As Jin Shu summoned to a remote side yard of the inspection village, looking at a half-aged 14 or 15-year-old boy sitting on a stone bench, Du Zhongxiao asked: "Kongmu, is this Bei Erlang? He really has evidence that Ma Meng committed a crime?"

Jin Shuzhao nodded: "Yes, he said so. However, he had to speak up when he met the official and couldn't say what to know."

When he arrived in front of him, Jin Shuzhao said to Bei Erlang: "This is Du Tuiguan in this prefecture, who is here to supervise the transportation of the Bian River and also to provide some land camps and fields. What do you know? Just tell the officials. Don't worry, if there are officials as the master, no one can do anything to you."

Bei Erlang looked at Du Zhongxiao, hesitated for a while, and then said, "This official is too young and a little unsteady."

Jin Shuzhao heard this and cursed: "The official is a young man who has passed the imperial examination and is a Jinshi. Whatever you say is a mess! This area is dominated by officials. If you have something to say, just say it. As long as the official says it, who dares not obey!"

Bei Erlang was still a little worried. After looking at Du Zhongxiao for a while, he tried to say, "To be honest, this matter is too big, and it affects the lives of many people in the village, so he has to act carefully. Without any confidence, he had to let Ma Meng Xiaoyao, no one dared to say anything."

Du Zhongxiao signaled Jin Shuzhao to stop talking, sat down by the stone table, and said to Bei Erlang: "If it is another official, you are hesitant and threatening the government, and you have already arrested and beaten. When you arrive here, you will not be able to say anything! I think you are not easy for ordinary people, and you are fully sincere. Don't act like a slut here, and you will go back if you don't say anything. I have other ways to find out. But when you come to me again, you will be a prisoner."

Bei Erlang was startled: "Don't scare me by the official. I am a law-abiding citizen, young and have never done bad things!"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Isn't it enough to know that it will not be reported? How can the official law let go of the thief like you?"

When Bei Erlang saw Du Zhongxiao's harsh words, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. He didn't expect that the government could be unreasonable. Or according to the principles of the government, it means that everything the people do is reasonable.

After reading Jin Shuzhao, Bei Erlang bowed to Du Zhongxiao and said, "Reporting to the official, Xiaomin is a farmer who is a great official of Ma Meng, and has grown up in his home since he was a child. Ma Meng is a traitor and has committed many cases over the years, so the shopkeepers are naturally aware of it. Just like the case of Tan Erniang that was a hot topic a few days ago, the young man knew the whole story. It was Ma Meng who had missed the Tao family's medicinal materials and wanted to occupy Tan Erniang's people, instructing the Hou Lu Yu to harm Tao's surname and take over his family's money. This was all done by the merchants, and no one knows it."

Du Zhongxiao said to Bei Erlang without hesitation: "The court is paying attention to this case, and everyone in the world knows it. Since the people in the village know, why don't they report it early? You should know that if you know the information and don't report it, it is the same as the thief. Is it a joke for you to be a court law?!"

Bei Erlang looked at Du Zhongxiao for a while, then whispered: "It's not that we don't come to report to the official, but we really can't sue it."

"Why can't you sue? Do you think you can hide such a shocking case?"

Bei Erlang said: "Officials are officials, and the principles should be smaller than those of us. We farmers are slaves and Ma Meng is the master. How can we have slaves in the world sue the master? If you sue the master, you will have to sue the lawsuit first!"

Du Zhongxiao said, "Who told you these nonsense? You are a guest of Ma Mengzhuang, who lives with him and is a person who lives with money. If there is a minor offender, your relatives will hide, and you will not punish the government if you know the matter. But if you don't report it to the government, you will not be punished. But if you are a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who

When Bei Erlang heard what Du Zhongxiao said was different from what he had thought before, he didn't say anything for a moment, lowered his head and didn't know what he thought about.

At this time, the master-servant system was changing, and the law was relatively chaotic, and local officials had great discretion. The criminal system followed the Tang Dynasty's law, and it was illegal to use the serious crimes such as slaves suing the master to eliminate rebellion, which was not tolerated by the law. However, hiring slaves is a good person, and this law does not apply. What really applies is that family members hide each other. That is, slaves and masters are regarded as family members, and relatives hide each other, and not reporting them is not considered as hiding.

When Du Zhongxiao was in the imperial examination, he recited his books and became an official in accordance with his previous habits and memorized the legal provisions. There is no clear text on how the slave sued the master now. There is only a few precedents made by Dali Temple, using the principle of being close relatives and being respectful to the master. This principle is very different from Du Zhongxiao's concept in his previous life. He remembers that he was particularly good at it, so why was he confused by what Bei Erlang said?

If a good man hires others as slaves, he will be a member of the master's family within the period, and the master is the parent of course. On the contrary, within this period, he will no longer be a family member from his original relatives. Even if a wife hires him to someone, he will become the master's family member and no longer a family member from his husband. This is very different from Du Zhongxiao's concept in his previous life. Sometimes he even thinks that if a maid sleeps with her husband during the employment period, will he have an affair with a man and a woman. Unfortunately, he has never seen such a case, and no one cares about it, otherwise there will be a legal quarrel. At least, whether the maid's body is a part of the employment will cause countless saliva. There are also family-owned servants in Mameng Village, which is even more complicated.

Seeing that Bei Erlang was silent, Du Zhongxiao said, "You said you are a guest of Mamengzhuang, do you have a literary gift?"

Bei Erlang said: "What kind of literary gift is needed? My parents are both working as servants in the Ma family, so are I myself."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "How confused! Without a literary contract, he is a good man. Why do you have to be instructed by others? Your parents are your parents, you are you, and they are irrelevant. Since you don't have literary contract, how can you tell your slave to the master?"

Bei Erlang was stunned for a while before saying, "So I am not the servant of Ma Meng? Then he beat me "paper wonton" two days ago!"

Du Zhongxiao felt strange and asked what "paper wonton" was. He knew it was a wooden stick wrapped in paper. He shook his head and said, "I didn't expect this guy to be punished by himself. Do you let him beat him? Especially you, you are a good man, so I'll let him beat him in vain?"

Bei Erlang felt that he was extremely wronged, but he didn't expect that he had no master-servant relationship with Ma Meng and was beaten for nothing.

The relationship between master and servant in this era was very chaotic, the law itself was changing, and the people had the habit of continuing the previous dynasties, so many things were unclear. The government sometimes handled flexibly, depending on the mood of the officials.

Seeing Bei Erlang eating a fly, Du Zhongxiao smiled secretly. From this section, we can see that there are not many people who have complete legal procedures in the villager on Mameng Village. As long as there are gaps, Du Zhongxiao can pry the iron plate open.

After calming down for a while, Du Zhongxiao asked him how many shameful things the guy had done in Mamengzhuang. Bei Erlang didn't know exactly, but he just had one ear in the east and the other, and many things could not be connected.

The more Du Zhongxiao heard, his face became heavier and heavier. The case Ma Meng committed was much more serious than he had originally thought. It seems that this kind of country bully has been away from the local area for many years, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of evil. The specific situation is that it is domineering and domineering country landlords and local tyrants whom he had originally thought were farther away. What kind of bully landlords are there? Is it a gang of gangs?
Chapter completed!