"He really agreed?"
"Yes. He locked Xiaoxue and me first, and then he agreed after two days. If not, how would we, mother and daughter, get out? Now I'm allowed to go back and buy some What about things. He said that he would choose a good day in February to come in."
Wei Hongming heard Du Youyan come to report the letter, he was surprised that Du Heng would agree, but also felt that it was reasonable.
After all, they are all men. They pretended to be noble and turned them away when they were sent to others. It was just that they were not beautiful enough.
With Duan Xue's appearance and figure, no man would refuse her, let alone someone who had some friendship when she was young.
But seeing that Du Heng wants to accept Duan Xue as a concubine, he is not very happy in his heart. Although he will have his own eyeliner to do things for him in the future, he can still resist Du Heng, but thinking of such a beautiful girl It's a pity that I didn't transfer it to my own hands.
He raised his eyes and said, "Since that's the case, then you go and do it."
Du Youyan responded.
Wei Hongming suddenly grabbed Du Youyan: "You mother and daughter had better be honest. If you dare to have other thoughts, I will kill Duan Xue's concubine." "As for you, you are a slut .
"
I squeezed my hand.
Although the humiliation flashed across Du Youyan's face, he did not dare to resist.
After a while, Du Youyan came out from Wei Hongming's room.
"Who is that woman? The newly found servant is not good?"
Yun Qingwen was on the high platform built in the side garden, using the diorama, a new gadget that his elder brother got from a business, to look at the spring scenery clearly. I saw a woman in her thirties in the direction of the back door of her house, walking along the wall with her head bowed, being led by a servant to go outside quickly.
Weijiayuan's house is big, there are four people in the big garden, and there are many servants, dozens of people inside and out.
But no matter how many people there are, in the end it is the master of this garden, who is basically familiar with him.
But this man was sneaky and awkward, he put down the diorama in hand, and asked the nanny who was serving beside him.
"Except for the new girl who entered the garden a month ago, there have been no new servants at home these past few days."
Yun Qingwen raised his eyebrows: "But I see that the woman who led that woman was Xiao Liu from the old man's garden."
He thought Seeing that the woman was in her thirties just now, but her figure was quite attractive and her appearance was bright, she felt something was wrong in her heart, and she said angrily, "Quickly go and ask." Not long after, the nanny came
back .
"I heard that the woman came to see the master."
Mammy paused, and said, "I just came out of the master's room." With
a snap, Mammy was startled, and Yun Qingwen took the tea on the table Zhanzi fell to the ground.
"Wei Hongming is really shameless!"
Although Yun Qingwen had some guesses in his heart, he was still very angry when he heard the servants come back to report.
He knows Wei Hongming's flair. He collects basket after basket of people at home. After all, he is young and clean. If he is not satisfied, he will still hook up with such an old lady!
A few days ago, he had a big fight with Wei Hongming, and he was still angry because he didn't calm down, but when he saw such a thing, he was even more disgusting.
"Heli, I'm going to talk to him right now!"
Nanny hurriedly stopped the furious Yun Qingwen.
"My lord, calm down. You can only make a fuss if you go. How can the master agree to reconcile and leave? It will only increase the hatred between husband and wife."
Yun Qingwen felt even more aggrieved when he heard this, and swept another The teacup was on the ground: "Then I'm going to die!"
Wei Hongming has disregarded him more and more in the past few years. He has long thought of reconciling, but Wei Hongming is not willing to lose such a big Yun family. help.
Although the Yun family has reduced their support to the Wei family since the two were at odds, looking at Yun Qingwen's face, it is absolutely impossible to do nothing.
After the reconciliation, it would not be difficult for Wei Hongming to find another wife, but it would not be easy to find someone from Yun Qingwen's family background.
In these years, whenever Yun Qingwen got into trouble, Wei Hongming, as a master, as long as he didn't let go of this marriage, the marriage would be difficult to break up. After all, the Yun family is a merchant, and they are inferior.
In addition, Yun Qingwen is impatient and angry, so he will go back to her mother's house at every turn, regardless of her husband's housekeeping and waiting in the courtyard. No matter how well-connected the Yun family is, it can't resist having an ignorant brother. This bad temper is enough for him to grow up Make a fuss about people.
For this reason, there has been such a disturbance in the past few years, and it is still dragging on.
"I'm going to be buried here for the rest of my life! If you ask me to look at Wei Hongming again, I'll be disgusted. If we can make up, even if I can't get married again in this life, it's better than being spoiled here!"
Yun Qingwen thought that he couldn't pay attention to it and couldn't get away, so he couldn't help crying and cursing on the table, and let the nanny help him into the room until he was tired.
...
When spring comes, every year there will be a new wild feast in the county, which is to go to restaurants and restaurants to buy spring wild vegetables sent to the county by wild people in the upper countryside, such as Chinese toon, bamboo shoots, and shepherd's purse , dandelion, etc., the number of species is numerous.
