If you hire someone, you will become your wife; if you run away, you will become your concubine.
Qiu Rong's lifelong commitment to Li Xiuyuan is actually equivalent to elopement. Even if the two of them stay together for a long time, they can only call themselves concubines. This is the etiquette of this world and no one can change it.
And like Fu Qingfeng, with the orders of parents and the advice of a matchmaker, she will become his wife after going to the church to get married one day.
If she is a helpless widow, or a woman in a brothel with her flowers in ruins, there is nothing wrong with becoming someone else's concubine, but Qiurong is different. Although she is in trouble in the capital, her family is obviously still well off.
She is a well-educated and sensible lady.
Maybe not as good as those ladies from wealthy families with high official status, but she can still be regarded as a very ideal woman from a good family.
It takes a lot of courage and dedication to be willing to make a lifelong private contract with Li Xiuyuan and treat yourself as my concubine at this moment.
"Husband, it's been three hours a day. If you don't go to the Yamen to handle official business, others will definitely say that you are lazy. Go to the Yamen quickly. There are still a lot of official documents from yesterday that have not been processed." A shy and sweet voice sounded in the room.
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But he saw a pretty woman with a blushing face and a bit of charm, pushing and pulling, and drove Li Xiuyuan out of the bedroom.
"Rong'er, do the things in the yamen matter? Do you believe those civil servants and junior officials wish I wasn't sitting in the yamen, so that I can hand over the official documents that I don't want to deal with to them." Li Xiuyuan smiled.
Said: "They all expect me to be lazy and take this opportunity to make money.
Well, I, the prefect, cannot be too honest, nor too hard-working, otherwise I will be disliked by others."
"How can there be such a statement? It must be an excuse for you, husband, to be lazy on purpose."
Qiurong's face was flushed and she gave an angry look. The resentment in her beautiful eyes yesterday had turned into a charming and charming look.
Li Xiuyuan smiled, gently hugged her slender waist and said, "What I said is true, and if you and I have just decided on our status, if we are busy with official duties, won't it appear that I am too ignorant of the style?
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"But, your husband can't abolish his official duties for personal reasons." Qiurong said with shame: "Besides, if your husband's future is delayed because of the slave family, how can you hold your head high when the slave family goes to meet the parents-in-law in the future?
What? I also hope that my husband will think more about the future, and, besides, I have entrusted
If I give it to my husband, we will be able to stay together lovingly for a long time in the future."
As he talked about the latter part, he couldn't help but move his eyes out of shame and didn't dare to look directly at the man.
"Rong'er, you're right." Li Xiuyuan smiled and then touched her head; "Then you should have a good rest today and don't walk around. I'm going to the Yamen to work."
"Yes, husband." Qiurong nodded obediently, then with beautiful eyes, she watched her lover leave before turning back to the house to get it.
But when Li Xiuyuan came to the Yamen, he saw the six-door policemen carrying corpses to the nearby morgue, and a strong smell of blood floated in the wind.
"What happened? There are so many corpses. Did another murder happen somewhere?" Li Xiuyuan walked over and frowned.
A civil servant hurriedly saluted: "I pay my respects to you, sir."
"No need to be polite, is this what it is?" Li Xiuyuan said.
The civil servant said: "It was a murder case that occurred outside the capital yesterday. A group of carriages and horses encountered robbers not far from the capital. All members of a family of more than ten were killed, including women, children, old and young. As for the murderer, who was the murderer?
Who, the people from Liumen are in charge of the investigation, but the official thinks this is a
A premeditated robbery and murder."
"Continue." Li Xiuyuan said.
"The family that was murdered was the former magistrate Fang Shengyu, the family members of Mr. Fang. Just a few days ago, Mr. Fang sold Mr. Fang's mansion in the capital, paintings, calligraphy, antiques, maids, and servants with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
A family of more than ten people hired a carriage to return to their hometown.
Rumors have spread around Fang Mansion that the boxes on the carriage are full of gold and silver, which are priceless."
"The lower official felt that it was precisely because of this that he attracted the attention of the robbers, so he set up an ambush outside the capital early, waiting for Mr. Fang to take action as soon as he left the capital."
"The family members of Fang Shengyu who were robbed and killed?" Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed, but he was not surprised.
He walked to the morgue and took a look. Sure enough, the corpses lying there were all wearing mourning clothes. He had seen a few familiar faces when he went to Fang Mansion to investigate the case, and he had some impressions of them.
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"A magistrate actually has hundreds of thousands of dollars in his house, and there is so much corruption and bribery. It is not surprising that such a disaster would happen." Li Xiuyuan said with emotion.
Then he saw again, a beautiful woman in mourning clothes with blood on her body lying on the wooden board with her eyes closed and no breath at all.
This woman is quite familiar, she is Fang Shengyu’s wife, Mrs. Fang.
I remember that not long ago, she knelt down and cried in front of him because of Wang Erxi's case. Lihua begged him with rain, asking him to let her go.
