two brothers were sent to a bitter cold place. My sister-in-law and I were used as official slaves. ”
Speaking of this, Jiang Zhao's expression was indifferent, but Qiaozhen could feel the sadness in her heart, and it was easy to see that her experience as an official slave was not good.
"At that time, my sister-in-law and I wanted to commit suicide and die, but when my brother left, he explained to us, saying that he would not wash away his grievances and be ashamed of being the children of the Zhao family, so no matter how difficult and humiliating his life was, he would live."
Looking at the firmness on Jiang Zhao's face, Qiao Zhen knew that although this person was weak on the outside, like a white flower, he was a person with a strong mind.
"Do you want us to find someone to help your father get his case overturned?" Qiaozhen asked what she meant, she thought that this was the real purpose of Jiang Zhao's search for her.
If she helped her father overturn the case, then she might be compensated by the court, and then as long as she asked, the prince of the town could not touch her, and her siege would be solved.
Although she agrees that Lord Zhao is a good official and has indeed been wronged, she can't control this matter, and she doesn't have that much ability to turn over the old case ten years ago. After all, there are too many involved.
"Nope." Jiang Zhao shook his head and said, "My father has already overturned the case, and the Holy Lord has rehabilitated my father nine years ago. ”
Jiang Zhao's words surprised Qiaozhen, even Chen Xuanyu glanced at Jiang Zhao, the case was overturned after a year, who has the ability to help her?
Qiao Zhen didn't expect it to be like this, has he been rehabilitated? This is not an easy task, but it is difficult to do, how to rehabilitate.
Besides, if she recovers her identity, how can she marry a Zhuangzi, all this is too strange.
Jiang Zhao saw the doubts of the two, and she had the heart not to talk about the next experience, because it was too humiliating. For her, it was an indelible nightmare.
Not to mention, the other party won't help herself, for the sake of the deceased father-in-law, for the father-in-law lying on the bed, and for her rui'er, she gave up.
Jiang Zhao made up his mind, his face flashed with determination, and said: "My sister-in-law and I were used as official slaves and sent to the capital, and we were each bought, and my sister-in-law entered a big mansion to be a cook. And they were separated from me. ”
"When I was fourteen, I was a young son who bought me, he did not take me back to the house, but placed me in a house outside him, he told me his identity, I knew that his father was a high-ranking official, ranked second-class, he looked pitiful, so he bought me and put it outside to treat me well, because he was unwilling to let me enter the house to be restricted."
At that time, as soon as I heard this, I was moved, and at that time, my heart was full of hatred, and I had only one thought in my heart, that is, to overturn the case for my father, and not let him suffer injustice, because he really did not rebel. I can't let him bear such a charge, or I won't be able to see the fathers and fathers of the earth. ”
"That son likes me very much, and after hearing about my life experience, he promised to help my father clear his wrongs, so as to restore my innocent identity, so that he can accept me as a vine, otherwise I can't even be a concubine with such an identity."
Jiang Zhao paused when she said this, with a hint of yearning on her face, it seemed that she still liked this son who helped her at that time.
Qiao Zhen looked at her again, she is really a person with a story.
"Although Gongzi has the heart to overturn the case for my father, he has no official position, so he can only turn to his father for help, he is the only son-in-law in the family, and his father loves him very much. Listening to his words, although he scolded him for messing around, he couldn't help but beg hard, and finally really investigated. ”
"In this investigation, he found that the person who framed my father for rebellion was his subordinate, he found an opportunity, found someone to collect evidence, and found a lot of people from Lin Zhou to come to Beijing to complain, and then he played it, and the saint sent someone to investigate, found the truth, and really overturned the case for my father."
"I didn't know these things at first, but after my father overturned the case, the Holy God forgave the sins of my two brothers and rewarded them with compensation, and my brother was recalled from the bitter cold land, and my sister-in-law and I were restored. We got together in the capital, and then my brother and sister-in-law wanted to go back to Linzhou, and my brother and sister-in-law planned to take me back with me, but I was already a son-in-law, and I was grateful for everything he did for me, so I refused my brother and sister-in-law and told them the truth. ”
"My brother and sister-in-law met Gongzi before leaving, and they were very satisfied with Gongzi, although they didn't want me to be a concubine, but my identity was no longer good to find a good match, and they were also grateful to Gongzi for what he did for me. So I asked my son to treat me well. ”
"Childe made a promise to his brother and sister-in-law, and asked someone to pick a good day, because he was unwilling to wronged me, and he was determined to carry me into the mansion in three months."
"My brother and sister-in-law are in a hurry to go back to Linzhou, because Linzhou still has a lot to settle, and the property rewarded by the Holy God can't support them to live in the capital for three months, and they don't want to ask for the son's funding, so I let them go back to Linzhou first. And I myself waited in the courtyard for the day to come, and the son carried me into the house. ”
When Jiang Zhao said this, her shoulders couldn't stop shaking, obviously she couldn't let go of the past.
"I am waiting with joy, although I am not a wife, but the son is gentle and considerate, and he is a young man, I really want to serve him well and repay him."
"But I waited and waited, and it was not the son who waited, but his father, he took someone to the house, looked at me, and said that I was bewitching and bewitching the son, and that my identity was not worthy of entering his house at all, let alone a concubine, even a maid who had a room was not worthy."
Jiang Zhao's face was resentful, her fists were clenched, and she still couldn't help herself when she remembered the scene of that day. (To be continued......)
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