After the three yuan and the third, the ministers angered the ceremony and the music collapsed

Chapter 12
Jiang Zhao felt cold in his heart.

She knew that the status of women in this world was low, and she also understood that this was caused by the underdevelopment of education and civilization in ancient times.

But when she really witnessed it with her own eyes, she still couldn't stop the anger in her heart.

A man can beat his wife at will in the street, but those passers-by seem to be used to it and ignore it.

In this world, killing a woman is like killing a chicken, no one cares at all, let alone just beating in the street, no one cares.

Jiang Zhao saw that the woman was dying, but the man had no intention of stopping.

He still punched the woman's thin body one after another, as if the woman was his sworn enemy.

Jiang Zhao wanted to go up to stop him, but was stopped by Si Mubai.

Si Mubai shook his head slightly at her, and said: "Maybe that woman made a huge mistake, that's why her husband did this cruel thing. Let's observe and observe first."

Jiang Zhao shook off his hand: "That woman was almost beaten to death by him."

"Even if there is some deep hatred, there is no need to be cruel."

After all, he wanted to step forward to stop the man's ruthless hand.

Si Mubai turned around and stopped in front of her, grabbed her hand and comforted her: "The imperial examination is coming soon, let's not cause trouble in vain."

"Otherwise, delaying the imperial examination will be a lifelong regret for you and me."

Jiang Zhao is not an impulsive person, after going through Si Mubai's words in his head, he also felt a little reckless.

It was only now that it sounded that she had traveled to a dynasty that was patriarchal to the extreme, and she was not as lucky as the time traveler in the novel. Once she traveled, she became a noble figure like a princess and queen.

She is just a poor family.

Thinking of this, she took back the steps she had taken.

But it was not reconciled to let her leave.

After all, it is a living human life.

Si Mubai could naturally see what Jiang Zhao was thinking, so he suggested, "Why don't we go up and ask about the situation first."

"If there is really something wrong with that woman, we can't control it."

"But if the man just wants to beat his wife to death for no reason, then we can't sit idly by. We will report to the officials in the capital and let the government handle the matter."

Si Mubai's proposal is very good, and it is the most reliable method for them at present.

Jiang Zhao nodded in agreement.

Si Mubai then took a few drunken classmates out of the care of a nearby peddler, and handed them a few taels of silver. The peddler was naturally very happy to see the money.

After arranging the students properly, they went forward with Jiang Zhao to inquire.

The man was still beating the woman punch by punch.

Si Mubai stepped forward and asked, "Brother, why did you beat your wife like this? Did she make a big mistake?"

The man originally had a stern face, but when he saw Si Mubai and Jiang Zhao, a flattering smile appeared on his face.

In this world, the status of scholars is extremely high.

After seeing Si Mubai and Jiang Zhao, the man became simple and respectful, completely different from the brutality he had when beating the woman before.

"This is my mother-in-law. She has been married to my family for seven years, but she can't even lay an egg." Speaking of this, the man even spat on the woman.

It seems that it is his great shame and humiliation that the woman has nothing to do for seven years.

However, in ancient times, an angry person married into his husband's family and had nothing to do for seven years. It was indeed a great shame to the husband's family. The neighbors around would point out a few words when they saw it.

Looking at the man's behavior, Jiang Zhao frowned and said, "Since you have nothing to do for seven years, you should just divorce her. Why do you want to do this? You are going to beat her to death."

The man looked at Jiang Zhao and asked back, "Retired? In order to marry her, my father and mother went bankrupt to come up with the dowry."

"She has been eating and drinking at my house for nothing in the past seven years. If she divorces, won't I lose so much for nothing?"

You know, back then, my parents really went bankrupt in order to marry me a daughter-in-law.

I sold all the pigs at home, and borrowed a lot from relatives, and I only paid off the debt after many years of marriage.

Jiang Zhao frowned, she had a bad idea: "Then what can you get if you hit her?"

