Liu Huaian sighed. He knew that unless there was a magic medicine that could revive the dead, there would be no way to save him.
Chen Kui smiled sadly and said: "Brother, actually you came just in time. I have been looking for you since morning."
"Why are you looking for me?" Liu Huaian frowned. He gently grabbed Chen Kui's left hand and asked, "You are so stupid. Why are you helping the county magistrate to block the knife? He has personal guards. Don't you understand?"
"Ahem." Chen Kui coughed twice and said: "I am a person who doesn't live up to expectations. If it weren't for my dead father, I wouldn't be the leader of the government. I also like to bully the villagers and take advantage of them.
I know everyone hates me.
However, I know very well that the magistrate is a practical person. This is the first time I have seen a magistrate like him. He will definitely make everyone live a better life. You must follow the magistrate to find the murderer, otherwise our
Future generations will die miserably at any time!"
Liu Huaian nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will find out the truth soon."
Chen Kui smiled and nodded and said, "You are the master now, right?"
Liu Huaian nodded lightly.
"I knew that the magistrate would hand over the position of master to you." Chen Kui said with a smile: "Brother, after this period of contact, I know very well that you are a good person."
"what?"
Chen Kui smiled bitterly and said: "After the county magistrate knew that I was hopeless, he gave me one thousand taels of silver. Plus my previous money, it was enough for the mother and son to spend a long time. But I am afraid that someone will bully them. My father
He died, and my brother also died in the battle."
This is the rhythm of leaving an orphan. Liu Huaian smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know when I will die."
"You can survive." Chen Kui grabbed Liu Huaian and said: "Those beasts are so powerful, but you can get in, it means you must be extraordinary, right?"
Liu Huaian could only nod.
Chen Kui smiled and said: "I'm not asking you to marry them, I'm just asking you to help take care of them. You are a master now, and you will be a more powerful person and a bigger official in the future. I have nothing else to ask for, I just hope you can take care of them."
Among them, Rui'er follows her mother. She is so beautiful that you can be a concubine.
My wife also asks you to please me. My son is only four months old. He is the only blood of my Chen family. I hope he can grow up safely and become an ordinary person in the future. Huai'an, this is my last wish. I don't
Whatever I need you to do, I just need to take care of them. Cough cough cough..."
Rui'er handed a bowl of tea to Liu Huaian, then cried and helped Chen Kui smoothen his breath.
"Ruier, call your mother over."
Soon Chen Kui's wife came out of the bedroom, put her son in the cradle, and then walked up to Chen Kui.
Chen Kui took his wife's hand and said: "From now on, you will follow Brother Liu. He is now the master and your nobleman. If you need anything, you can go to him. Do you understand?"
Chen Kui's wife cried and nodded: "I understand, don't worry, I will definitely raise the child, I will."
Chen Kui smiled and nodded, then looked at Liu Huaian, as if praying that he would nod.
Liu Huaian took out four thousand taels of silver notes and said: "I will definitely not be able to take away the three of them, mother and son, in the future. I can only let them continue to live in Qingshui County, but don't worry, I will give them enough money, and I will also use Master
In exchange for their identities, they let the clan take care of them."
Chen Kui smiled and nodded, then slowly closed his eyes and breathed his last completely.
Rui'er lay on her husband's body and cried bitterly, while Chen Kui's wife also kept wiping her tears.
"Take the money." Liu Huaian handed the four banknotes to the woman and said, "If you don't have enough, you can ask me for more. You can make arrangements for Chen Kui's funeral. I will go to the Master's house to have a look."
The woman took the banknote and said, "Young master, you can call me Sun in the future. From now on, we, mother and daughter, will be your sons."
"Just follow me and find a good family for Rui'er in the future." Liu Huaian turned around and left, and he could only sigh helplessly.
Sun is alone, and the only male in the family is still too young to support a family. After all, she has been pampered by Chen Kui, otherwise she would not be able to take care of her so well.
If he remarries, it is not certain how Chen Kui's youngest son will die. In this world where human life is not very valuable, it is extremely difficult for a stranger to raise a son. If this strange man were poorer, it would be even more impossible.
.
Therefore, even if a wife remarries, she usually remarries to someone she can trust, rather than just finding a man. This can ensure that the children will grow up smoothly.
When we arrived at the master's home, everything had been arranged. Many people in the clan were mourning. They sat around the master's coffin and discussed the future.
The master's son shook his head helplessly and said: "The county magistrate is unwilling to give me the position of master. He said that Liu Huaian is a more suitable candidate."
"Liu Huaian? That down-and-out scholar is nothing."
"You can't say that. Since the county magistrate has confirmed it, it means that Liu Huaian is a capable person, but it is a pity that he is a poor man."
"Should we buy the position of Master?"
