Lin Dan had long been fed up with the ignorance, paranoia, and weakness of women, but they had met once, and they had a good relationship, and they shared the same name. How could she watch her and her two children jump into the fire pit
"Crying is useless, you put away your tears." Lin Dan sighed.
The woman hurriedly wiped her tears with her sleeves, and it took a while to make her breathing smooth, and her mind was much calmer than before. In this way, she was more deeply aware that she was almost smashed into the abyss by Xu Zuguang just now, and her body was shattered! Tanzhou was hit by such a big thing, as a Beijing official, can he not know? Knowing but never thought of going back to take a look, how cruel is his heart? It would be fine if he just abandoned her and a pair of children, but Tanzhou still has his parents! Does he not even want his parents
Yes, why did he ever want any parents! Besides asking for money from his parents, what else did he do? He even knew about Lady Lin who came in to offer the prescription, but he didn't know that Lady Lin was him. It could be seen that he had no interest in inquiring about things in his hometown. In order to cling to the powerful, he was ready to give up all the past, and even planned to kill people, he was so cruel!
It is said that the tiger's poison does not eat its children, but he is even more poisonous than a tiger!
The more the woman thought about it, the more she hated it, until she gritted her teeth.
Lin Dan saw that she was in a good mood, so he ordered: "You should understand that for your two children, now you can only be tough and fight for the benefits you deserve for yourself and them. Official, it sounds very prominent, but you don't need to be afraid, as long as you find the right way, you can still have a good future. Tomorrow that Xu Zuguang will come, you can do it... "
Lin Dan repeatedly taught the woman, and before she knew it, the night passed. In the early morning, when it was just dawn, Xu Zuguang and Wan Xiuer personally brought a group of servants to pick them up, but they were rejected by the woman.
The two children who were happily waiting to return home and enjoying their happiness were stunned. They stepped forward one by one and gently pulled on their mother's sleeves, meaning to tell her to stop making trouble and make up with their father quickly.
Seeing the child's eyes full of longing, the woman's heart was sour. Where is she who wants to make trouble, is forced by the situation, it is impossible not to make trouble! She settled down, shook her head and said, "I stayed up all night last night. After thinking about it, I still felt that I couldn't go back with you easily. Over the past ten years, none of the many promises you made have been fulfilled, but I have If I can’t trust you, it’s better that we make a contract in black and white to bring our own interests together, otherwise I’m not sure.”
"What's the way to get back?" Xu Zuguang asked patiently.
"If I hand over the marriage certificate and consider myself a concubine, then you will hand over all the property that the children deserve, including the pale fields, silver taels, pavement, and Yuling's dowry." , but there was still a trace of greed in his eyes.
After all, it's all about the money! An old woman from the countryside has only this insight! Wan Xiu'er, who was still waiting, couldn't help showing a look of contempt, and then winked at Xu Zuguang and told him to follow them for the time being. As long as you can coax people back and close the door, who cares if you live or die? A few days later, it was said that they were seriously ill, and they were sent to Zhuangzi to be raised. After a few years, the news of their sudden deaths was revealed, and the matter was over. But dealing with a concubine and concubines and concubines, it's that simple!
Xu Zuguang understood, and immediately nodded: "Yes, I will make a contract for you."
The woman immediately spread the prepared paper and pen on the table, and asked Xu Zuguang to write the contract, and asked for one thousand taels of silver, two pavements, two hundred acres of fertile land, plus a dowry for her daughter, and Xu Zuguang signed it again. Name, pressed his handprint. She picked up the deed and checked it repeatedly for a long time. She probably felt that it was not enough insurance, so she asked Wan Xiuer to add two lines below, saying that she would never treat the concubine and the concubine harshly, and would definitely find a good husband for the concubine in the future. Let the other party sign and draw a bet.
"Are you satisfied now?" Xu Zuguang asked without a smile.
"Sister, we will be a family from now on. You and the two children can go back with me. I will take good care of you and make up for the hardships you have endured over the years." Wan Xiu'er He smiled extremely sincerely, and seemed to kiss Xu Weibai and Xu Yuling's cheeks affectionately. She is only twenty-three or four years old now. She is young, beautiful, and of noble birth. As long as she is deliberately likable, she can quickly win people over.
No, just two face to face, the children turned from being vigilant to loving her.
The woman's eyes were sore, and she said strangely: "Whenever you send the money and the land deed, we will go back. In short, if you don't see anything, I will not fulfill you. My child and I have suffered for so many years, we can't It's cheap for you."
The more she doesn't see the rabbit, the more Xu Zuguang and Wan Xiu'er despise her. Naturally, they don't think that she has other thoughts, so they can only turn back first.
The two children hurriedly sent the low-key carriage away, and couldn't help complaining: "Mother, why don't you take us back? How good are Daddy and Madam to us? We don't want any money, we just want a family. together."
The woman had to speak of suffering, so she could only perfunctory a few words with red eyes.
Lin Dan sighed and said, "You have taught these two children badly. You always talk about the father who is an official in front of them, but you actually make them lose a little bit of backbone in front of power, and they should change in the future!"
"Well, I'll make them change." The woman smiled bitterly in her heart. That afternoon, under Lin Dan's guidance, she wrote a letter, hid it in her arms, and made a few ecstasy incense sticks according to the recipe she gave. , stunned the servants in the whole courtyard, then took two tablets, rented an ox cart and came to the capital, and directly knocked on the Dengwen drum located at the Quemen.
