On the ninth day of August, it was the beginning of the trial of Cui Jiansheng's case against Li You. If someone else gets into a lawsuit, even if they are wealthy, they have to go to the yamen in advance to do a little bit of work, but Li Patrol definitely doesn't need it. He swaggered into the county office, and when he saw that he had not yet been promoted, he went to talk to Master Huang.

"You need to be careful." Master Huang reminded: "The county lord may really sentence the little lady of the Guan family back to the Guan family." ”

"How can the county be so unkind." Li You complained.

Master Huang said: "The county lord said that you have some future, but you are addicted to women, and you still need a lesson. This little lady of the Guan family is just a concubine's room, how to judge it is indispensable. ”

In these years, there are ruthless and unrighteous doctors who use concubines as clothes, Li You sighed. Suddenly, he heard the soap servant over there calling him to go to the court, so he got up and went, but saw Master Huang also following behind.

"What are you doing?" Li You stood outside the public hall and said suspiciously.

Master Huang stroked his beard and smiled: "Watch miscellaneous dramas." ”

When I went to the court, I saw the customs officer standing with a strange thin scholar, who was about Cui Jiansheng, and there were several Xiucai in the county school around, some of whom Li You knew.

Cui Jiansheng's expression was relaxed, and he nodded to Li You. He decided in his heart that he had all the reason, as long as the county was not too shameful, the lawsuit would definitely win. Even if Chen Zhixian dared to blatantly shield Li Patrol in front of others, he could still sue him, and Cui Jiansheng was at least familiar with the Nanjing Law Department for many years.

The only thing to worry about is that Inspector Li will retaliate after the fact, but the plaintiff is that one of the two will go to the capital to go to the capital and then go to other places to be officials, and the other is determined to get his daughter out of the Li family at the cost of his life, but he is not afraid of retaliation.

Do you want to fight against the crowd? Li You arched his hand to Chen Zhixian, who was sitting on it, and said: "This case involves the reputation of a woman, and I dare to ask the county to disperse the idle people, etc., and I have to bother Mr. Huang to write the record." ”

Chen Zhixian agreed, and with a wave of his hand, there were soap servants to expel the unrelated people, leaving only Cui Jiansheng, Guan Yuanwai, Li You, Master Huang and two soap servants.

Cui Jiansheng, who had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, cleared his throat and said: "Father, last month, the student talked about marriage with the Guan family, and the marriage book has been exchanged, but after that, I heard that Li You, who was inspected, abducted the Liang family and forcibly occupied the Miss Guan family as a concubine. The existing marriage certificate is physical evidence, and the old man is a witness outside, and the father is asked to make the decision for the student. ”

Li You argued to Chen Zhixian: "I am in love with Miss Guan Jia, she volunteered to be the concubine of the lower officials, where did she come from to forcibly occupy the people's daughters?" This Cui Xianggong is old and ugly, only low-morality, and has no self-knowledge, is he a good match? The Miss Guan family learned that she was going to marry her, and she couldn't bear it, so she went to the lower official, and her feelings were pitiful, and she hoped that the county would be honored. Here is the handwritten statement of the eldest lady as evidence. ”

Cui Jiansheng saw Li You taking the opportunity to insult himself, and he was angry and wanted to return the favor, but he heard Chen Zhixian shoot the case and shouted, "No abuse is allowed in the court, and no example is made in the next place"! blocked Cui Jiansheng back.

Chen Zhixian has seen their respective physical evidence and asked for witnesses. said to Cui Jiansheng: "The two of them are interested in each other, and they have become married." Why should a virtuous student bother to give up? ”

Cui Jiansheng said righteously: "Father's words are wrong, how can the student be a woman?" The outline of etiquette is often the foundation of life, how can you ignore etiquette and law for people's feelings, do you want to encourage the daughters of each family to choose a husband to elope. If the parents' orders are all empty words, the marriage certificate cannot be changed, and everyone follows suit, can the hearts of the people in the world still be saved? ”

Li You interjected: "According to the little lady of the Guan family, the marriage book is fake, she has never heard of such a thing, and asked me to explain it to the county honor, and there is also this sentence in Chen Qingwen." ”

"It's normal for the two families to exchange marriage letters on the orders of their parents, and the daughter doesn't know." Cui Jiansheng argued strongly.

