Li Lianshan and his son were locked in the firewood room, listening to the sound of silk and bamboo and the sound of warblers and swallows in the distance, not only did they not have the slightest lively mood, but their faces were full of frustration and fear.

"Daddy!"

Li Qiu trembled in fright: "Let's give that son a slap for the guilt, I'm afraid." ”

Li Lianshan stiffened his face: "It's not okay to be afraid." ”

"So what do you say?" Li Qiu asked: "We can't stay here forever, my mother and sister are still in the inn, in case we ......."

"Can't you just say something good?" Li Lianshan was annoyed and afraid, Li Qiu's incessant chatter made him even more annoying, and he slapped him, and suddenly Li Qiu quieted down.

"What are you afraid of?" Li Lianshan raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes and asked: "We didn't do much to him, he didn't have long eyes and was stunned because he bumped into him and deserved it, besides, your father and I are the uncle of the virtuous concubine, you are the brother of the virtuous concubine, and he was shocked when he said it, and he had to let us go obediently, and he had to give us some money to make amends." ”

The more Li Lianshan spoke, the more he felt that this was the case, and he couldn't help but raise his head with a look of arrogance on his face: "Who is more powerful than the official family, silly boy, learn more from your father in the future." ”

Li Qiu nodded vigorously: "Dad, you are still right, my son will definitely follow his father to learn more from his father in the future." ”

While the father and son were talking, the door of the firewood room was pushed open, and several wolf-like servants rushed in, and the little guy finally entered the door, and as soon as he came in, he pointed at Li Qiu and his son and said loudly: "Official, they bumped into our son-in-law, and the official must be the master of our son-in-law." ”

"Is that them?" Several servants pointed to Li Qiu's father and son and asked.

The little guy nodded: "It's them." ”

"Take it away." One of them, who was obviously a small leader, waved his hand, and the others rushed up and dragged Li Qiu's father and son out, and escorted them to the prison of the Criminal Department.

In fact, Li Qiu's father and son are dressed ordinarily, and their faces are also cowardly, plus their complexion is obviously dark, and they have calluses on their hands that have been working all year round.

Li Qiu's father and son originally only thought that everything in the capital was good, and the food and clothing were a hundred times stronger than that of Fenghuang County, but when they entered the prison, they lamented that the capital was too good, this prison was too strong, and there were more prisoners in it.

The prisons of the Ministry of Punishment are all made of huge square bricks, glued with glutinous rice, and repaired tightly, there is not the slightest gap, and the doors of each prison are made of thick logs, which are arranged so tightly that they can't even stretch out their arms, and there are many people locked up in each prison.

"Let's go inside."

The messenger pushed Li Qiu's father and son into the prison door, tied the iron chain, and the prison door was tied, Li Lianshan flew over and crawled on the cell door and shouted: "Let me out, why arrest me, I sue you, I am the uncle of the virtuous concubine, if you ...... Take heed that I call the virtuous concubine to cure your sins. ”

The messenger smiled: "Yo, what about the uncle of the virtuous concubine, who is coaxing, which of us who is on an errand in the yamen of the capital must not first find out the situation of the noble family in the capital, who doesn't know that the parents of the virtuous concubine died early, in addition to a brother and a sister, where are there any relatives, you dare to pretend to be the relatives of the virtuous concubine without asking, and you are bolder, I bah, if you are the uncle of the virtuous concubine, then I am still the queen's brother." ”

Li Lianshan was anxious and angry, and his face changed greatly: "I didn't lie, I'm serious, you help me deliver a word, I am definitely the uncle of the virtuous concubine." ”

"Deliver a message?" The messenger sneered: "We don't have that much ability to deliver messages to the palace, you better think for yourself." ”

With that, the officer took the key and left.

Li Lianshan shouted many times again: "Let me out, I asked the virtuous concubine to cut off your head, let me go quickly, I am the uncle of the virtuous concubine......"

"Daddy!" Li Qiu helped Li Lianshan: "Don't shout, no one will answer us if you shout again, why do you say that we are so unhappy, why did we just run into such a person, otherwise, I can't say that we have gone to Li Chun's house now, and we are eating and drinking spicy food." ”

"Little bunny." Li Lianshan turned around and slapped him again: "You just remember to eat fragrant and spicy food, and don't want to think about where you can't go out to eat and drink, I can't say that we will be messing around with this for the rest of our lives." ”

One sentence frightened Li Qiu, and he shrank aside and didn't dare to speak.

Before Li Lianshan could reprimand Li Qiu a few words, at this time, other prisoners who were locked up in the same prison surrounded him, and one of them, a big man with a big waist and a round waist, asked, "I said, what did you do to lock you in." ”

Li Qiu shrunk his neck: "No, I didn't do anything, I just hit someone, and I don't know which one I hit, and I wear it very well." ”

"It turned out that I offended a nobleman." The big man smiled: "Okay, you go there." ”

He pointed to the innermost part of the prison next to the bucket: "From now on, you will sleep there, and it is also your business to carry the bucket outside." ”

The smell in this prison is smelly enough, and the place next to the gong bucket is the most smelly and trendy place, Li Lianshan is naturally unhappy, he stiffened his neck: "Why do you want us to live there, we are virtuous concubines......"

