Chapter 16 The Price of the Second Wife

Xiao Jiading replied slowly: "Flogging is divided into five grades, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty; and those who grant atonement may redeem them with one pound to five pounds of copper. The rod was punished in five grades, from sixty to one hundred, and the ransom was six to ten pounds of copper. The sentence of imprisonment is divided into five grades, namely one year, one and a half years, two years, two and a half years, and three years, and the ransom is 20 to 60 catties of copper. The exile sentence is of the third degree, two thousand li, two thousand five hundred li, and three thousand li, and the redemption is eighty catties, ninety catties, and one hundred catties. There are only two kinds of death: hanging and beheading, and the penalty for redemption is 120 pounds of copper. ”

Deng Quansheng was a little surprised, glanced at Xiao Jiading, and said, "Very good, I'll test you another question." If you answer this, then you will be qualified! ”

"It's good." Xiao Jiading listened with his ears pricked up.

"What are the Eight Discussions?"

Xiao Jiading almost laughed, this question is simpler than the five punishments, where is the exam, but at the moment he said respectfully: "Relatives, therefore, virtuous, capable, meritorious, diligent, guest, noble, these eight types of people commit crimes, in addition to the ten heinous felonies, if it is a crime below the exile sentence, it should be reduced to a punishment, if it is a capital crime, it will be collectively studied and discussed by the ministers in the capital hall of Shangshu Province, and after being agreed, it will be reported to the emperor for ruling." ”

The expression of surprise on Deng Quansheng's face became even thicker, the little mung bean eyes turned into a slit, looked at Xiao Jiading through the gap, nodded, and said, "You have passed!" However, this official still wants to test your Xuntang question again, which is extra, is it okay? ”

"Of course there is no problem, please ask the county lieutenant to ask the question."

"Well...... tell me, what is a five-word hearing?"

This question is not difficult, Xiao Jiading said: "Five words, one is to listen, that is, to see, to speak, if it is upside down, it is to lie; Second, he listens to his expression, and if he blushes and is ashamed, it means that he is lying; If he keeps panting intermittently, he is lying; Fourth, hearing is to observe his hearing, and if he lies, he will always pretend not to hear clearly, so that sometimes he will figure out how to make up a lie; If he is lying, his eyes will be flustered and he will not dare to look directly. Based on these five observations, it is concluded whether the other party is lying, so as to judge the truth of the case. ”

Deng Quansheng smiled and clapped his palm: "Okay!" Very good! I didn't expect you to be young, not only are you very good at poetry and songs, but you are also proficient in this criminal law, very good! The future is limitless! Ha Lu Ha. In this way, the official will report this matter to the county order tomorrow morning, and with the talent of the son, I think the county order will not refuse, you will come to the yamen tomorrow afternoon, and the official will arrange a position for you. ”

Xiao Jiading was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Thank you County Lieutenant Deng!" The subordinates must work hard to live up to the training of the county lieutenant! ”

Du Dayin was a little surprised when he heard that Deng Quansheng had agreed, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Jiading looked at Du Dayin and said, "Old Du, the county lieutenant is very busy, let's not bother, right?" ”

Du Dayin hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! He got up and said, "Farewell!" ”

"Wait!" Deng Quansheng stopped them, picked up the two boxes on several cases, and put them in Xiao Jiading's hand: "You take the things back!" ”

"No, no, this ......"

"Listen to this official!" Deng Quansheng said with a righteous face: "This official has always been honest and honest, with a clean breeze on his sleeves, and the scribe Du knows the way, and anyone who gives gifts to this official has always been rejected by this official." The reason why this official agreed to let you enter the yamen on an errand is mainly because of your talent. And not your gift. Those who have no talent are useless even if they move a mountain of gold! Right? Du scribe? Deng Quansheng looked at Du Dayin.

Du Dayin hurriedly smiled: "That's that." However, this is a little bit of Brother Xiao's heart, and County Lieutenant Deng ......"

Deng Quansheng immediately said with a straight face: "Scribe Du, you are also an old man in the Yamen, how come you have learned such a philistine within a few days of leaving the Yamen?" Do these shady things? Okay! Take the stuff back! Otherwise, you won't be in the yamen tomorrow! ”

Seeing Deng Quansheng blowing his beard and glaring at him, Du Dayin was a little surprised, and hurriedly showed Xiao Jiading a look for him to accept.

Xiao Jiading didn't understand a little, so he had to take the thing and look at Deng Quansheng.

The two of them didn't know what to say, Deng Quansheng had already made up his mind to rectify Xiao Jiading, so naturally he would not accept his money, not because he couldn't save face, but because he was afraid that there would be extraneous branches when the time came.

