Chapter 240: Looking for the Bitter Master
"Hmm!! Not bad, not bad! Lift the tea lid, float the tea foam slowly, squint your eyes and take a sip, different from Li Jin's rudeness, Yu Shiwen's movements are indescribably elegant, obviously in a good mood!
"Master Yu, this time I have to work hard to get this thing done!" Li Jin seems to have a great merit!
"Yes, hard work, I'll see if the Li family still has the strength to turn over, Mayor Yan and I are friends who can't go against each other, this time let Li Anfu get in, but can't get out!" With a snap, the teacup was put on the table, and the crisp sound startled Li Jin, and at the same time was stunned by Yu Shiwen's hideous expression!
"Yes, Master Yu, how can they compare with you just by virtue of their promotion to the small people!" Li Jin smiled, anyway, he and Yu Shiwen are in the same camp, and he has a relationship with the mayor, which is a good thing!
Speaking of Yan Zhenhai, he is the mayor of Yangshan Town, this person can't say that he has much merit, but his reputation is not very bad, he is a love and muddy, plus there are generally no major things in the town, so he has been here quietly for many years!
He was just a child, and later he took the exam many times, but he didn't get in, so he came to Yangshan Town to be the mayor of a town!
In fact, he usually doesn't do too much to oppress the people, but he is more confused, whoever gives money will be with whom, but he generally doesn't take the initiative to ask people for money, of course, if someone sends it to the door, then he will laugh!
Yu Shiwen's friendship with him has also been accumulated over the years, and Yu Shiwen's business can be so big, in fact, it is not only the brick kiln in Yuhe Village. Many shops in the town are also his, and he is also involved in the business of the county, and he usually sends some filial piety silver to Yan Zhenhai from time to time. There haven't been too many things to ask for in so many years!
This time he planted a big heel here in the Li family, he couldn't swallow this breath no matter what, so he conspired with Li Jin about this matter, just said hello to Yan Zhenhai and asked him to punish the Li family a little heavily, Yan Zhenhai received so many benefits, it was a piece of cake for him. So there was an indiscriminate arrest of Li Anfu!
This is also the person Li Jin is looking for in private, and the family where the accident happened is actually near Lijia Village, when choosing candidates. Li Jin deliberately avoided the villages of Wangzhuang, Liushutun, and Hujia Village, and he knew that the Li family had relatives in these villages. Avoid anyone knowing. Chose a relatively unfamiliar village!
This village is called Hedong Village, and Lijia Village is just symmetrical and buried on the other side of the mountain, from this village to which village, walk around the foot of the mountain, walking for about an hour is not far, but because of a big mountain, the two villages usually have no contact, which is also the reason why Li Jin chose this village!
Most of the people in the village have the surname Zhang. There will be one or two scoundrels in every village, and the one who has the accident is Zhang Laizi. Speaking of this Laizi, everyone has the impression that they don't remember what his original name was, only that he is usually very scoundrel, so Laizi Laizi screamed, forgetting his real name!
Zhang Laizi is lazy to eat, drink and gamble with a little silver, on this day, Li Jin found him, said that he wanted to help him build a house, and he also wanted to buy the red bricks of the Li family, a good thing about pies falling from the sky, he was a little suspicious, but Li Jin assured that as long as he was injured a little, Zhang Laizi gladly accepted, who knew that in the process of construction, he went to check, just went up to the wall, the wall collapsed with a bang, he was defenseless, and fell down!
To say that the houses built in the countryside are all one-storey, not very high, but Zhang Laizi was unlucky, he fell down a brick when he fell, and his head was opened on the spot, and he ran out of gas without waiting for the doctor to arrive!
Although the process did not follow Li Jin's plan to get injured, but the result was the same, Zhang Laizi's daughter-in-law Yuan directly sued people to the yamen, although the husband was a scoundrel, but it was also a pillar, all of a sudden, he was a widow, and there were two dolls waiting to be fed, how did life go? Not everyone in the village can step on two feet!
In addition, Li Jinlai acted as a good person and fanned the flames in the back, the Yuan family regarded the Li family as a mortal enemy, and they must be allowed to pay for their lives!
So there was a scene in Lijia Village, and there was also a dialogue between Li Jin and Yu Shiwen!
