Chapter 22: The Law of the Great Ming
Lin Yanchao pointed at Xie Laohu and accused him like this, but before Xie Laohu could say anything, he began to scold him.
"Damn, a child who hasn't grown his hair even dares to argue with the chief here."
"Xie Laohu, did you call it too?"
Lin Yanchao ignored these people's calls, and now was the time to seize the opportunity to attack Xie Laohu.
Lin Yanchao said to the villagers on the left and right: "You neighbors, do you think I'm right?" ”
When the villagers saw Lin Yanchao coming forward for them, Xie Zongjia was speechless, and they all applauded together.
"Yes, that's a good point."
"He is worthy of being the son of Mao Caigong, he can speak."
"Xie Laohu, do you dare to answer our words."
Lin Yanchao saw that he had succeeded for a while, so he took advantage of the situation and created public opinion, forcing Xie Zongjia not to divert the topic. Xie Zongjia said coldly: "I have already admitted that I am wrong about the third child of my family, and I will pay as much as I want when the time comes." Do you think that with this as an excuse, you can blackmail me and remove you from the service of Hongshan Village? ”
"You don't look at me Xie Laohu, who eats soft, doesn't eat hard!"
Xie Zongjia said this, and the people of the Xie family on the side also shouted together.
"Yes, you don't look at who we are, it's too late to ask for supplies."
"Originally, we still thought that for the sake of the township, we would be more or less exempt from forced labor."
"Since you are helping the kid to speak, there is no negotiation!"
Hearing what Xie Zongjia said, the momentum of the people in Hongshan Village suddenly weakened. If this person is determined to enslave them, they will not have the slightest recourse. There are still a few people who are afraid of things, and they secretly blame Lin Yanchao and Xie Zongjia for tearing their faces, and there will be no chance to intercede in private.
Lin Yanchao sneered: "Xie Laohu, do you really think that you can cover the sky in the township with one hand, do you know the ......law of Da Ming?"
When Lin Yanchao read out the three words of Da Ming Law loudly, Xie Zongjia's eyelids jumped, and he said in his heart, this kid is not bluffing me, this remote village is all illiterate villagers, and there are people who can understand Da Ming Law.
"Don't make noise, the Da Ming Law was also mentioned by your mountain children, be careful that the official will take you to the county office!" Xie Zongjia threatened.
Lin Yanchao sneered: "Mr. Xie, the law of the Ming Dynasty was set by Master Hongwu, I said yes, what do the officials do with me, do you know that anyone who should send Ding Fu and send an uneven person will be punished with twenty lashes, and every five people will be punished with sixty rods for one crime." Xie Zongjia, didn't you say that you enforce the law only fairly? Do you dare to go to the county government to ask for a judge in this matter, if I lose, I will receive sixty rods, if you lose, you will receive sixty rods, do you dare? ”
Xie Zongjia was speechless for a moment, and his son on the side said there: "Dad, what are you afraid of, you bet with this kid, when did our old Xie family coax it." ”
"Aren't you very familiar with the Yamen Yellow Book Office? What are we afraid of him doing? ”
No matter what others say, Mr. Xie is silent, and the son on the side, the Xie family is anxious.
Lin Yanchao walked up to the ridge, pointed at Xie Zongjia and shouted, "How is it?" Don't dare to answer, you and other villains, selfishness only dare to hide in the dark, dare not reveal it in the eyes of everyone, and it is revealed every day. Xie Laohu, let me ask you again, do you dare? ”
Lin Yanchao opened his five fingers and pointed to Xie Zongjia.
"Don't you dare!"
"Don't you dare!"
"Mr. Xie, **dare not!"
The people of Hongshan Village shouted with their fists.
Xie Zongjia's face was pale, and he was embarrassed by a child who dared to ask a few words.
"Lao Tzu is a lieutenant, how can he be as knowledgeable as a child like you! Walk! "Anyone can see that this is a face-saving word. Xie Zongjia retreated with the Xie family villagers, and the people of Hongshan Village behind him were all cheering.
"Chaoyi, you're too powerful."
"Even Xie Laohu is afraid of you."
Facing the praise of his fellow villagers, Lin Yanchao only smiled slightly.
Xie Zongjia and the third child of the Xie family walked on the potholed ridge road.
Mr. Xie suddenly stopped, turned around and slapped his son, slapped his son to the ground and scolded: "Bastard, I actually lost such a big person today." ”
Several members of the Xie family persuaded: "Uncle Mo should be angry. ”
The third child of the Xie family covered his face and said, "Dad, I'm not convinced. In the past ten years, our family has been rampant in the township, when was I afraid of people, and today I was bullied by a hairy boy. ”
"If you can't swallow it, I can swallow it? Do you understand, if Dad goes to court with that kid today, he will fall into that kid's trap. ”
"This errand was originally arranged by the head of a township. The rule of sixty rods set by this dynasty is just a show, and when have we seen the yamen blame us for the injustice of the faction. Besides, we are familiar with the officials of the yamen, and we are not afraid of losing, but if the kid loses, sixty rods can beat him to death. ”
"Stupid, stupid!" Xie Zongjia scolded, and spit on his son's face, "Why did I give birth to your stupid son, do you think that the Lin family kid made a big fuss because of the fact that the people in the same village were making up a dam husband?" Wrong, he was trying to get rid of his own errands. ”
The third elder of the Xie family brightened up and said, "Dad, you mean this kid...... Cunning, this is to repair the plank road and secretly cross Chen Cang! ”
"The book is not in vain, the law of our Ming Dynasty is to distribute the household as an errand, check the amount of grain, and the industry is thin and thick, so as to balance its strength. Miscellaneous errand servants are assigned to have fields and no fields, and those who have no fields are called widows, and priority is given to things with poor capacity. And Lin Gao's family has ten acres of paddy fields, as well as five acres of fields brought by your sister, which can also be regarded as a middle household, and at most it can only be made up of silver differences. The strength of the library is poor, and it cannot be ranked. ”
"If the matter is big, as soon as the officials in the Shenming Pavilion and the county say that the matter is analyzed in black and white, even if there is a yellow book office to support your father, he can't carry this reason, and his family can avoid the difficulty of breaking the family, and the silver difference that can be solved by spending silver, then your father and I will not be in vain!"
