This matter is not complicated, but it is a textile household surnamed Li in that county, who used to marry a wife when the poor boss was not small, and in recent years he has made a little money by relying on the workshop, and the man of the Li family has married a concubine for himself. Two years ago, the concubine gave birth to a big fat boy for her, and he is also a very old baby. Yesterday, the eldest daughter-in-law raised by his child went to the mountains to pick mushrooms, and by the way, he hugged his brother-in-law, who was only two years old, and watched the children while working. The daughter-in-law put down the space where the little uncle went to collect mushrooms, but she didn't expect that the little uncle would learn to walk, and accidentally plunged into the mountain stream and was washed away by the water.

A good baby and the youngest son were lost like this, and the aunt of the Li family went crazy and wanted to take the life of this child daughter-in-law.

The poor child's daughter-in-law is only ten years old this year, and she has to take care of the family's food, feed pigs and ducks, carry water and grow vegetables, and grind rice...... I have to take care of my young brother-in-law again, and if I don't like it, I will be beaten and scolded by my parents-in-law. Now that the brother-in-law is gone, her mother-in-law at the head has not taught her a lesson, she herself has already been scared stupidly, and let her aunt tear and scold, motionless.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, and this child daughter-in-law is really pitiful, but her little brother-in-law died after her negligence......

Xue Dachuan is a ruffian, and he is not afraid of the tyranny of those big families, but he can't do this kind of thing in other people's families. But you can't ask the aunt of the Li family to take people's lives like this, and this matter will come to the county magistrate.

Dian Cui had nothing to do, and followed him to the county yamen to see how the county magistrate judged the case. The Qin girl, the master and servant, couldn't help but follow.

"The county master is the master of the people's wife, this girl killed my son, and asked the county master to ask her to pay for her life!" Aunt Li kowtowed like pounding garlic.

The child daughter-in-law has no name, only a surname, and everyone in the Li family calls her a girl.

"Girl Zhang, she should be damned!" The man of the Li family also said fiercely.

"Although the Zhang family is wrong, the sin is not to death." The county master touched his beard and said slowly.

"My lord, this is the crime of murder, how can you say that the crime is not death! Please be the master of the concubine! Aunt Li was crying, and after a while, she rolled on the ground.

"Bold!" The county magistrate was shocked, and said: "The village woman dares to sprinkle on the hall!" Come on, drag it out and take it seriously......"

Diancui watched quietly outside, this county lord was a kind-hearted person, and he thought that he had compassion for the poor child daughter-in-law.

When the aunt of the Li family heard that she was going to be beaten, she cried more and more, and only howled and asked the county master to beat me to death, and if I was killed, I could go to my poor child.

Seeing her like this, the county master had no choice but to take her for a while.

This girl is only ten years old, the little uncle died because of her negligence, if she is punished heavily, I am afraid she will also die, if it is just imprisoned, then the aunt is afraid and will not forgive......

The county master was in a dilemma, but most of the people who looked at the excitement outside sympathized with the girl, and the Li family was extremely harsh to this poor girl on weekdays. A ten-year-old child is already struggling to watch a two-year-old doll while working, and now that something has happened, the whole family is going to force this girl to a dead end.

Above the lobby, the county magistrate's brows tightened, and the master stepped forward to whisper a few words in his ear, he sighed, and said that Zhang Yatou would be detained first, and the trial would be retried at a later date.

"Master, no! The grass people are not convinced! The man of the Li family, who had been silent on the side, suddenly stepped forward and knelt down and said: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, this is a small people's family matter, which should be handled by the small people themselves, and I hope to put the Zhang family back to the Li family!" ”

"Besides, this Zhang family was bought by my wife for two taels of silver, signed a death deed, and is considered a slave and maid of my family, and this should be beaten and killed, and it is not an offense to the laws of the official family."

This man of the Li family is also a little knowledgeable in the silk business, and what he said can be regarded as justified and to the point.

"This ......" the county master hesitated.

"My lord, don't let her go, if you let her go back, they will definitely take her life!" Xue Dachuan said urgently.

"My lord, please sympathize with the pain of the loss of a child...... the man of the Li family immediately knelt down.

"Please let the slut go back to the Li family, your lord, you can be gracious, gracious!" The Aunt Li family cried again.

From beginning to end, the mother-in-law of the Li family lowered her head and did not say a word.

"Let's go, it's a family matter, and the official doesn't bother to take care of it, but you remember, this Zhang family's crime is not to death, our people in Qianjiang County have always been simple, and we must not do anything that cares about people's lives! Retirement. The county magistrate said solemnly, there is only so much he can do.

Yes, the adults are wise, and the men of the Li family breathed a sigh of relief and made a gesture again and again. The aunt on the side was very angry in her eyes, even if this little slut didn't want your life, she wouldn't let you live!

It's coming, the girl suddenly came back to her soul, reacted, wow wow cry Lord help, the girl doesn't want to die.

The cry was full of fear, and all the people sighed and felt sorry for it. But this is someone's housework, and the county master is embarrassed, and no one can take care of it.

"Wait!" Seeing that the aunt grabbed Zhang Yatou's arm rudely and dragged it out, Diancui signaled, and Qiu Yue immediately shouted loudly.

Madam! Xue Dachuan said happily.

When the county magistrate heard that it was the prefect's wife coming, he didn't dare to slack off, and he had already retreated from the hall, so he quickly came down to meet him.

