Chapter 65: Brother-in-law Zhao An
The buttocks of the head catcher are hit by the board, this cannot be in vain, where he falls, he must get up, because whoever hits the board has to earn money back on whom.
After the head catcher got Hu Wei's promise of three money and benefits, he was very well-behaved, because he was beaten by the board, so of course he had to go home to recuperate, so he excused himself to go home, and then went to the shop that Hu Wei bought to wait.
However, after waiting all day, he did not wait for Hu Wei's brother-in-law.
Hu Wei's brother-in-law is sick, and his sister is a woman, so they can't rush to Huxian on the same day, otherwise if they can really come, then why let Hu Wei come to buy and sell the store!
couldn't wait for Hu Wei's brother-in-law, he was furious, but it didn't matter, he decided to raise the price, Hu Wei hired him to come to this store, and he charged the benefit fee of three times, so when Hu Wei's brother-in-law came, he would have to collect the benefit fee of Hu Wei's brother-in-law three times, this benefit fee, it is good to collect it on both sides, and only accept Hu Wei alone, it is too much of a loss.
However, after waiting for another day, Hu Wei's brother-in-law still didn't come, and the head catcher couldn't help but be furious, went straight to the prison, roared at Hu Wei, raised the benefit fee from three to ten, and forced him to agree.
Hu Wei has been in prison for the past two days, it is really worse than death, he has never suffered this crime when he is so old, if he just eats and sleeps badly in prison, it will be fine, the main reason is that he was wrongfully accused of being a murderer, how to convict, there is no explanation yet, his heart is hanging, so it is even more painful, and there is no decline.
When he was arrested and blackmailed, he asked him for ten yuan, such a large sum of money, just to pass on a message, of course he was extremely distressed, and he estimated that in the future, this kind of thing will not be missing, and this head catcher will not stop if he does not knock him out.
When the head catcher left, Hu Wei thought of Li Rizhi, although he didn't like this classmate very much, but he thought that Li Rizhi would solve the case, and the case was solved very quickly, if Li Rizhi was here, maybe he wouldn't have to stay in prison for two days, maybe he would have gone out a long time ago.
Hu Wei made up his mind, when his brother-in-law came, he must ask his brother-in-law to find Li Rizhi, Shangyang Academy is not too far from here, if Li Rizhi takes care of the friendship of his classmates, then he should come.
Thinking of this, Hu Wei became worried again, his attitude towards Li Rizhi was not very good, if he had offended Li Rizhi, he had really offended, and he could only hope that Li Rizhi would not remember the villain.
Although the head catcher raised the benefit fee to ten times in Hu Wei's place, he didn't deserve to get the money immediately, of course he was not happy in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he went to the small inn, found Feng Chuang, and prepared to knock Feng Chuang.
Feng Chuang is also about to regret breaking his intestines in the past two days, he went to denounce Hu Wei at that time, just wanted to vent his evil anger, but he didn't want to put himself in, although the small shop he lived in was cheap, but he didn't have much money on him, and he didn't know how long he would live, and he threw all the money into this bottomless pit, which was not worth it.
Now for Feng Chuang, it is like lifting a stone and hitting himself in the foot, so it is too late for him to understand now!
The head catcher came to the shop violently, and Feng Chuang asked for hard money, because he ran around in order to find the murderer, and it was extremely hard, and all of this was caused by Feng Chuang, so Feng Chuang had to give him hard money.
Feng Chuang said that he had no money, so he slapped him with four big mouths, and Feng Chuang had to give the only two pieces of money left on his body to the head catcher, which can be regarded as sending the head catcher away.
After the head catcher left, the shopkeeper came to Feng Chuang to ask for money, but the shopkeeper saw the head catcher come to blackmail, he had seen this kind of thing before, if the arrester in the government did not knock the plaintiff or defendant out, he would definitely not stop, so the store money had to be settled early, otherwise Feng Chuang would definitely have no money to settle the bill!
Feng Chuang really has no money at this time, and he can't leave Huxian yet, the government won't let him leave, if he goes out of the city, after he is arrested and caught, it is estimated that it will not be a matter of smacking his mouth!
The shopkeeper asked Feng Chuang to help work in the store, which was considered to be a debt repayment, and he could live in the firewood room every day, two meals a day, give a hot soup to drink, and have two mixed noodles and cakes.
Of course, the work that Feng Chuang did was the dirtiest and most tiring, such as washing the toilet, digging a pit, chopping firewood, and so on.
Feng Chuang's complaint, he did sue Hu Wei to prison, but he also dealt with dung, which was harmful to others.
The county government has issued a notice asking the people to come and identify the body, but no people have come to identify the body, perhaps because the victim's family has not yet received the news, so they have not come.
Let's talk about the head catcher, he knocked two dollars from Feng Chuang, then bought some pig's head meat and salt beans, and made a pound of wine, went to the store that Hu Wei bought, sat in the store to drink and eat side dishes, and by the way, Hu Wei's brother-in-law must have ten yuan in benefits, this is a big business, you have to be careful, and the head catcher is very professional.
In the evening of that day, a middle-aged man came from outside the store, a little thin, but he was dressed decently, holding a long wooden stick in his hand and carrying a small burden behind his back.
The middle-aged man came to the front of the store, saw that the door of the store was open, so he looked into the store, and saw the head catcher who had been drunk and his face flushed, the middle-aged man looked at the head catcher, took two steps back, and carefully looked at the door of the store catcher, he was sure that he was not in the wrong place.
