dognovel Chapter 102 Jin Jie'er is domineering!
Chapter 102 Jin Jie'er is domineering!
"Ah, what's wrong?" Dongfang Jin looked bewildered, thinking to herself, "Aren't you going to hear cases?"
"You praised him..."
The tone was somewhat resentful.
Dongfang Jin: "..." What... does this mean?
Gu Chenglin...
Your Honor! Aren't we supposed to be holding a trial right now? Why are you staring at my wife?
Helian Shuo: "..."
They're totally acting! I can tell from their eyes!
"Lu Yunqing, watch your words and actions!"
Anxi...
Gentlemen, what's going on here? Have some manners to keep quiet!
Lu Yunqing seemed to be at odds with Dongfang Jin, ignoring everyone else and just staring at her.
Changsun Lan sat lazily on the horse, one hand supporting her chin, the other playing with a pebble, while she looked at Dongfang Jin.
He also wanted to know what the woman had to say.
Lu Yunqing urged impatiently, "Since we met, you haven't praised me once!"
Dongfang Jin: "..." That's it?
Jealous?
You can't help but praise me, right?
Judging from this situation, it definitely won't work.
"Though his life is simple and coarse, his inner beauty shines through his knowledge of poetry and literature."
Helian Shuo rode over on horseback and leaned close to Dongfang Jin: "Come, tell me about yourself."
Dongfang Jin: "..." Another one vying for attention?
"you?"
Helian Shuo nodded: "Mm."
"Hehe, you are handsome, dashing, and dignified."
Helian Shuo: "..." Are you sure it's him?
You should know that he was the shortest and ugliest among all his brothers.
Changsun Lan couldn't help but take another look at this woman who spoke eloquently. This one look made him realize that she seemed strangely familiar.
He fell into deep thought... This was his first time here, how could he possibly know someone like this?
When Helian Shuo saw Changsun Lan's expression, he knew that the guy had remembered something again, so he didn't pursue the matter any further.
Remembering the favor his friend had asked them to do, he said with a roguish grin, "Lord Lu, aren't you holding court? We have the man on hand, we can lend him to you, it's a good deal!"
Old Mrs. Gu held her injured daughter, sobbing uncontrollably.
Hearing Helian Shuo's words, he looked at the group of people in fear, not daring to utter a single word.
Before Lu Yunqing could speak, the clan chief had already walked up to Gu Chenglin and said threateningly, "Gu Chenglin, if you can stop the magistrate from holding court, I can move your whole family back to the clan."
Dongfang Jin scoffed: "Old man, go cool off somewhere else."
Relocate back to your clan? Does your clan have mountains of gold or silver mines? Who are you trying to fool?
Our family doesn't care about your lousy clan. My Gu Chenglin has now formed his own clan, and he is the ancestor of his own clan.
Go back to your clan? So you can keep tormenting me? So you can keep bullying me?
"So, are you waiting for the next wave of forced labor and military service to be filled by him or his son?"
Chief Gu's eyes flashed with a fierce light: "Fang Jin, a mere woman, how dare you interfere in men's affairs?"
Dongfang Jin waved his hand dismissively: "Stop talking nonsense to me. Who do you think you are? Do you think your Gu family can just take what you want and throw it away as you please?"
Gu Chenglin is my man, why can't I speak up?
Do you think everyone is like your wife, who at her age still lets her husband squander all her savings for her funeral?
Gu Chenglin is my man, if I can't control her, who will? This can be done once.
If Gu Chenglin agrees to return to your Gu family, I, Dongfang Jin, dare to divorce him on the spot.
"Get that father and his two sons out of my house!"
Gu Chenglin moved closer to Dongfang Jin and said somewhat woodenly, "Wife, I'll listen to you. You're the head of the household, so you're in charge."
Dongfang Jin: "..."
Is this some kind of dramatic performance?
Lu Yunqing...
Which one is you?
Anxi...
Can you act too?
Changsun Lan...
interesting?
Jun Qirui...
Brother Chenglin, you can do this?
Fang Shiyu and his companions...
Shocked!
Gu Yongliang was so angry he was trembling all over, pointing at Gu Chenglin: "You...you..."