"Meet the Lord of the County" across the people, point to the green and worship.

"Don't dare, don't dare, I don't know if Madame is coming, it's the negligence of the lower officials." The magistrate is middle-aged, but he is polite and polite in front of Dian Cui, just because he can see Yuan Zhiheng's cold and stern official authority with his own eyes, and he is very convinced of his ability to do things.

When the county magistrate invited the Diancui people to come up, the Li family over there only felt depressed, the county magistrate had already let them go back to deal with it by themselves, but it happened that there was a prefect lady again!

The girl Zhang who was dragged to the ground was not stupid, she got up at this time and ran towards several noble girls with extraordinary bearing:

"Madame! Ask the prefect to be kind and save my life! ”

"Madam, don't listen to this girl's nonsense, she's a murderer, very bad, don't let her dirty Madame's eyes!" The aunt hurriedly stepped forward to flatter her.

The county master and Xue Dachuan looked at each other, especially Xue Dachuan's face was even more ugly, he cautiously glanced at the lady over there, coughed twice, and scolded fiercely:

"Blind your dog's eyes, this is Madame!"

was mistaken for the prefect's wife again, but Qin Qingqing didn't dare to be so proud this time, so she only retreated behind Diancui.

"Miss Qin has such a thing again, don't rush to the front," Xin'er was very dissatisfied, and muttered in a low voice: "Obviously, a girl's family has been mistaken for Mrs. many times, I really don't know if it's because she looks too old-fashioned, or if she deliberately misleads others......"

Qin Qingqing's face was embarrassed, the maid stomped her feet angrily, in the past, her sharp mouth in the Qin family made the maids and women in other courtyards daunting, but when she met this letter, she was defeated repeatedly!

A few little maids between the knife you come and go, the adults above naturally will not put it in their eyes, the county master asked Xiang Diancui: "I don't know what Mrs. thinks about this matter?" ”

Diancui bowed slightly, and said slowly: "This matter is indeed a family matter of the Li family. ”

When the men of the Li family and the concubine heard this, they smiled, and Mrs. Dao was high-minded.

"Although it is a family matter, it is also a matter of the inner courtyard of the Li family." Diancui said again.

"I don't understand what Madame means." Xue Dachuan is quick to speak, what is the difference between this matter and the matter of the inner courtyard?

Diancui walked to the main room of the Li family over there, that is, in front of Zhang Yatou's mother-in-law, and said: "You are the person in charge of the inner courtyard of the Li family, and the matter is related to the concubine's room, your daughter-in-law, and concubine, and you should have dealt with it." ”

"Madam, no," before the main room could speak, the concubine looked at the man of the Li family vigorously, and the young and beautiful man of the Li family was biased, so he hurriedly spoke to obstruct it: "After all, this concubine of my family is the victim of this matter." ”

Li Yuanwai's words are wrong, no matter who the heirs of the family are, there is only one mother-in-law, and as a mother-in-law, she will seek justice for the heirs of the Li family. Besides, men don't say anything, why don't Li Yuanwai worry about this inner house and hand it over to his wife to deal with? ”

Diancui asked the Li family's mother-in-law again: "What does Madame think?" ”

She was a mediocre and vulgar woman, and when she married a man, her family was poor, but now she is honored by the prefect's wife as Mrs. Yi, and this sense of dignity immediately came to her heart. Road:

"Madame is right, she is right! The county magistrate can't do this, but I can! ”

The county magistrate didn't think it was wrong, and said with a smile in his eyes: "What does Mrs. Li have a high opinion?" ”

Then she lifted her up again, she proudly glanced at the angry but dare not speak out of the concubine, and looked at everyone, and couldn't think of a good idea for a while.

In short, she didn't want to fulfill the concubine's wish like this! That girl was bought for a whole two taels of silver!

Diancui winked at Qiu Yue, Qiu Yue immediately understood, and whispered in the ear of the Li family's main room without a trace.

The Li family's main room clapped his hands, and the voice was there.

"My child's daughter-in-law, Zhang Yatou, was negligent and did not investigate for a while, so that my favorite second son accidentally fell into the mountain stream, and I am also very sad these days. This girl and I have signed a death contract, others can't move her, I can move, today I will sell her far away! ”

When this girl bought it, it was two taels of silver, and after eating at her house for so many years, she didn't rely on the total loss of three taels and five dollars of silver.

"What?! It's just a betrayal, I want her to pay for her life! The concubine was angry, but the man of the Li family was a little unsure of his mind for a while.

"You're just a concubine, don't be embarrassed here, if you make trouble again, don't talk about Zhang girl, I can even sell you!" The adults and ladies in this hall are now on their side, and the Li family's main room only feels that they have never been more justified: "Your child is gone, and I sold you, wouldn't it be better for me to buy a house with my husband who is obedient and sensible and has a concubine?" ”

"You! Xianggong ...... "The concubine stomped her feet angrily, and went to look at the man of the Li family, but saw that this man was a little tempted?"

"This aunt, we all understand your sad and sad feelings without the child, but that girl is also a life. If you can be tolerant this time, the Li family's housewife will definitely not be embarrassed with you in the future. Since you're still so young, it's not impossible to raise another one. Xue Dachuan, who had always been accustomed to mediation, hurriedly followed the conversation.