"What about the children?" After putting down the drumsticks, the woman was already in a cold sweat.
"Don't worry, once things get serious, Xu Zuguang will not only dare not treat them harshly, but will be careful to provide for them." Lin Dan's tone was calm.
As soon as the Dengwen drum sounded, an official took the woman into the yamen for trial. He heard that she was going to sue her husband, and without saying a word, he issued a penalty ticket to beat her with 100 boards. In this era of patriarchal power, when a son sues his father, and his wife sues his husband, punishment must be executed first.
The woman trembled with fright, and said repeatedly in her heart: "God, you didn't say that at the beginning! Why was it me who was beaten?"
Lin Dan calmly said, "Do you still dare to come? Don't be afraid, and take out your award order. This piece of paper is worth hundreds or thousands of boards."
The woman hurriedly took out the award order and spread it out in front of the officials. When these people saw the emperor's signature and private seal on it, they really did not dare to use punishment, and they reported the matter. When the people from the Ministry of Punishment checked, my good fellow, this lady Lin is actually a fairy-like figure in Tanzhou. The people who live in her hands are not millions but hundreds of thousands. She is a hero of female middle school praised by the emperor. , need to be favored. Now that she has been demoted by her husband to be a concubine, isn't this hitting the emperor in the face
Her husband-in-law is only a rank six petty official, and it is not troublesome to deal with. What is troublesome is that this person's current wife is actually the concubine of Wan Yushi, and there are many ways to do it. If this woman really succeeds, will the official voice of Wan Yushi still be required
Several officials were hesitating, but unexpectedly the woman ran outside the yamen, kneeling on the street and crying. You must know that this is the Dengwen Drum Academy, which is set up at the gate of the Que. The entrance and exit are all from the clan and the dignitaries. She made a noise, and this matter could not be concealed, not to mention that her identity is very special.
It was also her luck. In the carriage going to and from Yuquemen, there really was an incredible nobleman. Although she didn't lift the curtain to investigate, she sat quietly in the car and listened to the whole story. Later, she asked the guard to hand out a handwritten note. The letter written on the paper ordered the officials involved to deal with it fairly and impartially. No matter which dignitary was involved, they were not allowed to bend the law for personal gain. He would send someone to monitor the progress of the case at any time.
Now the little emperor who is sitting in the Golden Palace has just turned fifteen years old. Because he is a direct son and younger than his elder brothers, he has suffered a lot. He was led out of the palace gate by people with ulterior motives and was almost killed in Beihuang. place. It was this noble man who rescued him, and in the name of the Qing monarch, beheaded several princes who were trying to usurp the throne and poisoned his biological father. bit.
Therefore, whether it is the little emperor or this noble person, they are very sensitive to the dispute between the descendants, and even more so. At the very beginning of the throne, the firstborn succession law was consolidated. Whoever dares to spoil his concubine and destroy his wife and use his concubine as his heir will surely be stripped of his skin by the censors!
In the past, if someone's direct son was gone, the concubines could still inherit the family title if they planned well, but now there is no such beautiful thing. When the direct son dies, the direct grandson will inherit it, and the direct grandson will never adopt the direct descendant's child. If the concubines want to win the title, it is like a daydream. Whoever sets a precedent will simply give you the title. The little emperor can really Willful to such a degree.
The officials concerned received the letter and thought of the little emperor again. The blood and blood rain at the time of the throne completely extinguished his thoughts of pleasing the Yushi Wan, and he invited the woman back to the yamen in a good voice and asked her to show the letter. Fortunately, she was well prepared. In addition to the letter, she also brought a lot of evidence, including the tablets of her in-laws, the many IOUs she wrote for the burial of her in-laws, a marriage certificate, and a deed.
Not to mention the other evidence, this deed alone clearly states Xu Zuguang's filthy thoughts of stopping his wife, remarrying and trying to demote his wife as a concubine. There are also Wan Xiuer's promise, signature and handprint, which shows that she is too. perpetrator. Well, this couple really touched the bad head of the noble person, and even Yushi Wan can't escape the blame this time!
As the evidence was conclusive, the presiding judge immediately issued a signed letter for the yamen to fetch the person. On the same day, Xu Zuguang and Wan Xiuer were chained with iron chains and knelt in the lobby, along with two of the woman. The child and Xu Zuguang's two concubines.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zuguang was shouting injustice, and one of the concubines actually knelt out, and kept telling him to stop his wife and marry again, but it turned out that except for the woman and Wan Xiuer, the long-dead member of Tanzhou His daughter was also the wife he was marrying, and after he squeezed out the remaining value, he neglected the other party, causing the other party to die of depression, leaving only an orphan girl.
The concubine was loyal to the daughter, so it pretended to be committed to Xu Zuguang, but in fact it was to facilitate the care of the master's orphan and to seek revenge. Now that the woman sued Xu Zuguang to stop his wife and remarry, she seized the opportunity to stand up, and also brought a marriage certificate, and then slammed her head to death at the gate of the yamen, lest Xu Zuguang escaped the guilt by taking advantage of Wan Yushi's power.
The housekeeper of the Wan family, who hurried to inquire about the news, panicked, turned around and ran away. After returning, he told all kinds of details. It was because Wan Yushi felt sorry for this prostitute, so he could only shake his head and sigh, but he refused to use any connections. Save Xu Zuguang.