"Really?" The brutal daughter-in-law asked.

"It's really alive!" Tang Lu said.

"It's good to be alive!"

"It's good to live!"

"The folk girl will never beat him again! Without him, the folk girl would not have lived. ”

"Why?"

"In the past, it was all bad for people's girls, and they shouldn't have beaten him, only when they were beaten could they taste the taste of being beaten. He is an errand boy in the yamen, and if he is often beaten, he will not be able to go to work if he is broken. There are people in the family who are in the county office, and no one else dares to bully. This folk girl can see it more clearly. The brutal wife said.

"It's good that you know that you can correct your mistakes, and the official decided to give you a reward of fifty taels of silver as your compensation, you received the silver, live a good life, and don't make trouble again. Otherwise, you will meet a foolish official to punish you, and then it may be a board, you have to be careful, the board is much more painful than a whip. ”

"Thank you, my lord, the folk girl remembered, and she was determined not to beat the husband of the folk girl again, live a good life, be filial, and be like the Yang girl." The brutal daughter-in-law said.

"Okay, you sign the transcript, take the money, step down, and go home." Tang Lu said, stood up, retreated to the back hall, and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, start feeding the fish.

Fish grow slowly, but it doesn't matter, they don't feed them well, they just need to be alive.

While he was meditating, there was movement outside, and a group of officials came in, with a monk.

The official was the one who was beaten by his wife.

He wanted to avoid the case, so he eavesdropped at the door for a while, and then he was hungry, and he went to buy something to eat, and went to a hotel.

He asked the shopkeeper to send a plate of cooked beef and three bowls of Zaoyang deer head of the ground-sealed rice wine, which is better. There is also a rice wine produced in Fang County, which is also very famous, but unfortunately the taste is still good for the rice wine of the deer head. also thought about it, so I ordered this wine to Xiao Er.

While eating, a monk came in from outside, looking unstable. He shouted angrily: "Shopkeeper, starve to death, quickly give the master, oh, no, bring a large plate of pig's head meat to the poor monk, and then two jars of fine wine, hurry, hurry, go, don't grind." ”

"Master! Order here first, there is always a first come, first served! Please calm down, master. The shopkeeper said.

The monk was impatient and continued to urge: "Those who come are all guests, why come first and then come?" Hurry up and serve the food! ”

When the official heard this, it was very useless, how could the monk be like this? He wants to be nosy, but it's better to think about more than less, and look at it again, this monk is not simple, and has a background.

"Master, please wait!"

"Come on! Ye is about to starve to death, get the pig's head meat, and the wine will also arrive, otherwise, if you lose your temper, you will not be able to stand it. It's going to smash you to pieces and make you crippled. ”

"Don't worry, it's right away!" The shopkeeper said, quickly moving the position and running around.

The monk stood up "Teng", took three steps and made two steps to Xiao Er, grabbed Xiao Er's collar, and punched down, Xiao Er found that there were gold stars in his eyes, and when he punched down, he fainted to the ground, and then, the monk punched and kicked Xiao Er, beating Xiao Er to death.

When the official saw that he was about to die, he stood up and said, "Stop! ”

The official roared angrily, which frightened the monk, and when he saw that the official had a wound on his face and was dressed in a tolerance costume, the monk immediately admitted it.

Xiao Er said: "Please administer justice for me!" ”

The official saw that the monk was not a good person, and pondered in his heart, not knowing whether the judgment was wrong, or take it back to the county office, and let Lord Tang Lu judge!

So he grabbed the monk and said, "Come with me!" ”

The monk had to do as he was told, because the officials had already prepared for it.

He tied him up and took him to the county office.

As soon as Tang Lu saw this monk, he felt that it was fake, because he had big shoulders and a round waist, was tall and strong, had thick eyebrows and small eyes, and looked at people seriously, and he liked to make some small moves. Judging by physiognomy, this one must be a badass.

Tang Lu was silent.

I thought I'd give him a dismount first. Otherwise, he won't be able to stop him!

Thinking of this, Tang Lu shouted: "Bold flower monk! What is the violation of the precepts of Buddhism by drinking alcohol and eating meat? Say! ”

When the monk heard this, he immediately panicked, looking left and right, just looking for a crack in the ground to get into. This question had to be answered, and he really couldn't help it, so he said:

"I don't know."

