As soon as Fang Yingying saw Zhuang Zhong, she quickly stood up and said, "Brother, you can't award Mrs. Wu to Huang Jiu like this!"
Maybe she felt that her tone was too troublesome, Fang Yingying quickly explained, "I don't want to interfere with your decision, nor do I want to embarrass you. I just think this matter should be discussed, and it would be best if everyone can be happy."
Zhuang Zhong raised his hand to interrupt, "Sister, don't need to explain, I understand. Like my sister, I don't want to see the Wu family being abused by people like Huang Jiu. Besides, the reason why the law exists is to make good people happy and evil people suffer. It's just that we need to carefully consider how to judge according to the law. Although I can judge such a small person according to my own wishes, it is not the right way after all."
Fang Yingying nodded again and again, "Well, I thought so too. That's why I called you over to discuss together. The three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang."
"Sister, why don't you take this opportunity to have a chat with Mrs. Wu and see what she thinks. It's not enough for us to just listen to what they have to say about this matter. We need to inquire clearly before we can make a decision."
Fang Yingying smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you with this matter."
The case will be retried on another day. Because Wu's ownership is still unclear, Wu temporarily lives in Fang Yingying's home and returns to the place where she should go after the verdict.
This is the convenience of this life. For a public official like Zhuang Zhong, he has great power. It is not like in the previous life where he accidentally made headlines. However, it is also easy to breed corruption and many unfair things will happen. .
Then Fang Yingying inquired about the parties involved, and Zhuang Zhong also ordered people to inquire about the situation of the three people. As Zhuang Zhong and the others had guessed, Huang Jiu was not wronged. Huang Jiu is a well-known idler in the local area. He is lazy and greedy when he has nothing to do on weekdays. He often does some sneaky things. Speaking of which, Huang Jiu's family used to be fairly well-to-do, but he himself was incompetent. Not only did he piss off his parents to death, but he also lost a hundred acres of fertile land.
Wu was the wife that Huang Jiu's parents married to Huang Jiu when they were alive. It is better to buy than to marry. Because everyone knew Huang Jiu's virtue, and at that time, the Huang family was almost defeated, and there was no decent family willing to marry the Huang family. So Huang Jiu's parents used the last bit of the coffin to marry Wu into the family.
Wu's life is a miserable woman. Her parents died during the war, and she survived the ups and downs. However, her uncle and aunt bullied her as a weak woman with both parents dead and helpless. Not only did Wu's parents leave her the dowry She took them all, and married her to Huang Jiu as if she was half sold. Wu Shiben and Zhang Sheng were childhood sweethearts, if Wu's parents were present, the two would be immortal couples now, but the war destroyed everything.
Zhang Sheng's family was poor and couldn't afford so much money, so he could only watch Wu's marriage to the prodigal Huang Jiu. Zhang Sheng wept bitterly, turned his grief and anger into strength, worked during the day and read at night, and passed the scholar exam with great difficulty.
There are not many scholars in Meixian County, and most of them who can study are either rich or expensive. Those who squat under the school window to study like Zhang Sheng can be said to be very rare. If it weren't for the fact that he was still saving up the travel expenses to go to Beijing for the exam, and his foundation was weak and he needed more books, Zhang Sheng had already rushed to the capital at this time, trying to climb up.
Zhang Sheng originally thought that he would never have any fate with the Wu family in this life. He didn't know that Huang Jiu wanted to sell Wu's family to make money. Zhang Sheng was very annoyed, but he calmed down and thought it was an opportunity, so he signed a five-year contract with Huang Jiu. about. I thought it would take longer, but Huang Jiu's asking price was too high, Zhang Sheng was poor and his education was even more shy, so the pawn money was borrowed from others temporarily.
Originally, Zhang Sheng was just an act of loyalty, but the two lovers got along day and night, and they did not violate the law. After a while, they became a real husband and wife, and their affection grew deeper. When they were happy, they even forgot that they were not a real couple, until Huang Jiu appeared again, and the dream finally woke up.
He was reluctant to give up and heard that Huang Jiu actually wanted to give Wu's code to such a person, how could Zhang Sheng be willing, he just refused to return it. Because Zhang was born as a scholar and the master of the library, no matter how domineering Huang Jiu was, he would not dare to be violent directly. It is to beat the drums to express grievances and let the county magistrate decide for him.
Fang Yingying sighed, "This Mrs. Wu is kind but has a hard life. She didn't ask me to help her out of this tragic fate, but she cared about Zhang Sheng wholeheartedly, for fear that this matter would delay his future. Such a kind and righteous person Girl, I really don't want to see her end in misery. Brother, what can you do? I've read the law these days, and I don't know what to do. According to the law, the Wu family should belong to Huang Jiu."
"As long as there are rules made by people, there will be loopholes."
Fang Yingying's eyes lit up, "Did my brother have an idea when he said that?"
"If you really want to help Wu and Zhang Sheng, I do have a way. But I am an official after all, and I shouldn't interfere according to my personal preference. I'm afraid it will make the public even more distrustful of officials, no matter what the purpose is, the final impact will be bad."
Fang Yingying also calmed down, "Brother, let me say, if something is wrong, just pretend you didn't hear it."
"Sister, please speak."
