Gu Dan returned to the Gu family's courtyard.

His return did not bring any new changes to the Xia Dynasty.

Now that the entire Xia Dynasty is thriving, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is changing with each passing day, even Yuzhou can eat the high-quality and inexpensive fruits brought back from abroad, and Gu Dan no longer needs to worry too much about mortal dust.

Gone are the old dejections.

This time, Gu Dan was the only one left in the Gu family's courtyard.

Thinking back to the last time the Gu family's courtyard was so quiet, it was after the stars fell on the sky at night.

Unlike the stars falling from the night, this time it was not because of misfortune, but because the people in the small courtyard had grown up and began to shine in their respective fields.

Xiaoying and Xun Ke have been married for ten years and already have children, so they brought them over to visit Gu Dan once.

Gu Dan seemed a little distant from the children, did not make affection, and did not even ask their children's names from beginning to end.

He is deliberately distancing himself from the next generation.

Cutting the dust, cutting the dust, it's simple to say, but who can wave their hands without caring and completely say goodbye to the past?

He is not a man of intransigence.

Over the years, he has also experienced too many lives and deaths, and even witnessed Xu Zhi'an's departure.

Although the mentality is still young, the heart is already a little tired.

The black-haired person sending the white-haired person is a blessing for the vast majority of people, but for Gu Dan, it is just a complete tragedy.

He will not destroy the relationships he has established in the past, but he will certainly not leave too deep a bond in the mortal dust.

This loneliness can only be borne by oneself.

Luckily, he didn't run out of things to do.

So far, the innate realm is still a mirror, Gu Dan has already begun to study the notes left by Ji Lao, and when he can't enter, it is the time to head towards the entrance.

There is also the treatment of diseases and saving people, this must not be forgotten, the accumulation of small amounts, sooner or later you will be able to save enough time to enter the country of Aoki's rebirth recipe, and when the Aoki liquid accumulates to a certain extent, Gu Dan will go out for a trip, turn into all kinds of people, and come to a charity to the world.

Time rushes forward.

In the twenty-third year of the Xia Dynasty, an incident occurred.

This matter is not big or small, but the speed and impact of its spread are unparalleled, and it can be called extremely fast.

The family members of the inkers were reported, and after the officials went to investigate, they found 100 gold from the home.

Hundred gold is not the end, there are thousands of acres of fertile land, several cattle, and even a few mansions.

There is no doubt that these things are by no means available to the ink masters.

Because the Mo family has suffered so much, even the clothes they wear are the most rudimentary coarse linen clothes, and they almost don't ask for remuneration for helping people to do things, and many times they even have to pay for their own costs.

Of course, the ink scholar also has a fortune, after all, a person can suffer for the ideals in his heart, but it is not good for his family to suffer because of his choice.

How to say that the Mo family is also the state religion of the Xia Dynasty, and the Xia Dynasty at this time is quite wealthy, but it is not inferior to the Mo people's two jujubes.

But there are not many people who can make money, so it is not a problem to feed a family of three, and it is impossible to live a good life.

The origin of these things is not difficult to check, it is nothing more than someone bribing the family of the ink master.

Because it involved the Mo family and the Mo family, the officials did not dare to make decisions privately, so they began to report layer by layer, and finally stabbed Wang Mang.

In the past twenty-three years, this is the first time that the emperor needs to make a decision about the Mo family, and countless eyes are staring at this matter from all over the court.

But Wang Mang didn't deal with this matter himself, but just threw the matter to Yu Lisheng.

As a giant of the Mo family, Yu Lisheng needs to be responsible for the Mo family, and the Mo family is of course also a part of the Mo family.

Yu Lisheng rushed there with a group of ink writers to investigate in person, and the evidence was conclusive, and it was definitely not a false accusation.

The ink man involved is called Lin Fan, an ordinary name, just like all ink people, simple, thrifty, and doing things by Yu Lisheng's side, diligent, hard-working.

The Mo people who worked with him did not mean that they had never seen him have anything arrogant and lascivious, let alone violated any of the Mo family's regulations.

In order to uphold the morality of the world, he didn't even return home for three years - but it was precisely because of this that he didn't know anything about the affairs at home, and finally ended up like this.

"My monthly money is sent directly to my home, and there should be no shortage of money at home, why do you want to do this?!"

