Third uncle Lin Yuan was stunned when he heard this and didn't know how to refute her.
Chu Nanzhi smiled coldly and said: "If they have any grievances, then the officials of the county government will redress their grievances. I am just an idle woman in the village. I have neither offended them nor am I an official of the county government. They like to kneel down."
There's nothing I can do to stop you in front of the county government office."
Although he looked calm on the face, he really hated the mother and daughter in his heart. He was really selfish to the extreme, and he simply didn't regard Lin Jinxiao, his stepson, as a human being.
When he was in trouble, the whole family stepped on him, and now they are disgusting him just after he took office. It seems that he cannot live a comfortable life for a day.
Whoever ends up with such a stepmother and brother and sister will be in trouble.
Fortunately, he will be able to get Heli Shu soon. The troubles in his family have nothing to do with him. As long as they don't mess with him, he doesn't want to join in the fun anymore.
Thinking of the last time Lin Jinxiao asked the clan leader to resolve the matter between the Chen family and her daughter, she gradually realized that the pretty boy should have an attitude now and didn't need to worry about it herself.
So he immediately adopted the mentality of letting him solve his own household problems.
But Liu Yun couldn't hold it in any longer, fearing that her son-in-law would suffer a loss, she immediately ordered Chu Wenbi: "Her father, hurry up and borrow the ox cart next door. We will accompany Da Zhi into the city to see what happens.
If Mrs. Chen dares to embarrass her son-in-law again today, I will definitely fight her to the death."
"No need to bother."
Lin Tingzhen glanced at his third uncle Lin Yuan meaningfully, looked at Liu Yun, Chu Wenbi and his wife with a smile, and said gently: "If the in-laws want to go to the city, just take my family's carriage. It's getting late, the carriage is faster."
Liu Yun nodded, and then told Chu Nanzhi: "Da Zhi, hurry up and pack up. I'll go and fill up the stewed soup, and then we'll set off."
Chu Nanzhi looked at Liu Yun's anxious expression and didn't know how to persuade her. Anyway, what this woman was thinking about now was her son-in-law. I'm afraid it was impossible to keep her out of the matter.
As for the matter of reconciliation and divorce, as well as Lin Jinxiao's paper-selling marriage contract, it would be even more inappropriate to mention it now.
After thinking about it, she had no choice but to come down and go upstairs to pack some clothes for each of the quadruplets. She also told Liu Shuyang and the Chu sisters to take care of their fry and the tiger cubs upstairs, and then took the quadruplets with them.
Liu Yun and his wife got on the Lin family's carriage, and the group hurried toward the county seat.
The setting sun was shining on the horizon, and the sky was gradually approaching evening. The county government office in Luyan Port was now crowded with many people watching the excitement. They looked at the three women kneeling next to the stone lions and began to comment.
In order to watch the excitement, some people had been standing guard outside the Yamen since the time the three women knelt here. Seeing that the three women, old and young, had been kneeling for most of the day, but no one came out to answer them, some people began to curse secretly in dissatisfaction.
:
"It seems that the new county magistrate is a bad official. On the first day he took office, he pretended to open an office to handle cases, but he did not accept unjust cases."
Some people couldn't stand it any longer and plucked up the courage to come up to the women and whisper: "Ladies, if you have any grievances, just go and beat the drum of grievances. It won't help to kneel here."
The three of them just looked at each other and ignored the enthusiastic people.
In the teahouse in the distance, Jiang Xueyi was sitting with the widest view from the county government office, quietly watching everything that happened in front of the government office.
Today was the first time he took office. He originally wanted to stay in the county captain's mansion to establish his official authority, but he never expected to be secretly called here by Butler Qin of the Qi family to see what was going on.
He took a few melon seeds with some dissatisfaction, glared at the sly Butler Qin with gloomy eyes, and said in a cold tone: "Who is kneeling in front of the door?"
Steward Qin replied solemnly: "My eldest uncle came to this county for the first time, but I didn't know that those three people are the mother, sister and sister-in-law of the new county magistrate, Mr. Lin."
"Mother?"
Jiang Xueyi turned to look at him in confusion.
Butler Qin added: "It's the stepmother Chen. Not long ago, his biological son Lin Jinhong was imprisoned by the wife of County Magistrate Lin. These mother and daughter were also cleared out of the Lin family's genealogy."
"oh?"
Jiang Xueyi finally became interested and asked anxiously: "Why did we suffer such a misfortune?"
"I heard it was a burglary, and he is a habitual thief."
After Butler Qin spoke earnestly, Jiang Xueyi lowered his face angrily: "That's not what you deserve. Butler Qin, you think I am too idle, right?"
"Uncle, this stepmother is also a mother."
Butler Qin reminded him unhurriedly: "Our dynasty governs the world with filial piety and righteousness, and the ugliness of this family must not be made public. Even if Chen's mother and daughter are guilty of stealing things from her own son's house, they will not be sent to officialdom or even
It means being expelled from the clan."
"But as far as I know, Mrs. Chen's stepmother doesn't seem to be very kind to Master Lin, right?"
Jiang Xueyi pursed his lips and smiled.
"That's just a rumor, please don't believe it."
Butler Qin spoke with a contented expression: "As the old saying goes, a stepmother is like a mother. Mrs. Chen is the daughter-in-law of Lin Ting Shu who came to the family in a dignified way. Whether it is her original wife or her step-mother, she is the stepmother.
Legally, they also have the right to decree, preside over marriage and establish succession over all their children.
The conflict between mother and son was just because of some rifts over Mr. Lin's marriage. But upon closer inspection, Chen's decision was reasonable and reasonable, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Besides, the mother is more important than the son. After all, Mrs. Chen raised Mrs. Lin and she should have the right to support her stepson. Mr. Lin also has the obligation and responsibility to be filial and support her stepmother. Now that Mr. Lin has been appointed as the fifth-grade county magistrate, Mrs. Chen should have the right to support her stepson.
I followed the imperial decree, but Master Lin not only disrespected my stepmother, but also made her kneel in front of the county government office. This goes against the principles of filial piety, brotherhood, benevolence and righteousness."
Hearing this, Jiang Xueyi finally showed an expression of enlightenment, nodded and said: "What you say makes sense."
"If my uncle wants to bring down Lin Jinxiao, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Butler Qin raised his hands and admonished him: "If my eldest uncle makes a big fuss about today's events and accuses him of being unfilial, no matter whether he has two honors or is protected by Mr. Nie or Mr. Chang, he will definitely be able to do it."
Let the imperial court remove his fame and make him the biggest laughing stock in Luyan Port."
Butler Ren Qin spoke eloquently, but Jiang Xueyi waved his hand calmly, holding a melon seed in his hand and rubbing it carefully against his mouth. He saw several familiar figures from the county government slowly walking out, and then revealed a hint of
A sinister smile: "No rush, no rush, take a look first and then talk."
Lin Jinxiao walked out of the inner hall on crutches, accompanied by Chang Yanjue and Nie Huaian. He saw the Chen mother and daughter kneeling in front of the door and the crowd of people watching from a distance, and the anger in his heart welled up again.
Chang Yanjue and Nie Huaian couldn't help but frown when they saw this formation. If it weren't for Lin Tingshu's sake, they would have wanted to take the crutches in their hands and beat the mother and daughter severely.
Relieve the anger in your heart.
Nie Huaian sideways glanced at the gloomy-looking master and apprentice, patted Lin Jinxiao's shoulder heavily, and said seriously: "Da Lang, you have to remember your current identity and don't argue with them."
"Um."
Lin Jinxiao responded softly, put on his crutches and walked towards Chen and his daughter with heavy steps.