These spring wild vegetables are fresh and tender, and there are many farmers selling them in the market, and the large stalls look very gratifying.
People in the county also like to buy some to enjoy the spring for a change of taste. Qin Xiaoman used to get tired of eating these wild vegetables in the village, but after moving to the county for a few years, he didn’t eat these wild vegetables often. I kind of miss that taste.
Two days ago, I bought some fresh shepherd's purse and went home to make soup. I personally made a soup for the kid to eat, but even Dan Ce, who is not picky about food, held his breath before finishing the soup.
Knowing that his skills are not as good as Du Heng's, it's a pity that the child's father has been busy these two days and has no time to cook for the boy, so he took the two little guys to a restaurant.
"Isn't that Mr. Fulang the county magistrate? I'm taking two children out for dinner today." "
The magistrate is very good-looking, and the two children are well-behaved." "
It's strange, it's rare to see Du Fulang coming to the restaurant At present, I have two children alone, and it is usually a family of four."
"You don't know? I heard that the county magistrate wants to accept a younger one. She is a cousin of childhood sweetheart. I met at the gate of the county government a few days ago. Dear, I was taken into the inner house by the magistrate of the county, and I heard that the cousin is very handsome, and she is about to let someone in." "Is this true or not? I have always heard that the magistrate
and the husband have a very good relationship, and they have been married for many years They never accepted the children. The magistrate of the county is a married man, without the consent of the Qin family, the matter can be done?" "
It's because of this relationship, this couple is not the only one who has trouble. Look, this is not the only one who took the child out."
" If you want me to say that the magistrate of the county has come down to earth with the support of the Qin family in the past, and he has forgotten his original intentions when he became an official, it is really a sigh." Hearing the discussion, the people who got off the carriage couldn't help stretching a
little neck, I really saw Qin Xiaoman.
As well as Qin Chengyi and Qin Dance, who stood beside him and had already grown a bit taller.
Yun Qingwen vented his anger at home for two days, his eyes were so swollen that he could hardly see anyone, so he had to apply a lot of medicine to heal, and he came out for a walk when his demeanor recovered today.
I didn't want to meet Qin Xiaoman unexpectedly.
When he found out that Du Heng was the new magistrate of the county, he was regretful and angry, a little bit annoyed, thinking about what he had done before, he might have offended someone.
For this reason, he refused to go to any banquet where he could meet Qin Xiaoman, but he had never met him in the county.
His temper is a bit arrogant, but he has never done anything criminal. In fact, he is not afraid of Qin Xiaoman, but only afraid that he will make fun of him.
After listening to it today, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. It seems that this is the benchmark of harmony and love between husband and wife in Luoxia County. Men actually have the same temperament, but some are strong and some are more indifferent.
He strode straight past.
"Daddy, it's Uncle Yun."
Chengyi was the first to see Yun Qingwen, subconsciously leaned on Qin Xiaoman, and quickly shook Qin Xiaoman's hand.
"Hey, isn't this young master Chengyi? He's grown taller!"
Yun Qingwen looked at Chengyi, who was frowning and was still as fair as when he saw it at home, and was about to touch the kid. face, suddenly something pressed against his waist.
"Don't touch my brother!"
Yun Qingwen looked at the little boy who suddenly ran over to stop Qin Chengyi, raised his eyebrows ferociously, and pulled out a wooden Guan Gong sword from nowhere and stabbed it at his waist .
"Dan Ce, don't be rude."
Qin Xiaoman saw the visitor: "So it's Wei Fulang, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Yun Qingwen felt that the words Wei Fulang were quite strange, and he said: "The county magistrate, Fulang, is a busy person. It’s a common thing to see once in a while.”
“It’s an old acquaintance, how about we get together today?”
Yun Qingwen raised his brows, and now he is afraid that no one is better than the other.
"My husband is very kind, so I will accompany you."
Xiaoer led several people to the private room.
Seeing that Yun Qingwen was going to have dinner together, Tan Ce snorted at the man like an angry calf, and ran to the front quickly holding Chengyi's hand.
...
At the beginning of February, the county magistrate's inner house was discussed after dinner without a conclusion. They looked at the door of the inner house to see when the cousin of the magistrate of the county would enter the door, but they didn't wait for the result, but this book The cousin, who was about to enter the county grandpa's inner house, turned around and sued Wei Juye, a big family in the county, with a piece of pleading paper.
This matter is really new, one is a person who is only talked about in the county, and the other is a big gentry in the county, it is undoubtedly a big buzz.
I couldn't take my time and ran to the county office to see what was going on.
When Wei Hongming received the summons, he was still lying on the soft bed at home, being served by his watery concubine peeling the fruit.
