In the lobby of Yanggu County, Jiang Zhixian looked at Mrs. Hu who was crying in the hall, and secretly laughed in his stomach, saying that this woman is really unorthodox, how can there be a complaint without a lawsuit and cry all the time. Reluctantly listened to her tell the ins and outs of the matter, Jiang Zhixian looked angry, patted the case, and said: "What a Diao Min Longwu, he dared to come to the door to bully people, left and right, go and take this person with me." ”

Saying that, he said to the official Nunu next to him, and the official understood it, and he also put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance to lead the order.

Jiang Zhixian said gently: "Mrs. Hu, don't be sad, when you take this person, the official will make a clear decision." ”

Mrs. Hu can be regarded as having found the organization, but she feels that the grievances she has suffered in the past two days can no longer be suppressed, and her heart is agitated, and she cries loudly, looking like a handful of snot and tears...... Scary. Jiang Zhixian frowned when he saw it, and became more and more impatient in his heart, if it weren't for Hu Dahu, who was also a prominent figure in the local area, he would have forked her out.

Half an hour later, Mrs. Hu's tears gradually decreased, but the resentment in her heart became higher and higher, looking back at the outside of the hall, the official who went to arrest people was still nowhere to be seen, and she became anxious, and said to Jiang Zhixian: "My lord, Long Wu is cunning and cunning, I heard that they are all gathered in the martial arts gambling house on weekdays, please be careful." ”

Jiang Zhixian nodded and said, "Madam, please rest assured, I will definitely make decisions for you today." ”

After waiting for a long time, the officials who arrested the people hurried back, and they were sweating profusely one by one, and they ran to the hall to say: "My lord, the little ones searched all over Yanggu City, but they didn't find any trace of Long Wu. ”

Jiang Zhixian: "Oh? sighed and said, "Have you gone to the samurai gambling house?" The officials nodded their heads and replied that they had all been there.

Jiang Zhixian looked at Mrs. Hu in embarrassment and said: "Madam, if it weren't for the negligence of the county's subordinates, they wouldn't be able to convict if they couldn't find Long Wu, but don't worry, Madam, I'll ask them to step up the search, and then summon Mrs. when they find Long Wu's own county." ”

Mrs. Hu was willing to follow and said: "My lord, Long Wu must be hiding in the martial arts family, they have a nest of snakes and rats, not to mention that this matter is also because of Jin'er, and the adults will send someone to the martial arts family to capture Jin'er." Please also ask the adults to send an official document to arrest the fugitive Long Wu! ”

Jiang Zhixian's face sank: "Is Mrs. teaching this county to handle cases?" Long Wu was a suspect, how could he send an official document to take him, and before the case was revealed, how could the county make a vain assertion! As for Jin'er's matter, are you suing Wu Daqiang to rob your slave? ”

Why is Mrs. Hu getting more and more wrong when she hears this? However, he didn't dare to sue Wu Daqiang to rob Jin'er, after all, he was at fault in this matter first, and if everything was clear, he would have broken the law. Just as he was hesitating, Jiang Zhixian slowed down his tone again and said, "Mrs. Hu, please rest assured, this county will step up the search for Long Wu and give Mrs. an explanation as soon as possible." After saying this, the officials on both sides shouted, "Leave the court!" ”

Mrs. Hu was stunned by Jiang Zhixian's soft and hard tricks and suddenly walked out of the lobby, only then did she come back to her senses, dare to be the same as her father-in-law? It seems that this Jiang Zhixian is clearly shielding Wu Da, and he can't find Long Wu, is this obviously a common procrastination trick in officialdom. I'm afraid that even if they walk across from Long Wu, they will pretend not to recognize him. Knowing that if Long Wu was not found, there would be no way to decide the case, and he also said to the old lady that he was high-sounding, and he spit out at the gate of the yamen, and he couldn't do anything for a while, so he had to take his subordinates back first and then discuss.

A few days later, Yanggu City suddenly boiled, and it was said that a post report came, and a plague broke out in Jiangnan. Those who had good things went to the county government to inquire, but they were all blocked by spreading rumors, and they went all over the streets to arrest the people who spread rumors. But the government made such a fuss, and the news spread more and more, too, if it was really a fictitious thing, why bother to block everyone's mouth with such fanfare. I'm afraid it's a strict order from the imperial court, so as not to make people panic. After a few days, a few guests with Jiangnan accents appeared on the street, who knew that the next day, these people would be nowhere to be found, so the news of this expulsion from the government spread even more everywhere. In the teahouse restaurant, everyone seems to have just returned from Jiangnan, talking about saliva flying and eyebrows dancing. What state capital is already unpopulated, and what Yangtze River south is already starving. The speaker's tongue and lips burned, and the listeners all nodded and lamented.

