Many officials in this world who came from humble backgrounds were dragged back to their original shape by the clan members behind them who suddenly became rich and did not know how to restrain themselves. Jiang Jixiao was just a scholar. Although he was not yet at that level, he still had to prepare for a rainy day.
Jiang Jixiao had respect for the elders of the Jiang family based on their previous friendships, but this time he understood that his caring would put him in danger.
He is not afraid of danger, but Shen Jiayu is innocent.
"Go back, don't interact with each other in the future." After Jiang Jixiao came back, he discussed with Chu Yunli for a few words and decided to go back to Hu Mansion: "In a few days, I will return to the city. Now I am no longer a member of the Jiang family.
He is the eldest son of the Hu family."
Everyone in the Jiang family looked at each other.
But they didn't dare to force it. This matter itself was their fault. Besides, neither Jiang Jixiao's reputation as a scholar nor the wealth of the Hu family would allow them to do anything wrong.
So, he finally ran away in despair.
The next morning, Luo Yue'er came. After so many things happened, she was thinner than before. Her waist was extremely thin, and there was no flesh at all on her cheeks. She had lost her appearance. However, there was a bit of joy on her face.
, after knocking on the door, he smiled at Mother Jiang and said, "I came just to tell you that the money has been paid back."
Jiang's mother looked surprised. If she wanted to ask more questions, Luo Yue'er had already turned around and left.
Even so, the sharp-eyed Mother Jiang still saw a large piece of fresh meat in the basket she was carrying. She looked puzzled, and turned around and muttered to Chu Yunli: "That's thirty taels, and I still need to buy meat after paying it off."
,Where did you get so much money?”
Chu Yunli sneered: "There are not many people in this town who can easily take out twenty or thirty taels of silver."
Mother Jiang was folding small clothes for her child. She paused slightly when she heard this and said, "Is it Mr. Hu?" Seeing her daughter-in-law's face full of ridicule and not denying it, she looked puzzled: "Why did Mr. Hu do this?"
Because Luo Shi didn't recruit him.
Chu Yunli stood up: "Now that I have the money, I have to ask."
She asked Jiang Jixiao to set up the carriage, and on the way back to the village, she saw Luo Yue'er carrying a basket and humming a song.
The carriage did not stop, but passed Luo Yue'er and returned to the village first.
Jiang Gui didn't want to get to the bottom of it. Anyway, he had already obtained the money. When he saw the couple coming, he frowned.
Chu Yunli said bluntly: "I said before, you can either pay back twenty-five taels of silver, and we will accept this Yang En. If you don't want to repay it, then treat it as buying out Yang En with ten taels of silver. You
Choose one."
Jiang Guiyin hasn't warmed up yet, so he doesn't want to choose either one.
Chu Yunli reminded: "Now that I am the daughter-in-law of the Hu family, what you owe is not to me alone, but to the Hu family in the city!"
Jiang Gui: "..." I can't afford to offend!
He really didn't want to give it, but Shen Jiayu was rich and powerful, so what should he do if he found someone to embarrass him?
"I'll pay you back fifteen taels, so you don't have to worry about me anymore."
The implication is to end the relationship between father and son.
That's fine, Chu Yunli turned to look at Jiang Jixiao: "Invite the elders in the village and write this down in black and white. Otherwise, uninformed outsiders will think you are a white-eyed wolf who refuses to repay your kindness."
Jiang Jixiao didn't know how he and his father came to this point, but based on what Jiang Gui did to their couple, he really didn't want to forgive, and he was no longer willing to maintain this false father-son relationship with his father.
Although Jiang Jixiao had made it clear that he had severed ties with the Jiang family before, some members of the Jiang family were sensible, and they were happy to make friends with a scholar, so things went smoothly.
Jiang Gui was very reluctant to let go of his son who had become a scholar and was about to become a prince. However, he also knew that there was no love between father and son anymore, so they could barely maintain it and would not get much benefit. Besides, Jiang Jixiao would have to move in the future.
If you go to a county town or even a prefectural city to live, if you forget to give him money, where will he find people?
