This subordinate was originally by the side of the Yang family opera team, responsible for daily affairs, and protecting the safety of those women. Today, a restaurant in Yang Kee opened, and a troupe of his own family used to perform, which is also the norm of Yang Kee's shop. However, some high-rollers came to this restaurant, and paid a lot of money to ask the girls to sing a few more verses, and this time they missed the hour, and when the girls wanted to go home, they violated the curfew.

The night ban of the ancients was actually a way to ensure social security, and through this means, crime could be reduced as much as possible under the social conditions of the time. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no electric lights, and at night the streets were almost dark, and ordinary people were ready to go to bed when the sun went down.

The night ban was not a big obstacle to people's lives at that time, but it was a big problem for industries that could only be carried out under the cover of night. Thieves, night walkers, and other illegal businesses can be caught as soon as they go on the streets, and it must be considered good governance from the concept.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the dusk drum was sounded at three o'clock, and travel was prohibited; The morning bell rang at three o'clock on the fifth watch before the ban on traffic. Fifty flogs for those who walk in the streets on the second, third, and fourth watches; Anyone who commits a night offense after the night ban on the first watch and shortly before the ban on the fifth watch is opened, shall be punished with forty lashes. Sickness, childbirth, death and bereavement are excluded.

During the Hongzhi Dynasty, regulations were made for the night tour of officials, and the night tour of the officials of the two capitals not only did not have to consider the curfew, in order to prevent them from walking unsafely at night, the shops on the streets of the two capitals must provide lights and candles for the night tour officials. This can be regarded as a system that ensures the legitimacy of officials' night tours, and it is understandable that in the Jiajing Dynasty, the officials do not want Hongzhi to become an heir.

At this time, the second watch had passed, and the people of the troupe had just returned home after the performance, and they were surrounded by archers patrolling the city, saying that they were going to enforce the night ban and implement flogging. According to the provisions of the Ming Law, flogging requires undressing and punishment, and women cannot avoid it.

This city patrol imperial history is another tendon, he does not accept the payment of money to redeem the sentence, and insists on beating, not only to punish the troupe, but also to punish the shopkeeper of Yang Ji Restaurant who came to say goodbye.

The members of these troupes are all women, if they are stripped naked and flogged, how will their faces go down? Moreover, the Yang family now has the courage of a wealthy family, and these slaves under the door also have a bit of a wealthy and evil servant, and they refuse to admit it. In order to protect these girls from suffering from the loss of splashes or scoundrels, when each troupe performs, the house will be equipped with a group of guards, and when this subordinate comes to report the news, it is the stage of confrontation between the guards of the Yang family and the patrol archers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

You can find Wuding Houguan to talk about this matter, but this Gan Xungui doesn't necessarily really treat those dramas as people, although he is beating dogs to watch the master, but after all, patrolling the city and the imperial history is the system of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and under the premise of some choices, no one wants to provoke that group of mad dogs.

Besides, Yang Ji has been in the limelight too much recently, and from a rational point of view, he should also give up three points, suffer some losses for himself, and establish a humble and kind image. For the sake of a few female actors, this kind of collision is not too worthwhile, I am afraid that in the end, it is better to let Yang Chengzu take a step back, let a few actors suffer a little loss, and give them more money to appease them.

However, Yang Chengzu himself has no intention of backing down, and the repertoire performed by his own troupe will sooner or later cause a backlash from some people. At that time, most of them will make things difficult for the troupe, if they can't support the troupe from the beginning, I am afraid it will not be easy to come out again in the future.

The group came so fast that when they reached the place, they heard a burst of crying, which sounded very desolate in the dark night. Yang Chengzu frowned, his legs exerted force, and he rushed ahead, and the guards behind him hurriedly shouted, "Master, pay attention, the road is slippery......"

As he spoke, Yang Chengzu's horse had already arrived at the place, and he saw dozens of women in the troupe crying in the snow in disheveled clothes. These women can be selected as actors, and their appearance is not bad, dozens of beauties crying in the snowy night, and their appearance is very poignant. And their feet were all bare, their shoes and socks were gone, and they were standing barefoot in the snow.

The nursing homes responsible for protection are not much better, they are all staggering, and their appearance is very embarrassing. Seeing Yang Chengzu, a woman in front of her called out timidly to the master, and the person fell forward. Yang Chengzu flew off the horse, helped the woman up, and his face changed "Sister Peony...... You, how did you end up here. ”

This fell to the ground, it was the red peony who had recently been accepted by Yang Chengzu, although she was not promoted to an aunt, but the two occasionally secretly communicated with each other, and there was always a night cover in the bright shop. Seeing the red peony's bare feet and disheveled appearance, Yang Chengzu's heart rose angrily, and he said angrily: "Who did this?" What about the Guardian Leader? What are you people going to eat, you can't even do this, what else can you do? ”

"Master, don't blame them, it's me...... I won't let them do it. The red peony grabbed Yang Chengzu's hand tightly, crying silently, some of the descendants of the Yang family went to the Wuding Marquis Mansion for help, and some came to the house for help. Red Peony, as the chief housekeeper, heard the news and came to fish for people.

Although she is just a woman, she is also well-known in the Beijing Division now, and some people already know that this peony lady is the chief steward of the Yang family, and she said it in front of the main family. The shopkeepers of some shops also treat her as a person, this kind of violation of the curfew, it is a matter for ordinary people, and it is just a small problem for the servants in the official palace, and it is no problem to dredge it.

On the contrary, if there really is a large-scale armed fight, or even kills and injures officers and soldiers, it will be a big problem. After the red peony arrived at the place, the first thing he did was to ask those guards to lay down their weapons and not be allowed to fight with the officials and soldiers, and then went to negotiate, but he didn't expect to suffer a loss. Not only did she not save those actors, but even she herself was ordered by the Imperial History of the City Patrol to take off her clothes and be sentenced to fifty lashes.

The Imperial Historian also ordered that the women's shoes and socks be removed and that they be allowed to go back barefoot, and in this era, the feet were the second sex certificate of women. Even the red man who picks up customers and accompanies taxes in the clear building does not necessarily allow guests to easily fiddle with their beautiful feet. Even if these actors may do some skin and meat transactions, they still have to talk about their public image as performers after all, and this kind of punishment is tantamount to making these women lose face, and they will not have the face to continue to perform on stage in the future.

A woman like Red Peony, who has begun to enter the social circle of Jingshi, has no way to survive with such a punishment. These women cry, of course, because of pain and cold, this kind of soul destruction is probably a greater factor.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of Red Peony and the others, although they did not check it, they could imagine that the fifty flogging punishment was not comfortable, Yang Chengzu gently wiped away tears on Red Peony's face, "Sister Peony, I'm sorry, I'm late." Again, I'm late! Wait, I'll take you out! ”

He turned around and gave the order, and one of the nurses hurriedly took off his leather boots and let the red peony put them on first. The other women rode in groups, and it was better to get on their mounts than to go barefoot on the ground. Seeing his expression, Red Peony grabbed Yang Chengzu's arm

"Master, we are all hard-working women, if I hadn't met you, I don't know what it would be like now. This small loss is nothing, and I will find an opportunity to clean them up slowly in the future. Don't be impulsive, it's a trap! ”

"I know, but you're my woman, you've been beaten and you've lost face, and if you just endure it, I won't have to mess around anymore. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and it's not too late for a villain to take revenge from morning to night, I can't bear this tone, now, I'll take you to revenge. ”

The red peony was carried to the horse by him, pulling the reins with one hand and pressing the other hand on his waist, just pulling the horse like this, and slowly walking towards the Yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the snowflakes were flying, and the wind and snow were getting tighter.