"Li Laoshi, the official asked you, is there a woman named Qiu Niang in your village?" Meng Yan asked.

"Yes, yes, there are three people in this village called Qiu Niang, one is just Jilu, one is the villain's aunt, and the other is the widow of the Touye family in the east of the village." Li Laoshi hurriedly explained.

"Bring Po up!" Meng Yan waved his hand.

"Let's go, go over!"

A five-foot-tall, thirty-year-old, round-faced man in a gray cotton robe, with a scripped beard, was pushed in front of everyone.

"Bao, didn't you go into the city to kill pigs, how did you ......?"

"Village elder, I actually went to report the crime, and killing pigs is an excuse." Ah Bao smiled.

"Ah Bao, you came to sue the official, how did you find the suspected traces of Mrs. Tang's mother and son?" Meng Yan asked.

"Big man, the villain doesn't know who the mother and son are, but they heard from the strong son of the same village that the government is wanted for a mother and son......"

"Bao, you can't talk nonsense, this Ye family is ......"

"So, did you see the mother and son faint in front of the Ye family?" Meng Yan asked.

"Yes, the big man, that little boy is carved in pink, very cute, and at first glance he is a child of a big family!"

"What else do you see?"

"I also saw Yu Niang open the door and come out, helped the woman in, and the little boy also went in together, and then I remembered Qiangzi's words, saying that the government was looking for another pair of mother and son, and the person who provided the information had a bounty of fifty taels of silver!" When Po said silver, his eyes shone greedily.

"So, this mother and son are in the Ye family now?" Father-in-law Xi was overjoyed, as long as he found Mrs. Tang's mother and son, then he would have made a great achievement.

"Bao, what nonsense are you talking about, you must have read it wrong. Don't believe him, my lord, this kid loves to lie......"

"Shut up, the official didn't ask you!"

"Big man, the villain really didn't lie, when he was a child. That's not to deceive the adults to eat a little, to deceive the lord, that's to hit the board, look at my fine skin and tender meat, how can I eat and fight? ”

"Well, this official forgives you and don't dare to lie, come here, go to the Ye family in the east of the village!" Meng Yan shouted.

Originally, it was planned to be a door-to-door search, but now the focus is on the Touye family in the east of the village. A group of people marched towards the Ye family!

"Surround the Ye family, you are allowed to enter but not to go out!"

"Whoa!"

"Liang Song, don't say that this official won't give you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, knock on the door!" Meng Yan waved his hand lightly.

"Yes, sir!"

"Wait a minute, Liang Song, it's good that we're here to arrest the Qin criminals, but we can't disturb the people. Even if the Ye family took in Mrs. Tang's mother and son, it was a kind of pity for the weak without knowing it. This is human nature, so later, your attitude is a little better, don't scare people! ”

Liang Song was just about to order his subordinates to slam the door when he heard this sound. His face changed suddenly, and he was almost about to get into trouble.

"Lord Meng loves the people, our family admires it!" Xi Ning praised hehe.

"I like my father-in-law to praise it, we who are officials, take the court's money. Naturally, we have to do things for the court, and the people call us parents officials, what is the attitude of parents towards their children, and what attitude do officials have towards the people? Meng Yan said.

"If all the officials in the world think like Lord Meng, then the holy country and society will be as stable as a mountain."

"Who?"

"This is the Ye family?"

"Yes, who are you looking for?"

"Madame's name is Qiu Niang?"

"You guys are ......" A woman in her thirties put on a robe, opened the courtyard door, walked out, and saw a circle of people standing in front of her house, she was a little overwhelmed by the fright, and she couldn't say anything.

"Qiu Niang, they are Jinyi guards from the capital, and they are arresting the imperial court, don't be afraid." Village Lao Li honestly stepped forward and explained.

"Qiu Niang has seen the village elder!"

"Qiu Niang, have you ever seen this woman?" Liang Song stepped forward, took out the portrait of Mrs. Tang, and unfolded it in front of Qiu Niang.

Qiu Niang looked at the person on the portrait, as if she had been electrocuted, and quickly denied it: "The little woman has not seen it, I have not seen it." ”

"You lied, you have seen, this morning, right in front of your house, this woman with a four-year-old boy, the woman fainted at your door, the boy sat on the side and cried, and then you heard it, and you came out to check, and saw the woman lying on the ground, and you saved people, am I right?"

"Sir, the little woman really doesn't know that she is a prisoner!" Qiu Niang's frightened face turned pale, and she knelt on the ground with a pop.

"So, you did save a woman who fainted in front of your house?" Liang Song heard this and said with great joy.

"Yes, early this morning, at dawn, the little woman heard the sound of a child crying outside, so she got up and came out, opened the door and looked, and saw a big boy, covered in mud, and a lady, lying prone on the ground not far from my door, I went up to see, it turned out that she was fainting, this woman with a child, thought that it should not be a bad person, so I helped the person into the house, fed her half a bowl of warm water, she woke up, told the little woman, she took the child and separated from her husband, did not know the way, was cold and hungry, and fainted!"

"What about people, where is this woman?"

"When she woke up, the little woman boiled some porridge and ate it, and then asked for some cakes, and went away with the child, saying that she was going to her husband."

"Gone?"

