Chapter 1206: Scare Xiaochuan away, Lu Gong marries his daughter

The Double Ninth Festival has just passed.

The sun is shining brightly and the autumn weather is refreshing!
In order to go home, Yi Xiaochuan said goodbye to his sworn brother Xiang Yu and prepared to go to Tangwushan in Yan to find a way to return to the modern era.

Starting from Juhe County, we stopped and walked and finally entered Sacheon County.

It was also because he was too playful along the way and deviated from the official road, and unexpectedly ran into the Lu family and their group who were hiding from the enemy.

“Mercy…Mercy…Ah——”

"what sound?"

Yi Xiaochuan, who always liked to join in the fun, rushed over immediately when he heard someone screaming.

When he arrived at the place, he saw a dozen big men escorting a dozen prisoners and preparing to behead them.

"Leave people under the knife!"

Although Yi Xiaochuan didn't want to meddle in other people's business, he couldn't bear to see more than a dozen lives being killed in front of him, so he quickly shouted to stop.

"Keep killing!"

Su Mingzhe waved his hand, signaling Lu Gong's followers to continue, then he raised his knife and walked towards Yi Xiaochuan with a murderous look on his face:
"Boy, these people are bandits. According to Qin law, killing bandits is not against the law. Don't meddle in their business!"

"Hey, don't come over here!"

For some reason, Yi Xiaochuan felt a chill in his heart when Su Mingzhe stared at him. He was so scared that he quickly took a few steps back and shouted:
"Even if they are robbers, you have already caught them and can just hand them over to the authorities. Why do you have to execute them privately?"

"Private execution?"

Su Mingzhe didn't expect that Yi Xiaochuan was so courageous that he was not intimidated by his aura. He sneered, took out his ID card from his pocket, and waved it in front of him:

"Nai Gong is the 'apprehended officer' of Pei County, Sacheon Prefecture. If I encounter a robber, I will kill him. Who dares to accuse me of 'carrying out the execution privately'?"

"It turns out to be the Chief Constable. Excuse me, excuse me!"

Yi Xiaochuan had good eyesight and could clearly see the small words on the ID card from three meters away. He felt that it did not look fake, so he laughed and turned to leave.

You know, his official status now is still a fugitive from justice.

When he met someone from the government, Yi Xiaochuan subconsciously wanted to slip away.

Su Mingzhe also saw that Yi Xiaochuan suddenly became timid, and then he suddenly realized something. He remembered that when Yi Xiaochuan first traveled through time, he saved Xiang Yu who was about to be beheaded in the execution ground. Now he is also a wanted criminal of the court.

Thinking of this, Su Mingzhe's eyes began to light up:
"Don't go, kid. Where are you from? Take out your ID card and let me check it!"

"Fuck you, I'm your grandpa!"

Yi Xiaochuan was completely guilty, and when he saw Su Mingzhe reaching out to him, he was so scared that he quickly jumped on his horse, turned around and ran away. After he ran far away, he spat inwardly and found another way to the north.

Seeing that Yi Xiaochuan was scared away, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but laugh and returned to the team.

At this time, Lu Gong brought his family to thank Su Mingzhe again.

"Don't be polite, Lord Lu. You should be loyal to the trust you have received! Su will definitely protect Lord Lu and his family and ensure they arrive in Pei County safely!"

Su Mingzhe asked everyone to dig a hole and bury the body.

Those who kill but don't bury are bandits.

Burying the body after killing someone was both a way of destroying evidence and a way of preventing the body from rotting and spreading the plague.

Lu Gong didn't want to chase after him to thank him, so he asked his son Lu Shizhi to entertain Su Mingzhe.

When those nearly twenty enemies chased after them just now, Lu Gong and his family were scared to death.

These are all Qin soldiers.

In terms of hedging against equal numbers, the Qin soldiers were invincible in the world.

As a result, Su Mingzhe rushed forward with a stick as high as his eyebrows, and in the blink of an eye, he knocked all the enemies unconscious.

The followers invited by Lu Gong could only applaud when facing Su Mingzhe who was killing people everywhere, and they had no chance to take any action.

“Brother Su, I am not good at speaking. Whatever I say, it’s all in the wine!”

Lu Shizhi, who already regarded Su Mingzhe as his idol, took a jar of wine from the car, filled a bowl with wine, tilted his head back, and drank it all!
"Brother Lu, you're too polite!"

Su Mingzhe smiled and drank a bowl of tea with him.

The wine in the Qin Dynasty was too bland, with an alcohol content similar to that of beer.

A jar of wine weighs only ten kilograms, and if it is shared between two people, it is just enough to fill their stomachs.

