Chapter 61 act eight

The shooting scene of the TV drama "Gao Meng Nine". The stage is arranged like the lobby of the county government during the Republic of China.Although there are reforms, the old system is basically followed.A plaque hangs high in the middle of the lobby, with the four characters "upright and bright" on the plaque.A pair of couplets with large characters is hung on both sides of the plaque.The first couplet: There is a gust of wind, the rain, and the blue sky; the second couplet: half literary, half martial, half barbaric.There is a huge shoe on the table. Gao Mengjiu was wearing a black tunic suit and a top hat, with the silver chain of a pocket watch peeking out of his breast pocket.Standing on both sides of the stage were a few yamen servants, holding water and fire sticks, but their costumes were changed to black Chinese tunic suits, which looked rather funny.

The director, photography, recording and other TV drama staff are busy. Director: On your marks, get ready—start! Gao Mengjiu: (grabs the soles of the shoes, slams the table) Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo It's reasonable to look at my official! —— This county, surnamed Gao and named Mengjiu, was originally from Baodi County, Wei, Tianjin. He joined the army as a young man, followed Feng Yuxiang and Marshal Feng to the north and south, made outstanding achievements repeatedly, and was promoted by Feng Shuai to be the commander of the security battalion.One day, a soldier under his command was ostentatiously walking through the city wearing sunglasses and prostitutes. He was spotted by Feng Shuai. Feng Shuai blamed Gao for lax management of the army.Gao was so ashamed and deeply felt that he had let down the kindness of the commander-in-chief that he resigned and returned to his hometown.In the 19th year of the Republic of China, Brother Han Fuju, chairman of the Paoze Township Party in Shandong, visited the thatched cottage three times to invite Gao to come out of the mountain.The folk customs here are stubborn, bandits are rampant, gambling is prevalent, drugs are rampant, and social security is quite bad.After Gao took office, he made drastic reforms, eradicated banditry, advocated filial piety, especially liked private visits in disguise, and was good at judging difficult cases. Has it passed? The country gentry sent Gao a certain couplet: a gust of wind, a rain, and a blue sky, half literary, half martial, half barbaric.Well written! Good! They also gave Gao a nickname: Sophomore Sole! Its source is that Gao is good at using soles to beat those unruly shrews in the face! (Singing) Being an official in troubled times uses heavy codes to be barbaric Tried to trap and kill all the bandits, the soles of the shoes made a high sky, I said, guys, Yamen servants: yes——!

Gao Mengjiu: Are you ready? Yamen servants: Ready! Gao Mengjiu: The plaintiff and the defendant are rumored to go to court! Yamen servant A: It is said that the two families of the plaintiff and the defendant are going to court——! Chen Mei stumbled up with the child in her arms. Chen Mei: Master Bao, you have to make the decision for the women of the people—the little lion, tadpole and others followed one after another. The actors who played the roles of Zhang and Wang in the original play were also mixed in, appearing chaotically. Director: (Angrily) Stop! Stop! What's going on? It's a mess! Drama, drama!

Chen Mei: (kneeling down in front of the lobby) Mr. Bao, Bao Qingtian, you have to decide for the women of the people! Gao Mengwan: The surname in this county is not Bao, but Gao. Chen Mei: (in the voice of the child crying) Mr. Bao, the women of the people have a strange grievance through the ages, you must try it impartially! Yuan Ji and his little cousin grabbed the director and whispered something, the director nodded repeatedly.I could only vaguely hear Yuan Ji say: Our company sponsors 100,000 yuan! The director walked up to Gao Mengjiu and said a few words in his ear. The director gestured for the camera to continue.

Yuan Ji walked up to the tadpole and the little lion and whispered a few words to them. Gao Mengjiu: (Picks up the sole of the shoe and slams the case table) Listen up, the lady in front of the hall, today the judge has extrajudicially graciously extended the trial, telling the truth about your surname, place of origin, what you are suing, and who you are suing. If there is half a lie, do you know the rules of this official? Chen Mei: Minnie don't know. All the yamen servants: (in unison) Hey——! Gao Mengjiu: (Grabs the sole of the shoe, slams the table) If there is half a lie, I will smack your face with the sole of the shoe!