"Uncle of the virtuous concubine?" The big man laughed, and pointed at Li Lianshan as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world: "Sensei, no one will believe you when you say this, you can deceive the ghost." ”

Li Lianshan's face flushed: "I am, I am." ”

Syllable......

Immediately, Li Lianshan was slapped in the face, and after beating him several times, a tooth also fell out, and blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.

"Why did you tell you to live there?" The big man smiled and blew his palm: "A certain wife ran away with someone, and in order to get angry, he grabbed the pair of dogs and men and slashed them with a knife, chopped them into meat filling, and steamed buns." ”

Speaking of this, the big man pointed to a skinny monkey-like man in the corner: "See him, he is poor in his family and can't get by, he has been bought to live on behalf of others, and he will be sentenced to death in three days." ”

"Buying a life?" Li Qiu was taken aback, and asked while helping Li Lianshan: "Why do you buy your life?" ”

"Huh?" Dahan looked at Li Qiu's face with disdain: "The nobles in the capital have gone to the sea, and the nobles will be punished if they commit crimes, but those nobles are delicate and expensive, where are they willing, so on the ground, there are many generations in the capital who have suffered, some take money for the board, some take money for others to parade, and even more for people to die, let's be honest, the one who bought his life is the son of the Shangshu family, he committed a murder case but got away with it, and asked someone to die for him, why, isn't it because people are rich and powerful." ”

Li Lianshan wanted to say that we are also rich and powerful, but looking at the appearance of the big man, he didn't dare to say anything.

"Dad......" The more Li Qiu listened, the more scared he became: "I'm afraid." ”

"Eat, eat......"

At this time, the messenger came to deliver the food, and the group of prisoners rushed up to the door and stretched out their hands to hand the broken bowl.

After a while, one person served a bowl of rice, took two nests in his hand and squatted aside to eat, Li Qiu hesitated for a moment and also took a few nests, but he didn't go to Li Lianshan and asked someone to snatch the nest, Li Qiu had eaten a bowl of wontons in the middle of the morning, and he hadn't eaten anything at this time, and he was hungry and ruthless.

When Li Qiu stood up again, his clothes were already torn, his tied hair was scattered on his shoulders, and his face was bruised and purple, but his mouth was crooked.

Li Lianshan looked distressed, went over to help Li Qiu pull him aside, and whispered to coax: "Qiu'er, let's bear with it, wait for us to go out and buy you delicious food, these people are too fierce, we don't know them in general." ”

Li Luan'er didn't care about the affairs of Li Lianshan's family anymore when she sent the letter to Yan Chengyue, she trusted Yan Chengyue very much in her selfish heart, it seems that anything will become very easy in Yan Chengyue's hands, it is very easy to do, Yan Chengyue doesn't seem to have anything bad to do.

Even this time it was the same, since she sent the letter, Li Lianshan's family did not find it for several days.

On this day, Li Luan'er took the account book and went to Li Chun's room, Li Chun took Ma Fang to the front yard to practice martial arts, only Mrs. Gu took a few girls to do needlework in the house, seeing Li Luan'er come in, Mrs. Gu quickly got up: "My sister is here, sit down quickly, Qiao'er, pour tea for my sister." ”

"Big lady with tea." Zhen Qiao poured a cup of tea and handed it over with both hands.

Li Luan'er took a sip, put down the teacup and pointed to the account book on the table: "Sister-in-law, I came to pay an account to you today, you are married, you are the serious wife of our Li family, and the account books outside the house should be handed over to you to manage, I should have handed it over as soon as you entered the door, but there are many things at home and I can't be busy for a while, besides, I want to delay for a few days when you and your brother are newly married Yan'er, so that you can also be familiar with the people in the family and then give it to you, don't be surprised." ”

"Where can I be?" Mrs. Gu pursed her lips and smiled: "It's too late for my sister to help me manage me, I'm still thinking about hiding all the time, this account is still better managed by my sister." ”

Li Luan'er pushed forward again: "Good sister-in-law, you can also let me have a few days of leisure." ”

Ruizhu behind Li Luan'er also smiled: "Madam, our lady will get married in a few days, and now the clothes for my aunt and the tent hanging in the new house have not been embroidered, and my wife also has a hand, so that our lady can spare some time to do needlework." ”

"Yes." Li Luan'er nodded: "Good sister-in-law, help me." ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Gu couldn't shirk it, so she had to take the account book: "I'll take a look first, if there is anything I don't understand, then ask my sister, where I didn't do well, my sister just has to bring it up." ”

"If my sister-in-law doesn't know anything, just ask." Li Luan'er smiled heartily: "I must know everything, and I will say everything." ”

They both looked at each other and laughed.

At this time, Ma Xiaoya hurriedly ran in and said urgently: "Mrs., eldest lady, the person in the concierge just said that two women came to the door, clamoring and shouting that they were relatives in their hometown...... R1152