Li You mocked: "If you dare to marry your Cui family, you will first hide your daughter from death, until you tie it and carry it to a sedan chair." ”

Chen Zhixian decisively said: "There are doubts about the marriage certificate, so let's not mention it for the time being." ”

Cui Jiansheng didn't care, Li You repeatedly quibbled and lingered, but he had the woman's father to testify on his side, and no one could overturn the case. Cui Jiansheng pulled the customs officer who was a little trembling in the public court, and said: "Even if you don't mention the marriage certificate, but there is a father's order here, this is not fake." Can a daughter's private feelings get past her father's life? ”

Chen Zhixian knew that the two sides were going back and forth just now, and the next was the critical time, so he turned his head to look at Li You. It is said that Master Chen waited in the county office yesterday, and he didn't see Li You come to the door to intercede in a hurry, and he knew in disappointment that Li You must have some idea to get through the trick, and he wanted to take the opportunity of his door-to-door intercession to carefully train him to quit sex.

Li You took out a post, handed it to the soap servant, and then forwarded it to the magistrate, "This is a post from Dr. Zhang of Chuntang." "This Dr. Zhang is a county doctor and a clerk, and in the 21st century, his diagnosis has a certain legal effect. For his post, Li Patrol spent five taels of silver, and also compared Dr. Zhang's family.

Li You continued: "After being diagnosed as a concubine surnamed Guan, I am pregnant, and after being pregnant with my Li family, how can I be so ridiculous as to be married to someone else!" ”

Cui Jiansheng and Guan Laozhang were stunned for a while, neither of them expected that Li You would make a name for herself pregnant, so that the case would change.

When he came to his senses, Cui Jiansheng questioned: "It's ridiculous, can you get pregnant with just a few kung fu?" ”

Li You said disdainfully: "What do you old widower who ignores no one know, isn't ten days enough?" This diagnosis is not always fake. "Even if it's fake, it will be true in Chen Zhi County. No wonder Li You asked to disperse the audience from the beginning, leaving only a few people in the hall.

"This is Tongan!" Cui Jiansheng couldn't help but shout, the situation was beyond his expectations, and he couldn't calm down anymore. He has also been in this business for a few years, and he knows that he doesn't have the ability to overturn Li You's evidence, so he shouted out in a hurry. However, looking back at the laws and regulations of the dynasty, it seems that there is no specific punishment for the crime of annihilation, and it all depends on the discretion of the master of the case... It is obvious who Chen Zhixian will prefer, and he is confused about this. Even if it is really a love affair, in theory, Miss Guan is not a married woman, so there is really no need to pursue it.

Li You was too lazy to talk to Cui Jiansheng anymore, and stepped forward to Chen Zhixian and said: "There are people in the front who have the heart to turn their backs, and there are heavenly principles and people in the back, which is enough to withstand his father's chaotic life. Please judge the county. ”

Chen Zhixian said: "In the past, Emperor Taizu Gao asked the princes, can concubines give birth to children and dignitaries? Answer, the husband and the noble wife can be sealed, but the concubine room cannot be sealed, but if the concubine gives birth to a noble, the mother will be honored by virtue of the son, and the factor will be sealed, so as to be all day. This case can be invoked according to this law, although there is a father's life first, but the daughter is pregnant, compared with the two, although the etiquette law is heavier, but how can it be heavier than the Lunchang Road, and the flesh and blood must not be gathered? When the mother follows the son, he will be sentenced to the Li family. ”

As soon as the verdict came out, Li You sneered a few times, and said to Chen Zhixian: "Cui Jiansheng colluded with his daughter-in-law to seize other people's concubines, involving Xishui Town, my inspection department wants to investigate this case, and I also ask the county to allow it!" ”

Seeing that he had lost the lawsuit, Cui Jiansheng was gritting his teeth, and when he heard Li You's words, he hurriedly said: "I am a prisoner of the country, and I can only be punished by the country." ”

Chen Zhixian stopped Li You's blatant retaliation, "The plaintiff is also justified, but his father's life comes first, and it is not a complete false accusation, Li Patrol should not deliberately retaliate!" This case is over, retire! "In Master Chen's opinion, Li You took the daughter of a good family as a concubine this time, and he himself is not very clean, so it is better not to make more trouble.