"It's not impossible, our county magistrate will leave soon anyway."
"Do you think he will take Liu Huaian away?"
"I estimate that Liu Huaian will probably be taken away. After all, Liu Huaian is now the main force in the investigation."
"Don't spread this matter to the outside world. If the matter is not resolved, our descendants will not be safe in the future."
Liu Huaian entered the mourning hall, took a stick of incense to worship, and then walked to the clan leader.
The patriarch asked with a smile: "Huai'an, we have watched you grow up too."
Liu Huaian raised his right hand and said: "I know what you want. I don't care about Master's position. I will give it to you after this case is solved. But I have a condition."
The patriarch was delighted, he did not expect Liu Huaian to be so sensible.
"Chen Kui is also dead."
The patriarch sighed helplessly: "What a pity."
"Before he died, he entrusted all his wife and daughter to me. As a loyal person, I don't need to take the position of master. But there are no men in the Chen family now, and no one is taking care of the fields. I hope you can send someone to do it.
Take good care of the fields. I will give her money, and I hope you will not bully her."
The patriarch nodded again: "This is natural."
Liu Huaian handed the certificate of appointment as master to the clan leader. The clan leader took it with a smile and then asked his servants to watch tea.
"Of course, even though I am busy, I will definitely come back often in the future." Liu Huaian picked up the two small iron balls in the hands of the patriarch and crushed them into pieces. "If I knew that any of you bullied Chen Kui's family,
You can think about what will happen."
Everyone broke out into a cold sweat. Only then did they realize that Liu Huaian was no longer the poor scholar that everyone looked down upon.
Liu Huaian turned and left.
The patriarch stood up and said: "Since Chen Kui is also dead, the family must be well arranged and find someone to help. We must do our best."
"Who will pay for it?"
"You idiot, it must be us." The patriarch glared at him and said, "Are you blind? Huai'an is now a monk. He will definitely be able to leave with the county magistrate in the future and become a high official or a day guard. When the time comes,
We can also receive a little favor."
"We have repeatedly ignored Liu Huaian in the past. As long as he doesn't retaliate against us, do you still want benefits?"
The patriarch turned his head and glared at another person angrily and said: "Idiot, Chen Kui's wife was entrusted to him. If Sun can be pregnant with Huai'an's child, will he take the child away? Definitely not.
Huai'an has a bright future, and the wife he married is naturally extraordinary. This child will definitely stay in Qingshui County. When the time comes, we will take good care of his children. Are we still worried that Liu Huaian won't help us? A bunch of short-sighted bastards who can do anything with you.
If you can’t handle it well, why don’t you go and do it.”
Liu Huaian was not in a hurry to go back. He bought some supplements and meat. Because there was a cow in the village that could no longer work, he bought a big cow leg and went back.
After seeing the things, Mrs. Sun smiled and said, "Young master, I spent a lot of money."
"It's just a small amount of money."
Mrs. Sun asked Rui'er to cut the beef and put it in a basket into a well. The deep well is a natural refrigerator, which can preserve freshness.
"Young Master, please have something here for lunch." Sun reached out and took Liu Huaian's hand and said, "We will have to rely on Young Master in the future."
"Okay, there's still a little while for lunch, I have to go home and tidy up first." Liu Huaian turned and left.
Not long after Liu Huaian left, all the clan leaders and elders came. They kept persuading the Sun family and asked people to put Chen Kui's body in the coffin.
After Liu Huaian returned, he did not clean up the house, but dug deep into the ground to find if the old man had left anything behind. However, he searched for a long time and found nothing, so he had to give up.
After tidying up the house, Liu Huaian came to Chen Kui's home. All the patriarchs and elders left, leaving only some juniors to help decorate the mourning hall.
Mrs. Sun also invited them to have a meal together. After they were full of wine and food, Liu Huaian went to the back mountain to practice. He spent the entire afternoon learning to wield a sword, and soon found out the secret.
In the evening, Liu Huaian went down the mountain and returned to Sun's home. The mourning hall had been decorated, and the young people got the money and left.
Rui'er was sitting at the door, still very sad, with slightly red eyes. When she saw Liu Huaian coming back, she smiled and said, "Sir, the food is almost ready."
"Go back and eat." Liu Huaian pulled Ruier up and said, "Everything will pass. Just get used to it slowly."
Rui'er nodded slightly and said, "Will you be my stepfather?"
"No." Liu Huaian shook his head slightly and said, "I have many women in Hangzhou. I won't be your stepfather, but I will take care of you. If you want to go to Hangzhou in the future, I can take you there."
Rui'er smiled and nodded and said, "Okay."
Liu Huaian sighed helplessly. Even though Rui'er was only seven years old and had not yet reached the age of understanding, after all, death was like a lamp going out and would soon be forgotten by people.