Chapter 1027 Bizarre Fragrant Plea (II)

With the hundreds of yuan returned, Zhao Xing was a little bored, and he was stunned for a long time before he heard the vague voice of the music supervisor: "Zhizhou...... Died...... Worship ......"

Xu Zhizhou is dead? A few days ago, Su Dongpo also made a farewell poem for him, and he passed away so soon.

Come to think of it, there were still signs before, such as Su Dongpo giving the child a hundred days, but he didn't appear. Perhaps, at that time, he did not want to disturb the festive atmosphere with his illness.

"I'll inform the bachelor", Zhao Xing immediately rushed out.

Xu Zhizhou's death not only involved the belonging of Cheng Jiaji, but also involved Su Shi's future life. This change must be addressed as soon as possible.

In the sacrificial hall, Su Shi was reciting "Xu Junyou's Elegy" - a trip to the south did not return, and the Qingjiang Chibi was sad. Please see that there is no way to walk, but I couldn't bear to be deceived back then.

After the snow, I came to plant willows alone, and when I picked tea between the bamboos. The mountain city is scattered with former customers, and the old hatred and new sorrow are only known. ”

A few days ago, he wrote "Good Things Are Near" to congratulate Xu Zhizhou on his promotion, and on the ninth day, he wrote "Chongjiu Hanhui Lou Presents Xu Junyou", which has two sentences: "Everything is a dream in the end, rest, and the yellow butterfly will be sad tomorrow." ”

Xu Zhizhou's name is obvious because of Su Shi, and Su Shi's nouns are mostly associated with this generous elder. Now, like a "yellow flower of tomorrow", he is gone.

A solemn ceremony was being held in the sacrificial hall, and Zhao Xing sat alone in the back hall, mourning silently.

He was not familiar with Xu Zhizhou, and he was able to appear at the ceremony because of Su Dongpo's relationship, but an ordinary tribute like him who had no poetry could not be listed as the guest of honor, so Xu Zhizhou's family arranged him in the back hall and waited for the end of the ceremony.

In the back hall, there was a panicked atmosphere, every servant seemed to be whispering, several concubines of Xu Zhizhou were packing their luggage, and the servants were called away one by one, and after a while, only Zhao Xing was left in the entire back hall.

A clanging sound walked into the back hall, Zhao Xing raised his eyes and saw that it was the concubine named Shengzhi, she seemed to have something to say, and after greeting Zhao Xing with a heavy heart, she asked with a split head: "I heard, you are a big wine merchant in Huangzhou?" ”

"Hmm."

"I heard that you are still Mr. Dongpo's protégé - a strange protégé who can't write poetry?"

“……”

"I heard that you just married a bride?"

“……”

"I know Pan Sheng, and I heard that Pan Sheng is now doing things under your orders - you bought Pan Sheng Distillery?"

……

After hesitating for a long time, the dancing girl mustered up the courage and said, "I'll go with you." ”

Zhao Xing didn't know how to answer for a while, his gaze swept aimlessly across the four walls, and his gaze finally stayed on the bookshelf against the wall.

In normal history, this concubine named Shengzhi ended up with Zhang Houzhi. One day, Zhang Houzhi held a banquet to entertain Dongpo, and at the banquet, Su Dongpo saw Shengzhi again, "unconsciously hiding his face and mourning", but Shengzhi "laughed at his disciples". Since then, Su Dongpo often mentioned this matter to others, "for the ring of the maid".

Later generations have many accusations when they talk about this matter, thinking that this concubine is cold. However, Zhou Zuoren expressed his understanding, thinking that Su Dongpo's crying and the concubine's laughter were both true feelings - "all seven emotions can cry".

People can cry when they are angry. Katsuyuki's laughter, isn't it a belly full of resentment and anger that makes him laugh with indignation!

In fact, they didn't pay attention to the Song Dynasty's laws on concubines and maids.

According to the law of the Song Dynasty, concubines had a length of service. The law also stipulates that this length of service must be counted consecutively, up to a maximum of three years.

