Qingyuan City, Jufenglong Silver Number.

"Chan'er, what are you doing here? Put it down! Hurry up and put it down for me! ”

Cao Tianjiao returned to Jufenglong Yinhao, and as soon as he went upstairs, he saw Cao Yuechan standing by the window with a pair of scissors, gesturing at his own green silk.

Lao Cao Tou was directly frightened, and hurriedly stopped it.

The banter in Cao Yuechan's eyes flashed away, she stretched out her little hand like white jade to cover her eyes, and sobbed: "What are you doing? Today, her daughters have been trampled to death, as if he Cui Erlang will not marry. My daughter will have no face to see people in the future, so she will become a sister-in-law! ”

Cao Tianjiao felt bitter in his heart, and said angrily: "Why is this girl of yours so worry-free?" Am I doing you a bad thing? That's paving the way for you. ”

Cao Yuechan said firmly: "Paving the way? No, you don't! I don't want to get married! ”

"Well, I said, why don't you understand?"

Cao Tianjiao pulled a stool and sat down, and persuaded bitterly: "You have to understand that this marriage is not Cui Erlang begging our family, but our family begging others." If you don't settle the marriage now, in two years, Cui Erlang will be promoted one step higher, even if you want to marry, Cui Erlang is willing to marry you, but the court law does not allow it. ”

The laws of the Tang Dynasty, on the one hand, stipulate the privileges of officials, and on the other hand, in order to prevent them from harming the people, they give many restrictions.

One of them is that officials cannot intermarry with the deployment and the people under their jurisdiction, and this marriage includes both wives and concubines.

Of course, if the two parties are engaged before becoming a local official, they are not restricted.

With this law, it effectively prevents officials from being bullied by men and women in the jurisdiction by virtue of their privileges.

Cui Geng can now be engaged to Cao Yuechan because his Lingnan Provincial Envoy is a temporary dispatch, and in essence, he belongs to the Jingguan.

As for the fact that He Xu wanted to embroider Nasu as a concubine, it is naturally a different matter, because this official refers to an official of the county order and above, and he is not qualified as a county lieutenant.

Otherwise, most of the low-level officials are native to their hometowns, and there are too many restrictions, and people will not be able to get married.

The laws of the Tang Dynasty are actually thoughtful and quite humane.

Cao Yuechan is not an ordinary woman, he studied under the local Confucian Tong Benshan, who is not only familiar with poetry and books, but also has a rough understanding of the Tang Dynasty, of course he understands the meaning of Cao Tianjiao's words.

"Dad, you only know one and don't know the other, how can you listen to the wind and rain?"

Cao Yuechan slowly put down the scissors in her hand and corrected: "Datang Law does have this saying. But the chief official is not allowed to serve as the official of his native state and county, you should always know this, right? If Cui Erlang is promoted again, it is impossible for him to continue to serve in Quanzhou. Was Hu Zeyi, the original commander of Qingyuan County, a native of his hometown? There are also the current Wurong County Commander Liu Youqiu, and Quanzhou Thorn Shi Feng Pu, are they all native people? So, you're worrying about Cui Erlang. ”

"That's right!"

Cao Tianjiao scratched his head, after Cao Yuechan woke up like this, he came to his senses on the spot, and said happily: "That's right, Cui Erlang's promotion will inevitably be transferred in the future, and he will no longer stay in the local area as an official. Hey? Wrong! ”

Comrade Cao's eyes lit up instantly, and he smiled with a wrinkled smile: "You girl, you think of it all here, and you dare to say that you are not interesting to Cui Erlang?" I said girl, you're not a big boss, what else do you want Joe. Cui Erlang came one day, talk to people about it, and ...... this matter early."

"I don't want it!"

Cao Yuechan stomped her feet anxiously, picked up the scissors again, and said angrily: "Dad, if you talk about this again, your daughter will really cut it." All in all, all in all...... In the past two years, my daughter has to manage Jufenglong well, and don't think about anything else! ”

Seeing that his daughter was so resolute, Lao Cao really had no choice, so he had to sigh faintly and said, "My stupid daughter, two years? I'm afraid that in less than a year, the woman who wants to marry Cui Erlang can go around Qingyuan City twice, and it will be your turn? Alas, I'm doing my best as a father, and my children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, so I can't care so much! ”

……

On the other side, in the drunken immortal residence, Liu Youqiu was also doing his best for Cui Geng's marriage.

Wine over three rounds of food over five flavors.

Liu Xianling put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "How is it?" Has Cui Yushi thought it through? If there is nothing suitable, why don't you leave this matter to the official? ”

Cao Yuechan was not happy, the twisted melon was not sweet. As for Gongsun Youniang, not to mention that she is far away in Chang'an, she is still a singer, and her identity is even more unreliable.

Cui Geng saw that Liu Youqiu was so enthusiastic, and it seemed that their friendship had not yet reached the point of helping Zhang Luo's marriage so much, he couldn't help but ask: "Liu County Ling took such trouble to help me Zhang Luo with this matter, is he really afraid of being burned and retaliated by Wu Sanzhong?" ”

"Afraid? This family in this county who helped you Zhang Luo, he is not an ordinary person, that is ......"

Tuk tuk tuk ~~

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Yan Wu, the county lieutenant, opened the door first, opened the door and saw that it was a familiar official, and asked, "Sun Qilang, is there something wrong?" ”

"Lord Lieutenant, please take a step to speak."

The two went out and bit their ears for a while, and Yan Wu came back and announced a news to everyone.

There is a lotus temple on Qingyuan Mountain, and the original incense is very ordinary.

Later, there was a little prodigy in the temple, not only familiar with the scriptures at a young age, but also good at singing, people thought that it was the Buddha who appeared, and the incense in the temple gradually flourished.