Forget it, I still have ten taels of silver on hand.
Ten taels of silver is not much, but it is considered first-class wealth in this village. If I find a young and good-looking wife later, I may be able to cure my hidden illness and give birth to a child.
Jiang Jixiao got the deed and felt complicated.
At this point, he was completely separated from the village. From now on, he would only come back to visit the Shen family. Otherwise, he would not even have to go back to the town.
Qian Yufeng was in coma for two days before he woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he noticed the pain on his face. Then he remembered what happened before he fell into coma. His nose and ears were gone.
There was no mirror in his room, but the sister-in-law in his eldest brother's house had given him a piece of his wedding gift. He sat up and said to his mother who heard the noise and came to see her: "Mom, I want a mirror!"
Qian's mother's eyes were swollen from crying, and she started to cry again when she heard this. She didn't pull her ears, and if she didn't pay attention, she couldn't see. But her nose was gone and it was really ugly. She cried and said, "My son, you are so ugly."
Just think about it!"
Qian Yufeng looked at the person in the mirror and felt ugly. It was not easy to get a wife in the first place, but now that it has become like this, he is afraid that he will be a bachelor for the rest of his life!
This matter is not over yet.
He slammed down the mirror and asked, "Mom, how long have I been unconscious? Has anyone come to visit me during this period?"
Qian's mother couldn't even figure out where her son's injury came from. She shook her head and said, "You have been unconscious for two days. Who beat you like this? Your uncle said that such a serious injury can be cured."
If you file a lawsuit, they will compensate..."
Yes, let them pay.
Qian Yufeng lowered his eyes: "Mom, is there anything strange happening in the town recently?"
Qian's mother was worried about her son and had no intention of listening to the gossip outside. She just said casually: "I heard that Luo's mother and daughter who had offended Jiang Xiucai's family got a sum of money from somewhere to pay off the debt."
Hearing this, Qian Yufeng's hand on the quilt was clenched instantly. This exertion caused severe pain on his shoulder. Then he heard his mother's exclamation: "Don't use too much force, the wound will open again..."
..." She ran out: "Please call the doctor quickly."
Qian Yufeng lay in bed for another two days and reluctantly got off the ground. He sneaked out when his family was not paying attention and went directly to Luo's natal family.
After Luo paid off her debts and had some money left on hand, she bought a lot of things and returned to her parents' home. In this way, the Luo family accepted the mother and daughter without any objection.
Seeing Qian Yufeng with his head wrapped in cloth appearing outside the yard, Luo's sister-in-law looked puzzled: "Why are you wrapped like this? Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Luo Hongye." Qian Yufeng said every word: "I have some debts that I want to collect from her."
Sister-in-law Luo heard what she said was wrong, but she and her sister-in-law had never been close, and she did not want to take the matter to her. She raised her voice and shouted: "Hongye, someone is looking for her."
Luo Hongye came out and was stunned for a moment when she saw Qian Yufeng. Qian Yufeng's appearance was really weird. His ears and nose were covered, only a pair of eyes and mouth were exposed, and the exposed areas were vaguely...
Dried blood. After reacting, she quickly recognized the eyes full of hatred, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"You... I have already given you benefits, why are you coming to me for this?"
Qian Yufeng stepped closer and kicked open the weak fence gate: "You have hurt me like this, don't you plan to compensate?
"It was your choice at the beginning." Luo Shi held on and said, "I didn't force you to go."
"If it weren't for your suggestion, I wouldn't have thought like that, let alone where I am now." Qian Yufeng walked halfway and suddenly noticed a slender figure walking around the edge of the house. He turned his head and saw
It was Luo Yue'er who was in her prime. He sneered: "I look like this and it's hard to get a wife. Just give me a wife." He stretched out his hand and said, "I want her."
Luo Yue'er was startled and took two steps back helplessly.
Luo Shi's face turned pale: "This is impossible."
"You don't want to?" Qian Yufeng had already given up. "Then you, mother and daughter, had better not be alone. There will definitely be no woman with me like this. I'll look back...hehe..."