Deng Quansheng saw that Xiao Jiading took the money back, Fang changed his smiling face, patted Xiao Jiading's shoulder, and said: "This official is honest and honest, and you will know this after a long time in the yamen." Alright, you will come to the yamen tomorrow afternoon. I'm looking forward to someone like you helping me. Ha lu haha. ”

"Yes, yes! Thank you, County Lieutenant. ”

Xiao Jiading followed Du Dayin to say goodbye and went out, and when he walked away, he smiled and said to Du Dayin: "Fortunately, the questions asked by County Lieutenant Deng are so simple, otherwise, it will be troublesome." ”

Du Dayin chuckled: "It's good that he can ask such a few questions." He didn't understand the criminal law at all, and he relied on one of his servants named Xing Xuzhong to help him cook. This man is a man who is proficient in the criminal law. ”

This is similar to some units in modern society, where laymen lead insiders. This is the current secretary of the leadership. Xiao Jiading memorized this person's name with all his heart. glanced at the gift in his arms, and asked strangely, "Why doesn't the county lieutenant accept the gift?" ”

Du Dayin was also confused, and said: "The old man doesn't know, the old man accompanies people to his house to give gifts, it's not once or twice, there is no time that he doesn't accept it, I don't know what happened to Lu Dao this time." Could it be ......"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Jiading felt that something was wrong.

Deng Quansheng looked around and said, "I must help you if the second girl makes her old, then I will tell you the truth." Zhong Wenbo, the No. 1 talent in Yizhou that you beat yesterday, do you know who his father is? ”

Xiao Jiading's heart sank, and he shook his head: "Who is it?" ”

"Zhong Shirong, the Facao of the Yizhou Mansion!"

Yizhou Mansion Yafa Cao, the full name is called the record of the military, is an official from the seven grades, because the local Yamen in the Tang Dynasty only has prefectures and counties, so the government is equivalent to the current provincial level, this Fa Cao is also the president of the criminal division of the provincial high court, county-level cadres, and is not a too powerful official. And he was not in the county office where he was going, which made Xiao Jiading feel a little relieved. However, Du Dayin's words made his heart hang again.

Du Dayin continued: "This Zhong Shirong was in our Shaocheng County Yadang County, and he was later promoted to the government office. ”

The county is the deputy county magistrate, and the government is only the president of a high court, and modern people are afraid that they will not regard this as a promotion, but the official position of the Tang Dynasty, the county is only from the eighth grade, at most it is considered a regular level, and the law Cao, but from the county level on the seventh grade, it is the deputy county level, of course, it can be regarded as a promotion.

Du Dayin said again: "This Deng Quansheng, like me at the time, was just a scribe of the county government, and later he was a Zhong Facao, and he was sponsored all the way, and he became the county lieutenant. You said, you offended Zhong Facao's son, this county lieutenant Deng still has to be in a hurry with you? ”

"That's right, then why did he let me enter the yamen? Could it be that he wants to invite you into the urn? Catching a turtle in an urn? ”

Grandma's, this is not good, it is very bad! Although these two officials are only at the county level, but the county officials are not as good as the current management, Lao Tzu is working under him, and it is not a matter of minutes for him to kill me?

Bad! Big bad!

Du Dayin saw that his face was cloudy, sighed, and said, "I'm sorry, it's the old man who forgot about this stubble." If you think about it, the old man should have taken you to find the main book. ”

"It's useless, as long as you enter the county office, you will do things under him, and you can't avoid it."

Xiao Jiading smiled bitterly, grandma's, Lao Tzu went to engage in that kind of fighting poetry, that is, in order to make money and seek a position, he couldn't think of it, and he happened to meet this Zhong Facao's son, and the Deng County Lieutenant promoted by his father happened to be his future leader. This world is really too small!

Du Dayin nodded: "That's right." However, fortunately, he didn't accept the gift, and you didn't waste the money, otherwise, this matter would have been forgotten. ”

Xiao Jiading is not a person who easily admits defeat, isn't it just two county-level and section-level cadres? Lao Tzu won't look for a backer who can overpower you? He rolled his eyes a few times and said, "In this Yizhou City, are there any officials they can't afford to provoke?" ”

Du Dayin immediately understood, looked at him and smiled: "There are many officials who have overshadowed them, needless to say, there are many officials in the state government yamen who have overshadowed him." For example, the state capital, Changshi, Sima, and the county decree of the county government, plus the Zhichong Duwei of the Metropolitan Protectorate, are all higher than their officials. However, these characters are not something that ordinary people like us can tie up. ”

Not necessarily! Xiao Jiading thought to himself, many ordinary people also have a relationship with senior leaders, such as big bosses and big stars. In modern society, he is a lawyer, often has to contact some big bosses of enterprises, drink tea and brag with them, and also know some senior leaders through them, and the doorway inside is also very clear. Not by the yuan yet?

Those big stars are also the big celebrities around the leaders, what do they rely on? Leaning on the face and body. Grandma's, money, Lao Tzu doesn't have much, but this big star, isn't there one alive in front of him? - Ya Niang of the Jade Building! He is the number one brand in Yizhou! It's a big star, right? Why don't you go and test the water with her? If not, retreat. It just so happened that the fat scholar Zhu Haiyin invited a guest to the Jade Building, and he was going to go anyway.

Thinking of this, he said to Du Dayin: "This matter is very important, let me think about it." ”

Du Dayin nodded: "That's fine, if there is anything you can do to find the old man in the Xing'er Hutong behind the yamen, the old man's house is there, under a big ginkgo tree." ”

"That's great, thank you grandpa!"