The landlord is worthy of being a well-known big landlord in the distant countryside, with a high wall surrounding a wide house, two large copper knockers on two wide black wooden doors, a large pillar on the left and right sides supporting a wooden awning, and the high wall of the eaves is very magnificent.

Li Yangwu walked up the stairs to the door, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door with the knocker, and in a moment, the door was opened a crack, and a black-clothed guy poked out a head inside.

The little guy craned his neck to see the large crowd of people gathered outside the gate, "Who are you?" Why are so many people around? ”

"Why are you asking, you forgot that the matter in Wen Yuan's family has not been resolved! Tell your lord to come out and discuss something. Li Yangwu waved his fist at the little guy.

"You people who throw food in the soil, eat and hold on, dare to trouble our master, you wait, I'll call someone." The little guy put down the cruel words to everyone and closed the door with a "bang".

After a while, I heard the sound of "squeak" opening the door, and the closed door opened to both sides, and more than a dozen black-clothed men with long sticks stood out, surrounding both sides of the door, and slowly came out from behind the wall in the courtyard, wearing a green silk robe, a round belly, a chubby round face, and a pair of eyes squinted into a slit.

The landlord glanced contemptuously at the villagers in a circle, and opened his fat mouth, "Which one is looking for grandpa and me with long eyes?" Don't inquire about who grandpa is, who dares to argue with grandpa and me within a hundred miles, don't you hurry up and disperse, otherwise you will have good fruit to eat, hum! ”

"Master Wang, the contemptible person is Li Tingyuan of Lijia Village, and the daughter-in-law Li Wenshi is Wen Yuan's sister, I heard that Wen Yuan was working in your mansion and fell off the roof and died, and his wife Wen Guihua was also killed after being beaten in your mansion, but Master Wang, you just sent a couple of silver, which is unfair, because Wen Yuan only has two young children, so the contemptible person is in charge of his affairs, and asks Lord Wang for an explanation," Li Tingyuan stood in front of the crowd and said reasonably.

"Well, isn't this matter solved, Wen Yuan is that he is working with a sick body, and he accidentally had an accident, I kindly let him work to earn money, out of the orphans and widows who gave a compensation of one or two silver, it is already benevolent and righteous." The king and landlord have no fear.

"Master Wang's words are wrong, if Wen Yuan is in poor health, it is impossible to work in your house for a year, he can't stand being sick in bed for a long time, and he hasn't heard the people around him say that he is sick, what can be wrong with his body in the prime of life? We have already reported to the official, Wen Yuan is not a slave of your family, you can kill at will, the merits and so on will let the person check Wen Yuan's body will have a result, even if it is his own mistake, Wen Yuan's salary for building a house, and the funeral expenses for helping you work, are more than one or two silver! Wen Guihua was beaten by your subordinates before hitting the pillar and died, so you can't escape this compensation! ”

"Humph! Then wait! Wen Guihua is a suicide, and at most she will pay for the medical expenses of beating people. The landlord shook his sleeves and hummed.

"Chen Xiancheng is here, the arrest is coming." I don't know who in the crowd shouted, the person in front of him was wearing a blue silk robe, his head was tied with a turban of the same color, he was in his Chinese New Year's Eve, his face was white and he had two mustaches, his eyes looked in the direction of the Wang landlord, and he thought it was Chen Xiancheng.

Behind him were five people dressed in green trapping suits, with waist tags indicating their identities, carrying iron rulers, ropes, and large knives in their hands, and an old man carrying a box, followed by Li Yangde and Li Wenshi.

"Ringo, Angkor." Li Yangqing hurriedly walked to this group of hunters, it turned out that it was Lin Zheng who led the team, Lin Zheng and Wu San nodded to Li Yangqing in response, Li Yangde and Li Wenshi hurriedly walked to the Li family's camp, and when they saw the bones of their brother and sister-in-law on the ground, they immediately knelt on the ground, crying heartbreakingly.

