Governor Lin said to Wan Tuiguan: "You can try this case." ”

Wan Tuiguan got up and bowed his hand to Governor Lin's mansion, sat down again, looked at Zhu Dedong who was kneeling below and trembling, and said, "Zhu Dedong, are you guilty?" ”

Zhu Dedong was frightened by Jiang Yuanrui's board, and kowtowed: "Xiaomin shouldn't go to court with Jiang Yuanrui to complain, Xiaomin was deceived by Jiang Yuanrui." ”

Wan Tuiguan said: "Today, Zeng Yu, a student member of the mansion, sued you for adultery with a widow who did not go out of service, and you have to divorce your original partner Zeng, but is there such a thing?" ”

Zhu Dedong hurriedly said: "There is no such thing, there is no such thing, how can Xiaomin divorce his wife, Xiaomin's wife has always been virtuous, and Xiaomin is very loving and respectful." Zeng Yu, who was standing beside Governor Lin, said with a smile: "Brother Li, yesterday was all a misunderstanding, it was all provoked by Jiang Yuanrui, how could I divorce your sister, the two children are so old, right, I will take her mother and daughter back to Zhujiajia later." ”

Zeng Yu walked over and stood beside Zhu Dedong, and bowed his hand to Governor Lin and Wan Tuiguan: "Two adults, Zhu Dedong threatened to divorce his wife in front of my eldest brother Zeng Qian, this is evidenced by my brother Zeng Qian, Zeng's servant Lao Li, and Zhu's servant Lao Shan, and Jiang Yuanrui can also be testified - Zhu Dedong, do you want to invite Jiang Yuanrui back to testify for you?" ”

Zhu Dedong's face was sweaty, his expression was flustered, and he said in a low voice: "I was provoked by Jiang Yuanrui, and I was angry for a while, I can't take it seriously, I know my mistake, please forgive Brother Li." ”

Zeng Yu is not so soft-hearted, he will not let him go because Zhu Dedong is soft and says two good words, Zhu Dedong's face the day before yesterday and last night is extremely hateful, this kind of person will not repent if he is not ruthlessly punished, looked at Zhu Dedong and said: "Then what do you say if you punch my eldest brother twice?" ”

Zhu Dedong touched the slightly bruised left side of his face and said, "Big brother slapped me first." "It's still very aggrieved

Hearing this, Zeng Yu knew that Zhu Dedong had not repented, this kind of person wanted to be saved, he had to fight, he was afraid, and he would not dare to do it in the future, so he immediately stopped reasoning with Zhu Dedong, and bowed to the prefect of Lin and Wan Tuiguan in the hall and said: "The original reason for the matter is clearly written on the paper, and the two adults are invited to be the masters of the life." ”

Wan Tuiguan immediately ordered the officials to go to Zhu Jiajia and Jiang Village to detain the relevant people to the hall, Zeng Yu also went to the Tea Saint Inn to invite the eldest brother Zeng Zhen to come over, Zhu Dedong knelt alone in the curtain hall and waited in fear, half an hour later, Soap Li arrived at the hall with two people, one is Zhu Dedong's second brother Zhu Yandong, the other is Zhu's old servant Lao Shan, Zhu Dedong shouted: "Second brother——"

Soap Li shouted: "Don't speak, otherwise you will be punished with a confession." ”

Zhu Yandong has only learned the general situation from Zhu Jiajia all the way from the mouth of Soap Li, it turns out that the third brother-in-law Zeng's younger brother Zeng Yu is already a showman, and the third brother dares to divorce Zeng's, isn't this asking for hardship, the young Xiucai who is new to school is the most popular, maybe in two years he will be a master, who dares to offend, at this time, seeing the third brother Zhu Dedong kneeling on the ground and looking embarrassed, he also looked away with a straight face-

Zeng Yu accompanied his eldest brother Zeng Qian also arrived, Zhu Yandong accompanied the smiling face to come forward to see the ceremony, this Zhu Yandong saw Zeng Zhen sitting in the hall of the Zhu family yesterday waiting, but did not come to see the ceremony as a companion, and did not say a word of politeness when it came to dinner, only caring about his own food, where is it like an in-law, Zeng Zhen has a good temper, although he is dissatisfied in his heart, he still greets Zhu Yandong on his face, but he does not look at Zhu Dedong with a straight eye, Zhu Dedong is really sad for him.

