"Knock Knock"

The long-sealed drum of grievances sounded in the early morning of the tenth day of the lunar month!

This used to be a drum made of the skin of a corrupt official, but now it is sealed with a thick layer of ash, and with the dull drum beat, it falls down with a splash.

The road is sparsely crowded, and occasionally people passing by see a girl with a thin back, struggling to beat the drum noodles, and can't help but step down, and some kind-hearted people also persuade her loudly:

"The county commander in Layueli will not be promoted, and the big seal has been sealed, so go back!"

"At the entrance of the yamen, open to the south, don't come in if you have no money; In the wax moon, on the warm kang, Xinna's beautiful concubine eyebrows and eyes were crooked, "A crazy Taoist priest thought about it, laughed and left."

No matter what others say, Luo Shi keeps beating the drum.

She would rather hit a stone with an egg than whisper and beg a woman who would never help her.

Her arms were numb, and she only supported her with her mind, and after about half an hour, she finally angered Master Chen, the county magistrate of Wenwen Township, and angrily scolded someone to bring her in.

The county magistrate Chen was wearing an official robe, pulling his shoes, yawning and sitting on the table hanging from the mirror, he knocked on the shocked wood and scolded angrily:

"Where did Diao Min come from, come to complain at this time, be sincere, otherwise this official will have a good year! Hand me the complaint, you go back! ”

Luo Shi had no fame, so he had to kneel on him, but his back was straight:

"There is no complaint, but I have to dictate a grievance! Caomin Niujia Village, is a displaced person who moved north of the Yangtze River, Mengwu Emperor Hong Ci Longen, a corner of peace, and because of Master Chen, you have good governance, so you earned some money to build a house, but I don't know when the imperial court has an edict, the newly settled population such as a new house, actually have to pay fifty percent of the tax? ”

One head knocks down, the sound of astringency is like a bell, and the words cry blood;

"The grass people sued Master Huo and a dry soap in Qingshan County, forcibly broke into people's houses, seized people's property, and beat innocent people!"

Chen Xianling looked confused, and reacted for a long time:

"What, who are you going to sue? The official heard it right, what other edict is there, how can the official not know this edict? ”

"Ahem......"

Before Luo Shi could speak, a woman's cough came from the back hall, as if she wanted to remind Li County of something.

"Nonsense!"

Li Xianling instantly pulled his face and said loudly to the back hall, he was very unhappy, and muttered for a while before he said to Luo Shi:

"The official knows about this, but in fact, this matter is ......"

"Ahem! Cough! ”

The coughing in the back hall became louder, and the cough seemed to have changed its flavor later, and the screams were strong and threatening.

Li Xianling fell into the wood, turned around and was about to go to the back hall, at this time, Luo Shi saw that the curtain across the back hall was picked up by a woman's hand - the familiar shrimp bracelet came into her eyes.

The woman was hidden in the dark, and from Luo Shi's point of view, she could only see that she touched her belly, and the next moment, she lowered the wind curtain.

Li Xianling's expression changed, and finally lowered his eyes, sighed in resignation, sat back on the Taishi chair, put out the official master's shelf, and said:

"Do you know who you are accusing? The county's money and grain master, Huo Liang, but this person? ”

"Yes"

Luo Shi recognized this shrimp bracelet, and also knew that the woman who threatened Li County's order with pregnancy was Niu Xinghua.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, she relied on a piece of meat in her stomach to the point of sitting in the court to hear the trial and affecting the decision-making in the hall!

"Master Qian Liang manages the tax revenue of money and grain in a county, although it is not in the stream, but it is also to take the imperial court, you are a civil official, you always know the rules, first hit the 20th board, and only after the fight can you continue to try the case"

After that, Li Xianling glanced at the hall and continued: "But you have also seen it, the yacha has not yet arrived at work, if you are willing to be beaten, no one will beat you, this will be the moon, wait for the seal to open next year."

He waved his hand at Rossy and motioned for her to go.

Luo Shi is not stunned, she knows that it is actually Niu Xinghua who is sitting in the hall now, for the sake of the child in her belly, no matter how she messes around, the county order will put up with it first.

