When Li Hao followed his servants into the inner courtyard, he felt a little strange when he saw that the old lady was the only one there.
After saying hello and sitting down, the old lady said: "There was a farce in the Sheng family yesterday, and I have to thank you for your help, otherwise it will be a joke to outsiders.
The people from Dafang should have come to thank you in person for this, but they have to be busy with some things these days, so they delayed me to come and tell you not to blame. "
Li Hao hurriedly replied: "The old lady has broken me now. She drew her sword to help when the road was rough. What's more, I and the Sheng family are related after all, so this is even less worthy of a word of thanks."
After hearing this, the old lady felt happy and said: "You are a good child. But thanks are still due. When the work is over in a while, Sheng Wei and Chang Wu will come to express their thanks, so don't be polite. "
Li Hao said something modest about this, and then asked: "What is Uncle Sheng busy with these days? Moreover, how does Uncle Sheng plan to deal with the Sun family's affairs? Can he just tolerate it?"
Then the old lady sighed and said, "That's what I'm busy with now. After discussion yesterday, the Sheng family decided to let Shulan and Sun Zhigao reconcile. Now they are thinking of ways to do this."
Li Hao felt relieved after hearing this. Knowing that the Sheng family's plan had not changed, he could then find a way to deal with Sun Zhigao.
We can't let Sun Zhigao get Shulan's dowry of more than a thousand taels of silver when they divorced, like in the play. He has to have a better ending before he can vent his anger.
Li Hao was thinking about it when suddenly the old lady continued to speak: "Speaking of this, I have to talk about your audacious cousin. Yesterday, I heard that Sun Zhigao had no talent or virtue and actually wanted to admit a woman who was a prostitute. After beating Shulan girl.
He actually persuaded Shulan to reconcile and escape from the den of tigers and wolves in front of everyone before Dafang even made a decision. It was really audacious. "
There was still a hint of anger in his tone of voice, but Li Hao knew that the old lady was just pretending, so he couldn't tell how happy he was.
So he answered and said: "My cousin is a warm-hearted person. Seeing that my direct cousin is being humiliated, she is willing to help. This is a good thing.
On the contrary, those who only know how to be submissive when things happen are wrong. The old lady should be happy that my cousin can have such a demeanor. "
After hearing what Li Hao said, the old lady couldn't help but smile and said, "You know how to speak for her."
Li Hao replied: "I'm just telling the truth."
After chatting for a few more words, Li Hao went back to the room, preparing to find Zhang Wen and ask him to go out and inquire about the news as he said yesterday.
As a result, when Li Hao arrived at Zhang Wen's room, he found out that he had gone out early in the morning and was very active.
After learning that Zhang Wen had gone to inquire about the news, Li Hao was not in a hurry and simply went back to his room to continue resting. He only waited for Zhang Wen to come back and discuss how to deal with it.
When it was almost noon, Zhang Wen returned to Sheng's house and came to Li Hao to tell him the news he had learned today.
As for Yuan Wenshao and Gu Tingye, they were also brought over by Zhang Wen.
After the four people sat down, Zhang Wen began to introduce the situation and said: "The Sun family was originally a poor settlement. There were orphans and a widowed mother in the family. They had to rely on the grandma to wash clothes to survive. Even Shu Xiu, who was studying, could not afford it. It was kindly funded by the Sheng family.
Earlier, Sun Zhigao was quite motivated. He was selected as a scholar at the age of twelve. It was precisely because of this advancement that the Sheng family married off their own girl.
But after the girl from the Sheng family got married, the ugly faces of the Sun family's mother and son became apparent.
First of all, Sun Zhigao didn't want to make progress. He was nostalgic for the place of fireworks all day long and stopped studying hard, so he failed many times in the future.
Then the Sun family's mother and son took this incident to Miss Shulan's head, and from then on they continued to bully and insult her, completely ignoring the fact that their family's food and drink depended entirely on Miss Shulan's dowry.
Even after being married for many years and not having any children, Miss Shulan was forced to take twenty-two or three concubines in three years, all with money from the Sheng family.
This behavior is really shameless. I have never seen such a person in Bianjing. He also said that he was insulted by others. I think Sun Zhigao himself was the most insulted by others in his life. "
After scolding, he continued: "In addition, I also asked about the cause of today's incident.
It turned out that Sun Zhigao had recently found a prostitute and said she was pregnant, so he ransomed her body and said he wanted to join the family.