The man smiled, and said without hesitation, "I heard that there is an old man in the east of the village who is over 50 years old and has not married yet. He wants to buy a wife to renew the incense for his family."

"The old man has been lonely and widowed all his life. He has nothing but strength. He earned some money when he was young, but he was ugly. No girl would marry him."

"Now that I'm getting older, I want to renew the incense for my family, so that no one will take care of him when he gets old."

Listening to the man's explanation, Jiang Zhao felt chills in his heart.

She originally thought that the woman made some mistake to make the man angry, and that's why the man acted cruelly, but who knew that he wanted to pawn his wife away.

In ancient times, the behavior of pawning a wife could not be prohibited by law or justice.

"Since you want to pawn your wife, why did you beat her like this?" Jiang Zhao's tone was a little angry.

It is already unacceptable for a pawned wife, but domestic violence is even more unacceptable for a pawned wife.

Unexpectedly, the man punched the woman twice again angrily, and said after dispelling the anger in his heart.

"After I signed the pawn contract with the old man that day, I sent this woman over there. Unexpectedly, this woman came back within two days."

"The old man came to my house to ask for someone. He asked around, but let him find out that the woman hadn't had anything for seven years. The old man insisted on returning the goods."

"The old man has slept with my wife for several nights, and now he wants to return the goods. How is this possible? I don't want these broken shoes!"

"Besides, I spent all my money, so where can I get the money back?"

Xu was annoyed by the old man, the man said everything as if he was complaining.

Jiang Zhao glanced at the woman lying on the ground, feeling a little sad for ancient women in her heart.

In ancient times, women had no human rights at all.

Jiang Zhao was speechless for a long time, she really didn't know what to say.

In this day and age, it seems like her previous education was all wrong.

She snorted coldly and said, "It was you who sold her back then, and now you are the one who dislikes her broken shoes."

"If it wasn't for her infertility, could I sell her? Can the old man return the product?" The man retorted, blaming all the mistakes on the woman.

Jiang Zhao glanced at the woman on the ground and said, "Why infertility must be a woman's problem, why don't you find the reason from yourself?"

The man was very annoyed at the flirt with Jiang Zhao, he waved his fist and said to Jiang Zhao, "What did you say?"

Just as the fist was about to land on Jiang Zhao's body, Wei Xiang stopped him.

Wei Xiang squeezed his fist and stared at him coldly.

The man felt that his fist was about to be crushed in the boy's hand. He tried his best to pull out his hand, but he couldn't.

Jiang Zhao didn't want to argue with this man, and felt that communicating with him was like insulting his IQ, so he asked Wei Xiang to let him go.

She said to Si Mubai: "You take care of this girl here, don't let him do anything cruel, Wei Xiang and I will go to the capital to report to the officials."

Si Mubai was worried about her, so he said, "I'll accompany you to report to the police."

But Jiang Zhao shook his head: "It's fine for Wei Xiang to accompany the foolish brother, brother Mu Bai should stay here and take care of this woman and all the drunk brothers."

How could Si Mubai feel relieved to let Jiang Zhao go, but Jiang Zhao insisted on reporting to the officials with Wei Xiang.

"You are the one who invites everyone to drink today. You are the host. How can you ignore everyone when they are drunk?"

As Jiang Zhao said, Si Mubai couldn't say anything more.

Before leaving, Si Mubai still worriedly said: "If you can't do something, it's the same to report to the official after the palace examination."

Jiang Zhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yu knows what is more important."

After all, it was convenient for Wei Xiang to leave and go to the capital to report the case.

Si Mubai looked at the backs of the two leaving, but he was still uneasy. He felt that with Jiang Zhao's character, something would definitely happen.

But he glanced at the woman lying on the ground, the man who had been staring at him, and the drunk classmates who were being looked after by the vendors, and he could only stay with a sigh.

(End of this chapter)