The various behaviors of the Mei family did not actually violate the "Daxia Law", so it was too difficult to punish them legally.
But this was not a problem for Jia Cong. Rather than having his head chopped off, a scholar-official like Mei Xinyi, who regarded himself as a noble scholar, was not afraid of beheading and being exiled, but of being infamous for thousands of years.
The story of Bao Longtu using a tiger's head to guillotine the unfaithful Chen Shimei soon made a group of girls from the Jia family so angry that they almost cursed.
Jia Cong originally just wanted Baoyu to polish it up, and didn't want to recruit a bunch of talented women to stand up for Qin Xianglian. As a result, after three days of hard work by a group of talented men and women, the story of "Bao Long Tu Judgment of Hundreds of Families: The Beauty Case" was officially sold in the bookstores of the Xue family, Jia family, and Lin family.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the "Beijing Evening News", which was open to the entire capital, began to serialize "The Case of Guillotine Beauty". The first printing of 10,000 copies that day was quickly sold out.
However, the audience for such stories is too narrow, and the literacy rate in Daxia is not high. If you want the Mei family to experience the suffering Baoqin suffered before, it is best to mobilize the people in the capital.
What is the easiest way for the story of "The Beauty Case" to spread quickly? Those are definitely storytellers and theater people.
For the ability to write play scripts, apart from Mr. Pardon who went to southern Xinjiang, the first choice in the capital was Liu Ke, the loyal and submissive king of Great Xia.
"Thirteenth Master, when it comes to writing play scripts, if you are the second best, who in the world would dare to be the first? No, after much thought, this play still has to be written by you yourself, Thirteenth Master."
This man was in a panic recently. Jia Cong took the storybook of "The Case of the Beauty" and went to Prince Zhongshun's house for help. Old Thirteen immediately slapped his chest.
"You better understand me. I will take care of this matter. In three days... no, you come and pick up the book in two days. In seven days at most, the play will be performed in the theater."
Liu Ke was flipping through his storybook, but suddenly he raised his head and asked in confusion: "That's not right, you don't like listening to music very much, why are you so concerned about this matter?"
"Hey, this matter has something to do with the Xue family. You would never have imagined, Thirteenth Master, that there was a heartless man in our capital. This story has to start six years ago..."
Jia Cong had no intention of hiding the disgusting things Bao Qin encountered from Liu Ke. Listening to gossip stories was one of Thirteenth Master's hobbies.
After the story was told, Liu Ke clicked his tongue again and again and exclaimed that he was satisfied.
"Jia Xiaosan, your story is good, but I have to change it. It's best to add some scenes of mythical ghosts first. Only the dead Qin Xianglian can make the people hate heartless people like Chen Shimei, and at the same time, it can also make the Mei family visible. Disgusted, hated to the point of itching my teeth..."
Jia Cong cupped his fists and said, "You are an expert on this matter, and you have the final say."
"Well, it will be my birthday in a few days. At that time, I will invite all the nobles and civil servants in the city to come and see this "The Case of Beauty". The Mei family must get it. Remember to call the Xue family here too, especially that one The second girl of the Xue family."
Liu Ke suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Hey, I like to be Master Qingtian the most..."
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Since the story of "The Case of the Beauty" has been sold to the public, no one has thought about the affairs of the Mei family and the Xue family.
Now that the heat is not enough, the big melon is not in a hurry to put it out.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Jia Cong handled official duties at the Ministry of Works step by step, waiting for the good news from the loyal and shun king Liu Ke.
The play script was really written in two days. Jiang Yuhan, the most famous actor in the capital, started rehearsing with a group of people, waiting for the premiere of the play in the palace on May 29th, the 43rd birthday of King Zhongshun Liu Ke.
The palace has already scattered invitations all over the capital. Not only the royal relatives, civil and military officials in the capital will be present, but also the officials and gentry from the prefectures and counties near the capital will come from afar.
Jia Cong returned home with the playbook of "The Case of the Beauty" and shared the novel story with everyone.