If you blindly kneel here, you just let Niu Xinghua humiliate, let her turn the sky upside down, and she won't be able to save Niu Changgeng.

She is grateful to Li County Ling, although he is confused and has no bottom-line principle of being a parent official, but he is at least willing to persuade her to go back, and does not want her to suffer this unwarranted disaster, he can't be regarded as a bad official, he can only be regarded as a mediocre official.

Kowtowed to Li Xianling, Luo Shi got up from the ground, pursed her lips, and walked out of the lobby with cold eyes.

As she thought, Niu Xinghua was unwilling to give up any opportunity to humiliate her, so she chased after her.

Just under the weeping flower gate at the entrance of the yamen, she called out to her.

"You're not going to beg me? Beg me to release Niu Changgeng, he is suffering from this prison for you! ”

The new mink fur jacket, the moon Luo pleated skirt, and the soup woman in her hand, she looked rich and compelling, and she was a lot more jeweled than when she saw her by the carriage that day.

At that time, she was just a foreign house, not even as a concubine, but she was angry, and now even if she was a natural star, as long as she wanted it, Li Xianling would pick it up for her.

"Please, are you useful? I might as well go and ask the Bodhisattva, at least I am still kind and kind, and the treasure is solemn, looking at your face, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress the desire to gag, so I will disappoint you"

With a detached chuckle, Luo Shi didn't want to tear up, and she didn't want to fight, she was just very tired-

I thought more than once, is this cow apricot blossom the boss designed by the company? She hasn't pulled any hatred yet, why did she suddenly have hatred for one day and two places, and hatred for three rivers and four seas?

Niu Xinghua's eyelids jumped, she endured her anger, and smiled with her face, planning to use her concubine to stimulate it:

"You know that I used to like Brother Niu, these days, he is in my hands, no matter what I want him to do, he is powerless to resist, Luo Shi, speak conscience, don't you feel sour or painful?"

As soon as she heard this, Luo Shi was about to laugh, can this boss give someone with a little emotional intelligence?

"I'm sorry, I really ...... It's not sour, it's not painful, and I want to thank you for him, after all, in this era, prostitutes don't have to give money, and they can also have food and shelter, there are really not many left."

Feeling that verbal gratitude was not formal enough, Luo Shi stood up straight, followed the example of a man, and bowed to her:

"You're Tired"

After dusting off the dust on her clothes, although compared to it, one was shabby and the other was expensive, but Luo Xi still felt that talking to Niu Xinghua was like struggling in a muddy pool, and she instinctively wanted to stay away from her.

"Rasting!! Do you really think I don't dare kill you? ”

Niu Xinghua was going crazy, her nails were fiercely buckled with the red paint on the pillars, she couldn't tell the reason, she spent so much effort, just so that Luo Shi could succumb to her, and be small with her, instead of always looking painless and invulnerable.

Even though she is being bullied and persecuted now, she can still see the smile on her lips, and Xinghua can't wait to step forward and tear her face immediately.

"If you have that faith, then try it"

Luo Shi turned around and walked away, and the steps down the steps were extraordinarily relaxed, not that she was invulnerable, but that she had erected an ironclad armor for the people she cared about.

Those who are waiting to see her jokes are probably going to be disappointed......

"Rassa!!" The cow apricot blossom screamed loudly, as bitter as a claw.

Having walked four or five feet away, Luo Shi turned around and whispered to Niu Xinghua:

"Don't worry, you'll have to beg me in turn one day"

*

I went to a second-class meat shop on Nantou Street, and Luo Shi had recently fixed the supply to it, so I was familiar with the shopkeeper, so I opened my mouth and asked him in advance to settle the money for this month's spicy dishes, and asked him to borrow the stove room and fry a few side dishes.

She carried it in a food basket and prepared to go to the cell of the Qingshan County Ya to deliver food to Niu Changgeng.

At the gate of the cell, the wooden fence stood high, the brass and iron nails were black and rusty, the door was half open, and a jailer was leaning against the door and smoking a cigarette.

