The complaint has to have a pleading, early in the morning of the 10th day of the first month of July, Zeng Yu began to grind the ink and write the pleadings after washing, he is a student who has just entered the school, and has not systematically studied the "Da Ming Law", the rulers of all dynasties have a ban on civil litigation, the law is the important weapon of the country, how can it be mastered by the small people, but the student is an exception, the student is the reserve of the official, there is a special law study course in Confucianism, which is also the reason why many students take over the lawsuit locally, because the student understands this, what he has learned is to put it into practice, the small people do not understand the law, Of course, I'm afraid of lawsuits, I'm afraid of going to court-

Although Zeng Yu is not proficient in the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he has confidence in the case of suing Zhu Dedong for divorce of his wife, his sister Zeng Ruolan did not commit the seven rules, Zhu Dedong's so-called sister returned to her parents' house during her father-in-law's illness Zhu Jurong's accusation is untenable, Zhu Jurong has not just been sick, he has been sick for several months, is it true that Zhu Jurong is not sick and everyone in the family can't go out?

As for saying that her sister Zeng Ruolan failed to give birth to an heir in the third room of the Zhu family, it is even more ridiculous, the Ming Law stipulates that the common people are allowed to take concubines only when they are forty years old and have no children, Zhu Dedong is two years older than his sister, and he is only thirty-two this year, so it is not his turn to accuse his sister of having no heir, not to mention that no heir is not a reason to divorce his wife, no heir can take a concubine, but he cannot divorce his wife, this is the difference between Ming Law and Tang Law-

Zeng Qian had the habit of getting up early for a walk, and when he came back from a walk, he saw Zeng Yu writing, so he asked, "Does Brother Carp practice calligraphy?" "In the past, in Ishida, Zeng Yu often got up early to practice calligraphy.

Zeng Yu said: "Write a paper." ”

Zeng Qian stood aside and watched, Zeng Yu wrote a few lines, put down the pen and went to the guest room on the second floor to ask her sister Zeng Ruolan about the situation of the widow of Jiang Village who was on good terms with Zhu Dedong, Zeng Ruolan asked Mei Xiang to take Niu Niu and Ah Tong and Ah Wei to have breakfast downstairs, and then said to Zeng Yu: "The widow of Jiang Village is named Jiang Yuqin, twenty-five years old this year, she is from Jiang Village, nine years ago she married a county Cheng in Dexing County, Raozhou Prefecture, as a concubine, the year before last the county died, Jiang Yuqin had no children, so she returned to Jiang Village, this woman has a lot of savings, buys land and buys a house, quite debauched. ”

Zeng Yu asked: "Then I don't know if Jiang Yuqin is out of service?" ”

Zeng Ruolan said: "I heard that the county Cheng died before the Chinese New Year, and the county lady couldn't tolerate the Jiang family, so she sent the Jiang family back to her hometown after seven or seven years." ”

Zeng Yu said: "That means that the Jiang family is still in mourning, well, I know it, I went downstairs, what do my mother and sister want to eat, I told Xiao Er to send it up." ”

Zeng Ruolan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Little brother, are you going to sue him, Zhu Dedong?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Sister don't sympathize with him, this kind of unsympathetic person doesn't teach him a lesson, only if he knows that he is afraid, he will live with his sister An Ansheng in the future." ”

Zeng Ruolan said in a low voice: "I heard that if this kind of case is an official, he will be punished by eighty boards——"

Zeng Yu saw that his sister was still protecting that Zhu Dedong, he was very unhappy in his heart, and said bluntly: "Sister, the eldest brother didn't make it clear to you last night, Zhu Dedong said that he wanted the eldest brother to bring the letter of resignation back, the eldest brother was very angry and gave Zhu Dedong a slap in the face, Zhu Dedong actually punched the eldest brother twice, and asked the servants to beat and chase the eldest brother, if it wasn't for me and Wu Chunze to arrive in time, it's really hard to say what the eldest brother would have been beaten in——"

