"You are an immortal. If you go to that filthy place, I'm afraid..."
"Tsk." Nanfeng clicked his tongue, causing Zhu Laoer to swallow the second half of the sentence alive. He took two steps forward, took the stack of papers from his hand, lowered his head, and followed him to the brothel.
By the time the two of them arrived at Yichun Courtyard, it was already dark, and a group of prostitutes in all their splendor had begun to solicit customers along the street.
"Sir, this Yichun Court is run by the government. If you seal them up, I'm afraid you will be suspected of overstepping your boundaries and overstepping your authority." Zhu Laoer made a last-ditch effort.
"Who said I want to seal them up?" Nanfeng said casually.
Zhu Lao Er still wanted to speak, but Nan Feng had already climbed the steps and entered the door.
Yichunyuan was affiliated to the imperial court and was full of official prostitutes. The sources of official prostitutes were usually the female family members of those who had been convicted of multiple crimes. Because they came from a wealthy family, the daughters of wealthy families were often talented and beautiful, and naturally had many prostitutes.
But what Zhu Laoer didn't expect was that when Nan Feng entered the brothel, he didn't punish the clients or the prostitutes. Instead, he walked through the central hall and went to the woodshed in the backyard.
There was a woman locked up in the woodshed. She was young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, with disheveled hair. She had a chain around her feet and was tied to the pillar of the room.
The young woman had obviously been beaten, her face was bruised, her clothes were disheveled, and she was stained with blood.
In addition to the woman, there were two other people in the room, one was the turtle slave who acted as a thug, and the other was the old madam.
The thugs were undoubtedly trying to beat people up, while the old madam was pretending to be nice and trying to be bad, using both soft and hard tactics. Naturally, the purpose was to get this young woman to accept customers.
Nanfeng walked straight in, took off the woman's chains, and carried her to the front yard.
Something strange happened, and the old madam was so frightened that he screamed like a pig. Although the turtle slave had a fierce face, he was not really vicious. He was very timid. He just thought he saw a ghost and did not dare to stop him.
When they arrived at the middle hall, Nanfeng did not show up. Instead, he held the young woman in the air, and after waiting to calm everyone, he said, "I am from my own land. This woman is kind and loyal. She would rather die than surrender. The gods have feelings for her, especially Be pardoned and released."
After Nan Feng finished speaking, Zhu Lao Er shouted loudly and powerfully. Due to his loud voice and sudden shouting, most of the people who were originally stunned at the scene were scared away.
Nanfeng put the woman down, grabbed a few money bags from the air and stuffed them into her hands, "Take the money and leave early."
The woman was so shocked that she fell to the ground, kowtowed and thanked her repeatedly.
"Let's go, let's go, I have to go somewhere else." Nanfeng urged.
The woman reacted, hugged the money bag, and stumbled out.
Seeing that the woman was about to leave, some thugs with no eyesight tried to stop her. Piggy Er found an opportunity to show off. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and hit the woman with a stick, directly hitting the woman's head with blood. Like this, it never happened again. People dare to stop it.
Nan Feng stepped out and said, "If the imperial court tracks me down, ask them to go to the Earth Temple in the east of the city to find me."
After leaving the brothel, Zhu Lao Er quickly followed, "Sir, are we leaving like this?"
"Do you still want to stay one night?" Nanfeng asked with a smile.
"Don't you punish those clients and prostitutes?" Zhu Laoer was confused.
Nanfeng shook his head and said, "Zhou Yu will fight Huang Gai, whoever is willing to fight will be beaten, and whoever is willing to suffer, let them go."
"Look," Zhu Laoer handed over the page of the document, "there are many evil practices in brothels that force girls into prostitution, and they should be punished."
Nanfeng raised his hand and opened the scroll, "There is no such thing as forcing a good woman to become a prostitute. No matter how hard a loyal woman is forced, she cannot become a prostitute, she can only be forced to death. Those who can be forced to become prostitutes are not good at their core. A chaste woman."
Zhu Laoer was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing. He walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Nanfeng, "Those prostitutes also had their faults. They used sweet words and defrauded money, which caused many Hakka prostitutes to lose their lives. We can take the opportunity to reprimand them and accumulate some merit."
"What does the death of a family have to do with prostitutes? People rely on this to make a living. If they don't coax or cheat, won't they starve to death? The fault lies with the clients. If they don't come, the prostitutes can still tie them up," Nanfeng said casually , "You can do evil especially if you do it in heaven, but you can't live if you do it yourself. Since they can't control themselves and are bent on seeking death, let them die and don't hold them back."
After Nanfeng finished speaking, Zhu Laoer was stunned again. Nanfeng's opinions and practices were very different from the current customs and prevailing rules of doing things. At first glance, he felt deviant, but upon closer consideration, he turned out to be very wise.
