Xu Zhong said: "This person's name is Red Lady, her husband's surname is Lin, and she fled here 20 years ago. When my father saw that they were diligent, he left them behind.

Soon, the Lin family scraped together enough money and rented a piece of land from my father to use to plant mahogany. In the past ten years, the Lin family has always been able to pay the rent on time, but during this time, the small ones sent people to ask for rent, and the Lin family always shirked it.

The little one took someone to ask for rent, and Lin Dong, the eldest son of the Lin family, spoke ill of the little one, but the little one was angry and pushed him, and the two families clashed.

The people under him didn't know the severity of their hands and accidentally injured Lin Dong's leg. But afterwards, the little one also sent someone forward to appease him and gave him Tang Yaoyin.

I also told them that I don't want this year's tax. ”

"How do you explain the two hundred taels?" Su Lingyu asked.

"Princess, two hundred taels is like this." The red lady crossed her waist, pointed at Xu Zhong and said, "A few days ago, he sent someone into my redwood forest and said that he wanted to cut wood, and he cut me down a lot of wood.

He threatened the women of the people, either to send his daughter-in-law Lin Yan over, or to give two hundred taels of silver. The woman could not, so she had to give him money. Xu Zhong ......"

"You're talking nonsense." Xu Zhong jumped and kicked the red lady.

"Alas, just talk, who are you beating?" Ahsan waved his whip and persuaded.

The red lady dodged to the side, raised her chin, and said loudly to the villagers: "Xu Zhong is short-tempered, and he has a group of hooligans under him, who of the villagers has not been beaten by him?" ”

The group of people brought by Xu Zhong didn't dare to recognize it, and the villagers standing in the distance dodged, let alone said.

Xu Zhong didn't admit it, and said to the princess: "The little one has a group of friends, and they are also a little undisciplined, but they never bully women, let alone do anything hurtful to nature. ”

According to the two of them, Xu Zhong is the second Su Chengqi.

Su Chengqi spent the first half of his life because he was not bound by money. In the second half of his life, because his family was rich and powerful, he was restrained by his children.

There are not many hooligans gathered around, and there is no chance to do bad things.

And Xu Zhongzhuang didn't know, he had a lot of money in his hand, and he was a person with a bit of face, so I was afraid that no one would dare to offend him in this area.

Whether it's really bullying women or not, wait and see.

Su Lingyu reminded him: "Let's make the matter of two hundred taels clear first." ”

"Princess Rongyu, the mountains and forests here are suitable for planting mahogany, and the fields here are more suitable for growing wheat. The small one plans to replant all the fields with wheat and beans.

Not to mention before, in the past year or two, this kind of land needs pesticides and fertilizers. The small ones thought about selling some mahogany and exchanging money for pesticides.

The people under him couldn't tell the line, and cut down the Lin family's mahogany by mistake, and the Lin family said that the small one was deliberate. ”

"Take people to the red forest to cut down indiscriminately, and waste a lot of mahogany, the little one is so angry. These mahogany trees are all from the emperor, and they are not small ones that can be done as much as they want. ”

"Asked the Lin family to pay money, he couldn't pay it, so he could only use their redwood forest to pay off the debt. This forced the Lin family to lose two hundred taels. Xu Zhong spread his hands and looked helpless.

"No, it's not like that." The red lady was in a hurry.

"No, no mahogany cut for him." The mahogany is the emperor's, how dare the people's family touch it? It's him, it's him who forged it. ”

"They slandered us for cutting down his mahogany, and demanded that we pay for it or give it to others.

How can our family have money to give, not to sell the mahogany that has been planted for more than ten years, and then give him the money. ”

The red lady was so anxious that she cried.

"You stop. Xu Zhong, you continued. Su Lingyu motioned for Xu Zhong to speak.

"That child's adopted daughter-in-law, Lin Yan, was not snatched by the little one, she ran to the small house by herself. said that he was willing to sell himself as a slave, and he was unwilling to continue to stay in the Lin family. ”

"The Lin family treats her badly?" Su Lingyu asked.

"How so?" The red lady stared wide-eyed and didn't admit it, "The old lady raised her as a young lady, how could she be bad to her?" ”

Xu Zhong looked at the red lady and sneered: "I heard my mother-in-law say that Lin Yan has many pinch marks on her body, and the old and the new are different. Whether it's good or not, only the red lady herself knows. ”

"Do you see? Those pinchmarks are all in the same place, saying that she was raised as a young lady, so she can't do no work at all, right? ”

The nearby hills are very suitable for planting mahogany, which is used for furniture, charcoal, and spices.

Every family will plant a few trees, and when they are large, they can be sold for money.

Robbing people from the mahogany forest is to rob people's lives and money.

For the sake of raising a child daughter-in-law, the red lady would rather give two hundred taels of silver, not like she abused Lin Yan.

Whether Lin Yan is voluntary or not, you have to see and ask before you know.

"You all have their own opinions, I don't know if it's true or not, so let's go to Zhuangzi together, ask Lin Yan, and ask others."

Saying that, Su Lingyu summoned Ah Shan, "You send some people out, go out and inquire, what's going on." ”

"Yes."

Su Lingyu looked at the two people below, "Think about it, who can prove to you that what you said is right." ”

Xu Zhong was very confident, "What the little ones say is true, and they can all prove it for the small ones." ”

The red lady stomped her feet and said to the princess: "Princess, you go first, and the woman will go to find a witness." With that, he ran away.

The carriage continued to move forward, and Xu Zhong followed the side of the carriage, looking up and talking to the princess.

"The little one is dedicated to the Huangzhuang, and he doesn't dare to slack off at all, and the money handed over to the inner treasury every year is in the top five.

You see that there were 1,300 acres of land on his side, but now there are only more than 900 acres of land left. ranked last every year, and was scolded by the Queen Mother every year. ”

Su Lingyu also knew the situation of this Huangzhuang, and the next one to go was to go out of Huangzhuang.

Su Lingyu turned sideways and asked Zhuang Tou, "Xu Zhong, in farming, I can't say your fault." It's just that in this private style, it's not very good, if it is found to be true, what do you want me to do? ”

"The small body is not afraid of the shadow, if it is true, it depends on what the princess does."

"That's good. Although the emperor gave me your deed of sale, you are the emperor's person after all, and this imperial village is not mine.

If something happens to you, I can only send you to the palace and be dealt with by the people in the palace. ”

Get a preventive shot first, if something happens, she will definitely not be soft.

The Zhuangzi in front of her did too well on the surface, and she couldn't find anything wrong. She had the evidence in her hand, but she hadn't figured out how to use it.

After all, Huangzhuang is the emperor, she doesn't want to make it too good, if she cares about everything, she must not be tired to death?

It's too good, and it's also a dowry for others.

Soon everyone came to Zhuangzi, and Xu Zhong's wife, daughter-in-law and others stood at the door and waited.

"Meet the Princess."

"Get up." Su Lingyu was helped out of the carriage by Cuicui, "You have worked hard, you have waited for a long time." ”

"The small ones are not hard, these are the small ones that should be done."

Su Lingyu patted Mrs. Xu Zhong's shoulder with a fan, "I've worked hard for you in the past few days, and I brought some gifts, don't dislike it." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"Which one is Lin Yan, bring it and take a look." Su Lingyu was looking for someone in the crowd.