Chapter 09 True Lies
"... Some people say that prisoners and prisoners are like wolves and sheep. Friendship can never be formed between them. It's nonsense! If you are a human, you have feelings. What's wrong with the prisoners? The prisoners are also humans, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, and they also have relatives and friends!"
Ye Xiaotian seemed to have returned to the Ministry of Justice Prison, brainwashing the prisoners with sensation and rectifying the names of the prisoners: "Mr. Yang was imprisoned three years ago, and Xiaotian, I was also a prisoner three years ago. Since then, Mr. Yang has often taught me to divinate and teach me the principles of being a human being.
'The eyes are the land and the house are the owner of the palace, and they are elegant and distinct. If the yin and yang are exposed, the wealth of parents will always be empty.' This is a hexagram from "Ma Yi Fei Art" taught me to me. I won't talk about this for now. In short, Lord Yang admires me very much. He also said that I am extraordinary in appearance and have a wealth of wealth all my life."
Ye Xiaotian said: "That day, the imperial court issued an order. Lord Yang wanted to be executed the next day. I gave Lord Yang a few ounces of wine and ordered a few side dishes for wine. At that time, the prison was very dark and it was raining outside. I lit a candle. Under the candlelight, Lord Yang burst into tears..."
County Magistrate Hu, Mrs. Yang, Sanshou Daguan and all the guests who came to pay their respects listened to him blankly. Ye Xiaotian spoke very fast and could not get into the mouth at all. Ye Xiaotian was like the most dedicated actor, performing very devotedly.
Ye Xiaotian looked sad and said sadly: "Mr. Yang said: 'Oh my God, I have been imprisoned for three years, but my old friends have disappeared, and my relatives are still missing. You are the only one I have been a friend of my age. When I die, there is only one person I can't let go, that is my daughter. I entrusted her to you, okay?"
When she heard "I was imprisoned for three years, but my old friends disappeared, and my relatives were gone", Mrs. Yang's cheeks heated up and she lowered her head in shame, but as soon as she lowered her head, she suddenly raised her back when she heard the next sentence. Because she was moving too fast, she seemed to hear the joints on the back of her neck.
In the courtyard, there was a silence for a moment.
"Dang...dangdangdangdangdang..."
A lock was buzzing on the ground a few times. It was the musician who was blowing the lock in the corner of the wall accidentally fell. A monk chanting raised his cymbal and rubbed his bald head, looking around. The beautiful and unparalleled woman was crying, but now she widened her confused tears and looked at Ye Xiaotian in shock.
Ye Xiaotian sighed quietly and raised his head and said, "Xiaotian, I am from a humble family and poor family, so I am naturally not worthy of the noble daughter of the Yang family. But Lord Yang said that after this disaster, he has seen through the world and thinks that no rich family is better than being a peaceful family..."
Ye Xiaotian became more and more moved as he spoke. When he lowered his head, tears were faintly visible in his eyes. He was moved by the lies he made up.
Yang Lin has always been a disagreement between husband and wife, and he is very clear about his wife's dislike of her beloved daughter. He knows that as long as he dies, his wife will inevitably abuse her beloved daughter. As for Ye Xiaotian, Yang Lin appreciates him very much.
Ye Xiaotian is kind to Yang Lin, and Yang Lin, who is obsessed with physiognomy, believes that Ye Xiaotian will be peaceful and prosperous all his life. So... When Yang Lin died, considering the situation at home, it was reasonable to make such a decision that seemed strange to others.
Ye Xiaotian looked at the Magistrate Hu and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Yang... no! My father-in-law also said in the letter that he would ask Xiaotian to take his wife and mother-in-law back to Beijing with all his heart. When his father-in-law died, what he was most worried about was that his family was incompatible, which led to the laughing stock of his lover!"
Ye Xiaotian added this sentence, but thought that if she only brought the pretty little lady away, she would have to cry all day long. Maybe she would have to feel resentful to herself. It would be better to take her mother away. No matter how poor the family is, it would not be enough for a woman to eat.
County Magistrate Hu looked down at the suicide note, then looked up at Ye Xiaotian, and was stunned and speechless, only the beard under his jaw was trembling.
Ye Xiaotian said in his heart: "Old guy, I have made concessions. I have already made concessions. I don't even want 500 taels of silver. I will take away the thorns in your eyes. Don't bully people too much. Kill people just by placing the ground. Forgive others if you have to!"
Magistrate Hu thought about the contents of the letter, and then thought about what Ye Xiaotian said. Looking at Ye Xiaotian's calm expression, he felt extremely absurd and his mind was a little confused. How could this kid stare at his eyes and make up lies, and could he say so sincerely?
Do you deny what he said and tear off the letter? It's not impossible, but in this way, others will inevitably feel suspicious. Believing Ye Xiaotian's words will be very unfavorable to his official voice.
If it involves dividing the property, then go out and destroy the letter and kill people, and others ignore the rumors. But now Ye Xiaotian doesn’t want anything and has solved the problem of thorns in his side for him. What reason is there to not agree?
Magistrate Hu's eyes flashed for a moment, and he suddenly laughed.
He smiled and put the letter away, stuffed it into his sleeve, and said calmly: "It turns out that the letter is said. In my opinion, this move is really absurd. However, my sister-in-law has always been straightforward, so it is no wonder that he made this decision. Since it is the time when my sister-in-law is dying, how can I disobey? Sanshou, go and invite the lady."
