Chapter 209: Yin and Yang difference
Although the Iron Captain is a warrior, he is an old official in the yamen.
The county magistrate accepted the lawsuit of "disobedience" by the Mei family, and said that the lawsuit between Guimei and Mei families would be left alone.
If Gui Chongyang is Cheng Ding or has a large clan, there is naturally no need to worry about anything.
The young Gui Chongyang was born in the middle of Gui and had few relatives. The lawsuit was officially opened, which certainly could teach the Mei family a lesson, but it would be more harmful than good for Gui Chongyang.
In the future, Gui Chongyang will not be able to go to office. It is not a bad thing to be a little more famous; but if you become an official, you will easily be criticized if you turn it out.
After all, that was the Mei family, and the Gui family had a vague identity. Even if the Gui family had a "adopted daughter" in their household registration, they had an engagement with Gui Yuan at the time, and they joined the Gui family in the name of Gui Yuan's "first wife" and had filial piety to the two elders of the Gui family.
Gui Chongyang has a father and mother in the household registration, and a marriage letter from his parents. He should have been the status of a legitimate son, but Gui Yuan was suspected of "marrying without complaining" outside and "stopping his wife and remarrying". In that case, it was still the Mei family who was Gui Yuandi, and Mei family was a cheap foreigner in Gui Chongyang.
Zhang Liang was born in a wealthy family and began to take on the Gui family's complaints to help Gui Chongyang vent his anger. He didn't think so carefully at all. It was Master Zheng who reminded him that he realized the inappropriateness of the lawsuit.
Before, Gui Wu rushed to sign the complaint, but he didn't want to involve Gui Chongyang.
After the trial was opened, the case was officially concluded, and there was no room for rebel in the future. Even if Mei Ping did not come to file a lawsuit, Zhang Liang was thinking about finding other reasons to deal with Mei Qingshu and his wife. In this case, Gui Chongyang could not be regarded as the plaintiff.
Zhang Liang did not make it clear in front of the Iron Captain, but he also pointed out that "we need to find the proof."
Nowadays, there are more than one "disobedient and unfilial" people in the Mei family, which is also a "circumstantial evidence" of the unfilial nature of the descendants of the Mei family.
"It's just a quarrel at home!" Mei An was anxious and wanted to stop him.
Because he was the patriarch, the Iron Captain had been unhappy about the affairs of the Mei Ping family before, and he was not polite about this matter. He pulled out half of the sword with a "clang" and snorted coldly at Mei An.
Mei An was shocked and almost fell down. Fortunately, his son Mei Qinglin helped him.
Even the villagers who talked so much just now couldn't help but silence and regretted it.
This is not a chat about "the parents of the family, the families of the people" on weekdays. These are not good people who are annoyed and do not hold grudges. Everyone doesn't like the Mei family's noble and stingy and fools students in the school, but there is no revenge of life and death, right?
The Tie Captain and his party went to Mei Tongsheng's house by themselves.
Although the villagers all turned off the noise, they couldn't help but feel curious and went behind to watch the fun.
Mei Tongsheng felt refreshed at home, but Xiao Li was worried and secretly happy.
A few days after entering the door, Du not only did not respect Xiao Li as his stepmother, but also kept using her words, obviously treating her as an old mother. Xiao Li is not a fool, so she can't see her despise.
When he was just a newcomer, Xiao Li did not face Du, but only Mei Tong was born and she wiped her tears a lot, otherwise there would not be this morning.
"Children are all debts! I just regret not being cruel early, otherwise I wouldn't have been exhausted!" Mei Tongsheng still felt heartache when he mentioned the dozens of acres of land that his son had lost.
On the contrary, Xiao Li was so open-minded that she couldn't even touch the land at home. Now Mei Tongsheng has made a fortune in the village school, and the house is ready-made. When Mei Tongsheng can't teach the students, Mei Sheng will also be able to support her.
Even if Mei Sheng fails to pass the imperial examination in the future, he is still a scholar. When he comes back to take over the village school or goes to the city to attend a restaurant, it is much better than ordinary farmers. Not to mention that Mei Sheng has 80 acres of land under his name, he can still share some money and grain in a year.
Xiao Li was satisfied and became more docile when Mei Tong became born, and she watched Mei Tong's business move.
If it weren't for lack of energy, Mei Tongsheng would have wanted to pull Xiao Li's kang up immediately. That's it, his subordinates were not idle, so they pulled Xiao Li and sat on their knees, touching and experiencing uneasy.
Xiao Li's face was flushed. Although she had married someone first, she was young and tender and could not let go, so she didn't dare to move.
Mei Tongsheng saw it and found it interesting. Just as he wanted to tease him, he heard the door "bang bang".
Xiao Li was so shocked that he jumped off Mei Tongsheng's lap.
"What are the unwise woman trying to do?" Mei Tongsheng pulled down his face and snorted coldly.
After getting that out in the morning, Du had no choice but to take a pair of children to the old house next door, but where could he treat others there?
If Du was alone, he would be tough and wait for her husband to come back to make decisions. However, he still had two children, so he would have to wait for the people watching the fun to disperse and knock on the door and beg for the children to avoid the cold in the room here first and wait for the room there to burn before passing.
But in Mei Tongsheng's eyes, he thought Du was tricky and did not give up on the house here, so he naturally cursed through the door and did not open the door at all.
Now that the gate of the courtyard sounded again, Mei Tongsheng thought it was Du's return, so he was so impatient.