"Brother and sister-in-law, you died so unjustly! I beg you to be the master of the people's women! Li Wen kowtowed in the direction of the official, Li Yang pulled his wife's hand and whispered comfort.

"Chen Xiancheng, you have come all the way to come here, go and move a chair to make tea for Chen Xiancheng." The landlord of the king greeted Chen Xiancheng and instructed the servants to entertain them.

"Thank you, Master Wang, the magistrate heard that someone was going to sue Master Wang, so I sent this official to take a look." Chen Xiancheng's tone of voice to the landlord Wang, it seems that the two are familiar with each other.

"If there is anything here, quickly report it to this official." Chen Xiancheng lifted his robe and sat on a chair, looking in the direction of the Li family.

"Yu Chen County Cheng, the contemptible person is Li Tingyuan of Lijia Village, and the daughter-in-law Li Wenshi is Wen Yuan's sister, I heard that Wen Yuan was working in Master Wang's house, fell from the roof and died, and his wife Wen Guihua was also beaten by Master Wang's family and hit the pillar and died, Lord Wang sent a couple of silver, and also spread rumors that Wen Yuan was ill and did things in concealment, so he sued Master Wang and asked him to compensate for the two lives of Wen Yuan's family fairly."

"Chen Xiancheng, old man Li said nonsense, Wen Yuan was in poor health, he accidentally fell and died, it has nothing to do with me, Wen Guihua committed suicide, seeing that they lost a tael of silver to their family, it has exceeded Wen Yuan's salary."

"Since you both have your own opinions, let me see."

The old man carrying the box behind the head catcher came out from behind, put down the box and took out the tools, carefully inspected the Wen Yuan couple on the ground and said: "Back to Chen County, after a detailed examination, Wen Yuan did fall to death from a height, as for the physical symptoms, it still needs to be confirmed by the yamen autopsy, Wen Guihua has contusions and bruises in some parts of her body, and the head wound is judged to be indeed caused by impact." He said vaguely.

Li Yangqing saw that what he said was not detailed, and then looked at the eyes of Chen Xiancheng and Wang Landlord, it seemed that Chen Xiancheng was biased towards Wang Landlord, and Li Yangqing immediately secretly inquired about the relationship between the two from Lin Zheng.

Lin Zheng lowered his voice and said secretly to Li Yangqing: "Sister of the Li family, I advise you to be private, when the corpse arrives at the yamen, there is time to cheat, Luo Zhixian is the brother-in-law of the landlord of the king, you have no power and power, you can't please it, and in the end, you will be charged with a crime, and if you can pay more compensation, you will settle the matter." ”

After hearing this, Li Yangqing immediately asked Chen Xiancheng for instructions: "Chen Xiancheng, please allow the Minnu to discuss with her family whether to send Wen Yuan and his wife to the yamen for further autopsy, and hope that Chen Xiancheng will wait for a while." ”

"Okay, just wait for you to discuss and discuss, but you have to think carefully and think clearly, and when the time comes, false accusations can be punished." Chen Xiancheng hinted.

Li Yangqing pulled the Li family and Wen Shan and Wen Shui aside, and whispered about the situation he had just heard and the disadvantages of entering the yamen.

Li Tingyuan clenched his hand and let it go, stepped forward and said: "Chen Xiancheng, in order to leave a complete set of bones for Wen Yuan and his wife, we are not going to send them to the yamen for another autopsy, but these are two lives, both of which are related to Lord Wang, one died of helping Master Wang work, which is considered a work injury, and the other was beaten and humiliated by Master Wang's subordinates and committed suicide, and we must compensate for the cost of beating and the funeral expenses of the two, a total of eight taels of silver." Li Tingyuan understood that eight taels of silver was less, and the landlord would definitely disagree, and the funeral expenses of the two must be paid.

Landlord Wang looked in the direction of Chen Xiancheng, saw that the other party nodded, and also understood that if things continued, it would be detrimental to his brother-in-law's official position, and he waited to slowly clean them up in the future.