Hearing the butler come to report in a hurry, he sat up from the slump: "You said that Duan Xue wrote a pleading paper to sue me! Didn't she plan to be a child to Du Heng? Du Youyan came here a few days ago to say the date. If she didn't come in, you said she handed the paper to the county government instead?"
The housekeeper was also ashamed, and was preparing for Duan Xue to let the little magistrate eat a pot after he entered the house of the county government, but when he didn't want to turn around, he changed the direction of the wind.
"This woman dares to bring her old debts to justice in the Yamen!"
"Could she have gone crazy with the support of her magistrate cousin? Does she want his concubine anymore!"
Wei Hongming slapped the corner of the table angrily , Immediately got up and put on the robe.
"I think this bitch won't cry when she sees the coffin. Immediately let the person who watched the He family do it, thinking that the bitch misses her concubine very much, so you can give her a finger and an ear."
The butler quickly responded, and followed him: "Master, do you want to go to the county government office to answer?"
Wei Hongming flicked his sleeves: "I am a juren, and after a lawsuit, I will send a litigator to go to the court, and he is just a Du Heng . Juren, you still want to interrogate me face to face, what a joke!"
Before he got through to the government two years ago, Wei Hongming had experienced many lawsuits, and the litigators were all old men, so it would be no problem to deal with the first lawsuit.
While waiting for the court adjournment to collect evidence, the Wei family can settle the matter.
Sure enough, the first lawsuit was quickly dealt with after the litigator's representative attended, and before Wei Hongming even showed up, he set up a spectacle for the county magistrate, giving him a warning in advance.
But Wei Hongming couldn't be complacent for two days. Before the next lawsuit, he planned to deal with Duan Xue properly, but he didn't expect that the person sent to He's family was detained.
Wei Hongming was unable to inquire about the news, his heart sank.
Only then did I figure out that Duan Xue had colluded with Du Heng from the very beginning, and was just waiting for him to take the He family.
Wei Hongming knew he was being hasty, and the evidence Duan Xue had was not sufficient, so sending someone out to intimidate him would be aggravating the crime.
Before Wei Hongming could figure out how to deal with it, the county government received several pleading papers against the Wei family one after another.
Among them, some sued the Wei family for bullying and seizing grain and forcing good men to become prostitutes;
"Absurd! Before the Wei family collapsed, these bastards want to be pushed by everyone! Really think that I, Wei Hongming, are dead!"
Wei Hongming became furious, and finally couldn't sit still at home. He made some arrangements at home and went to bed with the lawyer Church.
"Defendant Wei Hongming, can you be convicted?"
The valiant Wei Hongming stood in the interrogation room, very powerful in front of the plaintiff who knelt and kowtowed to the county magistrate.
"Yu was born in Qiuyang County for dozens of years. He studied hard and managed cooking, so that he could gain a foothold in the county and rank among the squires. As the saying goes, there are many people who hate and frame people in recent years. I hope you will pay attention to it." Du Heng sat
down In front of the hall: "You mean that you are not guilty, but the person who sued did it out of jealousy
?
" He waved his hand, and immediately the two Lian family sons were pressed up: "Since you don't admit that you have bullied the Duan family, why did you send someone to assassinate the He family who had a good relationship with the Wei family? The confession is all there, so why do you deny it?"
Wei Hongming had expected that the person sent to the He family would be arrested and tried by the county government, so he said cheekily:
"The Wei family did lend money to the Duan family. In the past years, the county was hit by a disaster, and it was not easy for the common people and the landlords to make a living. The Yu family still had a small property. They were grateful for the upbringing in Qiuyang County. They couldn't bear the suffering of the people in the county, so they donated money to help. The people of the county survived the difficult time. The Duan family was a landlord’s household, and the amount of the loan was relatively large at that time, and Yu also had some impressions of this.” “
But there are many things in the house, such as reading, and Yu’s business is mostly managed by the lower-level people . , I don’t know that the method of collecting the debts of the Duan family is a bit biased. It is really stupid who failed to restrain and discipline the people below, so that the Duan family was wronged.” He said with sincerity: “As for the matter of the Duan family, I wish
you Compensate the Duan family with three times the amount owed by the Duan family."
Duan Xue said coldly: "My father died of hatred because of being bullied by you, you can lightly write a few money and think about it!" "
My condolences to Miss Duan. But Master Duan’s death was not caused by the beating or poisoning of members of our Wei family, and he can only blame his own body when he dies due to illness, how can the Wei family be blamed?” Wei Hongming handed over
to Du Heng: “Your Excellency, you can see that even though Yu’s subordinates are collecting It was a bit extreme, but these people also looked at the Wei family's business and wanted to make more mistakes. When they borrowed money, they were very good, but they refused to pay back the money. It was really not easy to collect the money. "
Silence!"
