Chapter 22: Pacification
"Wait!"
Seeing that the executed official was about to pull off Luo Qinghe's skirt, a man's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the county yamen.
Yueniang was crying in despair, listening to the voice and looking back, in the hazy eyes of tears, she saw the young man in white struggling through the people crowded at the door, his face full of anxiety.
Fang Shaoze originally listened to the old lady's words and didn't want to expose himself, so he disguised himself and changed into ordinary clothes, hiding outside the county yamen and watching quietly.
Seeing Fang Shaoze's figure, Yueniang was immediately grateful: when she came in just now, she knew that Young Master Fang was here. But Sun Advocate and the Fat Head King teamed up to squeeze on the ink, and forcibly put a stigma on the middle-aged lady's mind, so Yueniang thought that he would ignore this matter in order to take care of the Fang family's face, but she didn't expect this Fang Shaoze to come forward
However, Fang Shaoze's move was not for anything else, but just remembered himself when he was a child.
His mother left early, and his father was incompetent, so he was bullied by his uncles and aunts since he was a child, and now Luo Qinghe's helpless appearance made Fang Shaoze seem to see his childhood, and he could no longer stand idly by.
The official actually couldn't bear to ruin the young woman's reputation, so he stopped as soon as he heard Fang Shaoze's voice.
Seeing this, Fang Shaoze hurriedly stood between the public halls, first saluted Master Jiang in a dignified manner, and then said sonorously: "Down is the fourth young master of the Luo Quan Fang family, Fang Shaoze." The reason why I came here today is because I participated in the events of that day. ”
As soon as these words came out, the onlookers behind him gasped: How could this rich young master be involved with that poor woman?
didn't care what the people behind him said, Fang Shaoze didn't mess up at all: "When I passed near the Song family restaurant that day, I saw this boss Wang gambling Luo Qinghe and her mother in the alley, and the meaning of the words was that he wanted to snatch the two people back to the house and take away their innocence. At that time, Miss Luo was already greatly frightened and lost her mind, so she threw a stone at Boss Wang! Although this move is wrong, I ask everyone here, is it completely understandable that she was bullied by someone with her mother? ”
Fang Shaoze's words were clear, and after asking these words in an orderly manner, it aroused great resonance among the onlookers, and they all discussed:
"Yes, a woman's innocence is more important than her life, if the two of them were really ruined by Boss Wang, wouldn't they want to commit suicide by jumping into the river? How is this different from murder? ”
After Master Jiang finished reporting to Fang Shaoze's house, he secretly said: This Fang family has a lot of power in Luoquan Town, and besides, the master of the Fang family even has Kyoto as an official, this is indeed not easy to offend! But he has already closed the case again, and if he changes it at this time, wouldn't he slap himself in the face?
Lord Jiang was thinking about the method of both worlds, but Fang Shaoze's voice came from the hall: "I know the notarization of Lord Jiang's case, so I came here to ask my lord to let me compensate this silver for Luo Qinghe, so that this woman will not be punished!" ”
This Fang Shaoze has always been a thoughtful person, and coupled with Mr. Zhao's teaching during this time, his words in the hall are very exquisite, which not only gives Lord Jiang face, but also protects Luo Qinghe.
When Lord Jiang heard this, he couldn't help but appreciate the other party's Shaoze, and was about to take this step to release Luo Qinghe, but outside the door, he heard a person say in a loud voice:
"Wait! I have something to say! ”
This wave of unsettled waves rose again and again, and Lord Jiang was about to get angry right now, but when he saw that the little boy who came in was rich and noble, and at first glance he was the young master of a big family, so he couldn't help but wonder angrily: "What are you doing here?" ”
But Na Cheng thought that this person was not as dignified as the nobles of the family at all, and said recklessly: "I am Luo Qinghe's husband!" ”
Seeing him talking like this at such a young age, the people around him suddenly felt very funny, and even Master Jiang couldn't help laughing.
But this person didn't care, and bent down to pick Luo Qinghe up.
"Li Shen? Why are you here? Luo Qinghe was also puzzled.
Li Shen...... That is, Shen Li, but he was suddenly unaware of her question, and his heart was full of Luo Qing's crying face, and he said with pity: "Qinghe, don't be afraid, I'm here." ”
Luo Qinghe, who listened to this straightforward sentence, was covered with goosebumps, raised his hand to push him away and said, "What are you doing here?" ”
And Fang Shaoze, who was on the side, saw that Luo Qinghe was about to be exempted from punishment, but was interrupted by this person, so he scolded in a low voice unhappily: "This is not the time to mess around!" ”
"Who said I'm here to mess around?!" Shen Li was already at odds with Fang Shaoze, and he was about to quarrel.
"Enough!" Lord Jiang is also the leader of a county, so he naturally can't tolerate others messing around in the court, so he knocked Xingmu on the case and said, "Is this county government yamen a place where you are messing around?" If you can't tell the reason, the official will throw you both into prison! ”
Shen Li was about to speak, but suddenly heard the old voice of the king's shopkeeper say, "You... Are you a child of the Shen family? ”
Shen Li nodded when he heard this, and said honestly: "In the Shen family of Xia Fengyuan, Shen Li." The person who has a marriage contract with Luo Qinghe is me. ”
"Then why did you say your surname was Li last time?" Fang Shaoze wondered.
