This earth-shattering sound shocked everyone.
Zhao Wenhua, who had already thought there was no chance, suddenly became energetic. The conscience of heaven and earth, this divine turning point was really not arranged by him in advance! It was definitely the clan leader’s improvisation!
Fan Yang was even more horrified, her charming face suddenly lost all color, like a wooden man, staring blankly at Fan Wu who was kneeling next to her.
In those eyes, there was surprise, despair, and more importantly, deep sadness. Come to think of it, she had thought that many people would stab her in the back, but she could not think of this person.
This man must be her favorite. When he held her, he must have said many affectionate words of love, and maybe he even gave her some very special gifts, such as heart-shaped stones and newly written songs.
Xiao Feng watched this scene silently, with anger boiling in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm at all. However, Princess Chang An in the large RV couldn't help it and cursed angrily.
"Asshole! A man who is like a pig and a dog! Sister An, chop him down!"
Fan Wu lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone. The clan leader Fan Jian nodded with satisfaction, and then saluted Xiao Feng again.
"Sir, now that we have witnesses, please judge the case impartially!"
Xiao Feng ignored him and turned to look at the Minister of Rites: "Master Shangshu, according to etiquette, if you commit adultery with a woman and your husband catches her, what should your husband do?"
The Minister of Rites was stunned, twirling his beard and said: "Sir, according to the etiquette, it is not guilty of killing the husband on the spot. If he is reported to the official, he will also be paraded through the streets with the same eighty boards and shackles."
Xiao Feng looked at Fan Wu with a sneer: "It seems that you don't care much about the eighty-year-old board. So, you
He's so strong, it doesn't matter if he's hit eighty boards.
And even if you and Mr. Fan Yang get the same blow, you can still live a good life when you go back, because someone will protect you. The situation was different for Fan Yang. Even if he didn't get soaked in a pig cage when he returned, he wouldn't be able to survive in Zhuangzi. "
Fan Wu still lowered his head and said nothing, obviously acquiescing. Xiao Feng took a breath and turned his eyes to Fan Yang.
"Fan Yang, if it were possible, you and Fan Wu would die together, are you afraid?"
Fan Yang had bitten her lower lip to draw blood, and the tears in her eyes had dried up. She glared at Fan Wu fiercely, and spoke slowly, filled with resentment.
"Sir, if you can help the slave family and avenge this great revenge, the slave family will work as cattle and horses in the next life to repay you."
Xiao Feng straightened up and looked at the clan leader Fan Jian: "Are you and Fan Yang's husband's family from the same clan?"
Fan Jian said proudly: "This is natural, otherwise I would have no right to interfere with his family's affairs!"
"Then, which family do the husbands of Fan Wu and Fan Yang belong to?"
Fan Jian did a mental calculation: "Sir, I am from the fourth server."
Xiao Feng let out a breath: "That means they haven't been to the fifth level yet, so they are considered blood relatives. Minister of Rites, how does the Ming Law stipulate this?"
The Minister of Rites also understood Xiao Feng's intention at this time. He twirled his beard and nodded slightly.
"The laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that if you commit adultery with a relative within the five realms, such as the wife of a brother or the wife of a brother's son, both parties to the adultery will be punished by hanging.
If he commits adultery with his father's wife or his descendants' wives and concubines, both parties shall be punished by beheading. "
Fan Wu turned pale all of a sudden and looked at the clan leader in horror, "What's going on? How could you have done it before?"
You didn't tell me that this happened!
Fan Jian was also confused, he didn't know it was so detailed. It should be noted that in the past, such matters of adultery were rarely reported to the government and were dealt with according to clan rules.
Therefore, everyone in the clan, including the clan leader, is not very clear about how the Ming Law stipulates the crime of adultery in detail.
This time, I was subject to the new law and had to go to the government to go through the motions. I hoped that the government would agree to continue to deal with it according to clan rules, but I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty law criminalized adultery among relatives so severely!
Xiao Feng looked at Fan Wu and said with a smile: "Very good, very good. You are willing to sacrifice your life to maintain the customs of the village. I really underestimated you.
