At the banquet, Xu Hao was speechless after hearing this. Although he had long been used to everything in ancient times, he could never let go of why he wanted to sell his wife and children. It seemed that he had not realized what it means to donate and donate miscellaneous taxes as fierce as a tiger. Otherwise, it would be true that the old society was so evil!

Xu Hao thought of the good things of future generations again. He really hoped that the Ming Dynasty would become modern overnight, but he still did not plan to make a revolution. First, there is no revolutionary soil now, and second, he always believes that social stability is above everything else, and today's people are in the best era in history.

From the incidents between Xu Peng and Li Xiaoxian, there is a reason for the unlucky situation, not because there is a problem with the social climate.

Li Xiaoxian returned home and sighed and told him. The next morning, Pei stood leaning against the door with a normal expression. Seeing Hu San leading an old man over, not only the man was very satisfied with Pei, but even Pei felt that he liked it.

The old man is a wealthy businessman in the city. He is about to be 60 years old and has just been widowed for half a year. He has two sons. The eldest son has started a family and started a business. The second son is only sixteen years old this year and goes out all year round. Therefore, he is worried that no one will take care of his family.

The daughter-in-law was young and didn't know the affairs of the world, and she was a person who could spend money, so she planned to marry a second wife. The rich businessman was good at observing people. He saw that Pei was not for his appearance, but rather that he was a virtuous supporter who was willing to be a mediocre person, and was very satisfied.

Pei felt that the other party was not young and was a mature and polite person. When he found out that he had two sons, he immediately agreed.

Hu San and his two sides made up their matches and agreed on a fifteen tael of bride price, paid the money on the same day, packed up and set off on the same day, and agreed on all the details, and it was the last moment for the couple to part.

Li Xiaoxian felt sad, and there was no need to say much about the entanglement and discomfort in his heart, while Pei was smiling and had no pain on his face. This made Li Xiaoxian extremely indignant. He said that he had been married for many years and had no kindness at all. I probably blamed me for not selling her earlier. It can be seen that women's hearts are correct at all, and they all flew away when the disaster was about to happen.

After seeing his wife off and looking around the empty yard, he felt sad again, so he hugged his head and cried, spending a night in a sad and desolate manner.

At the banquet, Xu Zengfu and his son both heard it. The wife was not actually a change of heart, but a very wise woman who was determined to help her husband.

Xu Zengfu sighed: "There is such a tragic thing in the world. Poor, even if this wife who is wise and righteous, can keep her husband and wife back together, and she will probably have to become a monk, after all, her reputation will be lost."

"A penny forced a hero to death, all these things must be published in the newspaper to let officials understand the importance of light taxes and labor and never adding taxes." Xu Hao also knew that it was empty words, unless he could live forever. "It depends on whether his husband has a broad mind. I can make the couple change their names and surnames and settle in another place."

Xu Song smiled bitterly and said, "Brother! Some women don't value reputation, but some regard them as life. The wives of these scholars often care the most, and they think they are sorry for their husbands. They meet again without a faceless mirror."

Xu Hao agreed with his younger brother's point of view. People's hearts are the most complicated. Who knows what the parties involved think? For example, when he designed to trick the woman who was determined to remarry into Li Zengzhi's family, he suffered a lot of grievances. Finally, he thought of the husband who loved him. His husband was also a scholar and did not care about such a wife. Now the couple has reunited.

This wife is a shameless person. She is lucky to have a good man, while that wife is quite independent. What is the future of affairs is indeed unpredictable.

Xu Peng continued to tell that Li Xiaoxian stayed at home for a few days and went to the county yard to pay the silver. He was in a bad mood and paid ten taels of silver and turned around and left. When he came out, he was caught by the magistrate and ordered the yamen runners to beat him up without warning.

Li Xiaoxian hurriedly shouted: "Didn't the villain finish the tax bank? There are ten taels of official tickets as evidence."

The magistrate said angrily: "I just want to hit you ten taels."

Li Xiaoxian looked aggrieved and said, "I should be punished by the master if I owe money. Why do I hit someone again if I pay it back?"

The magistrate said, "I thought you were a poor scholar, so I spared you twice, but you turned out to be a rich man. The first two times you deliberately mean to tease the officials and don't hit you, who else do you want to hit?"

After ordering the yamen runners to drag them down and beat them, Li Xiaoxian cried and shouted, "It's unfair! This is a villain selling his wife's worth."

The magistrate said in surprise: "Take it seriously? How much money did your wife sell?"

Li Xiaoxian cried and said, "I sold fifteen taels."

The magistrate said: "I remember that I owe taxes for three seasons, totaling 18 taels, why did I only pay ten taels?"

Li Xiaoxian explained: "Because the matchmaker went to one or two liang, his wife divided one or two liang, and invited the neighbors to have a drink for one or two liang, and the uncle went to the marriage, and there were more than ten liang left."

The magistrate was furious and asked the names of several people clearly. He immediately sent someone to arrest the yamen.

The first one summoned Hu San first, and the magistrate asked: "Are you a matchmaker? Are you used to being a matchmaker, or are you a first-time matchmaker?"

Hu San replied: "The villain runs a grocery store. Because Li Guanren entrusts the villain to make this happen, it is the first time he is a matchmaker."

The magistrate said: "If you have another career, you should manage your own business. How can you take away the food and clothing of a matchmaker? They sell their wife's money, which is not as good as marrying their children. Why should you accept Xie Yi from others? If you take one or two taels, the official will rule to punish you for compensation of two taels."

