It was so cold that even dogs were reluctant to go out. Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves galloping down the almost deserted street. Everyone opened their windows and was surprised to see the officers and soldiers.
The last time there was a government official in this town was a murder case ten years ago, but only seven or eight people came at that time, and they took the prisoner and left.
It was the first time to see such officers and soldiers in black armor and full of evil spirits. There were twenty or thirty people in the group, all of them were extremely fierce. Although everyone was surprised, there was a faint fear in their hearts.
What happened?
Looking at it this way, it looks almost like a bandit suppresser.
No one dared to go out, for fear of offending the official and being charged with obstructing official duties and having them arrested. However, everyone is curious about unknown things, and there were still many people who were afraid and opened the windows to peek.
The direction in which the officers and soldiers are going.
Seeing the officers and soldiers stop in front of Zhiwei Building, everyone looked at the officers and soldiers heading towards Liucun, Wangcun and Pingcun, and there was a vague suspicion in their hearts.
Could it be...that there is something wrong with these two talents?
It didn't take long for the officers and soldiers to verify everyone's guesses. The second young master of Zhiweilou was tied to a horse in shackles while wearing underwear. The owner and the eldest young master of Zhiweilou kept begging for mercy and questioning, and even tried to stuff a box in. The leading officers and soldiers had a look on their faces.
Leng Ran waved his hand and knocked the box to the ground, "Don't do this. If you send this thing again, you will be arrested and convicted for bribing officials, and you will be imprisoned for at least three years!"
The box rolled down, revealing rolls of banknotes.
Upon seeing this, Zhiwei Loudong's heart sank, and he burst into tears. He burst into tears and asked, "What crime has my son committed?"
The officers and soldiers seemed to feel pity, "The test questions have been leaked, and their reputation as scholars is not worthy of their reputation. The results of this county examination will be invalid, and I will take them back for strict investigation!"
Zhiwei Loudong's vision went dark and he almost fainted.
The Yu family is very happy today. This is the most enjoyable Laba they have had in recent years. In the morning, Mrs. Zhao got up late and the porridge was not ready yet. The neighbors all brought it, and some even steamed it at home.
There are steamed buns, steamed stuffed buns and pancakes. I haven’t cooked yet, but what is on the table is enough for the whole family to eat and drink.
Mrs. Lin cheerfully asked Mrs. Zhao to cut a piece of meat that had just been pickled last month and fry it. "Guangzong likes this meat the most. Let's fry the whole piece. Our family will have enough."
Zhang's face was pale, she held her chest and leaned against the door frame. She glanced at the side room and said, "Mom, let's only fry half of it. No matter how rich our family is, we still don't have as much pork as others, so we should save it."
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When it comes to who has the most meat in the village now, it has to be Yu Laosan. The pigs in his pen have been raised for half a year. Among them, the dozen or so pigs are the largest, each weighing more than 100 kilograms, which makes people jealous.
Logically speaking, after getting so much meat, you should always respect your elders, right?
Pian Yu Lao San didn't mention this at all, especially after Yu Guangzong won the scholarship recently, he didn't even talk to this person. If Zhang said it, he was jealous!
She was embarrassed to ask for it, but if the elder asked, how dare he, Yu Laosan, shirk it?
Mrs. Lin snorted coldly, "If you want to eat it, go and get it yourself if you're not afraid of getting beaten!" The third daughter-in-law is so aggressive that she doesn't care if she is an elder when she is offended. If her flesh is touched, it would be strange for her not to fight hard.
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Zhang: "..."
I never expected that she was already the mother of a scholar and would be embarrassed by her mother-in-law.
Yu Chengfu didn't know that someone here was thinking about his pigs, and he was happily feeding them. He thought about killing one during the Chinese New Year, giving some to the neighbors who lent him land to grow vegetables, and keeping the rest to be pickled and eaten next year. As for
The rest, while everyone was willing to take advantage of the New Year, were killed, stewed, and sold as soy sauce meat. As my daughter grew older, she had to buy beautiful clothes and jewelry, and prepare a dowry... Thinking of this, I felt that there were so many things in front of me.
