Mingyue of the Great Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/   The latest work of the great master Xiangnan Xiaoxiaosheng! Chapter 11 Xu Duwen

Li Rizhi just said that he would help Azhu find Xu Duwen, but Xu Duwen appeared here. This is really incredible!

Maybe it was not Xu Duwen who was kneeling down in the hall, but who else?

Zheng Gangling had already sat behind the big case. According to the rules, he picked up the gavel and slapped it on the table. Then he asked: "Who is kneeling down below? But the people in this county want to sue who they want to sue and why they sue it. If there is a slander, they will be submitted quickly!"

The young man kneeling below hurriedly said, "The student's surname is Xu, name is Duwen, and his hometown is Ganzhou. The student wants to sue Du, a woman from Gui County. She actually regrets the marriage. The student has prepared a lawsuit. Please check with the county magistrate!"

As he said that, the young man raised the paper in his hand high, and a servant came to pick it up and sent it to Zheng Gangling's case.

Zheng Gangling said: "Seeing that you speak clearly and claim to be a student, you must have studied. You must know that if Du doesn't want to marry you, you just need to return the betrothal gift. If you two families did not explain in advance how to compensate, then she doesn't have to compensate you or something. You must understand this!"

This sentence was Zheng Gangling reminded Xu Duwen that if he did not say before the engagement, if the party went back on his word, then what kind of compensation he would need to bear, then Du would not suffer much loss, and Xu Duwen would not get any benefits.

On the contrary, if a student who is likely to take the imperial examination encounters a break-up, it will be harmful to his reputation and will be unfavorable.

After Zheng Gangling reminded him, he looked at Xu Duwen below and was quite puzzled. Xu Duwen was handsome and gentle. Although he didn't look very rich, don't bully the young man's poor. It's impossible to say that he will suffer poverty in his whole life!

But when Xu Duwen's face turned red and extremely embarrassed, he heard Zheng Gangling's words blushing, he swallowed a few times before speaking: "The county magistrate misunderstood. It's not that Du doesn't want to marry a student, he is the student's mother-in-law, but she doesn't want to marry her daughter to a student!"

Li Rizhi listened behind the pillar. He didn't know that Azhu's mother's surname was Du, so he couldn't confirm until now that this person was Azhu's fiancé. If he could confirm, he would immediately run back to the back house and take Azhu to take a look.

Zheng Gangling said, but he still didn't look at the lawsuit and asked, "Have you thought about it, or do you still want to sue?"

"Yes, the student has made up his mind and must sue him!" Xu Duwen lay on the ground and kowtowed to Zheng Gangling.

Xu Duwen has not yet obtained the exam for fame and status, and is still a commoner, so he cannot stand and speak in the lobby. Unless Zheng Gangling asks him to get up, he will keep kneeling.

However, Zheng Gangling did not ask Xu Duwen to get up. He heard that he must sue, so he went to see the lawsuit.

Li Rizhi sneaked out from behind the pillar, hid behind Zheng Gangling, and put his head on the table, wanting to see the situation.

Zheng Gangling glared at him. Why did this naughty child run to the lobby? He pressed Li Rizhi's head with his hand and stuffed him under the table, not allowing him to see the case.

The confession was very clear, but the case was quite tortuous. The confession said that Xu Duwen's father had a good relationship with the local Zhu family, so he decided to marry a child. Ten years later, Xu's father left Xingyang and went to another place to serve as an official. After becoming two county magistrates, Xu's father died in office.

Xu's father was honest and had no savings. In addition, Xu's mother was sad and couldn't afford to get sick. Xu Duwen had to take care of her mother and could not leave her place of residence. She spent all the money at home, but still couldn't save Xu's mother.

After Xu's mother passed away, Xu Duwen was filial piety for three years. After the filial piety period expired, he set out to Xingyang. He earned travel expenses by copying and writing on the way, and then returned to Xingyang.

But who knew that when he arrived in Xingyang, he thought he could find his former uncle Zhu, but he didn't expect that Uncle Zhu had passed away for a long time. Aunt Zhu, also known as Du, did not admit that he had such a marriage. Not only did he want to regret the marriage, but he also did not allow Xu Duwen to meet his daughter Zhu.

Xu Duwen returned to Xingyang with great difficulty, but encountered a regretful marriage. This was like a bolt from the blue. When it comes to quarrels, he was definitely not a match for Du. The key to reasoning is that Du did not reason with him. In a helpless way, he had to come to the county government and file a complaint.

After reading the prosecutor, Zheng Gangling did not take the Zhu family on the prosecutor. He thought that it was A Zhu, the maid in the yamen. He must handle it impartially now. He said, "Twenty years ago, when the elders of your two families got engaged, there was a marriage letter. Can your family give him a betrothal gift?"

Xu Duwen hurriedly took out the wedding letter from his arms. This must be used. After the officer presented it to Zheng Gangling, he said: "When the engagement was in trouble, the student's family was still rich, so he gave the Zhu family a jade pendant, and the Zhu family also had a silver lock. The student has been wearing this silver lock for twenty years. No matter how hard life is, the student never thought of selling it."

He untied the collar of his clothes, and there was indeed a small silver lock inside, which was the kind of small silver lock that was worn for children and a hundred years old. It seemed that Xu Duwen attached great importance to this token. Even when he arrived in the hall, he did not take it off and presented it to Zheng Gangling.