Yu Shiwen revealed a few words to Yan Zhenhai again, the two families have enmity, in order to block Yu Shiwen's mouth, he directly ordered someone to be arrested, and he didn't ask whether it was right or wrong, Li Anfu was thrown into prison!
The Li family hall has become a room for everyone to discuss important matters, and the men are waiting for it!
"Qingshan, you first ask the children to inquire and see which family is in trouble, and see if they can get them to return the complaint!" As the eldest brother, Li Qingfeng is obviously knowledgeable, first explain it to others, and then see if it is his own problem, if so, he must compensate, if not, he must explain the situation!
Let the family withdraw the complaint first, let Li Anfu come out first, the cell is not a place for people!
"Uncle, Dad, I'll go!" Li Anxi volunteered, he was the only one who did not get married, and the other brothers had wives and children, but he did not resist Li Anfu, Li Anxi took the initiative to take this responsibility!
"Okay, you hurry up, the eldest and the second, you go to the yamen to inquire and see what's going on!" Li Qingshan hurriedly sent the big guy to take action, bring more silver, and take care of the cell head, don't let Li Anfu suffer inside!
Several women also need to be appeased, and Li Hui has become the backbone!
"Mother, grandma, don't panic, grandpa, they've already gone to find a way, it's definitely going to be fine, don't worry!" Li Hui said so, but in fact, she was also worried in her heart!
"What happened! Your dad doesn't know if it's cold or not, if there is any food? Niu's tears kept flowing, and the snot was handful, and it was too late to wipe it!
"Grandma, don't cry, my mother and third aunt still want you to take care of it, and we don't have to worry about others taking care of us!" Sure enough, being a mother is strong, Niu Shiqiang endured his grief, and his emotions couldn't affect the child!
The Li family acted separately, Li Hui had to follow to the town, fortunately, the Li family had a shop in the town and could live in it directly, but no one was in the mood and couldn't sleep at all!
From Zhang Yuan's mouth, I knew that it was the people of Shanghe Village who had the accident this time. Li Anxi took the ox cart and went straight to Shanghe Village!
The villagers were happy to give Li Anxi directions and ask where Zhang Laizi's family lived. Lee An-hee goes straight to his destination!
At this moment, Zhang Laizi's house is gloomy, Yuan's two children are sitting at home, stunned, there are many people watching at the door, pointing at Zhang's family!
In fact, most of the villagers in Shanghe Village did not feel much about Zhang Laizi's death. Mainly because he is usually too bad, everyone only dislikes him, but well-meaning people persuade the Yuan family to mourn and change. said that in the future, he would work hard, do some needlework, serve the fields, and support his two children!
"This lady. I'll inquire. What the hell is going on in this house? Li Anxi grabbed a lady who loved gossip when she looked at it and asked, at this time, you must not go directly to someone's house to ask, the Zhang family now regards the Li family as an enemy!
"Good things have turned bad, don't you know" The aunt said mysteriously: "I also heard that this Yuan family sued the family that sold bricks!" "Auntie's gossip eyes are too warm, and Li Anxi's heart trembles when she sees it!
There is no time to talk nonsense, Li Anxi is in an urgent mood: "Auntie, is it really a matter of earning Zhang Laizi to death?" ”
"Who knows. Other people's hunger has not collapsed, why is there something wrong with his family. Maybe it's because you usually do too many evil things and suffer retribution! "Zhang Laizi often steals chickens and dogs in the village, and finally an old hen will be stolen by him, slaughtered and eaten, and his family has no money, even if you look for it, there is nothing to pay for your bare home!
Shanghe Village is not the only one who buys bricks in Lijia Village, and it is okay for others to go up!
"Auntie, can you take a step to speak!" Sure enough, there was something else to hide, Li Anxi pulled the old lady out of the crowd and found a place where no one was!
"Auntie, I am dissatisfied with you for saying that I am the Li family, because of Zhang Laizi's matter, my eldest brother has been arrested, but this is not our family's fault, there are many people who use our family's red bricks, and there is no problem!" Li Anxi eagerly explained, wanting to make the old lady in front of him believe his words as much as possible!
"Really? So what are you here for? "The old lady looked defensive, don't be the Li family, there is really a problem!
"Auntie, really, I just want to ask about the situation, I won't let you do anything else, Auntie, this is your hard work!" As he spoke, Li Anxi took out a tael of silver and stuffed it into the old lady's hand!