When Lu Shizhi called the maid to get another jar of wine, Su Mingzhe quickly stopped him:
"Brother Lu, we have to hurry on our way. There is no rush to drink. Let's drink and chat when we get to Pei County!"

"Well, then, it's settled!" Lu Shizhi is not a drunkard, but when drinking with a good friend, a thousand cups are not enough.

He was also impressed by Su Mingzhe's fighting skills, which was why he drank so much alcohol without realizing it.

After lunch, everyone continued on their journey.

In the following days, two more groups of enemies caught up with us, one with more than 20 people and the other with more than 50 people.

They were all easily eliminated by Su Mingzhe with one stick each.

When Lu Shizhi saw Su Mingzhe's bravery, he wanted to bow down to him and become his younger brother.

When the night was quiet.

Lu Gong suddenly asked his son and daughter about their impression of Su Mingzhe.

Lü Shizhi then sighed towards Lü Gong:

"Father, I have heard of the reputation of 'Su Erlang of Sishui' before. Others say that he can single-handedly break into dangerous places and eliminate all kinds of bandits. At that time, I thought he was a country bumpkin with no experience! Now that I have seen the bravery of Brother Su, I think that Chi You and E Lai in ancient times were no better than him!"

"This is what it means when a great reputation is established!"

Lu Gong stroked his long beard, looked at his three daughters, and smiled gently:
"I asked Su Erlang today. He said his parents died early and he lived with his brother since he was young. He has only started to make a fortune in the past two years and has not had time to get married. I want to invite him to be my son-in-law. What do you think?"

When the three Lu sisters heard this, they all smiled shyly.

It was Lu Yu who spoke first:

"Children listen to their father's arrangements."

Seeing that her elder sister had spoken first, Lü Zhi did not want to be outdone and said:

"Father, I have no objection."

When it was the third girl Su Su's turn, her face flushed as she spoke:

"Father, I am still young and want to spend more time with you!"

"You are not young anymore. You are already sixteen. If your mother had not passed away, the three of you would have been married long ago."

After hearing what the little girl said, Lu Gong felt comforted, but he still said:
"Now, your father thinks that Su Erlang is good, so he wants you sisters to marry him together, so that you can support each other in the future!"

After hearing what Lu Gong said, Lu Xu and Lu Susu just nodded slightly, indicating that they were willing to follow their father's arrangements.

Only Lu Zhi's face was cold and she said dissatisfiedly:

"Dad, the law says: Commoners have one wife, scholars have one wife and one concubine, officials have three daughters, nobles have six daughters, and marquises have nine daughters! What is the status of this Su Erlang? Why do you want us three sisters to marry him together?"

Later generations said that the Qin Dynasty's practice of monogamy was obviously wrong.

Qin law only stipulates that commoners without military merit can only marry one wife.

If one has military merit and becomes a public official, he can marry a wife and a concubine.

When one's rank is raised to that of a doctor, he can marry one wife and two concubines.

When one's rank was raised to the tenth rank, Zuo Shuchang, he would be considered a "Qing" and could marry one wife and five concubines.

When one reaches the 19th rank of Guannei Hou and the 20th rank of Lie Hou, one can marry one wife and eight concubines.

This marriage system is designed to reward and motivate soldiers to work hard to earn military merit.

Lu Gong knew that his second daughter was always proud and arrogant, so he explained:

"When I asked Su Erlang about marriage today, he took the initiative to tell me that he is now a public official, and according to the law, he can marry one wife and two concubines!"

"I also feel that it is fate. He is a public official and can marry three women, and you happen to be three sisters!"

In the pre-Qin period, it was common for sisters to marry the same man, or for aunts and nephews to marry the same man.

After hearing this, Lü Zhi still felt unwilling to give in and said:
"As the etiquette says, if you are from a high-class family, you can have a concubine; if you are from a high-class family, you can have a concubine; if you are from a low-class family, you can have a concubine. Even if our Lu family falls into poverty, we will not be inferior to the Su family!"

The meaning of Lu Zhi's words was very simple. Su Mingzhe had a title, so he could marry a wife and two concubines, no problem.

However, according to Zhou Li, the Lu family is the descendant of Jiang Shang, Duke of Qi, and is of higher status than the Su family.

In this way, even if a daughter was married off as a concubine, only a concubine's daughter or a maid could be a concubine. There was no reason to give the two legitimate daughters to Su as Teng's concubines.

If the Lu family really married their three legitimate daughters to Su Mingzhe, it would mean that they admit that the Lu family is inferior to the Su family and they are lowering their status.

After listening to his daughter Lu Zhi's words, Lu Gong began to feel embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)