"Yes, the lord doesn't believe it, you just go in and search, my house is such a big place, can you still hide two big living people?" Qiu Niang said.

"My lord, what now?" Liang Song didn't dare to make decisions on his own, so he ran to Meng Yan and asked for instructions.

"If you don't search, you won't feel at ease, since you're here, let's search it, but, don't mess up people's homes, you can't find anyone, everything has to be returned to the official property, hear clearly?" Meng Yan glanced at Liang Song coldly and said.

"Hear me." Liang Song nodded, he was afraid that Meng Yan would not agree with him to search the Ye family, but he just didn't mess up, and let people be careful.

"Also, if you break something, you have to compensate, you pay it yourself, but it can't be counted on the head of the official!"

"Yes. Master Meng! ”

"Go ahead!"

"Go in and search!" Liang Song waved his hand and led people into the Ye family's courtyard.

"Big lord, where's the villain's reward?" The greedy Po couldn't help but ask.

"Xiaochao, give him five taels of silver and send him away!" Meng Yan raised his hand and commanded.

"Sir, isn't it fifty taels?"

"It's to provide information. And it is confirmed to be true, there is only a bounty of fifty taels, although you have provided information, but it cannot be confirmed that it is true, at most it is only suspicious, we have not seen the prisoner to be arrested, it is good to give you five taels of silver, and then there is an opinion, there is no one or two silver! Guo Xiaochao snorted coldly.

"Nope. No, the villain has no opinion, no opinion! Ah Bao's frightened head shrank, how dare he have any more opinions.

"Take the money and fuck off!" Guo Xiaochao threw a silver ingot to him and waved his hand.

"Thank you, thank you, sir!"

"Captain, there is no bedroom!"

"Captain, there is no ...... in the kitchen"

"Captain. There is no ......"

"Qiu Niang, do you have a cellar at home?"

"Yes. If there is no cellar, the vegetables stored in this autumn will not survive the winter at all. Qiu Niang said.

"Can you show us there?"

"Right in that room, turn left when you enter the door, move the table away, and the entrance is below." Qiu Niang said.

"Check it out!" Liang Song waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to go over again.

"Qiu Niang. With such a big yard, you live alone? ”

"And the little woman's son, who went to study in the village." Qiu Niang replied.

"Two people?"

Yes, the little woman's husband had died of illness the year before, and her parents-in-law had also passed away. Fortunately, my husband left some meager property on his ancestors, otherwise the little woman may not be able to continue with food and clothing! Qiu Niang said that she was sad, and couldn't help but secretly wipe the corners of her eyes.

"Lord, Qiu Niang's husband is the most knowledgeable person in the village, and he would have had the opportunity to win a fame, who would have thought that a disease would kill him, and the sister-in-law of the Ye family is really pitiful, if it weren't for the meager property in the family, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to live it a long time ago." Village Lao Li sighed honestly.

"But someone bullied them orphans and widows?"

"The sister-in-law of the Ye family is young, and the family still has a slight property, which is naturally targeted by some scoundrels, but the sister-in-law of the Ye family has a good character, how can she pay attention to those people, not to mention, if she remarries, her reputation will be gone, hey......"

"Can't she remarry?"

"Master, it's not impossible to remarry, her father-in-law and mother-in-law have gone, but the Ye family is unwilling."

"That's right."

"It's hard Qiu Niang, the Ye family is staring at her thirty acres of paddy fields, and she can't afford to farm, so she can only rent to others and collect some rent, although her life is not rich, but she can still get by, just for a child to study, it will be more difficult."

"The official sees that she still has a loom at home, does she still spin and weave cloth?" Meng Yan asked.

"Well, in our village, this is ingenious, and none of them can compare to Qiu Niang, otherwise Ye Xiucai would not have married her back then."

Meng Yan nodded, ingenious, gentle, kind, and virtuous, is there a more perfect wife in this world?

"It's also thanks to Qiu Niang who gave birth to a son to Ye Xiucai, if this is a girl, I'm afraid she would have been taken away from the land by the same sect and driven out of the house." Li said honestly.

"The people of this Ye family are too unreasonable!" Leng Feng sighed angrily.

"Master, it is difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, and the Ye family is the largest family in this village except for my Li family." Li honestly explained.

"Leng Feng, we don't have to worry about other people's family affairs."

"Yes, sir!" Leng Feng pursed his lips, although he didn't think so, but since Meng Yan said it, he couldn't insist on anything.

"Captain, the cellar is empty, nothing has been found." Soon, the people who went to the cellar to check came out.

"Lord Meng, that Qiu Niang said that people have left, and someone should see it, do you want to find the villagers and ask them one by one?" Liang Song ran to Meng Yan and bowed.

"Father-in-law, what do you think?"

"This investigation is Master Meng's specialty, but our family doesn't understand this, you can decide." Xi Ning smiled and kicked the ball back.

"Village elder, gather the villagers, see who sees Mrs. Tang's mother and son leaving, and the official who provides the information will be rewarded!" Meng Yan turned his head and instructed Li honestly.

"Master, I'm afraid that the convening will not be complete for a while, and many people have not come back from working in the fields!" Li was honest.

"Then call someone to the field and shout, it's not far away, right?"

"Not far away, not far away......" (To be continued......)