Luo Shi stepped forward and smiled sweetly: "Brother Cell Boss, I'll explore someone"

The jailer glanced at her, and said angrily: "Two taels of silver"

"Brother Cell, I don't have that much on me, only the money you hold to drink"

Luo Shi took out twenty yuan, stuffed it into the jailer's hand, and said, "Then I won't go in, you can bring me a meal, and then help me bring a word."

The jailer took the money, although it was only enough for him to stuff his teeth, he still put the trick above his head, and said in a cold voice:

"What do you want to bring—"

"You bring a message to my eldest aunt and the second cousin of her third brother-in-law's family, just say that the second cousin of the little aunt of his third uncle's brother-in-law's brother-in-law will bring him a meal, and he will ...... it."

"Wait! What a mess, isn't it just cousins?" the jailer looked confused

"No, no, my aunt and her brother-in-law's second cousin have more than twenty cousins, and he doesn't know which cousin is coming, so I'm not here for nothing, I haven't finished talking yet."

"Say no more! Go in and go in, come out when you're done, what the hell—"

The jailer waved his hand, obviously unwilling to have more trouble with Luo Shi, there was no need to find a diaphragm for himself during the New Year.

Luo Shi had a pure and silly expression, oh, nodded, and went into the cell with the food basket.

In the first few cells outside, Luo Xi found Niu Changgeng, who was only charged with fighting and obstructing official business, and was not to be locked up with the death penalty.

Because he was strong, the ruffians and hooligans who were locked up in one place could not please him, so how did he get in at that time, he was still the same as he was, sitting on the thatched pile in a good manner.

Seeing Luo Shi coming to look at him, Niu Changgeng hurriedly stood up and threw himself on the side of the cell doorpost, his eyes dark and shining:

"Why are you here? Is my grandma okay? ”

"And don't worry, the family is fine, but I'm worried about you, and I'm thinking everywhere to get you out, so Niu He, otherwise you still have a human life in your hand."

Putting down the food basket in his hand, seeing that there were no torture scars on his body, Luo Shi was relieved.

"What do you want to do, but just wait for the money to redeem me, and the yacha will also celebrate the New Year, I wish I would be released as soon as possible, I don't want to do what they want, I have to sit in this prison."

Niu Changgeng is also a cow temper, which makes people cry and laugh.

A pot of stewed vegetarian meat, a bowl of assorted fried rice, Luo Shi held chopsticks on the bowl, and handed him from the gap with the mouth of the bowl:

"What kind of stupid thing, grandma is still waiting for you to go home for the New Year, you can eat it"

"Huh"

Niu Changgeng smiled innocently, when he met Luo Shi, he was like a little sheep, and he was really hungry again, such a strong guy with big arms, just eating the bad food in the prison, he could be enough to be full.

Picking up the bowl and burying his head in the rice, he felt that it was fragrant and delicious, and now he tasted it a little more than before, and it became the best one of the best techniques he had ever eaten.

Shake off the cheeks and eat, didn't waste a grain of rice, and even ate the dishes hanging on the gap.

Luo Shi took the bowl and handed him a bag of copper coins: "There are about fifty Wen in it, you put it away closely, what do you want to eat and ask the cell head to buy it, it will be Sanniang to send it, I have to go to Liangfu"

"What are you going to do in Liang Mansion? Is Liang Shizi back? ”

"Nope"

There is not a penny of money at home now, and the newly collected money for spicy dishes has been spent, so she can only go to the Liang Mansion with an old face to see if she can withdraw the salary of January Yue first and save her time temporarily.

"Then you ......"

"It's okay, I'll go back first, Brother Niu, take care"

Lifting the basket, Ross smiled at him and was about to leave.

"Radiance!"

Niu Changgeng grabbed the wooden stake, his eyes showed a complicated color, his Adam's apple rolled, his thick lips moved, and in the end, he didn't hold back his words, only blushed inexplicably, lowered his eyes and said:

"Thank you, thank you"

Answering with a smile, Luo Shi waved his hand at him, stepped up the stairs, and walked out of the cell of Qingshan County.