Li Qian only killed one of the murderers who kidnapped Zijin Zipei at the scene, and the remaining three were naturally thrown into the county jail.

Although it is illegal to commit murder, Li Qian's behavior can be regarded as legitimate defense, just say that it is the gangsters who rebel violently, and he can kill people by mistake------ in the Ming Law, for a small thief, killing by mistake on the spot is "not to mention", not to mention this kind of human robbery?

In a corner of the courtyard, under the shade of a tree, Li Qian and Xu Jie were talking in a low voice.

"They're hired?"

"Confession."

"Heh, outlaws are scared sometimes?" Li Qian sneered, and then said lightly: "Then let's start." ”

Then, Li Qian whispered to Xu Jie before sending him away. Just as he was about to turn around and return, he saw that Menzi not far away was looking in this direction, and his face was full of hesitation.

beckoning him to step forward, Li Qian asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Young Master, it's ------" Menzi stumbled: "It's those people outside who still don't give up, and they are still guarding the door at the moment, so they point to being able to see you today." ”

"See me for what?" Li Qian frowned slightly and said, "Didn't I say it earlier, tell them that our Li family has no plans to take a concubine for the time being------"

It turned out that since the news spread that Li Qian offered a high reward just to find his two personal maids, he was instantly promoted to the first "good man" in Hangzhou, and became a good match in the hearts of many girls in the boudoir, and also became the best candidate for many families to choose a son-in-law------

Just imagine, he even treats the two little maids around him like this, if a girl from which family marries him, she will not die happily?

Of course, the marriage contract between Li Lin's two families is also well known. Everyone knows that the second son of the Li family once went out of the house to regret his marriage, and he really lost a lot of reputation for this, but he couldn't dissolve the marriage of the two families, which shows the mind of the master of the Li family.

Therefore, no one will have any thoughts, hoping to make their daughter Li Qian's wife. What's more, the Li family has a good family background, not to mention the scholarly family of three scholars, Li Qian himself is a dignified two-list jinshi, and he became famous at a young age, although he is now idle at home, but his reputation is growing day by day, and his fame is getting bigger and bigger day by day, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a good match, and the worst is still a "celebrity", and he has no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, and the situation of suffering from poverty does not exist.

However, the status of concubines is too low, and generally no one will consider giving away their yellow flower girl as a concubine except for those from small families, because that is tantamount to selling themselves into slavery.

But the Li family is different, just looking at the posture of Li Daguan who is giving up his wealth to find people, can he still be wronged by being a concubine? I'm afraid it's much better than many people's original wives------

Some people can even "draw inferences", according to which they can deduce that the Li family's father and son are connected by blood, and they should be more consistent in this regard, they are all masters who love women more------ so many people are even willing to take a step back, bluntly saying that as long as they can marry into the Li family, whoever the father and son are concubines is the same------

In the past two days, not only the courtyard of the Li family in the provincial capital has been besieged, but also the old house in Zhuangli has also blocked many matchmakers, annoying Li Jinglun and his son------ that scene is really called "the person who came to say goodbye stepped through the threshold".

Although Li Qian felt that his vanity had been slightly satisfied, he still had no plans in this regard, after all, although it was not impossible to take a concubine before marrying, he was not the kind of man who would not refuse to come. So from the very beginning, he ordered the porter to send all the people back.

However, it didn't work out.

The little guy shook his head and explained: "What do you mean, we have told those people many times, but they still don't give up, and today they still say that even if they come to the Li family to be a maid, it's ------" Saying that, he looked at Li Qian with a strange expression, and asked Xiaoyi: "Young master, do you really not think about it, do you want to recruit a few more maids back?" ”

“------”

Of course, Li Qian knew what kind of thoughts they would have when they were subordinates.

After all, marriage in this era follows the principle of matching good and low, and servants such as porters and grooms can marry a maid from the master's family as a wife, and it is the best ------ the maids in large families seem to have a low status, but in fact they are better than many girls in poor families, at least they will be much stronger than them in terms of knowledge, and they are more delicate and smart in appearance.

The more maids in the mansion, the better it is for them, but Li Qian doesn't think so.

In fact, the servants of the Li family have long been enough to call, and the work that is shared equally by everyone on weekdays is not heavy, and the subordinates can even be lazy and slippery from time to time------ which is of course also related to his easy-going personality as a master.

It is true that there are often countless beautiful girls around you, and you can't recognize all of them, generally speaking, they can make any normal man in the world feel more happy. It's just that raising such a large family does not rely on the northwest wind, but a lot of money and food------ Li Qian thinks he can't afford it.

Therefore, even if it is a maid who is given away for free, she must not accept it, otherwise she will be eaten bankrupt by so many mouths.

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The person was successfully rescued, and the reward that Li Qian promised was naturally a lot, and he gave 5,000 taels according to the reward conditions issued at that time.

The rat-faced man is very happy now, they are people who make out the wrong way and specialize in earning gray income, they have usually seen a large sum of money, but they have never received so much by themselves, which can indeed be called a windfall.

But after the money arrived, the man was in trouble for a while, where should the money be stored in order to be considered safe?