The people on the side suddenly realized when they heard this, and they praised one after another: "Uncle is really clever and powerful!" It turned out that he saw through the trick and didn't have the child's agitation method. ”
The third elder of the Xie family scolded: "Damn, where is the child so powerful, it is definitely Lin Gao who is doing ghosts behind his back." But Dad, if Lin Gaozhu understood this, wouldn't he be able to appeal to the yamen to avoid the errand of Kuzi? ”
Xie Zongjia sneered when he heard this: "What are you afraid of, as long as things don't make a big fuss, I can suppress it." ”
Everyone saw that Mr. Xie had betrayed Guan Zi and said: "Uncle, you are scheming, and you also teach me to wait, so that I can understand." ”
Xie Zongjia played with the two iron galls and said: "Okay, I'll teach you a hand, Lin Gao wants to complain to the yamen, first of all, he must state that his family is the capital of a middle household, and he must check the fish scale book, and the yamen room is knotted, and I will personally guarantee it." I have someone in the yamen room, I should undertake it first, but I don't do it for him, as long as the matter is delayed for two or three months, and when the yamen is written, he will not have to obediently go to the service! If he doesn't comply, he is a deserter, according to the law of the court, first a hundred rods, and then forced to serve! ”
"Uncle, high, really high, really high!" The nephews below immediately snapped their ass.
Xie Zongjia also said a little proudly: "Today, I pretended to admit defeat, and gave them the Lin family to think that if I went to the yamen to complain, I would be afraid, and let them go according to the regulations. ”
"Dad, why don't you let them touch their noses and turn around and beg our family."
Xie Zongjia reprimanded: "What do you know, before I wanted Lin Gao to kneel down and kowtow and welcome your sister back, but now that I have done this, I have not completely convinced the people of Hongshan Village, and others still think that I Xie Laohu is not ruthless enough." This time it was the Lin family's children who asked for it themselves, forcing me to go this way. Lin Gaozhu can't blame me for being vicious. ”
Two days later, the Huang Shuban of the house was really neat and took the text out of the yamen in advance. Xie Zongjia read the text of the yamen and was very satisfied, called the third child from the family, and ordered him to send the text to Lin Gaozhu's house in Hongshan Village.
Then Mr. Xie sat at home, made a pot of good tea, and waited for his son's good news.
Speaking of the house of Mr. Xie's family, it is also second to none in Yong'an, with three rooms in front and back, and the left and right wings have also been expanded.
Mr. Xie sat in the main hall and poured himself a cup of tea, and said to the eldest lady on the side: "My Xie Laohu's daughter, raised for eighteen years, I am reluctant to scold, this Lin Gaozhu's father and son actually treat you like this." Don't worry, if he slaps you, I will ask him to exchange you for ten palms, and if he drives you out of the house, I will call him a broken house! ”
The eldest lady looked a little haggard, and when she heard Xie Zongjia say this, she gritted her teeth and said: "Dad, you can just do it, I have worked hard for the Lin family for more than ten years, and I have worked hard without merit, and Lin Gao couldn't bear to drive me out of the house." Everyone else is fine with you, it's just ...... It's just that I have been thinking about him day and night for the past few days, Lin Gao is so old and immortal, he doesn't let me see him to prolong my life. ”
"Okay, it must be as you want. When the third child came back, Lin Gaozhi just cried and it was useless. "Mr. Xie is very spoiled for his daughter, and he is not fierce to outsiders and his son.
When it was almost noon, someone outside Xie's house shouted, "Dad, Dad, I'm back." ”
"The third child is back, let's take a look." Xie Zongjia said with a smile to his daughter.
Seeing the third child of the Xie family panting into the house, Mr. Xie said in his chest: "I thought you wouldn't come back for lunch?" How did the Lin family father and son soften? ”
"Dad, what the hell is this." The third elder of the Xie family said with a glare.
"What's going on?"
"I'll take the enlistment paperwork and bring them back directly. Their old Lin family didn't know what tricks they played, but they persuaded the yamen to give them the second child of the family, and they got into the martyrs' shrine, and the yamen exempted their family from military service for two years, and the documents were issued. ”
Xie Zongjia's expression changed when he heard this, and said: "How is this possible, in the past, the Lin family begged the yamen many times, and the matter was not done, but this time it happened." ”
"It must be Lin Gao, this old fox, has already been settled, there are people in my yamen, he Lin Gao, maybe there are people in the yamen." The third child of the Xie family said.
Mr. Xie slapped it on the table and scolded: "This time I can't get rid of the Lin family, and I lost my share, damn it!" ”