"There is no rule without rules, so the ancestors set these rules. But sometimes many rules are unreasonable, otherwise I would have passed away according to those old rules. Although I am rebellious, I never feel that I did something wrong What, why let me bear the fault of others. The same is true for this matter. If it can save a good person's life, some rules are not followed. Of course, my brother's worries are not groundless, so brother, tell me what to do. I will do what follows the rules.”
Zhuang Zhong smiled and said, "Sister's meaning is also my meaning, but it's inconvenient for you and me to intervene in this matter."
"Oh? How should that be?"
"Sister, come over with your ears."
Fang Yingying leaned over, solemnly whispered in her ear, Fang Yingying widened her eyes after hearing this, "This, is this okay?"
"It's clearly stipulated in the law, it's not my nonsense."
Fang Yingying wandered back and forth in the room, "But it's not like this child is always there. Wu Shi and Zhang Sheng have really gotten along for two or three years, and my stomach hasn't moved."
Zhuang Zhong laughed, "Sister, you are really honest, can't you really have no fakes?"
Fang Yingying stared round her eyes, "This, this is also okay?! But what if you can't give birth by then, and even if you are really pregnant, the child will be born one day. At that time, the Wu family will still have to return to Huang Jiu. ?”
The solemn way is to make Wu lie about her pregnancy, and the pianist stipulates that within the agreed time, the child conceived will belong to the renter. If the woman becomes pregnant at the due date, she cannot return to her original husband until the child is born. It's just that the fees still have to be paid during this period, otherwise the original husband has the right to bring his wife back, and the child born will also belong to the original husband. If the renter wants to get the child, he must pay a certain fee.
"This plan can really only solve the urgent need, but don't forget that the word 'harmony' exists in this world."
Fang Yingying clapped her hands fiercely, "Yes, if the two can reconcile, then the Wu family does not belong to Huang Jiu, and Huang Jiu can't pawn her arbitrarily. But here comes the problem. It's not easy for the woman to ask for a reconciliation. Otherwise, how could the Wu family So miserable."
Although the status of women in Dayou has been greatly improved like that of Song Dynasty, women's divorce autonomy has been expanded, but the status of women is still low under the general environment, and there are very few cases where women take the initiative to reconcile and divorce. Most of them can only be achieved if the woman's family is more prominent than her husband, but Wu's is lonely, with only an uncle who is greedy for money and has a heart like a snake, who will only add fuel to the flames, and will not help her out of the sea of suffering.
Zhuang Zhuang explained: "According to the Law of Great You, there are several situations in which a woman's reconciliation is supported by the law and the secular world. I generally divide it into the following four types. First, the wife proposes reconciliation due to unbearable beatings; second, The husband is crazy; the third is that the husband has an affair with others; and the last one is that the husband is married and has moved to the hometown, and ignores the family. In fact, looking through the files, there are still people who think their husbands are ugly and propose to divorce. Just look at According to the law, Miss Dayou is quite happy."
"But the reality is cruel." Fang Yingying said indignantly. She didn't feel that in the honeypot before, everyone spoiled her and thought she was great. But when she was in trouble, she realized that the world was not as beautiful as she thought, which was one of the reasons why she almost collapsed before.
"In Wu's situation, none of these items fits. Ugliness is appropriate, but Huang Jiu must not agree. Even if Wu has the support of your parents and officials, it is unreasonable and contrary to your original intention."
Zhuang Zhong waved his fingers, "If this method is useless, how can I mention it? There is a reason why Huang Jiu wanted to pawn Wu's family to that fool. This Huang Jiu fell in love with that fool's sister, and the two of them secretly In addition to asking for more money, Huang Jiu also wants to please."
Fang Yingying was immediately disgusted, "How can there be such a nasty man! Men are not good things."
She was really shot while lying down, Zhuang Zhong gave a fake cough, Fang Yingying hurriedly tried to save her, "Of course, except you, brother."
Zhuang Zhong didn't care, "It's just that there is no direct evidence to prove it. It's just rumors, which can't be counted. So now we need to delay the time, so that the Wu family will not fall into Huang Jiu's hands first, and then we will slowly move forward." Planning. These are easy to handle. The only worry is that we have to think clearly about everything, but we don't know whether Mrs. Wu will cooperate. Moreover, after all, we have cheated, so we should not come forward in this matter. Only when you understand."
"You don't need to worry about this matter, I will take care of it properly. Although it is inconvenient for me to come forward directly, but I still have Nanny Li, she has been familiar with this area for a long time, and it is most suitable to do these things As for whether Mrs. Wu agrees or not, that is her business, we have paved the way here, if she refuses to take a step, don't blame the world for being unfair."
Zhuang Zhong appreciates that Fang Yingying is kind but not bad-hearted, otherwise it would be embarrassing to have someone who can't figure it out by her side.
Fortunately, Mrs. Wu did not disappoint them. Not only that, the sour Confucianist Zhang Sheng was not pedantic, and he was the one who found the doctor who diagnosed the pulse. Surprisingly, Zhang Sheng knelt on the ground and shouted: God, open your eyes!
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In addition, there is a system of pawning wives, and the conditions for divorce are the laws of the Song Dynasty that I copied, and all of them have been processed by me, so the sources are not exactly the same.