Du Heng knocked on the gavel: "What you are implying is that the prosecution may have happened this time, but it was not done by yourself. Responsibility for negligence?"
Wei Hongming said: "Reporting to my lord, that's exactly the case. If someone hadn't come to complain this time, Yu would have no idea that the people under his command have ruined the Wei family's reputation by acting like this, so I went to Yu to study for a while. To avoid worrying your lord , Yu has already brought the culprit.”
Seeing the man who was pulled up by the pressure, Du Heng just glanced at him. He may have been a man who has always been a saddle for Wei Hongming, but now he is just a scapegoat.
Even if Du Heng didn't need to interrogate, the man said that it was not easy to press the debt, and the debtor refused to repay the debt, so some force was used to accidentally beat him up, and he took all of them when he pleaded guilty.
"You mean that you sent people to do things like debt collection and borrowing money, and Wei Hongming didn't know about it?"
"Yes, the master is benevolent, but he didn't know that the money lent out of kindness was being bitten by these households and refused to return it. "
Du Heng pondered for a moment, as if he was thinking about how to judge.
Wei Hongming's brows relaxed: "My lord, if the complaint is accurate, the Wei family is willing to compensate for the damages after verification."
Those who were interrogated together in the hall immediately wanted to complain. They had been oppressed by the Wei family for many years, but now they finally mustered up the courage to put all their eggs in one basket. Come here to sue, if Wei Hongming doesn't fall, so hastily use someone to take the blame, pay some money and go out to rest the work, then they will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.
If we let the Wei family escape, wouldn't we be more proud in the county in the future, who dares to be wronged and sued, the result will be the same.
But Du Heng didn't know these truths, since he dared to open the trial, he didn't plan to let Wei Hongming go out safely like before.
Without waiting for the people in the hall to speak again, Du Heng said in a cold voice: "You are full of nonsense, and you don't know how to repent." Du Heng
held up a booklet on the desk: "I remember everything in this account book clearly, and you still say you don't know It's all done by your subordinates. Without your permission, you can't see that there is an extra amount of interest on the account book that has been high for years? The interest has been two or three times the principal for several years. Who is so stupid? You have to delay the repayment of the principal and pay so much interest year after year!"
After speaking, Du Heng threw down the brochure.
Wei Hongming was startled suddenly, and quickly picked up the booklet, just to guard against fraud.
After hastily flipping through two pages, his heart sank for the most part. The account book is really his private account!
He couldn't stop the shock in his heart, his hands trembled, and he panicked for the first time.
"Since the bullying has come to the end and you don't plead guilty, if you argue in court and take the blame on others, the crime will be aggravated !
"
The ledger was torn apart.
"Bold! Wei Hongming, what are you doing!"
Immediately, the clerk stepped forward and detained Wei Hongming. Wei Hongming still persisted in grabbing the account book, tearing it to pieces as much as possible.
"Destroy the evidence deliberately, and add another level of crime."
Du Heng looked at the crazy person, and leisurely pulled out another account book: "How can I easily put such an important thing back into your hands? That book is just a copy. Wei Hongming, you have nothing in court, so you have nothing to deny."
The person being interrogated in the hall did not expect that the magistrate of the county had already obtained the account books of the Wei family, and a wave of enthusiasm arose in his heart. It is not only a feeling that the county magistrate is aware of the details, but also fortunate to be wronged.
Du Youyan, who was kneeling in the hall, saw that Wei Hongming had really been grasped. He was trembling with fear, but heaved a sigh of relief.
Although she was swayed by Duan Xue before, she was suddenly dragged to sue the Wei family, due to her past experience, Du Youyan almost fainted.
She was always worried and fearful, but she didn't know that things would turn around.
After being humiliated by Wei Hongming, she kept swallowing her anger and dared not speak, but she couldn't help cursing: "Wei Hongming, you are a beast-like scum, you have caused us mother and daughter a lot of misery! If the county magistrate didn't know clearly, he would have killed you. People like you can get away with it!"
Wei Hongming still couldn't figure out why his account book fell into Du Heng's hands, seeing that Du Youyan was still arrogant, he didn't care about the dignity of a squire, and immediately spat on Du Youyan: "You bitch, you are a rascal Shit, what's the matter, seeing your man going to prison, you're laughing so hard, you're in a hurry to find a new man!"
Du Youyan immediately turned pale: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Aren't you such a thing!"
Seeing so many people in and out of the hall, Du Youyan is still a woman no matter how aggressive she is. I'm innocent, I'll fight with you!"
Seeing this situation, Du Heng quickly knocked on the gavel to let the yamen servant pull him away.
"Wei Hongming's crimes of defrauding grain production, lending money to swindle interest, and bullying people are all committed. He will be sent to the South Prison for detention immediately. He will only be punished at a later date to find out whether there are still crimes of adultery!"