I will have people prepare to be hanged right now. Fan Wu, you are so handsome and so young. I think you will live a good life and many girls will like you.
It's a pity that you are about to die by hanging at such a young age. It is still unclear whether you can be a human being in your next life.
But don't worry, I believe that even if you become a maggot, you will still be the most handsome one. What a pity, what a pity. "
Xiao Feng said it was a pity, and he got on his horse and started to move forward. Fan Wu's face turned pale, and he rushed forward crazily to hug Xiao Feng's horse's front legs.
The horse was frightened and kept flicking its legs, trying to fly him away, but Fan Wu hugged him very tightly and screamed.
"My lord, my lord, this villain is talking nonsense, this villain is talking nonsense! This villain has never had an affair with Fan Yang, this villain is talking nonsense!"
Xiao Feng frowned: "You have to think carefully before speaking. Talking nonsense is also sinful. You will be slapped, and the slap will be very painful. If you ask me, you might as well hold on and be hanged."
It's quite enjoyable. "
Fan Wu shook his head crazily: "No, no, no, the villain is willing to be punished, willing to be punished! The villain is talking nonsense, and he deserves to be punished!"
Xiao Feng smiled and looked at Ying Tianfu Yin: "Since this person can correct his mistakes after he realizes them, don't be too harsh when you hit him. This can be regarded as a reward from the court for his repentance."
Ying Tianfu Yin was so impressed that he nodded his head repeatedly without hesitation.
Xiao Feng looked at Fan Jian: "Clan leader? Do you still have witnesses?"
Fan Jian looked nervously at the more than 20 men who came with him. These men collectively took a step back, and then suddenly realized that everyone had stepped back. He did not widen the gap, so they collectively took another step back.
Xiao Feng nodded and suddenly understood how the involution came about.
"Fan Jian, as the leader of the clan, you are responsible for the moral integrity of the clan, so I don't blame you for being too hasty and blocking the road to complain.
But you must understand that if a slap does not make a difference, even if Mr. Fan Yang is suspected of being frivolous, what will happen to the men in your hometown who have an affair with her?
You are always ready to dip a woman into a pig cage, but you are so tolerant and generous to men. What's more, as the leader of the clan, you have high moral character and high respect, and you also want to get involved, which is even more inappropriate.
I don't care about the affairs within your clan, but you instigated Fan Wu to give false testimony, and the crime is inevitable. As the chief envoy, the crime is even more serious. Considering that you are old, I will give you half of the eighty-year-old board! "
Fan Jian was about to cry but had no tears. He glared at Fan Wu fiercely, but Fan Wu was so happy that he had escaped death that he couldn't help but care about him.
Fan Jian glared at Fan Yang again. Fan Yang was not afraid and looked straight at him, but she made him lower his head and felt secretly angry.
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Yue nodded: "Take the Fan Yang family and follow us. Leave Fan Jian and Fan Wu to Yingtian Mansion. You can go home after finishing the work."
In Nanjing City, there is a mansion specially prepared for the Governor of Jiangnan. It is still early for dinner at this time, so Xiao Feng and others go to the Governor's Mansion to rest and change clothes.
As soon as Xiao Feng entered the house, he hurriedly summoned Fan Yang's family. Princess Chang An curled her lips and looked at Xiao Feng sourly.
"I don't think the way you look at Mr. Fan Yang is right..."
Xiao Feng smiled and ignored her. After the Fan Yang family came in and knelt down, Xiao Feng spoke calmly.
"There is no one else here. To be honest, is Fan Yang having an affair with the man in the village?"
The whole family looked at each other, and finally it was the mother-in-law who spoke: "The old lady and her family are so embarrassed that they can't repay you for saving your life. We dare not lie to you. My daughter-in-law was born with a strange disease. It's really... hard to talk about it."
At this time, Mrs. Fan Yang had all tied up, and An Qingyue also took her to wash her face. Her face looked like peach blossoms, and her eyes were like spring water. She glanced at Xiao Feng with anger and joy, and her face turned red.
"Sir, the Nu family is originally from Jiaxing. A few years ago, when the Nu family was young, they met a strange man when they went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables.