As the top brother in the capital list, Liu Ke's scriptwriting level is even higher than that of the Liuli Pagoda of Dabaoen Temple.
The story of "The Case of Guillotine Beauty" is very simple: Chen Shimei's family is poor, and he and his wife Qin Xianglian are loving and harmonious. After studying hard for ten years, Chen Shimei went to Beijing to take the exam. After winning the first prize, he was recruited by Song Emperor Renzong as his consort.
Qin Xianglian had not heard from Chen Shimei for a long time, so she went to Beijing with her son to find her husband, but Chen Shimei refused to recognize her and sent Han Qi to hunt her down in the middle of the night.
Han Qi couldn't bear to commit suicide and had to commit suicide in order to seek justice. Qin Xianglian was mistaken for the murderer and imprisoned. Under Chen Shimei's instruction, Qin Xianglian was sent to the frontier. Officials were ordered to kill her on the way, but fortunately she was rescued by Zhan Zhao.
Bao Zheng wanted to cure Chen Shimei's crime but found no evidence. Chen Shimei pretended to take Qin Xianglian back to the Prince Consort's Mansion, and used her two sons to force Qin Xianglian to seal the divorce letter.
Zhan Zhao went to Chen Shimei's hometown to find witnesses for the Qi Peng family and his wife. On the way, Aunt Qi died under a killer's knife. Bao Zheng found witnesses and material evidence and wanted to convict the consort. The princess and the Queen Mother both rushed to stop him, but Bao Zheng was unable to do so. Concession sent Chen Shimei to the guillotine.
But Liu Ke felt that the story was too plain and not thrilling enough.
According to his understanding, only when there is a plot that makes people feel uneasy and unforgettable can it move people's hearts and make people remember it deeply.
So he made changes in the script.
Mrs. Qin took her two children to find a husband. When Chen Shimei passed her birthday, she dressed up as a singer and played pipa music for her in front of her colleagues.
Chen was so ashamed that he couldn't hide his face. After leaving the banquet, he captured Qin and beat him with a stick and drove him out of the city. Feeling that Qin's behavior was "shameful to kill the Chenmengai tribe," he sent hussar general Zhao Bochun to Baihu Mountain to kill him with a sword...
Yes, that's right, this man directly wrote Qin Xianglian to death and planned to earn the first wave of tears here.
When Qin Xianglian died, her two children Ying Ge and Dong Mei became beggars, struggling to survive.
Qin's soul was unable to avenge his grievances, and was worried that his two children would never drink Meng Po Soup and be reincarnated. This matter continued until Emperor Dongyue came to the throne.
The emperor felt that Qin's death was unjust and asked the land judge to guard Qin's body and not damage it. He also transformed into the mage Huang Daokong and taught martial arts to Brother Ying and Dongmei.
Later, when the pirates broke out, the emperor posted a list to look for talents, and the pirates Ying Ge and Dong Meiping were appointed officials. Brother Ying was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army, Dongmei was granted the title of Pioneer Lady of the Right Army, and mother Qin was granted the title of Old Lady of the Zhenguo.
It was June when the brother and sister went to Baihu Mountain to bury their mother. When the imperial edict was unveiled, heavy snow fell from the sky in the scorching summer.
That night, Qin Xianglian came back to life and sued the unfaithful person Chen Shimei to Bao Zheng, Bao Qingtian, the direct bachelor of Longtuge who could judge the yin at night and the yang by day.
Master Bao was angry and planned to report Shimei's crime to the emperor, so he sent Zhang Qian and Li Wan to take Chen Shimei and Zhao Bochun to court for interrogation and torture.
Shimei bowed her head and was speechless, and kept taking action. The princess begged the Queen Mother, who protected her son-in-law with her wind robe, hoping to protect her son-in-law.
Unfortunately, the old queen mother met the selfless Bao Qingtian. With the help of the think tank Gong Sun Ce, Yu Mao Zhan Zhao and others, she held back the queen mother and used a tiger's head to smite Chen Shimei, who was bullying the emperor and had a heartless heart.