"What? As a monk, you don't even know this basic common sense, and you are ashamed to say that you don't know, do you still have the face to say that you don't know? The Buddha has made you lose face and throw yourself home. Say, "Where are you a monk?" ”

"In, in, at the Iron Buddha Temple."

"What? Iron Buddha Temple? Where is the Iron Buddha Temple? ”

"On the western outskirts of Valley City."

"Nonsense! Iron Buddha Temple in Xiangyang County. You're so good at! Don't you know that the Iron Buddha Temple is not in Valley City? ”

"I'm sorry, my lord, I was scared and fainted just now, the Iron Buddha Temple is in Xiangyang, and I remember wrong, it's in Xiangyang."

"Okay, even if you remember wrongly, then you tell the official that since you are a monk in the Iron Buddha Temple, do you have a certificate? How can I prove your identity without credentials? Tang Lu said.

The monk hurriedly took out the ring from his body, and this ring was handed over to the master as a monk, and the master handed the ring to Tang Lu, who took the ring, looked at it for a long time, thought about it, and slapped the startled wood on the ground, saying: "Come on, put this monk in prison, listen to the notice, and try again tomorrow." ”

That night, Tang Lu sent officials to the Iron Buddha Temple to ask the abbot if there was such a monk.

The abbot said, "There is this monk, but it is not like the image described. ”

"What image?"

"There's a portrait here, you can take it back and look at it, just compare it." The abbot said.

The monk depicted in this portrait has light eyebrows, a small mouth, no beard, and a thin figure, and is a literary monk, not a warrior monk. Also, there is a difference in age, this monk of the Iron Buddha Temple is very young, not like the one described. There is also a big age difference.

"So, the monk who was caught is not a monk from your temple, but a precept. Right? ”

"Yes."

"So, it's very likely that the monks of your temple lost their precepts and were picked up by someone to pretend to be a monk, isn't it?"

"This depends on the government's ability to detect. The old man also wants to get the news and give an explanation to the monks. I look forward to finding out the cause as soon as possible, so as to dispel everyone's panic. The abbot said.

"There will definitely be results." The official said, and then said goodbye to the abbot and returned to Gucheng County.

The officials of the Tang Law faction quickly arrived at the county government and went to the back hall to find Tang Lu to make a report.

Tang Lu listened to the report, looked at the portrait again, and said, "This person is a murderer." ”

"Why?" The official asked puzzled.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, you have worked hard, run around, go home and have a good rest, comfort your wife, she said she will change, if she has changed, you can tell the official tomorrow, if not, then the official will be deceived by her, and then clean her up when he has the opportunity, at present, I can't take care of her, let it go first, if she changes completely, the official will not embarrass her, after all, she is your wife, to put it mildly, it is to let her support your work, not because of small losses, lest everyone be passive." There are a lot of cases in the county, and there are many other affairs to be busy, if our people are beaten by their own wives, then the county government will not be able to operate. It is still necessary to kill a hundred people, kill chickens to show monkeys, and let those wives of the officials who are ready to move take a good look, the officials are also people, not the object of abuse. Of course, the official believes that most of them are good, and only a few are bad. Tang Lu said.

"Thank you, sir, for helping the little one fix his wife. Fortunately, she didn't find the little one, and she just hadn't participated in the church, and she hadn't seen her wife whipped, if she was in the court, maybe she wouldn't have met the wine and meat monk, and if she didn't meet the wine and meat monk, there would be no lawsuit. Obviously, the wine and meat monk is very suspicious of committing the crime. The little wife does a small thing, it is a small thing, through her can find out the big thing, this is also her function, in addition, she was whipped, but also to other women to demonstrate, if not good to their own man, they may be whipped, this is the times, not all women, half of them are men, however, most men don't want to rely on their own eloquence to fight, they are all fighting strength, with strength, it is easy to speak, without strength, it is not possible to rely on bragging. This case has given us a lot of enlightenment, that is, the equality of men and women is not just talking, but it must be practiced and practiced in the family in order to achieve happiness. If there is no equality, there will be a lot of problems. It doesn't matter if the little one is beaten, as long as it can be exchanged for her change, if it doesn't change, the beating can continue, and the small one will face more tests. The official said.

"Yes, you can't let the woman take the lead, otherwise, if the woman is the master of the house, it's okay to meet a woman who can be self-disciplined, if it's not a self-disciplined woman, then do whatever you want, it will definitely be a mess." Tang Lu said.

