Chapter 308: Don't be fooled

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At this time, although it was time to eat, the people of Chenjia Village gathered around, and many people stood outside the courtyard with rice bowls, watching the excitement while eating.

Chen Adaa brought in a few people, including an elderly couple, who looked like they were in their fifties, less than sixty, and their bodies looked quite hard, but even if they were hard, at such an age, it was difficult to work in the fields.

This elderly couple must be the parents of the deceased Chen Twenty-two, they are still leading a child, this child looks almost ten years old, at this age in ancient times, it can not be considered too small, there are many people who marry daughters-in-law at the age of thirteen or fourteen, if you look at the age of marriage, this child will be able to have a daughter-in-law in three or four years, and in another year or two, maybe he will be able to be a father!

Behind them, there is another woman, this woman is dressed plainly, but she is still very clean and decent, but her face is not very healthy, and her body is very thin.

These people must have been told that they wanted to see the official, they were in the courtyard together, and when they saw Yang Ze standing in the courtyard, still wearing official uniforms, they immediately knelt down and called the eldest master together.

Yang Ze stretched out his hand and said, "Get up, this is not a public court, you don't have to be so polite, come here, move a stool for the two old people, let them sit down and talk." ”

Chen Adaa hurriedly moved over two small stools and asked the old couple of the Chen family to sit down, he called the old man uncle, and the child called nephew. The old couple of the Chen family are a little afraid of officials, they don't dare to sit honestly, they only dare to sit on the side and sit on the stool, this way of sitting looks more tiring than standing.

Yang Ze glanced at the woman and thought, "This is Chen Twenty-two's widow?" It looks quite honest, not mean, and his body is not too good, not like an eventful person. How could it be that cow, when the cow was returned, a thin cow was returned, it shouldn't be! He glanced at Zhao Qianduo on the side again, it should have been provoked by this guy, but this guy has a shrewd appearance.

But if you want to mediate disputes, you can't look at people's appearances, you can't be shrewd, and you are not a good person.

Yang Ze said: "Since everyone is here, let's talk about the matter." This official is from the west of the town, although he is not your parent official, but it is normal to be in charge of this matter, and it is enough to say hello to your local county order afterwards! ”

What he meant by this was that he could completely judge this case, if it had to be said that this was a case, if the Chen family and the Zhao family were not convinced, then talk to the local county order!

How dare the old couple of the Chen family and Zhao Qianduo disagree, even if Yang Ze is an official from other places. As long as they are officials, they have to obey, and if they don't, they can't.

Yang Ze said to the elders of the Chen family: "I heard you talk about the reason for the matter, but I don't understand some specific details. Tell me about it. Widows remarry, this is normal, we are generous and do not pay attention to widowhood, it is good from the beginning. But there's nothing wrong with not starting with the same thing. However, a woman who remarries is not allowed to take away from her husband's house. Why did you promise her to take the cow away? ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the cow outside the door, okay, this cow is really thin enough, although it has not reached the point where it will fall down when the wind blows, but it doesn't look like it will live long.

Chen Laohan hurriedly stood up, bent over, and said: "Back to the old man, the grass people's family was originally very poor, since the son married a daughter-in-law, life has slowly improved, and he also bought cattle to plow the land. Therefore, if she remarries, our old couple will not stop her, and it is nothing to give her this cow, it was originally earned by her hard work, and half of her is used, as long as we can use the cow, it will be fine, we are content. ”

His former daughter-in-law's nickname is Liu Chun'er, she is a very capable woman, and she is also filial, so now when they mention it, they still say that Liu Chun'er is good, don't say anything bad, Chen Laohan is a reasonable person.

"Oh, I see!" Yang Ze nodded: "Once you marry your parents, and then marry yourself, she can marry again, and it is okay to take away a cow, and this cow can still be used by you, it can be regarded as a cow for two families, it is affectionate and righteous." ”

Yang Ze looked at Liu Chun'er and asked: "So, since you said that there is a good cow for two families, why did you return a cow that could not work when you returned the cow, anyway, this cow is not all yours, let it do more work, what can it do, why be reluctant?" ”

Liu Chun'er was very timid and more honest, she first looked at Zhao Qianduo, and Zhao Qianduo immediately turned her head away and didn't look at her. Liu Chun'er had no choice but to say: "Home, the cow at home can still work, and if it is rented out, it will make some money to supplement the family, so the owner bought a sick cow from the market......

When she said this, it was tantamount to telling the truth, but it was different from Zhao Qianduo's statement.

Zhao Qianduo was immediately anxious, he didn't want to pay attention to Liu Chun'er, and let Liu Chun'er bear the trouble, but as soon as Liu Chun'er told the truth, he couldn't stand it, he did this kind of shameless thing, in case the official master ordered punishment, he couldn't open his buttocks!

Zhao Qianduo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, that's not the case, my mother-in-law doesn't know anything, and she's talking nonsense." In fact, the cow was the original cow, but the grass people didn't know how to raise cattle, so they just raised the cow thin, but they didn't change the cow. If the Chen family has to say something, then the grass people are willing to take a step back and return the cow to them, the grass people don't want the cow, and all the cattle will belong to his family in the future, isn't this okay! ”

Yang Ze glared at him and said, "I didn't let you speak, what kind of mouth do you have, are you a thief?" Come on, slap his mouth, twenty! ”

Youzhen Xibing immediately stepped forward, held down Zhao Qianduo, and slapped him twenty times, this time Zhao Qianduo was honest, his eyes were full of panic, and he felt that he was going to be unlucky!