This little monk's name is Huiming, he is twelve years old this year, and when he heard that Cui Yushi was coming to the Drunken Immortal Residence, he wanted to come and present a song to Cui Yushi to express his respect.

What is this? The little monk with magical powers wants to offer me a little song? immediately confused Cui Geng.

However, Liu You begged the chicken thief, and immediately understood the intention of the other party, and sneered: "I'm afraid that the expression of respect is fake, and it is true to become famous through Cui Yushi, right?" Didn't the little monk want to be praised by Cui Yushi and make Lingnan famous? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Youqiu paused, saw that Cui Geng was not disgusted, and said: "But after all, the Lotus Temple is a famous temple in our Wurong territory, if it is really famous, it will also be a good thing for our Wurong County, otherwise, Cui Changshi will give the county a face and see him?" ”

Cui Geng had nothing to do with this, and nodded in agreement.

After a while, Huiming was brought up, the little guy was made of pink jade, his eyes were bright, his teeth were thin and his lips were red, like the golden boy in the temple, which made people happy at first sight.

He first respectfully greeted those present, and then sang three ditties in a row.

Huiming said that he was twelve years old, but in fact, he was only ten years old, with a clear voice and melodious tunes, which was quite good at this age.

Everyone applauded in unison, Liu You begged him for ten taels of silver, and Cui Geng also rewarded him with ten taels.

Supposedly, it's time for the little guy to take his leave.

However, Huiming still didn't leave, Cui Geng was slightly stunned, and then said, "Are you waiting for the official's comment?" Okay, the official will send you two sentences, this song should only be ......"

Originally, I wanted to pretend to be a little bit of a shit, but before I finished selling it, I listened to it-

Puff~~

Huiming suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and said loudly: "Cui Yushi, the little monk is here to sing music for you today, and second, to sue!" ”

"Who are you going to sue?"

"Wurong County ordered Liu Youqiu!"

"I ......"

Liu Youqiu shuddered, I, Nima, just welcomed Yushi into the city, and came to sue this official?

He almost didn't drop the wine glass in his hand on the ground, glared at Yan Wu angrily, and shouted in a low voice: "You did a good thing!" ”

Yan Wu was also dumbfounded, what the hell is this thing called? I kindly helped you little monk, how can you hurt me!

However, it's too late to regret it now, since the words of the little monk have been spoken, and Cui Yushi has also listened on the spot, can't the little monk be driven out immediately, right?

Doesn't that make a thief weak?

Yan Wu had no choice but to slap a smile and ask cautiously, "Little Master Huiming, what do you want to sue Liu Xianzun?" You are so young and practice in the Lotus Temple all day long, what grievances can you have? Isn't there some misunderstanding in this? ”

"Hmph, the cat cries and the mouse is fake compassion, and you are not a good person!"

The little guy puffed out his cheeks and said angrily: "Cui Yushi, I still want to sue him, Wurong County Lieutenant Yan Wu." ”

Burst~~

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was happy.

Cui Geng was also amused by this cute little monk and asked, "What do you want to sue Liu County Ling and Yan County Lieutenant?" ”

"I'm going to sue them for wronging my master... Here's the thing..."

It turned out that the Lotus Temple had come up with a lot of ingenious methods because the incense was not prosperous before.

One of them is the disclosure of accounts.

The pilgrims donated how much money and how the money was used, and the monks kept a special account book.

All pilgrims and monks in the temple can be viewed.

This is not nothing, the point is that the belongings in the temple and this ledger are kept by all the adult monks of the temple in turn.

The monks on duty are called stewards.

Last year, the steward of the monks was the master of the little monk Huiming, named Zhigang. This man is upright and selfless, and keeps his accounts and belongings in good order.

But at the time of the handover, there was a moth.

The property and the accounts did not match, and there was a difference of one hundred taels of gold sesame oil. One hundred taels of gold, that's a thousand dollars, it's really not a small amount.

The monks didn't do it, so they naturally reported to the official.

Yan Wu led the officials and arrested Zhigang to the county government for interrogation.

Master Zhigang defended that there had always been a discrepancy between the accounts and the belongings, so that the pilgrims could see that large sums of gold had been allocated.

With a heart of comparison, the pilgrims will not be stingy when they make a move.

In fact, the hundred taels of gold were written by the monks themselves, and they were never received at all.

Liu Youqiu arrested the other monks for interrogation, and everyone said that the ingot of gold did exist, and when he used to manage the accounts, it was completely consistent with the property. Zhigang deliberately lied in order to get away with it.

What else is there to say? The human evidence (monks) and physical evidence (accounts) are all there, Liu Youqiu immediately ordered someone to beat Zhi Gang, but he just didn't move.

There's no way, Liu Youqiu is not a cool official, so he temporarily locked him up, planning to talk about it in two days.

If Zhigang is really convicted and embezzled a thousand yuan, it will be a capital crime. In order to avenge his master's grievances, the little monk Huiming found a way to present a song in front of Cui Geng and state his grievances.

After Liu Youqiu listened, he immediately relieved himself.

First of all, he enforced the law impartially in this case and had no shame in his heart.

Secondly, he hasn't judged the case yet, but he just beat Zhigang, even if he made a mistake, this kind of thing is inevitable, and the officials and the people and even Zhigang himself don't care.

Liu Youqiu is neither a cool official nor a dumb official, but this lawsuit really made him very troubled and annoyed, and he couldn't help but look at Cui Geng and said: "To be honest, about this case, this official also feels quite strange. Cui Yushi was appreciated and valued by Di Xiang at a young age, and he was awarded the post of political envoy of Lingnan Province, why don't Cui Yushi also help to judge the case? ”

This book was first published in Reading Books