The domestic guard is a little sweet

That night, Zhao Jin called for water twice in that yard, and boiled a soothing decoction once, which was considered a rest.

Early the next morning, Zhao Jin woke up with a splitting headache. He obviously didn't drink much, but why did he feel so uncomfortable.

Dark Twelve sat beside Zhao Jin, massaging his temples.

"I think it's the effect of incense and wine, which makes the master feel uncomfortable. The government doctor prescribed tranquilizing medicine, and I drink a bowl after breakfast."

Zhao Jin loosened his hair, leaned lazily on his body, and enjoyed the considerate service from the other party. Thinking of Mr. Du yesterday, he slapped the table angrily.

"That county magistrate Du is really brave enough. Huh, I sent someone to investigate him, but I don't believe it. He is still a clean official."

"Yes." Dark Twelve nodded.

After breakfast, Zhao Jinyou drank a bowl of soothing soup and fell asleep in a daze.

Those officials, big and small, who attended the banquet yesterday were terrified and could hardly eat.

Offending a current prince is no small matter.

Zhao Jin slept for a very long time, and was awakened by hunger after about three hours.

Although this meeting is very hungry, but the mouth is dull, but my sister's appetite.

He ordered the kitchen to make a few appetizing side dishes, steamed a few steamed buns with milk, and a bowl of shredded chicken and pork porridge, which was considered a lunch.

Zhao Jin and An Twelve had dinner.The investigators below sent the results of the investigation.

Zhao Jin held the stack of papers and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned, and finally he couldn't help it, and threw the investigation results heavily on the table.

"Absurd, this county magistrate Du, in the county he manages, is corrupt and perverts the law, wastes lives, and even joins forces with wealthy businessmen to entrap other businessmen's wealth, ha! No wonder there is an old saying, three years to clear the county, ten thousand taels of snowflakes. "

Since Zhao Jin came here through time travel, he has been very eager to check the consumption level and prices of this dynasty. The average farmer's household spends only three or five taels of silver a year.

Duzhi County, a lowly official, dared to embezzle so much money, which shows his greed.

On the scattered paper, Dark Twelve shrank his pupils when he saw the shocking 13 taels of silver on it.

Seeing that his master was getting angry, he quickly poured a cup of tea, put it in Zhao Jin's hands, and comforted him softly: "With this villain, why should the master be angry? Now that I have investigated clearly, the master will teach the local magistrate to deal with it." yes."

Zhao Jin picked up the teacup and Niu drank a cup. Then he felt a little better and nodded.

"Okay, I want to have a look. With such conclusive evidence, I have to personally intervene, but no one dares to cover up corrupt officials!"

The local magistrate was also very surprised to receive the letter written by Prince Rui. Then he saw that in his jurisdiction, there were such unscrupulous, corrupt officials, his nose was crooked, and he was locked up overnight. The County Magistrate Du was arrested, and the case was handled with lightning speed, and then submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Although this case is a small corrupt official, but the County Magistrate Du offended Prince Rui, which means that this case may be heard by the heavens at any time, and all the officials involved are extra careful to make this case a success. There is an iron case.

Zhao Jin also specially sent someone to verify the part of the family property seized by the poor businessman surnamed Zheng, and returned it to the descendants of the businessman surnamed Zheng.

Although the deceased is dead, but get back the family property, anyway, this is a little bit of comfort to the family.

But what Zhao Jin didn't know was that when the county magistrate Du was sentenced to be executed in autumn, when he paraded through the streets in shackles, countless ordinary people who were oppressed by him watched and threw rotten vegetables, leaves and rotten eggs.

After the corrupt official was beheaded, the people who suffered in that place knew that it was the current Rui who heard about the sacrifice. Zhao Jin had a bad feeling, so he asked the woman who jumped into the river

"Why do you want to commit suicide by jumping into the river?"

The woman's face was pale, her face was full of tears, she knelt down and kowtowed, her voice was desperate and sad.

"To tell you the truth, the little girl has a marriage contract with Zhou Jia Dalang, but the blessings are not good. Zhou Jia Da Lang died of illness last year and returned the dowry marriage certificate. The little girl wanted to marry someone else, but her husband's family disagreed and insisted on burning the little girl." Worshiping the ancestors, woo woo woo, the little girl is afraid, that's why... she committed suicide."

The woman had just finished speaking, when the old lady Zhou next to her stared and cursed viciously.

"Bah, it sounds good. Since there are three matchmakers and six hires, even if you are not married, you are still a member of the Zhou family. You have to be a widow for your son. Bah, you little bastard, if you want to marry someone else, that is not a woman. If you want to worship your ancestors, you will be burned to death, hum, it is your little girl's honor to be able to worship your ancestors."

The Zhou family over there agreed one after another, and the surrounding villagers also had no objections.

What Zhao Jin heard about this matter was to subvert the three views.

Why, a nice big girl, just because she signed a marriage contract, even if Zhou Dalang died of illness, she still has to be watched by the Zhou family?

It's too inhuman.

Although Zhao Jin is a modern person, he often listens to gossip in the capital. He also knows that some families in the capital encounter this kind of situation. Damn it.

