Early in the morning, on the street of Chang'an City, a huge welcoming team came face to face.
"Tick tock!"
Six wedding musicians played a festive tune, and the flower sedan chair carried by eight people had an abnormal style. It was surrounded by brocade bells. With the steps of the sedan bearer, they sent out sweet bells all the way, and even passers-by could feel the festive atmosphere.
"Matchmaker Zhu, what kind of marriage is this? It's so imposing!" a fat matchmaker with heavy makeup and flirting in front of the wedding procession. People on the street have acquaintances, and asked aloud.
Matchmaker Zhu is a famous matchmaker in Chang'an City, but her reputation is not good. She specializes in matchmaking for some rich families and only recognizes money.
"Who else can it be? Of course it's master Hu's house in Dongcheng!" said matchmaker Zhu enchanting.
"Mr. Hu? Mr. Hu is already seventy, and can we get married?" passers-by laughed.
"Of course, it's not master Hu, but master Hu's youngest son." matchmaker Zhu pretended, covered her mouth and smiled.
The passer-by was surprised and said, "isn't that a fool? I heard that he got sick and hit everyone! Even doctor sun can't cure him."
"Well, which daughter is willing to marry a fool? Doesn't it push her into the fire?" a middle-aged woman exclaimed.
The matchmaker Zhu snorted coldly, "what's the matter? The Hu family has a great career. How can you enjoy happiness when you marry the Hu family?"
"Your family has a daughter. Why don't you want to marry the Hu family?" the middle-aged woman snorted coldly.
Matchmaker Zhu's face suddenly froze, bowed her head to hide her face, and hurriedly greeted the wedding procession to leave.
"I'm afraid this is another arranged marriage!" passers-by sighed one after another.
Yesterday's Ink magazine spread in Chang'an City, and people talked about it one after another. However, like Zhou Yan and Zhang Liu, they are a few after all. How can more people repent because of Merton's words.
There is no airtight wall in the world. The welcoming team didn't go long before news came.
In order to repay the gambling debt, Han laitou in the west of the city betrothed his daughter to the Hu family with a bride price of 50 Liang silver. It took only six days from receiving the lottery to welcoming the wedding. It can be said that it is a standard arranged marriage.
Speaking of Han laitou, who is also a legend, the Han family was originally a big family. Just because Han laitou was a bad gambler, he lost all his family property. Then he didn't repent, but made it worse. In his early years, he even sold his wife into a brothel in order to pay off gambling debts. Now he does it again. For money, he sold his daughter to the fool of the Hu family as his wife.
"People like Han laitou are really not things. They should go to hell and be cut by thousands of knives." many people immediately gnashed their teeth when they heard the speech.
Chang'an city is the imperial capital. As long as you are willing to work hard here, there is no reason why you can't live. Instead, you have to say that Han Lai is a bad gambler.
When the wedding procession came to Hu's house with gongs and drums, the Hu family, dressed in happy clothes, greeted at the door with a smirk on their face.
In fact, according to the rules, the groom should go to the women's house to greet the wedding in person. However, the Hu family is too stupid to help the horse at all, so they only greet the wedding at the door of the house. For this reason, Han laitou asked for five Liang more silver.
"The auspicious hour has arrived, and please get the bride off the sedan!" cried the matchmaker Zhu.
However, matchmaker Zhu shouted three times, but there was no movement in the sedan. Suddenly, matchmaker Zhu had a bad feeling in her heart and hurried forward to open the sedan.
In the sedan chair, the Hu family daughter was already spread out in the sedan chair, cold all over.
"Dead!"
In horror, matchmaker Zhu screamed loudly.
The guests of the Hu family immediately dispersed in a crowd. A great joy turned into a funeral. People who had good deeds for a long time soon informed the Mo hospital and the Yamen of Chang'an city.
Soon, the medical car of MOH hospital and Constable Cao arrived almost at the same time.
A doctor got out of the car, touched his pulse, shook his head and sighed, "the heartbeat has stopped. It's hopeless."
Constable Cao frowned and said, "doctor, but find out the cause of death of the Korean woman."