Chen Mei: Minnen knows! Chen Mei: My lord, let me tell you.Chen Mei, a folk girl, is a native of Northeast Gaomi Township.Minnv lost her mother when she was young, grew up with her elder sister, and then went to work in a toy factory with her elder sister.A fire burned Minnv's sister to death, and burned Minnv's face... Gao Mengjiu: I said Chen Mei.You take off your veil and let the county see your face. Chen Mei: Mrs. Bao, you can’t pick it off—Gao Mengjiu: Why can’t you pick it off? Chen Mei: Wearing a veil, a minnv is a person; taking off the veil, a minnv becomes a ghost. Gao Mengjiu: I said Chen Mei, the judge judged the case based on legal procedures.You wear a veil, I know who you are? Chen Mei: My lord, you make them all cover their eyes.

Gao Mengjiu: Cover your eyes. Chen Mei: My lord, you can take care of it.Your Excellency.Miserable girls (putting down the child) took off her veil and covered her face with her hands. Gao Mengjiu signaled to the front of the hall, and the little lion pounced up and hugged the child in his arms. Little Lion: (crying) baby, golden baby, little golden baby.Let mom take a look... Tadpole, look, what happened to the golden baby... This cruel lunatic threw the child to death! Chen Mei: (Yelling, while crazily rushing towards the little lion) My child... my lord, she robbed my child... All the Yamen servants restrain Chen Mei.

The aunt slowly entered the stage. Tadpole: Auntie is here! Little Lion: Auntie, what happened to the golden baby? Auntie pinched the child on some parts.The child began to cry.The tadpole handed a bottle to the little lion, and the little lion fed the bottle into the child's mouth, and the crying stopped. Chen Mei: My lord, don't let her feed my child milk, the milk is poisonous, my lord, I have my own milk... I don't believe it.Let me show you, my lord... Chen Bi and Li Shou. Chen Bi: (Pounding the ground with a cane) Conscience of heaven and earth! Conscience of heaven and earth...

Gao Mengjiu: (sadly) I said Chen Mei, you better cover your face! Chen Mei: (touching the black veil to cover her face in panic) My lord, I must have scared you... I'm sorry, my lord... Gao Mengjiu: Chen Mei, since your case is in my hands, I must ask you clearly. Chen Mei: Thank you, Mr. Chen. Tadpoles and Yuan Ji surrounded the little lion and wanted to leave. Gao Mengjiu: (Shoe soles slapping the desk) Don't leave! My judge hasn't heard the verdict yet, who dares to leave! Yamen servants, watch them! The director gestured and winked at Gao Mengjiu, but Gao pretended not to see him.

Gao Mengjiu: Minnie Chen Mei, you keep saying that this child is yours, so let me ask you, who is the father of the child? Chen Mei: He is a high-ranking official, rich, and noble. Gao Mengjiu: No matter how big an official he is, how rich he is, or how noble he is, he should have a name, right? Chen Mei: Minnv doesn't know his name. Gao Mengjiu: When did you marry him? Chen Mei: Minnv has never been married. Gao Mengjiu: Oh, children born out of wedlock.Then when did you...have sex with him? Chen Mei: My lord, a girl doesn't understand. Gao Mengjiu: Hey, when did you sleep with him? How do you say it? Have sex, you understand? Chen Mei: My lord, Minnv didn't sleep with any man, Minnv is a virgin.

