Listening to the woman's accusation, Zhu Lingyi did not refute, because he knew that for the people in the village, it was useless to refute.

As long as they have identified one thing, no matter how much he argues, it is useless.

A few years ago, he was framed by the prefect, lost his qualification for scientific research, returned to the village, and suffered a lot of cold words, which were quite disdainful of him.

He was deeply hurt at the time, so he remembers it very clearly.

It was only later that he gave a lot of help to the village, and a lot of official money from the government helped the families in difficulty in the village, and the situation gradually improved, and later they changed from disdain to friendship and respect.

Originally, they thought that their kindness to them would definitely make them remember it for half a lifetime, but now they don't remember it.

He admitted that Ji Yanning's actions still had something to do with him, but he felt that he was really wronged by blaming all the faults on his head like this.

The woman grabbed Zhu Lingyi's sleeve and cried and said, "You compensate me for being in charge! It's all because of you that he died!"

The ninth woman was obviously unconvinced: "Why!"

Zhu Lingyi held his grandmother, but his eyes were calm, he looked at the woman and said, "How much do you want to pay?"

"Three hundred taels! Not a single penny is missing!" the woman said to Zhu Lingyi.

She knew that Zhu Ling was only rich, so she had to shout more.

Hearing the woman's words, the ninth woman quit: "You did it on purpose! You still have a face that costs three hundred taels, and the man of your family can't earn one "two taels of silver" a year, right? Why do you want to give you three hundred taels?"

The woman did not hesitate and said: "Three hundred taels is already a small amount! My family is a pillar, how will we live after he dies!"

"How do you live?" said the Ninth Po, "When you were in charge of the family, you didn't rely on us to help you!

The woman said: "Those people are all coming for Ah Ling, but the one who died is our family, of course he has to pay money! If you don't pay me, I will go to the yamen to report you, don't think that I don't know where Ah Ling came from, so much silver was stolen from the government!"

When the woman said that, Zhu Lingyi's expression changed slightly.

He still didn't refute half a sentence, but his eyes were obscure.

The Ninth Po shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

The woman snorted softly, "You know what I say!"

The villagers were still gathered together, watching the nine women and the woman quarrel, and a few people stood up and persuaded them.

One person said: "They are all neighbors in the same village, and they don't see anyone when they look up, so it's too hurtful and angry." ”

"That's it, you can't blame Ah Ling for this, right? It's all that girl's fault!"

"As far as we are concerned, this compensation has to be compensated, after all, Ah Ling is not short of those few dollars, this shrine is broken, it is better for Ah Ling to spend some money to get another one. ”

"This time, everyone was frightened, and Ah Ling sent some money to each family to appease and appease, and the matter was settled. ”

"yes, yes, it's happened anyway. No matter how noisy it is, it's better to solve the problem. ”

Those people obviously had already discussed it when the woman was quarreling just now, singing and harmonizing, and they seemed to be very easy to talk, and they seemed to be thinking about Zhu Ling, but in fact, they all had their own thoughts.

Hearing them all say this, and the other villagers standing behind seemed to agree with such a decision, Jiu Po was a little annoyed, and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Zhu Lingyi.

"I see. Zhu Lingyi said, "Give me two days, and I will give you a satisfactory explanation." ”

His tone was very indifferent, as generous as before.

With his words, the crowd calmed down, and the woman stopped making trouble.

Zhu Lingyi's eyes were full of gloom, but he lowered his head, and no one noticed his abnormality.

He took his grandmother straight down the mountain and went home.

At the thought of Zhu Lingyi giving so much money to the people in the village, Jiu Po felt very distressed.

"Ling'er, why are you so stupid!" said the ninth woman, "You have given them money now, and they will find all kinds of excuses to blackmail you in the future, and it will only get worse, how can you support such a big village with that little money!"

It's like a woman who threatens him, as long as she doesn't give money, she goes to the government to denounce him.

Such a reason can be used thousands of times, and Zhu Li Lingyi was restricted by the people in the village.

Zhu Lingyi looked at grandma and said, "Grandma, you don't have to worry, I can solve it." I'm just worried about you, so I want you to leave first. ”

"Leave?" the ninth woman looked at Zhu Lingyi in confusion and said, "I have lived in this village for so many years, where can I go?"

Zhu Lingyi said: "I will arrange these things, you don't have to worry about it." ”

The ninth woman bowed, she still believed in her grandson very much.

Ji Yanning didn't see the rest, but she could already guess that the villagers would vent their anger on Zhu Lingyi.

At this time, Ji Yanning had already arrived in the town, and Yuan Wu got a carriage and rushed back in the direction of Qianzhou City.

