The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly, but it's a bit hot.
Cai Baiwei built a small pergola next to the stone well on the left side of the courtyard near the courtyard gate, and moved a small table in the house to the pergola, so that the family could sit and eat here in the summer and it would be much more refreshing.
Hua Rujin was sitting in the pergola, looking at everything Cai Baiwei had rearranged, and thinking about what she had experienced these days, she was in a trance with lingering fear.
Hua Youen and Hua Muyang squatted beside Hua Rujin and watched Cai Baiwei, who was busy not far away, also lost in thought.
"Rujin, you said you would hoe the weeds in the small open space in the corner of the guest room to grow some vegetables for my mother. The owner of the house won't blame you, right?"
Cai Baiwei suddenly turned around and asked.
"No, it's okay for grandma to plant whatever she likes."
Hua Rujin raised her eyes and looked over there. She thought she was growing fruits and vegetables, but now no one was taking care of them and weeds had grown.
"Then I'll listen to you."
Cai Baiwei put down her hoe and walked over slowly, her bright eyes suddenly filled with sadness: "Today is your Shu family's grandmother's sixtieth birthday. Your father told me before going out this morning that he would buy more gifts for us.
Let’s all go there.”
"Aniang, please go with Mu Yang and You En. I'll stay at the house and look after the door."
Hua Rujin replied with a slight smile.
Although Hua Youen mentioned that Mrs. Tao came to the house that day and said some unpleasant words, but the bones and tendons were broken, so she was right to worry about her grandson.
You can't just break up and betray your relatives everywhere.
As long as they don't visit the Shu family and take due etiquette into account, they can't find anything wrong.
Cai Baiwei thought for a moment and understood what her daughter meant. She nodded heavily: "That's okay. Let's come back early."
"I want to stay at home with my sister."
Hua Youen curled her lips quickly.
Hua Muyang also nodded anxiously.
"How can I let my mother-in-law go alone?"
Hua Rujin patted the docile and well-behaved little Muyang and said, "Follow my mother-in-law."
Hua Muyang looked unhappy, but thinking that her second aunt and her family might also go to Shu's house, she had no choice but to nod her head obediently.
"If we meet my second aunt's family, I don't have to be patient. Our family doesn't owe them anything."
Hua Rujin looked at the gentle and dignified Cai Baiwei and warned in a deep voice.
"I know that with your uncle, aunt and uncle here, they don't dare to embarrass you."
Cai Baiwei smiled innocently.
"That's true."
Hua Rujin also showed the same smile.
The uncle of the original owner, Shu Jiayan, originally favored the sixth-fang. Hua Junyao, his eldest uncle, was jealous of Hu Nanxi for ruthlessly marrying him and sent his second son to the county government office. That family didn't like the second-fang. When the Shu family came to the Shu family, they would indeed favor the weakest sixth-fang.
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Looking up at the sun, Cai Baiwei did not dare to delay any longer. She led Hua Muyang to the house to change clothes, and hurried out the door with a bamboo basket on her back.
Hua Rujin took a copy of "The Law of Salt and Iron" and a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and returned to the pergola, teaching Hua Youen how to read while continuing to read.
These days, she has memorized the content of "Household Marriage" by heart, and combined it with the laws of her time, she will be able to use it with ease.
After the incident with the Dou family, she gradually gained a clear direction in her heart. There were many women in this era who had the same miserable fate as her. If she put more effort into this aspect, she could not only help others, but also earn some money.
And those male lawyers who claim to be rich in knowledge may not necessarily want to make decisions for women.
Anyway, in their eyes, if something bad happens, the woman will have to take the blame, either the beauty is the trouble or the husband is the husband, etc.
With this idea, she read harder and harder.
I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the hospital.
Hearing the sound, Hua Youen rushed over quickly with quick eyes and hands.
Hua Rujin had just stood up when she heard Hua Youen shout happily: "Sister, sister, I am the uncle of my brother-in-law."
Ting An was stunned when he heard this: Am I that old?
You call your son your eldest brother, but you call me your eldest uncle.
Knowing that it was Ting An, Hua Rujin hurriedly greeted him.
"Miss Hua, I'm here to deliver something to my young master today."
Ting An grimaced and handed a bulging briefcase into her hands:
"There are fifty taels of silver here, which were confiscated from the Dou family. The Dou family seems to have a big business, but most of the money earned in these years has been used to treat the strange disease in his family. I heard that the young master said that it was confiscated from the Dou family.
We only have three to five thousand taels of silver in cash, and the county still needs to fill in the tunnels of the Dou family, so they distributed some compensation to the family members of the woman who suffered this time."
"Thank you for me, sir."
Hua Rujin took the bag and looked at it.
After all, it was the original owner who suffered, so he deserved it for taking it.
Moreover, the compensation of fifty taels of silver is not a small amount for an ordinary family. I am afraid that if it were another official, he would have to lose a lot of the property obtained from the confiscation of the house, so he would not think about compensating the people.
Thinking of this, she looked at Ting An slowly and asked in a warm voice: "How is your young master doing lately?"
"fine."
Ting An smiled and said, "I'm just busy with official duties, and there are several backlogged cases that I haven't even figured out yet."
Hua Rujin raised her eyebrows: "There were so many old cases backlogged when Liu Magistrate was in office?"
"Don't mention it. Magistrate Liu committed suicide by jumping into the Chu River out of fear of crime. So far, no body has been recovered."
Ting An's face became more bitter: "His death was easy and quick, but many unsolved cases were left to the young master. As for the headless male corpse dug up in the Dou family cemetery a few days ago, Han Chun confessed.
But I can’t tell where the head was hidden, so I suspect that it was the people from Dianshi Mansion who beat him into submission.”
Hua Rujin's heart skipped a beat when she heard that Liu Cheng committed suicide out of fear of crime.
This dog official was lazy and did not work hard for the people, but he used the life of a woman to gain political achievements. He was not considered innocent if he died.
But according to my understanding of the Law of Daye, the crime he committed was not a capital crime, and he would not have to die to apologize. Why did he jump into the river?
Could it be that he is timid?
There is also the headless male corpse. Since Han Chun confessed, why did he hide the head?
This is really strange.
"Perhaps it's really hard to beat him into submission."
Hua Rujin replied in a calm tone.
After all, a murder case of this level is not something she, an unknown ordinary person with a flat head, can handle for the time being. Even if she desperately wants to take over the case, she must remain calm.
Lest Ye Chengguan suspect that he has ulterior motives for him again.
"It's true that Miss Hua and my young master have a tacit understanding. The people in the county government all think that this person was killed by Han Chun. The reason why Han Chun refused to reveal where the head was hidden must be because he was instructed by an expert to deliberately delay
It’s just a matter of time to seek a chance of survival.”
Ting An scratched his head and said: "Oh, by the way, the young master also told me that the entire Jiangling City has been searching for tunnels recently. If there is anything wrong with Miss Ruohua's home, remember to report it to the county in time, so that the county can send people to fill it."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."
Hua Rujin suddenly thought of the old beggar.
This man is mysterious and mysterious, and seems to know the entire history of Jiangling City well.
That day I heard him say that all the tunnels dug that year had been filled in, but I didn't know if I could believe it.