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The old lady, with her younger brother, sat on the haystack in rags. ”

――Excerpt from "Ning Ze's Self-Degree Song Collection"

This is when Ning Ze later wrote his memoirs, he remembered the scene he saw at first sight when he stepped into the Temple of Wealth.

After searching for a long time in the empty and dilapidated hall, I found that there was a trembling shadow behind the statue.

It's almost June, and it's already hot, but it's still a little cold behind the statue. Li and Xiao Ning Tao sat on a wet haystack. Ning Tao was barefoot, holding his knees and looking up at the window. Mother Li was buried in the grass street, and the child was pushed down to the street barefoot, so she had to make a pair of straw shoes and put them on temporarily.

"Mother, the child is not filial, and you suffer so much!" Ning Ze walked over gently, and when he saw this scene, he was just sad, and he bent over and squatted beside his mother and said slowly. When Ning Tao saw Ning Ze, he shouted "Second Brother" and threw himself all over, and Ning Ze hugged him tightly in his arms.

Li Shi was startled at first, and saw clearly that it was his son, his eyes suddenly brightened, but for a moment, he was already full of tears, his face seemed to be crying instead of laughing, trembling and grabbing his son's arm with one hand, and gently beating his shoulder with the other, but he just sobbed silently, and his mouth couldn't help shaking.

When Ning Ze hugged his mother tightly into his arms, the Li family let out a "woo-" and cried bitterly: "Son, my mother is incompetent, I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Ning family for not keeping the foundation of our family!" ”

The desolate cry echoed in the God of Wealth Temple, and the old Niu couple couldn't bear to look at it more, and they couldn't help but hug each other and cry.

Ning Ze gently patted his mother's back and comforted: "Don't worry, mother, in ten days, we will move back to the main courtyard again." I will also take the umbrella store back, and my Ning family will never be defeated! ”

Li raised his head to look up at his son, but his delicate face was full of unprecedented tenacity and depth. When she heard her son say that he was going to move back to the main courtyard, the slightest doubt suddenly disappeared, and she sobbed with a relieved smile: "Mother believes in you, Erlang!" ”

After Li finished speaking, he reached out and slowly took out a stack of documents in his arms and handed them to Ning Ze: "His family is in a hurry today, but my mother has already collected the documents of our family's house deed, land deed and umbrella shop, you can keep it and see if there is any way to win this lawsuit!" "After that, he sighed, what is the use of these things even if they are taken secretly? He is an Oshishi, and he can swallow his whole family with one mouth. It's just a few more days, Erlang's words, can you really believe it?

Ning Ze slowly flipped through the documents, of course, there was no problem with the complete certificates. But suddenly became interested in a small stack of brand-new pages inside: "Mother, what is this?" ”

Li Shi glanced at it, although he couldn't read, but he still remembered: "Oh, this is the house that Lang Zhong opened for you when you were sick, and the price of going to get medicine." I don't know what it is, but I put it together with these documents, and I panicked, and I took it all over, and it was useless. ”

"Hehe, maybe, wait until I study it slowly." Ning Zele held it in his arms and said, "Mother hasn't eaten yet, has she?" Try my son's craft today! Haha smiled and stood up: "Old cow, go buy a pound of lamb tripe, two pounds of lamb legs, a handful of coriander, green onions, ginger ??????" He gave a lot of instructions, and asked him to prepare all the household items he needed on the stove.

When he went out, Li gave him a few hundred dollars. Seeing his son doing this, he became worried again: "You are-hey, we are reduced to this, don't be extravagant, just have a porridge to drink!" ”

"Hehe, old lady, don't underestimate Erlang, he has earned twenty or thirty yuan yesterday. Besides, let's Erlang's cooking skills, that's really, absolutely amazing! Lao Niu Lehe gave a thumbs up: "My Hun family has cooked all my life, and compared with Erlang, I only deserve to feed the dog!" ”

"You old immortal, in order to slap Erlang's ass, use me to rinse your mouth. Yes, the food I cook is only worthy of being fed to the dogs, you old dog! Sister-in-law Niu heard that her husband hurt him, and couldn't help but scold back. After scolding, he stretched out his hand and dragged the old cow to a stumble, and the couple pulled out the door.

