Shen Chunyun followed Old Man Ning to get the medicine, "Uncle, thanks to you today." ”

"Tuan Tuan and Chang Zhi have already thanked me, so it's worth it for you to say it again. Shen Zhong and Changzhi were innocent in the first place, and the officials would not really take people away, they just wanted a little benefit. ”

When Shen Chunyun was in the city, he had naturally heard a lot of rumors, as long as the silver was stuffed, the officials would only take it away from the family, and it was rare for the whole family to take it away. After all, if the whole family is taken away, who will take care of it up and down?

It's just that Shen Xiao's family is not a sensible person, and they have been shouting in the courtyard that they have been wronged. The officials don't care if you are wronged or not, and they don't decide the case.

It was also thanks to the timely arrival of Old Man Ning that he sold another face, so that he was able to save people.

"Twenty taels of silver, when I turn around, when my second brother comes out, I will definitely return it to my uncle." If it is—if my second brother really can't come out, I'll pay it back." Shen Chunyun said, and couldn't help choking.

So far, it is said that none of those who have entered the yamen have ever come out.

Because the case of buying and selling illicit salt in Jiangxia City has not yet been concluded, none of the relevant people will naturally be released.

After waiting for Shen Chunyun to go back, Old Man Ning frowned and looked at the dark night, which seemed to be extraordinarily long.

"Where is your uncle's army?"

Ning Nanxing came out of the pharmacy and stood beside Old Man Ning, "In the north." The army stationed in Jiangxia City is from the south, and I am afraid that it will not leave without peeling off a layer of skin. ”

"Alas, this dark night, I don't know when it will be light......"

"It's coming." Ning Nanxing responded.

Early in the morning of the second day, Old Man Ning took Niu Lizheng, Shen Changzhi, and Yang Pingshun to the city together.

Yang Pingshun was stunned because he had a lot of silver in the yamen, and he didn't even see anyone, but he still recognized the door.

Old man Ning stood at the door of the yamen and asked the others to wait at the door. "I'm going to find the county lieutenant and ask what the situation is. We'll discuss it when it comes out. ”

"Grandpa Ning, we're waiting for you in the tea shed opposite." Because there are too many people who have come to the yamen to inquire recently, there are suddenly a lot of tea stalls at the entrance of the yamen. Most of the people who can set up stalls near the yamen are people in the yamen.

The rest walked to the nearest tea shed, found a table to sit down, ordered a pot of tea, and waited for Old Man Ning to come out.

After waiting for a long time, Old Man Ning came out, and Shen Changzhi hurriedly greeted him.

"How's it going?"

As soon as I saw someone coming out of the yamen, the other people sitting in the tea shed were staring at this side.

Old Man Ning shook his head helplessly, "Let's go, let's go back-"

"Alas, another ...... with no way"

"I don't know whether this man is dead or alive. Do you want to fill in this silver again......"

The other tables whispered, and Shen Changzhi and his party quickly shut up, this is not the place to speak.

Waiting for the carriage to go back, Old Man Ning said, "I just said, help with the dots, as for whether you can come out, it depends on whether the people above will let go." The rest will have to wait. If this case is not closed for a day, no one will have to come up with it. ”

"Is there really no way to be done?" Yang Pingshun asked a little anxiously. His brother's family was all locked up, and with the addition of his second brother-in-law, Yang Pingshun had long been in turmoil.

Old man Ning sighed, "The order issued by the imperial court is that even the army has been transferred, if it is not thoroughly investigated, even the black gauze hat of the county lord is estimated to be unable to be kept." Who would dare to release such a big thing? ”

Old man Ning secretly sighed in his heart, remembering what the county master said.

It turned out that Shen Xiao and the Liu family were arrested, and there was really no way, because someone confessed the Liu family. This person is none other than Liu's mother's family.

The Liu family bought all the illegal salt, and introduced the vendor to his mother's brother. Liu's maiden brother is also bold, he has no other skills, and he is unwilling to do heavy work, tiring and dirty work. Because of the purchase of illicit salt, I got acquainted with the hawkers back and forth, and after getting acquainted with it, I realized that the profit in the sale of illicit salt was so large.

Originally, I was afraid of being caught, so I only dared to do it for a pound and a half, but after tasting the sweetness, I couldn't help it, and I followed the hawker.

This time, the county government ordered a strict investigation, and the imperial court also transferred troops from the south to assist the county governments in various places to thoroughly investigate the case of illegal salt trading. After the hawker was arrested, he didn't resist the torture of the soldier, and as soon as he relented, he recruited the Liu family.

As for the Liu family, before they could be tortured by the soldiers, they had already recruited people. Even the Liu clan recruited it. Speaking of the person above, it was introduced by Liu. Therefore, even if someone from the yamen comes forward, this matter is not easy to handle. can only do their best to obey the destiny of heaven.

It's just that Old Man Ning has a plan in his heart, and he doesn't know what kind of mind Niu Li has. Concealed all these things, only said that it was because Liu's mother's family recruited Liu's family, and there were witnesses, so the people in the yamen naturally would not release them.

