Liu Chaoyu was silent for a moment with a wolf ink pen in his hand, and then he started to write down a few crosses in one go on a good jade plate. As soon as he put down the brush in his hand, Wu Youhui, a Qingke beside him, couldn't help but praise loudly, "Dong Weng's cursive writing has won the three flavors of "Urgent Chapter", and only His Majesty's "Qinyuan Spring Snow" is worthy of Dong Weng's own pen." But why did Dong Weng only write this first half? If this is fully written, it should be left to future generations as heirlooms. ”

After taking the hot towel from the maid and wiping his hands clean, Liu Chaoyu's spirit when he was just writing completely dissipated, and he turned into an ordinary old man, he admired his masterpiece while smiling and said: "Use it to pass it on, the first half is enough." The second half of the que is what my family can bear, and I should cherish the blessings for my children and grandchildren. ”

Wu Youhui suddenly came to his senses, he immediately patted his mouth a few times, and then hurriedly apologized: "I was confused by Dong Weng's calligraphy for a while, and the villain got carried away..."

When Liu Chaoyu was judging his calligraphy with Qingke, someone suddenly broke into his study, which made Liu Chaoyu startled, and when he looked up, he saw that it was his third son who broke in. Looking at the panicked look on his face, Liu Chaoyu couldn't help but ask a little anxiously, "What's the matter?" What's going on out there? ”

Liu Hongzhi hurriedly replied: "The little sister of the Wang family is here, and now she is outside the mansion, the eldest brother refuses to let him in, and asks my father to save the little sister..."

Liu Chaoyu's face suddenly changed slightly, and it took a long time before he said coldly: "Their Wang family has created their own evil, is it possible that they still want to implicate my family?" ”

Seeing his father angry, although Liu Hongzhi felt breathless, but when he thought of the little sister of the Wang family outside the gate, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "This is from the father at home, married from the husband, the child is already talking about family affairs with the little sister of the Wang family, why can't you get married and protect the little sister." ”

Liu Chaoyu looked at his son's face and reprimanded him even more unkindly: "Wang Baifeng has a family relationship with Qian Muzhai, and he refuses to listen to my advice, so he has to follow others to fight against the court." Now that even Qian Muzhai refuses to speak up for him, what is the ability of a squire in my family to shelter a sinner?

As soon as Cui Chengxiu made a move, he was a desperate plan, and he turned these gentry who fought against the imperial court into traitors who responded to the Houjin army, and now His Majesty has not returned for a long time outside, and the cabinet elders are silent, who in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dares to intercede for these people? Other people's families can't even hide when they encounter this kind of thing, you're good, a little sister of the Wang family, you want to get up desperately, you don't pee to take care of yourself, can you carry it down with your bones?

The life of your little sister of the Wang family is fate, but the lives of your parents, your brothers and sisters, and your nephew and nephew are not? Kneel down for me, and you all look at him, and let him kneel for three incense sticks, and no one will let him go out until the incense is burned out..."

Liu Chaoyu angrily walked out from his kneeling son, and then someone closed the door of the study, leaving only Liu Hongzhi, who was kneeling alone in the room.

Outside the door of Liu's Mansion, Wang Zhiruo sat calmly in an oil-walled carriage, quietly watching her nurse keep coming forward and negotiating with the door of Liu's Mansion, but the other party never wanted to open the door of the mansion, just shook her head blindly.

The place where Liu's Mansion is located is Liujiazhuang in the southwest of Wuqiao County, Hejian Prefecture, and all the people in this village are the Liu family. Liu's mansion is located in the very center of the Zhuangzi, and a large compound occupies nearly a quarter of the Zhuangzi's area.

Wang Zhiruo had already noticed that since the Liu Mansion refused to allow them to enter her house, the long street in front of the Liu Mansion suddenly became deserted, as if they had become unpopular plague gods.

Wang Zhiruo's left hand tightly held a piece of green jade pendant used to hold down the skirt, and under the unconscious force, the jade pendant had left a deep trace on her palm. But the pain in her hand did not reduce the humiliation she felt in her heart by half a point, Wang Zhiruo couldn't help but hate Cui Chengxiu, who promoted land reform, and her greedy father at the moment.

Just when she was full of resentment, a sound of horses' hooves appeared on the street again, Wang Zhiruo's nurse hurriedly ran back to the side of the carriage to guard her master, while the door of Liu's mansion slipped into the small door, leaving only a gap to observe the situation outside.

Wang Zhiruo's nurse and coachman were relieved to see that it was two carriages that turned into the long street instead of officers and soldiers. The two carriages also stopped in front of Liu's house, and the young man who got off the first carriage glanced at the carriage parked in front of his house with some curiosity, and planned to go up the steps to knock on the door.

But before he started, he heard a gentle female voice calling out from behind him, "Second brother of the Liu family, the little sister is polite here." ”

Liu Hongwen subconsciously turned around and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl getting off the carriage in front of his house, he turned in his mind for a long time before he asked with some uncertainty: "Is it Zhiruo, the little sister of the Wang family?" ”

Wang Zhiruo got out of the carriage with the support of the nurse, bowed to Liu Hongwen, and begged with some panic: "Second brother save me." ”

Liu Hongwen suddenly said a little helplessly: "Get up, get up and talk, what's going on?" Didn't they come with you? ”

Wang Zhiruo simply told this brother about the changes that happened in her family in a few words, and before she could raise her head, she heard a deep voice from a strange man and said: "The Wang family is inherently guilty, but it is a bit far-fetched to talk about rebellion. ”

Wang Zhiruo was furious when she heard this, and she didn't wait to see who was speaking, so she retorted loudly: "How can my family be guilty of selling the fields with real money? Cui Chengxiu is the remnants of the eunuch party, and he has nothing to do with corruption and perversion of the law, and now he is inviting His Majesty to resurrect, in the name of land reform, plundering people's wealth and crueltying the gentry. The little woman would like to ask the gentleman on the side of the road, why is the gentry innocent and deserve this crime? ”

Xia Yunyi was speechless for a while, the girl in front of him had a beautiful appearance, and she was the bitter master of this case, and he really couldn't blame the other party with a big reason.

