The Shit Carrier Village Girl

Chapter 119 *Trust and the Good News!*

Seeing Lin Yuelan's surprised expression, Jiang Zhennan said somewhat dumbfoundedly, “The Law of Piety This country's child has too many flaws. Many people throw away their children after giving birth to them. As the children grew, these same parents were thick-skinned enough to have them take care of them. They also demanded something from their abandoned children.

“This is a common occurrence across the country. Many shameless parents have forced their children to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

“The most outrageous thing is that six years ago, a high-ranking official of the Imperial court has been pestered by his shameless parents to grant official positions to his brother and nephew and to hand over his monthly salary to his parents for safekeeping. Otherwise, they would report it to the court for not being filial. What was even more outrageous was that his parents had used this position of high official to accept bribes in large numbers.

“The official was reported by his political enemies. The Emperor investigated and discovered that his parents had done so behind his back. According to the law, he had to bear all the blame. So, in his anger and sadness, this high-ranking official jumped into the river. Fortunately, he was found in time and rescued.

“However, he had to endure ten years in prison, but the Emperor pitied him and released him from prison. He even allowed her to continue holding official positions, but she could only receive 30% of her salary to support her family's expenses.

“This man is very grateful to the Emperor.

“However, the parents of this official are angry that the source of their money is gone. Thus, they threatened their son with the law again. They demanded he get more money, or they would take him to court.

“The official was forced to solicit bribes from other officials. Three years ago, he was found not only embezzling money from victims in disaster areas but also from the military.

“When this matter was reported, he had embezzled at least ten million taels of silver in just three years. The emperor was so angry that he punished the official with a decapitation.

“Before the official died, he said famously, ‘to be clean, I am unfilial; to be filial, I must be dirty!’

“The official wanted to be a good and honest public servant to the Emperor, but he had no choice but to serve his parents. The law forced him to obey his parents unconditionally, or he would be sent to court.

“Because of that, he only had two options. He could choose not to become an incorruptible official, but he would be prosecuted by his own parents. If he wanted to be a filial son, he could not be an honest and good official.

“Emperor surprised after hearing his words.

“They immediately tracked the whereabouts of ten million taels of silver. Then, they found ten million taels of silver in his family's basement. The inspector checks the account book and finds that not a single tael is missing. They also found another account book in the box.

“Account book has a complete record of silver sources. The account book also had a message left for the emperor.

“After that, he called me to the palace and asked my opinion about the dutiful law.”

This was the first time in the history of Jiang Zhennan speaking so much.

Lin Yuelan's heart was moved when she heard him tell this story. He understood it very well, and his eyes immediately sparkled as he said, “Sister Nan, you mean in the future, you know, it is likely that the unreasonable dutiful laws in Long Yan State will be abolished?”

Jiang Zhennan nodded and said, “Yes, Your Majesty does have such a plan.

“The official is actually an abandoned child. When he was promoted to official, his biological parents tracked him down and fed him like a leech.”

Lin Yuelan nodded and praised the official, “This official used his actions and death to surprise and inform the emperor about the unreasonable aspect of the law. Forced to obey those who did not raise us, that is the sorrow of the whole country!”

Jiang Zhennan nodded and replied, “Ya. The unreasonable power given to parents through this law has caused many tragedies!”

After receiving such good news, Lin Yuelan's mood immediately brightened.

Previously, he was worried about how to sever all ties with the Lin family. Stupid laws are always in the way.

This is good news. After the law was abolished by the Emperor no matter how rich or wealthy he was in the future, the Lin Laosan family would not dare to threaten him with the filial law anymore.

The reason why the Lin Laosan family had yet to take action was because they were temporarily feared by Lin Yuelan.

After some time, they would definitely come back and make a fuss again.

Lin Yuelan was happy to hear this good news, but she saw a man walking towards her from the corner of her eyes.