"Okay, since you don't want to go to the yamen, in the spirit of poor Wen Yuan's family, give eight taels! I have already given one tael before, and you have to take away these seven taels, and you can't come to my house to make trouble in the future, otherwise you will suffer. The landlord Wang took out seven taels of silver and asked the little servant to hand it over to Li Tingyuan.

Li Tingyuan handed over the silver to Wenshan, Li Wenshi took the two brothers and sisters into his arms and comforted them, Li Yangqing and Li Yangming thanked Lin Zhengdao, Chen Xiancheng left with the catch, and the landlord Wang entered the courtyard with a group of family members and closed the door with a "bang".

Seeing that there was no excitement to see, the other people in the village also dispersed, and the three brothers of the Li family and Wen Wang walked towards Wen Yuan's house together carrying the bones of Wen Yuan and his wife.

Li Yangqing walked at the end, his mood was very heavy, and now he has a deep personal experience of "fast horses are often bitter and thin, children are often bitter and poor, Huang He is a horse, and rich people are the first to be rich", wealth and power are the reliance on this era to raise their heads and be people, and the people at the bottom are like ants.

The group returned to Wen Yuan's house with a heavy heart, put the bones of Wen Yuan and his wife in the middle room, and Wen Wang said goodbye to the Li family and got up to leave.

Li Tingyuan looked at a room of old and young, and sighed sadly and said: "The deceased is gone, the living are like this, the eldest daughter-in-law, Wen Dong, and Wen Qiu will stay here today to accompany Wenshan and Wenshui to guard the spirits, the eldest and the second with the silver compensated by the landlord Wang, I will give you three taels of silver for backup, go to the town to buy two better coffins and, funeral supplies, and the ingredients and drinks for tomorrow's banquet to Wenjia Village, and the others will go back to Wenjia Village with me today to make arrangements." Li Tingyuan took out three taels of silver from the money bag and handed them to the brothers, and Wenshan also handed Li Yangde the eight taels of silver that the landlord had just paid.

"Okay Dad, don't worry, I'll go to the town with my second brother to run errands."

"That's okay, let's go to the ferry at the entrance of Wenjia Village together, find Wen Dahe to send us back to Lijia Village first, and then rent his boat to be responsible for you to go to the town to buy things and send them to Wenjia Village, you should use the silver reasonably, how much can you leave for the two children."

"Okay, Dad." Li Yangde nodded.

The group hurried to the ferry at the entrance of Wenjia Village, where Wen Dahe was waiting for everyone on the boat.

"Brother Dahe, you've been waiting for a long time, please send us to Lijia Village first, we want to rent your boat to the town to buy funeral supplies and coffins for Wenyuan and his wife, and we may have to make more than two or three round-trips, I don't know if Brother Dahe agrees to this?" Shall we give a rent or two? Li Tingyuan estimated the approximate price, after all, it was to transport the coffin, and some people were taboo, so they gave more money for the boat, but I don't know if Wen Dahe is willing to do this.

"Uncle Li is polite, my brother and I are originally from the same village, we should help with this matter, who doesn't have a happy event! I'm willing to take the job. ”

"That's good, thank you really for the help of Brother Dahe." Li Tingyuan once again expressed his gratitude to Wen Dahe.

When the boat stopped at the mouth of the river at the mouth of the village in Lijia Village, the old man Li took Li Qiu and Li Yangqing to the shore and rushed home, and the eldest and second brothers followed Wen Dahe to the town by boat.

"Grandpa, you're back, are Brother Wenshan and Sister Wenshui okay now? Daddy, are they coming back today? Only two brothers, Li Chenggang and Li Chengqiang, were left at home, and when they saw that the adults in the family were back, they were a little anxious when they didn't see their parents.

"Wenshan and Wenshui are keeping a vigil for their father and mother, are you two obedient at home today? Are you running around? Your father and your uncle went to the town to buy something, and they may not have time to come back today, Yang Ming and your mother set up a stall in the town, and they should be back soon. Li Tingyuan held two curious little grandsons with his left and right hands, and the three of them talked to each other as they walked.