A few pigs are not too many. I wish I could sell them immediately and catch piglets to feed.
Just at this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves came from the entrance of the village. This was not the movement of one or two horses.
Yu Chengfu raised his eyes and saw officers and soldiers in black armor coming towards him in a serious manner, as if they were about to kill the enemy. He was so frightened that he retreated, feeling confused. What was he doing?
Everyone in the kitchen also heard the commotion. Recently, the Yu family has received many guests from the county, and everyone in the village respects the Yu family more and more. Lin felt that his status was different now. When he saw the officers and soldiers over there, he was frightened.
I was pleasantly surprised. Did an official come to congratulate me?
She had heard from her grandson that the county master had hosted a banquet for them before, and they all ate together. What was wrong with giving them a congratulatory gift?
Therefore, the officers and soldiers stopped at the door. Just because her guess came true, Lin took a glance at the number of people and guessed the number of people. She figured out what to entertain her at home, or simply asked the third child to kill a pig. Anyway, she now had a lot of money at home.
Moreover, these people didn't have anything in their hands. The gifts should be silver or banknotes. Since they came here just to make good friends, they would never let the Yu family suffer, and they would definitely make a profit... Thinking of this, Mrs. Lin straightened her clothes.
Enduring the fear, he smiled and greeted him.
Madam Zhang and Madam Zhao were surprised and confused, but when they saw their mother-in-law looking like a distinguished guest, they felt confident and hurriedly followed her to greet her. Madam Zhao also glanced at her son's house, thinking that they should hurry up.
It's better to get up and entertain guests...
The officers and soldiers dismounted, and Mrs. Lin had already opened the door here, and said with a smile, "It is very rude to welcome distinguished guests from afar, so please don't blame me..."
All officers and soldiers: "..." They are feared and despised wherever they go. They have never been treated with such courtesy.
The leading officer and soldier raised his eyebrows, "May I ask if this is the Yu Guang clan?"
Hearing this question, Mrs. Yu felt more confident, "Exactly! Yu Xiucai of Yu Guangzong is my eldest grandson. You are not wrong!"
A group of officers and soldiers were about to attack, but Lin Madam stretched out her hand and said, "Everyone, please come in!"
The officers and soldiers squeezed in through the door with no intention of being polite. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law complained that these people were too rude and not as polite as the previous guests. As soon as the door of the main room on the right opened, Yu Guangzong came out.
Seeing the officers and soldiers in the yard, Yu Guangzong's face turned pale. Mrs. Zhang didn't think so much, but her mother-in-law took the lead. These people didn't know she was the scholar's mother, so she hurriedly stepped forward and raised her hand to help her son straighten his collar.
, "Guangzong, the guests are here, please come over and greet them quickly."
Her movements and tone are familiar, and she looks like her own mother at first glance.
Yu Guangzong's face became increasingly ugly, and he moved his feet as if he wanted to run away.
The leading officer and soldier finally spoke up, his voice as cold as ice, "But Yu Guangzong?"
Just as Yu Guangzong responded, the officers and soldiers came forward and opened a piece of paper. In the lower right corner was the official seal of the county magistrate, "Your Majesty has an order, please come with us."
He waved his hand, and two people behind him came up with shackles, and they quickly put them on without any explanation.
Ms. Lin was stunned, and Ms. Zhang was so frightened that she took a step back. Ms. Zhao, who was rubbing her hands secretly and trying to wake her son up when she saw her son hadn't gotten up, was also stunned.
Father Yu who was under the eaves was the first to react and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on? What mistake did my grandson make? Why does he have to wear shackles?"
In a hurry, he rushed too fast. The leading officer frowned, pulled out a sharp waist knife with a "swish" sound, and shouted in a deep voice, "It is a crime to obstruct official duties. If you don't want to go with him, you should behave."