Angry Lin Fan usurped his wife's collar, they were all from poor families, and they were originally trapped, if it weren't for Moqiu and Moji to help defend the city in Yangzhou, and even let them take the first step, they might have died in that monstrous flood.

After so many years, he has never forgotten the kindness of the Mo family, and with his own efforts, he has also become a Mo man with honor, with an unparalleled pious heart, giving up his small family for everyone, and becoming an umbrella for others to shelter from the wind and rain.

But behind him, he never thought that it was full of holes.

His wife just cried and shook her head in the face of the glancing gazes of the many silent inkmen.

"Why?!"

Lin Fan grabbed her collar with one hand, panting heavily, extremely painful, while the other hand had already drawn out the long sword at his waist, "Could it be that you think I don't dare to kill my relatives in righteousness?" ”

"You are not at home, I do all the farm work in the field. Cao'er in the east of the village is just married to an ordinary official, and someone ploughs for her, and she doesn't have to do anything every day. ”

Lin Fan's wife cried and said, "I don't accept it! She's just married to a petty official, you're an ink man! The inker that everyone praises! When you first became an ink master, I don't know how many people were envious and jealous of our family, and people from ten miles and eight villages would praise them when they saw it, and some people ran dozens of miles and wanted to come to our house to see what kind of life the ink masters lived. ”

Lin Fan's wife finally broke down and cried bitterly: "But after you became an ink master, you haven't had time to come back all these years, the things at home are broken, and you can't use them, so I find someone to repair them." The farm work in the field is also what my wife and I have been doing for so many years, you go and ask the neighbors, who still envy our family? They all say you're a fool!

I'm not convinced, why is the ink person who everyone praises so much worse than the family of a small official? ”

Lin Fan looked at his wife dumbfounded.

When he was working hard for his ideals and regardless of returns, his wife, who never gave up at the beginning, seemed to have become another person.

Jealousy and resentment blinded her, and the hardships and hardships of the beginning had been completely forgotten, leaving only a man who was dizzy and uttered an extremely selfish cry.

It turned out that the people who joined hands with him and abused the silverfish together were not really disgusted with those silverfish from the heart.

She's just scolding why she's not part of the silverfish.

Those hardships did not make her awake and conscious, but instead longed for the kind of life that trampled people under her feet.

When he also began to shine and save people who were as helpless as himself, his wife had begun to use his identity to secretly earn benefits.

No wonder, no wonder she would often write to ask the inker what he was going to do and what he was going to do.

At first, he thought that he was caring about his life.

"Hah"

Lin Fan threw her to the ground in despair.

After all, he couldn't be ruthless and killed his wife who had shared her hardships and hardships, even if she seemed to be a different person now.

But he also didn't have the face to face his former partner.

Facing those silent gazes, it was as if flames were igniting him from the inside out, and his whole body was hot.

He was shaking.

The hand that had killed the seven bandits seemed to have completely disobeyed the call, and he could no longer even hold the sword.

Logically speaking, he can't be blamed for this.

But his wife relied on his status to absorb benefits that did not belong to them.

"I don't have the face to stay in the Mo family anymore, and I will call myself an ink person again."

Lin Fan looked at Yu Lisheng's eyes, said these words in pain, and cut off his ideals with his own hands, "I have damaged the reputation of the ink master, and the crime cannot be punished." Crimes committed by the wife"

His lips twitched, but he still trembled and said, "I just ask you to give her a way to live." ”

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly put the long sword in his hand across his neck, which was to kill himself.

But no matter how hard his palm worked, the cold sword didn't move.

Two fingers pinched the long sword, and Yu Lisheng said calmly: "You have lived up to the name of the Mo family, let alone damaged the name of the Mo family, why did you kill yourself?" ”

Yu Lisheng couldn't help but snatch the long sword in his hand, and in the face of the grandmaster, he couldn't even kill himself.

"This matter, according to the national law of the Xia Dynasty, it should be done as it should be."

Yu Lisheng looked around, "But since the ink man has not done anything wrong, why do you need any punishment?" ”

In this way, it can be considered qualitative.

Yu Lisheng did not blame Lin Fan, but he would not be extra kind to forgive his wife who betrayed him.

All matters are left to national law.

That must be a dead word.

If it ends here, it doesn't seem to be worth mentioning.

But no.

Because of the presence of the Mo family giant, this trial came quickly, and the officials were also very active.

