Thinking about it like this, he ignored Ah Yun's unfriendly behavior, and replaced it with deep sympathy.

After Yingnu packed up her things and left, Lingfu read the paperwork for a night.

But no matter how much you read these documents, you can't see anything wrong just by looking at the surface.

The next day and Cui Yuanting on the way to the office, the Lingfu asked him some questions about the enslavement and population, Cui Yuanting clearly picked up the main points and said, seeing that the Lingfu was still unfinished, he smiled and said: "There is a record of the imperial court's decrees over the years, and the specific situation of the county should also have relevant records, you can check it, if you don't understand it, talk to me about it." ”

Lingfu was ordered, and it was most of the day to get into the house, and to find out the things that Tian's mother said when she was chatting, the more she looked at it, the more doubts she had in her heart.

For example, the death of Cai Niangzi's two sons in service is very strange.

The taxation of the Great Xuan Dynasty was composed of three aspects: rent and Yong, of which rent is simply understood as paying land rent, and Yong means that every adult male has to serve the state free of charge, and to put it bluntly, he goes to various places to work for free, which is called "Shangfan". This one is light and heavy, not too bitter and very bitter.

According to the enslavement system of this dynasty, all errands are first rich and strong, then poor and weak, first more and then less. To put it simply, the imperial court tried to choose families with rich families and a large number of people to send people to serve.

Kelingfu checked that the Cai family belonged to the upper class of the lower household, and only two sons were not considered Duoding, and the hard labor for repairing the river embankment was all arranged for the two sons of the family, isn't this obviously against the principle of errands?

Who carried out such an unreasonable arrangement?

At noon, taking advantage of the effort to send money to Tian's mother, Lingfu asked Tian's mother about the location and some information of the Cai family, and took the initiative to ask Cui Yuanting to verify the contents of the list.

Cui Yuanting was supposed to do this, but at this moment, Lingfu actually wanted to be with him, so he naturally agreed.

Originally, she wanted to send two messengers with her, but Lingfu felt that it was more flexible and flexible to go alone, and it was less likely to attract attention.

The fifth house on the third street of Dunyifang is the Cai family that Tian's mother said.

Lingfu stood in front of the old wooden door and knocked for a long time without answering, and was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly heard the cry of a child from inside.

Lingfu's intuition was wrong, and he slammed on the door with more force, but no one answered the door.

She stepped back, swooped down quickly, slammed her shoulder against the door, and with a bang—the door didn't open, but her shoulder was shattering.

Lingfu gritted his teeth and rubbed his shoulders, sighing that the different types of work can't be forced, and if you can't hit the door, then go over the wall?

As a result, the eight-step cicada played its role again, and the Lingfu gently and quietly fell into the courtyard. Following the cry to the house, I saw a toddler sitting in an empty water tank, outstretching his arms and crying.

Lingfu frowned, there can't be only one child at home, right?

She was busy looking for the adults in the house, but everywhere she saw was a mess, as if someone had completely smashed it.

Lingfu had a bad heart, and it wasn't until he ran to the kitchen that he was surprised to see a woman hanging from the beam!

She hurriedly untied the woman, touched the heat on her chest, and Lingfu hurriedly gave her cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After a while, she was so tired that the tip of her nose and sideburns were sweating, and the woman finally snorted and coughed.

Lingfu wiped the sweat from his face and sighed: "This lady, why do you want to cut yourself off if you can't open it?" ”

The woman stared at the Lingfu for a while, her eyes protruded slightly, and she suddenly cried in annoyance: "Why do you want to save me!" Why don't you let me die properly? ”

Lingfu was a little angry, and went to the water tank to pick up the crying child and came to the woman: "Maybe you have encountered a very big thing, but no matter how difficult it is, you can't leave such an innocent child behind!" ”

The woman's stiff expression could no longer be stopped when she heard the child crying, and she took the child over and held it in her arms, and the tears flowed endlessly.

While crying, the child wiped away the tears from the woman's face with his little hands, and said inarticulately: "The eldest mother does not cry, the eldest mother does not cry......"

Lingfu looked at it from the side, his eyes were sour, he squatted down and said softly: "Dare to ask Your Excellency is Cai Niangzi?" ”

The woman wept and nodded.

Lingfu said: "The child in your arms must be the flesh and blood left by your eldest son Cai Ashi?" ”

When Cai Niangzi heard the name of her eldest son, her tears fell even more, and she nodded deeply.

Lingfu said: "In that case, why did Mrs. Cai abandon your grandson? Have you ever wondered what will happen to this child when you die? ”

Cai Niangzi's eyes were red, and she stared straight at the mouth of the stove and said, "It's for this child that I want to die." ”

Lingfu was puzzled, Cai Niangzi took a deep breath, and took out a white cloth full of blood characters from her arms: "I want to use my death to make those corrupt officials who eat my son's bones and drink my son's blood unable to live in peace!" ”

Lingfu took the blood book, read it carefully, and his face became more and more heavy: "Who told you that such a blood letter can make your family's grievances clear?" ”

Cai Niangzi was obviously stunned and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Lingfu sighed, stretched out his hand to help Cai Niangzi up, sat on the bench, and saw that the child was crying dryly, so he poured a bowl of water for the child to drink, and then sat down and patiently said to Cai Niangzi: "Cai Niangzi, I have heard about your family." Both of your sons fell into the water while on duty and were tragically killed. ”

Cai Niangzi was stunned and said: "The people in the yamen are so ruthless, my two sons are dead, I went to the yamen to ask for an explanation, but they pushed and scolded and drove them out." ”

She turned her gaze to the Lingfu in a daze: "Could it be that my two sons died like this, and the government didn't even give an explanation?" ”

Lingfu said: "Of course it should be given, I came for this matter." ”

Cai Niangzi's eyes moved, and she looked at Lingfu fixedly: "You? ”

Lingfu said: "Cai Niangzi, do you know that my dynasty has a ninth-class household system?" ”

Cai Niangzi: "I know, our family has nearly 180 acres of land together, which is the best among the lower households. ”

One hundred and eighty acres sounds like a lot, but in this era when labor is scarce and the yield per mu is low, it is nothing.

It must be known that the Great Xuan Dynasty gave each Chengding an initial grant of 100 acres of land, but this is the amount set at the policy level, and it is actually implemented in various places, so naturally there is everything.

Lingfu asked again: "Then do you know that according to the division of your family's household rank, at most one person can be conscripted to serve?" ”

Cai Niangzi opened her mouth, obviously stunned: "Only one person can be recruited?" But Fang Zheng said that the two brothers, Ah Shi and Ah Gen, are in the books, and if they don't go, they will be punished......"

Lingfu was silent for a while and said, "I heard you say just now, after your son died, you also went to the yamen to ask for an explanation?" ”

Cai Niangzi: "Yes, but those servants listened to my intentions, didn't let me in at all, and threatened to arrest me in the women's prison if I dared to make trouble again." ”

"Therefore you seek death without a way to ask for help?" Lingfu asked.

Cai Niangzi shook her head: "The two sons are gone, I naturally the sky is falling, but ......" She picked up her little grandson who was playing with straw on the side, and put the child's little face against her own, "The little fruit is so small, I want to fight this old bone to raise him......"

"Who would have thought, that Zhu Fang is bringing a messenger and saying that he wants to take back the fields in the names of my two sons, how can I be willing? I depend on the little land left to feed the little fruit! ”