"Thank you for your advice, the little ones will go back."

"Okay, this official still has to think carefully about the case. There you go! ”

When the servant returned home, he saw his wife.

When his wife saw him, she cried, and he hurriedly comforted him, and her said, "Where have you gone?" Your wife was beaten by the county magistrate today. ”

"Really? Why fight? ”

"It's not because of you!"

"Because of me?"

"yes, didn't I hit you? I was injured, there were marks on my face, I don't know who sued the county, the county lord was very angry, and after checking it out, he beat me up. ”

"How?"

"With a leather whip."

"Oh, beloved wife! Once, when we were on a mission, someone used the whip to hit a bad person, and it accidentally hit the back of my hand, and it hurt my heart, and the taste was very uncomfortable, far more than the injury you hit me. The official said.

"Where is the real fight when I hit you? It's normal for husbands and wives to fight and fight, but I didn't beat you to death, if you were ruthless, you would die. People say that beating is scolding and love, I don't really fight, if I do, I will either be sentenced to death, or manslaughter, if I am not sentenced to death, maybe I will remarry. ”

"Uh-huh, you have a point. I know you hit me because you love me, but can you not treat me with such strong love in the future? I just can't stand it. The official said.

"I don't dare to beat you anymore, if I beat you, I don't know which king is nosy, and I want to sue again, then, the county master will hit the board again."

"What? Playing the board? ”

"Yes, Lord Tang Lu said, if I beat you again, next time I will hit the board."

"Oops! If you hit the board, it may break the bones, and if you hit the board, you will break the bones, and if you hit the board, you will break the bones, then it will be troublesome, and it will be a very sinful punishment! The official said.

"Ahh I didn't know it was so powerful! ”

"Then if you hit me in the future, hit me lightly, don't let people hear, and don't leave scars, okay?"

"If you don't fight, if you don't fight, if you fight again, I'll die." The servant's wife said.

The official was very happy in his heart, but he tried his best to hide the ecstasy in his heart, he sincerely thanked Tang Lu for helping him out of his bad breath, if only he had sued the official earlier!

"If I don't do well, you can still beat, if I am in court today, I will definitely intercede for you, and I will not whip you and make you suffer."

"Forget it, it's already in the past, and it's useless to talk too much."

"Hey, it's really unbearable to let you be beaten, but if you make a mistake, you must have a gain, today I arrested a wine and meat monk, Lord Tang appreciates it very much, and I am going to try this case tomorrow."

"Wine and meat monk? Since you are a monk, why should you be nostalgic for Hongchen? Since he has escaped into Buddhism, why do you still eat meat and drink alcohol to destroy the rules and precepts of Buddhism? This monk seems to be about to return to the vulgar. ”

"You don't know this, he must be a fake monk. He took the precepts, which were issued by the Xiangyang Iron Buddha Temple, and I went to the Xiangyang Iron Buddha Temple, and the abbot was in their temple, but the people were not, and provided a portrait, and it was not a monk of the Iron Buddha Temple at a glance. ”

"That's a fake monk. How did you find out? ”

"I didn't pay attention at first, but when I saw him beating the shopkeeper, I got angry, and when I saw him, I didn't look like a good person. He was taken to the county government and put him in a cell. ”

"I see! It should be checked, maybe the real monk lost his vows, and he picked it up, so he took it to cheat and eat and drink. He is stupid and doesn't know that real monks eat fasting and recite Buddha? And the face to go to the hotel to eat meat and drink! The servant's wife said.

"Yes, it will be clear to see the situation of tomorrow's trial, I guess you are right."

That night, the official took care of his wife, who was very satisfied.

Early the next morning, the official first went to the county Yahoutang, reported the situation at home, talking about the changes in his wife, he eyebrows fluttered, very excited, gushing, Tang Lu knew that he was very excited, so he patiently listened to him, and then said to him earnestly: "You don't expect to be beaten in the future, live well, don't blindly give in, be principled, don't be led by her nose, you are the head of the family, she is not, she is just your helper, is your assistant, don't listen to her arrangement in everything, you can listen to her advice, but, The decision is yours, you don't want to be the shopkeeper, you don't care about anything, you should be in charge, big and small, as long as you can manage it, or you still have to let a woman show up, if you let the woman be in charge, then what? ”