The Yamen of the Inspection Department of Duliu Town covers an area of ??two acres and is located in the north of the town center. It is currently the temporary office of Wangzhi County.
The night attack is over, but it seems that it is not over yet.
There are more than 500 township braves, who can't be taken back if they are thrown out. The black lights chased them wildly, and more than 40 people have not returned at dawn.
"County Honor, Mr. Wei Zhuang seeks an audience."
"Ask him to come in."
Wei Jianxiong stepped into the main hall of the inspection department, cupped his hands and said, "Report to the county, the leader of the bandit has been executed."
Wang Yongshi was pleasantly surprised and said, "Really? Has your identity been verified?"
Wei Jianxiong was covered in blood, and his chest was still stained with white brains. He replied: "On the way back, I have experienced it, and it is beyond doubt. According to the traitors who surrendered, this beast is called Liu Changlin, and it is from Kuanhe Village, Duliu Town. He is a man who sells salt for his living. His parents and brothers have all died of illness for many years, and one elder sister married and went to Tangguantun.¡±
Wang Yongshi asked, "Who captured and beheaded the thief?"
Wei Jianxiong said: "Jinghai County Juren Gao Eryan."
"It turned out to be him," Wang Yongshi said with a smile, "please come in and speak."
Gao Eryan was quickly brought in, his hair still disheveled, and he was still wearing a nondescript silk dress.
Fei Yinghuan next to him smiled and said, "Why are you dressed like this?"
Wang Yongshi immediately introduced: "Zhongfu, this is a good friend of this county, Fei Dazhao, a member of Qianshan Juren."
"I've seen you before," Gore said with a sad expression on his face, "Hu Chongdao is my good friend in Duliu Town. Yesterday, my junior was visiting brother Hu's house with his book boy. Who would have thought that Tapotian would kill him suddenly, Dozens of members of Brother Hu's family were met with misfortune. Even the junior's scholar died tragically under the sword of the bandits. The junior, a scholar, had no strength to restrain a chicken, so he had to loose his hair and put on the clothes of a house slave, pretending to be thrown from the bandit. Chaotic army. Fortunately, Wang Xianzun led the troops to kill them, so they had the opportunity to kill the bandit leader and avenge the extermination of Brother Hu's family!"
Fei Yinghuan pointed to the silk dress on his body: "Is this the clothes of a house slave?"
Gao Eryan explained: "The rioters are greedy for enjoyment, and they snatch good clothes when they see them. They don't care about men's and women's clothes, and they don't care whether they fit or not. As long as they are silk and satin, they will wear them. In order to fool around, the younger generation has to change into this one."
"You are informal." Fei Yinghuan smiled.
Wang Yongshi praised: "Bearing humiliation and slaying villains with one hand, you are worthy of being a loyal empress!"
During the Yashan naval battle, Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea with the young emperor in his arms, and the privy envoy Gao Gui also died for his country. There are two Gao clans in Jinghai County. The Gao clan in Zhongwang Township is the descendant of Gaogui's eldest son, and the Gao clan in Ziya Township is the descendant of Gaogui's second son.
Hearing Wang Yongshi mentioning his ancestors, Gao Eryan couldn't help but feel a little proud, and immediately bowed and said: "The county honorable praises you absurdly."
Another round of encouragement and praise, the two sides talked for half an hour.
Wang Yongshi tactfully saw off the guest and said: "Such a great achievement, the county will definitely report it to the imperial court for praise. Your Excellency must have been quite tired after working hard all night, so let's take a rest in this inspection department."
"Thank you for your compassion, the county magistrate, so I will leave first." Gao Eryan left calmly.
In the main hall of the inspection department, only Wang Yongshi, Fei Yinghuan, and Wei Jianxiong are left.
"Snapped!"
Wang Yongshi slammed on the table and cursed: "Such a treacherous person, reading sage books in vain!"
Fei Yinghuan waved the folding fan, smiled and said nothing.
Wei Jianxiong didn't understand, so he couldn't help but wondered: "Is the county lord scolding this high-ranking man? I think he can bend and stretch, and act decisively. He is a great talent."
Wang Yongshi gritted his teeth and said: "I have interrogated many rebels, and those who can live in the Hu family's mansion are all soldiers of the bandit leader who has stepped out of the sky, and they have to submit their names. Gao Eryan was a guest at the Hu family at that time. Sudden attack by the rioters, how could he become a thief by disguise? And turned into the leader of the bandits? This guy must have disguised himself as a slave and killed the Hu family with the rioters. In order to survive, he raised a knife on his friend's family! "
Wei Jianxiong was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.
Fei Yinghuan suddenly sighed with emotion: "Brave-faced and ruthless, you can be considered a character."
County government.
Zhao Han supported his little sister and fed him a bowl of soup: "Do you feel better?"
"I'm not dizzy, I just don't have the strength." Zhao Zhenfang squeezed out a smile.
Zhao Han comforted and said, "It will be fine after two more days."
Zhao Zhenfang asked: "I heard from Sister Xiaohuan (the maid) that this is the home of the magistrate. Is the magistrate really a friend of Daddy's?"
"Daddy has a lot of friends." Zhao Han said with a smile.
Zhao Zhenfang opened her mouth to speak,??He drank too much. "
Fei Yinghuan looked at the contents of the cup, and said with a strange expression: "Drinking too much will make your son a fool?"
"There is such a saying, I don't know whether it is true or not." Zhao Han replied.
"Then I want to quit drinking, maybe I can give birth to a unicorn." Fei Yinghuan put down his wine glass, ate two peanuts, and drank it up again. You can't do it step by step, and it won't be too late to stop drinking when I get home."
Zhao Han could only respond with a smile, waiting for the other party to explain his true intentions.
For no reason, I suddenly asked him to eat with him, and said such nonsense, there must be some purpose.
Sure enough, after three glasses of wine, Fei Yinghuan asked casually, "You two, what are your plans for the future?"
Zhao Han replied: "Go to the south first, the winter in the north is too cold, and you may freeze to death if you sleep on the streets."
"Isn't it cold in the south?" Fei Yinghuan said sincerely, "Be my adopted son, come back to Jiangxi with me, and accompany my stupid son to study."
Hearing the word "adopted son", Zhao Han was overjoyed and wished he could just kowtow and call him father.
But after listening to the following words, my heart suddenly turned cold.
This is not being a godson, it is clearly going to Fei's house to be a schoolboy!
Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that ordinary people are not allowed to keep slaves, even scholars with fame. Therefore, the contract to buy a slave is disguised as a contract to adopt a son and daughter.
Domestic slaves who are close to each other do not call their masters "Master" and "Madam", but directly call them "Father" and "Mother".
For example, in a literary masterpiece, domestic slaves call Ximen Qing externally, using words such as "My Father" and "Ximen Father", and also call Ximen Qing's sworn brother "Second Father".
Military generals in the late Ming Dynasty liked to use servants to fight wars, and there were often a bunch of godsons in the servants, whose true identity was slaves!
Since it belongs to the adoption contract, it seems that it can't stop the house slave from getting away, but that thing has more practical power.
This is because the master-servant relationship has become a legally recognized father-son relationship. According to the Confucian Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Principles, how can a son set up his own family at will? Those who dared to run away without permission would not even be able to obtain their household registration, and would directly become refugees from black households!
Zhao Han did not immediately refuse, but said: "I want to discuss it with my younger sister."
Fei Yinghuan didn't force it, and said with a smile, "Move your chopsticks and eat."