Chapter 84: The desire to survive
In just a few days, Lin County changed hands, and everyone in the officialdom of Lin County was in danger.
The magistrate's hands and eyes are all over the sky, and he doesn't play cards according to common sense, and even such a secret hiding place of the Wang County Cheng family can be smashed by him.
He's got eyes on his back!
This time, no one dared to despise Lu Tingxiu anymore, and while they were shocked into a cold sweat, they were anxious to secretly transfer the money and wealth they had accumulated over the years, so as not to suddenly run out of money one day.
Anyway, Xia Qiu picked up a big bargain, returned home in a hurry, closed the door and kept digging in his arms.
Hey, what about the silver ticket she picked up?
It's a thick stack, and I don't know if there's no reason to drop it.
Xia guy took out the bottom, and the silver ticket disappeared, what the hell.
After thinking about it, Xia Qiu felt that something was wrong.
Touching the corners of her mouth that was broken, Xia Qiu slapped the table suddenly, good you Lu Tingxiu, you dare to play yin with her.
Attacking the chest is fake, stealing the silver ticket is real.
Dog officer!
In his eyes, she was not as valuable as the stack of silver tickets.
Xia Qiu was so angry that he didn't choose to speak, he really wanted to go crazy if he wanted money, as long as he loosened his hands a little, the ill-gotten gains from Wu Tongxing and Wang Xiancheng's family were enough for him to eat and drink for a few lifetimes.
Is it easy for her to get some money? Why do you keep pulling her back.
Usually avoiding her is like avoiding the plague, just for such a silver ticket, and the pretentious face is gone.
"Dog officer!" I was really angry, and Xia Qiu scolded again.
"Sneeze ......"
"Sneeze ......"
"Sneeze ......"
Lu Tingxiu, who was handling official business in the county government, sneezed three times in a row, and the hand holding the pen shook, and ink splashed on the paper. Oops, another rewrite.
He rubbed his itchy nose, thinking that he didn't catch the cold, who was talking bad about him behind his back?
Staying up late at night, the matter at hand was finally over, and he pulled out a stack of dusty silver tickets from his sleeve.
As a rare talent, he was taught etiquette and shame, and he never imagined that there would be such a rudeness.
Lu Tingxiu sighed, his virtue was dirty, and he was ashamed of his ancestors.
Of course, he just blamed himself, and he didn't have the slightest guilt for Xia Qiu, who had been beastly to him many times. He's just a tooth for a tooth.
In other words, she has come to such an unbearable step thanks to her.
There are three silver tickets in total, and all three are fifty taels, and the total is only one hundred and fifty taels.
Lu Ting repaired the candlestick and pondered the silver ticket repeatedly, but found nothing suspicious.
Wang Xiancheng loves money like his life, it is impossible to think that there is too much money to throw into the night pot, and the silver ticket is clean and odorless, which shows that the night pot is just a decoration, which is a clever trick to cover the eyes, and it is the handiwork that Wang County Cheng will do.
If it weren't for Xia Qiu reaching out to dig it out, Rao was searching for it himself, and he might have ignored the existence of the night pot.
Except for Wu Tongxing, no one in Lin County should dare to look down on Wang County, and even many magistrates have been squeezed into the air, who else can make him so cautious?
It's a pity that he is already in a different place, otherwise along this line, he may be able to find out the truth he wants.
Lu Tingxiu collected the silver ticket, and planned to ask the craftsman who was proficient in the production of silver tickets, and he might be able to find out the trickiness in it.
Back in the inner courtyard, the cold pot and cold stove, the hard board and the cold shop, there is no popularity. Lu Tingxiu is used to enjoying it, and he really can't give up the high bed and soft pillow of the mansion, and the matter of attacking his chest will have to be faced sooner or later.
Under the moonlight, I couldn't help but sigh.
After weighing it, he summoned the sedan chair to go home.
Xia Qiu's mouth cannon kung fu, Lu Tingxiu didn't dare to compliment, who knew that he had just sneaked into the front yard, only to hear the sound of "濿", and suddenly a fire broke out in the darkness.
