Chapter 44: Liu Ling's Story
In the dead of night, in an ordinary small teahouse, the lights were still on, and there were actually two people talking in the box.
"The prefect came looking for you today, right? You're not talking nonsense, are you? The man asked cautiously, his face grim and without any color on his face.
The man was actually Yang Wen, and the person who was talking to him was Wang Zhi, and the two came out late at night to talk and think of a solution together.
Wang Zhi is very uncomfortable now, because Yang Wen didn't care about me at the first time, so he directly asked if I was important, or if it was important to miss the filling, Wang Zhi was very angry when she thought of this.
So he said expressionlessly: "So what do you think?" Did I say that? ”
Yang Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard this answer, and said in surprise: "It's the first time I've seen you talk like this, okay, I'll ask you seriously!" ”
"No, he didn't say anything, but he picked up my earrings, what should I do?" Wang Zhi didn't want to be angry, and asked Yang Wen suspiciously.
"Earrings?" Yang Wen didn't expect to leave this thing, but after thinking about it again, with such a gadget, he couldn't be convicted, let alone punished.
"This is all a small problem, you don't talk nonsense, I didn't say that then no one knows, this matter is always an unsolved case, and it will be closed after the New Year!"
Yang Wen said proudly. Because Yang Wen doesn't think that this small earring can become evidence, and he can use it to arrest people.
When Wang Zhi heard this, she knew that she would not be arrested by the government at least so far.
"This prefect feels unusual, and the girl next to him is even more unusual, I am very nervous when they are there, I feel like I am going to be seen through by them!" Wang Zhi said with palpitations.
In fact, when Li Xiaoran asked Wang Zhi, the first few questions were still resistant, and then he slowly didn't know how to answer, when he felt that he was about to collapse, Li Xiaoran didn't ask, and now that he thinks about it, he still feels palpitations.
"This new prefect is indeed different from the past, he has some skills, but he is just a young man, so he should not be afraid!" Yang Wen comforted Wang Zhi and said.
In fact, Yang Wen also saw that this prefect was definitely not an ordinary person, and if he wanted to buy it with money, it was estimated that he would not be able to do it.
Fortunately, it doesn't matter so much now, let's take one step at a time, but even those two people dare to fight with me, I'm afraid I haven't suffered it, Yang Wen thought indignantly in his heart.
After speaking, both of them went home to rest, and this wonderful day was over.
The next day, Li Xiaoran and Xuanyuan Qinghe got up early and rushed to the prefect's yamen, only to see such a scene.
A ragged woman, holding a child, sat on the stone stairs, Chen Wei was talking to her, but Li Xiaoran saw that the woman's tears were flowing.
and hurriedly rushed over and said to Chen Wei: "Why did you make others cry?" By the way, what are you doing here? ”
Chen Wei suddenly felt like he had a heart attack, and shouted in his heart, "I'm wronged!" Then he said to Li Xiaoran: "This is Lin Yuan's wife and children, who came early in the morning to inquire about the progress of our case, so you see." ”
Li Xiaoran then understood, at first he thought that Chen Wei was bullying people, but it turned out to be like this, it seems that he will have to wait and see before making a decision in the future.
"Liu Ling, this is our prefect, this case was handled by the adult himself, you can ask him specifically, I will deal with other things first, and you can also find me if you have any questions." Chen Wei said to the woman.
Then, as if shaking off the shopkeeper, he immediately ran away, went away into the wind, and then hit the tree, looked back awkwardly, and walked away as if nothing had happened.
Only then did Liu Ling discover that there was a man standing behind Li Xiaoran, and this man was the new prefect.
He suddenly knelt down and said in a begging tone, "Have you found the murderer?" I can't let my man die in vain! ”
Xuanyuan Qinghe was taken aback by this sudden scene, and immediately helped Liu Ling up with Li Xiaoran.
Xuanyuan Qinghe looked at Liu Ling's sad appearance, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if he had been hanged with a knife, and said indignantly: "Now that we have eyebrows, the arrest of the murderer is just around the corner, you can rest assured!" ”
After Liu Ling heard Xuanyuan Qinghe's assurance, his sad mood slowly eased, and he wiped his tears and said: "My man is a watchman, he only earns a few taels of silver a month, and he is not even enough to support his family, but now he is suddenly hurt by someone, how can it make people chill!" ”
Li Xiaoran also wanted to catch the murderer, but now there was no evidence, seeing Liu Ling getting more and more sad, he shifted his attention and said, "This is your son, how old is he this year?" ”
Liu Ling looked at his son, his immature face, his expression changed from sadness to gentleness, and he said proudly: "I am four years old this year, I thought that I would send him to study if I only made enough money, but I didn't expect that the money was not enough, and my father was gone." ”
The atmosphere became sad again, Li Xiaoran didn't know what to say, he felt more and more uncomfortable in his heart, and he wanted to help but couldn't do anything.
"I hope you will do your best, I'll go back first, there is still too much farm work to deal with at home, so I'll leave first!" After Liu Ling finished speaking, he took his son and left.
