Shen Mingchen said curiously: "But the teacher has already received the silver ticket. ”

"The silver ticket has to be collected, and the official has to report it. I spit it out if I ate mine, and I gave it back if I stole mine, and I had to double it! ”

Xu Yan said coldly.

Shen Mingchen exclaimed: "It is worthy of being a teacher, and he has both fish and bear's paws." ”

Xu Yan glanced at Shen Mingchen and motioned for him to remove the cloth bag from Zhou Dafu's head.

Although Shen Mingchen was a little afraid that Zhou Dafu's dog jumped off the wall in a hurry that would not be good for him, he thought that the three people in this room should not be a problem to work together to deal with an evil servant with his hands and feet tied, so he walked up to Zhou Dafu.

He took a deep breath and leaned down to rip the cloth bag off Chow Taifu's head.

Suddenly, the image of an evil servant who was beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen jumped into view.

Xu Yan couldn't help frowning.

This week, the people of the family are ruthless enough.

"Take the rag off his mouth."

Xu Yan said lightly.

Shen Mingchen secretly complained in his heart, what if this evil servant took the opportunity to bite him?

But the teacher had a life, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to poke his right hand towards Zhou Dafu's mouth.

said that it was too late, but it was too fast, Shen Mingchen didn't give Zhou Dafu time to react at all, and the moment he pulled off the rags, he retreated to a safe area.

Xu Yan looked at the Zhou Mansion steward with interest, and said leisurely: "How does it feel to be treated as a scapegoat?" ”

Zhou Dafu has been silent and did not respond to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan was not in a hurry, and said to Shen Mingchen beside him: "According to the law of Da Ming, how should the crime of theft be sentenced?" ”

Shen Mingchen said loudly; "Whoever steals and has no wealth shall be punished with fifty lashes, and shall not be pierced. But those who have gained wealth shall regard one lord as the most important and shall be guilty of sin. For the servants, each minus one. and consistently below, sixty rods. Consistently above ten through the rod seventy... One hundred and twenty runs, a hundred rods of sin, three thousand miles. ”

The division of sentencing for theft is still relatively clear.

It can be roughly divided into two categories, one is successful and the other is attempted.

According to Zhou Youde's previous characterization of Zhou Dafu, he turned to order someone to catch a knife and continue to write a fake manuscript after he 'attempted to steal'.

Naturally, he should be punished according to the rule that 'whoever has committed a theft without wealth shall be punished with fifty lashes and not from stabbing.'"

Caning and flogging are essentially the same, except that the board used for caning is thicker, heavier, and larger.

And the board used for flogging should be one size smaller.

But even so, fifty boards have to be broken.

Xu Yan looked at Zhou Dafu, who was silent, and said with a faint smile: "You have to think clearly, the taste of generations is not comfortable." ”

Zhou Dafu also secretly complained in his heart when he heard this, he didn't want to be sent to the official anyway. Otherwise, if you are flogged, you will have to lose your skin if you don't die.

"Please also ask Xu Gongzi to spare his life. The villain made a big mistake in a moment of confusion, offended Xu Gongzi's tiger power, and he regretted it. Ask Xu Gongzi to read the side of the villain's sincere repentance on the Internet card, and let the villain go as a fart. ”

Under extreme fear, Zhou Dafu finally spoke up, and he tried his best to beg for mercy in the hope that Xu Yan could release him.

But Xu Yan shook his head and said, "It's not a question of whether this son forgives you or not, it depends on whether you are worthy of cooperation." ”

After that, Xu Yan glanced at Shen Mingchen.

Shen Mingchen understood and said loudly: "It is stipulated in the Da Ming Law that one degree will be reduced from the crime. If you can prove that someone else instructed you to steal the manuscript, the penalty can be much less. ”

How could Chow Tai Fu not hear this off-string sound?

This is to make him identify Zhou Youde as the mastermind behind the scenes, and he must be convicted together!

"Young Master Xu, please spare me. The villain eats the ambition of the leopard, and the gall does not dare to identify the head of the house. ”

Xu Yan frowned and said, "Why is this?" He is so mean and unkind, something happened to push you out of the top bag, but you want to defend him? ”

Zhou Dafu sighed and said, "Xu Gongzi doesn't know anything. A domestic servant like me is not only tied to the Lord's house, but also to his wife and children. It's not a secret, the cheap one is the maid of the Zhou Mansion, and the dog is also the son of the Fuzhong family. The head of the house can decide their life and death with one word. If I had identified the head of the house when I had passed through the church, they would not have survived the next day. ”

Xu Yan saw that what he said was miserable and didn't seem to be false, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

In the Ming Dynasty, the identity of the servants in the families of large families was extremely complicated. Some have signed a deed of sale, and some have signed an annual contract.

The former not only belongs to the main family, but also his wife and children, all of whom are the property of the main family.

The latter is relatively free, and can choose to leave or renew the contract when the contract expires.

According to Steward Zhou's description, he should have signed a deed of sale.

If this is the case, the lives of his wife and children are indeed in the hands of Zhou Youde.

The Great Ming Law explicitly recognized and protected the slavery system. The children and grandchildren of slaves who have signed the deed of sale cannot be separated from the lowly status, but must be attached to the master's family.

If the master's family executes the slave, at most he will lose some money, and the government will turn a blind eye.

This week, Dafu is also a poor man.

But there is something hateful about the wretched.

Xu Yan's pity for Zhou Taifu did not last long.

Such an evil servant, bullying and dominating the market for the sake of the tiger, does a lot of dirty things on weekdays.

How many small bookstores were suppressed by the Zhou family and had to swallow their anger, breaking their teeth and swallowing them in their stomachs.

That is, they met Xu Yan, if the "Miaofeng Hall" was opened by an ordinary person, after some intimidation by the Zhou family, I am afraid that they have really been scared to escape from Hangzhou overnight, right?

Xu Yan shook his head and said, "You have to figure it out." If you don't identify Zhou Youde, you will be the one who is responsible, even if you are lucky enough not to be beaten to death by the people of the yamen, you will be swept out of the house by the Zhou family at that time. At that time, Zhou Youde has no scruples, your wife and children will still be bullied at will, and life and death are unpredictable... By the way, Ben Gongzi almost forgot that according to the Daming Law, those who deliberately burn down private houses and shops and cause losses can be sentenced to beheading. Now the only one who can save you is Ben Gongzi. If you agree to identify Zhou Youde in the court, my son will do his best to protect your family. ”

Xu Yan was naturally testing Zhou Dafu's psychological defense.

Zhou Youdeken, handing him over to Xu Yan proves that he has full confidence, and Zhou Dafu will not turn back. Zhou Youde's self-confidence lies in the fact that he holds Zhou Dafu's wife and children in his hands.

So what Xu Yan has to do is to keep knocking on Zhou Taifu's most vulnerable place, and finally collapse his psychological defense. So Xu Yan promised him that he would do his best to protect his wife and children.

This process is repeated and will not be achieved overnight, but the accumulation of quantity will eventually lead to qualitative change.

Sure enough, at this moment, Zhou Dafu was not persuaded by Xu Yan, but chose to remain silent.

Xu Yan is not in a hurry, what he has is time.

He glanced at Shen Mingchen, then sat back by the window and sipped tea.

Shen Mingchen did not beat and scold Zhou Dafu, but pulled him aside and put the cloth bag on his head again.

According to Xu Yan's instructions, he would ask Zhou Dafu again every half an hour to constantly destroy his psychological defense.

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