Put the family for fear of thieves, that low courtyard, for the gentleman of Liangshang, it is not difficult to turn over silently------ the best place to store it is, of course, the money in the provincial capital, there are a few big money houses with a very hard background, the credibility is still good, the money is stored in them and it will not be able to disappear out of thin air------ the key is that it is useless to put it anywhere!

After receiving the reward money, the two county officials came to the door in turn, of course, to ask for money.

The man didn't owe so many debts in the past, but now the "creditors" are too many to count. This can't be helped, who let him do some small things in the hands of officials in the past? People come to the door to collect "protection money" with a handle, does he dare not give it?

So in just two days, he lost hundreds of dollars in vain------ which was really not due to Li Qian's secret instructions, but due to the nature of the officials.

Just imagine, after a certain wandering eater under his control made a windfall and won thousands of rewards, how could they still sit down like such a bad master?

It's a trivial matter to eat and drink at the door, if you don't go along with the autumn breeze and knock on the bamboo bar, you are sorry for the tiger skin you are wearing!

The rat-faced man's name is Zhang Dashun, and he rented a small courtyard with two other well-connected idle men, so he can be regarded as settling down in Hangzhou.

The three of them didn't have any serious jobs, and the original acres of land in the family were quickly sold after they took over, and they relied on helping idlers to make a living on weekdays. If you are a little lucky, you can also pick up some loose work from the yamen or on the road, and your life is much more nourishing than that of many honest croppers.

It's just that the easier the money comes, the easier it is to spend it, and the three brothers are more or less a little drunk and gambling, so they have been able to get by for many years, and they haven't saved any family business.

Originally, Zhang Dashun still wanted to find two buddies to save people and earn the reward of 13,000 yuan, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that even if the three of them joined forces to carry out a sneak attack, I am afraid they would not be the opponents of the gang------ they are little minions, it is okay to inquire about the news on the road, and it is obviously not enough to work together to capture the murderers.

In this way, it was easier to report the letter and get the money, so he decided to go it alone. However, afterwards, he also stuffed a big red envelope for the two brothers, and invited them to drink and eat, and went to the restaurant, which should be compensated.

Although the two of them were full of complaints, they didn't say anything ugly, but it is conceivable that the two guys must be gloating about being ripped off by the officials------ it is not them who are at loss.

At the moment, Zhang Dashun's life is not easy, it is a deep frustration that he has thousands of family fortunes and is unable to protect them, and it is also the sadness of a little person like them, who has not slept well for two nights in a row.

That night, the husband and wife lay on the collapse and couldn't sleep, secretly worried about the more than 4,000 taels of silver.

"Master, why do you say you're useless? It's easy to earn back a lot of money, and before this house can be replaced, all the debt collectors will come to the door------"

"Do you think I want to do this?" Zhang Dashun interrupted angrily, and then sighed deeply: "No way! He also admits this money, and he will bully us! ”

"Or," the wife proposed, "you're going to go out early tomorrow morning to find a backer?" ”

"Do you think those people are all great and good? Worship the mountain, that also costs money! Dashun sighed again.

"What can I do?"

The wife groaned for a long time, and suddenly turned over, driving the bed to shake for a while, "There is!" ”

"What's there? If you move quietly, you can go back and press me again------"

"What? Beginning to dislike the old lady? ”

The gloomy tone made him shudder, and he hurriedly whispered: "No, I didn't mean that------"

She snorted coldly, and then continued: "Simply, you can go to Li Dashanren!" ”

"Li Dashanren?" The man was slightly stunned, and then realized that this was referring to Li Qian------ since he got the money, his daughter-in-law called Li Qian like this.

"How else do you say that you have long hair and short knowledge? How can Li Daguan be so easy to take refuge in? Not to mention that people don't look down on me, just now that he has a bad relationship with the Zhao family, we can't make this trip to the troubled waters! ”

"Are you stupid? I don't want to think about it, who is the wind outside now, can the Li family still lose? ”

"It's hard to say------"

The man was about to interject, but his wife slapped him on the shoulder with a palm, almost breaking him up------

"You let me finish talking first!"

"You say, you say ------"

"Think about it, this time you reported the letter to Li Dashanren, the Zhao family really won't be able to find it? In other words, even if we have offended the Zhao family, we haven't cleaned you up now, so we shouldn't have our hands free for the time being------"

The man was shocked when he heard this, but he heard his daughter-in-law continue: "So, you'd better point out that Li Dashan can deal with them, otherwise, our family won't be able to please them." ”

Zhang Dashun pondered carefully when he heard this, and suddenly sat up, and said with a frightened face: "Wow! Why didn't I think of that? ”

Instead, he looked at the behemoth in the darkness beside him, and said with a smile: "You are still a daughter-in-law, you are smart!" ”

"I'm ------"

In response to him, a voice of disdain was heard: "Don't you say that I have long hair and short knowledge? ”

"Is there one?"

Zhang Dashun smiled, scratched his head and said, "Daughter-in-law, you said you, why do you look so charming tonight?" ”

"Really?" In the dark, his wife asked shyly, "You didn't lie to me?" ”

"Of course it's true!" The man pounced as he spoke.

After a muffled sound, in the dark night, only a rustling sound was heard, followed by the ------ copycat version of the most primitive and beautiful notes of human beings.