"You dare to speculate on the holy will without authorization, you are bold and daring." Lord Lu pointed at Ye Sanniang angrily and said.

They were so frightened that they hurriedly made amends, "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

"Oops! The women can't afford this crime, don't you have to ask the emperor what he means! Ye Sanniang resolutely denied it, "On the one hand, the women are pressed by the chastity archway, and on the other hand, they let the widows remarry." The women have nothing to do, it's better to ask clearly than to be confused! ”

"Hehe......" Mrs. Lu smiled with her eyebrows, and her red lips overflowed with a small laugh.

"Madame, what are you laughing at?" Lord Lu tilted his head slightly and looked at his wife.

"Ye Sanniang, let's be honest, why are you so disgusted with the chastity archway, and you don't hesitate to risk killing your head to resist the disrespect." Mrs. Lu's clear starry eyes looked at her and said, "With the benefits of this chaste archway visible to the naked eye, especially your two sons, the road to scientific research will be much smoother than others." Every year, the government will also give substantial rewards. ”

"I know it's a lot of wealth for a little person like us, but I can't ask for it." Ye Sanniang looked at them sincerely and said frankly, "It's a bit big to say, I don't want the women of the world to be pressed by the mountain of chastity archway." ”

"I said Ye Sanniang, are you thinking too much, you can't represent the women of the whole world." Lord Lu looked at her amusefully and said.

"I only speak for myself, refusal." Ye Sanniang looked at him with cold eyes and said, pursed her lips and looked at them and said, "Do you know the origin of the chastity archway?" ”

"I know, the Qin Dynasty has it, widow Qing." Mrs. Lu looked at her with starry eyes and said.

"The earliest chaste archway is mostly based on the 'festival', and most of them are established in the name of ancient scholars to praise the grace of mothers." Ye Sanniang looked at them with cold eyes and said, "But what is the development so far?" Unabashedly ridiculed, "With the word 'chastity' as the mainstay, it has become a mountain that presses on women." He snorted coldly and said, "Let women talk about chastity, what about men's integrity!" But I held on. ”

"A man keeps his integrity, why should he let his wife and daughter be humiliated!" Ye Sanniang raised her voice abruptly, looked at Lord Lu coldly and said.

Lord Lu was stared at by her sharp eyes, which made him a little ashamed of himself as a man.

Mrs. Lu's apricot eyes widened and looked at the somewhat embarrassed Xianggong, and reached out to hold his hand.

"If the husband and wife have a very good relationship, and they voluntarily remain widowed after the death of the husband, or die for the couple, this is their own business." Ye Sanniang's dark eyes looked at them and said, "But just now Mrs. Lu said that there are huge benefits behind this chaste archway. Tell me if there is any volunteering? Pointing outside, he said, "Don't talk about Lian Lixia, who is locked in the house and doesn't see the blue sky all day long!" ”

"Uh......" Mrs. Lu looked at her with dark eyes and said, "Yes! Large families compare the number of chastity arches, and even local officials use the number of chastity arches to prove their political achievements, during which they were forced to be widowed, and even countless women were buried by starvation. He closed his eyes and said, "After the scientific creed of starvation is small, and failure is great, I don't know how many tragedies such as women swallowing gold, hanging, and jumping into wells have been caused." ”

Mrs. Lu said angrily, "The most infuriating thing is that it has become a natural principle for the husband to keep the festival, and the unmarried husband must die." ”

"Widowed!" Ori Kite blurted out and debuted.

"That's right! You know that, too! A hint of surprise flashed in Mrs. Lu's eyes.

"I've seen it, at the same age as flowers, I got married, and I was tortured to death before I was thirty years old." Ori Kite couldn't help but sigh, "When I died, my hair was all white, and my hands were rough and I didn't look like the daughter-in-law of a big family." ”

"Some places have just changed their taste." Mrs. Lu said with a dark face and displeasure, "Even if you flirt with a man, you have to seek death, and if you are accidentally seen on your arms and ankles, you have to marry this man if you don't die." Regardless of character? It's nonsense! ”

"In short, our women's lives are tightly tied to the word chastity. The slightest change will lead to death. Ye Sanniang's eyes gathered with a storm and glared at them angrily, "Chaste martyrs, how many have been killed by Kou Shoujie." How many of them are victims themselves, rescued and killed themselves in front of you on the spot. "Why?" Why? ”

"Because returning home is also an end that disgraces the family, is kicked out, or directly killed." Mrs. Lu turned her face away, and two lines of tears fell.

"It's chilling to get a knife from a loved one." Ye Sanniang's index finger pointed angrily at the way of heaven, "The festival woman was forced to marry to death by her relatives, the daughter of the child has not yet married, and the person who refuses to molest her husband will die." Pointing outside, he said, "Every year, the local squires, patriarchs, and lieutenants have to give rewards to the government for the festival of women and martyrs at all levels. He sneered, "What is it?" Chastity archway, chastity plaque. ”

Snorted coldly and said, "The women who were listed are inscribed in the workshop, and after death, they are placed in the ancestral hall and sacrificed in spring and autumn." He smiled exaggeratedly, "The government also gave thirty taels of 'square silver'." Stretched out three fingers and said in a weird manner, "Thirty taels!" A lot! He looked at them expressionlessly and said, "The deeds of the martyrs are particularly prominent, and the emperor personally gave the poems and plaques satin." 'The names of the women and martyrs can be included in the official history and local chronicles. "Go and check the history of the previous dynasties, how many women were martyred, either voluntarily or voluntarily." He sneered and said, "Now that we need to import Tianding, these widows who keep the festival will not keep it, so if the population increases, will they have to keep it again!" ”

Ye Sanniang looked at them with black hole-like eyes and said, "Is it difficult to be martyred?" Difficult! Men know it's extremely difficult, so commend him. Is it bitter? Bitter! Men know it's bitter, so they want to commend him. ”

"That's why you don't want to be chaste until you die." Lord Lu looked at her with dark eyes and said, "To be honest, it's hard to change once you want!" Even if there is a heart on it, they can be respected by high-ranking families and wealthy squires! ”

"It's very easy, whether you want to press the chastity archway on a woman, or cut off the road to the imperial examination for your children and grandchildren, what do you think they will choose?" Ye Sanniang rolled her eyes elegantly and said.

"Hiss......" Lord Lu gasped when he heard this, the road to the imperial examination, for men, this is the root of life.

"In fact, as long as the government does not advocate it, there is no collusion of interests, and it will naturally dissipate." Ye Sanniang's glass-colored pupils looked at them and said, "The upward and downward effects will be flocking." ”

Lord Lu nodded thoughtfully, doing what he liked, and unscrupulously unscrupulous means to achieve his goal.

(End of chapter)