"Sir, where are you going?" Zhu Lao Er has already discovered that Nan Feng is not doing anything wrong.
"Go to Zuihua Tower." Nanfeng said.
"That's also a brothel." Pig Er grinned. Gods were taboo on such dirty places. I don't know what Nanfeng thought about getting into trouble with the brothel.
But soon it knew what Nanfeng was thinking. Many years ago, Nanfeng and a friend were chased by officers and soldiers and hid in Zuihua Tower. Later, the owner of Zuihua Tower discovered their identities and took the opportunity. Blackmail them.
When they arrived at the Zuihua Building, Nan Feng appeared and only said one thing to the owner of the Zuihua Building, "Do you still remember me?"
When subordinates need to be discerning, Nanfeng doesn't say it himself, but Zhu Laoer has to say for him, "This is my lord. He was originally a highly meritorious and virtuous person in the three houses of the mortal world. Now he has achieved enlightenment and ascended to the throne of Chang'an. .”
The owner of this flower house is an old man who knows current affairs very well. When he sees the situation is not good, he immediately gives in.
After only staying at Zuihua Tower for half a stick of incense, the two left. Nanfeng was leisurely and leisurely, while Zhu Laoer was worried, "Sir, what should I do with these two hundred taels of gold?"
Nanfeng waved his hand and said, "He compensated me for this. It's not a bribe. Besides, I don't have to spend the money. Let's confiscate it and pay it to the brothers below."
Zhu Laoer was smiling all over his face and responded repeatedly, "What subordinate would not like such an official?"
"What's next?" Nanfeng asked casually.
The second pig looked down and said, "Evil dogs hurt people."
"Dogs should bite. Those who don't bite are called pigs. Ignore this and replace it with the next one." Nanfeng waved his hand.
"In fact, pigs also bite people." The second pig sneered, "In the west city of Chang'an, there are unfilial sons who disobey their parents."
Nan Feng tilted his head, and Zhu Lao Er hurriedly handed over the paper scroll. Nan Feng took it and looked at it, "It's interesting. Let's go over and have a look."
"Sir, please wait here for a moment. I will go back and gather my brothers to form a formation to make you more powerful." Zhu Lao Er flattered.
"Very good, very good, go quickly." Nanfeng actually agreed.
The monsters came and went quickly. Not long after, Zhu Lao Er came back and brought back a group of government servants, about ten of them, all wearing official uniforms with soap clothes and carrying big sticks that reached the eyebrows.
Just as everyone was about to leave, Laohuai also came looking for them.
"The bride is not looking for life and death, is she?" Nanfeng asked with a smile.
"First I cried, then I scolded. Since I scolded, I won't seek death." Lao Huai said.
"Who are you calling a shrew?" Nanfeng frowned.
"She didn't dare to scold you, she just scolded the yellow dog. When she got angry, she called someone over and wanted to kill the yellow dog. Seeing her like this, I had no choice but to show up and trick her into talking about the yellow dog. If the dog dies today, she will die tomorrow, so she gave up." Lao Huai said.
"The errand was done well, let's go." Nanfeng stepped forward.
This is a house belonging to a wealthy family, with two entrances and four exits, but it is not small.
A group of people walked through the wall and entered the hospital. The second pig took the lead and shouted mighty.
Hearing the commotion, a servant came out with a lantern to take a look. He only saw the officers and soldiers filling the courtyard, but he did not notice that the soap clothes of these officers and soldiers were different from the official uniforms of human government officials.
The second pig shouted, and all the masters and servants came out. It was a big family, with more than thirty masters and servants in total.
With Zhu Lao Er here, Nanfeng didn't need to identify himself. He only had to wait until everyone calmed down before starting to ask questions.
"Zhang Yunchu, why did you disobey your parents?" Nanfeng asked knowingly, but the reason was actually recorded in the document.
Zhang Yunchu is the son of this family. He is sixteen or seventeen years old, fair and elegant, and very gentle. Although he was frightened in his heart, after hearing Nanfeng's question, he still had the courage to answer. In fact, the matter is very simple. Parents A marriage was arranged for him. The woman was of the same family as them and came from a wealthy family. However, the boy did not want to obey the order because he had a good girl outside. The girl came from a poor family. He fell in love with the girl, but the two elders were unwilling.
Marriage matters, parents' orders, matchmaker's words, this is the current trend. It stands to reason that Zhang Yunchu should abide by the rules, but this guy is disobedient and insists on making his own decisions. His parents will not let him marry the girl, and he will not marry his parents and him. The rich girl I settled on.
After Zhang Yunchu finished speaking, Nan Feng nodded, "It's very good to have love and righteousness. I have already checked with you. That woman has a good character. So be it. I will make the decision with you. Choose a good time and auspicious day to give you the one you like." That girl is married.”
