The atmosphere in Qingfeng County was stagnant for several days, and finally, when the body of the woodcutter who had made a fuss in Yamen that day was carried back, the people remembered that they had been exploited and oppressed by mountain bandits for three years.

"My lord, we went on patrol as usual today, but we didn't expect to find him near the foot of the mountain in the northern suburbs, and he was already frozen when we found him." The woodcutter's body was laid out in the yamen, and the official told Wen Zhesang the truth about how the body was found.

Outside the yamen guarded the anxious people, this woodcutter is also miserable, but at the foot of the mountain to collect firewood, I didn't expect to suffer this catastrophe, it is really fate, the will of heaven is unpredictable.

At this time, suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves, and the people looked back, and it turned out that the official who had been sent to find the family of Master Miao had returned, accompanied by a team of people wearing linen and wearing filial piety. The crowd "hulala" dispersed, all afraid of being contaminated with bad luck.

The leader of the Miao family was a rich middle-aged man, at this time his brows were tightly knit and his face was gloomy, which made people feel scared at first glance. He was followed by a few young men, as well as a dozen or so guards dressed as martial artists, who were obviously also afraid of the mountain bandits outside.

As soon as Miao Jing and his party came in, they found the woodcutter's body, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore after a glance, and stepped forward and said to Wen Zhesang: "Miao Jing, the grass people, I have seen the county commander." The grass people just want to bring their brother's corpse home this time, if the adults are willing to send troops to suppress the bandits, the Miao family is willing to help. ”

When he said this in public, the crowd was shocked for a while, and the people began to talk to each other. Wen Zhesang was inconspicuous, and ordered someone to carry the woodcutter's body down first, and then said: "You have worked hard all the way. Master Miao's body is now temporarily placed in the yamen, and you can take it away at any time. As for the suppression of bandits, the official has reported it to the imperial court, and he will never ignore it. ”

Miao Jing's face softened a little, he wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and ordered a few of his subordinates: "According to the previous plan, you will take your eldest brother home for mourning first, and I will stay here to suppress bandits with my lord." Although our Miao family is a businessman, we also have our own backbone, and we must seek justice for our eldest brother this time! ”

Wen Zhesang asked Wen Zhi to take them down, and he invited Miao Jing to the study to talk.

Before Wen Zhisang was still unaware, malicious gossip had quietly spread.

Jiang Weixi just came out of Shantang, he was depressed, there were only twelve brothers left in Shantang, although they all wanted to live an honest life, but now that something like this has happened, some people want to live in peace and stability, and some people are bloody, and they want to find He Qiuping to fight to the death - isn't that fatal?

He couldn't help but sigh, although he said that he was a third leader in the village, but the brothers were most convinced by the eldest brother, and they didn't know what was going on with him now. In such a situation in the county, it is impossible to get out and out, which is simply nerve-wracking.

"Eh, have you heard? The woodcutter...... It's for adults to be harmed! ”

The gossip of the long-tongued woman drifted into Jiang Weixi's ears, and he was suddenly startled in his heart, and continued to listen with bated breath.

Another woman exclaimed, "What nonsense are you talking about? How dare you say such a thing when your brain is broken? ”

The long-tongued woman didn't care, "There is a way that is groundless, I just heard such a statement, and there is a basis for this." Oh, don't go, listen to me slowly! ”

The woman pulled her sleeve from her hand and scolded, "I see that you are really crazy, beware of Lord Yama pulling out your tongue!" ”

"You're slow! What can you do if you just listen to me? I won't tell her yet! The long-tongued woman grabbed her and said, "Didn't I hear that?" If it's wrong, you've corrected me, and if it's wrong, so that we can all see the true colors of certain people. ”

Jiang Weixi followed the two not far away, people came and went on the street, and the voice was a little noisy, and the long-tongued woman was afraid that the people around her would not hear it, so she deliberately raised her voice.

"Just a few days ago, didn't the woodcutter make a big fuss in the yamen? That's what the news came out of those mouths. They said that the adults were very angry at that time, and they were biased towards the Baili Song gang of mountain bandits, and they only thought that the adults were annoyed at that time. Who would have thought that only a few days after this incident, the woodcutter would disappear inexplicably, this is too far-fetched to say that it is a coincidence. ”

The woman said: "You just have such a little brain, if the adult is really so easy to be annoyed, kill people and kill people, I don't know how many people I want to kill when the adults come." You see, those rich people, although they have been eradicated a lot of private property, are not as rich as before, but which of them dare to say something bad to adults? If there were no adults, would you be able to eat white flour steamed buns and wear such good clothes now? ”

The long-tongued woman was blushed by her rebuttal, her eyes wandered, and she said, "You can't say that, don't people change?" If you want to say that those rich families are capable, it is impossible for adults to cut them, and the woodcutter is alone, without a wife, no concubine, no children, no daughters, and no one will seek justice for him when he is angry. Besides, think about it, why are adults so biased towards mountain bandits? Isn't that any good that she can defend them everywhere? ”

The woman looked disgusted and grabbed her with her backhand, "Okay, if you are really so sure, then let's go to the adults to confront each other and talk about it, so that you don't spread rumors everywhere and treat the kindness of the adults as donkey liver and lungs!" ”

As soon as she heard that she was going to see the official, the long-tongued woman suddenly panicked, she never thought that she would actually touch a hard nail this time. She has secretly spread a lot of bad things about adults in the past few days, but she must not confront adults, isn't that asking for trouble? She didn't want the basket anymore, and she broke free of the woman's hand and ran away. "I won't go with you to see her, I'll die if I go!" Even if she ran away, she didn't forget to smear Wen Zhesang.

