The First Arrival Chapter 12: The Aquatic and the Two Girls (2)
"The tea is so hot, you want to burn me to death!"
"Ah......h
"Haha...... It's really cheap! ”
"Second girl......" Shui Sheng was immediately furious when he saw the situation in the hall.
The sons of the Li family sat in the hall, and the two girls poured tea and water for them like a maidservant. One person thought that the tea she poured was too hot, and he actually splashed it on her body with his backhand, which made the second girl "hiss" and moaned, but she didn't dare to have a trace of anger.
Shui Sheng couldn't bear it anymore and rushed up to check the second girl's injuries.
Seeing that Shui Sheng came to the door again, the Li family sneered: "Okay...... You've really come to the door, do you have so much money to ransom people......"
"Give...... And her two children, I'm going to take them with me......" Shui Sheng was busy wiping the wounds of the second girl, and when he heard that they were asking for money, he threw away a burden he was carrying without thinking.
Syllable......
The burden threw an arc, and then hit the ground heavily, and the gold inside was scattered out, and the yellow eyes were dazzling.
"You kid robbed? There is so much money! The Li family was surprised, but their hands and feet were not idle, and they quickly stepped forward to pick up the burden.
"Ahem!"
"Daddy! I'm just going to pick it up and give it to you! As soon as he heard Li Laohan's cough, the Li family was like a mouse meeting a cat, and he cowered and spit out the food in his hand.
"Hmm. I said that ten gold can take this mourning star away. You're really a lover, so willing. You two can go......" Li Laohan changed his words, "However, I didn't say that I could take the two children with me." After all, they are my grandchildren, how can I give up ......"
"How much does it cost?" Shui Sheng glanced up at Li Laohan coldly, obviously not believing that he still had affection in his eyes.
"Look at you, it's money when you open your mouth and close your mouth. The old man spent so much thought on these two grandsons, of course he was reluctant! Li Laohan complained about the aquatic life, "If you want to take them away now, you have to give the Li family an explanation......
In this way, the eldest is six years old, and the younger is four years old. Raising them hard for a year will be worth a gold. Give you another ten gold and let you take ......"
Shui Sheng happened to have ten gold in his hand, but he thought that the previous ten gold was earned by himself, and he could use it for the second girl on his own initiative, but the remaining ten gold was borrowed by Lei Heng, whether to use it for replacement, how could he discuss it with Lei Heng again.
"Aquatic, don't hesitate, just give it to him." Lei Heng entered the hall generously and patted Shui Sheng on the shoulder to give encouragement.
Lei Heng, Zhao Hu and others actually arrived outside the hall early, but they deliberately hid their voices. He saw that Li Laohan was selling his daughter-in-law and grandson, but Shui Sheng still stuck to his original intention, and couldn't help but mention it.
Aquatic was allowed by Lei Heng, and the pressure was immediately relieved, and the big deal was as Gongzi said, he stayed by his side for the rest of his life, running errands before and after the saddle to pay off his debts.
"Ten gold is here, I want to see those two children first."
"Third child, go and bring those two boys over." Li Laohan looked at Lei Heng dressed as a weak scholar, and his sons were all here, but he was not afraid of the two of them playing tricks.
At this time, the two children of the second girl were cleaning the courtyard in the back, and when they heard the third uncle say that someone was going to buy him, he couldn't help but look forward to it and panic.
The two children, not knowing who they were waiting for, snuggled up to each other like lambs to the slaughter, and timidly entered the main hall.
"Good grandson, come on, come on, come on......" Li Laohan smiled and beckoned the two children to step forward.
The two children hesitated and didn't dare to go over, their eyes looked straight to the east of the hall, and when they saw that the second girl was also in the hall, they ran to their mother with confidence.
Li Laohan was bored with himself, couldn't help but smash his mouth, and began to chase away customers: "Okay, a nest of cheap bones, get out." ”
Shui Sheng, the second girl and her two children didn't want to stay here for a moment, and they wanted to leave together when they heard the rumors.
"Come slowly, come slowly, we are upright, and the Li family has to be interesting." Lei Heng grabbed the aquatic life. This aquatic student still has a lack of heart, don't go back to the contract of the second girl, don't write down the agreement between the two children, the Li family will sue the official accordingly, and then he will be empty of people and money.
Li Laohan's mind was guessed, but he was a little embarrassed: "It's not that I don't write with you." It's just that I don't have the four treasures of the next room at home, so if you prepare a set for the door another day, I will write it immediately......"
Lei Heng had expected that this trip would not be so smooth, but he didn't expect to be stuck here. It seems that Zhao Hu has to go out.
But where did this Zhao Hu run away with a group of officials, and entered the courtyard gate behind him, why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?
The situation suddenly reversed again, and the Li family's father and son looked down at Lei Heng and the others triumphantly.
"Yo...... Several Boss Li are here, no wonder I ran a few times and didn't find anyone. It turned out that they were conspiring at a meeting in the house......" Lei Heng just said Zhao Hu, and Zhao Hu's voice sounded outside the door. He strode down the hall, nodded slightly at Lei Heng, and then said to Li Laohan with a smile: "Li Laohan is really a believer, and he summoned all the sons to collect money." Take it out quickly, if you miss the payment time, you can only ask a few people to go to the prison and wait for the family to send money......"
