Chapter 39 The Law of Thieves
Sanjian has never traveled far in the past, so why not Fu Erniang? Fu Erniang is a native of Danzhou, Qiongtai. She has never left Danzhou since she was born. Not only has she never left Danzhou, she has even left the small fishing village.
Never left.
At that time, Li Sanjian's father, Li Qing, was exiled to Danzhou, Qiongtai, with his family. You can imagine the life of an exiled person, otherwise Li Qing would not have married a Li man.
According to Song law, inter-ethnic marriage is strictly prohibited, that is, intermarriage between Han people and foreigners is prohibited. Therefore, Fu Erniang is not strictly speaking Li Qing's wife, but Li Qing's concubine.
Song law's requirements for concubines were not so strict.
It's just that Li Qing didn't have a wife, only Fu Erniang was a woman. It's not that easy for a homeless man to marry a Han woman.
After Li Qing married Fu Erniang or brought Fu Erniang into his house, the two treated each other as if they were guests, just like a couple. Li Qing also particularly loved this well-behaved little Li lady.
Fu Erniang has never left the small fishing village and has never seen the world. Although she also experienced white eyes and humiliation when she was in Danzhou, when she was in the small fishing village, she was from a poor family, so this situation was not very serious. How could it be like this?
Now, being forced and humiliated like this.
When Fu Erniang heard that she was going to be taken to see the officials, she immediately panicked and became extremely frightened. She kept begging in a low voice, begging these officials' children to let them go.
Although Li Sanjian's uncle Fu Lin was extremely angry, poor people were born with a fear of dignitaries, so they dared not speak out in anger.
"Spare you? It's not impossible for you to ask me to let you go, but if you have to kneel down and kowtow a few times, I might be able to let you go." A young man laughed.
"Please... please let us go. My child is also studying listening and reading in the county. Please, for the sake of his classmates..." Fu Erniang begged.
Fu Erniang has listened to them themselves, and they are also learning to listen and read in the county.
"Are you talking about that Li Sanjian?" A young man said with a contemptuous smile: "I don't know where this bastard came from, but he was recommended to the state school just because he wrote a shitty article in the public examination.
, Bah, it really doesn’t make sense.”
Li Sanjian was highly praised by the academic officials and wanted to be recommended to the prefectural and county schools for reading. This matter had already spread among the county schools. Some people were happy for Li Sanjian, such as Zeng Gongming, and some were jealous and angry. Among them, jealousy
People accounted for the vast majority. You must know that Li Sanjian studied listening and reading in the county for less than a year, much later than them. The most important thing is that Li Sanjian came from a humble background, which made many students feel extremely depressed.
The untouchables actually climbed on top of them. How could they endure this?
"What kind of thief is Li Sanjian? Bah, he is just a pariah. Stop talking nonsense. He must either pay for it, see an official, or kowtow to apologize." Another student from the county said fiercely.
"Sister, there's no need to beg them, let's go." Fu Lin said angrily.
"Who dares to leave?" shouted a young man.
"What are you going to do?" Fu Lin asked angrily.
Fu Lin's body was strong, and in anger, the muscles on his body rose, scaring these people back a few steps.
"Bitch, you want to act wild? Do you know who is in front of you?" A man pointed at one of the people with an unusually arrogant look on his face and said.
His voice and appearance were both stern, but it was just a bluff.
"Fu Lin, no, I'll just kneel down." Fu Erniang saw this.
He said quickly.
"Who is it? Even the king of heaven cannot humiliate a weak woman like this in public. Where is the law of heaven? Where is the law of the Song Dynasty?"
At this time, Li Sanjian finally arrived and saw this scene with his own eyes. He couldn't help but feel furious and said loudly: "Mother, don't kneel down."
Li Sanjian then rushed forward and helped Fu Erniang up.
Shan Kui was also extremely angry, clenching his fists and glaring at these people.
"Jian'er, Jian'er." When Fu Erniang saw Li Sanjian, she couldn't help but burst into tears. She supported Li Sanjian and cried so hard: "Jian'er, mother is useless. She has brought you trouble."
"It's okay, uncle, please help my mother aside first, and I will handle the matter." Li Sanjian then said to Fu Lin.
Fu Lin responded and helped Fu Erniang aside.
Li Sanjian then asked the man with an arrogant expression expressionlessly: "Who are you?"
There are many student disciples in Lingshan County, and Li Sanjian was immersed in studying, so it was impossible to know the name and identity of every student.
"This is Wu Yanei, the son of Wu Yasi." A man on the side answered for Wu Yanei.
Wu Yasi? Li Sanjian almost laughed out loud when he heard this. How could a mere Lingshan County Yasi son be so domineering?
Although Li Sanjian had no idea what the officials were like in the Song Dynasty until now, Li Sanjian understood that the county bureau chief was just a small official like a sesame mung bean. He was not even an official. He was responsible for organizing case files or writing documents.
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Li Sanjian is familiar with Water Margin, and the records in it are very clear. Isn't this the case with Song Jiang and Song Yasi?
However, Li Sanjian then thought about it, maybe the custodian was nothing in the yamen, but to ordinary people, he was like a high-ranking official who was like a god. On weekdays, he bullied the people like a wolf and a tiger, making the people fear him like a tiger.