This time, Gu Chenglin didn't even call him "Uncle." He looked at him coldly and said, "Clan Chief Gu, I will not go back. It wasn't me who sent them to cause trouble at my house."
I can't afford to offend that whole family, so I've already come here to hide. Why won't they leave me alone?
We wrote both the letter of severing ties and the letter of leaving the clan back then, agreeing not to disturb each other and to live our own lives peacefully.
Shouldn't you, as the clan leader, do something about them? How many times has this happened? Last time they smashed my house, and I haven't even confronted them yet!
They're here again. Are they really short of money, or do they think I'm easy to bully?
"You are their clan chief. His family has been in trouble all these years, haven't you been the one helping them? Why are you coming to me again?"
Gu Yucheng looked at Gu Chenglin with a helpless expression, and said gently, "Chenglin, go back to the clan. If you set up your own household like this, you will ultimately have no clan protection..."
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Jin realized that the "good cop" had arrived, and reached out to pull Gu Chenglin behind her: "Hey, hey, hey! Stop making empty promises."
Gu Chenglin is already thirty years old, does he need the protection of your Gu family?
"Big brother? You're joking, right?"
Gu Yucheng felt annoyed that she had seen through his thoughts: "You..."
Dongfang Jin took a step forward and approached him, hands on her hips: "What do you mean, 'you'? Gu Chenglin has been working since he was three years old. In their Gu family, you can only eat if you work."
She started serving that family at the age of five, taking care of all the housework, looking after her younger siblings, and even working in the fields whenever she had time.
You look a few years older than Gu Chenglin. What were you doing back then?
Has anyone from your Gu clan chief's family ever taken care of him? Other clans only care about Gu Chenglin because they feel sorry for him.
When that old hag came to someone's door to start a fight and stood there cursing them, did your father, the clan chief, stop her? Did he step in to intervene?
Gu Yucheng took a step back, speechless! He had indeed never interfered, and at the time he had even hated Gu Chenglin for it.
You could say he disliked him from a young age because his grandmother always praised Gu Chenglin for being sensible.
Doesn't he understand? Why should Grandma make him new clothes every year?
This resentment persisted until Gu Chenglin was forced into corvée labor...
Ma Wencai and a few others...
Sister Jin is so cool! She's giving him a piece of her mind!
Gu Chenglin rubbed his forehead. He stopped talking; his wife was standing up for him, and he was touched.
Lu Yunqing...
This looks just like her sister.
Anxi...
Well done! Someone in this family needs to step up.
Dongfang Jin took another step forward: "Gu Chenglin started clearing land when he was twelve years old. Did anyone in the Gu family ever go to the fields to help him with the work?"
Has anyone ever brought them a meal? Or even a sip of water?
The Sun and Xu families couldn't stand it, but they couldn't send him food openly, so they secretly sent him some.
As a member of the clan chief's family, have you ever taken any responsibility for this?
Apart from Aunt Gu's family, has anyone from your Gu clan ever stood up to help him?
What are you all doing? Standing around watching the show!
Where was your clan's protection then?
Gu Yucheng took another step back after hearing what she said, his face already covered in sweat—he was terrified.
Because this matter really did involve him; it was he and his older cousin who forbade those people from bringing food and drinks to Gu Chenglin.
Dongfang Jin stared at him and took another step forward: "The imperial court stipulates that no one is required to perform corvée labor when reclaiming wasteland. Why does Gu Chenglin still have to do it?"
Did you, as a member of the clan chief's family, try to stop them? Did you try to intervene?
He had served three years of corvée labor and was exempt from military service, so why was it Gu Chenglin who had to go?
Where were you, the clan chief, at the time? Why didn't you step in and stop it?
Lu Yunqing...
The incumbent magistrate failed to perform his duties!
Helian Shuo...
Is this for real? What is the Gu family trying to do? Are they bending the law for personal gain?
Changsun Lan... In this tiny village, how could someone so blatantly disregard the laws of the imperial court?
What do they rely on?
Anxi squinted: It seems...
Gu Yucheng was speechless. Did he not want to stop it? But he couldn't!
Because of this, he didn't sleep well for a long time.
Can we say this out loud?
Not many people knew about it back then, but the county magistrate is still alive now.
What... what should we do?