Li Laohan saw Zhao Hu's methods, and he didn't dare to play tricks anymore, so he carefully accompanied the smiling face: "Master Tiger, you calculate how much money my family still lacks, and I will ask a few cubs to pool the money and hand it over." ”
Zhao Hu's right hand was slightly raised, and a servant had already taken two steps forward and sang loudly: "The Li family's grain shop should pay 6,000 yuan, and the Li family's oil shop should pay 5,000 yuan, and the Li family ...... A total of three gold should be paid. ”
"It's not expensive, is it?" Zhao Hu pretended to look left and right at will, and found that there were other people present, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Yo, these people are so tight, and they are also relatives of your family?" One...... Two...... Three...... Four...... Five...... Your family hasn't paid the money for these five people, so make up for it too! ”
"Master Tiger Mingjian, these two people have nothing to do with my family, and their money shouldn't be paid by my family!" Li Laohan pointed at Lei Heng, the two of them, and quickly cleared up the relationship.
Zhao Hu stepped forward to look at Lei Heng, glanced at Shui Sheng, nodded, and pointed to the second girl and her two children uneasily, and asked the left and right officials: "I remember that the youngest son of the Li family has a wife and two sons, but these three people?" ”
"Tiger catcher, exactly!" A handyman who pretended to be a handyman also stepped forward to take a look, flipped through the rubbings of the household register he carried with him, and nodded in reply.
"Li Laohan, what do you say?" Zhao Hu was quite dissatisfied, and his tone was much sharper, "Hou San, I deliberately don't pay taxes, how should I deal with it?" ”
Hou San, the official who had just answered, continued to explain: "According to the law, when the punishment is ten times, the mastermind will be locked up and imprisoned to await the sentence!" ”
Zhao Hu was not angry and arrogant, and said in a deep voice: "Very good, fifty yuan for one person, ten times is five hundred yuan, and a total of one thousand and five hundred yuan for three people." I don't have a lot of money, I believe the Li family can afford it, but who will go to the yamen with me? ”
"Boss, you accompany Master Hu to the yamen to make it clear." Li Laohan hurriedly kicked the middle-aged man on the side.
The middle-aged man was so frightened that he suddenly collapsed to the ground, and cried incoherently: "Don't arrest me, you can't enter the yamen, you can't get into it, you don't die and your skin will peel, they don't belong to my family, they are sold, don't count, I don't want to go to ......"
"Bastard!" Li Laohan hurriedly drank his son, but unfortunately Zhao Hu still heard it.
However, even if the Li family hid it, Zhao Hu would deliberately lead it to this. Because all this is the bureau set up by Zhao Hu to rectify the Li family.
"It looks like there's some conspiracy in there. Come on......" Zhao Hu shouted.
"The subordinates are here!" Several officials behind him answered in unison.
"You wait to find out if the Li family still has hidden people or other prohibited items. Give me a little bit of sharpness! ”
"No!" After receiving the order, the officials went their separate ways, and then there was a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping from the Li family.
Zhao Hu grinned to find a stool and sat down, closed his eyes and waited for news from his subordinates.
Li Laohan's family has long lost the arrogance and smugness they had just now, and they are like ants on a hot pot, panicked and restless.
Finally, Li Laohan gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, ran to Zhao Hu and knelt down: "Master Hu, the little old man doesn't dare to hide it, but these three people are indeed not from my family." He turned around and pointed at Shui Sheng and said, "This guy just came to ask for marriage, and the Li family also agreed to the marriage, and even took the two children to him." Don't misunderstand, Master Tiger, we will never dare to deceive you......"
Zhao Hu sneered: "It's not your family again?" You're coaxing us to play! Can you afford to delay the court's official business? ”
"How dare the villain, the villain dare!"
"Empty words! You say that they will be promised, what about the marriage certificate? What about contracts? If you dare to disrupt business again, I will take you to prison immediately! ”
"Master Tiger, you later." Li Laohan gritted his teeth and took out a rag from his arms, and presented it to Zhao Hu respectfully, "This is the original child daughter-in-law contract of the second girl, and I will hand it over to Shui Sheng in front of you." As for the contract between the two children, I wrote it immediately, and I wrote it immediately......"
"This ......" Zhao Hu frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement, "Give you a quarter of an hour, if you haven't figured it out by then, you can't blame me!" ”
"Thank you Tiger Master, thank you Tiger Master!" Li Laohan hurriedly thanked him again and again, and yelled at his sons, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and get pen and ink!" ”
The sons of the Li family found pen and ink, and Li Laohan tore off a corner of his clothes and began to write the contract.
"Today, the Li family's young daughter-in-law and two girls will be married to the aquatic life, and their two sons will pass on together. Since then, the three of them have nothing to do with the Li family, and they have nothing to do with each other! ”
Li Laohan bit his index finger, pressed his handprint at the end of the contract, and handed it to Shui Sheng.
Aquatic was pleasantly surprised, and finally married back to the second girl, so excited that he took the contract and was about to bite his finger and press the handprint.
Lei Heng grabbed him again, and then smiled at Li Laohan and said, "Since it is a marriage, why don't you see a dowry?" Could it be that the Li family is selling their daughter-in-law and grandson, and they can't buy and sell people privately! ”
According to the law of the Han Dynasty, people were not allowed to buy and sell human beings without permission, and they had to be registered with the company, of course, the bureaucratic class of the family was not subject to this restriction. The implementation of this decree varies from place to place, and the people do not raise it, the officials do not hold it accountable, and the results of the disposition can be large or small.
Lei Heng put this matter on the bright side, this is determined to send himself to prison. Li Laohan desperately pressed the anger in his heart, forced out a smile, and smiled at Lei Heng: "It's all a family, why bother to see the outside like this." Give this house to the second girl as a dowry. ”
Li Laohan turned to Shui Sheng again, and persuaded in a deep voice: "How did you settle orphans and widows in your broken cave, come and sign this contract!" ”