"It turns out it's Wu Yanei, disrespectful, disrespectful." Li Sanjian asked without changing his expression: "Why is Wu Yanei embarrassing my mother?"
"The old Qian woman was too reckless and soiled my Yanei's clothes. Shouldn't I pay compensation according to the price?" Wu Yanei replied coldly.
Li Sanjian was furious when he heard this. Humiliating his mother in this way was already a mortal enemy.
However, although Li Sanjian was extremely angry, he did not want to use force against them. With the strength of Fu Lin and Shan Kui, he would definitely beat these bastards to the ground and even kill them.
But Li Sanjian is cautious and cautious. Although he is less than fifteen years old, his mind is relatively mature. Li San is determined not to be so impulsive.
If they were beaten to death or injured, Li Sanjian and his family would be detained by the government and sentenced, or the whole family would be on the road to escape, and they would not be able to live in peace for the rest of their lives.
You must know that the laws of the Song Dynasty are still extremely strict. You don't just kill people if you want to, or beat people if you want to beat them. Li Sanjian has heard about this for a long time.
Repaying debts with money and killing with life have been practiced since ancient times!
Although the Song Dynasty's criminal system was strict, its implementation was loose or tight, depending on the person. The strictness was almost aimed at ordinary people, but officials or wealthy families could use various conveniences to escape the sanctions of the law. In this case
It has existed since ancient times.
This insult to his mother can only be avenged in the future, Li Sanjian thought to himself.
"Oh, how much compensation is required? Please tell Wu Yameni clearly." Li Sanjian was not angry on the surface, but still asked politely.
"Well, you're a smart kid." Wu Yanei chuckled and said, "This piece of clothing is
It's a priceless treasure, how can you afford to pay for it? But for the sake of my classmates, you only need to pay five hundred guan, how about it? Boy, can you pay for it?"
After Wu Yanei and others said this, they looked at Li Sanjian and others with disdain. Not to mention 500 guan of money, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get even 5 guan of money.
If you can't take it out, you can just humiliate Li Sanjian to get rid of the bad anger in your chest, everyone thought so.
"That's unreasonable. It's too bullying. This rag of yours is a priceless treasure. I think it's not even worth five guan, why should you pay 500 guan? It's so annoying, look..." Before Li Sanjian could answer, Chen Ke'er was already a big man.
When angry, hold your sword at your waist and you will get angry.
Li Sanjian quickly pinched Chen Keer's arm to stop her.
I really don’t know how her parents doted on her, and she developed a bad habit of hitting and killing her at every turn. Li Sanjian thought to himself, does it mean that she doesn’t know that killing someone requires death and is a capital crime?
"Ke'er, don't worry, I will handle this matter." Li Sanjian then said to Chen Ke'er.
"Oh..." Chen Ke'er didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Sanjian touching and pinching her arm. She had become accustomed to being frivolous by Li Sanjian...
Li Sanjian has been to a ready-made clothing store, how could he not know the price of silk clothes? Although high-quality silk clothes are worth a lot of money, the silk clothes on Wu Yameni's body look like they are no more than ten pieces. This person is completely a lion.
Open your mouth and extort money.
It is true that Li Sanjian could not afford 500 guan. Nearly a year of listening and reading had already cost Li Sanjian a lot of money, and there was not much left of the property donated by Chen Yide.
Li Sanjian then stared at Wu Yanei for a long time without saying a word. He stared at Wu Yanei and his heart went crazy, so he asked in surprise: "What are you going to do?"
Li Sanjian is so handsome. Could it be that Li Sanjian wants to seduce himself with his "beauty"? Wu Ya secretly thought in his heart that Li Sanjian is just too old. If he were a few years younger... maybe... hehe.
Everyone, including Chen Keer, felt that Li Sanjian's gaze was a bit ambiguous? Or maybe it was because he was salivating, as if Wu Yanei was a delicacy?
"Hey, nerd, what are you doing in a daze?" Chen Keer anxiously pulled Li Sanjian's sleeve and asked.
Chen Ke'er already knew something about Li Sanjian's past. Could it be that he was ill again? Chen Ke'er was secretly worried.
However, Li Sanjian's next sentence solved everyone's doubts and shocked everyone at the same time.
"Wu Gui, what crime do you deserve?" Li Sanjian then shouted loudly.
Wu Yanei's surname is Wu Minggui. His father named him to let him pass the imperial examination as soon as possible, be named on the gold list, and win the laurel crown as soon as possible. However, it sounds like a turtle...
Li Sanjian shouted loudly, his face suddenly changed from gentle and elegant to extremely ferocious, which immediately startled Wu Gui. After Wu Gui's face trembled for three times, he asked in shock: "What crime am I guilty of?"
"Brother Donglin, how much is the value of this person's clothes?" Li Sanjian did not answer, but asked Zeng Gongming.
"Definitely no more than ten passes." Zeng Gongming was stunned for a moment and replied quickly.
"Why are you asking for 500 guans for ten pieces of clothing?" Li Sanjian said with a sneer: "This is extortion. According to the law of thieves and robbers, those who take money from others will be executed after twenty years of age. You guys
With you as the leader, you should be put to death, and the rest should be exiled."
Chapter completed!