That is to say, if you buy a woman as a concubine and resell it after a year, all you resell is the "right to use", and she works with the new owner for another two years, and after three years of work, the "ownership" returns to her own hands, and she is free.

At the end of her service, if the concubine feels that she has "a high salary and good benefits, and a lot of potential for appreciation" from her master, so she is reluctant to leave, then she will face a "job change", and one way is to be promoted to "lady" - this is complicated and troublesome; If you retreat to the next best, you will become a servant.

The Song Penal Code stipulated that the maximum length of service for a servant girl was ten years. After becoming a servant, she can continue to serve for seven years, if there is still no hope of promotion, and she is unwilling to leave, the Song people also have a way to take advantage of the legal loopholes, that is, to become an "adopted daughter", and the adopted daughter has no service period.

As for the children born to the master and the "adopted daughter", how to count the generation...... That is a confused account of the Song people, and it has nothing to do with you and me.

In the Song Dynasty, the word "concubine" was used consecutively, and girls who specialized in labor were called "female envoys", which means "maids".

Zhao Xing recently discovered this strange phenomenon when he was flipping through the Song Dynasty criminal system. In a sense: being a concubine is actually a way of working for women in the Song Dynasty, and the concubines and maids of the Song Dynasty are a group of "Song Dynasty working girls", who earn dowries by renting themselves, so there are "two Zhejiang women are dressed and disgraced", "Although **** poor girls, there are also one or two brocade skirts and a few headdresses. ”

If a working girl has a relationship with her boss, she will continue to work. There is no emotion - either looking for a new master, or taking the money to marry a greedy man as a "wife". This is the life of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty.

In a legal sense, asking a working girl to be full of love for her boss is a forced request, so Shengzhi has the right to laugh.

After figuring out this law, Zhao Xing was stunned for a long time, he didn't expect that in the Song Dynasty, which was known as the most strict etiquette, women's behavior was so jaw-dropping.

Now that Xu Zhizhou is dead, according to custom, his son inherits the ownership of this group of concubines. It was also customary for the concubines to be sold and re-commissioned by a new master until the end of the three-year service. Katsuyuki came to ask Zhao Xing if he had bought her Yu Wang. Seeing that Zhao Xing didn't respond for a long time, she added in a low voice: "I still have seven months to complete my service, so the price won't be too high." ”

In terms of nature, Zhao Xing didn't want such a fourteen-year-old girl to be destroyed by another old man, but he couldn't agree.

One is because of Su Dongpo.

In the interaction with Xu Zhizhou, Su Dongpo, the criminal official, treated Xu Zhizhou's concubine very respectfully, in order to repay that love, he wrote a lot of glamorous words to give Xu Zhizhou's four favorite concubines, if Zhao Xing bought Shengzhi home, how should Su Dongpo face it?

The second is because of the law.

Later generations could not imagine the consciousness of the Song people to abide by the law, so there is a saying that "there is no China after Yashan". And the law on concubines and maids in the Song Dynasty could not be surpassed even by Su Dongpo, let alone such a small person as Zhao Xing.

Chaoyun, who "has no grass at the end of the world", is now a maidservant on the legal paperwork, and she successfully became a "lady" in the 11th year after completing 10 years of service. But at the moment she's just a handmaiden.

Perhaps, the treatment of this kind of "transferred" servant girl is slightly higher than that of ordinary servant girls, that is, the Song people often say "such as Mrs." - its full meaning is: treatment "such as" and "madam".

Zhao Xing couldn't change the identity of the other party, but he felt in his heart that it was really unbearable for such a 14-year-old girl to wrestle with an old man.

What should he do?

Shengzhi still quietly added: "I can sing and dance, sing songs, make tea, entertain guests, settle accounts with a pen, and cook with a skirt...... There will be a lot more! I have heard that your wife is only an illiterate villager, and that you have often dealt with officials and are all literati, and if you buy me, you will not have to bother with the banquets, and I promise to make your friends go to the fullest. ”

At this time, Zhao Xing thought of a question: "Why me?" ”

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