However, the Sheng family rules did not allow prostitutes to enter the house, so they angered the Sun family mother and son again. Sun Zhigao's drunken mischief yesterday may not have been an excuse to force the Sheng family to submit. "
"In addition, on the way back, I also heard that the Sheng family sent a housekeeper to the Sun family today to discuss the matter of reconciliation, but the Sun family's mother and son kicked her out. They also loudly said that there was only divorce, not reconciliation, which caused a stir outside. It’s an uproar.”
After listening to what Zhang Wen said, Li Hao just nodded and said he understood. After all, Li Hao already knew these things.
At first, Zhang Wen was asked to inquire just because he wanted to find a reason, so that he would not know the information out of thin air and arouse suspicion.
But Gu Tingye and Yuan Wenshao next to them were really angry. They said they wanted to teach Sun Zhigao a lesson and help Shulan escape from the sea of misery, so they asked Li Hao: "You asked me to inquire about the news. Do you have any ideas now after listening to it?"
Li Hao replied: "Did you notice something wrong with what Zhang Wen just said?
Sun Zhigao has twenty-two or three concubines, all of whom have been barren for three years. Now a prostitute is pregnant. Don't you think it's strange? "
After hearing what Li Hao said, the three of them looked at each other and then asked, "You suspect that the prostitute is pregnant with a child, not Sun Zhigao's, right?"
After hearing this, Li Hao was a little speechless. To be honest, Li Hao didn't quite understand why the ancients thought that whether or not to have children was a woman's problem.
So he explained: "If you think about it carefully, even if the woman you accept happens to be infertile, it won't be impossible after you accept more than twenty people. This is too coincidental.
What's more, those who are pregnant today are not women from good families, but women from prostitutes. If there is no problem in this, I really don't believe it. "
After listening to what Li Hao said, the three of them thought about it carefully, but even so, what does it have to do with the reconciliation of the two families.
So Zhang Wen asked: "But even if this is true, so what? What does this matter have to do with being reasonable?"
Li Hao explained: "This relationship is very important. There is an article in the "Song Jian Long Detailed Penal Code" that the husband moves to his hometown to work as a supervisor. If he is married and the husband leaves his hometown to work as a supervisor, he must be separated.
What does it mean? When a man is sent to the army, the woman can ask the government to divorce directly.
Do you think that if that woman really had an affair with an outsider, Sun Zhigao would only know about it and be able to bear this tone. "
Zhang Wen said: "Of course I can't bear it. What man can bear this kind of thing?"
After hearing what Zhang Wen said, Gu Tingye clapped his hands and said, "Yes, so as long as he knows what he did to the woman, he can be dealt with according to law.
After all, he redeemed that woman's body, so she is no longer a lowly person. If he really does something cruel, wouldn't it be better to arrange how to deal with her? "
At this time, Zhang Wen felt suddenly enlightened and said, "Okay, then I will find someone to check the news."
After saying that, he stood up and left without any hesitation.
This scene made Li Hao feel something was wrong, so he asked Gu Tingye and Yuan Wenshao: "Is Zhang Wen so active in doing things? I didn't see it at first."
The other two people were a little surprised when they heard what Li Hao said. Yuan Wenshao was overthinking it, thinking that he was anxious for justice.
On the contrary, Gu Tingye seemed to see something, but he didn't say anything. He just prepared to leave after hearing the news.
At this time, Li Hao suddenly remembered that the prostitute's deed of residence was still in the brothel, so he said to Gu Tingye: "I have another thing to ask you. You can go to the brothel and ask if all the documents of that prostitute have been handed over to the Sun family. .
After all, the Sun family has always been poor, and everything was provided by the Sheng family. Many joints may not know it, and the Sun family will definitely not dare to let the Sheng family handle this matter.
So maybe there is something missing. Go and ask. Anyway, you are familiar with the brothel, so you won’t trouble others. "
Hearing what Li Hao said, Gu Tingye defended himself: "Don't talk nonsense. Since I came to study, I have stopped hanging around with fireworks. Don't try to ruin my reputation."
Li Hao replied: "Okay, okay, I know you have changed your mind, but I made a mistake. This time you are doing whatever it takes to save people, so that's okay."
After hearing this, Gu Tingye stood up and left. Then Yuan Wenshao asked Li Hao if there was anything he wanted to do.