Gao Mengjiu: Hey, the more I explain, the more unclear I become.How can you get pregnant and have a baby if you don’t sleep with a man? Don’t you even understand this bit of physiological knowledge? Chen Mei: My lord, every word of the women is true, (referring to the little lion, etc.) They gave me a glass tube... … Gao Mengjiu: Test tube baby. Chen Mei: Not test-tube babies. Gao Mengjiu: I understand, it's like artificial insemination at a livestock station. Chen Mei: My lord (kneeling down) I beg you to be merciful and clear.Minnv originally wanted to give birth to this child, and jumped into the river after earning surrogacy fees to pay for her father's medical expenses, but since Minnv was pregnant with him and felt him moving in Minnv's belly, Minnv didn't want to die.At the same time, there are several people who are pregnant with Minnv. They don't love the children in their stomachs, but Minnv loves them. Minnv has wounds on her face and body, and it rains every cloudy day.The wound is extremely painful, and when the weather is dry, it will burst and bleed.My lord, it is not easy for a civilian girl to be pregnant for ten months.My lord, the women endured unspeakable pain and were careful to finally give birth to the child, but they lied to me that the child was dead... I knew the child was not dead... I searched and searched, and finally found it... I don't want a surrogacy fee, I don't even want a million to ten million, I just want a child, my lord, please be kind enough to cut off the child... Gao Mengjiu: (to tadpole and little lion) Are you two a legal couple? Tadpole: We have been married for more than 30 years. Gao Mengjiu: I have been married for more than 30 years and have not had a child yet? Little Lion: (Dissatisfied) Didn’t this just happen? Gao Mengjiu: Seeing your age, how about fifty? Let me ask you this way, (referring to aunt) This is our gynecologist in Northeast Gaomi Township, who has delivered thousands of children and treated countless infertility cases. Maybe she even delivered you? You can ask aunt, I never During the whole process from pregnancy to childbirth, my aunt can testify. Gao Mengjiu: I have heard of my aunt's name for a long time, and you are considered a sage in the village, with high morals and high prestige, and you keep your word! Aunt: This child was indeed delivered by me. Gao Mengjiu: (Ask Chen Mei) Did she deliver the baby for you? Chen Mei: My lord, they blindfolded me before entering the delivery room. Gao Mengjiu: This case seems to be clear to the judge! Go do the DNA. The director went up and whispered to Gao Mengwan.Gao Mengjiu argued with him in a low voice. Gao Mengjiu: (Long sigh, singing) Odd case, Odd case, really strange case——It made my old Gao suffer a lot—Who will the child be awarded—A clever plan comes to my mind—(Exit the hall) I say everyone, listen up , since you have sued this official, I will make a fake show and close the case! Yamen servants——! Public servants: Yes! Gao Mengjiu: If anyone disobeys my orders, slap your face with the sole of your shoe! Public servants: Yes! Gao Mengjiu: Chen Mei, Little Lion, you both hold your own opinions, which seem reasonable.It is difficult for me to judge for a while, so I ask the little lion to hand over the child to me first. Little Lion: I don't... Gao Mengwan: Yamen servants! Yamen servants: (in unison) Hey... The director whispered to the tadpole, and the tadpole poked the little lion and signaled her to hand over the child to Gao Mengjiu. Gao Mengjiu: (looking down at the child in his arms) He really is a good boy, no wonder the two families came to snatch it.Chen Mei, little lion, listen up, I can't judge who the child belongs to, I can only let you snatch it from me, whoever grabs it will own it, let's be confused in the case of a foolish one! (raise the child) Let's start ! Both Chen Mei and the little lion rushed towards the child, they pulled the child, and the child began to cry.Chen Mei snatched the child into her arms. Gao Mengjiu: Yamen servants! Take Chen Mei down for me and take the child back. All the government servants took the child back and handed it over to Gao Mengjiu. Gao Mengjiu: Bold Chen Mei, you lied about being the mother of the child, but you showed no regrets when you robbed the child, you are clearly a fake mother.When the little lion was fighting, he heard the child crying bitterly. He loved the child deeply and was afraid that the child would be hurt, so he let go. In such a case, Master Bao of Kaifeng Prefecture used this method to judge: the one who let go is the mother! Sentenced to the lion cub.Chen Mei snatched someone's son and made up lies. She should have whipped you 20 soles, but I think you are a disabled person, so you will not be punished. Go to court! Gao Mengjiu gave the child to the little lion. Chen Mei struggled and shouted, but was restrained by the yamen servants. Chen Bi: Gao Mengjiu, you stupid official! Li Shou: (Poke Chen's nose) Dude, let's do it like this, I have already agreed with Yuan Ji and Tadpole to compensate Chen Mei 100,000 yuan. - the curtain falls