With this scolding, the desolation of the hall disappeared, and Li laughed.

Seeing that Lao Niu and his wife were so understanding and loyal, Ning Ze was even more moved. Silently keep this kindness of suffering in mind.

At noon, Li ate the fragrant and rich lamb tripe soup, and Ning Tao took a big bite on the dry fried lamb leg, which was simply sweet like never before. Even the sister-in-law Niu who scolded her husband with half-truths and half-truths just now widened her eyes, if it weren't for seeing to believe, she wouldn't have been able to imagine that this second owner, who had come to open her mouth for dinner, would be able to make such a good dish!

Ning Ze vaguely sent two curious old ladies on the grounds of peeking at the cook on weekdays, and quickly wiped his mouth and called Lao Niu after eating: "Let's go, let's go back and see the situation, don't go wrong." Then he slipped away. Li couldn't catch up, worried, and didn't know what he was talking about.

When he went out, he handed over the prescriptions to Lao Niu and told him to find more pharmacies and compare the prices on the prescriptions. He wandered to the Tang River.

At this time, it was not time to get a real card again, and in the back office of the main hall of Huyang County, Wang Binglin, the magistrate of the county, took off his black and dull official clothes, changed into a white silk robe, and fanned the wind with a fan in his hand. The Cheng Bureau who was waiting next to him saw that the county minister was in a depressed mood, and he didn't dare to raise his voice, he knew the habit of the county minister, and gently bypassed the flower hall, to get the ancient paintings on the bookshelf and let the master play with them.

Wang Binglin has been a candidate for many years as a third-class fellow jinshi, and he was very unwilling to get this shortage in Zhihuyang County. It's just that this Huyang County is a north-south thoroughfare, with developed waterways, and there are also opportunities to get some high-ranking officials and nobles, although there are a lot of gifts, but it is not slow to get it back. Therefore, it gradually became comfortable from unevenness. It's just one thing, my wife and children are all in my hometown, leaving myself alone and working outside, and it is inevitable that I can't sleep alone.

He prides himself on being an elegant and talented person, and he is most impatient with the trivial things of the mud legs in the countryside on weekdays, the owner loses the cow, the west loses the chicken, the dog and cat fight into the village fight, the spring ploughing, the autumn harvest, and the endless taxes all year round make his head extremely big. Thanks to a good helper, that is, Chen Wenjin, the first detached officer, not only helped him keep these things in order, but also always paid a lot of filial piety to himself, and was able to monitor and monitor the deputy master book and dare not make small movements, so he had some Qingfu to enjoy.

Alas, but Chen Wenjin's family actually suffered a disaster yesterday, and an eldest son was kidnapped in the middle of the night, and I heard that there was a sharp knife inserted in the bed, which scared Chen Wenjin all over at that time.

Of course, you must be very attentive to the affairs of your own confidants. I had no choice but to work hard, arranged for the next three shifts to search for thieves, and brought the fox friends and dog friends that Chen Jinlong made on weekdays to torture them carefully, and they all complained bitterly and only said that they didn't know.

But finally asked some clues that seemed to be useful, saying that yesterday night, I followed Chen Jinlong to the bank of the Tang River to find the crazy son of the Ning family, and then somehow, after Zhang Shun, the boss of the same boat, muttered a few words in a low voice, he followed Zhang Shun to the big boat by the river, and when he came back, he smiled and carried an extra twenty-five yuan on his back. After everyone was happy for a while, they went home and never saw each other again.

Without a word, he tortured Zhang Shunyi as a boatman.