The story is not over yet, and I don’t know if Liu Ke really hates evil or has a bad taste. He actually gave Qin Xianglian and Chen Shimei reincarnation scenes at the end.
Emperor Dongyue, who was in charge of the underworld, pinched his hand and calculated that the evil bond between Qin and Chen for three generations had not been broken yet, so he took away the tiger-headed guillotine that had killed the unfaithful person, and sent it around to Youqingtianzizhi. In the hands of a certain thirteenth prince.
The emperor felt that Qin Xianglian's life was miserable, so he reincarnated her into a wealthy family named Xue in Jinling. And Chen Shimei, this heartless man, fried and pulled out his tongue, went through the eighteen levels of hell one by one, and was thrown into a poor family named Mei in Jiangnan.
On a certain day in a certain year of Yuanyou, a girl named Xue in Jinling came to seek help from the thirteenth prince, Wang Jiaqian...
hiss!
After Jia Cong read the script of "The Beauty Case" written by Liu Ke, his jaw was almost dropped.
Good guy, are you planning to have the Thirteenth Master angrily kill the unfaithful person at his own birthday party?
He wouldn't really let someone hit him with a tiger's head guillotine, would he?
Not to mention Jia Cong, Daiyu's first reaction after reading the script was the same as what she thought.
Her eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "Uncle Thirteen is not really going to hit the Mei family with a guillotine, right?"
When Jia and Cong were confused, Liu Kezheng, the official leader, was happily showing off his achievements to his princess Cui.
In the main hall of the palace are three brand-new guillotines, one with a dragon's head, one with a tiger's head, and one with a dog's head, covered with red cloth.
Princess Cui had already read the playbook of "The Guillotine Case" and knew what the guillotine was used for.
Knowing her husband's temperament well, she asked tentatively: "Husband, are you really planning to guillotine the Mei family? Although what the Mei family did is disgusting, it is not enough to be guillotined. Husband can't do anything about it." Don't act nonsense. There is no crime in the Daxia Code that can punish him..."
"What's wrong with you? How could I be so stupid? I'm the most law-abiding person."
Liu Ke chuckled and said, "It is true that being ungrateful is not punishable by death, but what if the Mei family is involved with those gangsters in Jiangnan? Are the charges of colluding with businessmen and government officials to frame the nobles of the country enough?"
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The Xing Zhong family moved into the small courtyard with two entrances. After discussing with her sister-in-law Wen, Mrs. Xing took her niece Xing Xiuyan to the Rongguo Mansion and asked her to be educated with the girls in the mansion.
My niece is already past her prime, so she doesn't dare to delay the marriage. While educating her, she was looking for marriage partners, and soon she began to lead Xing Xiuyan around in front of others.
On May 29th, King Zhongshun Liu Ke celebrated his birthday.
The gold-plated invitation sent by Princess Cui earlier invited everyone in Ningrong and Ningrong, including the old lady, and all the female relatives were invited.
It was the ninth day of the dynasty. On this day, all the ministers were invited to attend a banquet at Prince Zhongshun's Mansion. Everyone in the Jia family arrived quite early. The crown prince Liu Chong and the princess Liu Xuan came to greet them in person, and Princess Cui arrived early. Welcoming Princess Jia, Princess Rongjun, in front of the main hall.
It was still early for the luncheon, but the stage had already started singing.
The corridor was filled with official family members who came to celebrate their birthdays, and the stage was set up in front of the waterside pavilion. Everyone's eyes had long been attracted by the performance of Jiang Yuhan, the number one actress in the capital.
After an old opera was sung, the announcer came up to the stage and announced a novel title: "Three Lives, Three Lives, Evil Sea Flowers: The Beauty Case".
"The "The Case of the Beauty" has been very popular in the capital recently. I didn't expect to see the drama of "The Case of the Beauty" here, my queen?"
"Although the story is good, doesn't it end with Bao Longtu guillotining the unfaithful man? We all know the ending, and the play seems to have lost its fun."
"Yeah..."
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let the princess hear you, we are guests, we can't ruin the host's face."
