Chapter 144: The Prefect's Evil Deeds
Sun Siyuan took the bloody fake skin, rinsed it with water, and saw that it seemed to be outlined with gold and silver threads, she looked at it for a long time and didn't see a clue, so she casually put it in the space.
Zhao Youqian was not at home, she felt bored and rode to Yushan by herself. Thanks to the many wells dug in the mountains, it is now easy to plant trees. The originally desolate and withered mountains are occupied by green little by little, which makes people happy to see it.
The prisoners became accustomed to the daily work, and their bodies became stronger. After this period of training, the female prisoners have been able to cook well, and the level of "eating the dead" is much higher than that of the prison guards.
"It's not difficult at all!" Looking at everyone's work in an orderly manner, Sun Siyuan only felt that this labor reform cause was going too smoothly and could be promoted!
It's a pity that after coming into contact with the prison tube, Sun Siyuan knew that the superficial harmony was just an illusion, and someone had stolen the key to the shackles two days ago, and escaped while working, and they found out. Steward Zhuang took action and brought them back, and now they have been sent back to prison.
"How elusive freedom is!" Sun Siyuan shook her head and sighed for those who failed to escape.
It seems that the rules of this labor camp need to be strengthened, but fortunately, she did not stupidly build a prisoner dormitory on this side of Yushan, otherwise she would be responsible for anything that went wrong......
Zhao Mansion, Aunt Xiaoyu taught Sun Siyuan to do needlework.
"Madam, is there a thief in our house?" After enduring it for a long time, Aunt Xiaoyu still asked.
"Huh? What? "The house did recruit thieves, but it was taken away by Zhao Youqian early in the morning, how did Aunt Xiaoyu know? Sun Siyuan carefully threaded the needle from one side of the cloth to the other, and looked up to ask Aunt Xiaoyu why.
Aunt Xiaoyu stretched out her hand and pointed outward: "There are many houses with broken tiles, I guess there are thieves from the house!" β
Sun Siyuan smiled: "The thief is also light on the house, how dare he crush the tiles...... Uh, no! β
Halfway through speaking, she suddenly thought that the thief was caught by Zhao Youqian, and she panicked. Who cares if the footsteps are heavy or not?
"Damn thief!" She paused to laugh and cursed through gritted teeth. didn't know that even if he didn't choose the right way, the thief was light-footed. The one who really trampled the tiles was Zhao Youqian, who didn't know the severity.
"I'll go check on the situation and get a bricklayer to come back and fix it." Sun Siyuan put down the needle and thread and went to check the damage to the roof.
"I'm! Ahhhhh......h She felt the child in her belly kick her, and hurriedly reassured: "The baby is not afraid, not afraid of ......"
The bricklayer came to Zhao's mansion, estimated how many tiles he needed, and promised to come early the next morning to repair them.
In the evening, Zhao Youqian went home, and Sun Siyuan pulled him to ask about the whereabouts of the thief.
"The emperor detained him, why are you asking this?" Zhao Youqian asked rhetorically.
Sun Siyuan scolded: "That damn thief trampled on the roof of our house full of holes, and the tiles were broken everywhere." I'm really. β
Zhao Youqian recalled that when he caught the thief, there was a noise under his feet, it turned out that the tiles were trampled on? He couldn't say anything about this, and he hurriedly echoed his daughter-in-law's words: "It's really a damn thief!" β
Putting this matter aside, Sun Siyuan asked about the thief seriously, Zhao Youqian sued her, this thief is not a native of the capital, he is from Liniang Mansion. According to the thief, the prefect of Liniang Mansion deceived his superiors and subordinates, disregarded people's lives, and simply used the people under his rule as slaves. Not only does he increase taxes privately, but he also often robs unreasonably, and even **** women from good families! Someone overstepped the level and sued and was known by the prefect. He was brought back and sent to prison to be tortured to death.
"Is there really such a person?" Sun Siyuan looked disgusted: "This kind of person should be killed directly!" What did the emperor say? β
Zhao Youqian said that the emperor had sent someone to Liniang's Mansion to investigate secretly, and as long as the guilt was confirmed, he would directly bring the string of officials to the capital for trial.
"It's so embarrassing, I thought this world was very beautiful......" Sun Siyuan shook her head, she always thought that now the government is harmonious. The people live and work in peace and contentment, but I didn't expect that there is such a place in Xinxi Country!
"It's a shame that you caught that thief, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have known about it." Sun Siyuan praised Zhao for being rich.
Zhao Youqian couldn't cry or laugh: "That thief has a lot of accomplices, he has poor skills, so he was arranged to come to our house, and the others, it is estimated that there are many successful ......"
"Alas, whatever, now they say that it is to rob the rich and help the poor, although this excuse is very unreasonable, after all, there is no bad intention, I don't think the emperor should hold these people accountable. If corrupt officials are under the law, the people live well, and these people still come out to steal, then it is not too late to be arrested and cured. Sun Siyuan put forward her own opinion.
The country has its own laws, but it doesn't depend on whether you have bad intentions. Zhao Youqian felt that his daughter-in-law was too naΓ―ve, but he did not refute it.
Friday evening, October 17.
A carriage sent Brother Jiang to the gate of the Zhao Mansion, and Brother Jiang entered the Zhao Mansion.
"Why did you come back so early?" Sister-in-law Jiang was very puzzled when she saw Brother Jiang at first glance.
"It's not our lady yet...... "Brother Jiang said the reason, "It's okay, I can spend more time with you and the child." β
"Madame is kind." Sister-in-law Jiang had red eyes, she only said that her husband was loyal to the country, and those who were able to work harder, but she also looked forward to being with her husband all the time, and now it is good to have one more day and a half days.
Not long after, Zhao Youqian also returned to Zhao's mansion, and he also carried a big box on his back.
When Sun Siyuan first saw it, she thought that Zhao Youqian had a guitar on his back......
Zhao Youqian untied the box and opened it to Sun Siyuan, inside the box was a strange-looking clock, about one meter long and half a meter wide.
"Why is it so big?" Sun Siyuan touched the clock, and now the time displayed on the watch is more than six o'clock, which should be the accurate time.
Zhao Youqian told her that the production of mechanical watches had always encountered obstacles, and they even doubted the correctness of the drawings, and finally decided to enlarge the drawings and make a big test to see if it was a technical problem or a problem with the tools and materials. Two days ago, they made this big clock, once wound can go all day without a mistake, everyone was in high spirits, decided to be more meticulous operation, must make the right size of mechanical watch, even the kind of mechanical watch that can be carried on the hand!
This large clock was placed in the bedroom at first, and then Sun Siyuan thought it was too noisy when the needle walked, so she put it in the kitchen, which was also very useful, steaming steamed buns, braised pork and the like can refer to the time.
On Saturday, Sun Siyuan and his family had breakfast and went out shopping. Brother Jiang originally wanted to ask Sun Siyuan for advice, but at this time, he simply grabbed the money bag, hugged Jiang Dawa, and hugged Jiang Dawa: "Let's go shopping too!" (To be continued.) )