Liu Hongwen, who was standing next to Xia Yunyi, suddenly became a little nervous, on the one hand, he was a friend of his own family, and on the other hand, he was the leader of the young scholars in the capital, if the two sides quarreled, I am afraid that the ending would not be good. He was about to turn around, but he saw an eleven or two-year-old boy who was following Xia Yunyi step forward and said angrily.

"Then what is the crime of the common people, you people have fine clothes and food, what do you lack in your family? Why did they even take away the food ration fields that the small people relied on for their livelihood? The emperor carried out land reform, but he just wanted the people of the world to have something to eat, but you relied on your own money to buy the land first, isn't it a sin? ”

Wang Zhiruo was blocked and couldn't speak, looking at the righteous look of this young man who was a head lower than herself, she suddenly felt a little itchy.

Just when the girl and the boy looked at each other, Xia Yunyi couldn't help but reproach the young man: "Dingguo, don't be rude, back off." Before his words fell, there was a burst of applause from the side, "Well, what is the sin of this common people, they can't even support themselves." Your Majesty has pity on the people, so he wants to implement the policy of land reform for the cultivators to have their own land, and a group of gentry who enjoy the state are not as knowledgeable as a boy, is it not ridiculous? ”

Xia Yunyi, Liu Hongwen and the others turned to look, but saw three or four sergeants wearing gray coats and bearskin hats coming from the other side of the long street. Xia Yunyi is not very good, but Liu Hongwen has changed a little.

These sergeants, who wore double-breasted coats and were far from the Ming Dynasty's clothing, were the former Jinyi Guards. The clothes and trousers on their bodies were made of wool, and the reason why this kind of cloth imported from England was not loved by the Ming people was that it was not suitable for cutting into Ming people's clothing, and it was too bulky.

However, if it is made into crisp trousers, clothes with brass buttons or iron buttons, not only does it show off the figure, but it is also easy to move around, and it is extremely warm. Of course, ordinary Ming people still can't accept the emperor's aesthetics of this Western-style military uniform, so this kind of military uniform is mainly implemented in the army, especially in the new army and the brocade guard.

As for the cylindrical bearskin hats, the brass badges composed of shields and swords pinned to the hats represent the identities of these brocade guards. Although this kind of dress is not as majestic as the previous Tiqi, but the people in the capital are more afraid, and these simple brocade guards are here. Because as long as they are dispatched, it will be a big case, and it is no longer like the previous Tiqi, and it is possible that they will come out to extort.

Seeing these brocade guards appear, Wang Zhiruo was relieved, she knew that she had no way out. The only way to survive designed for her by her mother also lost the opportunity with the Liu family's closed door.

Just when she was in despair, Xia Yunyi stopped in front of her, and said with a gloomy face: "You don't look like you came with this girl?" You've been waiting here for a long time? Could it be that you deliberately let her come here, just to wipe out the Liu Mansion? ”

The second lieutenant of Jinyiwei, who led the team, did not admit it: "How come, we just passed by here by chance, but we found a family member of a criminal.

Since the Liu Mansion does not accept this girl, then we naturally want to take her back to reunite with her parents, does Mr. Xia have any different opinions? ”

Xia Yunyi had to give Liu Hongwen on the side a look, and wanted him to come forward to take the next step, after all, he was not related to this girl, and he couldn't stand out for it.

It's just that Liu Hongwen dodged Xia Yunyi's gaze a little, and just as Xia Yunyi couldn't help but say to him: "Brother Hongwen, look..."

"Our Liu family has always been loyal to Your Majesty and to the Ming Dynasty, how can we accept the daughter of a sinner. Hongwen, bring Xia Gongzi in, don't snub the distinguished guests. ”

I don't know when, the door of Liu's Mansion has been opened, and Liu Chaoyu stood on the steps and made his attitude clear to the people outside the door.

The ensign who took the lead in Jinyiwei looked at the scene in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, as if he was ridiculing these pretending readers in front of him.

Xia Yunyi glanced at the girl who was like a dead heart, and finally turned her head to the second lieutenant and said, "If I don't let you take her away, will you even arrest me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes converged on Xia Yunyi, and the second lieutenant just looked at him quietly for a few seconds before he said: "How come, the budget of our Jinyiwei Prison is also limited, and we will not invite irrelevant people in."

If Mr. Xia wants to keep her, he only needs to sign a guarantee for it. But in that case, if we need to talk to her, and you don't know where to go, sir, it's up to you to take on the responsibility. ”

Xia Yunyi was silent for a moment, then nodded at the second lieutenant and said, "Okay, I'll vouch for her..."

Wang Zhiruo looked up at Xia Yunyi, and couldn't believe that this stranger would help her. Compared with the ruthlessness of the Liu Mansion here, Wang Zhiruo finally couldn't help crying.