This gratuitous catch did not end at this point, but reached a new peak the next morning. Jiao Rong actually went to the yamen to complain, wanting to sue Li Yue'e for personal relations, corrupting the court, and teaming up with her husband to injure her aunt, cousin, and mother.

The nature of this prosecution is quite serious, and according to the Ming Law, no matter what the reason, children who beat their parents will be beheaded. In other words, Jiao's sue is to take Sister Li's life.

As for Tongjian's prosecution in this regard, Ruxian is not in a hurry, "Since ancient times, I have come to arrest and ask for doubles, anyway, the younger brother of Chengzu ran back yesterday, and there was no evidence left, so this crime can't be placed on him." It's just that this one of the beating mothers is not very easy to wash. ”

Yang Chengzu couldn't sit still at home, so he hurriedly ate something and was about to rush to the yamen. Ruxian grabbed him and said, "You can't go now, if you go now, doesn't that mean that this husband came out by himself?" Send someone to inquire about the news, and if you take a sick leave with Uncle Zhang, this lawsuit will not be completed, and I don't think you will be able to go to Weihui. ”

The person sent there was very clever, and at noon the news was transmitted, and the eldest sister was disheveled, and it seemed that she had been beaten at home, and her face was wounded. In contrast, Jiao only applied a plaster to his forehead, and could not tell if he was really injured. But the current rules are like this, it doesn't matter what parents beat their children into, in turn, children who hurt their parents will be beheaded.

As for Tongjian's accusations, Zhang Jiayin didn't intend to agree with them, although Jiao Rong took out a pair of men's boots and a few love poems to serve as evidence. However, Zhang Jiayin did not accept these evidences, as long as the husband was not caught, this matter could not be done accurately.

But just beating her mother is enough for Li Yue, and the Jiao family is the sufferer. They gritted their teeth and held on, even if Zhang Jiayin intended to protect him, it would be difficult for Li Yue'e to get away with it. Yang Chengzu took advantage of the lunch break to quietly come to the county yamen, Zhang Jiayin saw him coming, pulled him to the flower hall, and waited until his subordinates withdrew, and then asked in a low voice: "That husband, is it you?" ”

"Brother, you can't talk nonsense, you have to be punished. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if the rod is eighty, the woman will have to go to her clothes and be punished. ”

"Don't talk about that, if it weren't for you, you wouldn't be in a hurry to show up right now. This official is the patriarch of this county, if he doesn't even have this brain, don't be an official. But aren't you on good terms with the second sister of the Li family, why did this eldest sister also get involved? ”

The two of them have been together a few times, and now they have to be regarded as people in the same boat, if Yang Chengzu falls, it will not be of the slightest benefit to Zhang Jiayin. On the contrary, if Yang Chengzu makes a career, Zhang Jiayin may still be able to shine.

At this time, right and wrong have to give way to a position, and Zhang Jiayin can only think about how to defend himself as a leader, not to maintain the law of the Ming Dynasty.

"It was an accident. If you talk about it in detail, it is very troublesome, and it is not clear in three or two sentences. But big brother, you must help me this time. If Yue'e talks about beheading, it won't be easy to do. If she sells it, I can buy her at my own expense. ”

"I understand, our own people, we must not have said it, and when I go to court again, I will ask people to find a priori injuries. This is my confidant, and when the time comes, I will say that there is no evidence of Jiao's injury, and this lawsuit will be sloppy. ”

He smiled again, "Now that Sister Li is in the cell, you should hurry up and take a look." Since ancient times, women have not been imprisoned, and I let her be in prison, but I didn't suffer any grievances, I just thought, no matter who the man she is with, as long as she has a conscience, she will come to see it now, and I can see who this person is. I'll let someone take you there, don't worry, I've arranged it over there, and nothing will go wrong. ”

The women's prison, like the men's, was filled with foul odors and heart-rending cries. According to the Ming Law, except for non-offenders and capital crimes, the rest will not be imprisoned.

This female prison in Huaxian County has not been used for a long time. This time in Henan, there were some female crimes among the refugees, and then the Zuo family was found to have a lot of lawlessness by the county yamen after the trouble, and now in the women's prison, the female relatives of the Zuo family account for two-thirds.

When the ladies and ladies of those big families arrived, they became the prey of the clerks and clerks. Women are not imprisoned because women are in prison and have no way to protect themselves. The threat of the forbidden woman, the whistling whip, and even the pouring of medicine, and even a few people coming in and holding down their hands and feet, are enough to make any martyr lose her temperament.

Li Yue'e curled up in the corner, her head tightly buried in her legs, and she didn't dare to move. I'm afraid that if I move, I will attract someone's attention, and then I will treat her like those women. The fierce god born by the forbidden woman is also like, with a face full of flesh, which makes people fearful at first sight. has been doing this for many years, so that she seems to have forgotten what it is to laugh, and everyone looks so cold.

Fortunately, it was still good for her, and a single room was arranged for her, and it was the best lighting and cleanest in the entire women's prison, and even the hay on the floor was completely renewed.

But the more this is the case, the more scared Li Yue'e becomes, I heard that those lowly places treat new women like this. She shouted almost obsessively, "I won't take the gram, I won't take the gram." ”

The forbidden woman smiled and didn't say anything, just politely pushed her in and closed the cell door casually. Before leaving, he said, "Later, there will be a great nobleman to take care of you, so you can rest by yourself." ”

A nobleman? As soon as she heard these three words, she was even more afraid. After Yang Chengzu left last night, she had just closed the window, and before she could make the bed, the door was knocked open. Then there were beatings, endless beatings, and all that was repeatedly questioned was the question, "Who is that man, say his name, or else you will be killed." ”

From the cabinet and under the dresser, they turned out a lot of inexplicable things, men's boots, purses, love poems, tokens. These things all illustrate a problem, she has a personal relationship with someone. She'd never seen any of these things, and God knows how they ended up in her room. Yang Chengzu is a martial artist, and where can he write any poems.

However, the blood-stained sheets that she carefully collected, as well as the sheets when she slept with Yang Chengzu today, were turned out, and these were ironclad evidence. The only thing she could do was grit her teeth, not say anything, and let the leather whip whistle down. When she thought she was about to be beaten to death, Jiao changed her mind and wanted to use the state to rule her instead of lynching.

The law of the land...... Listening to Jiao's words, if he refused to say the name of his husband, he would be beheaded. If she is willing to recruit Yang Chengzu, she will let herself go, and she will promise herself to Jiao Rong's son to be small. But he is already the inheritor of his ancestors, how can he marry another man? The only hope now is that I can die a clean death, and the unsightly things in the prison will not happen to me.