120. Sophistry

Soon, a few days later, some officials reported to the emperor and wanted to punish Jingwen severely. And that Zhang Fen was also in tears, as if Jingwen was relying on his official status to rob his wife Liu Qing as a concubine. This class is really sad and tears when I see it! Zhang Fen looked like she wanted Li Shimin to help make the decision, and she was very aggrieved. Moreover, Zhang Fen and the others are very cunning, and they specially choose to come out at the court meeting every half month, so Li Shimin has no way to avoid it! And after Li Shimin heard it, there was nothing he could do, so he had to let Jingwen explain.

"Jingwen, do you have anything to say?" Li Shimin asked Jingwen at the bottom of the steps.

But Jingwen said: "Your Majesty, that Miss Liu Qing doesn't seem to want to marry this Zhang Fen!" ”

And when Jing Wen just finished saying this, someone immediately came out and said: "This is wrong, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, cannot be violated." Since it was set by their parents, they must abide by it. What's more, Zhang Fen and they did not take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage, so they had to implement this marriage contract. ”

Zhang Fen also burst into tears, crying: "Your Majesty, please be the master of the small people!" Your Majesty, that Jingwen relied on his official status to hook up with women everywhere, and even hooked up with my wife who had not passed through the door, please ask the emperor to make decisions for the small people! ”

Zhang Fen had obviously received training from those adults, so she cried very sadly, with a bit of Liu Bei's flavor. But if you don't know what kind of person he is, I'm afraid I'm really going to be recruited.

"Jingwen, do you have anything else to explain?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Shimin now wants to help Jingwen, but after all, as the emperor, he has to be judged in a fair position. If Jingwen can't come up with anything beneficial, then Li Shimin can't do anything.

"Your Majesty, now all the questions are about the marriage contract, Liu Qing gave the document of the marriage contract to the minister, and the minister wants to ask Zhang Fen to see if there is any problem with this document."

Jingwen took out a document from that year and handed it to Zhang Fen, asking Zhang Fen to see if there was any difference between it and the one in his hand.

"Zhang Fen, do you see if there is any difference? Wasn't this the case back then! Jingwen asked.

Zhang Fen didn't know what medicine was sold in Jingwen Gourd, if this marriage contract document was proved to be true, wouldn't it mean that this marriage contract was legal? Isn't it necessary to carry out this marriage contract?

"It's true! There is nothing wrong with every word! Zhang Fen replied.

"Are you sure? Word for word? This is the palace, and in front of the emperor, you don't lie. If the preface doesn't match the afterword, then it's a bully and a beheader! Jingwen asked again.

Zhang Fen didn't know what Jingwen was thinking, and after thinking about it, he could only say: "That's right, there is no mistake, the two documents are right, and I ask the emperor to help Xiaomin make the decision!" ”

At this time, several officials came out and said, "Your Majesty, since this is the case, please rule and marry Liu Qing to Zhang Fen." ”

"Jingwen, do you have anything else to say?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "Since that's the case, then I still have something to say." Your Majesty, since this is the case, this marriage contract is actually long gone, how can it continue to be fulfilled? ”

"Nonsense, how can it be over? Our Zhang family has never divorced! Zhang Fen said angrily.

Jingwen said: "Look at that document, it is written about Miss Liu, but it does not indicate which lady it is!" ”

"If it's not Liu Qing, the eldest lady of the Liu family, who else can it be?" An official asked.

Jingwen said: "When the marriage contract was signed back then, the Liu family also had a second young lady who had just been born. The minister thought that this marriage contract was made for the second miss who had just been born, and now since the second miss of the Liu family has died, isn't this marriage contract over? Now that one of the parties is dead, according to the laws of my Datang, all kinds of agreements will naturally be invalidated, what else? ”

"Nonsense! How could this be the second miss of the Liu family? It's obviously Liu Qing, the eldest lady of the Liu family! Zhang Fen said angrily anxiously.

If according to Jingwen, this marriage contract is a marriage contract for the second miss of the Liu family who has died, then the marriage contract can be cancelled directly. Because the parties have all passed away, do you want to continue to let Zhang Fen marry a dead person? But this is clearly just Jingwen's nonsense, reversing black and white, so of course Zhang Fen can't admit it.

"Then this document doesn't say which lady it is, so I think it's a marriage contract for the second lady of the Liu family, who was just born at that time. Now that the second lady of the Liu family has died, it will naturally be invalid! Jingwen said.

Zhang Fen looked at the marriage contract again, but was speechless for a while. At that time, when the marriage letter was made, the draft had actually been made, but not long after Liu Qing's sister was born, but the marriage contract had already been drafted, and everyone didn't notice it for a while. As a result, the marriage book only wrote Miss Liu's family, waiting for the marriage to be married after the age of fifteen. But now that it has been used by Jingwen and pushed this document to someone who has passed away, then this is not unavoidable.

This is the text loophole in the marriage contract back then, and it is also a common loophole in ancient contracts. Ancient contracts, if used in later generations, are of course very lax, full of loopholes. Jingwen took advantage of this, combined with the situation at the time, so that a loophole could be drawn, and this matter could be put to rest.

At this time, someone naturally helped.

"Your Majesty, the minister's secretary and the superintendent of the school, Lang Ning is in power, and there is something to do."

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, since this document is for the second miss of the Liu family, now that the second miss of the Liu family has passed away, of course it can be invalidated. Therefore, Lord Jingwen does not have any behavior of forcibly robbing other people's wives as concubines. Because the two are different people, naturally they can't be confused! ”

Jingwen knew that the school secretary of the secretary should be Wei Zheng's subordinate, and Wei Zheng helped him speak.

"You're sophistry!" Zhang Fen said angrily.

Jingwen laughed secretly in his heart, isn't he just a sophistry? In fact, what the two of them meant back then, it was obvious that everyone understood. In this world, there are very few people who betrothal a newborn baby. And the one who was engaged back then was actually Liu Qing, but now he has been moved by Jingwen so much, and he has actually become the second lady who has died, this is an out-and-out sophistry.

"Your Majesty, since the second lady has died, then the eldest lady should be allowed to fulfill the marriage contract!" There is an official who still doesn't give up and wants to continue to rectify Jingwen.

But at this time, another official came out and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Jiangming, a scholar among the ministers, thinks that according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, there is nothing about the death of the woman, and the woman's sister should be used as a rule to fulfill the marriage contract." Therefore, the adult just said that he wanted Miss Liu Qing to fulfill the marriage contract for his sister, which is nonsense. What's more, now that Miss Liu Qing has a relationship with Jingwen, it is even more inappropriate for her to fulfill the marriage contract instead. Therefore, the minister thought that it would be better for this marriage contract to be nullified! Anyway, the person in question has already passed away, so why take this marriage contract and continue to cause trouble! ”

Yang Mingjiang, a member of the Chinese Academy, is Fang Xuanling's subordinate. Fang Xuanling still owes Jing Wen a favor, and Jing Wen told Fang Xuanling, hoping that she can help the flames at a critical time, even if it is to repay her favor. Now Fang Xuanling just asked this Chinese scholar to come out to help, so that it can be regarded as a success?

Zhang Fen looked at this situation, and was angry and anxious, because under Jingwen's sophistry reversing black and white, this marriage contract became that of the second lady who had passed away. But there were still people who helped Jingwen to speak, and this became a battle between the two political factions.

"Your Majesty, please be the master of the small people!" Zhang Fen continued to cry to Li Shimin.