The rain came and went as fast as it came, and around dawn it stopped its momentum. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info It wasn't until he couldn't hear the sound of the rain hitting the wooden basin that Fan Jin really fell asleep peacefully. But he didn't sleep long before he was woken up by a sharp knock on the door.

It was his mother who woke him up from his dream, and behind his mother, there was a man in his forties with a panicked face. "Cousin, why did you come here from Dafanzhuang? If it's for the ancestral hall, it's too urgent, right? ”

The person who came was Fan Da, the eldest son of Fan Changwang, the head of the Fan family, and he was also the best candidate for the first place in the future Dafan Zhuang. He was far less shrewd than his father, and he was not calm enough, perhaps because he was in a hurry, or because he was anxious, his head was already covered with beads of sweat, and he rubbed his arm violently, and said:

"Woe to you, brother! I knew that the ancestral hall would not collapse for no reason, and sure enough, this did not see that disaster was coming. We're in a lawsuit for human life, this is not good, it's going to be bankrupt! ”

When Fan Jin heard the word "human life", his expression perked up, and he hurriedly said: "Cousin, sit down, and when the younger brother pours this water, we will talk again." ”

"I will pour this water, and the brother will move. You house...... Don't worry, as long as this disaster passes, within two days, I will rebuild your house without you having to pay a penny for materials. ”

Fan Jin waited until Fan Da came back again before asking, "What happened?" I just woke up, and I didn't really hear it, why did I make some deaths? Who in the village was drunk and beat and killed? ”

"If that's the case, I'm not so anxious, it's really a disaster from heaven. Aunt Xiaoqi, she ...... She hanged herself in front of my house. ”

The size of Fan Zhuang is close, and Fan Jin is no stranger to the matter of the little seventh sister-in-law. She is a woman who fled the famine to Dafanzhuang, and was taken in by Fan Changgen, an old bachelor in Dafanzhuang, and later became his wife. Fan Changgen was not young at that time, he was very happy and sad, the two became husband and wife, but before they could give birth to children, the little seventh sister-in-law became a widow.

Under Fan Changgen's name, there were originally ten acres of land, and relying on these fields, the little seventh sister-in-law could barely make ends meet. However, soon after Fan Changgen's death, Fan Changwang convened a meeting of the clan elders to dispose of Fan Changgen's land in the name of Fan Changgen's no queen, Xiaoqi's sister-in-law who was young and could not keep it for a long time, and could not take away the Fan family's property if she remarried in the future. These ten acres of good paddy fields are determined to be clan fields and belong to the whole clan.

This kind of thing that harms a person and benefits the whole clan will naturally not be objected to, so under the premise of Xiao Qi's sister-in-law's crying and opposition, the whole clan voted to pass and classify Xiao Qi's land as public ownership. Because the little seventh sister-in-law herself is not a person surnamed Fan, she can only enjoy a meager monthly ration, and she also needs to participate in labor.

In the clan society, this kind of desperate thing is not uncommon, and there is no one in the little seventh sister-in-law's family, of course, she can't fight. went to the county to sue the official, but the government didn't even bother to ask, but just sent it back to the township to break it, and in the end it didn't break any reputation. For this matter, the little seventh sister-in-law often went to the patriarch Fan Changwang to make trouble, and was beaten several times, it is said that people have also become crazy, always saying that Hong Zongjia took advantage of her but refused to stand up for her, is a beast or something like that. In short, this kind of crazy woman's slander of Zong Jia is not credible, and no one will listen to it.

The government doesn't call the shots, and everyone in the clan is vying to say that she is wrong, and for a foreigner woman, there is nothing to do but make trouble. Fan Changwang is also a loyal character, every time the seventh sister-in-law comes to make trouble, she only lets the women in the family go out to fight, and never lets dogs bite people. The little seventh sister-in-law made trouble a few times, and people have long been accustomed to it, but they didn't expect that this time the trouble would kill someone, which is a great event.

Although there is a saying that officials do not go to the countryside, this only means that under normal circumstances, once the tax force cannot be levied on time, or there is a big case, the officials will still get a license ticket to go to the countryside. These people are like wolves and tigers, and everywhere they go they are always catching chickens and pigs, and the widows of fine grains are not spared. Man-made disasters are comparable to natural disasters such as typhoons and floods, and they are overwhelmed in the countryside. What's more, homicide cases have always been an opportunity for three shifts and six houses to make a fortune, if the support is not good, I am afraid that it is not just around the corner. The Fan family did not have a scholar to negotiate with the county, and Fan Da came here to ask for a rescue.

"You know, I'm useless, I can't even speak when I see the official, how dare you let me reply. Brother, although you have no fame, you are a scholar, and your brain is flexible and you can speak well, and Daddy said that if you want to negotiate with those officials, you can only rely on you in the end. Brother, you must help with this favor, Mr. Hong has been looking for our shortcomings recently, hoping to extort our Fan clan, if there is no competent person to help us this time, we will have to suffer a lot. ”

Fan Jin was unhurried and did not have the slightest anxiety. "Cousin, I understand what you said, but you also know that I am a white body, and it is inconvenient to reply in front of the master. Besides, Hong Zongjia and other murderers have never come to offend me, if I go to provoke him, I will be hated by him, and the little brother is afraid that he can't afford to provoke him. Besides, the villagers in Dafanzhuang have a lot of complaints about me, and whoever loses a chicken or a dog doesn't come to ask me. If I come out with this, but it is not to your liking, and it ends up on me, is it not asking for trouble? In my opinion, Zhiwenxian's nephew has the best knowledge, good character, and has passed the county exam, and has a teacher-student friendship with the grandfather. ”

"Brother, it's important to save your life now, even if we have some suspicions, we always have a surname, you can't see death without help. What kind of temperament is your nephew, you still don't know? Three sticks down. I may not be able to scream, I'm afraid it's useless than me when I meet an official, and if you want to save your life, it's only you. And for the sake of our can't write two examples in one stroke, don't die without help, no matter what the final outcome of the matter is, I guarantee that no one blames the virtuous brother. ”

Fan's mother also said at this time: "Jin Zai, what your cousin said is reasonable, our surname Fan always has to help the surname Fan, and we can't let outsiders see jokes." Go and see, if you can say anything, no one can blame you for anything. ”

"Since the mother has a life, the son dare not listen. But cousin, it rained again yesterday, and the road was really muddy and difficult to walk, and the younger brother's shoes had just been changed, and after waiting for them to dry, he would make a decision. ”

Fan Da didn't say a word, and lowered his body, "Brother Xian, things don't wait for anyone, you go up to your brother's shoulder, and your brother will take you to Dafanzhuang." ”

Fan's mother saw Fan Da carrying her son out of the door, rushing out, and suddenly chased to the door and shouted: "Dry food!" Jinzai, you haven't brought dry food yet. ”

After a while, Fan Da's voice came, "Auntie, there is no need to rush about dry food, the virtuous brother will eat in the village, and then let someone send a meal to the aunt's house, and the virtuous brother will not be wronged." ”

Mother Fan smiled slightly, turned around and closed the door, and said to herself: "It's really an eyes-opener, and the gang of people in Dafanzhuang also have today!" If you dare not entertain my son well, this life lawsuit will make him bankrupt and his family ruined. However, the matter involves Mr. Hong, it is really difficult to handle, it is a ruthless character who eats people and does not spit out bones, and I don't know if Jin Zai can cope with it. ”