My Years as a Litigation Trickster in the Ming Dynasty

Transmigrated Goofball Puppy VS Older Sisterly Lady Who Knows Her Way Around Brewing

Lu Yuanliang never imagined that a car accident would send him into the body of a little scholar from several hundred years ago.

The young scholar was frail and knew nothing but books. He got blackout drunk after just two cups of wine, leaving Lu Yuanliang with muddled memories and no useful skills to speak of.

Just when he thought he was done for, he remembered he still had a family.

The young scholar was married. He had a wife, a child, and a father-in-law with a decent fortune.

He was a live-in son-in-law, and the child took the mother's surname.

The young scholar had resented this, but Lu Yuanliang figured that as long as he had food to eat, it wasn't so bad. Besides, the boy wasn't even his biological son.

So he happily planned to rely on his wife and let her raise the child. But his father-in-law was the first to make things difficult for him, and his wife even cut off his pocket money, forcing him to find another way to make a living.

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Lu Yuanliang wanted to become a legal advocate, pleading for the people and upholding justice. Only when he tried it for real did he discover that it was an illegal underground trade.

The sky had fallen, but he still had to do it, and do it in secret.

Then came something even worse: his father-in-law's family thought he was possessed, and called in a shaman to drive out the spirit. Lu Yuanliang didn't know whether the spirit had left, but he did know that he had nearly been driven out of his own body. He clung to his wife and wept, swearing never to do it again. That is, until the following spring, when the rice seeds they had planted refused to sprout.

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Everyone in Changqing County knew that Master Lu had a formidable wife. If she pointed south, he would never go north; if she pointed east, he would never go west. Anyone who wanted Master Lu to take their case had to win his wife's approval first.

So people teased him, asking if he had a henpecked husband's fetish.

Lu Yuanliang merely rubbed his reddened ear and smiled. “You don't understand. This is just a bit of fun between husband and wife. My wife dotes on me.”

Reader's note:

1. The child really is the original owner's. The male lead will raise the child in his place and eventually fall in love with the original owner's wife.

2. The male lead isn't especially clever. He's a bit slow and clueless at first, though he improves somewhat later on.

3. This isn't a mystery novel, and there aren't that many murder cases. Don't expect mind-bending detective work.

4. A story about the everyday lives of Ming dynasty scholars and gentry, with farming and business management. The focus is on earning a little money and living a good life.

Blurb for the upcoming The True Story of Growing Up in the Ming Dynasty:

The happiest days of A Yao's life were spent at the Jingzhou Prefectural Yamen.

Every morning, the first thing she did was wake the young master, help him get dressed and wash up, then, after breakfast, pick up the schoolbag she'd prepared the night before and walk him to the gate.

A Yuan would already be waiting there. They would hand over the schoolbag, and then the young master himself.

During the day, the Madam liked to have her read and write with her, and sometimes they would embroider new patterns. Whenever there was something tasty, A Yao always got some. She would eat half and save the rest.

When the shadow of the camellia in the courtyard reached the third paving stone, she would set everything aside and hurry happily to the gate to welcome the young master, and A Yuan too.

At night, she went to bed later than the other maids. Every now and then, she would trade barbs with the young master. Sometimes she lost, but she usually won, and it was all deliberate.

The young master would be so worked up that he couldn't sleep, and swear he would study harder.

A Yao covered her mouth and giggled under the covers.

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The happiest days of A Yuan's life were spent at the Jingzhou Prefectural Yamen.

Every morning, after washing up, he would wait outside the courtyard gate. A Yao always showed up right on time with the young master, and then he would take him to the academy to study.

During the day, he had to wait at the academy for the young master to finish studying, sometimes refilling his tea and water. At the hour of Shen, he would escort him back.

A Yao always appeared at the courtyard gate right on time. Sometimes she gave him two soup dumplings, sometimes a piece of beef. He would grin and take a couple of bites in front of her, then give most of it away to others, all so they would teach him staff work and boxing. He ended up covered in bruises, but he never got tired of it.

Their greatest wish was simply to keep their lives just as they were.

Theme: A man who loves his wife will be blessed.