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Father Yu was so frightened that he stopped in his tracks. When he saw the threatening blade, he sat down on the ground and asked with tears in his eyes, "What did my grandson commit?"
Yu Guangzong was a scholar who had achieved great fame. He did not even kneel before officials. Now he wore the shackles when he came up. Doesn't this prove that he was guilty?
Lin finally reacted, screamed, and fell down.
Ms. Zhang already had chest pain, but the root cause of the problem was that she was so anxious that she couldn't breathe. Her legs were so weak that she couldn't walk while holding on to the wall.
Brothers Yu Chengcai and Yu Yaozu who were in the house rushed out in a hurry. Everyone outside was paralyzed, limp and in a mess. For a moment, they didn't know who to help.
Seeing that everyone was severely beaten, the officers and soldiers were afraid of losing their lives, so they took the people and put them on their horses, saying, "Your Majesty has an order, the county examination questions have been leaked, and all the honors and honors obtained this time will be invalid! All the persons who have obtained the honors and honors must be brought back for questioning.
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The sound of horse hooves faded away, and the sound of crying and howling began in Yu's yard, and suddenly there was a cry of sorrow.
Yu Chengfu stood at the door of his wing, watching from beginning to end, and suddenly remembered his mother's instructions after Yu Guangzong came back, "We will not let them take advantage, and we will not take advantage of them. Scholars are so good, you
Don't come any closer!"
Her tone of voice was so meaningful at that time that he thought it was a sarcastic remark, but he didn't expect it to be true!
The neighbors quietly paid attention to what was going on here. They learned that the scholar's honors had been revoked and that he had to be taken back for questioning. He was also left in shackles. He didn't know if he would be able to come back.
Everyone was astonished and started talking secretly. As soon as the news came out, it spread faster than the news that two talents had been acquired in the town. Everyone who knew them was talking about it when they met.
Many people are trying to stop losses in time.
People who want to get married with the Yu family are all thinking hard. If you are so poor, will you suffer hardship when you marry?
What's even more outrageous is that a merchant in the town wanted to build a good relationship with the Yu family. He gave a full three taels of silver as a gift, and a group of people came to ask for it. He said categorically, "Your family's reputation is fake.
You are lying, and the gifts you received should be returned!"
No matter how precious the gifts sent by the merchants in the town were, they were limited. Most of them were sent by wealthy businessmen in the county. Those people squatted in the yard of Yu's house and wouldn't leave, shouting a few words from time to time. Two people in the family suddenly fell ill, and they couldn't listen to the noise.
Father Yu gritted his teeth and backed away immediately.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. No one's money just fell from the sky. Seeing that the merchant had received the gift, everyone came to ask for it.
The owner of Zhiwei Lou in the town wanted to save his son, and accepting gifts from them was indeed a form of deception, so he directly ordered people to tell everyone, "All gifts will be returned!"
Those who had congratulated him rushed forward.
After getting the money, they returned to the Yu family and threatened that if the Yu family refused to retreat, they would go to the mayor's house to seek justice and accuse the Yu family of cheating!
Father Yu felt more miserable than eating Coptis chinensis. He didn’t want to lie to others. Speaking of which, he was also deceived! But outsiders didn’t care so much and just said two words: “Pay back the money!”
Zhiweilou is not short of money, so it is understandable that Yu’s father is willing to return the money. But the Yu family has spent a lot of money recently to pay off debts. It is impossible to refund them all, but he has no control over the matter, so he has to take out the gift book and write them out one by one.
Comparatively.
As more people asked for it, many people who had not planned to come back also came forward. It would be good to use the money back to buy a piece of meat for the New Year.
With this idea, 99% of people came to ask for it.
The Yu family became lively again. Everyone knew about the situation of the Yu family. They were afraid that they would be late and the Yu family would not be able to get it, so they gathered their friends and companions to rush over in groups.
It was even more lively than the day when Yu Guangzong hosted a banquet!