Chapter 82: List of Deaths

After Sun Shaozong enlightened Xue Pan and came out of the Rongguo Mansion, it was already the end of Shen Mo Youchu [six o'clock in the afternoon].

got into the carriage, leaned on the pillow and squinted his eyes to wake up for a while, he couldn't help but remember that there were a few copies of 'Liu Bei' in his sleeve, so he took them out and looked through them, but he couldn't find the illustrated "Strange Case Tan".

Could it be that where did Xue Pan fall?

Seeing that he hadn't gone far yet, Sun Shaozong originally had the heart to turn back, but after thinking about it, he had just pretended to be a life mentor for half a day, and then turned his face and came to the door to ask for 'Liu Bei'......

This also affects the image, right?!

So he dispelled this idea and decided that even if Xue Pan sent it to the door afterwards, he would never admit it.

However, without this most classic book, the other translations look a little boring - no matter what, Sun Shaozong has also been cultivated in the Internet era, and ordinary shoddy things can't get into his eyes.

So he simply threw the book into the corner, and closed his eyes again.

Nothing to say all the way.

About half an hour, seeing that the front was not far from Sun's mansion, the coachman chose a corner with his back on his back, carefully reined in the reins, and turned back to report: "Second master, it's almost time to get to our house, look ......."

Sun Shaozong immediately picked up the curtain and got out of the carriage, saw that there was no one left and right, trotted a few steps, stretched out his hand on the outer wall of Sun's mansion, and easily flipped in.

After the coachman had climbed over the wall, he unhurriedly raised the curtain with a hook and exposed the empty carriage to the public, and then drove the carriage to the gate of Sun's mansion.

When I got closer, I saw two stone lions with six parasols erected on the left and right, and there were forty or fifty people surrounded under the umbrellas, men, women and children, rich and poor.

"Wronged, sir, wronged!"

"Master, my family has been passed down for six generations, just such a son!"

"Master Kaig, my father-in-law didn't mean to kill someone!"

"If my grandson dies, I won't live either!"

"Daddy, I want Daddy, I want Daddy!"

Men shouting, women shouting, old people crying, and young people making trouble, it's like setting up a stage on the street to sing a big havoc in the heavenly palace!

The coachman didn't panic, turned his body slightly to the side, let go of the empty carriage behind him, and shouted: "Everyone, everyone, let go of he~!" There's no one in our car, so it's useless if you stop it, right! ”

With such a shout, it took him a full quarter of an hour to return to the mansion with all his beards and tails.

Not to mention how the coachman unloaded the horses and fed them.

But said that after Sun Shaozong climbed over the wall and went in, he went to the lotus pond in the front yard to clean his hands, and after washing, he was about to pull two lotus leaves as paper, and someone handed him a handkerchief behind him.

Sun Shaozong glanced back, but it was Zhao Zhongji, the second housekeeper in the house, so he wiped his hands and asked casually: "How are you today, how many are you dizzy?" ”

"The old lady who fainted for more than seventy years, she was not heated, she was crying too sadly and couldn't catch up for a while, Dr. Liu went up and pricked two needles, and woke up at that time."

Zhao Zhongji said, and couldn't help but say: "If you want me to say, that is, the second master, you are benevolent and righteous, the parasol is blocked, and the sour plum soup is enough, just their cheap life, so have you enjoyed this?" If you want to rely on me, you will be driven away by the stick! ”

"The benevolence of fart!"

Sun Shaozong threw the handkerchief back to him, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu presided over the autumn decision for the first time, how many pairs of eyes were staring up and down?" If you are really confused, it will be your second master's turn to go to the street to shout grievances! ”

But all feudal dynasties like to pay attention to the natural and responsive people, and the saying of 'autumn decision' comes from this.

The general meaning is: spring and summer are the seasons when all things grow, and wanton murder is against the will of heaven, so if the crime is committed in spring and summer, except for those who are extremely vicious and do not 'cut the decision' is not enough to be angry with the people, they will generally stay until after the autumn to ask for the beheading.

The Great Zhou Dynasty went further, taking into account the 'Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion' and the 'Double Ninth Festival', and deliberately changed the date of the 'Autumn Decision' to the tenth day of September every year.