Li Xiaoran took Xuanyuan Qinghe's hand, hurriedly caught up with Liu Ling, and then said with a hippie smile: "Let's help you, Song Yong is in charge of the button." ”
"How embarrassing is this, it's just ordinary farm work, ploughing the land and growing vegetables, how can it bother adults!" Liu said unexpectedly.
Liu Ling would never have thought that Li Xiaoran and Xuanyuan Qinghe really went and did a lot of things.
"This is my house, a little shabby!" Liu Ling said embarrassedly.
Li Xiaoran has a map of the entire Qinzhou in his hand, and in front of him, this place is a famous slum gathering place.
Liu Ling lives in the suburbs, and the house is very simple, it seems that if it rains heavily outside, the house will look like a house with light rain.
"You two adults can rest in the house, I'm going to grow vegetables, or we'll both starve to death."
Liu Ling didn't think that Li Xiaoran and Xuanyuan Qinghe would help with things, thinking that they were just polite words, so they went to work alone.
Xuanyuan Qinghe and Li Xiaoran glanced at each other and immediately ran over, and said with a smile on their faces: "I'll help you!" ”
Liu Ling never expected that the prefect would do such a small thing to help ordinary people grow vegetables and plow the land, which subverted Liu Ling's perception of the imperial court officials.
Ordinary officials, no matter the size of the stone steps, as long as they are officials, will think that their status is greater than that of ordinary people, and they will begin to be arrogant. For example, you don't give money for meals, take things at will, and so on.
It can be seen that after Xuanyuan Qinghe, his outlook has changed, Liu Ling thinks in his heart that Xuanyuan Qinghe is definitely a good official, and he must have a clean breeze on his sleeves and do things for the people.
"I want to help you, but I don't know how, so can I do some simple work, like watering?" Xuanyuan Qinghe said embarrassedly.
Xuanyuan Qinghe thought that planting vegetables and plowing the land was a very simple thing, but after watching Liu Ling's operation, he thought he would be able to, and as soon as he got started, he found that he couldn't do anything, and he couldn't even pretend to do it.
Li Xiaoran said mockingly: "You have learned this with your eyes, but you have learned from your hands!" ”
Xuanyuan Qinghe was speechless and couldn't refute it, because what Li Xiaoran said was right, so he ran to fetch water and prepared to come back to water it.
Li Xiaoran also joined Liu Ling's team and helped Liu Ling plant vegetables off the ground, and Li Xiaoran did a lot without saying a word.
Liu Ling suddenly discovered that Li Xiaoran, a girl, was serious in her work and could endure hardships, and she didn't say a word under such a hot sun.
But suddenly Liu Ling realized: How could Li Xiaoran grow vegetables and plow the land? This is all the eldest lady, how can she be so skilled in farm work. The hearts of these people are full of doubts.
So he said, "Little girl, you are from the capital, how can you be so familiar with farm work?" ”
Li Xiaoran felt that this question was easy to answer, because he grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and it was normal to be familiar with farm work, but at this time in another world, it was difficult to answer.
Li Xiaoran said in a different way: "When I am bored at home in the capital, I like to go down to do farm work and like this quiet atmosphere. ”
Xuanyuan Qinghe came back after picking up water, and unexpectedly saw that Principal Li was doing farm work, but Li Xiaoran's face was already tanned, and beads of sweat fell like beans.
Xuanyuan Qinghe immediately rushed over to stop Li Xiaoran, and said domineeringly: "Let me do it, you go to rest under the tree, are you a girl doing this?" ”
Li Xiaoran was directly stunned, this sudden domineering boyfriend temperament made Li Xiaoran feel that Xuanyuan Qinghe at this time was another person, a person similar to a domineering boyfriend.
Xuanyuan Qinghe didn't know why, he would say so much to Li Xiaoran, but after seeing Li Xiaoran's appearance under the scorching sun, he couldn't help but rush over to shade Li Xiaoran, why? Xuanyuan Qinghe has never figured it out.
Liu Ling had witnessed all of this with his own eyes, and had already guessed what was going on, showing a smile that was difficult to guess.
Quietly walked over and said to Li Xiaoran, who was sitting under the tree to enjoy the shade, "What do you think of the prefect?" ”
"What's the matter, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be here, I don't feel anything!" Li Xiaoran said honestly that he didn't feel that Xuanyuan Qinghe was any different.
"Don't you see something? In my experience, he likes you! Liu Ling patted his chest and said reassuringly.
Li Xiaoran's head went blank in an instant, this is impossible, right? How is this possible? Wouldn't it? Three questions popped up in my mind.
But I will feel shy when I think about it, this is not Li Xiaoran's face was also red by Liu Ling, and now he is embarrassed to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"Okay, teasing you, but you know better than I do, so I won't say more." After Liu Ling finished speaking, he went to work again.
Li Xiaoran rested enough to join together, although the weather was very hot, it was not a gust of wind, it was also very cool.