A few days later, some people who went to the Grand Canal Wharf suddenly found that an unusually gorgeous two-story boat was docked at the wharf, and some people found that there was a richly dressed six-fingered middle-aged man on the bow of the ship. This Ye Yuanwai is not the kind of cheap outsider who is called casually, he was indeed a member of the imperial court, and later resigned and returned to his hometown, starting a business, the Ye family is a huge family, and the last generation also had a noble concubine, which is also a relative, as for the good officials in the court, there are countless good officials, so Ye Yuanwai's business is smooth, it is said that the family wealth has been tens of millions, it can be said that it is the first giant in the Great Song Dynasty, and the business is all over the south of the Yangtze River, I heard that it has been done overseas barbarians. And Ye Yuanwai's biggest business is heard to be the medicinal herb business, and now there is a plague in Jiangnan, who is this six-fingered old man Ye Yuanwai? It must be that the medicinal materials in the south of the Yangtze River are exhausted, and they came to the north to collect medicinal materials. This news spread all over Yanggu for a while.

In the courtyard of the martial family, Wu Zhi gathered the five maidservants in the courtyard, and glanced at them one by one for a while, seeing that all the maidservants were up and down in their hearts, although the usual Wu Zhi was always kind to them, and the image of the first bully in Yanggu in the legend of the rivers and lakes was far away, but the hearts of these maids were fake if they were not afraid of him. At this time, he didn't look at him, he just looked at himself, and his heart was beating even faster, I don't know if there is something wrong with the martial arts officials to find their own bad luck.

Fortunately, Wu Zhi just said coldly, "From today onwards, no one is allowed to leave the martial arts family without my order." Then he turned and went into the inner hall. Although the maidservants didn't know why the martial arts officials suddenly came to such a rule, after all, the rules of the martial arts family are still very loose on weekdays. But all the women were still relieved, after all, they were not looking for trouble for themselves, as for this rule, some big families already had such rules. Only Magnolia was a little absent-minded, not knowing what she was pondering.

Jin Lian and Jin'er were chatting there, and when they saw Wu Zhi coming in, they hurriedly stood up. Wu Zhi smiled and waved his hand, "Our family doesn't have so many rules, you talk about yours." The second daughter smiled, Jin'er also knew that Wu Zhi's temperament was the most peaceful after these days, and sometimes I thought that this brother-in-law was fierce and vicious in the legend outside, and I heard that some people used Wu Da to scare children with this classic line. I don't know if the smiling brother-in-law in front of me is really that scary.

The second daughter sat down and continued to talk about the topic just now, Wu Zhi who listened to it next to him was amused, the topic of the two was similar to the topic of those aunts hundreds of years later, what are the children of whose family are so naughty, whose old sow heard that she gave birth to more than a dozen piglets, and what noodles in the noodle shop on East Street are actually very unpalatable, etc.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Magnolia walked in from outside, holding a small white porcelain plate in her hand, and three cups of steaming tea on the plate, which were placed on the table, and she bowed out again.

Wu Zhi listened to her footsteps gradually moving away, hesitated for a moment, and said to Jin Lian: "Jin Lian, there is something to discuss with you. ”

Jin Lian said with a smile: "Xiang Gong has anything to say, and there is anything else to discuss with Jin Lian." ”

Jin'er next to her also smiled secretly in her heart, it seems that her brother-in-law really has nothing to say about her sister's love, and everything she does is still discussed.

Wu Zhi looked at the white phoenix jade pendant that Jin Lian had been hanging on his waist since he bought it, thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "I've been a little tight in business recently, can you lend me the jade pendant first, and I will mortgage the Ma family's jewelry for some cash, and I can redeem it in a few days." ”

Although Jin Lian was a little reluctant, she still untied the jade pendant according to her words, handed it to Wu Zhi, and said warmly: "Xiang Gong take it, Jin Lian's things are Xiang Gong's, Xiang Gong doesn't have to bother explaining anything to Jin Lian, Jin Lian listens to Xiang Gong for everything." Jin'er next to her asked, "Brother-in-law, what business are you doing?" I heard that you have a lot of money now, why did you make such a fuss that you want to mortgage something? ”

Although Jin Lian also showed a look of concern, she still pulled Jin'er and said, "Don't ask, your brother-in-law's matter is not for us women to ask, don't annoy your brother-in-law." Jin'er pouted and stopped talking.

Wu Zhi sighed, thought for a while, and said, "I've been busy with a big business recently...... Wait a minute" Speaking of this, he stood up, opened the curtain and looked around, closed the door tightly, and then came to the window and opened the window to look out, and caught a glimpse of a dark shadow under the window out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but put a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't make a sound, just slowly closed the window.

Jin Lian looked at his nervous appearance, and couldn't help but say: "Since the matter of Xianggong is confidential, don't talk about it, there are many people, and it is not beautiful to leak it out." Jin'er also nodded.

Wu Zhi smiled and said, "It's okay, we're all our own people." As long as it is not heard by the next generation. I just have nothing to do, so I'll tell you, you should know about the Jiangnan plague, right? Jin Lian wondered, "Is this true?" Isn't the government catching rumor-mongers? ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Naturally, it's true, otherwise, there wouldn't be this big opportunity for us to develop." He kept laughing and laughing, looking very proud.