Master Luo Cao

Shen's mouth opened and then opened, and she exchanged a glance with the man from the Shen family, but finally closed her mouth tightly, and shrank her head like a quail.

Fu Yunshu looked at the three hateful people below the hall, his heart was full of anger, and just about to explode, Zhao Ciji suddenly said: "My lord, the person who came to report has already told us that the Shen family and his wife are serious about Shen Jue. It was treated as her own, until Shen's accidental pregnancy 11 years ago and the birth of her own son. Since then, Shen Jue's treatment has plummeted. She has to carry water, cook, clean and do laundry. Beating and scolding, often not giving food, not even a cotton coat to keep out the cold in winter..." After a pause, he added: "The neighbors of the Shen family are all witnesses."

Kou Luoche said faintly: "Dirty work is all covered, and when things go wrong, you can also be a punching bag. Occasionally, you can feed yourself with a little leftovers. When you grow up, you look good, and you sell it to others to play with. Really. It’s a good business with huge profits.”

Fu Yunshu kept his face sullen and said nothing, the phalanges of his fingers holding the gavel turned white, Kou Luoche's gaze quietly fell on his side face, and he felt that the little county magistrate's face stretched as long as three feet, and he stretched for a long time , then said in a deep voice: "Hu Deyi, abducting and selling young children, even his own children, he is cruel and ruthless. He will be dragged down for [-] years, and then sent to prison to make an example. Later, he will be killed. The cases on his back are cleaned up one by one!" Raising his hand, he chose a command arrow and threw it on the ground, Fu Yunshu watched coldly as the crying Hu Deyi was dragged out by the yamen servants, and then turned his eyes to Shen The couple at home had unkind eyes, as if they were thinking about how to teach them a lesson.

Shen's body was breaking out in cold sweat, and with the strength she didn't know where, she broke free from the two yamen servants who were suppressing her, and rushed to Fu Yunshu, hugging his official boots tightly and crying: "It's Shen! Jue himself said that he wanted to go to the Kong family and was willing to serve Mr. Kong! Our husband and wife didn’t even know that the Kong family was recruiting workers, so we really didn’t force him! I beg Master Qingtian to enlighten me!” Tears filled Shen’s eyes, and she In the haze, I saw another pair of boots, one of them was lifted up, and it was slowly touched on his chest. It seemed like a gentle touch, but it kicked Shen's people on their backs, screaming like a pig.

Kou Luoche retracted his feet and said with a smile: "Talk to the county lord, stay away."

The man from the Shen family raised his head tremblingly, and looked at Kou Luoche. He was clearly a gentleman like a scholar, but his eyes were as sharp as a knife blade, able to cut people's eyes apart. As soon as his eyes touched his eyes, they felt hot. He ran away in a hurry as if he was on fire, buried his head in his chest, and said tremblingly: "I dare not hide it. Since the child was born, the villain and his wife have indeed been negligent towards A Jue, but after all these years of raising him, there is always something Feelings, even if we have no conscience, we will not take the initiative to push him into the fire pit! The reason why A Jue entered Kong’s house was indeed that he came to tell us that Mr. Kong treated him well, and he was willing to follow Mr. Kong's side... Let's think, the Kong family has a big business, and Mr. Kong is the only child of the family. With him taking care of him, it should be better than being a tenant and farming like us. After thinking about it, we just... And go with him..."

Fu Yunshu asked: "If it is as you said, Shen Jue did it voluntarily, but why didn't you know about his death for a long time?"

Shen clutched her kicked chest, and said with a moaning voice: "Yes...it's Mr. Kong, he forbids us to associate with Ah Jue...I should have known a long time ago, how can such a paranoid person treat Ah Jue sincerely?" Jue is good, as expected, it's only been a while, and something happened to our A Jue..." After Shen finished speaking, she opened her mouth and was about to cry, but Xu Meng interrupted at the right time: "I'm afraid you only said one of them. Didn't say anything else."

Fu Yunshu looked at him and asked: "Xu Xiancheng, what do you say?"

Xu Mengdao: "According to people's reports, after Shen Jue entered Kong's house, the Shen family couple felt that he was flying on a branch and turned into a phoenix, so they went to Kong's house from time to time to ask Shen Jue for money, and cried if he didn't give it. Nao San hanged himself, slapped and rolled and scolded Shen Jue for being unfilial, Shen Jue softened his heart and gave them almost all of his wages, they turned around and squandered them, and then came back to ask Shen Jue for it. After several months like this, finally The son of the Kong family heard the news, so he ordered someone to tell them that if he dared to mention that Shen Lue was his son, he would break their entire family's legs, and the two of them just gave up."

Kou Luoche said: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Kong is still a kind and righteous man."

Seeing that all the good deeds she had done were stripped away, Shen was so anxious that she wanted to rush over and hug the county magistrate's thigh. Just as her calf was about to exert strength, she caught a glimpse of the black boots on the master's feet and swallowed her saliva. Staying in the same place resentfully, said: "Although we have done some bad things to A Jue, since Mr. Kong sent someone to threaten us, we have never seen A Jue again... When will he die? What, how did he die, these women really don’t know at all! His death has nothing to do with us! My lord, it’s clear!"

Fu Yunshu suddenly opened his mouth, and said in a very soft and low voice: "It seems that Shen Jue's death requires a trial of Mr. Kong."

Kou Luoche shuddered and looked around, but no one else responded. It seemed that only he heard what the little county magistrate said.Inexplicably, he felt a little joy in his heart, and whispered into the ear of the little county magistrate, asking, "Then how do we deal with these two troublesome people?"

Fu Yunshu said: "Knowing that Hu Deyi is a peddler, but he still bought the unknown Shen Jue from him. Knowing that he violated the law, the two were fined [-] boards each, and they were sent to do hard labor to pound rice."