It didn't take long for Lin Fan's wife to be convicted, but the most serious crime was not corruption, but to use the convenience of her identity to inquire into the internal affairs of the Mo family, and then sell the news, which is an intolerable thing.

In the end, the punishment was decided.

Sentencing: Immediate execution.

On the night of Lin Fan's wife's execution, Lin Fan also died.

Suicide.

The suicide note he left said: He has never failed the morality of the Mo family, nor has he failed the responsibility of the Mo family, but he has failed his family and his wife.

If he hadn't become an ink artist, it would be very likely that his wife would not have become what she is now.

And because of his affairs, the Mo family was disgraced, he had no face to face his former partners again, he felt flawed, he was sorry for his family and the Mo family, no one can blame him for this matter, he can only pay it with his own life.

An inker, just like that, died.

Of course, the ink man is not unable to die, and the ink man who followed Mo Qiu died many times, but Mo did not fall on the ideal road.

It was the first one who died by suicide.

It was also because of Lin Fan's death that this incident was also detonated instantly.

After the news spread, it became a topic of conversation and topic for hundreds of people after tea and dinner, and it has endured for a long time.

This matter seems simple, but it involves human nature, interests, ideals, loved ones, and family. Countless conditions came together, and finally it was completely fermented and boiling.

Among them, whether it is poor Lin Fan's wife who marries Mo and can't live a good life, or abuses Lin Fan's wife for being lucky enough to marry Mo and wants more, or regretting that an ink man who instinctively continues to shine commits suicide like this, or even a woman hates a man who no longer cares about his family when he becomes an ink man. They all have enough supporters, and no one can convince anyone.

This seems to have become a matter of public justification and mother-in-law saying that mother-in-law is reasonable, and even the two fools in the village can express their opinions.

But no one was able to give a single accurate word.

Gu Dan also heard about this when he was out to treat patients, and he saw something else besides those disputes.

If you don't argue about the right and wrong, this matter is actually a hidden danger.

Without the knowledge of the person, if a close relative takes advantage of his identity to take advantage, is the person guilty?

If there is no sin, will anyone follow suit?

Yu Lisheng did not hold Lin Fan accountable and no one questioned it, because with the prestige and virtue of the Mo family day after day, they remained in the hearts of the people, and they believed in the Mo family, so they thought that the Mo family would not shelter the bad guys.

The Mo family said that Lin Fan did not know about this matter, and the people believed it.

But what if the ink artist is replaced by another official?

Will the people still be convinced?

If there are also officials who let their family members make profits and live a life of fine clothes and food, and after being caught, they say that they do not know, will they also be sentenced according to this "old precedent"?

If you don't follow this example, is it saying that the Mo people and the Mo family are inherently superior?

This thunder has not been detonated for the time being.

However, this has already touched on the key to whether the law is forbearant or the law is tolerable, and whether it can be sentenced as appropriate.

When it developed to a certain extent and met the minimum lower limit of materials, the Xia Dynasty still had a long way to go.

One seemingly inconspicuous issue after another will really affect the final development of a country, and even determine its future achievements.

When one choice is placed in front of you, each choice will be crucial in the days to come.

Gu Dan saw this, he was not the only smart person in this world, and someone in the Xia Dynasty would definitely find out.

It's just that the attitude of the court is very strange.

Regarding the death of the ink man, who was widely discussed among the people, the court did not react at all.

It's like not seeing, not hearing.

But this is impossible, before the incident, Wang Mang was the first to get the information.

And the follow-up of this matter is not over there.

After Lin Fan, the families of the rest of the ink writers were also reported one after another.

There are more than a dozen.

Compared with thousands of ink writers, this ratio can be described as selfless and extremely incorruptible.

If all the officials of the Xia Dynasty needed to be punished according to this ratio, Wang Mang would be able to wake up with a smile in his dreams.

And among the families of the dozen or so ink writers who were reported, there were very few who were as greedy as Lin Fan's wife.

The most laughable thing is that one of the reported Mo's family members used irrigation water for the first time, which is not in line with the spirit of the Mo family.

It's ridiculous.

However, it has come time to deal with it.

The Mo family must also give a positive enough response, so that Lin Fan's tragedy will not be repeated again.

Gu Dan was in the small courtyard, quietly watching all this, and experiencing the changes in the world.

(End of chapter)