On the way back, Xu Mingliang couldn't help but wonder: "Why don't you kill this kind of human trafficker who has lost his conscience?" ”

Xia Qiu didn't answer him, but asked, "You said she sold more than a hundred children, where did they go?" ”

Xu Mingliang thought about it, but couldn't think of it.

"I heard that Wu Tongxing has that special hobby."

Xu Mingliang was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood, but then said: "That can't play with more than a hundred children." ”

"One, is there a difference from a hundred?" Xia Qiu was cold, and asked rhetorically: "When he was caught, the confession was made by you, Feng Yuzhu said that there were a hundred, that is, a hundred." ”

Xu Mingliang was shocked. From the severe blow in the morning to the current hundred, Lord Lu looks sick and weak, but this method and resourcefulness are far from being comparable to the previous magistrate.

He is not a self-contained, pedantic and outdated official, but is good at using stratagem and roundabout skills to play chess.

Lord Lu, it's a player.

Xu Mingliang was excited, and at the same time secretly made a decision in his heart.

Xia Qiu did what he said, and divided the gold bars in half of Xu Mingming, "This money, you use it to pay off gambling debts, and all the rest is exchanged for grain, buy the cheapest kind, and stock it up." ”

Xu Mingliang was puzzled.

Half a year later, Xia Qiu couldn't tell the truth, and even if he did, no one would believe it.

"This year, the weather is abnormal, either drought or flood, there is a very high probability that there will be a locust plague, and there will definitely be a shortage of food at that time, so you will replace it with grain and stock it up." Xia Qiu stopped and looked at Xu Mingliang seriously, "This money is the life of more than a hundred children, not for you to drink or gamble." And when there is a real calamity, thou shalt give it to the people. ”

Xu Mingliang was completely stunned, this is not the style of Xia Qiu.

"If you dare to gamble or drink, don't say that I will be unkind to you, and those hundred children will not let you go."

"Okay, okay, can't I stock up on food?" was creepy by her, Xu Mingliang was stunned, and suddenly felt that what he was holding was not gold, but a haunting ghost.

When the two returned to the city in the dark, it was already late at night. As a man, Xu Mingliang sent Xia Qiu into the yamen before leaving.

The light in the study was still on, and Xia Qiu couldn't help but feel a little strange, at this time in the past, Lu Tingxiu had already slept.

Xia Qiu was really tired, so he hurriedly washed up and fell asleep, and after a while, he snored like thunder.

Someone in the study, hearing this thunderous snoring, made the nameless fire in his stomach even stronger.

The next day, Xia Qiu got up early and wanted to dispose of the gold. Who knew that as soon as he came out of the moon gate, Liu Tong was already waiting uneasily.

Seeing Xia Qiu come out, the uneasy Liu Tong stepped forward guiltily, "Sister Xia, it's all my fault that I didn't open the door when I was drunk and caused you trouble, I'm really sorry." ”

After finishing speaking, he slapped himself twice without saying a word.

"It's okay, even if you don't say it, they'll find out sooner or later." Liu Tong, who is good at patting the sycophants and not having a firm mouth, is better off with less contact.

Seeing that he didn't leave, Xia Qiu said indifferently: "Is there anything else?" ”

Liu Tong stiffly laughed twice, "The second elder of the Xia family stayed at my house last night, and I want to ask when the Xia elders will be able to go home?" ”

Seeing his words flickering, Xia Qiu could think that the second elder of the Xia family, who had always been strong, must have scolded her behind her back, and this time she used Liu Tong's mouth to explore the wind.

"You have to ask Xu Dianshi about this, and I don't have the final say on the laws of the imperial court."

Liu Tong said with a smile: "The Xia family is arrogant and excessive, but you are a family in the end, and the Xia family can be regarded as nurturing you, not to mention that there is always a time when the upper lip skin touches the lower lip, this matter is a family grievance, no matter how wrong they are, they are also elders, there is no need for the yamen to deal with it, right?" ”

Hehe, it turned out to be collecting money from people and eliminating disasters for others.

Xia Qiu sneered: "What has the Xia family done, don't you know about it, Brother Liu?" They put me to death three or four times, and you saw it in your eyes, why didn't you say a word for me at that time? "To put it bluntly, it's all about hanging up on one's own business, and when you get cheap, you use ethics and morality to kidnap others.

Her words were too straightforward, and Liu Tong was very embarrassed.

"What the Xia family did to me is not something that blood relatives can do." Xia Qiu didn't bother to give Liu Tong a face, "As a yamen officer, you should know the law better than me." If you do something wrong, you have long family affection and short family affection, what do you want to do? ”

Liu Tong didn't expect that she would be so faceless, but what could she do? She has now found a few big backers, and none of them can be offended by herself, so she smiled again and again: "Sister Xia is reasonable, but I am narrow-minded." ”

If the Xia family doesn't restrain themselves, I'm afraid they will kill themselves.

Xia Qiu came out of the side door, and when he walked out of the alley, he found that the second elder of the Xia family was hooking his head and poking his head into the yamen. The Zhuang family has no knowledge, even if they are used to being arrogant on weekdays, when they arrive in front of the majestic yamen, they will always feel a little awe.

"That dead girl, really be a subordinate inside?" Thinking of Xia Qiu, who was fat into a pig, Mrs. Xia was angry, "The girl with a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, blindly feeding her so fat with our food, and daring to beat her uncle to a serious injury and send her to prison with the strength of the official, is there any reason for this?" ”

"What are you yelling about, are you afraid that she won't be able to hear?" Old man Xia scolded his wife, and repeatedly advised: "Wait for the dead girl to come out in a while, let's say a few soft words to her, and when we get the boss and them out, it's not too late to clean her up." ”

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Mrs. Xia held back the fire in her stomach and continued to complain, "I don't know what evil she has, it's not like the character of the dead ghost at all." ”

"Listening to Liu Tong say this, this girl is indeed like a different person, not only to please the county lords, but also to make a lot of windfalls recently."

Mrs. Xia's eyes lit up, "Then we paid the money to Master Wang, didn't we have it?" ”

"She hasn't married yet, so the money she earns naturally belongs to our family." Old man Xia's abacus played loudly, "When she comes out, let's say more good things and let her hand over the money to us for safekeeping." ”

Shameless for the skin!

Xia Qiu, who was standing in the side alley, sneered and quietly left.

Exchanged the gold bars for silver tickets, bought vegetables and meat in Xia Qiu, and deliberately took a detour to buy Lu Tingxiu's favorite pastries.

When they went back, the old couple of the Xia family were still at the yamen, and they were being rudely bombarded by the messenger sent by Xu Mingming. The old couple didn't give up, claiming that they were Xia Qiu's own grandmother, but they made the errand even more angry, and they were almost not arrested and thrown in prison.

The old couple was scared enough and walked away. However, they did not go far, but squatted not far away and waited, playing the trick of waiting for the rabbit.

Not long after the old couple squatted, a group of people hurriedly ran over, directly picked up the drumsticks at the entrance of the county government, and knocked on it.

The drum set up in front of the county government has not been played for several years.

When the officers heard the drums, they ran out and asked, "Who is beating the drums?" ”

A middle-aged man explained anxiously: "Master Cha, we are from Liujia Village, and we came to report the case. ”

"Why drumming?"

"Our Liujia Village is about to have a murder case, please go and stop it quickly, they want to sink my brother into the river ......"

The officer asked, "Who wants to sink your brother into the river?" ”