Zeng Ruolan was so ashamed that tears flowed, and her great-mother Zhou blamed Zeng Yudao: "Look at you, you said that your sister was crying, but your eldest brother didn't say it, but you said it." ”

Zeng Yu looked at his tearful sister Zeng Ruolan and said: "Sister, it's not that I want to make you sad, I want you to understand how affectionate Zhu Dedong is, if it weren't for my sister and his Ah Tong and Ah Wei, I would be determined to ask my sister to leave that kind of person, now, since my sister wants to give him a chance to turn back, then we must not be soft-hearted, we must give him a profound lesson丨 If you just don't say a few words to him, he will not repent, and then my sister will not have a good life in the future, It must be made to make him tremble at the thought of this lesson, so that he will not do it again. ”

Great-mother Zhou stopped talking, her son spoke reasonably, and her son grew up, and he spoke like a man.

Zeng Ruolan couldn't cry and said: "The little brother is right, that kind of person should be taught a hard lesson."

Zeng Yu said: "Sister, don't worry, I am measured." ”

Back in the downstairs guest room, Zeng Yu continued to write a note, that Jiang widow had an adulterous affair with Zhu Dedong before she had been filial piety for twenty-seven months, and both parties would be punished according to the law, just this one, Zhu Dedong would suffer-

Zeng Yu wrote the adverbial for the first time, but also took a lot of thought, the experience is that there are many similarities between writing the adverbial and making the eight-strand text, the adverbial is generally divided into three paragraphs, the opening outline is equivalent to the eight-strand essay to break the topic, the cause of the following is the same as the shares of the talk, the first paragraph of the reason for writing, the reason, the origin is clear, and it should be concise; In the middle, they may be beaten, or they will argue with each other, or they will be forcibly occupied, or they will be deceived by money, and other important witnesses and stolen battles will be distinguished; In the latter paragraph, it is necessary to take reason and distinguish things, speak strictly, show the truth, convert in the middle, care about ingenuity, Bagu Wen can get fame if it is well written, and it can be a lawyer if it is well written, and a good lawyer is often a talent who is good at Bagu Wen, but in ancient times, the vast majority of people were willing to be restrained and judged by morality, and paid attention to resolving disputes privately.

Zeng Qian has been watching his younger brother Zeng Yu finish writing the pleadings, he didn't boast in his mouth, and secretly praised in his heart that he wrote well, and his words were sharp and happy, and said: "Brother Li, I just inquired about it, today is the tenth day of the first day of the first month, the official is the day of rest, not sitting in the court, and the government and the county are in the same city, and the general cases are tried by the county government, and they cannot go directly to the government office. ”

The eldest brother Zeng Qian is a doctor, and his mind is still fine, Zeng Yu said: "Then go to Shangrao County tomorrow to hand over the paper." Xin said: "I was going to go to the government, after all, there is a relationship with the Lin prefect in Longhu Mountain, by the way, the Lin prefect also said that day that I could go to the government to see him when I returned to my hometown, although it was a polite word, why should I take it seriously." ”

After breakfast, Zeng Yu said to his mother, brother and sister that he was going to visit the prefect Lin Guangzu and took Sixi out of the inn. "Because he said that Zeng Yu got Zhang Tianshi's sixty taels of silver for the inscription couplet of the Great True Mansion, he called Niuniu over and showed Zeng Qian and Zeng Ruolan the gossip amulet hanging around Niuniu's neck, saying that this is the blessing bag opened by the Heavenly Master himself, Zeng Qian and Zeng Ruolan didn't think that their younger brother Zeng Yu had traveled so extensively these days, and even Zhang Tianshi had a relationship, and this time I saw him again, Zeng Qian and Zeng Ruolan felt that the little brother Zeng Yu was very different from before, mainly in terms of temperament, the previous Zeng Yu was a little stubborn and very childish, Now it's very different, well, the little brother has grown up and is promising-