This middle-aged man is Hu Wei's brother-in-law, named Zhao An, Zhao An is from Xingyang, but Xingyang is more prosperous than Hu County, and the price of land and shops is much more expensive.
A few days ago, Zhao An took a fancy to this store, the location and price were just right, so he went to Shangyang Academy to find Hu Wei, and Hu Wei accompanied him to see the store again, after all, buying a property is a big deal, you have to be cautious, and after looking at it twice, you finally decided to buy this store.
The money and everything were ready, Zhao An wanted to come with Hu Wei, but unfortunately he had an illness, although it was not serious, but he couldn't toss, for fear that the original owner would sell the store, so Zhao An asked Hu Wei to come alone, he waited for the illness to get better, and immediately rushed over.
Zhao An didn't know that Hu Wei had a lawsuit, he saw that the door of the store was open, but Hu Wei was not there, but there was an official sitting inside who was drinking and burping, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.
The head catcher also saw Zhao An, he snorted, burped, waved outside, and shouted: "Do you know Hu Wei, if you do, come in and talk!" ”
When Zhao An heard the word Hu Wei, he was stunned for a moment, and thought: "When did my brother-in-law get involved with the government, and this official errand is from the Huxian Yamen?" Could it be that there was trouble when the store was transferred? ”
Worried, Zhao An entered the gate and said: "This errand official, the villain knows Hu Wei, he is the villain's brother-in-law, and the villain is his brother-in-law!" ”
"Ah, you're his brother-in-law, that's right, what's your name?" The headcatcher asked.
"The villain's name is Zhao An, dare to ask the official what to call him, do you know my brother-in-law, I don't know where he is?"
The head catcher laughed twice and said: "I am the head catcher of Huxian County, your wife and brother Hu Wei ate a lawsuit and was arrested and put in prison, he killed a person and cut off the person's head, leaving only a headless corpse, the government issued a notice, and the city gate was also posted, did you see it when you entered the city?" ”
Zhao An was taken aback, almost unsteady on his feet, his body shook, he remembered, when he entered the city, there were indeed a bunch of people gathered at the gate of the city, looking at a notice, but he had something in his heart, so he didn't care about the notice, he only knew what the headless corpse was, he was in a hurry to enter the city, but he didn't think that it had something to do with Hu Wei!
Zhao An hurriedly said: "This, is there a misunderstanding here, the villain's wife and brother are scholars, and if he wants to participate in the imperial examination in the future, how can he kill people, and he will not destroy his future!" ”
The head catcher snorted and said, "It was a person named Feng Chuang who sued him!" After that, he pointed out the direction to Zhao An and told Zhao An where Feng Chuang lived.
Zhao An is a businessman, his brain is flexible, and he turns quickly, he already understands at this time that this catcher is here, it must be Hu Wei who begged him to come, and he must have promised benefits, otherwise he would be stupid and didn't know about it, of course the benefits must be given, Hu Wei is still in prison, and the money will be given to him by himself.
Zhao An said: "The villain is from Xingyang, and I don't know the facts of Huxian County, and I hope that the head catcher will tell me that the head catcher is worried about my wife and brother's affairs, and the villain should have wine money to offer!" ”
The head catcher smiled and said the amount of money, the benefits of ten yuan are really a lot, so he no longer cares about Zhao An asking for more than one share.
Zhao An was taken aback again, but he couldn't be stingy at this time, knowing that the other party was a lion with a big mouth, he could only admit that he was unlucky.
So, the head catcher told Zhao An what happened, and promised to take Zhao An to the prison, the prisoner's family visit the prison, this kind of thing, it can't be stopped, the head catcher took the initiative to mention it, it can be regarded as a favor.
Of course Zhao An agreed, and followed the head catcher to the county prison, and after entering the dark cell, Zhao An saw Hu Wei, and saw Hu Wei wearing a hair and sitting in a pile of thatch, his face was gray, but he hadn't seen him for a few days, and he almost couldn't recognize him.
Zhao Anxin was extremely painful, he had always been very good to Hu Wei's brother-in-law, as if he were his own brother, is this still his high-spirited brother-in-law.
He leaned on the railing and shouted, "Da Lang, what's wrong with you, why did you get a life lawsuit?" ”
Hu Wei finally saw his relatives, he called his brother-in-law, and also threw himself on the railing, telling him what had happened, saying that he had been wronged.
Zhao An absolutely believed that Hu Wei was wronged, because the more than 100 taels of silver he gave to Hu Wei, it was his savings for many years, and the money used to buy the store, how could it be the dirty silver that was robbed!
Zhao An said: "Da Lang, how can I save you now, do I want to sue for you to skip the level and go to the state to file a complaint for you?" ”
If the county order of Huxian County arbitrarily adjudicated, then Zhao An could only go to the state to sue and ask the assassin Shi to retry the case, otherwise Hu Wei would not be unjustly killed!
Hu Wei said: "That's not necessary, I haven't been officially passed over yet, which means that the head of the corpse has not been found, so there is no need to skip the level to sue for the time being." Brother-in-law, you help me go to Shangyang Academy and find a person named Li Rizhi, he is the nephew of Zheng County Ling in Xingyang, you tell him about my situation, and let him find a way to help me! ”
Zhao Anqi said: "You still have the nephew of the county order as a classmate, but unfortunately this is Huxian, not Xingyang." Okay, then I'll go now, call Li Rizhi, right! ”
Zhao An said goodbye to Hu Wei, hurried out of the city gate, and rushed to Shangyang Academy.