Cui Jiansheng's grievances were not mentioned first, but he said that the customs officer was frightened and scared for the matter of suing the official, after all, he had a handle in Li You's hands, but with the great belief in saving the woman, he gritted his teeth and stiffened. Besides, Cui Jiansheng swore that there was no problem with the lawsuit.

But now I saw that Li You turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain, and he actually won the lawsuit. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and the customs officer suddenly felt extremely frustrated. He really didn't understand why a father didn't get his daughter back.

As everyone knows, Li You hates him more than Cui Jiansheng, this old thing is blinded by lard, and he doesn't know what kind of bull's horns he wants to bring his daughter back and marry a Shilin scum like Cui Jiansheng, isn't a young and handsome Li Inspector not as good as an old widower who is almost forty?

The customs officer grabbed Cui Jiansheng's sleeve and said, "What can I do?" ”

Cui Jiansheng saw that he couldn't do anything, so he didn't care about him, ignored him, and went out of the yamen.

Li You didn't stop him. A poor prisoner who has not much foundation in the county is not worth mentioning, but if you want to take revenge, it is better to wait a few more days for the rumors to pass. After all, no matter what this guy says, he is also mixed in the circle of scholars, and he has been a local official for a long time, so he always has to pay attention to some reputation and decency.

I also saw that the customs officer was staggering outside and was about to go out, but this could not be released. Li You stepped forward and grabbed the cheap old man's collar and said, "Don't leave the old man, you and I still have some things to finish." ”

The customs officer turned around and glared at Li You and said, "What else are you going to do!" ”

"Shut up, old thing! There is also a face to talk about inside and outside the food. Li You scolded unceremoniously, and said to Master Huang: "Since the county has been judged, don't bother the two masters, please write a marriage contract in the middle of the pen, otherwise the name will not be correct in the future." ”

After Master Huang finished writing, Li You swept his eyes and said, "One sentence is missing, take the Guan family's silk shop as a dowry." ”

The customs officer yelled angrily: "You are so shameless! "Even if there is no matter of escrow for the official silk general ledger, the Guan family's silk shop still has a profit of two or three hundred taels of silver a year, and now Li You wants to take it away with a single word, which is really hateful.

Li You said coldly: "You can not sign outside the old man, it's a big deal to confiscate your family property." Oh, and don't forget that your daughter is still at my house. "He used to threaten his daughter with his father, and now he threatens his father with his daughter... The customs officer's outer finger Li You trembled, and he was speechless for a moment. In the end, he was forced to sign the marriage contract and collapsed on the ground unable to move.

Li You said helplessly to Master Huang: "Poor people must have something to hate, my old man still hasn't woken up, it's really hateful." ”

Master Huang was speechless about this.

After leaving the county office, Li You returned home, found Aunt Guan and said, "The lawsuit has been won." I also signed a marriage contract with your father, and the silk line came as a dowry. I think I'll put it in your name in the future. ”

If she didn't have this ability, she wouldn't be worthy of being her husband, but she was very surprised that her father was willing to use silk as a dowry, and couldn't help asking: "How could my father be like this?" ”

Li You said unabashedly: "Your father is really not a decent talent, and the Guan family silk company is now an eye-catching official and businessman, and in his hands it seems that he is guilty of it, which is not reassuring." I will use you as a pretext to deceive the silk business, and you will be in charge of it completely in the future, so as not to cheapen the family business to outsiders. Your father still has dozens of acres of land there, and he can always support his old age, so don't worry. ”

If it is a woman with long hair and short knowledge, she sees her husband threatening her father to extort the property, and she can't cry. But Guan Xiuxiu was only silent for a while, and said: "How dare the concubine take all of it, I am willing to give sixty percent of the family to the family, and only forty percent of the concubine's name is left." ”

Hearing Aunt Guan say this, Li You was completely relieved, nodded and said, "It's okay, if I am here, forty percent in the future will be worth more than ten percent now, and I will never lose you." ”

With such a clever grab, Li You's first industry has arrived.

(To be continued)