Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

The son does evil, and the father condones it.

The son is extremely rampant, and the father has the final say.

This is what Luo Xiaoran has learned so far.

In fact, she had met An Luhai in the lobby of the county government.

At the beginning, Zhang Erhe and Wang Xiaofeng instigated Zhang Xiaohe to steal her property. After being caught, he was sent to the authorities the next day.

As the victim, Luo Xiaoran naturally had to file a complaint at the county government office.

With the help of the village chief, Du Kongqing, Niu Shubao and others who testified for her, Zhang Erhe and the other two were soon thrown into prison and sent to the mine to do hard labor.

The Daliang Law stipulates that when the government tries a case, neither the plaintiff nor the defendant needs to kneel down.

Zhang Erhe and his two companions were guilty of their crimes and did not know the law. They were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and trembled as soon as they entered the courtroom.

Luo Xiaoran stood calmly by the side and watched An Luhai's trial process.

At first, she observed that An Luhai was a county magistrate who was well-versed in the Daliang Law and could distinguish right from wrong.

Later, when listening to the conversation between Wang Changbo and Sun Qingyuan on Half Moon Lake, he learned that the county magistrate was not as fair and honest as he seemed.

Now I have a deeper understanding of him.

So, according to the logic of the father and son's behavior.

Later, even if An Ruquan forcibly takes Du Kongqing away, An Luhai will most likely clean up his mess as he did before and will not uphold justice.

It won't work to talk about legal justice at that time.

Luo Xiaoran raised her eyes and looked at Sun Qingyuan, "Didn't you say last time that we could go to Yizhou to file a complaint? And you also said that His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan hates people who don't follow the rules the most?"

Sun Qingyuan smiled bitterly, "I was just trying to scare An Ruquan, this method won't work.

As the center of the northern border, Yizhou requires registration of all people entering and leaving, and body searches during war.

Once there was an old man whose daughter was raped by An Ruquan and she hanged herself.

The old man and his daughter depended on each other for survival. He vowed to avenge his daughter and planned to go to Yizhou to file a complaint with the King of Yan.

As a result, after registering his name, he didn't even enter the city gate and never came back.

After much inquiry, Wang Changbo vaguely learned that there were people bribed by An Luhai among the soldiers guarding Yizhou.

Even if one is lucky enough to successfully enter Yizhou, it is very difficult for ordinary people to meet the King of Yan.

I am a scholar in name only, although I can submit invitations.

But if the Prince of Yan was not at home and the news was leaked, he would probably suffer the same fate as that old man.

Moreover, the Prince of Yan is very strict in his military discipline and spends most of his time in the army, not in the palace."

After listening to Sun Qingyuan's explanation, Luo Xiaoran nodded:

"No wonder An Ruquan didn't take you seriously when you threatened him last time. He even wanted to arrest you!"

Sun Qingyuan: ...You have a very good memory. Thank you for salvaging the boat and saving me. I am deeply grateful.

Luo Xiaoran asked Aunt Ji to keep a good eye on Luo Xingchen, and took Sun Qingyuan to Du Kongqing's house.

How to solve this dilemma?

……

"Ms. Du, open the door quickly!"

"It's your honor that our Master has taken a liking to you, and now he has come to take you back home in person. Don't be ungrateful!"

"You were originally a lowly soldier, but you caught the eye of our master. If you become his concubine, won't you have all the splendor and wealth?"

"..."

Outside Du Kongqing's house, An Ruquan's servant was talking nonsense.

Behind him, An Ruquan was sitting on an armchair, with a table next to him, on which were tea and snacks.

An Ruquan looked at Du Kongqing's closed door with an interested expression on his face.

Around him stood a circle of villagers from Hexi Village, discussing among themselves.

"Oh my god! This is the son of the county magistrate. He said he wants to take that little girl Du Kongqing as his concubine!"

"I think Kang Mingqiao (Du Kongqing's mother) definitely doesn't want to. Didn't you see she locked the door tightly?"

"She doesn't want to? Is she crazy or stupid? Du Kongqing will be able to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks from now on if she follows Master An."

"That's right! Du Shimu died in disgrace, and the government didn't even give him a pension. How are they going to live? We might as well take advantage of Mr. An's interest and quickly marry Du Kongqing off!"

"Yu Hongmei, stop talking nonsense here! It's Kong Qing's own freedom to marry whomever she wants. You have no right to make irresponsible remarks here!"

Zhao Cuilan, who had just rushed over, hadn't even caught her breath when she heard Yu Hongmei talking nonsense and couldn't help but say something to her.

Yu Hongmei is Li Quan's wife. She used to be a very honest and introverted woman.

But ever since her only son, Li Xiaohu, disappeared on his way home from school, her personality changed drastically.

Now he really likes to join in the fun and speaks without any restraint.

After hearing Zhao Cuilan's warning, Yu Hongmei not only did not restrain herself, but became even more presumptuous:

"What nonsense did I say? Du Kongqing and Kang Mingqiao couldn't afford to eat a few months ago, and they hooked up with that poor lady to avoid starvation.

Isn’t Du Kongqing just the little maid who follows Luo Xiaoran around and does chores every day?

Is it better to be a maidservant than a concubine of the county magistrate's son?"

"It's not up to you to decide whether it's good or not! Are you bored and have nothing to do?" Li Xinghua next to her suddenly spoke.

Yu Hongmei looked at Li Xinghua in surprise. Li Xinghua was standing beside her holding her son Zhang Xiaohu.

"Li Xinghua, your man did such a shameless thing and was sent to the authorities by Luo Xiaoran, and you are still here speaking for her maid?"

"Don't call her a maid all the time. Kong Qing works for Xiao Ran, she doesn't sell herself into a slave." Zhao Cuilan spoke frankly again.

"Pooh!"

Li Xinghua glared at Yu Hongmei, "Zhang Erhe has brought this upon himself! I don't blame Miss Luo!

But you, ever since your little tiger disappeared, have become even more mean and gossipy!"

When Yu Hongmei heard this, she immediately opened her eyes wide with a crazy expression:

"My Xiaohu and your Xiaohu have the same name, and they both learned calligraphy from Master Gao.

Why is your little tiger fine? But my little tiger is missing!

Say!

Is it your Zhang Xiaohu who killed my Li Xiaohu?

what! ”

Yu Hongmei became more and more excited as she spoke, and she even wanted to go up and hit Li Xiaohu.

But Yu Hongmei was thin, so she was pushed aside by the stout Li Xinghua:

"I think you are getting more and more crazy!"

The farce here attracted An Ruquan's attention, and he ordered his servant to go over and get the news.

After the servant told him what had happened, An Ruquan was very happy with Yu Hongmei's remarks about "Du Kongqing marrying up to the son of the county magistrate", and he rewarded her with five taels of silver with a wave of his hand.

what is this concept?

For a farmer who makes a living from farming, the amount of silver a person spends in a year may be less than one or two taels.

And An Ruquan spent five taels at once, which was a huge sum of money!

Yu Hongmei stretched out her hands and trembled as she took the silver from the servant. Her face flushed red, and she even considered whether to kneel down and kowtow:

"Thank you, Master An! Thank you, Master An!"