The light illuminated Xia Qiu's face, and in the darkness he was like a ghost who only collected debts, and he was so frightened that Lu Tingxiu, who was weak-hearted, choked enough.
The lights in the front yard were on, and Xia Qiu's face was dark, quite a reckoning posture.
Seeing that her mouth was slightly open, Lu Tingxiu took a step faster and handed over the hosta, "For you." ”
Xia Qiu was stunned, she just wanted to ask him if he was hungry, and he took the initiative to be courteous, which was definitely not his style.
Hmph, either traitor or theft, he stole the silver ticket.
"I bought it on purpose." The desire to survive forced Lu Tingxiu to quickly add a sentence.
There is no reason not to accept gifts, not to mention that it was given by Lu Tingxiu, she is rare and tight.
Eat people with soft mouths, take people with soft hands, and hold back the words of Xia and Autumn when their stomachs are full.
The deaths of King Wu and Wang caused a sensation in Lin County, and many subordinate officials speculated that Liangzhou would send someone to liquidate the dereliction of duty of the magistrate, but there was no news about it.
When I thought about it, I realized that the estimation was wrong.
If Wu Tongxing's cash cow doesn't die, Liangzhou will send someone to operate it, and it will be able to flow for a long time in the future. But now that the man is dead, no matter how strong he is, there are no three hundred taels of silver here.
The weather is hot, the corpse is easy to grow maggots, and a plum branch is fruitless, and the government ordered the Wu and Wang families to come to collect the corpse.
The two families had resentment, but without the backbone, they didn't dare to make trouble, and they collected the corpses in a low-key manner.
Who knows, as soon as the coffin of the Wu family was put into the ground, they hurriedly came to report the case the next day, saying that Wu Tongxing's grave had been dug up and his head was missing.
The housewife of the Wu family cried tears and demanded that the government severely punish those who excavated the grave and humiliated the body.
Lu Tingxiu was unwell and specially ordered Xu Mingliang to deal with it.
Xu Mingliang listened patiently, and said with a stern expression at the end: "Don't worry, the government will deal with it fairly, but you have to be prepared, your man committed a lot of evil during his lifetime, and there are countless enemies, and the corpse may not be able to be recovered." ”
Seeing the perfunctory attitude of the government, the housewife of the Wu family cried so much that she cried her liver and intestines, but she also understood that the Wu family was gone, and even if the government did not help, the Wu family could not help it.
Her husband's death is a conspiracy of the government, but what can she do as a woman? The most urgent thing is to get on with life.
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Outskirts.
Nameless mound.
The grass on the grave is already half a foot high, and the mountain wind blows, and the barren grass bends down and makes a rustling sound.
In summer and autumn, the barren grass was pulled clean with bare hands, melons, fruits, meat and meat were offered, incense candles were inserted, and a thick bag of silver dollar bills was burned.
She bought a lot, if there was really a divine power, Wu Hong under the ground would not be able to spend it for ten lifetimes.
The younger brother had a short life in his previous life, and before he had time to see the beauty of the world, he first felt the evil of human nature. I hope that Qian can be psychic, ensure that he is worry-free underground, and reincarnate as soon as possible.
Xia Qiu twisted the clothes paper and let them turn into ashes in the flames, and couldn't help but sigh and feel melancholy, if she had been reborn half a year earlier, the younger brother who always loved to stick to her might not have died.
The sound and smile are still there, and the yin and yang are separated from each other from then on.
Putting the burden in front of the loess mound, Xia Qiu was sad, "Ah Hong, those who hurt you, my sister has already sent them down one by one." You don't have to worry about it at home, I will do my best to take care of them and ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, and that they are safe in this world. ”
Full of words, but I don't know where to start, no matter how much I say, it's in vain. People are gone, and she can only cherish the present.
The younger brother's revenge was avenged, and the family gradually got rid of the haze, and everything went well.
After worshipping, Xia Qiu got up with her baggage, but when she turned around, she found that Wu Yu was standing behind her at some point, her eyes uncertain.