The people outside the courtyard were all from Chenjia Village, and they were very excited when they saw Zhao Qianduo, a bastard, being beaten, but they were all angry, and they all regarded the affairs of Chen Twenty-two as their own family's affairs.

Yang Ze thought about it, Liu Chun'er said about renting cattle just now, it seems that the reason is this. He had been in Zhenxi for a long time, so he hadn't paid attention to the laws of the Dafang Empire regarding cows, and he thought about it as soon as he was reminded.

In the Dafang Empire, or rather in antiquity as a whole, due to low productivity. Cattle are an important means of production, and in order to restrict the people from killing cattle and selling cowhides and beef for a profit, so that the fields cannot be cultivated, so special laws have been enacted.

It is okay to kill cattle and sell meat, and cowhide and horns can also be sold, but heavy taxes must be collected, of course, it doesn't matter if you kill cattle and eat meat at home, but you can't sell them as commodities, and you can't make a profit by selling beef. But it is possible to buy and sell live cattle, after all, the people who buy cattle generally use cattle to plough the land.

In the process of buying and selling beef and cowhide horns, the officials tend to collect more taxes, sometimes even more than the money from selling beef and cowhide horns, of course, this is a means for officials to extort the common people, from the sick, thin and old cattle outside, it can be inferred that the tax on selling beef here is very heavy. It is not cost-effective to kill cattle and sell meat, and no one will buy the meat of sick cows, which people can afford to pay taxes alone.

But if you rent cattle to others to work, you will get a lot of money. Moreover, the government encourages the people to have cattle and use them together, and collects very little tax, and sometimes even turns a blind eye and ignores this kind of thing.

And so it goes. Zhao Qianduo's little abacus is obvious.

The original owner of the skinny cow must have raised the skinny cow because he needed forage and labor, and he also had to use a cowshed. This is not cost-effective, but it can be killed and sold meat, and heavy taxes must be paid, and the meat of the sick cow cannot be sold at a high price, who can buy the sick beef, the horn pharmacy of the sick cow will not accept it, and the cowhide of the sick cow has no hair, and it does not look like a good product, and it cannot be sold at a high price, so the sick cow is smashed in the hands of the original owner, so it has to be sold at a very low price, so it was bought by Zhao Qianduo.

The money for renting out the good cow should be a lot, even more than the money to buy this sick cow, Zhao Qianduo is naturally unwilling to return the good cow to the old couple of the Chen family, and it is not his father, why should he be filial? When the word was sharp, he returned the sick cow, and even wanted to push the sick cow to the old couple of the Chen family, so as to deceive the eternal right to use the good cow, this idea was good, but unfortunately Liu Chun'er didn't lie for him, and Yang Ze also slapped him.

Yang Ze figured things out, glanced at the Gumodoro next to him, and said with a smile: "Old dove, if you were the official, how would you judge this case?" ”

Kumodoro also figured this out, and he understood the law of generosity better than Yang Ze. Smiling, Kumodoro said, "What, Lord Yang is taking the poor monk's test?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, this official just thinks that you can't solve this case well, the so-called Qing official is difficult to judge family affairs, not to mention that this is still related to two families." Yang Ze paused, and then said: "This official is making a radical general, old dove, you must not be fooled." ”

The people inside and outside the courtyard listened to their answers, and they all wondered, this old man is a monk? Then why don't you shave your head and wear monk's clothes, but you look like a rich man.

Chen Adaa and Zhao Diduo were also stunned, old dove? What's that? Poor monk, this one understands, this old man is a monk, right? Why is it not the official master who decided the case now, but changed it to the monk's case, should we listen to the monk?

Kumadoro thought to himself: "This little beast, you can use the method of agitation, and you have to say it, isn't this forcing me!" ”

He said: "Okay, the poor monk has no choice but not to be fooled, how to decide this case, the poor monk has no idea." ”

Okay, didn't you tell me not to be fooled, then don't be fooled, see what you can do!

Who knows, Yang Ze immediately said: "Caicai, quickly take out a pen and paper, draw a picture, and draw the old dove with high morality, claiming to be extremely smart and clever, but as soon as I tested him, he was exposed, and he couldn't even break the case of a cow, it seems that he can only eat beef, is a waste that can only eat, and can only pull, before the word waste, remember to add an old word!" ”

Nana hurriedly agreed, and actually went to get a pen and paper, and wanted to draw the big figure of Kumodoro on paper.

Kumadoro was furious, and he said, "It's not that the poor monk won't break, but he doesn't want to say it so that you know. ”

"No, no, don't be hard-mouthed, even if others laugh at you, they are laughing in their hearts, and they won't say it in their mouths."

Yang Ze likes to have the upper hand over Gumodoro, as long as he has the opportunity, he will put psychological pressure on Gumodoro, and ask the national teacher not to play with him, because he has more eyes than him, and when he arrives in Chang'an, he will have more eyes, so let's cooperate well, otherwise, hehe...... (To be continued......)