It rained again on the road, but the guards didn't care about it so much, and even hurried overnight, just wanting to send the eldest lady back to Qianzhou City as soon as possible.

Ji Yanning sat in the carriage, his body only felt cold and painful, his mind was full of blankness, listening to the sound of rain outside the carriage, Ji Yanning originally wanted Yuan Wu and them not to have to rush so much, but she was too tired.

It has become extremely difficult to even speak.

Now she gritted her teeth and persisted, just not wanting to let herself pass out again.

The sound of the rain outside was loud, making people feel furious in their hearts, and Pearl sat in the room and watched the heavy rain outside the door, feeling inexplicably depressed.

Obviously, she has been in Qianzhou City for so long, but she is still not used to the weather here.

I don't know when the eldest lady will be able to come back.

Pearl listened to the sound of the rain, thinking that the eldest lady was so powerful, and with Yuan Wu by her side, she should be fine.

She returned to the house, and suddenly it occurred to her that the spices on the prince's side were running out.

She took out a box of spices and trotted towards Rong Che's yard with an umbrella.

The guards in Rong Che's courtyard saw that it was a pearl, and they didn't stop her, and directly let her walk in.

Pearl knocked on the door and said, "Lord, the slave has brought you spices." ”

But before Rong Che let her in, a maid came out of the room and said, "Sister Pearl, give me this spice." ”

Pearl was slightly stunned and looked at the maid in front of her.

She had seen this maid, and the last time the eldest lady left, she was still secretly looking from the side.

The name seems to be Shin Matsuri.

"Why are you here?" asked Pearl in surprise.

The prince has always disliked the maid to serve closely, but Xin Xi is now in the prince's house.

Seeing Pearl's shocked expression, Xin Sai lowered his eyes and chuckled, and said, "It was the prince who took pity on me and thought that I was working too hard in the miscellaneous room, so he let me stay in the house and serve." ”

Pearl heard Xin's explanation, and her eyes widened even more.

She was a little unacceptable, and the prince actually let Xin sacrifice close.

Although it is normal for a prince or a prince or a nobleman, it is normal for a man to have a few sensible and neat maids around him, but because of these days of contact, Pearl has always felt that King Xuan is a very principled person.

There are very few maids in his house, no aunts, no concubines, and he treats his eldest lady very well.

In Pearl's consciousness, except for the eldest lady, no one should look down on him.

But not long after coming to Qianzhou City, taking advantage of the eldest lady's absence, the prince actually asked a maid who didn't know the details to serve at close quarters.

Xin Xi looked at her look of great surprise, but smiled lightly and said, "I don't know your rules very well, if Sister Pearl is free, remember to mention me more, otherwise if you accidentally make the prince angry, it will be troublesome." ”

Pearl finally came back to her senses, then nodded and said, "I'll go and send spices to the prince." ”

"I'll do this. Xin Sai didn't say anything, and took the box of spices directly from Pearl's hand.

Although Pearl was still a little angry, she couldn't think of any reason to refuse the Xin sacrifice.

She just felt like something was blocking her chest, and it was very uncomfortable.

Pearl felt that she couldn't even accept it, let alone her proud eldest lady.

Thinking of this, she felt even more depressed, and she didn't know how Xin Xi had fallen into the eyes of the prince and asked her to stay by her side and serve her closely.

Pearl opened the umbrella and glanced back at Xin Sai, seeing that the other party was still looking at her with a smile, she lowered her eyes and turned to leave.

Looking at Pearl's surprised and lost look, Xin Xi raised her eyebrows slightly, the corners of her eyes were full of smiles, she glanced at the box in her hand, opened it and sniffed it gently, her eyes were a little obscure.

Xin Sai walked into Rong Che's room with his things and saw Rong Che sorting out the file.

She stepped forward.

Rong Che didn't raise his head and asked, "What are you doing with Pearl?"

Xin replied, "She's here to deliver spices, but I see that there are still spices in this room, so I won't need them yet." ”

"This king has said, in the presence of this king, you will call yourself a slave and a maid. Rong Che said.

Xin Sai pursed his lips, looking a little reluctant: "The slave knows." ”

Rong Che looked at the Xin sacrifice in front of him, he didn't know why he suddenly left the Xin sacrifice in the courtyard to serve, but there seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that the Xin sacrifice could be trusted, and he had to trust the Xin sacrifice.

Seeing that Xin Sai was accidentally injured, he would also feel distressed.

Thinking of this, Rong Che was a little upset, he waved his hand and said, "You go down first." ”

Xin Sai bowed slightly, and did not leave the spices brought by the pearl, but secretly took them out himself.

Seeing Xin Sai's back, Rong Che couldn't help but rub his eyebrows with his hand, feeling upset.

What made him even more unsettling was that he had no idea what was wrong with him.