Zhang Shun and other boatmen were mentioned to the county government, and began to do something inexplicably and did not know what happened, and in Wang Binglin's majestic questioning, they cried and shouted one by one, and shouted that they were wronged. Zhang Shunyu reported, he was really embarrassed to expose the shortcomings of Uncle Abbot and hurt the face of the yamen. That Chen Jinlong Xiaoyanei heard that there were traveling guests on the ship playing chess, and insisted on going to watch the battle, but he didn't agree with each other, so he slapped someone and took away 25 yuan of money. He patted his ass and left, and the guests dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, so they had to confess their guilt and exempt them from the ship's money.

Wang Binglin listened carefully, and felt that there was nothing wrong, and he wanted to bring the passenger for questioning. Zhang Shun only said: "They are guests, and they were bored last night, so they went ashore by themselves." How dare a small one stop others? Now it's called the little one, where to find it? ”

Wang Binglin had no choice, but he wanted to make people angry, so he had to drop the tooth card, and asked people to put Zhang Shun and other cadres out of the county office, saying that they were not allowed to leave the county seat and wait for the summons at any time.

Zhang Shun and the others were beaten one by one and cried and cried for their mother, but the case was not whereabouts after all. In the face of Chen Wenjin's wailing and pleading, Wang Binglin really couldn't resist it, so he had to be patient and kind to comfort him for a long time before he had to withdraw and return to the back office.

Or that Chengju knows the height of his eyebrows, and a picture of Zhang Xuan's "Looking at the Moon" was sent to the master's eyes, but he saw that he didn't have the leisurely spirit of stretching his eyebrows and stretching out his hand to trace in the air, and he looked at it a few times and called it back. Cheng Ju's heart moved, and he bent down and smiled: "The husband has been working hard for a long time, I'm afraid I haven't been out for a few days, right?" "I changed it to tea soup again.

Wang Binglin lowered his eyebrows and said nothing, picked up the tea bowl and took two sips lightly before making two "uh-huh" sounds from his throat. I don't know if I'm clearing my throat with tea, or if I'm agreeing to the Bureau's questioning.

Cheng Ju said with joy on his face: "It's so hot these days, it's time for Xiang Gong to go out for a walk, or else, the small one will arrange a soft sedan chair, and when you have dinner, you can go out and defeat the heat while the moonlight?" The little dog has talked to the little one a few times, saying that the husband always goes to eat tea, and the family is a little embarrassed and can't lift his spirits! ”

The little dog is Ma Boliu, who carries a teapot at the east gate of Huyang County, and the person who serves at home is Wang Binglin's concubine Zhang Cuier.

It is said that the prostitutes of the Great Song Dynasty are distinct, those who sing and dance and only accompany them to eat, drink and play are called prostitutes, and those who stack beds and wait for Han are called prostitutes. Prostitutes are also called tricks, they have received a license from the government, and they can enter and leave any place in a righteous and bright light. If it is a wealthy state or county, you can also use the money to raise some kaki and put them in the tile shop, and the old men with official status can also be recruited at any time, singing songs and playing kites, fighting chess and horses.

However, Wang Binglin, the county magistrate in such a situation, the court is not allowed to bring his family members to take office. What's the use of that unreadable wax fruit? The key is to be able to extinguish this evil fire in your body.

The county magistrate is also a person, how can there be no vulgar music? You have to be elegant, and you can't be coquettish, right?

There is a way that a strong dragon is also afraid of the head snake, Chen Wenjin is a charge, and I don't know how many county magistrates have used this trick, Wang Binglin has not been in office for a long time, he was joined by the outside of this bureau, and Chen Wenjin was pimped. It was Zhang Cui'er, the private prostitute at the east gate of the city.

The weather is hot and sultry, life is boring, troubles are on the mind, and sperm is on the brain.

Alas, it's really a bad thing, and this is the only one that can beat the heat. Wang Binglin took two or three breaths, and finally responded lightly: "Well, you can arrange it." ”