A smile just emerged from Ye Xiaotian's mouth, and it immediately frostled like frost on the window frame: "Miss? Isn't the lady right in front of her? Where else do you want to hire a lady?"
Ye Xiaotian turned his head and looked at the pretty woman tied up in big colors. The woman was staring at him with big beautiful eyes in horror, but her face was too gentle. Even with a shocked expression, she still had a pitiful charm.
Ye Xiaotian felt confused: "This...what exactly is going on?"
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When Mrs. Yang heard such a strange lasting destiny, she immediately said angrily: "Brother, this matter is really inappropriate. He must have made such lasting destiny because he was so confused. The girl is different about this..."
County Magistrate Hu's face darkened and shouted: "I am not only your elder brother, but also Jingzhou County Magistrate! Now I am not interfering in your family affairs as your elder brother, but I am as Jingzhou County Magistrate. You don't have to say much!"
County Magistrate Hu was really unhappy. Isn’t it good to deal with it like this? This girl is a little ignorant. Yang Lin’s will clearly state that she would divide it to her beloved daughter by a house, fifty acres of good paddy fields and a shop in the south of the city. Humph, Yang Lin thought that he had been in prison for three years, and still had a word in this family?
Now Ye Xiaotian has set up a ladder for him, why not take the opportunity to walk? Do you have to force this boy named Ye to jump over the wall and tell the truth about the will in public, which makes everyone embarrassed? The woman is unreasonable!
Mrs. Yang rarely saw her brother being so harsh to her. Although she was reluctant, she scolded him and felt a little nervous and did not dare to say anything again.
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A three or four-year-old girl staggered into the yard, with her round pink face like a cute red apple. Her little hands were clenched by an old mother with a bad face and she walked timidly.
The girl's hair was tied into small braids, graceful and squinted, and looked very cute. She wore a paddy dress made of various fabrics, just like a colorful robe, which looked more innocent and romantic.
The little girl tied a thin white silk ribbon on her forehead and a white silk ribbon on her waist. It seemed that she was filial piety. She looked at the people in the yard timidly, and suddenly saw the woman with big ties and tenderness as soft as water. She immediately started crying.
She broke free from the old mother's hand, ran over staggeringly, hugged the woman's thigh, and burst into tears: "Mom, mom, you big bad guys, let go of my mother!"
The little girl was very scared. Since she and her mother were driven out of Yang's mansion and depended on each other in the desolate courtyard in the corner of the alley, she had never separated from her mother. Unexpectedly, two fierce old mothers suddenly came to Yang's mansion yesterday and forced her back to Yang's mansion.
They said that her father was dead, and even tied her a white belt to make her mourning. They also said that her mother was a low-ranking maid and concubine and was not worthy of mourning for the master. She was so scared alone in the Yang family mansion, and now she finally saw her mourning.
"Far away, far away..."
When Shui Wu saw her daughter, she immediately burst into tears. Her arms were tied up, so she had to squat down and gently rub her cheeks against her daughter's little face. Her daughter was crying, and she was also crying. The tears of the two people covered each other's cheeks. Many guests who were mourning looked at it and turned their heads involuntarily.
Ye Xiaotian's eyes were wider than those of the cow: "Miss Yang family...Miss Yang family...is that big? Yang Lin's old guy who buried his neck with yellow soil, his daughter is still a little girl with a stinky breast!"
Ye Xiaotian's mouth twitched a few times, and he shouted in his heart with grief and anger: "How could I think of a white-haired old man's baby daughter who is only three or four years old? Just think about it, when he was in prison, this girl was only one year at most. She was smart and cute! "
In fact, there are many things in the north and south about the daughter's family getting married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. This situation is particularly common in the south. Taking a concubine, taking a girl and a girl as a concubine is something that the scholars and officials are very passionate about. Ye Xiaotian is not ignorant of this.
However, that old guy Yang Lin was too old, and he had been in prison for three years, so Ye Xiaotian's thinking went into a misunderstanding, thinking that Yang Lin's concubine was taken at least ten years ago. When he saw Shui Wu, who was still young, he naturally thought it was Yang Lin's daughter.
Seeing this scene, Ye Xiaotian was in tears: "Oh my God, you slashed me with a thunder, don't mess with me like this!"
If he had known that the Shui Wu girl who looked like an unmarried girl was actually Lord Yang's concubine, then what he said just now would have said was that Yang Lin wanted to send the concubine to him in order to repay his kindness.
It is very common for scholars and officials to give concubines to each other, and it is called elegant. Based on this custom, if he said that Yang Lin was worried that his beloved concubine would suffer after his death, and in order to repay his kindness for his beloved concubine, it would be much more reasonable than taking a four-year-old loli as his wife, but now...
Ye Xiaotian looked at the yellow-haired girl who was holding her mother's thighs and cried so hard that she couldn't help but want to cry. He thought with great confusion that even if this little yellow-haired girl was a child bride for him, she would have to raise her for at least ten years, and the eggs were broken all over the floor.
P: Ah, yesterday's sentence said that everyone would not easily guess the subsequent plot, rather than saying that Xiaotian wanted to make up a lie. Many readers who looked at it clearly did not notice the difference between these two words, so most of them guessed the "will" that was actually very obvious.
Chapter completed!