"What's more, in the past six months, we have ordered a strict crackdown on smuggled salt dealers. Isn't this hitting the point of a gun?" Mrs. Song felt that the situation was more serious than bad.
Xu Chunjun also felt that this matter was indeed difficult to handle. What he feared most was that the county magistrate refused to investigate carefully and would just give in and beat him.
She was originally a person with rules, but when she cared about her, she became chaotic, and secondly, she was really not optimistic.
At this time, Xu Chunsu, who had been observing her appearance, stepped forward and said, "Second sister-in-law, please don't cry. There is no room for improvement in this matter. It depends on whether third aunt is willing to save her."
When Mrs. Song heard this, she seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. She quickly let go of Xu Chunqiao's hand and pulled Xu Chunsu, and asked urgently: "How did you know there was still room? Third aunt must be willing to save!"
Xu Daoan is Xu Lang's nephew, so there's no reason why he wouldn't want to save him.
"Oh, I didn't choose what I said." Xu Chunsu looked like she regretted her mistake: "Sister-in-law, please don't take it seriously."
Although she said this, her face still looked like she was hesitant to speak.
How could Madam Song let her go when she was like this? He held her tightly with both hands and said, "Good sister, I'm almost dying of anxiety. Please explain yourself clearly."
"I just heard what some women said on the road, but I'm afraid I can't take it seriously." Xu Chunsu hesitated: "Besides, it doesn't sound very nice. I was just in a hurry. After all, this shouldn't be a discussion for us girls.
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The more she acted like this, the more anxious Mrs. Song became, wanting to open her mouth and get straight into her heart.
"Fourth sister, look how anxious everyone is! Regardless of whether this method works or not, or whether it should be said or not, it has to be said at this time. It is a solution, isn't it?" Xu Chunqiao also urged.
Xu Chunsu reluctantly said: "Those women said that as long as the third aunt is willing to go to Magistrate Cao..."
She only said this half sentence and everyone understood it.
The current magistrate of Siyuan County is named Cao Hong, and he has been in office for less than two years.
Cao Hong is only in his early thirties, but his wife is old and ugly, and she only has two daughters.
Naturally, he wanted to take a concubine, but he was not willing to take one casually.
Everyone in the Xu family knew that Cao Hong had a crush on Xu Lang.
However, Xu Lang had already decided not to marry, so although Cao Zhixian asked many people to intercede, Xu Lang rejected them one by one.
Now something happened to Xu Daoan. Although he was arrested by a neighboring county, according to the law, Xu Daoan can be transferred back to the county as long as Cao Hong issues a document.
Although smuggling salt is a serious crime, it is not impossible for Xu Daoan to escape the crime as long as Cao Hong is willing to help.
Xu Chunsu's words were a wake-up call for Mr. Song.
Now that the matter has come to an end, her goal has been achieved, so she said: "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, my aunt will not ignore my second brother. Just lie down and have a rest, we won't disturb you anymore."
After saying that, he pulled Xu Chunjun out together.
"If it were anything else, Third Aunt would naturally agree, but for this matter..." Mrs. Song's heart seemed to be boiling in oil: "We all know that she is unwilling to marry, let alone be a concubine."
Xu Lang refused to marry. On the one hand, she needed someone to take care of her family. On the other hand, although everyone did not say it, they all knew that when she was in the capital, she had already been engaged to the son of the Chen family.
Later, the Xu family was convicted, and the marriage was naturally annulled.
However, Xu Lang never forgot that person, and he had a feeling of "There was a time when the sea was difficult to overcome, except for Wushan, it was not like clouds".
As for Xu Chunjun, as Xu Chunsu walked out of the Song family's room, her heart was in turmoil, which was a very unpleasant feeling.
Of course she didn't believe that Xu Chunsu accidentally let the news slip, let alone that she really wanted to save Xu Daoan.
The Wei family, mother and son, hated their second wife very much, and they also had a grudge against Xu Lang. At this time, they could only add insult to injury. How could they provide help in the snow?
Xu Chunjun also didn't believe that this was just something they were doing to satisfy their hatred, and there must be a bigger conspiracy behind it.
Xu Chunsu, like her brother, had never taken Xu Chunjun seriously. She didn't even bother to talk to her along the way, but went straight back to her mother's room.
Mrs. Wei was leaning on the Luohan couch, drinking tea and eating preserves. There was a lot of noise outside, but she felt particularly at ease.
It seems that I have never been so comfortable since I came to Siyuan County.
"Can you tell me what you said?" When Mrs. Wei saw her daughter coming in, she sat up and asked her, her eyes bright and frightening.
"What's there to say? But a child who has just learned to speak can understand half of the words." Xu Chunsu smiled and sat down, stretched out her hand and pinched a candied cherry and put it in her mouth: "The people in the second room have become nothing now.
You are a fool, there is such a ready-made good method, how can you not take it seriously."
"Xu Lang wanted to hide it from his second wife, but he didn't want her to be happy! Look, the show is really about to begin this time!" Mrs. Wei pulled out the golden hairpin from her head and put it back in again, leaning on the Arhat couch.
The time was too long, and the bun was a little loose: "If she marries Cao Zhixian as a concubine, she will no longer be able to control the family. If she doesn't marry, how can the second wife spare her? Let's look at it from the side.
The fire pushed her down from her position as the head of the family."
"Then if the third aunt really marries Cao Zhixian, won't the second brother still be in charge of the house?" Xu Chunsu was puzzled: "Then our work will still be in vain?"
"Xu Lang won't marry, and she's still guarding her surname Chen!" Mrs. Wei smiled bitterly, not caring that she shouldn't have said this in front of her daughter who had not yet left the court: "When we left Beijing, that surname was
Chen even stopped in front of the car and had a quarrel with her. She made it clear that she wanted to end all ties with her, otherwise there would be no need to humiliate her in public. She was affectionate, but she was afraid that people had long forgotten that she, Miss Xu San, was still alive in the world.
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"Even if the third aunt doesn't want to get married, she still has to get married for the sake of her second brother." Xu Chunsu said: "Otherwise, how can she have the face to meet our Xu family?"
"Look, the second wife will have to make trouble! Even if she really wants to marry, she can't marry her right away. She has to hand over the second child to the county. Then we will write a letter secretly to see if any of your brother's friends recognize her.
The master next to Lord Zhizhou asked him to hand it over to them, accusing them of collusion between officials and businessmen, and bending the law for personal gain. Lord Zhizhou had just arrived, and the people under his command had not yet figured out how to do it. By then, Cao Hong would have too much time to take care of himself.
Excuse him?"
"If it really goes like this, the immortal in the prison will have to shed his skin!" Xu Chunsu bit her fingers in shock.
"Of course, then Cao Hong is very likely to settle this matter. But with their efforts, this family has long been in our hands. Do you think the second wife doesn't hold a grudge in her heart when she forces her to get married? They still
It's to go against the purpose." The more Wei thought about it, the more proud she became: "You have to remember one thing, in front of them, we have to pretend to be good people on both sides, so as not to arouse suspicion."