After waiting for about two quarters, three witnesses from Jiang Village were brought, one was Jiang Yuqin, one was Jiang Yuqin's brother Jiang Chunge, and the other was Jiang Daxing, the woman was in court It was a shame, Jiang Chunge drooped his head, and Jiang Yuqin also lowered his head and did not dare to see people, where was there such an arrogant wave on the edge of the sugarcane field that day

Near noon, the witnesses roughly arrived, and Soap Li entered the back hall to ask Governor Lin and Wan Tuiguan to come out to try the case, the case was very clear, Jiang Daxing confirmed that Zhu Dedong often came to Jiang Village Jiang Yuqin to commit adultery, Zhu Yandong also said that Jiang Yuqin had been to Zhu's house, and he had come the day before yesterday-

Jiang Yuqin saw that the situation was not good, she was afraid of being punished, so she cried in the court, saying that Zhu Dedong had raped her, and she had no choice but to communicate with Zhu Dedong-

At this moment, Zhu Dedong was in a hurry, the so-called rape is seduction, it is a hundred rods, he will be beaten half to death, and he will serve two years of hard labor, shouting: "Jiang Yuqin, slut, it was you who seduced me, how could I have raped you"

Zeng Yu and eldest brother Zeng Qian stood on the side, watching the dog-eat-dog ugly.

Wan Tuiguan slapped the shocked wood, so that everyone was silent, the scribe let Lizheng Jiang Daxing and others draw the confession, Wan Tuiguan said: "Jiang Yuqinfu died and mourned, so he committed adultery with someone, and according to the law rod one hundred——"

Jiang Yuqin's face turned pale with fright, a hundred rods, shouldn't she be beaten to death, and said Qu: "My lord, the slave family was wronged, the slave family was sold by the eldest brother to Li County Cheng in Dexing County as a maid, Li County Cheng died the year before last, the master mother dismissed the maid, and the slave family returned to Shangrao Jiang Village, the slave family and Li County Cheng are not husband and wife, and they were repatriated, where is there a reason to serve the old master and keep filial piety?" ”

Zeng Yu nodded secretly in his heart: "This Jiang Yuqin is amazing, the favorite concubine of the county is really well-informed, unlike ordinary country women who are so frightened that they can't say anything, she first wants to be a traitor, but if she can't, she will turn into a concubine as a maid, and she wants to escape the big crime of adultery with someone before she goes out of service, this is really difficult to judge, there is a marriage contract for marrying a wife, the ancestral hall has a name, and the concubine has no etiquette, Jiang Yuqin and Li Xiancheng have no children, it is difficult to distinguish between a maid and a concubine, There are not a few handmaidens in large families who have a leg with the head of the family, and Jiang Yuqin was indeed sent back to her hometown, and the funeral ceremony is not good to restrain her. ”

Wan Tuiguan also felt embarrassed, Li Xiancheng's wife may no longer be in Dexing, do you have to go hundreds of miles to collect evidence for this small case, it is difficult to distinguish whether it is a concubine or a maid-

Wan Tuiguan asked the Lin Governor for instructions, and the Lin Governor's Mansion said in a low voice: "It is enough to punish the crime of adultery, and there is no need to punish it for the crime of mourning and adultery, and the case of Zhu Dedong's divorce of his wife is discussed separately." ”

Wan Tuiguan understood what Governor Lin meant, and asked, "Jiang Yuqin, do you know that Zhu Dedong is a married man?"

Jiang Yuqin's mind was extremely lively, knowing that the crime of adultery had escaped, and she hurriedly said: "The slave family didn't know that Zhu Dedong had a wife, and Zhu Dedong never mentioned it, but only said that he wanted to marry the slave family——"

Zhu Dedong, who knelt with pain in his knees, was angry and said angrily: "Slut is full of nonsense, you know that I have a wife, but you hook up with me, and encourage me to divorce my wife and marry you." ”

The pair of dogs and men quarreled again, and Wan Tuiguan shouted: "Twenty slaps each of these adulterers and adulteresses."

Several soaps stepped forward to grab Jiang Yuqin and Zhu Dedong respectively, opened their bows left and right, and slapped twenty mouths each, beating their faces like peach blossoms, and the spring was brilliant.

Zhu Tuiguan said again: "Zhu Dedong and Jiang Yuqin will be punished according to the crime of adultery, with 60 rods each, and they will be executed immediately." ”

Generally, the cane punishment of the local yamen is not better than the emperor's court cane, because of the complex relationship of political struggle, the court cane is sometimes light and sometimes heavy, the light is only a small injury to the flesh and skin, and the heavy thirty or fifty canes are beaten to death, and the cane punishment in local civil cases is not heavy unless the court official intends to be killed with a cane, otherwise the soap will not be heavy, so some scoundrels with rough skin and rough flesh will even receive the cane for others, and there are many records in the notes of the Ming Dynasty -

Although the execution of Soap Li was not ruthless, but after sixty rods, Jiang Yuqin was already snowy like a rotten persimmon, and her urine was incontinent......

After reprimanding, Wan Tuiguan asked Jiang Lizheng and Jiang Chunge to go back, stared at Zhu Dedong who was paralyzed on the ground and said: "Zhu Dedong, the crime of adultery has been punished, but the crime of divorce for no reason must be punished - according to the law rod eight."

There's something going on in the past two days.,There are few updates.,There's a big chapter tomorrow.。