After Nan Feng finished speaking, everyone looked at each other in shock. Even Zhang Yunchu himself was surprised. He thought that Nan Feng was here to hold him accountable, but he never thought that Nan Feng would actually speak for him.
"Sir, you are the land, not the moon." Zhu Lao Er reminded in a low voice.
"I have the final say in this area." Nan Feng disagreed.
It seemed like women had the final say in this family. The father didn't say anything, but the mother stepped forward and said, "The gods are graceful."
Nan Feng turned to look at the fat woman, "You don't have to apologize. I already know what happened. In order to prevent your son from marrying that poor woman, you obstructed her in every possible way, even to the point of forcing her to die... "
The woman interrupted Nanfeng's words, "The gods have wronged us. As parents, how can we harm our children?" At this point, she looked at the young man eagerly, "Yun Chu, what we have done But it’s all for your own good.”
"Okay, it's for your own good. I don't know how many stupid and filial children in the world have suffered." Nanfeng said to the young man, "You did a good job. The so-called filial piety does not necessarily mean that you have to obey your parents in everything. You must know that your parents There are times when something is wrong, but to follow it no matter what is right or wrong is not filial piety, it is stupidity!"
Seeing Nanfeng say this, the woman became anxious, "It's hard for us to agree with what the gods say..."
"I still agree with you?" Nanfeng's face darkened, "Don't you like to threaten her with death? Come on, give her a rope."
The second pig knew some tricks and conjured up a piece of rope and threw it in front of the woman.
Seeing this situation, the woman was stunned. At first she thought Nanfeng was here to help them, but she never thought that Nanfeng would deviate from the orthodox and completely violate the teachings of the saint and help her son disobey her.
"Mom, you must not do it." The young man was frightened and begged Nanfeng urgently, "Master of the land, you can't do it."
"Damn it, you are the father-in-law." Nanfeng winked at Zhu Laoer, who understood and then instructs the Yamen servant to drag aside the young man who was crying and begging for mercy.
Nan Feng looked at the woman again, "I will take care of this matter. Will you die or not? If you want to die, hurry up and make sure no one pulls you away."
Threatening the target of the score may be useful to his own son, but it is useless to Nanfeng. The woman naturally knows this, and she has long discovered that Nanfeng is a ruthless character who can talk and do what he says. Dare to really seek death and life.
"Okay, this matter is settled," Nanfeng said, "Zhang Yunchu, I will protect your match and marry the girl within three days."
Anyone who dares to violate the will of the gods will be acquiesced if no one answers.
Nanfeng slowed down his tone and said to the young man, "As the saying goes, all parents in the world are bad, and parents will never harm their children. But after all, they are not saints. Due to the limitations of their experience and knowledge, the decisions they make may not be the right ones. Yes, yes, just listen. If what is said is wrong, don’t listen against your will. Otherwise, you will hold a grudge in your heart, and over time, you will become alienated. But one thing you have to remember is that no matter what the elders say is right or wrong, as a child You can’t be resentful, and you can’t speak out.”
"Students will definitely remember the teachings of immortals." The young man is a scholar, and scholars like to call themselves students.
Nanfeng looked at the couple again, "You can give them some advice, but don't impose your own wishes on your children. That's not caring and caring, that's selfishness and tyranny. You must know that they are your children, not your slaves."
The two of them did not dare to speak harshly, but their expressions showed that they dared to be angry but dared not speak.
Seeing the two of them acting like this, Nanfeng didn't bother to explain or enlighten him, and just glared, "Did you hear that?"
Seeing Nanfeng's unkind tone, the two of them claimed yes.
"Marry that girl within three days, or else your Zhang family's incense will be cut off." After Nan Feng said this, he turned around and left without waiting any longer.
Seeing this, Zhu Laoer and Lao Huai hurriedly led the government servants to follow quickly.
After walking out of the gate, Zhu Laoer quickly followed Nanfeng, "My lord, he is quick and decisive in solving the case and knows everything clearly. It is really satisfying."
Lao Huai also followed, "Not only is it very satisfying, it is like peeling off the skin and seeing the bones, revealing it deeply, like an enlightenment, suddenly enlightened and refreshing."
"Okay, stop flattering and let's see if there's anything else going on?" Nanfeng asked casually.
"Breach of trust, failure to repay debts." Lao Huai handed over a document.
Nan Feng took over the reading and was about to speak when he suddenly found a night traveler climbing on the wall not far to the north. It would be fine if he climbed on the wall somewhere else. But the wall this person climbed on was a house he was familiar with.
He had doubts in his heart, so he looked carefully until he could see the figure of this person clearly. His heart trembled, and his whole body was shaken. He returned the scroll to Lao Huai with his backhand, "You guys go back first, I'll go out for a while."
"Where are you going, sir?" Lao Huai asked.
"Meet a friend..."