Mei Tongsheng wanted to ignore it, but there was no one in the gate of the courtyard. The knocking sounded louder and louder, making people frightened.
Xiao Li looked at Mei Tongsheng with a hint of fear. With Mei Tongsheng here, she naturally didn't have to be afraid of Du, but there was Du Lizheng behind Du. Is Du Lizheng bringing people?
Even Mei Tongsheng was a little guilty.
Du Li was looking like Maitreya Buddha, smiling all day long, but not soft persimmons. If he helped Du fight for a house, it would be hard to say who would belong to the yard here.
Just as Mei Tongsheng was slow to leave the house, the gate of the yard was kicked open, and several officials came into the yard with impatientness.
Mei Tongsheng was not a bold person, but he immediately stopped seeing this and suddenly thought of Mei Xiucai. Could it be that he had too much gambling debt and went to the government?
Mei Tongsheng only felt cold hands and feet.
The iron captain said with a stern face: "Are you Mei Congshan?"
"It's Xiao... Xiaomin..." Mei Tongsheng said with trembling teeth.
"But your unfilial woman disobeys the elders?" Captain Tie thought the name was familiar, but now he remembered that this was no one else in front of him, the old boy who had a feud with the Gui family.
Zhang Liang wanted to protect Gui Chongyang to live a peaceful life, but when he met someone who was brave enough to bully others, he ordered people to inquire about all the families in Mujia Village, otherwise the Tie Captain would not have known that the old Tongsheng had a feud with the Gui family.
Although Captain Tie is familiar with Gui Wu and knows the general situation of his family, he doesn't know that his sister was retired more than ten years ago.
There is really nothing good about this Mei family!
The iron captain felt prejudice in his heart, and he showed some bad intentions on his face.
Mei Tongsheng was already a little bitch, but he didn't dare to refute when he saw this. He nodded honestly and said, "It's a woman who is unfilial to the old man and the aunt."
Tie Captain Tie and others were not long-winded. They used the excuse of the magistrate to educate the villagers, so they directly asked Du's place, and then went directly to the next door to ask Du to meet the official.
Du had been unable to open the door next door before, so there was no way, so he could only hold firewood to burn the kang. However, this place had been empty for many years, and the flue was not smooth. After burning for a while, there was no heat at all.
Mei Zhi was fine. When half of his eldest son was strong in his firepower, Mei Xiao was only seven years old. He was frightened again in the morning and was humming and screaming coldly.
Du cursed endlessly, not only hating his cold and unkind father-in-law, but also hating Xiao Li, who was sowing the disagreement and his stepmother Li, who was kind and unkind, also knew that this could not continue, so he wrapped his clothes on Mei Xiao several layers, intending to take his children back to his parents' home first, so he couldn't just freeze it like this.
As soon as the mother and son were out of the yard, they caught the knock on the door next door.
The knock on the door was really rapid, and even Du was worried.
Before, when her husband left and the jewelry box was slim, Du knew that her husband had been gambled again, and misunderstood that he was going to collect debts at home, so how could he dare to show up? He also knew that Mei Tongsheng was an irresponsible person and had to find the yard. Du looked at his children and was in a hurry to go around.
This gambler is crazy. What is the point of selling land and houses? It is not uncommon to sell children and girls.
Thinking of this, Du made a decision and said to his son: "Climb out of the back wall, go find your uncle, and ask your uncle to bring someone here!"
Although Mei Zhi was only in his teens, he knew something was wrong and did not dare to delay it. He immediately went to the backyard.
Mei Xiao’s face was red and he was also depressed.
Seeing that he looked around, Du took his daughter to the wing room. It was not Mei Sheng's room, which was empty and difficult to hide, but another room with old furniture.
Du hid her daughter in the cabinet and whispered: "Nannan waits for her mother to come back, no one tells her to come out, wait for her mother to come back to buy cakes for her!"
"Mom, it's cold!" Mei Xiao curled up like a kitten, and the movement was small.
Du felt very distressed, and immediately took off her cotton jacket and covered her daughter.
The knock on the door next door stopped, and Du did not dare to delay any more. After cleaning up the traces, he went back to the kitchen.
The cotton coat was given to his daughter, and Du only had a single coat on her body, tremblingly guarding the stove, but her ears were stunned and she was paying attention to the movement outside.
When he heard the door here, Du felt despair and a hint of gratitude.
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The officer asked a question and "confirmed" that Du's unfilial and disobedient things were.
No matter how stupid Du was, he knew that this woman's official would not have a good ending. She ignored anything else and called for justice.
Mei Tongsheng calmed down and felt that this was a good opportunity to settle the unfilial matter of Du's family. Even if Du is abandoned, it is also necessary. As long as Du is tolerant, he will be generous. The Du family should not have the confidence to help Du fight for a house.
The servant asked Mei Tongsheng, the "diplomat" and the "human witnesses" of his neighbors, to ask the people with carriages, and the Zhang family who ordered the carriages to take the "tolerance" this time, and escorted Du Shi, who was crying and hoarse, and went back to the town.
When Du Qi brought Mei Zhi over hurriedly, he saw smoke and dust all the way.
The officials left, the villagers who watched the fun dispersed, and everyone lost their initial gloom and were all a little embarrassed.
If there is a choice, no one is willing to make a "personal certificate" or a captain, but the official looked at the steel knife, who dared to say "no"?
Mei Zhi looked at Mei Tongsheng fiercely, his tender face full of hatred.
Chapter completed!