Chen Laosi raised his eyes to look at the two, raised his hand to make a silent movement, moved the stool towards Liu Renli, and said in a low voice again.

"I didn't know at the time, but Zhang Dashan called the woman Cuilan, and I didn't know until Chen Xinrong's family held a funeral, his daughter-in-law Yang's name was Cuilan, I saw it from afar, it was the same person."

Zhou Yi'an was anxious, "Since you know, why don't you report to the official?" ”

Chen Laosi sneered, and picked up the wine cup again, with a look of disdain.

"Reporter? I'm a thief, how can I report to the official? ”

Zhou Yi'an suddenly wilted, he just forgot about this stubble, Chen Laosi was just a thief, and he accidentally bumped into this evil deed.

The other party is a well-known local benevolent person, even if he reports it, most of them are beaten violently.

In the law of the Great Liang, the punishment for thieves is that those who steal and do not have wealth will be punished with fifty lashes, and the first offender will be stabbed with the word theft with his right arm, and the second offender will be stabbed with the word with his left arm, and the third offender will be hanged.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi'an looked at Chen Laosi's arm, he was a little hot at this time, he rolled up his two sleeves, there were no tattoos on his arms, Zhou Yi'an looked at Liu Renli and shook his head slightly.

Liu Renli understood what he meant, and turned his head to look at Chen Laosi.

"Then Chen Xinrong's uncle, why did he go to cry out for injustice?"

Chen Laosi opened his drunken eyes and looked at Liu Renli with an expression of looking at a fool.

"What don't you understand, that Chen Xinrong is a butcher who sells meat, and he is also rich in this Wuqing County, but at this time he is dead and has no children, they can sit idly by, don't they just want to get a piece of Chen Xinrong's family property, they are all poor, hey!"

Liu Renli looked at Chen Laosi, although this person was a thief, he was also forced to do so, if he hadn't eaten, he would never have come to this point.

took out a purse from the cuff, took out two taels of broken silver, and put it in front of Chen Laosi.

"The poor can find a way to survive, stealing is not the right way, you keep the silver for the New Year, I will collect this jade pendant first, and then if someone asks you to testify, I hope to tell the truth at that time, and the man will stand up to the sky."

Chen Laosi looked at Liu Renli in astonishment, and suddenly woke up, and the broken silver was placed in his palm, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After being silent for a long time, he raised his eyes to look at Liu Renli.

"You...... You...... Is it really an official? ”

......

Eight or nine days passed in a blink of an eye.

Zhu Yunmo had to go to Zhuangzi every day, and even cleaned the main family's garden, preparing to live there.

Zhou Heng saw that the weather was so cold, so he didn't say much, and drew drawings to let people build a kang in the house.

This kang was learned by Zhou Heng when he was studying in the north and watched a folk program, that is, the ground of the house was paved hollow as a whole, and the coal was lit on one side, and the whole ground was hot.

It is equivalent to the current floor heating, but this is still very coal-saving, but it is not environmentally friendly, but there is no environmental protection department here and no one checks PM2.5.

Just do it, Zhou Heng is only responsible for drawing, although Zhu Yunmo is the prince, he doesn't have a little shelf, he is very interested in such a novelty, and he led the guards to go.

The people on the Zhuangzi have all gone to build roads, and some of the people from Lingshan Village and Huichun Hall have gone to build workshops, and the other part has to ferment wine and dry medicinal herbs, and there is no one to make a kang for him, so everything has to be done by himself.

Zhou Heng drank tea, wrapped the newly made kang on his body a little tighter, and when Zhu Yunmo tested the kang, the construction can start here, thanks to the state-owned coal of Daliang, otherwise how much silver does it cost to burn charcoal to drive such a big kang, it is distressing to think about it.

The snow outside the window is still falling, and it seems that the snow has not stopped since they entered Beijing, but it is smaller halfway, needless to say that this is the impact of the Xiaoice River period.

Liu Renli went to Tongzhou, but he didn't have any letters, so he asked Pang Xiao to inquire, and it was said that this person went to take office at all.

It stands to reason that this investigation of people's livelihood work should be about the same, even if you start as a corruption case, you can't go too far, start igniting a fire when you come to power, and it's the year, isn't this adding to the blockage?

Furthermore, where did the people go, did they have an accident, or what?

Turning around and looking at the few people who were answering the questions on the side, her eyes fell on Liu Xiu'er's body, at this moment Zhou Heng didn't dare to let Liu Xiu'er be idle at all, once she was free, she asked herself about Liu Renli's situation, always prevaricating, and Zhou Heng couldn't stand it.

