Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

On the morning of the second day, Zhou Jun, who had a splitting headache, slowly opened his eyes. In a hazy state, he found that he had fallen asleep on the bed in the bedroom without knowing when.

The last fragment of his memory still remains at the moment when he stepped into the door last night.

After that, for Zhou Jun, it was almost a blank.

Zhou Jun struggled to get up from the bed and rubbed his forehead, trying to relieve his severe headache, but it seemed to be of no use.

Pushing open the door, Zhou Jun came face-to-face with Hua Yue, who had just washed up.

Huayue took a few steps back and stared at Zhou Jun with complicated eyes.

Zhou Jun felt uncomfortable being stared at by her. He looked himself up and down and asked, "Is there something on my face?"

Huayue shook her head, but still stared at him.

Zhou Jun thought for a while and asked again: "I was drunk last night. Could it be that I did something stupid?"

After painting the moon for a while, two words popped out of his mouth: "No."

Zhou Jun: "Then why are you looking at me like this?"

Huayue withdrew her gaze and went back to her room without saying a word.

Zhou Jun walked out of the door of the wing with a puzzled look on his face.

When they came to the side hall, Zhou Dinghai was sitting there early. Seeing Zhou Jun get up, he asked: "Have both the buyer and seller been notified when we go to execute the official deed today?"

Zhou Jun: "The seller already knows about it, but the buyer is still waiting for the news. I will go to Shengyefang this morning."

Zhou Dinghai nodded and said: "Go and tell me early, don't miss the time. I'll go to Zhongshi first and wait there. When you're ready, come and meet me."

Zhou Jun responded, ate a bowl of noodle soup brought by his servants, and two biscuits, then rode out and rushed to Shengyefang.

When they arrived at Pang Mansion, Pang Zhonghe was relieved when he heard that Jin Fengniang had signed the private contract.

He said to Zhou Jun: "Our family is not unreasonable. The daughter of the Zhou family has been working in the Jin family for so many years, so she should have the face to go out."

"Today we have the official contract, so our family will go there too."

Zhou Jun was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Mr. Pang had trouble with his legs and feet. He originally thought that when Pang Mansion went to Zhongshi to go through the slave purchase procedures, a servant would do it for him, but he didn't expect that Mr. Pang would go there in person.

Zhou Jun advised: "Why do Pang Gong have to work hard for a trivial matter? Besides, the mess in the middle market will also stain Pang Gong's luggage."

Pang Zhonghe said with a smile: "Does Erlang think that the servants in the palace are all pampered and pampered?"

"Actually, our group of people have all gone through hard times."

"Our family was once a refugee, but we were fortunate enough to be taken in by the Wu family; and Feng Yuanyi, who was close to the saint, was sold to Chang'an by Lingnan Taoists when he was a child, and he also suffered a miserable life."

Hearing Pang Zhonghe mention the name Feng Yuanyi, Zhou Jun didn't react for a while.

After thinking for a while, he remembered that the eunuch beside Li Longji, Gao Lishi, whose real name was Feng Yuanyi.

Seeing that Pang Gong had made up his mind, Zhou Jun stopped persuading him. After explaining the time and place of signing the contract, he rode towards Zhongshi.

After squeezing his way through the students and the crowd, Zhou Jun entered the city hall in Zhongshi. Just as he was about to go find Zhou Dinghai, he heard a quarrel in front of him.

Taking a closer look, Zhou Jun discovered that the two parties involved in the quarrel were Zhou Dinghai on one side and Wu Lushi, the city official on the other.

Zhou Dinghai frowned and said: "This is against the laws of the city department!"

Wu Lushi held the document, raised his head, and said slowly: "How can the slave Yalang who betrayed his beloved have the qualifications to be a guarantee again?"

Zhou Dinghai: "As for Jiang Yu's case, I came to the city office to defend myself before. My original intention was not to betray my beloved, but I was deceived and ended up doing that slave transaction."

"There are laws and regulations to be followed in the orders of the municipal offices in the two capitals, which states, "Anyone who sells his beloved as a slave will be deposed from the official post and will not be allowed to have sex for life; if the sale is not for Yuan Mou Lianghe, it will be a fault of negligence.

, whoever develops it will redeem it for copper.’”

"According to the law, I clearly made an oversight, and in order to avoid suspicion, I have stopped being a servant. Why do you still need to depose me, the official post of the Zhou family?"

