"Su Shichang, the housekeeper of Fengfu, seems to have been the commander of Luoyang County before, but later he was removed from his post because of fraud and corruption, so he had to go to Fenglun's mansion to be a housekeeper."

"What a dog slave who fights his master's power!" A crisp and melodious girl's voice rang out in the crowd, causing the crowd of onlookers to burst into laughter.

When Su Shichang heard this, he immediately turned his head, glared at him, and shouted at the crowd: "Who is there to disturb the court, do you also want to be beaten!" I have the courage to stand up and say, you guts and fools, sooner or later you will be sent to prison one by one! ”

The young girl's voice sounded again: "A mere dog slave, why should he roar in court, dare to openly accept private affairs with Luoyang County Order, what crime should you be guilty of, in my opinion, you should be beaten with twenty boards first." ”

Everyone laughed again, Su Shichang's old face turned red, and the blue tendons on his forehead were exposed.

"Blasting out all these people!" Under the order of Luoyang County, more than a dozen officials walked out of the yamen, and everyone dispersed in a hurry, and after a while, they gathered together again and pointed at Su Shichang.

The county magistrate was helpless, so he had to politely ask Su Shichang to avoid it temporarily, knocked on the shocking wood, revealed Zhang's life experience without mentioning it, and fabricated the crime:

"This official asks you, Song Jingang is your father-in-law!"

Without waiting for the Zhang family to speak, Zhen Mingku said: "My lord, Xiaomin corrects me, Song Jingang is the ex-husband of my mother's wife, and I am her current father-in-law, and I am also the last, and I will not change in the future." ”

Then, he took out a letter of resignation signed by Song Jingang himself from his bosom and presented it to the county order, "This is a letter of resignation signed by Song Jingang himself, please take a look at it." ”

The county commander took it and took a cursory look, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "In this way, Song Jingang is her ex-husband, you can't deny this, right?" ”

"Xiaomin doesn't deny it."

The county commander's face sank, and he shouted: "Song Jingang was the champion of the Great Sui Dynasty back then, he led the troops to the expedition three years ago, but the whole army was wiped out, he escaped alone, and he did not come back to accept the crime, and now he is afraid of the crime and absconded, Zhang's family is Song Jingang's family, of course, the guilt is inescapable." ”

He threw the letter of resignation to the ground, "This letter of resignation, or signed a few months ago, is clearly to help her get rid of the crime to cover up, as far as the official knows, she is a widow, but does not abide by women's morals, abuses the elderly and elderly father-in-law, often hooks up with strange men, morally corrupt, the impact is extremely bad, according to the law of the Great Sui, the two crimes are punished together, Zhang's capital crime can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, this official sentenced her to be reduced to a slave and maid, filled into the military camp as a prostitute, lifelong service, not to be redeemed!" ”

Luoyang County Order Judgment has long been famous in Luoyang, and the judgment has always been fast, without specific physical witnesses, only according to the inference that they think is reasonable, they can make a judgment, and the money can not only be less punished, but also make the guilty become innocent, the innocent become guilty, the plaintiff becomes the defendant, the defendant becomes the plaintiff, white becomes black, and black becomes white.

After the verdict, Zhang Shideng trembled.

What is a camp prostitute, she is the daughter of the imperial historian, she has been familiar with history books since she was a child, and she has naturally heard of it, the soldiers in the military camp are fighting outside all the year round, separated from their wives, and will inevitably be demoralized, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there are camp prostitutes in the army, most of them are some wives and daughters who were captured by the enemy, or some young women who committed crimes and filled the army, specifically for those single soldiers to vent their lustful pleasures.

The corners of Su Shichang's mouth on the side couldn't help but show a smug smile, although the result was not as good as he expected, but how could he convict the Zhang family, as long as he found a way to secretly drop the bag and get her into the Feng Mansion in the future, the matter ordered by the master would be completed.

"Wait!"

Zhen Ming shouted bitterly.

"It's not that you're not convinced! The evidence is conclusive, there is Zhang's confession, even if Lord Wang is here, the official will also sentence like this, and there will be no favoritism! ”

Zhen Ming bowed bitterly: "The verdict of the adult, the people dare not disagree, but according to the law of the Great Sui, if the husband is willing, he can bear half of the responsibility of his wife." ”

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment: "You want to take the blame for her?" ”

"Yes."

"Xianggong, don't ......" Zhang raised his head and looked at Zhen Mingku, begging with sorrow in his eyes.

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly to signal her peace of mind, turned his head to the county order and said loudly: "According to the Great Sui Decree, if a public official is willing to bear the guilt for a crime committed by a relative, the crime will be halved, and I am willing to bear half of the responsibility for my mother's crime, and ask the lord to re-sentence." ”

Luoyang County Ling glanced back at Su Shichang, and saw that Su Shichang was also surprised, the Great Sui Law Decree does have such a rule, but since the opening of the Great Sui Dynasty, there has never been a man who is willing to bear the guilt for his wife, but there are many wives who bear the guilt for their husbands.

Su Shichang glanced at him: "My lord, since he is willing to take responsibility, I think it is better to put this Zhang family into the Hongxing Courtyard as a maid, and it will not be redeemed within ten years, so as to save her from the pain of running around, and it can be regarded as reducing her punishment. ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he asked Zhen Mingku: "Can you accept such a verdict?" ”

"The small people are convinced." Zhen Mingku said loudly.

The county commander breathed a sigh of relief, so that he could not offend either the secretary of the ministry or the secretary of the military department, which was exactly what he wanted, and hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then you should hurry up and sign and draw the charge." ”

The master of the yamen on the side took down the judgment just recorded, and Zhen Mingku signed it casually and pressed his handprint.

Zhang silently watched as the servants on both sides walked to Zhen Mingku's side, put a pair of shackles weighing more than ten kilograms on his shoulders, and tears dripped down his chest, staining his clothes.

"Quit!" As soon as the county order was issued, the officials on both sides shouted mightily, talked and laughed with the two of them, turned around and left through the back door of the yamen court.

The onlookers saw that the dust had settled, and they gradually dispersed, leaving Huan'er Xing'er and Chu Suiliang and others standing at the yamen, looking at the two people inside, Xing'er and Huan'er were already crying.

"Two big brothers, please be accommodating, I want to say a few words to my lady in private."

Zhen Ming said bitterly, took out two taels of silver from his arms, and handed them to the two officials, who took the silver, looked at each other, and just said, "If you have anything to say, say it quickly", and then stepped aside.

Zhen Mingku walked to Zhang's side, helped her up, looked at her haggard and pale face due to the prison disaster, and said softly: "Goose goose, after I leave, Yang Tong will take care of you, promise me, no matter what happens in the future, you must live well, you can't give up lightly, you can't do stupid things that hurt yourself like before, in this way, what I do for you will not be in vain." ”

Zhang looked at him with teary eyes, and then nodded lightly for a while.

"This letter, when I'm gone, you can open it again."