That day, because Li Xiuyuan had kind thoughts and didn't want to ruin other people's families because of this small case, he covered up the matter between Fang and Wang Erxi. Before leaving, he told her to save her life, otherwise
Disaster will come.
Unexpectedly, just a few days later, the red powder turned into a skeleton, and the fragrance disappeared.
However, it can be seen from Fang's corpse that the thief is only after money. Otherwise, such a beautiful woman would definitely not kill anyone, and would definitely be beaten and enjoyed. She would not be willing to pierce the chest with a sword, and immediately
Kill.
"I have reminded you, Madam, that you cannot keep the money obtained from corruption and bribery. Keeping it will cause serious harm, but you refused to listen. Now, as expected, the money has brought disaster. I wanted to save the lives of the whole family, but in the end, the whole family lost their lives.
People's lives will be lost." Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly, but he didn't
I feel like there's something pitiful about it.
Although Fang Shengyu did many evil things during his lifetime, it is impossible for his family to be clean, otherwise none of them would have survived.
"The thief started as soon as he left the capital, and he only robbed wealth, not sex, so I can be sure that he was definitely not a thief from outside the capital. The murderer must be a person from the capital. Someone must have taken advantage of the wealth and knew that Fang Mansion moved back to his hometown.
After hearing the news about the people selling their belongings, I started to think of killing people and stealing goods.
You put those idle government officials in charge of this case and ask them to investigate more in the capital. The case must be solved within one month. Whoever solves the case will be rewarded with 30% of the money recovered." Li Xiuyuan withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice.
Such a murder occurred under his rule, which had a great impact on him.
And it’s still at this juncture.
In order to get those slippery government servants to work as quickly as possible, he did not hesitate to offer a reward.
"Yes, sir, I will urge the government officials to investigate strictly." The civil servant said, looking a little excited.
The Fang family's 30% silver is enough to make people desperate.
"Others, please follow the rules. After filing the case, send the file to my official desk." Li Xiuyuan said.
Because of this case, he was not in a good mood today. He was a little heavy. More than a dozen people had died. As the prefect, he was naturally responsible. He didn't even feel like going out, so he just stayed in the yamen.
Handle official business and strive to resolve the remaining official business within one day.
It's midnight.
Yan Chixia, Xia Houwu, and Zuo Qianhu all returned to the Yamen with injuries. It seemed that a fight had occurred not long ago.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Li Xiuyuan asked, somewhat surprised to see them like this.
Three martial arts masters, including Yan Chixia who was a swordsman, were actually injured.
Yan Chixia took a breath and said, "Scholar, don't mention it. It's really unlucky. Didn't I tell you last time that I found the stone tiger? Although he escaped, he is still hiding in the capital. Today I am again
After finding traces of this person, they joined forces with the two of them to capture him. After a battle, they were still defeated.
He was injured and escaped. This guy's martial arts skills are so good. His roar was like a tiger's roar, which made people dizzy. Otherwise, he would have been able to chop off his head."
"You guys are fighting with Shi Hu?" Li Xiuyuan said in surprise.
"Yeah, but he didn't feel good either. Although he escaped, but because this time the three of them worked together, Xia Houwu found an opportunity and chopped off an arm. It won't be difficult to kill him next time if we find him again.
"Yan Chixia said.
Although not detailed.
But the fight between the three of them and Shi Hu must be very fierce.
"Sir, please rest assured. That Shihu won't be able to hide for long. Reward orders are posted everywhere in the capital. Everyone knows that this person has been offered a reward of ten thousand taels of gold by six gates. Now many rogues, idle men, and people from the capital's military attache are here.
Look for him, I believe there will be news soon." Zuo Qianhu knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists
said.
"That Shi Hu's death day is coming, take advantage of his illness to kill him, and kill him tonight." Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he had already made up his mind.
A tiger loses its dormant forest, only to be surrounded by hunters.
"Are your injuries okay?" He then asked again.
"It's just a minor flesh injury, but the internal injuries are a bit serious. I need to adjust my breathing for a few days. I won't be able to use force for a few days." Yan Chixia said.
"Ji Zhi only suffered a slight injury, so it won't be a hindrance." Zuo Qianhu said.
Xiahou Wu's face looked a little pale as he hurt his mouth. It was obvious that he had paid the price for hurting Shi Hu's arm.
"Thank you for your hard work. I have thanked the three of you here. I also ask you to have a good rest and leave the rest of the matter to me." Li Xiuyuan said.
While he was talking, a gust of wind suddenly blew up outside the Yamen. The wind blew and formed whirlpools spinning around the Yamen.
He wanted to come in but was blocked by some force.
A smell of incense and paper ash drifted in.
"There are ghosts and gods coming unexpectedly." Yan Chixia's eyes became sharp and she immediately pulled out the sword from her waist.
Without Jianwan, he is still the top master.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes flashed with golden light, and he took a look with his divine eye skills. He was not surprised but happy: "It's better to come early than to come by chance. Don't be nervous, it's the ghosts and gods under my command who have arrived."