All the ladies here have at least a seventh-grade imperial edict, and they have enough money to buy storybooks. The story of "The Beauty Case" is indeed fascinating, but naturally it becomes boring if you listen to it too much.
Princess Cui had already anticipated everyone's reaction, and said with a smile: "This is not the script of "The Case of the Beauty", this is a new play written by my prince himself, it is different."
"Oh? Then I need to take a closer look and listen to it. Who in this capital doesn't know that the plays written by Thirteenth Master are unparalleled. The last play "Sage Kong Killed the Unfilial Son in Fury" made people laugh. It’s really refreshing to see it…”
"It's true, I've never seen anyone write a play half as good as Master Thirteen. I'm really blessed today!"
The sedan chair was carried by everyone. Besides, it was recognized that Liu Ke, the loyal king, was good at writing plays. It was a joy to be able to appreciate the new plays at the first time.
Everyone started to watch the show happily, but soon they couldn't be happy anymore...
It's like this for the officials and their families, and it's similar for the male guests in the front yard. New plays were performed on the two stages at the same time. In the early stage, the poor and humble couples supported each other, the women weavers and the men studied hard. Although life was poor, it was still warm.
Soon Qin Xianglian gave birth to a son and a daughter, and Chen Shimei was also successful in studying. She passed the examination in one fell swoop and was recommended to the capital to take the provincial examination.
Until Chen Shimei bid farewell to his wife and children and went to Beijing, the play was always heart-warming. But what followed was a heartbreaking and tragic scene that made people tear up. Qin Xianglian did not wait for her husband, who was the number one scholar in high school, to pick her up. Instead, she waited for the news of Master Chen, the number one scholar in the capital.
Qin Xianglian brought her two daughters to Beijing with the money she collected from doing laundry and selling weaving, but died tragically in the temple...
The innocent souls in the temple cried out sadly, causing the ladies and girls in the courtyard to wipe their eyes. The men in the front courtyard were also furious.
The actors on the stage are still going on, the snow is falling in June, and there seems to be a great injustice. Bao Qingtian with the moon on his forehead appears.
Judging the yang by day and the yin by night, Bao Qingtian withstood the pressure of the Queen Mother and Princess, and used the tiger-headed guillotine to kill the unfaithful person.
Originally, everyone was cheering loudly for Chen Shimei's death. At this moment, the stage scenery was changed to the Dharma of Emperor Dongyue.
The miserable Qin Xianglian and the heartless Chen Shimei were reincarnated...
ah! The second girl of the Xue family is so pitiful!
Damn, this person named Mei is really not a thing!
Huh? Why does this sound so familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere?
One of the daily pastimes of the women in the back house is to inquire about the latest gossip. The eldest room of the Xue family has contributed a lot of new news in the past. The second room of the Xue family has been doing the same thing a few days ago. The story about the second girl Xue and the Mei family has been rumored. There was an uproar, and even the Rongguo Mansion was involved.
hiss! This... isn't this just talking about the second wife of the Xue family and the Mei family?
Both the male guests and the female family members turned their attention to the Mei family who came to celebrate their birthday.
Mei Xinyi originally joined his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy to denounce those who had betrayed their heart. Suddenly, the plot changed and Chen Shimei was reincarnated into Mei Shimei, and Qin Xianglian was now replaced by Xue Xianglian. There was such a thunder in his head that he almost fainted.
It would be great if he could really faint. Colleagues and all the guests in the garden focused their attention on the father and son, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
"It's not me, it's not me, then Chen Shimei... No, that's not me, then Mei Shimei, my name is Mei Lan!"
Mei Lan, who had nothing to do with the city, could not help but jump up and scream first, but she saw Xue Pan, who was not far away wearing a purple military attaché robe, snorted coldly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground, using his hands and feet to escape from Xue Pan. Pan's sight range.
Idiot Xue stared at him with this look that day and chased him to chop him!
"Don't kill me, don't kill me! I'm not a betrayal, I'm not a betrayal..."
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