Zeng Yu sleeved the paper and just left the inn, he saw Wu Chunze come with a servant, the servant carried a basket, the basket contained a jar of rice wine, a bag of tea and a few snacks, this is Wu Chunze to Zeng Yu's mother, Zeng Yu thanked Wu Chunze, let Sixi bring it in, Wu Chunze asked: "Where are the nine carp going?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "The last time I was in Longhu Mountain, the prefect of Menglin Governor's Mansion Qingyan, I wanted to visit him when I returned to my hometown, and today is the day of rest, so I want to go to see Lin Fuzun." ”

Wu Chunze was both surprised and envious, and said: "I came here to live for Brother Xian's family, since Brother Xian is going to visit Lin Fuzun, then wait for Brother Xian to come back." ”

Zeng Yu said: "I'm not familiar with Shangrao, how about asking Brother Wu to go to the government with me, and it's easy to talk about things along the way."

Wu Chunze happily obeyed, who would refuse to have an opportunity to meet with Governor Lin, and seeing that Zeng Yu's master and servant were empty-handed, he said, "Then do you want to prepare a gift?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Half a piece of Xiucai love paper, I only brought an ink painting to give to Lin Fuzun." ”

Wu Chunze nodded and said: "Brother Xian's calligraphy and painting are really unique, our classmates in Dongyan Academy are unmatched, hey, at that time, I focused on reading eight shares and seeking fame, and now I know that the gentry still need piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the foolish brother will not know anything, ashamed." ”

Zeng Yu said: "The status of literati has risen in recent years, and at the beginning of the country, Song Lian heard that he was praised as the first literati of the founding of the country, and he was furious, thinking that this was a humiliation for him. ”

Wu Chunze said with a smile: "Emperor Taizu Gao looks down on literati, as long as Taizu is really talented, he will despise all poems, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but now the situation is different, if the scholar is not good at poetry and books, he will be ridiculed as despicable." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as an unemployed vagrant, his own cultural quality is low, and he has a natural hostility towards literati, thinking that the arts of poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are useless things, and many people are still not well fed and clothed, but you are chanting poems and paintings, you can neither wear nor eat, of course you have to despise -

Zeng Yu thought to himself: "China has not completely solved the problem of food and clothing since 4,000 years ago, so in this way, China should not have any culture and art, Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Xizhi have to farm for me." ”

A few words of complaint, it has arrived outside the gate of Guangxin Mansion, Zeng Yu handed over the name of "Zhisheng Zeng Yu", the door saw that it was two talents, but did not dare to be rude, just said: "Today is the day of rest, the Lord of the Mansion does not see outsiders, unless it is invited by the Lord of the House." ”

Zeng Yu said: "It was invited by Lord Fuzun in the next place, and at the beginning of the month, I had the honor to visit Lin Fuzun in the Shangqing Dazhen Mansion——"

was talking to Menzi, but saw Professor Zhang of Fuxue getting off the sedan chair in front of the door, Zeng Yu and Wu Chunze hurriedly greeted him, Professor Zhang said: "What are you two doing here?" ”

Zeng Yu said what he said to the disciple again, and Professor Zhang said: "Have you seen Lin Zhifu in Longhu Mountain, oh, then you two go in with me, today Lin Mansion invites guests to perform "The Pipa Story". ”

Entered the instrument door, walked through the side alley on the left side of the lobby, came to the house of Lin Zhifu's home, there is a garden pavilion behind the house, the name is left in the spring garden, this is the place where Lin Zhifu and his colleagues and friends feast and drink, there is a rockery pond, flowers and trees are flourishing, there is a two-story small building in the southeast, Lin Guangzu, the prefect of Guangxin Mansion and a group of officials such as Tongzhi, Tongju, and Tuiguan are all upstairs, four or five beds, surrounded by a group of servants in the middle, and a blind master is playing Ruan Qin——

Seeing that Professor Zhang had arrived, Governor Lin smiled and said, "Old Master Zhang is late-hey, Zeng Sheng, how did you get here, oh, you came back from Yingtan." ”

It's not more than five thousand, and I'll make it up tomorrow, well, tomorrow and tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow.