After comforting Xiao Douding, Hua Rujin was casually looking at the dishes placed on the table when she saw a middle-aged woman in red coming out of the restaurant, shouting to Shu Jinxuan with a face that was half worried and half happy.
He said: "Hey, it's the second young master of the Shu family who is here. I will ask the girls singing on the stage to move away."
"That's not necessary."
Shu Jinxuan glanced at Hua Rujin, knowing that she liked listening to music, so he took out two five-tael silver coins from his arms and threw them into the middle-aged woman's hands: "There is a happy event at home today, let them sing, just sing something cheerful."
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Hua Rujin looked around and saw the woman holding the pipa under the innermost red silk curtain who was about to get up and sat down again.
Cai Baiwei watched her cousin casually give ten taels of silver to the restaurant manager, and advised with a distressed expression: "Jin Xuan, let's just come and have a meal. If you don't want to listen to any music, don't waste the money."
"Oh, dear sister, I see that you don't go out much on weekdays. It's a rare occasion that you come out, so naturally you want to have a good time."
The shopkeeper in red clothes knows the temper of the second young master of the Shu family best. On weekdays, he only likes the dishes in his restaurant, but does not like to listen to music. Every time he comes, he gives an extra five taels of silver to the girls to stop what they are doing.
In this way, the girls are happy to earn money and be lazy, but they make themselves and other diners miserable.
It's rare that the extra money he gave today didn't affect other diners in the restaurant. The shopkeeper helped Cai Baiwei and said with a smile: "It's rare that Mr. Shu is so generous today. I'll give you a Four Seasons Cai."
After saying that, he helped Cai Baiwei walk in and shouted happily to the waiter: "One portion each of bass soup with various flavors, steamed goose and duck steak, braised soft-shelled turtle, and cannon lamb."
After hearing the names of several hard dishes, Hua Rujin looked at the dishes in front of her and sighed helplessly:
This elegant cousin is afraid that he will try another way to save money for himself.
Shu Jinxuan smiled smugly at the two siblings and said, "I can't help it. My cousin is so popular no matter where he goes."
After hearing this, Hua Rujin looked around secretly, and saw a series of strange eyes staring at her elegant cousin, as if they were as disgusted as meeting the god of plague.
She quickly looked away and smiled awkwardly: "Of course, my cousin is not only popular, but also very lucky."
I think this is the legendary money ability.
One meal can produce a month's salary for a county magistrate.
And I don’t let others listen to the music and look at the beautiful women.
Hua Rujin had no choice but to order two seasonal dishes and the pork knuckles that the little bean curds wanted to eat. She also ordered two grilled fish for the waiter to pack, and then she followed her elegant cousin unhurriedly inside.
Thinking of his unique character, he did not forget to warn him: "I think my cousin should not come to this restaurant again in the future."
"Oh? Why is this?"
Shu Jinxuan expressed his confusion: "This shopkeeper really likes your cousin and me to visit him. Every time he leaves, he always reminds me to remember to come often."
"She says that to everyone."
Hua Rujin smiled bitterly.
The two were talking when they suddenly saw two figures hurriedly escaping from the side.
"Hey, aren't these the two people who just came in? Why did they leave so quickly?"
Shu Jinxuan turned his head in confusion and looked at the disappearing figures, one large and one small.
Hua Rujin turned around and looked around, only to see the young master just picked up the child and ran away, sneakily, as if he had done something shameful.
"Why is this?"
Shu Jinxuan clenched his chin tightly, puzzled.
"I guess this time it's really because of your popularity, cousin."
Hua Rujin said suspiciously.
Things that have happened recently are getting more and more weird. There is a little girl hidden in the house that no one can see through, and I met these two people who behaved strangely before me.
I'm afraid that they really deceived Ye Chenggui.
In Maoyuan Village, five miles outside the city, Ye Chengguan led Ting An, Lu Xiuyuan and several guardsmen and slowly knocked on the door of the Han family.
It was Han Chun's younger brothers Han Qiu and Han Dong who came out to open the door.
When they saw the county government official, the two brothers looked frightened and uneasy.
"My lords."
Before the two brothers could speak, Lu Xiuyuan waved his hand to stop them: "Today, the magistrate is here to question you. You brothers must tell the truth and not hide anything."
"yes."
The two of them replied dejectedly.
Ye Chengguan looked at the two brothers with cold eyes, then walked slowly to a dilapidated wooden chair in the courtyard and sat down.
After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Your brother has confessed in prison and personally admitted that he killed Zhang Yuan, but this county does not think he is the murderer."
Hearing this, Han Qiu and Han Dong cautiously raised their eyes and looked at each other.
"Tell me, why did he take the initiative to plead guilty?"
Ye Chengguan looked meaningfully at Lu Xiuyuan standing beside him, and the warning could not be more obvious.
Lu Xiuyuan's heart trembled when he saw it, and he lowered his head silently.
"grown ups."
Han Qiu and Han Dong hesitated and were about to speak, but Ye Chengguan emphasized sharply: "This county will only ask once today. Your brother's life only depends on the two of you."
"grown ups."
The second child, Han Qiu, gritted his teeth and said: "The three of us brothers went to visit Zhang Yuan's home that day. As soon as we entered, Zhang Yuan died at home, and his head was cut off. The house was also in a mess. He must have been robbed.
, if the reporter would be sure that the three of us brothers were responsible for robbing money and killing people, we had no choice but to ask Gu Langxi for advice. He gave us an idea and asked us to transport the body to Dou's house, and then lied that Zhang Yuan had gone on a long trip.
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"Now that the Dongchuang Incident happened, Han Chun took on this unwarranted felony on his own in order to prevent you two brothers from being implicated?"
Ye Chengguan looked closely at Han Qiu and Han Dong coldly.
Both brothers lowered their heads in shame.
"Confused."
Ye Chengguan scolded angrily: "He himself doesn't know where the corpse's head went. It was obviously beaten into submission. This Jiangling City has so many clever words. Brothers, you don't know how to ask someone to defend him and get it back for him."
Is it fair to watch your own flesh and blood brothers being unjustly killed?"
"My lord."
Both brothers burst into tears: "If there was a way, how could ordinary people be willing to let their brother die unjustly? Since my brother was imprisoned, my old mother has almost lost her eyesight from crying."
Han Qiu's voice was trembling and he said truthfully: "I forgive the common people for daring to offend. Since ancient times, the Yamen has been opened to the south. If you have a reason or no money, don't come in. Not to mention that these lawyers in Jiangling City are demons who only suck human blood."
Han Dong also choked up and added: "The right way is to die in poverty and not to be a thief, and to die without filing a lawsuit. Even if we can bankrupt ourselves and scrape together some money, it will not be enough for those clever talkers to write a complaint. When it comes
No matter what happens in court, there is absolutely no clue. This is why my brother would rather die unjustly than to let us get involved. He doesn’t want the dozen or so members of his family to completely lose their way of survival.”
Hearing this, Ye Chengguan looked solemnly around the old, young, women and children hiding in the room, and after pondering for a long time, he sighed slightly: "This county can show you a clear path."
As his eyes moved, he glared at Lu Xiuyuan with some anger, and then looked back at the two brothers: "Your brother has now taken the initiative to plead guilty. This county can only choose a public trial. If you think there is something hidden, you can come to
Chengnan Huajia asked for help and filed an appeal."
Only then did Lu Xiuyuan realize that he was subjugating someone into a trick, and he quickly echoed in fear: "Today, Miss Huajia persuaded the prefect to release grain into Yuezhou with just a few words. She is a fair and upright person, and will definitely be willing to help you."
"Thank you for your advice, sir."
Han Qiu and Han Dong thanked them profusely and watched the county officials hurriedly leave their thatched cottages with great emotion.