There was a bit of ambiguity in his laughter: "Actually, I like fierce women best, the best ones who keep struggling."
Luo Shi: "..."
Luo Yuer's face turned pale with fright: "I have a fiancé."
In the past two days, Luo Shi was actively negotiating for her daughter's marriage. With so many things happening, both mother and daughter had given up on letting Luo Yue'er marry into a wealthy family. They just wanted to have enough food and clothing and a secure life.
Even if Luo Yuer's reputation is ruined, she is good-looking. She has met several people in the past two days, and Luo Shi hasn't decided who to choose yet. However, no matter who she chooses, it is better than the bastard in front of her. She nodded: "Yue'er has indeed made up his mind.
Got married."
"Then retreat." Qian Yufeng tilted his head, his eyes lingering on Luo Yue'er: "Mother-in-law, if you don't marry your daughter to me, then... I will make the daughter-in-law of the Hu family become your enemy. At that time
It's true that you received a beating, but you also got something substantial. If Shen Jiayu knew about it, she would be angry. She wants to embarrass you, can you stop her? "
Luo Shi's face turned pale: "Don't go too far!"
Qian Yufeng smiled and said: "Compared to what you did to Shen Jiayu, I really want to ask to marry your daughter, and I don't think it is too much! Tomorrow the sedan will come to your door, obediently let your daughter marry, otherwise, hum!
"
He came and left in less than half a quarter of an hour, but the words he left behind filled Luo Yuer'er with fear.
"Mom, I don't want to marry him."
Luo Shi didn't want his daughter to get married. There was such a deep grudge between the two of them. What if Qian Yufeng didn't treat her well when her daughter got married?
"I'll go talk to him."
She thought of using money to compensate, but she had to let Qian Yufeng give up this idea anyway. Therefore, before going out, she went back to her room, gritted her teeth, and took all the remaining money with her.
"Qian Yufeng, wait a minute."
Qian Yufeng was chased by her at the entrance of the village, but he didn't stop. There were people passing by vaguely, but he didn't want to show his face in front of people. He didn't stop and stood on the road until he was in the woods and there was no one around.
He waited indifferently for Roche, who was panting and catching up.
Luo Shi took a breath and said eagerly: "I will give you money, and you will let my daughter go."
"Oh?" Qian Yufeng was curious: "How much do you plan to give?"
"I know that you are seriously injured and cannot be cured. It will be difficult for you to find a wife after your appearance is damaged. None of us want things to end like this. In this case, I will give you five taels." Luo Shi emphasized: "This is all the money I have.
.”
Qian Yufeng said nothing, as if he was waiting for her to take out the money.
Luo Shi was overjoyed and quickly took out a small silver ingot. Qian Yufeng stretched out his hand to take it and weighed it: "Are you sending beggars away?"
Hearing this, Luo Shi's heart sank, and she wanted to say a few soft words, but saw the man rush over and pull open her clothes.
Luo Shi was startled, but fortunately she had two senses to prevent her from screaming. Qian Yufeng groped her body with his hands, and soon found another silver ingot, and finally grabbed it on her chest.
After a few handfuls, he laughed and said: "I didn't expect that the middle-aged lady is also quite charming."
From beginning to end, Luo Shi gritted his teeth and said, "If you take the money away, can you let my daughter go?"
"It seems that you didn't take what I said to heart at all." Qian Yufeng put away the money with a smile, stretched out his hand and pushed her to stagger a few steps, and said: "The sedan chair will come to the door tomorrow. Otherwise, you will
Just wait for the Hu family’s daughter-in-law’s revenge!”
Luo Shi gritted his teeth: "Master Hu gave me the money. He didn't like Shen Jiayu in the first place, so he acquiesced in allowing me to do this. Even if things don't work out this time, Master Hu will still think of other ways. Shen Jiayu will not be the same soon."
The Hu family’s daughter-in-law, she can’t deal with me.”