"This aunt, you've dropped something."

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her, and the long-tongued woman said indiscriminately: "Don't be, don't be, boy, let go of me!" ”

"This can't be done, I just heard that the aunts are going to see the adults, coincidentally, I'm also about to go back to the yamen, let's go together?" Jiang Weixi greeted the woman with a smile and grinned, and at the same time squeezed the long-tongued woman's hand to prevent her from escaping.

"See...... See the Adults...... No, no! No matter how the long-tongued woman begged and abused, Jiang Weixi was not merciful at all, he dragged people to the yamen, and explained to the onlookers with the woman beside him.

As soon as she explained, the people around her believed that she had a dispute with the long-tongued woman, and met Jiang Weixi on the way, so they returned to the yamen together.

On a small bridge that ran counter to the direction of the crowd, Du Ruoqiao silently distanced himself from the people around him. At that time, she said that she was murderous, but Du Ruoqiao didn't take it seriously, but she didn't expect her to be so ruthless as soon as she did it. Even if Du Ruoqiao was not in Qingfeng County before, she had heard a lot of rumors about the female county magistrate in the past few days.

Being hated, abused, and slandered by the people he loves so much is simply the greatest harm to Wen Zhesang. Although the rumors have not spread all over now, according to the character of the person around him, as long as the long-tongued woman enters the yamen, within two days, the rumors will definitely be flying all over the sky.

Du Ruoqiao thought so. It's terrible to kill people and punish people.

"You've had enough, it's time to go back, right?" Du Ruoqiao asked.

"Hmm." The woman in black was noncommittal, and she was still a little disappointed. If Xie Yikou refuses to agree, she will be able to make a bigger disturbance in the county - unfortunately, that man has no backbone at all.

But she is not in a hurry, she wants Wen Zhesang to taste the taste of betrayal and separation first. Anyway, she still has a chess piece.

In the yamen, Master Miao's body was taken away by the Miao family, and Miao Jing and six Miao family guards remained in the county. Wen Zhesang wanted to arrange for them to live in the yamen, but Miao Jing saw that there were female dependents in the yamen, so he went to live in an inn closest to the yamen in order to avoid suspicion.

"My lord, I'm in a hurry."

"My lord! My lord, I have been wronged! ”

Wen Zhesang pressed his eyebrows and said to Wen Yan: "Let it go first, and then send a message to Wen Shi and ask him not to come back." ”

After giving the order, she hurried out.

The long-tongued woman was a widow with her maiden name Liu and her husband's surname Chen, and her husband died young, leaving only one daughter to raise under her knees. But when she raised her daughter to the cardamom years, she somehow got into a ghost and sold her daughter to the Shang family, and a few years later, her daughter was beaten to death with a stick for stealing things from the house. The Shang family lost some money, and Chen Liu kept silent about his daughter.

The woman who came with her was her neighbor, Qian Yu, and coincidentally, she was the widow of Qian Ming, the acting county magistrate who fell into the water and died.

Fortunately, although Chen Liu shouted and screamed along the way, everyone knew her temperament very well, and they all thought that she had quarreled with Qian Yu's family, and they were afraid that they would lose money in court, so they talked nonsense.

Seeing that the matter was about to be revealed, Chen Liu hurriedly defended himself: "My lord, the people are wronged, the women don't know anything!" They are all those who chew the root of their tongues, and the women of the people heard their nonsense for a while, and felt strange, so they discussed with her. ”

She tugged at Qian Yu's skirt, "You have something to say!" ”

"I have something to say, I've got you done." Qian Yushi pulled out the hem of his skirt and said to her with a cold face, "You are spreading rumors on the street, causing trouble, and slandering adults, is this fake?" You say you're hearsay, but I think it's just because you're not talking nonsense alone, and there's a group of long-tongued women talking nonsense, right? ”

"Nothing!" Chen Liu panicked, "I just heard some bad words, I didn't spread rumors, they all said it, what does it have to do with me?" ”

"Shut up." Wen Zhesang lowered his face, "Qian Yu, you told the official what happened just now. I'd like to hear how they discredit him. ”

Hearing Wen Zhesang say this, Chen Liu's face became even more flustered, her legs were weak and she collapsed to the ground.