His face was covered with hair and beard, gray and disheveled. He was flying around on the rocks and caught me in one fell swoop. Then he talked about me, saying that I was a beauty, but unfortunately I was not a good person.
He caught me in a cave and stuffed a medicine in my mouth. My whole body became hot and itchy. Then he... ruined me.
Later, there was a woman in the cave who was not wearing any clothes. She said that if you just grab people and bring them in, the Holy Envoy will know what happened.
.
The weirdo asked the woman to throw me into the cliff, pretending to fall.
I was so scared that the woman took me out of the cave, came to the edge of the cliff, let me go, and told me never to go up this mountain again.
Since then, I have been suffering from a strange disease. If I don't touch a man for a few days, I will feel itchy and itchy all over my body. Even after taking a lot of medicine, it didn't feel better.
Later, when the Japanese pirates made trouble and my father was killed, I fled to Nanjing with my mother. As a result, my mother froze to death, and my mother-in-law saved my life.
My lord, I know that I am lustful and shameless by nature. But the slave family has never done anything bad or harmed anyone. Those men came to seduce the slave family on their own initiative.
Real gentlemen always stay far away from the slave family, neither daring to provoke them nor wanting to bring their reputation into disrepute.
There are men who send money and food, but slaves seldom ask for them, preferring to support their parents-in-law with their own hands.
Fan Wu and Nujia were the best friends. He said several times that he would take Nujia to escape and live a good life with Nujia. However, Nujia could not bear to leave her parents-in-law and husband and refused to agree. Unexpectedly, he actually..."
Xiao Feng listened quietly without saying a word. It wasn't until Fan Yang covered his face and started crying that he slowly spoke.
"You are not promiscuous by nature. What you become today is related to the pill and that person. I have seen a girl who looks very much like you.
Fortunately you didn't run away with Fan Wu, otherwise I would conclude that you must have been sold by him at this moment. Even if he doesn't sell, he doesn't have good intentions. You have filial piety and benevolence in your heart. This means that good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds. "
Fan Yang's husband coughed, with a blush of shame on his sallow face: "Sir, in the final analysis, the villain is still incompetent.
I can't help my wife, so I have to let her suffer other people's words..."
Xiao Feng frowned, his words were nice, but something felt wrong. He coughed and got his thoughts back on track.
"Now you have two choices. One is to return to Fanjiazhuang and continue living. I can ask Yingtian Mansion to take care of you and prevent others from bullying you. But I can't cure Fan Yang's disease.
Second, I will write a letter to you and ask Yingtian Mansion to send someone to take you to the capital. When you get there, go to Yan Niang in Chunyan Tower and let her arrange your life.
Since Mr. Fan Yang has this disease, until there is no way to cure it, working in Chunyan Tower is probably the best arrangement at the moment. But if you are worried about honor and integrity, this road will not work.
No matter what, try to find a way to survive first. As long as a person is alive, there is hope, and there will always be a day when he can be cured. "
The family looked at each other for a moment. Fan Yang's husband kowtowed first and said: "I am willing to listen to the adults' arrangements and take my family to the capital. I am not afraid of people's jokes. As long as my family can live a good life!"
Mrs. Fan Yang also blushed and nodded. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law hesitated for a little longer, but finally nodded. Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Chunyan Tower is different from other brothels. If you don't want to, just tell Yan Niang and she won't force you to accept customers.
As for your husband, his illness may not be incurable. Many famous doctors in the capital asked Yan Niang to help find him. If your husband is cured, you may be able to leave Chunyan Tower.
Here are three Qingxin Pills, keep them for the road. Although I can't cure your disease, it will take some time to go to the capital and help you relieve the pain. "
Fan Yang thanked him and took the elixir.
Xiao Feng pointed to the pen and paper on the table with a solemn expression.
"What is the name of that mountain in your local Jiaxing area? Try your best to recall it and write down the location of the mountain and the famous things around it for me."
After seeing off the Fan Yang family, Xiao Feng changed his clothes and took Zhang Wuxin to the reception banquet hosted by Zhao Wenhua. As for Princess Chang'an, her eyes were swollen from crying along the way and she had no appetite, so she stayed in the mansion.