Wu Lushi: "Because your case was of a bad nature and had a huge impact. In order to strictly investigate dental practices and set an example, the City Department revoked your Zhou family's official post."

Zhou Dinghai was so angry that he was shaking all over. He heard him ask loudly: "What do you mean by the bad nature and the great influence? It's just because of that case that you officials were criticized by the superiors, so you are angry with me!"

Wu Lushi snorted coldly: "Do you really think the City Department is making things difficult for you?"

"The buyer, the Xu family, filed a complaint with the city bureau a few days ago, saying that because he was involved in the case of selling a beloved man, the head of the Xu family was questioned in court and lost face."

"There are also many slaves in the city who have also confessed and sued you. In the past ten years, they have behaved badly and repeatedly violated the city's laws."

"Listen for yourself. With so much rebuke, should the City Department still keep your official post?"

Zhou Dinghai's hands and feet were cold and he was shaking.

Zhou Jun stepped forward at this time and said to Wu Lu: "The state has national laws and the city has city orders. My father's fault is not serious enough to depose the official post."

"If the Municipal Department wants to increase the crime because of another person's confession, then is there any need for the law to exist?"

Wu Lushi was stunned, glanced at Zhou Jun, and then said: "It's useless to say more, the city department has decided to dethrone your Zhou family's official post."

"Your expired slave tooth certificate is now useless, and the city department will not issue it to you if you get a new one."

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded in the middle hall of the City Department: "We would like to ask, since when did the City Department in Zhongshi start not even following the Tang Dynasty laws?

If you say it’s useless, then it’s useless.”

Pang Zhonghe was sitting on a cart, and two old soldiers from the army, one on the left and one on the right, carried him and his carriage into the central hall of the Municipal Administration.

Looking at the old man sitting on the wheel, Wu Lushi always felt that he looked familiar, but he could not remember his identity.

Pang Zhonghe entered the middle hall and was pushed to Zhou Jun's side. He asked Wu Lushi: "According to your opinion, the more people complain, the more serious the crime will be punished."

"If this is the case, what's the use of the Dali Temple? The plaintiff and the defendant just count which side has more people, and then the penalty is determined?"

Wu Lushi was about to refute, but saw Zhou Jun give him a wink.

After hesitation, Wu Lushi decided to remain silent.

I saw Zhou Jun making a cross-hand salute to Pang Zhonghe and saying, "I thank Mr. Pang for speaking up."

Pang Gong?

Thinking of the identity of the person, Wu Lushi's face suddenly changed, his body trembled, and the pile of documents in his hand unconsciously fell to the ground.

Without bothering to clean up the scattered documents on the floor, Wu Lushi quickly bowed to Pang Zhonghe and said, "Why did Mr. Pang come to Zhongshi today? Some are not welcome at a distance, some are not welcome at a distance!"

Pang Zhonghe snorted coldly: "What else can we do when we come to this central market? Of course we are buying maids! Is it possible that we are pointing at our family to greet you and the others?"

Wu Lushi looked very embarrassed and quickly waved his hands and said: "Pang Gong has killed the little official! I will call the mayor now, I will call him now!"

Pang Zhonghe: "Stop!"

Wu Lushi asked nervously: "Pang Gong?"

Pang Zhonghe: "The Nu Yalang who bought our maidservant is Zhou Erlang. I heard that you are going to take his official post?"

Wu Lushi opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhou Jun in shock. Then he realized what was happening and said quickly: "This is absolutely not the case!"

Pang Zhonghe: "Then why did I hear what you said just now...to strictly check the teeth to serve as a warning to others?"

Wu Lushi held his head high and spoke righteously: "In the past few days, there has been that narrow-minded villain who wants to falsely accuse Zhou Erlang. We have conducted a thorough investigation and finally figured out the whole story. We are planning to pay him back."

clean."

Pang Zhonghe nodded slightly: "That's good, go and get things done!"

Wu Lushi was so excited that he pushed away the crowd of onlookers and rushed to the Municipal Administration Pavilion.

Zhou Jun first glanced at Jin Fengniang and Ping Po not far away, then lowered his head and saluted Pang Zhonghe: "Pang Gong, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness."

Pang Zhonghe closed his eyes and said softly: "It would be a great pity for the Tang Dynasty to lose a slave like you."