"It's... That's a long story. Shen Li suddenly felt a little weak, but he didn't explain, but cleared his throat and raised his head to explain to Master Jiang: "I am the young master of the Fengyuan Shen family, and I have been engaged to Luo Qinghe since I was a child, and I just heard that she was taken to the court, and I was afraid that something would happen, so I hurriedly came over!" Although I don't know the reason for this, but when I first arrived outside the door, I heard that I had to pay for the silver, Lord Jiang, this Luo Qinghe is my wife who has not passed the door, how much I have to pay today, I will pay for her! “”
Fengyuan Shen family? That's Fengyuan's well-known rich party, and his family is rich! When Lord Jiang heard this, he was overjoyed, and he only felt that he was going to get rich!
However, this person's biggest weakness is greed, Lord Jiang heard the name of the Shen family, and saw the innocent appearance of this young master's newborn calf, so he said unceremoniously: "Luo Qinghe sentenced him to nearly four hundred and sixty taels of silver, and you just disrupted the order of the court, and it is said that you will also receive ten lashes, so you will pay this money together!" ”
"Whew! Surprise me, isn't that this bit of silver? This is eight hundred taels, pay off the two of us, and the extra right should be filial piety to the lord to handle the case impartially today! ”
As Shen Li spoke, he took out four silver tickets from his sleeve and handed them to Master Jiang in a dignified manner.
Lord Jiang's eyes lit up, but he pretended to be deep and asked the master to take it, and then hurriedly announced the closure of the case.
And the fat-headed king, who was waiting for Luo Qinghe to be stripped of his pants, only felt full of depression, but whether it was the Luo Quan Fang family or the Fengyuan Shen family, they all had a lot of power in the court, and they were indeed people they couldn't afford to provoke, so they could only give up.
When the turmoil subsided, the people around him dispersed, but Luo Qinghe didn't react to what had just happened, so he heard Shen Li say: "Qinghe, in fact, I came to you to want you and the three elders to attend my grandfather's birthday banquet. ”
Fang Shaoze on the other side saw that Shen Li had finished paying the compensation for Luo Qinghe, and knew that there was nothing wrong with him, so he left first.
However, Fang Shaoze, who left alone, was a little scheming at this time, and suddenly said: "Ink, what do you think of Shen Li?" ”
"What a big deal!" He didn't go around the bend, and sighed sincerely: "It's really amazing to be able to take out eight hundred taels of silver tickets from your sleeve at once!" ”
But when Langmo said this, it ignited the desire to win in Fang Shaoze's heart, and he was a little unconvinced: "In the coming day, I will go out with two thousand taels of silver tickets!" ”
But... How far is that to come? Since this Fang Shaoze was born, he has not gone out with more than two hundred taels of silver in his arms.
Here, after the Wang family closed the case, they went home first.
As soon as he entered the house, the shopkeeper Wang was puzzled: "This matter has not been brushed up, let's go directly to your grandfather's birthday banquet, I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules, right?" ”
When Shen Li heard this, he quickly untied the purse on his waist and handed it to the shopkeeper Wang: "Grandpa, my grandfather is also afraid that you will think too much, so I asked me to bring you this token." ”
As soon as he saw this purse, the shopkeeper Wang understood, so he no longer asked, but turned his head and instructed: "I will go with the girl in person." ”
Seeing this, Shen Li reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "This road is somewhat far, I'm afraid that you will be tired, so go find a carriage first!" ”
But looking at Shen Li's somewhat excited back, the shopkeeper Wang was stunned.
"Isn't this a happy event to see your in-laws, why do you look like this?" Aunt Wang wondered.
"That's it, it's hard to say..." The shopkeeper Wang didn't want to say more, shook his head and got up to pack his luggage.
Seeing this, Aunt Wang hurriedly stuffed all the silver saved during this period to the shopkeeper Wang, and said: "The poor family is rich, don't let outsiders laugh at it outside!" ”
Shopkeeper Wang nodded, and when the two of them packed up, they set off with Shen Li.
Shen Li, who was leading the way ahead, was very proud in his heart.
Although he won the gamble with his mother that day, his mother did not mean to keep his promise at all, but directly ordered someone to escort him back to the Shen family, and said that after Mrs. Shen drove to the west, he would go to the Wang family to withdraw from the marriage.
But Shen Li only had Luo Qinghe in his heart, and the man's initiative to withdraw from the marriage would damage the woman's reputation, so Shen Li pondered for many days, and finally told him about it when Mrs. Shen was a little energetic.
When Mrs. Shen heard this, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but at the moment, his body and bones were not good, and it would be easy for his children to do anything behind his back.
Therefore, this Mrs. Shen decided to repair the plank road to secretly Chen Cang, pretending not to know that they were going to repent of their marriage, and then took advantage of the birthday banquet to directly announce the marriage of Shen Li and Luo Qinghe.
However, this time, Mrs. Shen underestimated Mrs. Shen's care for Shen Li.
This Shen Li is Mrs. Shen's heart! Back then, in order to give the Shen family a grandson, she gave birth to four daughters within five years, and she looked forward to having this son, so she naturally loved it on the tip of her heart, so Shen left the front foot and went to Luoquan Town, and the back foot was checked by Mrs. Shen clearly.
"This Li'er, I was really carried away by that fox! How can you be so nonsense? When Mrs. Shen found out, she gritted her teeth in anger, and got up to discuss countermeasures with her father-in-law Shen Ruitian.
This Shen Ruitian can be the home of the entire Shen family, and naturally the city government is very deep, as soon as he heard this, he comforted Mrs. Shen and said: "Crisis is also an opportunity, let's take this opportunity to make a good plan, let the two of them die on their own, and hate each other, and then we will save ourselves from offending people!" ”
When Mrs. Shen heard this, she suddenly realized, and she had a plan in her heart, and waited for the arrival of Luo Qinghe and the shopkeeper Wang.