At the reception banquet, Nanjing officials' attitude towards Xiao Feng obviously changed for the better. Especially Ying Tianfu Yin, the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Rites, the smiles on their faces are much more sincere.
Normal people always admire the strong, and they are always humane.
In Fan Yang's case, although Zhao Wenhua was pressing for it and wanted to wait to cause problems for Xiao Feng, in fact, the three of them could not reach a consensus on the penalty.
They all know that it is most likely true that Fan Yang is promiscuous in the village, but they are also men. Based on their experience, they deeply understand that if those men are unwilling or even do not take the initiative, Fan Yang will not be able to take off their pants.
Although it is a common practice for men to put all the blame on a woman by pulling up her pants, other men actually understand that the woman has been wronged and are willing to forgive her.
Surprisingly, people who are often unforgiving of women and believe that women are responsible for their sins are often other women, but they still mean it from the bottom of their hearts!
Therefore, it is rare for a person like Princess Chang An to be sober in the world.
The biggest problem facing these three officials is that they know in their hearts that Fan Yang is the lifeblood of the family. If Fan Yang is gone, the whole family will die as well. this
They are not willing to put the cause and effect on themselves.
But if I want to favor the Fan Yang family, I can't do it. After all, there are many people talking about gold, and there are many witnesses. The defeat of the Fan Yang family is almost certain. The laws and clan rules are all there, how to protect them?
So they pushed back and forth, and it happened that Zhao Wenhua wanted to deal with Xiao Feng, so they just went with the flow and left it to Zhao Wenhua to deal with.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng didn't even get promoted, so he simply solved the problem on the roadside. Not only did he save the Fan Yang family, but he also made it impossible for anyone to find fault. This is awesome.
Official Yin of Yingtian Mansion was a man of temperament. After a few glasses of wine, he saw that Xiao Feng was becoming more and more pleasing to his eye, so he whispered secretly while toasting Xiao Feng.
"Sir, have you ever heard that the north believes in Taoism and the south believes in Buddhism? Although today's Wansai worships Taoism and suppresses Buddhism, in the land south of the Yangtze River, Buddhism has a deep foundation and has won the hearts of the people."
Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, but remained calm on the surface. He just smiled, drank the wine, and patted Ying Tianfu Yin's arm gently.
Seeing that the dinner was coming to an end, Zhao Wenhua stood up and led everyone to toast Xiao Feng a glass of wine, and then spoke with a smile.
"Master Xiao, during these days in Jiangnan, Xiaguan has been preparing for your arrival all the time.
Everyone can testify that whether in the officialdom or among the people, Xiaguan promotes you as the number one person in the Taoist sect today!
The lower official general vigorously publicized his performance in discussing Taoism in the capital, and everyone in the officialdom and the people admired it. But there was a crazy monk who was ungrateful and claimed that Taoism was a small way and Buddhism was the main way.
The lower official was furious and wanted to punish him on the spot. However, after thinking about it, it seemed inappropriate for the government to intervene in such a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.
What's more, this crazy monk is quite famous in Jiangnan.
, handling it rashly is also afraid of arousing public anger.
Therefore, the official was abrupt and asked the crazy monk to wait for a few days. When the master arrived, he could teach him a lesson in person.
Your Excellency has arrived in Nanjing today and everyone knows it. Should you call the crazy monk to the lobby of Yingtian Mansion tomorrow and reprimand him face to face? "
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Feng's face to see how he would respond. With Xiao Feng's current status, he could refuse if he didn't want to.
But if this matter spreads out, not to mention the people in Jiangnan will laugh at Xiao Feng, even Jiajing will be dissatisfied with Xiao Feng.
You are the number one person in the Taoist sect, and all the Buddhists point their noses at you and look down on you, but you actually backed down. Doesn’t this disgrace the entire Taoist sect?
Xiao Feng poured himself a glass of wine, looked at Zhao Wenhua with a smile, and drank it in one gulp.
"Let him come, and let me see if the talent you, Mr. Zhao, have found will be more powerful than Yan Shifan."