Hu Sanyi secretly complained when he heard this. In fact, this is the norm. How can scholars not favor scholars? Besides, the county magistrate's approach is indeed fair. There are favors under the national law. The nature of this matter is clear at a glance. Wherever he goes, the county magistrate's judgment is reasonable.

The magistrate called out another neighbor and said, "Your neighbors must live in harmony. Knowing that he is a poor man, you should support him well. It would be fine if he didn't support him. What does his wife have to do with you? He actually pretended to eat wine. Since he ate one or two taels of food, he would give him two taels of food."

The neighbors were all stupid and could not lose some rice when stealing chickens, so they had to accept the punishment in dejected manner.

The uncle who called the marriage leader, the magistrate asked with a squinted eyes: "You are his uncle, you are his elders. If your parents are not with you, you should be the elders. When you see that your nephew cannot afford money and food, you should be a one-and-a-half-year-old. Just be the reason for being an elder. Why do you want him two taels of silver?"

The uncle said, "The villain has a clear conscience. During the Chinese New Year, I have to buy some gift boxes to send. Two taels of silver are not enough to pay it back."

The magistrate said angrily: "It seems that your family is not short of money, so why should you bear to separate his wife? After the nephew sold his first wife, you were so at ease that you asked for money. It was obviously a clever word to give you a blow. I should have beaten you. Thinking of being an elder, I will give you a quick gift and quickly get four taels of silver to my county, so that you won't have to give gifts in the future."

The uncle was stunned and was forced to take him home and pay the fine. The magistrate used it to write off all the taxes owed by Li Xiaoxian and this year's taxes.

It is logical that the county magistrate tried this matter very well and was impeccable, but his character was a little too much. He pityed Li Xiaoxian and had no wife. He happened to have a prisoner waiting for the official sale, so he asked someone to bring her up.

The woman was just in her early twenties and was quite charming. She had a long figure and a thin waist. Even the county magistrate herself felt itchy. She thought that it had greatly helped Li Xiaoxian and also saved the woman from selling her as a slave. It was a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

"You sold your wife and I'll be a matchmaker for you. How about you? Are you willing to ask for it?"

"This!" Li Xiaoxian almost fainted and bowed his hands solemnly, saying, "I should never refuse because of the gift of God. It's just that the villain's misfortune has caused his first wife to divorce. How can I bear to ask my wife for another time? I would rather not marry him for life. I hope the master will match others."

The magistrate said unhappily: "I pity you as a poor man. You are so kind that you can't stand being polite. No matter if you don't want to, just take him to prison and be imprisoned for a year or two."

The magistrate pretended to sign and issue a license plate, asking the prison guard to come up to lock people, which scared Li Xiaoxian so much that he was so scared that he shouted: "The villain is willing."

The magistrate smiled and said, "Are you really willing to receive it?"

"I'm willing to take it, I'm willing to take it."

Li Xiaoxian had no choice but to smile bitterly, thanked the woman with the woman, led her out of the county government, and said as soon as she came out, "God! What kind of evil I committed in my previous life and all the bad things I had committed on me. My good wife sold her, and she actually exchanged a thief wife for me. What if my natural beauty has to do with me? Besides, I will never marry her forever, as solid as a rock. Forget it, just take her home to be a girl to live a life."

If the woman was the daughter of a serious family, her husband gathered several people in the desert, robbed the house everywhere, stolen clothes, gold, silver and other things, and she also divided the group of people. Later, the government was arrested and executed, and she was also called out before she died.

Because he naturally could not get rid of the crime after receiving the stolen goods, he was sentenced to be sold. At that time, Li Xiaoxian asked her about her origin and the reason for her crime. The woman told the truth and said, "I have returned to the official family and have a lifelong dependence. I still have some clothes and jewelry in a hidden place, so I can secretly take it out to live a life of my life."

Li Xiaoxian carefully measured her appearance, yes! She looked very good, better than her ex-wife, and she was better at age. Besides, because she got money out of thin air, she thought of her ruthless wife, and her depressed mood seemed to be relieved all the time.

The two of them secretly took back what they had hidden everywhere, and they were all clothes, silk, etc., and dug out a bag of silver in the yard, happily.

He, a poor man, made an unexpected fortune and had a beautiful wife. He turned into a rich man. He dressed well and ate well every day, and was too proud to understand the principle of being a low-key person.

Who wouldn't be angry when those neighbors paid two taels of silver? They all became jealous and said that the woman was obviously given to him by the official, and his family was poor and even sold her wife. It can be seen that the property must be stolen and should be confiscated. If they do not report to the official, they will be implicated and fined for the money once the incident occurs.

Unfortunately, the three-year term of office of the magistrate was over and he returned to Beijing to report his work. The new magistrate received the report and immediately sent someone to arrest the two.

In the court, the new magistrate said: "Originally, the ex-master rewarded your wife, and the clothes she hid were given to you, and it was yours. But you should also inform me first and ask for a ban to eliminate future troubles. Otherwise, the local neighbors will go to another place to report, and the ex and the county will have to take care of you. Then, you ignore your ex's good intentions and enjoy your achievements in private, without thinking about redeeming your first wife. It can be said that you are unfaithful and unrighteous. All your family wealth will be concluded and he will be imprisoned for three months to show punishment!"
Chapter completed!