On 7 June, the fairer verdict of Zhang Xian and others in Lingshan County was announced.

Early in the morning, many people gathered around the gate of the county government to read the notice. The thief Xiao Shiqian also gathered around the crowd to watch, and he couldn't understand it, but he could only hear a scholar read: "Zhang Xian, dismissal, beheading." Xiong Xing (Xiong Dutou) and Lu Qian (Lu Zhutou) were exiled to Lingnan and never returned to the Central Plains. The three of them were fined and confiscated their property, which was converted into 10,000 taels of silver, Tian Yiqing gave Cao Da as compensation, and the three families gave 10,000 taels of silver to Liu Jianwu as compensation, because Liu Jianwu's whereabouts are unknown, and Zhu Junjie of the Lingshan Martial Arts Museum can be managed on behalf of him, if Liu himself never shows up, then this silver will eventually belong to Liu's son. The rest of the family property was confiscated in silver. ”

The people of Lingshan were all overjoyed after seeing it, and finally eradicated the three scourges, and everyone sighed and sighed, and slowly dispersed. That Xiao Shiqian still stood in place. Exile and never return to the Central Plains, which means that Lu Zhutou did not die and confiscate his family property, which means that Zhou Cailian and Old Man Lu will have no financial resources in the future and will become beggars. Mrs. Lu, who has been pampered for so many years, can she pull down her face and become a beggar again. Then the old man Lu, who cares if he lives or dies, who tells him to raise children and not teach them.

Thinking like this, he involuntarily rushed towards the direction of the Lu family.

But when I was far away, I saw a hanging door paper hanging in front of the Lu family, heh? Who is dead, is it not Zhou Cailian who is dead, how is this possible? He hoped that it was the old man Lu, because the old man Lu was alive, which was the stepping stone for him and Zhou Cailian.

Before I got to the door, I saw a large group of people surrounded in front of the door, and some people kept scolding. Closer, I also saw an official errand. What is going on, it is what happened when the family property was confiscated. But he could only stand behind the group of people, pretending to be a spectator, and see the situation first.

When he didn't see it, he broke out in a cold sweat. In the gate, there was a coffin, but kneeling in front of the coffin was Zhou Cailian, who was dressed in filial piety, and the group of people who were mad was none other than Bai Peony and others.

I saw that the white peony and others pointed at Zhou Cailian and scolded: "I deceived the old lady's body, and also deceived the old lady's money, I want to call your father a ghost and I won't be able to live in peace." ”

What was going on, he asked an old man next to him. The old man looked at his pig's waist face, and only said: "If you do your own evil, you can still live, but if you are a tiller in the sky, you can't live." ”

Na Xiao Shiqian begged the old man again and again, and the old man saw that he did not seem to be a troublemaker, so he told him the reason. It turned out that the county government had sealed the Lu family today, but the old man Lu couldn't figure it out, and he didn't slow down in one breath, so he fell to the ground, unconscious, and the neighbor helped wake up. Xiao Shiqian asked them what justice they had. The old man said who said no, these people gave a group of people some time ago, pretending to be Lu Zhutou to defraud a lot of money, and now I heard that Lu Zhutou confiscated his family property and exiled him to Lingnan, so he couldn't get angry, so he came to Lu's house to find trouble, and as a result, the old man Lu who had just woken up gave them such a thrill, and he actually died with a whimper. That week, Cailian said that whoever could pay to help bury her father-in-law would promise her. When the family saw that she had indeed lost the population, they gave her a few days of grace and waited for her to bury her father-in-law before driving them away.

Seeing that the family had blocked the scene, the group couldn't get much interest, so they humiliated the deceased and Zhou Cailian even more.

As soon as the thief Xiao Shiqian heard this, he begged the old man to go and tell Zhou Cailian that a person surnamed Xiao was trying to find a way and told her not to panic. The old man asked him why he didn't go by himself, but he only said that time was short, and he had to hurry to get the money. The old man was still a little hesitant, so Xiao Shiqian took out a silver ingot from his arms and stuffed it into his hand, and the old man reluctantly agreed.

Time was pressing, and the thief Xiao Shiqian was afraid that someone else would take the lead, so after begging the old man to give Zhou a reassurance, he rushed to find Zhu Junjie. In fact, it wasn't that he didn't have any silver on him at the time, but mainly because he didn't want Bai Peony and others to recognize him.

As soon as Na Junjie heard this, he asked Xiao Shiqian to secretly protect Zhou Cailian, and he hurriedly took the money, took Zhu Gui, and went straight to Lu Zhutou's house.

When they arrived at the scene, the white peony and the others had already dispersed, and only Zhou Cailian knelt alone in front of the coffin and cried. Junjie stepped forward to burn the paper money, took out a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and handed it to Zhou Cailian, saying that Xiao Shiqian couldn't come because of something, and arranged for him to come to help take care of the aftermath. When Zhou Cailian saw that it was the owner of the Zhu Pavilion, she calmed down and stopped panicking. Then Junjie took out the silver again and gave the official a few days of grace, so that the old man could be buried in peace.

Then Zhu Gui was ordered by Junjie to go to arrange the mourning hall, blowers, and helpers, and after a while, all preparations were stopped, and the old man was buried only three days later.

That Xiao Shi moved to the evening, and when people were unprepared, he secretly came to comfort Zhou Cailian.

Zhou Cailian used to live a life of spending money, and suddenly became extremely poor, so that she had to sell herself to bury her father, and only now did she realize that Lu Zhutou was so romantic outside, and she was biased towards Xiao Shiqian from the heart, and Xiao really lived up to expectations. But he didn't understand why he didn't drive away the troublemakers openly, so Xiao Shiqian panicked and said that he had formed a bond with the official family some time ago, and it was inconvenient to come forward at that time, so when the funeral was over, he took her to arrange it elsewhere. The woman was convinced, and added her heart to Xiao Yue.