"Can't deal with it?" Qian Yufeng seemed to have heard a big joke. He wanted to laugh, but he grinned at the pain on his face, and his whole face looked a little ferocious: "Then
You don’t have to let Luo Yue’er get on the sedan chair, but you can try Shen Jiayu’s methods!”
He turned and left.
In fact, the injuries on his body have not healed yet, and he is holding on forcefully at the moment. Otherwise, he would still want to take advantage.
Luo Shi was very unwilling, but there was nothing she could do to him. She kept staring at his back. Suddenly, she saw Qian Yufeng raise his hand to cover his shoulder, and suddenly remembered that he had been injured before.
This man was injured, and no matter how strong he was, his strength would be compromised. All Luo's money was taken away by him, and after that, he still had to hook up with his daughter... She was a bold person, gritted her teeth, and picked up a stone.
He rushed forward.
Qian Yufeng heard the footsteps behind him and turned around suddenly. He just happened to face the stone that hit him. He felt a pain on the bridge of his nose, his vision went dark, and he fell to the ground.
Luo Shi was not tall enough, so she originally wanted to hit him on the forehead, but ended up hitting the bridge of his nose. A strange combination of circumstances caused him to get more injured. Seeing the man fall to the ground, she was afraid that he would get up and hurt herself... while he
The disease was going to kill him. She picked up the stone again and hit him hard on the head.
Only two muffled groans were heard, and the people on the ground stopped moving.
Luo Shi was very ruthless when she struck. After smashing the stone, she felt weak all over. She fell to the ground and saw blood all over the ground. The people on the ground were motionless. She was startled. She hurriedly threw away the stone in her hand and kept moving back.
Moved and murmured in panic: "It's none of my business, you forced me to do it."
She got up and stumbled towards the village.
I ran for a few steps and then stopped suddenly. There was no one on the road at the moment, but this was the only way to go to the town. There would be at least a few waves of people passing by every day. If this person was here, he would be discovered soon.
. And she was seen when she left the village. A quick check revealed that she was here at this time.
By then, she might not be able to escape.
With these thoughts running through her mind, Luo Shi quickly made up her mind. She suppressed the fear in her heart and ran over to drag the person into the woods beside the road.
Qian Yufeng was tall and strong. Luo Shi tried all her strength but could only move him a little. She originally wanted to dig a hole and bury him, but after a long time of effort, she could only move him a little.
Ten feet away, she gave up the idea of digging a hole, dragged the man into the thick grass, scraped away the bloody patch of land, and then found some soil to cover it. She did not go home directly, but took a detour.
I went to the small river in the village, washed off the blood on my body, and tidied my messy hair and clothes.
When she was arranging the clothes on her chest, she realized that she was bruised and bruised by Qian Yufeng's pinch. While she secretly hated it, she also felt that she was right.
While doing these things, no one showed up from beginning to end. Luo Shi's panic gradually calmed down, and when she returned home, her complexion returned to normal.
When Luo Yue'er saw her mother coming back, she asked in a panic: "Mom, how are you doing?"
Luo Shi forced a smile: "He was convinced by me and will not embarrass you!"
Hearing this, Luo Yue'er breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead. What came to mind, she asked again: "Mom, did he ask you for a lot of favors?"
Luo Shi lowered his eyes and indeed asked for a lot, but he was not greedy enough and choked to death!
When she was dragging him away, she had already confirmed that Qian Yufeng was indeed dead.
In fact, Qian Yufeng was beaten by her because she was unprepared. But after Luo Shi succeeded, she felt that this man was as powerful as everyone outside, and she had found the wrong person in the first place!
"If you want some, he's not stupid. There's no point in forcing you. It's better to get real money."
Luo Yue'er was completely relieved.
When Qian's mother realized that her injured son was not there, she naturally went out to look for him. If Qian Yufeng's face was not wrapped with a cloth, it would not attract anyone's attention.
But his head was wrapped like a rice dumpling, and anyone who saw him while walking on the street would take a second look. Mother Qian soon learned that he was heading towards Yueshui Village.