"Take poison and kill yourself!" the doctor looked at the happy sedan chair and happy service, immediately understood the reason, and looked at matchmaker Zhu with disgust.
"It's none of my business. I'm just going to matchmaker." matchmaker Zhu said shakily.
Master Hu had already been waiting nearby. Now that the bride died and the marriage became a funeral, he looked at his spare time and hurriedly came up to Cao Li and said: "Lord Cao, the Hu family is not responsible for this. My Hu family really wants to marry the Han family daughter, but it happened so frustrated before I entered the door. My Hu family is still the victim! Lord Cao wants to be the master of my Hu family!"
Cao Li looked at master Hu with disgust. If your fool didn't want to get married, how could this happen.
"Let's wait until the Han family comes." Cao Li said angrily.
Cao Li sighed and ordered a Yamen to say, "go to the Han family and find Han Lai's head for me. If you can't find it, go to the gambling house."
One of his yamen servants immediately took the order. Han laitou was a famous gambler in Chang'an city. A group of Yamen servants knew him very well.
Cao lidon had a terrible headache when he saw the bride's body in the red sedan chair. If it had been easy to deal with before, but now the ink magazine has just come out, there is a heated discussion about buying and selling marriage in the city, and the Hu family openly bought and sold marriage without any concern.
Now there are human lives. If one of them is not handled well, I'm afraid it will be scolded by the people in the whole city. Even Cao Li dare not make claims without authorization.
Master Hu wanted to say something more. Unfortunately, Constable Cao didn't answer at all, so he had to be bored again.
"I want a daughter-in-law, I want a daughter-in-law!" beside master Hu, the silly son of the Hu family kept shouting with master Hu in his arms, which made people feel cold.
Soon, a yamen servant came with Han Lai's head.
"Constable, I'll find this man in Qingcai gambling shop. The money for selling marriage is almost lost." the Yamen said angrily.
When Cao caught the first meal, his heart was filled with sadness. He forced his daughter to marry a fool and gambled with the money he sold his daughter. How hateful is his father.
"Surnamed Hu, I gave my daughter to your Hu family, but you were forced to death by your Hu family. How do you want to compensate!" Han Lai saw his daughter's body and howled a few times, so he wanted the Hu family to lose money.
"Compensation, your daughter hasn't crossed the door of our Hu family. How can we be forced to die? You still want the Hu family to compensate, and the Hu family wants to sue you for cheating on the bride price?" master Hu shouted angrily.
Regardless of the body of the Han woman lying on the street, one insisted that he had married the Hu family and was forced to death by the Hu family. The other thought that he had not passed the door of the Hu family, the wedding had not been completed and the engagement was invalid. They were unwilling to let him bring back the body of the Han woman.
"People are dead, and you are still here to shirk your responsibility and only talk about money!" Cao Li angrily scolded.
"This is not our fault!" master Hu, Han Lai and matchmaker Zhu shouted one by one.
Cao Li was immediately embarrassed. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, he really had nothing to do with the three people.
"Since you have no place to complain, let Mo preside over justice for you!" the crowd suddenly separated, and Merton came out more and more.
"Mojiazi!"
In the crowd, there was a sudden exclamation.
The three of master Hu immediately seemed to see the Savior. They all pointed to Merton and said, "it's all the fault of the Mohists."
"My daughter loves face most. If it weren't for your article, how could my daughter commit suicide. You return my daughter!" Han Lai saw Merton and rushed at Merton with a cry. Compared with the MOH family, the Hu family only had a few money. If the MOH family compensated, wouldn't it be able to lose more money.
Cao Li waved his big hand and several yamen guards immediately controlled Han Lai's head.
"Lord Mo, please stay away!" Cao Li said anxiously.
Merton shook his head and said, "Constable Cao, please take the three people back to the Yamen for the time being, restrain the Korean daughter for the time being, and wait for Mo to personally sound the Wen Deng drum and preside over justice for her Korean daughter."
"Smell the drum?" Cao Li was surprised.
The imperial court's drum can be sounded by people with great grievances and can be heard directly to heaven. However, once the drum is sounded, there will be no turning back. No one thought that Merton would do such an amazing thing for a woman he never knew.