What's more, the Great Qi Dynasty allowed women to remarry with Li. I didn't expect the folk customs in this palm-sized county to be so old-fashioned.

Zhao Jin disagreed, coughed a few times, and then said: "The laws of this dynasty allow women to remarry after losing their husbands, let alone those who are not married, but only have a marriage certificate. As for burning the sacrifices to death, that is a violation of Da Qi's laws and regulations." , who is going to be sentenced to death, this king will see who dares!"

When Zhao Jin said this, the villagers who were excited just now shut down instantly. Although some people disagreed, they dared not speak because of the deterrent power of Prince Zhao Jin.

When the old lady Zhou heard this, she sat on the ground and patted her thigh and cried.

"Wuuu, my Dalang is pitiful. The daughter-in-law married by my Zhou family saw that my son died of illness, but she wanted to marry someone else shamelessly. Huuuu, what an adulterer and adulteress, shameless, the prince used his power for personal gain, no Let people live, woo woo woo”

When the country women scolded people, they could sing and dance very well, and they cried like they were singing an opera.

A look like Zhao Jin is using power to suppress others.

Zhao Jin frowned, his brain ached from the noise, and he sneered coldly: "Don't mess around here, she is a good girl, she has a father and a mother, and she has been raised and raised for more than ten years. Why is it because she was betrothed to your family? You have to be a widow for your family before you get married. Hmph, there are royal laws for everything, and it is even more forbidden to sacrifice a living person. You, a woman, dare to break the law like this. If you have fulfilled your management responsibilities, you should be locked up in prison."

When the old lady Zhou heard that An Shier and her son were going to be locked up, she stopped crying and almost choked, and then she felt scared and shivered.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Zhao Jin snorted coldly, just about to call his servants to call the local magistrate to take over the matter.

Suddenly the crowd exclaimed.

"Patriarch, the patriarch is here!"

The crowd quickly parted, and a hale and hearty old man over fifty years old walked out of it.

The old man in a brown robe looks at the people

The demeanor should be local and have a lot of prestige.

The old man walked up to Zhao Jin and bowed deeply, saying: "Xiaomin Zhou Gu, the head of the Zhou family has met the prince, and the prince is blessed."

Zhao Jin still had some respect for the elders, so he nodded.

"Okay, you came just in time. Someone must have told you about this. What do you think?"

Zhou Gu was a little embarrassed and at a loss for words.

The old lady Zhou felt that someone was backing her, and her waist straightened immediately, she hurried to Zhou Gu's side, and chattered endlessly: "Patriarch, you must be the master of my Dalang, widowhood has always been a custom in our village, and our ancestors were Those who have a chastity memorial archway will also be widows and marry others, not to ruin the reputation of the women in the village."

Although Zhou's family is usually aggressive, but what they said is also reasonable. It made Zhou Gu think of the key point, and hurriedly stepped forward to Zhao Jin's side, and said respectfully: "Please forgive me, the state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. Our village customs In this way, what's more, for widowed women, the clan will take care of the food and drink expenses on their behalf, so they don't have to worry about life, and they can enter the ancestral hall after death, and receive incense from descendants, which is not a bad treatment."

Zhao Jin was dumbfounded, knowing that he couldn't reason with these old-fashioned people. The honor of these people is nothing more than the chastity memorial archway, and the best way is to draw salary from the bottom of the pot.

Zhao Jin looked at Zhou Gu with a half-smile.

"Patriarch Zhou, I don't agree with what you said. The chastity archway in this dynasty is to reward loyal women. It does not have any privileges. It is not a means for others to control others, let alone override the law. Patriarch Zhou said so, but this king wants to give the book to the emperor, so that he can adapt to the local chastity archway again. If it is really because of this archway, he will control others to suffer, or even sacrifice the living, and no one will be able to escape. .”

Zhou Gu's face was instantly pale, his legs were trembling, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Wang... my lord, this can't be done. I... my Zhou family didn't do anything wrong. It was Xiaomin who didn't think carefully just now. Although this woman was hired by three matchmakers, she didn't marry Mr. Zhou's family. , why don’t you go back to the customs as a token of dowry, go home in various ways, and get married separately, how are you doing?”

"That's right." Zhao Jin nodded in satisfaction, and the fan hit Zhou Gu's shoulder.

Although the Zhou family was not angry, they did not dare to speak too much.

The woman's family was grateful and thanked again and again.

In order to fear that Zhou's family would make trouble again, Zhao Jin sent someone to take the woman's family home.

Zhao Jin was also afraid that after he left, these people would be yin and yang, so he called the local county magistrate, the head of the village, and Lizheng to discuss the matter, and came to a conclusion, and two families were released. Only the documents of the marriage contract can rest assured.

It was not easy for women in ancient times, so it is better to be cautious.

After this incident, Zhao Jin also discovered that in ancient times, the clan was sometimes greater than the law, and in some places there was even superstitious belief in ghosts and gods, and the people were not wise.

As for education in general direction and thought, not to mention that he is a prince without real power, even in today's world, it is not a matter of overnight to want to change.