"What do you want to ask?" The old lady was holding a lot of silver in her hand, her eyebrows were smiling, her voice was much softer, and her clothes knew everything and the feeling was endless!
From the mouth of the old lady, Li Anxi knew that the incident happened at noon yesterday, Zhang Laizi suddenly wanted to check it himself, who knew that it fell down not long after going up, and the workers present hurried to find a doctor, but they still didn't survive last night, no, early in the morning, the Yuan family went to report to the official, and also obstructed Zhang Laizi's body from being buried!
"Auntie, who was there at the time and saw what happened?" You must find a strong witness in order to wash away your grievances and rescue your eldest brother!
"This" The old lady hesitated, if she said this, she would be sorry for the people in her village, if others knew that she had betrayed people like this, she would not be able to live in the village in the future!
"Auntie, I'll look for it myself, you just tell me who saw it, if it's really our fault, we, if not, we can't suffer this injustice in vain!" Li Anxi took out two taels of silver again!
"Auntie, if you do me this favor, the money will be yours!" It seems that this man is a lover of money, and his eyes are shining when he sees silver!
Anyway, it's not a big deal, and I don't blame myself for the specific words, even if I don't say it, others will say it, it's not a secret, the old lady took the silver with a smile and said: "The people who work in Zhang Laizi's house are all from our village, and the third one in front of the left turn is, their kid is working there, you should see it!" ”
"If someone asks, don't say it's me!" After speaking, with the silver in her hand, the old lady left in a hurry!
Li Anxi followed the old lady's instructions, and sure enough, he found that family, fortunately, something like this happened, and the young man of that family did not go out to pick up the work again, after all, he was still a young man, and he was also frightened by that situation!
Explaining the intention, Li Anxi offered the silver and asked whether it was carelessness or the quality of the bricks!
"I don't know, we're just going to work there, I heard a bang, Zhang Laizi fell, I don't see how it fell, or you go and ask my cousin!" The boy obviously doesn't lie, and he doesn't know anything substantial!
Under the leadership of the young man, Li Anxi soon arrived at the house and asked several people, but everyone didn't feel anything abnormal, they were all people who were used to doing their work, and they wouldn't be lazy!
Helpless, Li Anxi did not find Zhang Laizi is the cause of his accidental death, after all, it was his own red brick, and he died, and the Yuan family did not forgive, and he insisted that it was deliberately done by the Li family, and Li Anxi was also very helpless!
"Little brother, if you think of any important clues, I hope you will come to our house to tell us, okay? It's really important! The young man surnamed Zhang accompanied Li Anxi to toss, and when he left, Li Anxi gave him five taels of silver, and promised that if he could provide useful clues, he would be thanked!
"Okay, I'll think about it, and if there is, I'll tell you!" After a while, the kung fu boy got ten taels of silver, and felt that a person like the Li family should not come to harm Zhang Laizi without injustice or hatred!
Later, Li Anxi came to the house to report what he had heard, but there was no way Li Qingshan took a heavy gift and cooperated with a few children to come to Shanghe Village in person and go straight to Zhang Laizi's house!
"Who are you?" No matter how bad Zhang Laizi is, without him, the Yuan family is wary of everyone!
"What, we are from Lijia Village, I'm really sorry, I'm here to see you, this is for the children's body, please accept it!" Li Qingshan looked at the ordinary house built in front of him, and he was also very sad, but this was not as good as his eldest son still in the prison cell!
"Take all your things away, we don't need it, we're still here to pretend if we hurt people!" The Yuan family gritted his teeth and looked at the Li family, eager to tear their skin!
"Our Li family has been selling red bricks for so long, and there has never been a problem, is it for other reasons?" Looking at the woman who was preconceived and decided that the Li family was wrong, Li Qingshan had a headache, and he couldn't explain it!
"Don't make excuses here, what's the use of talking about all this when people are gone? It's the problem of your bricks, it's too unstrong, and I can't help but go so early! "The Yuan family even raps and sings, hating the Li family!
"Get out of here, I must let you pay for your lives, don't pretend to be kind, get out! Get lost!! The Yuan clan pushed and drove Li Qingshan out, and also threw the gifts they brought out of the door, slamming the door shut, and a few of them touched the ashes!
I feel tired every day!! (To be continued.) )