Zheng Gangling didn't mean to look at the silver lock. He just needed to know that engagement was in accordance with etiquette and that there should be a lot of things less, so that's enough.

"Hurry up Xu Duwen, please wait aside for now." Zheng Gangling took out a fire sign from the signboard and threw it on the ground, saying, "After hearing this, go and tell the Du family to come to the hall."

The self-constable came forward to get the fire sign, turned to look at Xu Duwen, and Xu Duwen quickly mentioned the address. The constables left. Zheng Gangling did not wait in the hall, but got up and went back to the second hall to rest, and then placed the letter on the table.

As soon as Zheng Gangling left, Li Rizhi crawled out from under the table. He first snatched the table and went to see the letters on it. Although he was not old, he had been studying since he was a child and there were no unusual words on the letters, so he read them smoothly.

Xu Duwen sat on a bench under the hall. He was in a bad mood these days. He had been traveling a long distance to Xingyang. Not only did he not get a rest, but he was going to sue. It was time for both of his energy to be exhausted.

Suddenly, Xu Duwen saw a child suddenly appear and was lying on the table to look at the situation. He thought he was too tired, so he was dazzled. He quickly stood up and said to the servant in the hall: "That...that in the hall..."

The officer looked at him and smiled and said, "That's the nephew of my county magistrate. He is very smart and good at solving cases. He will definitely have a future." Of course, he should praise the relatives of the county magistrate.

Xu Duwen whined, it turned out that it wasn't that he was dazzled, but a child really ran to the county magistrate's table. He sighed in his heart. Why did even the children run in this lobby of the county government?!

Xu Duwen had to sit back to his original place. Now he could only wait for the constables to bring Du to the case before he could ask again. He had no other way except waiting.

When Li Rizhi looked at the confession, he felt more and more that the young man in the hall was Azhu's fiancé. He ran to Xu Duwen and asked, "Your name is Xu Duwen, do you know Azhu?"

Xu Duwen said with a roar, stood up again, he looked down at Li Rizhi and said strangely: "Do you know A Zhu, who is A Zhu? Is her surname Zhu?"

Azhu has no big name, but it has a nickname, but a nickname cannot be used, so she is a maid in the county government office, so others call her Azhu. In this era, many women who go out to work are called this.

Li Rizhi nodded and said, "Yes, her surname is Zhu, she is a maid in the yamen. She is twenty years old and hasn't gotten married yet. Many people are very surprised. I even asked her. She said she wanted to wait for her fiancé, her name is Xu Duwen, is that you?"

Xu Duwen was shocked. The reason why he came to the yamen to complain was because Du did not let him see Azhu. Unexpectedly, Azhu was actually a maid in the county yamen. So wouldn’t he be able to cross the Du family’s pass and meet Azhu directly!

Li Rizhi said again: "How did you get the scar on your forehead? Sister Azhu told me, and you can tell me it. If you are indeed Azhu's fiancé, then I will go in and ask her if she wants to meet you!"

Xu Duwen was surprised and happy. He held the small scar on his forehead and said, "This is when Ah Zhu climbed a tree when he was a child, but he fell off the tree. When I saw it, I ran over to pick her up. Ah Zhu was fine, but I fell down and my forehead broke, leaving this small scar."

Li Rizhi clapped his hands and said, "That's right, that's right, you're waiting here. I'll go in and call Sister Azhu out and let you two meet!"

He stepped aside and ran into the second hall. When Zheng Gangling saw it, he asked, "Rizhi, don't be naughty, what are you doing?"

Li Rizhi shouted: "Go to find Sister Azhu, the Xu Duwen outside is her fiancé whom she has been waiting for!"

"Ah? Is Ah Zhu the one who is in the prostitute?" Zheng Gangling was slightly stunned and saw Li Rizhi passing through the second hall and running to the back house.

He couldn't help but think: "I never thought that Azhu was Zhu, so naturally I didn't ask, but Rizhi could ask. It seems that although he is young, he is meticulous. If he can be well trained, his future prospects will definitely be greater than my brother-in-law and I!"

At this moment, the constables brought Du back and brought her to the hall, asking Du to wait. One of the constables went to the second hall to report Zheng Gangling that the defendant was brought and the case must continue to be tried.

Shortly after Du left the county government, he had just entered the house. Before he could drink water to rest, a constable came outside and said that she had sued the lawsuit and took her away.

But she was frightened by Du. She thought it was someone sent by her daughter, but after stuttering with her daughter for a few words, her daughter sent a constable to arrest her. When did her daughter become so powerful? However, no matter how powerful she is, she cannot send someone to arrest her biological mother!

When he arrived in the lobby, he saw Xu Duwen sitting on the side. Only then did Mrs. Du realize that it was Xu Duwen's proclamation!

This made Du very angry. She really got angry from her heart and became brave. When she saw Xu Duwen stand up and saluted her, she became even more angry.

Du thought to himself: "Scholars are just hypocritical. They all came to the yamen to sue me, but they even pretended to salute me! Very good, Xu Duwen, wait. As long as I am here, you don't want to marry my good daughter, never think about this life!"
Chapter completed!