The Shen family couple hurriedly cried and kowtowed to beg for mercy, Fu Yunshu frowned impatiently, waved his hands, and signaled the yamen servant to drag them down quickly.When the crying faded away, the little county magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief, pressed the index finger and middle finger of his left hand on one temple, and rubbed it tiredly.

"My lord." Xu Meng called out suddenly, then looked at Fu Yunshu quietly.

Only then did Fu Yunshu remember that there were several other big living being poked in the courtroom, and he quickly put down his hands, sat on the floor with a serious face and said: "Today's business was done well, and I have to thank you two adults."

Xu Mengdao: "Your Excellency, you are being polite, it's just a matter of the lower officials' duties, it's just..."

Fu Yunshu asked, "Just what?"

"That slapstick Hu Deyi," Xu Meng said, "I don't know how many people (Note 1) are, and they don't even let their own sons go. Is it a bit of a lenient sentence?"

Fu Yunshu said: "Although he personally admitted that he sold Shen Xun, he has not confessed to the other cases on his body. The county is thinking that when he has time in the future, he will interrogate Hu Deyi carefully. Maybe it can help some children find their biological parents. Now it is only temporarily in prison, and the specific punishment needs to be carefully determined."

Xu Meng was still about to refute, but Zhao Ciji jumped ahead and said, "Your Excellency is wise." Xu Meng was so angry that he secretly gouged out Zhao Ciji's eyes, but he could only swallow his breath, and then saluted: " Your Excellency is wise."

"En." Fu Yunshu stood up, smoothed out the wrinkles on the official clothes, and said, "You two adults have worked hard, so let's go back today." After speaking, he walked towards the back hall, and before taking two steps, Zhao Ci Ji suddenly said behind him: "Master Fu!"

Fu Yunshu turned around and asked, "What else is there to do, Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Ciji asked: "Your Excellency, are you going to interrogate Young Master Kong?"

Fu Yunshu said: "Since Shen Jue is his personal servant, and the relationship between the two is extremely close, now that the case is unclear, it is natural to interrogate him carefully."

Zhao Ciji said, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Fu Yunshu asked: "How does Mr. Zhao say this?"

"Master Fu," Zhao Ciji groaned silently, but Xu Meng suddenly said, "The Kong family is very powerful in Jiuhe County, and Mr. Kong is the only son of his family. If the Kong family insists on not handing over him, we I'm afraid...it's not easy to do it."

After hearing this, Fu Yunshu frowned, smiled softly, and said: "Why do you two adults say that I am going to put him in prison immediately, and it is just an interrogation. Could it be that the Kong family even like this?" You don’t want to let your young master taste the pain, do you even dare to disobey the government’s orders?”

As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake. Half an hour later, Fu Yunshu had a deeper understanding of this proverb.

At that time, he was sitting on a stool, eating a belated breakfast. It was the red bean paste rice dumpling that he had been thinking about for a long time, and it was still hot.Kou Luoche sat opposite, serving the little county magistrate diligently. First, he dismantled the zongzi, cut them into small pieces with a knife, put them on a plate, inserted a few toothpicks, and pushed them to Fu Yunshu.

The little county magistrate hurriedly sent them in, stuffed his mouth full, and continued to speak vaguely like this, saying: "This zongzi seems to be a little different from Aunt Li's previous wrapping."

Kou Luoche said: "Have you changed your stuffing? There will always be some changes."

Fu Yunshu suddenly said: "I feel that the taste of this zongzi is somewhat similar to the noodles last night." When he said this, he raised his bright eyes and was looking at Kou Luoche for a moment.

There seemed to be a seductive spell hidden in his eyes, and Kou Luoche was stunned when he saw it, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he asked in confusion, "...face?"

Fu Yunshu asked: "Brother Kou, did you make the zongzi today?"

After a moment of silence, Kou Luoche smiled and said, "...Yes."

Fu Yunshu also laughed and said, "Thank you, Brother Kou, for taking the pains to feed me."

Kou Luoche held a whole rice dumpling in his hand, looked left and right, and said, "I even asked Aunt Li about how to make rice dumplings, and I think I've improved a lot."

Fu Yunshu said: "It is true that I have improved a lot, but there are always some things that are different."

Kou Luoche laughed and said, "Brother Fu's tongue is really good."

Fu Yunshu was about to say, "There are still more clever things you haven't learned before", the moment his voice was about to blurt out, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong with his words, so he closed his mouth tightly, and his inexplicably guilty eyes quietly peeked out from under his eyelashes. It fell on Kou Luoche, who was retreating with the plate in front of him that contained the remaining zongzi, and said: "You have eaten enough, you can't eat any more."

How can you tolerate being deprived of food? !Fu Yunshu stood up "teng", and stabbed at Kou Luoche like a tiger pouncing on his prey, "Stop!" With such force, the huge round table was shaken and tilted to one side.Unexpectedly, Fu Yunshu didn't stop all of a sudden, and plunged into Kou Luoche's chest in a panic, causing the two of them to fall to the ground together.

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Note 1: In ancient Chinese law, the act of using violence or deceit to deprive others of their freedom and put them in a state of enslavement has always been called "Lue Ren", and the act of selling a slightly acquired population is called "Lue Ren".

Note 2: Punishment means execution and dismemberment of the corpse.According to the "Law of Stealing" in the early Western Han Dynasty, as long as there is an act of "looting people", no matter whether they have been betrayed or not, they will be punished with "pounding punishment".Those who know how to buy are "same crimes"; those who don't know how to buy and resell, "tattoo as a city dan pound" (after the disfigurement, male prisoners are engaged in city building, and female prisoners are engaged in hard labor of pounding rice)

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Due to the needs of the plot, the results of the sentence have been slightly changed.