The 124th chapter kills a Cheng Yaojin halfway (1)
Cui Wensheng said the matter again, so he naturally avoided the important things. Cui Yuyan's mistakes would definitely not be able to escape, but there are some things that can be discussed, such as: the offensive object.
The "Law of Famous Code" records the five-punishment system, from light to severe: whipping, cane, slaughter, slaughter, death, and five-punishment. Cui Yuyan teased a woman in the street, only between words and without physical contact, which is not a very serious crime. If the target is an ordinary good woman, at most, she will be punished by moss, whip and then fined. However, Bai Qiaoqiao is a woman with an imperial decree. She should be sentenced to severely, be punished by the war, and then fined, which does not involve "spawn, slaughter, death".
As a county marquis, Li Mu stood up for his wife and hung Cui Yuyan up and beat him. This was considered to be a "moss punishment" and used lynching. According to the law, it is unruly. If Cui Yuyan was beaten to death because of this, Li Mu would be punished. Although he would not die, he would at least be sentenced to "repeated punishment". This is also the reason why Cui Wensheng was not worried that Li Mu would beat Cui Yuyan to death.
But if Cui Yuyan teased Li Zhien, the situation would change. Li Zhien is a servant, slave, and a lowly person. Tang Dynasty ruled that a lowly person slave is equivalent to a livestock. Even if Cui Yuyan teases or even impolites, he only needs to pay for money. It does not involve punishment. In this way, Li Mu whips Cui Yuyan and hurts him, which is wrong. Cui Wensheng can sue him based on this, and Li Mu will get into trouble.
Cui Wensheng came to Changsun Wuji to get his support. He knew that Li Mu had sent a craftsman a few days ago and believed that Changsun Wuji had resentment towards Li Mu. If Changsun Wuji could help, even if Li Mu had aroused public anger, he would be defeated in the end. With Changsun Wuji's power in the court, there was no need to say anything. With a little hint, the officials of Dali Temple naturally knew how to do it when dealing with things.
In Cui Wensheng's mouth, Cui Yuyan's target of teasing was Li Zhien, not Li Mu's wife Bai Qiaoqiao. He was just trying to turn the tables, trying to use Changsun Wuji's power to teach Li Mu a lesson. But what he expected did not happen. After Changsun Wuji heard it, he just raised his eyelids slightly and said, "I guess that Zhulu Hou would definitely not beat your nephew for no reason. For this matter, it's better to let Dali Temple decide. I can't help anything. You can go down!"
Cui Wensheng was stunned and wanted to speak, but was frightened by Changsun Wuji's eyes and did not dare to speak. He turned around and walked out of the official office and became uneasy. He thought that Changsun Wuji would definitely help, but now it seems that Changsun Wuji seemed to be afraid of Li Mu.
This is absolutely impossible, it makes no sense! Cui Wensheng was puzzled, and suddenly, a person appeared in his mind, and he was immediately scared and sweating profusely.
The only person in this world who can make Changsun Wuji dare not provoke is the one the emperor wants to protect. Li Mu has been in the recent days. Has the many incidents that have happened to him in recent days actually His Majesty is in charge?
Is Your Majesty going to attack the aristocratic families?
The smarter a person is, the more things he thinks in his head, and the more associations he produces. After the shadow of Li Shimin appeared in Cui Wensheng's head, he fell into a vicious cycle. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had guessed it right.
Now Cui Yuyan has become a bait in the trap in his heart. If he goes to save Cui Yuyan, he will step into Li Shimin's trap and he will not dare to think about what consequences it will cause. Although Cui Yuyan is important, he is just a person, and it seems insignificant in the game between aristocratic families and imperial power.
Cui Wensheng really didn't know how to do it. After wandering for a while, he got on the carriage and planned to go to the scene to see what Li Mu was thinking. He didn't dare to fight him anymore. For the sake of the present, he could only try to meet Li Mu's requirements and see if he could replace Cui Yuyan with a life.
Changsun Wuji came to the window and watched Cui Wensheng go away, a sneer appeared on his face. He originally thought Cui Wensheng was a talent, but today's incident made his view of Cui Wensheng plummet. Cui Wensheng actually thought of his demeanor as if he was a commoner in the market. He thought that he would feel resentful because of a little conflict with Li Mu, and he also wanted to use this to pull him into the water and deal with Li Mu together.
Regardless of his demeanor, Cui Wensheng didn't think about it. The Cui family in Boling was a Shandong gentry, while Changsun Wuji was a military aristocrat in Guanlong. The two factions were constantly fighting, so how could Changsun Wuji take action to help his opponent?
Furthermore, no one knows Li Shimin's fear of Shandong gentry better than Changsun Wuji. He can't find any suppression even if he finally comes to an opportunity. After a chance, he will be so stupid that he will contrary to Li Shimin's wishes and help Shandong gentry?
Changsun Wuji was able to help each other because of his fear of Li Mu. Otherwise, if someone else had changed, he would have gone to see Li Shimin and put some damage.
Li Mu ran out of the crowd, met with Wang Hu and others, waiting for the Cui family to come. But when he waited, he didn't come. Seeing the sunset, Li Mu was a little anxious. Cui Yuyan was now hanging from the gate of the yard, and he had more breathing and less breathing. If he really died, it would be a troublesome thing. If he didn't die, he would have to make a mistake on him, and it would be useless to beat him. If he died, his mistake would be on himself, and it would be difficult to deal with it.
Just as Li Mu was thinking about finding a step and putting Cui Yuyan down first, Cui Wensheng arrived. With Wang Zhongyuan's past lessons, Cui Wensheng did not come over to talk to Li Mu in person, but asked his servants to pass on a message and asked Li Mu how to settle the matter.
Li Mu was waiting for this. In fact, Bai Qiaoqiao was not offended at all for today's incident. Cui Yuyan came up and rushed to Li Zhienlai. After teasing him for a few words, the two sides started fighting and were beaten a lot. He was really unlucky. Li Mu made such a big deal, one was to establish his authority, the other was to dislike Cui Yuyan, and the third was to fall in love with Cui Yuyan. He had long wanted to set up a store in Dongshi, but he was reluctant to let it go. Someone came to his house today, and he felt sorry for such a big momentum without cheating.
Li Mu was not polite at the moment. Anyway, it was just a message. Even if Cui Wensheng wanted to turn the tables, he would not admit it. It didn't matter. Li Mu put forward the conditions. First, Cui Yuyan could let go, but Cui Wensheng must admit that he was not strict in discipline, apologized, and then drove Cui Yuyan back to Boling, and would not appear in Chang'an City again. Second, it was the matter of the shop. The deed was taken and the matter was settled, otherwise he would meet in Dali Temple. Li Mu had confidence and seized the two points of Chang'an County sending yamen runners to cross-border arrests, and the misconduct of the children of aristocratic families was enough for Wang Zhongyuan and Cui Wensheng to have a pot of food, so he would not be afraid that he would not agree.
Sure enough, Cui Wensheng didn't even bargain and agreed immediately.
Chapter completed!