A carload of people sighed.

"This Liu family is too much of a thing, the Liu family is their married daughter in the end! If the Liu family has something to do, with the Liu family and Shen Xiao helping outside, maybe the life in prison will be a little better. Confessing people like this is a made up mind, don't think about any of them.

When there were no outsiders, Old Man Ning told everything he had heard. Shen Chunyun trembled as he listened, and scolded the Liu family for being a bastard.

"In the past two days, the silver was sent to the third courtyard of the second alley behind the county office, and the door god was posted at the gate of the courtyard. Whether it can be done or not depends on what kind of result the people above want. Now that someone from the army is intervening, even the county magistrate can't make up his mind about this matter. If the Liu family can bite and deny it, maybe there will be a turn for the better in this matter, otherwise, they can only obey the fate of heaven. ”

Shen Changzhi nodded, "Changgui, you can go with me tomorrow, so that the second uncle and aunt will not suffer in prison." ”

Shen Changgui wiped a handful of tears, and scolded the Liu family to death in his heart. "Well, I'll listen to you, Brother Changzhi."

Early in the morning of the second day, before dawn, Shen Changzhi set off with Shen Changgui.

When there are few people, secretly give the silver out first, so as not to catch people's eyes.

It's just that I didn't expect a wave of unevenness, wave after wave.

On the second day, the Wu family came uninvited.

Shen Chunyun glanced at Shen Wan, who had red eyes, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. "Sister-in-law Wu, why are you here, please come in. There is a bit of chaos at home, let's be our own family, don't mind. ”

At this time, the Wu family came, and Shen Chunyun didn't think it was a good thing.

If it is said that the Wu family has a heart, and after learning about Shen Xiao and his wife, they specially came to visit, Shen Chunyun is a hundred unbelievers.

Because, when Wu's sister-in-law came, she also brought the original matchmaker.

Shen Chunyun politely welcomed people in, but what he said made Sister-in-law Wu couldn't help frowning.

Shen Wan saw that her future mother-in-law was here at this time, and she knew what she was here for. The heart is bitter, the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing, this is not wrong.

Shen Wan blessed her future mother-in-law and avoided it.

Shen Tuantuan played with Shen Chunyun and welcomed Wu's sister-in-law and the matchmaker into the hall.

After serving tea, Shen Chunyun stopped talking.

Sister-in-law Wu originally wanted to wait for Shen Chunyun to ask impatiently, and then express her embarrassment. Which Cheng thought that Shen Chunyun was a good person, just buried himself in tea and didn't let go of a word.

Sister-in-law Wu glanced at the matchmaker.

If the matchmaker hadn't gotten Sister-in-law Wu's money, she wouldn't want to make this trip annoying.

"Mrs. Yang seems to have had a lot of things going on lately, and I haven't seen you in the city." The matchmaker said with a smile.

Shen Chunyun smiled and nodded, "Well, there have been some things at home recently, so I'm so busy that my feet don't touch the ground." Shen Chunyun could only smile, she was thinking of giving Shen Wan one last chance for her family. As long as Sister-in-law Wu can see it, they can still laugh at home, and it is estimated that this is not a big deal. As long as Sister-in-law Wu hesitates for a while and waits for Shen Xiao to come out, this family matter will not stop.

Sister-in-law Wu didn't want to stay any longer, so she took over the conversation directly, "Chunyun, in the past, in Xishi, our relationship was also excellent. This time, I really couldn't help it, so I had to open this mouth. Yang Ankang's brothers are all studying, and they are also counting on being able to take the exam in the future. I gave birth to several sons, but Taozi studied at the academy alone.

Taozi is not only for himself, but also for our family.

If it is - if it is known that Taozi marries a daughter-in-law who has committed a crime in her mother's family in the future, even if Taozi is a showman, the road ahead will be difficult! Maybe, he didn't even have the qualifications to take the Xiucai exam. Even if I don't think about Taozi, I have to think about my other sons and daughters-in-law, they originally had prejudices about Taozi's study, if they let them know that they can't take the imperial examination if they study, our Wu family will be messy! ”

When Sister-in-law Wu said this, she couldn't help wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

If it was for other reasons, Shen Chunyun could still say it and persuade him again through the past feelings. But what Sister-in-law Wu said, Shen Chunyun couldn't refute.

If it were her, Shen Chunyun would rather be infamous than be infamous, and he must let this family business not count.

Shen Chunyun also wiped her tears, "I know what Sister-in-law Wu said, but my second brother and sister-in-law are now in prison, and I am a married sister-in-law, so I really can't be the master." Taozi also grew up watching me, so I naturally don't want to ruin Taozi's imperial examination road. ”

"It's good that you have this heart. This is five taels of silver, just take it as my family to compensate the Shen family, and the help on the side can't help, so just take it with such a little heart. The dowry given before will not be returned, so let's give it to your second brother. "Sister-in-law Wu is now good as long as the Shen family can loosen her mouth, as long as she can get her son's Geng post back, even if she spends some more silver, she is willing.