Chapter 116 Everything Must Be Planned Before Action
The two of them arrived at the Meng's Inn at noon and gave each of the caravan members a few persimmons.
While having lunch together at noon, the shopkeeper told everyone some interesting stories, including the story of Lord Wei who left a blood letter on the wall to prove his innocence.
"Twenty-two years ago?" Xie Jian suddenly asked while the children were eating quietly.
"Yes, in the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed." The shopkeeper sighed, "Apart from old people like us, few young people know about this. In a few years, apart from the county annals, I'm afraid no one will know that our Shancheng produced such a great judge."
"Boss, does Lord Wei's family have no descendants?" asked a waiter.
"The year Lord Wei took up his post in the imperial capital, Madam Wei had just given birth to a little boy. When the tragedy occurred, the little boy must have been six years old. I wonder if he survived." The shopkeeper said with a look of pity, "I hope that good fortune will prevail, and that at least he will leave a descendant for the Wei family."
Xia's face was moved. She really couldn't bear to hear this. Lord Wei's injustice happened in the imperial capital. Thinking that her whole family was about to go to the imperial capital and she didn't know what the future would be like, her heart felt even heavier.
Although Chen Heng felt touched, she was from the modern era after all, and had seen and heard a lot. She really did not agree with the ancient system of collective responsibility. However, the ancient times were not as information-rich as the modern times, and the system of collective responsibility was also intended to allow people to supervise each other. With the connection, the crime rate could be reduced.
The disadvantages are also very obvious. An individual wrongful conviction can easily turn into a mass wrongful conviction, resulting in many deaths.
However, looking at history, things like the extermination of a clan are extremely rare. Instead, they are very common in unofficial histories and various literary works, especially online novels.
In the afternoon, Chen Heng was registering the goods and chatting with the accompanying shopkeeper about the affairs of the imperial capital.
"Etiquette doesn't extend to common people. In our rural areas, there are not so many restrictions, but it's different in the capital." The accompanying shopkeeper said while taking note of the goods: "It's not that easy for women to do business. Madam Shen, your husband wants to be an official. If you show up in public again, I'm afraid it will be disrespectful."
"The shopkeeper said so." Chen Heng nodded. "When Ajian becomes a high-ranking official in the future, I will naturally no longer be so prominent as I am now. Ajian still has to take the imperial examinations in the next year, so he needs to concentrate on his studies. The family can't rely on just my sister-in-law, so I have to help with the burden."
She and Xie Jian will soon be separated.
"Prime Minister Xie is truly blessed to have a wife like you," the shopkeeper sighed. "When Prime Minister Xie becomes a high-ranking official and his residence becomes larger, his property will grow, and his household affairs will increase. Then, everything you have learned now, Madam Shen, will be of great use."
Chen Heng smiled and responded. She was learning these things not to serve Xie Jian, but to establish herself in the future.
Next, they stopped along the way, ate and played, and Chen Heng felt that this was the most pleasant time since coming to Dacong.
By the end of September, we finally arrived at the capital of the Dacong Dynasty - Huangdu.
The people entering the imperial capital lined up for a mile and could see the several-meter-high city walls and the flying flags on them from afar.
"Ajian, Aheng, we have arrived at the imperial capital." Xia stood in the carriage and looked out excitedly. She would be able to see her son soon.
Chen Heng was also extremely excited. This was a real ancient capital.
Nothing could be seen on Xie Jian's handsome face, but his fists clenched slowly under his sleeves. However, when he saw his sister-in-law's excited face and Ah Heng's happy face, the coldness in his eyes melted a lot. For the sake of his family, he must never act impulsively like before.
He is no longer the Xie Jian he was before he was fifteen.
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