During the period from the beginning of autumn to the Double Ninth Festival, the state governments in various places will first list the autumn finals in advance and submit them to the Criminal Department for approval, so that they can start killing in early September.

In previous years, the autumn list of Shuntian Mansion was submitted by Zhizhong, but Liu Chongshan was recently usurped by Sun Shaozong and seized power, and he was so sick that he had not been to the government for more than half a month.

Therefore, this matter fell to Sun Shaozong.

Those people outside are the families of the prisoners who were sentenced to behead this year, and they are crying in front of the Sun Mansion, just to ask Sun Shaozong to remove their relatives from this 'death list'.

Although according to the imperial decree, death row prisoners who are not on the 'autumn execution' list will still be beheaded at the end of the year if they cannot prove their innocence within three months.

But three months is enough time for those who are rich and powerful.

As for those who are poor, although they have no money to make pawns, isn't there still a saying these days, called 'amnesty for the world'?

If you don't drag it out for three months, you don't have to die!

That's why so many people gathered outside the Sun Mansion.

And this is another reason why Sun Shaozong has been going to Rongguo Mansion for summer vacation recently.

said that Sun Shaozong threw the handkerchief to Zhao Joong Ki, and was about to go back to his yard and take a few steps, but he saw Zhao Joong Ki following behind him, so he asked, "What, there is something else?" ”

"Back to the second master, when noon, Feng Ye from Fengzui Lane sent a wedding card, inviting you and the uncle to go to his house to drink wedding wine on the eighth day of the next lunar month."

Feng Xin is getting married?

Sun Shaozong paused, and asked suspiciously: "Hasn't he already married?" Could it be that his father wants to continue the strings? ”

"The second master is really joking."

Zhao Zhongji cried and laughed: "Then the second master of the Feng family has been paralyzed for more than half a year now, what do you want to continue?" It was the Feng family's big house that had no children under his knees, and when he saw that he was about to die, he begged Feng Ye to marry him, and this time it was the big house who came forward to marry him as a daughter-in-law. ”

And such a good thing?!

Sun Shaozong hurriedly asked: "Then the daughter-in-law who married this time is also a decent young grandmother?" ”

"Of course!"

Tut~

That's a bargain!

You must know that marrying a concubine in these years can only be found in the commoner's lowly background, and only by marrying a wife can you wait for the opportunity to find a helping arm in the officialdom - it seems that from now on, Lao Feng can be regarded as the master of flying with two wings.

"Do you know that it's the one who married him?"

"I heard that she is the daughter of the Confucian official of Taichang Temple, and she is also a well-known talented woman." Zhao Joong Ki smiled and quipped: "Look at the meaning of the Feng family's room, eighty percent is to take the opportunity to change the family style." ”

Although the official is only a nine-rank official, after all, he is an official of Taichang Temple, and Feng Xin, who is now serving as a six-rank lieutenant in the patrol battalion, can barely be regarded as a good person.

So Sun Shaozong instructed again: "Then you go and help me draw up a list to see if there are any suitable gifts in our house, if not, I will find a way to exchange them from outside." ”

Cho Joong Ki then received the order.

Sun Shaozong returned to the courtyard alone, and saw that several maids and wives were gossiping outside, so he scolded dissatisfiedly: "Why are they all outside, where is my aunt waiting?" ”

The maid Qiulian who was the leader hurriedly bowed and said, "It's my aunt who said she wanted to be quiet, so she ......."

Hearing that Ruan Rong wanted to be quiet, Sun Shaozong didn't bother to listen to what she said next, so he stepped into the room, but saw Ruan Rong biting the pen in front of the bookcase in a daze, and there was an ink-drenched letter in front of him.

Sun Shaozong quietly approached the front, lowered his head and looked worried, and suddenly felt relieved, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Ruan Rong's fragrant shoulder, and said softly: "What's the matter, homesick?" ”

Ruan Rong shook her head, but said in her mouth: "In another month, it will be my mother's death day, but I ......"

No wonder.

"Then I'll arrange for someone to go to the country of Qianxiang tomorrow." Sun Shaozong said, seeing Ruan Rong shaking his head again, he hurriedly said: "It's not just for yourself, Old Madam Niu also has a letter to take." ”

Immediately, he said softly: "When my official position is higher, I will ask for leave to accompany you back to your hometown, how about it?" ”