She didn’t know what her son had done, or how he could be so seriously injured. But she had to find him. She returned home, called her other sons, and borrowed a carriage.
Go directly to Yueshui Village.
After asking around, I found the Luo family.
Luo Shi had already guessed that someone would come looking for her, so she was calm: "She left without saying a few words. I chased her out, discussed it with her, and gave him five taels of silver."
Qian's mother seemed to be listening to a book from heaven: "Why did you give him money?"
"He borrowed it from me." Luo Shi smiled bitterly: "However, he definitely has no intention of paying it back. He tried to play rogue with me before and insisted that I marry my daughter to him. Otherwise, he would say that my daughter had already been with him... you
I am also a mother. As a mother, you know how to protect your cubs. I ran to discuss it with him. He asked for the five taels of silver. I just happened to have a lot of money recently, so I gritted my teeth and gave it to him. What, he hasn’t come home yet?
?”
She had already decided to assume that Qian Yufeng was murdered by gangsters seeking money!
When Qian's mother heard these words, she immediately panicked. She knew that her son had lost his temper when he was a little older, and he was more courageous. He also played rogue against the eldest daughter and the younger daughter-in-law who were alone. What Luo Shi said was really interesting.
may happen.
However, what made her even more panicked was that she didn't see her son or even meet anyone along the way.
"He didn't come home!"
Luo Shi shook his head: "Then I don't know. Maybe he took the money and went out to squander it."
Mother Qian: "..." That makes sense.
The remaining brothers of the Qian family were not very happy. They had long felt that Qian Yufeng had disgraced them. He was injured but did not stay well, and ran out to cause trouble. After extorting money, he did not care about the family at all. So, several
Without asking any questions, I took my mother back home.
For three days in a row, no one saw Qian Yufeng.
Not to mention Qian's mother, even the brothers thought something was wrong with him. After all, Qian Yufeng was injured when he left. Even if he eats and drinks with money, he still needs to drink medicine to replace his medicine.
?
However, this man did not appear in the town at all, let alone go to the hospital. Maybe something really happened.
After Chu Yunli heard about this incident, he immediately got up and went to Yueshui Village. Jiang Jixiao was worried and followed him.
There was calm in Yueshui Village. Chu Yunli asked a few people and learned that Qian Yufeng had indeed been here, but he left quickly. Luo Shi chased him out at that time and never saw him again.
Chu Yunli found Luo Shi: "What did he say when he came to you?"
When Luo Shi saw her, it was like seeing an enemy: "Don't you know, why bother asking?"
Chu Yunli asked curiously: "I came to blackmail you and asked you to compensate? Right?"
Luo Shi: "..." You guessed it right.
This is not good.
Chu Yunli was already minding her own business and continued: "Is his disappearance related to you? By the way, the forest at the entrance of your village is quite dense..." She turned her head and said: "Jiang Jixiao, spend some money and find someone.
Take a dig in the woods."
Jiang Jixiao agreed immediately.
Yueshui Village is not big. In addition to children and the elderly, there are more than 100 young and middle-aged people. Chu Yunli paid them according to the current labor force, and everyone who participated was paid.
Less than half an hour later, people crowded towards the entrance of the village.
Luo Shi's heart was twitching. Although he tried to calm down, he still showed a bit of panic.
Chu Yunli was good at observing words and expressions. When he saw this, he smiled and said: "Luo Hongye, you are so courageous."
Luo Shi: "...It's none of my business."
Chu Yunli continued by herself: "You dared to trick me before and let me kill two people. It shows that you dare to kill people. However, I still didn't expect that you could beat a strong man." There was a pause.
, she slapped her forehead: "Qian Yufeng was seriously injured, so it is reasonable for him to be beaten to death by you. Luo Hongye, you have to pay for it with your life!"
Luo Shi held on and said: "Don't talk nonsense. If you can't provide evidence, you are slandering."
Just at this time, someone ran up to the village entrance and shouted excitedly as he ran: "He really died in the woods at the entrance of the village, his head and face were smashed so hard that he couldn't even distinguish his appearance..."