As if sensing Zhou Heng's gaze, Liu Xiuer and Chun Tao raised their eyes to look at Zhou Heng together, Zhou Heng deliberately put his face on his face, holding a ring ruler in one hand and constantly slapping the other palm.

"Are you done? After writing, I have to double-check, if I make a mistake, I'll beat you up, two and four times, and so on, and if you don't want your ass to bloom, give me a double-check. ”

Saying this, they all became nervous, and quickly read it from beginning to end, Desheng was the first to get up and handed the paper to Zhou Heng, and the disciples who answered the questions looked at it nervously one by one.

Zhou Heng looked at it, pointed to one place and said:

"It can't be said that the disposal here is wrong, it's a bit cumbersome, so the time is extended back and forth, can the patient survive this time?"

Desheng looked at it, quickly bowed down, looked a little embarrassed on his face, and said modestly.

"What the master said is that I have taken it for granted."

Zhou Heng patted him on the shoulder and stuffed the ring ruler in his hand into Desheng's palm.

"It's already very powerful to be able to answer them all, you can look at their papers, and if you are wrong, you must be punished for being lazy."

Saying that, Zhou Heng got up and walked out, leaving behind a group of disciples who answered the question, all looking at Desheng with envy.

As soon as Zhou Heng walked out of the room, he happened to see Zhu Yunmo walking in excitedly, and Zhou Heng hurriedly greeted Zhu Yunmo and went to the side hall.

As soon as he sat down, Zhu Yunmo grabbed the kettle and poured two glasses of water, and the cold tea went into his throat, and he didn't complain or be dissatisfied, but wiped his mouth and approached Zhou Heng excitedly.

"Zhou Heng, you are really a god, this kang was tested once this morning, there is no smoke leakage at all, and the whole house is warm, even if the two rooms are not paved, they are very warm, I didn't sleep in bed at all last night, I slept on the ground."

Seeing that Zhu Yunmo was so excited, Zhou Heng looked behind Zhu Yunmo.

"Who made the ground kang, is it the guards and servants of the Shizi Mansion?"

Zhu Yunmo nodded, "That's right, the people in Zhuangzi, as well as the people in Lingshan Village and Huichun Hall are busy, there is no choice but for them to do it, why don't you believe it?" ”

In the end, the smile on Zhu Yunmo's face gradually disappeared, and he grabbed Zhou Heng's wrist, eager to grab Zhou Heng to test their results now.

"What's so difficult about this, let's go and see."

Zhou Heng hurriedly waved his hand and motioned for Zhu Yunmo to stop.

"Don't worry, the prince is just doing experiments now, if it is feasible, we can change all the houses in the prince's mansion."

Zhu Yunmo was stunned, and slapped his thigh and realized it instantly.

"That's right, why am I so entangled in that one house, hurry up and find someone to vacate my main house, I want to build a ground kang."

Zhou Heng grabbed Zhu Yunmo, this can do anything, but it is too easy to get excited, a kang has made him busy for several days, and now that he has succeeded, he will immediately change the prince's mansion.

"Don't be in a hurry about this matter, this kang will be burned for a few days, and then see if it is easy to crack, and then decide how to apply, and then decide how to apply, and it is not that some houses have to be laid, such as under the cabinet, some load-bearing positions, if laid it is easy to collapse."

Zhu Yunmo nodded, "What you said makes sense, it seems that it is not realistic to pave the whole house, let me think about how to pave it more reasonable, anyway, I let them buy a lot of coal." ”

Zhou Heng grabbed Zhu Yunmo's arm and stopped the person who was about to run away.

"Shizi, don't be in a hurry to leave, it's been seven or eight days since Lord Liu went to Tongzhou, and it's time to take office, and the people sent to inquire haven't found any traces of them, I'm afraid that Lord Liu will encounter some accidents, if you can't go to work on time, I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to explain."

Zhu Yunmo nodded, "That said, it's the end of the month, where did this Liu Renli go?" ”

Zhou Heng arched his hand towards Zhu Yunmo, "Shizi, if you don't keep an eye on the construction here, I'll take someone to take a look, otherwise I really don't know how to face Xiu'er." ”

Zhu Yunmo instantly had a smile on his face, and looked at Zhou Heng with a chicken thief.

"Tell me the truth, did you fall in love with Miss Xiu'er?"