Di Ying said: "Madam, all the neighbors have moved away. It's not safe for you to live here alone, isn't it? By the way, I see you have smoked bacon hanging on the wall. Is this the reason? Bringing food to your son who is studying?"
"no……"
The old lady instinctively spoke smoothly and paused as soon as she said two words. Then he nodded and said, "Yes, it was left for him."
After saying that, he lowered his head and closed his eyes, looking like he was uninterested and didn't want to talk to anyone anymore. It's like being old, sleepy, and losing energy.
Di Ying glanced at the old man, but continued to speak, interrupting the old lady's "sleepwalking."
"I heard that your youngest son is quite knowledgeable. Will he be able to pass the exam this autumn? At that time, your family will also buy some land. After all, when he passes the exam, those will be If you are exempted from tax, your life will be easier. But you must prepare some copper coins in advance. When the time comes, whether it is the person who brings the good news or the neighbors who come to congratulate you, you will have to give some."
When the old lady heard this, she didn't smile like an ordinary mother, but suddenly stood up and became angry.
Angry, he issued an eviction order.
"The old woman is not in good health and mentally. She can no longer answer any of the official's questions. Please leave. Don't come back again."
After saying that, he went back to the house angrily and closed the door of the main room loudly.
Di Ying glanced at the door of the house, then put away the paper and pen, walked around the Hu house, then looked at the long string of bacon hanging in the kitchen room, and touched each one.
Smell the hand, um...it smells pretty good.
After that, he left.
After coming out, Xu Si, who was rarely talkative, asked: "Sir, why don't you take this old lady away? As long as she is in your hands, if you don't believe that Hu Sha will not go down the mountain."
Di Ying heard the question, looked at the ground in the distance, shook his head slightly and said: "Everyone thinks so, right? But I won't do that.
It’s not that I sympathize with Hu’s mother. But I always believe that parents have to bear most of the responsibility when their children grow crooked.
That's why in the national laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, I would copy and kill everyone at every turn. It means that if one person is guilty, the whole family will be implicated.
I remember being questioned by a girl about this.
She asked me: Why?
Her father was sentenced to be beheaded for breaking the law. It was just something her father committed alone without telling the rest of the family, and I was the one handling it. Therefore, I only sentenced her father to beheading and let the whole family go.
You also know that I don't like to use the whole family to kill criminals.
In fact, sometimes, I don’t know whether this is right or wrong. I just insist on not generalizing or being static. Just deal with it according to the situation.
After all: legal principles are the basis for committing crimes.
But the girl stopped me later and asked me some questions.
After her father was beheaded, her entire family suffered numerous criticisms. Wherever you go, you will encounter ridicule, glares, and even bullying.
As for her, she is also a very thoughtful girl, and she has shouldered all this. Then what? I just wanted to participate in the government’s selection of embroiderers. She felt that she could do it, and she was even very confident that she could achieve the position of a female official.
There are female officials in the imperial court. His Majesty has always spared no effort to improve the status of women.
The girl wanted to give it a try with her own skills.
But as soon as the examiner saw her household registration record, she was turned away and she was not even allowed to participate in the assessment.
The reason is: she had a father who broke the law and was beheaded.
This girl stopped me, who was handling her father's case, and wanted to ask for an explanation.
She said: It was her father's fault and she did nothing wrong. She just wants to live well and work hard, doesn't she even want to give her such an opportunity? Her father has already paid the price for his mistakes, why should he involve the surviving family members?
She felt it was unfair, very unfair.
I asked her back: If a person breaks the law, only that person will be punished. Do you think there will be more and more people breaking the law, or will there be fewer and fewer?
She fell silent.
I told her again: The implication law actually wants everyone to think more about their family members when they want to stretch out their hands that they shouldn't. Because the consequences were not just punishing him alone.
The existence of laws and regulations is to draw a bottom line for people. Punishment is never the ultimate goal.
What do most of the people who break the law do? They are all for the safety of their families and for their families to live a good life.
Including your father. He was driven by poverty. When you wanted a beautiful dress, he went to kill people and rob money.
I asked her: Do you remember what you complained about your father at that time?
You say he is stupid, you say he is too reckless and impulsive. You said you just mentioned in passing that you were laughed at because of your shabby clothes. You said you didn't want any new clothes at all. You said you just wanted the whole family to be well.
You think: He doesn’t understand you.
But you have forgotten his original intention. The reason why he does this is because he wants to love you well. Because of this heart, he had the courage to be reckless, impulsive, and make mistakes.
Do you still remember the way he kept smiling at you without any argument when you complained about him on the execution ground?
Didn't you forget? But you will never understand, he has lost his life, why is he still laughing? !
The girl became even more silent after I asked her question.
I finally said to her: You are the source and the root cause of his mistakes, so he should not bear the price alone.
Since you enjoy what you don't deserve, you should pay the corresponding price. It has nothing to do with age.
Therefore, everyone who wants to make a mistake should think more about his or her family and the price they have to bear and pay for it.
The girl left after hearing this. But after walking away, he still muttered something.
She was complaining and complaining about why I didn't confiscate her entire family in the first place.
I sighed and shook my head. At that time, I wanted to tell her that if her father hadn't been caught so quickly and if her father had spent the stolen money on his family members...then I would most likely have allowed her to get her wish. "
"Sir, you wouldn't say that." Xu Si replied solemnly.
Qian Wuze continued: "No one will interrupt her life. If she doesn't become a female official, she can do something else. As long as she cherishes the opportunity and has the attitude to live a serious and good life, she can live a good life."
"Actually, I think..."
Liu Liu scratched his forehead and said tangledly: "It's good to kill all the people. After all, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Besides, if the upper beam is cut off and the lower beam is criticized too much, it will also I can’t bear to be crooked. Aren’t there too many cases like this? It’s very troublesome.”
