Zhu Fenggong came to the lobby, and when he saw that he had really brought someone back, he was overjoyed, and he said habitually: "Welcome to the ......."

His face froze, and he almost said what he said when he greeted the guests when he was selling pork, and quickly changed his words: "Why is Huang Yunguang so slow, let him go to do something and not come back for half a day!" ”

Ma Dezheng immediately heard that he had said the wrong thing, and that he was trying to find himself under the stairs, so he followed his words and replied, "My lord, seeing that this hour is about the same, I think he will be back soon." ”

"Hmph, what a guy who can't handle things!" Zhu Fenggong snorted, but his face eased a lot, and he secretly sighed in his heart that this old guy was really clever, where was it like the few people in the back, all of them were wood, and I am afraid that he has not reacted yet.

Diao Yi and the others really didn't react, they just felt strange, when was there an extra person named Huang Yunguang in the yamen?

Zhu Fenggong didn't dare to sit in the position of the little county king, but sat down on the chair on the side, with his hands on his legs domineeringly, and asked: "What is the case of you, come quickly!" ”

"My lord, we have no case, but we were taken by the arrest to make a registration, and said that we can leave after the record." Liu Zizhi pointed to Ma Dezheng and said to them, looking for Zhuang Rou in the pile of people who should be arrested, but found that she was not there.

Li Zhongxin didn't look good, then he was not here, he was deceived into the county office!

Zhu Fenggong also took a look, and found that Zhuang Rou didn't come with him, and then he just remembered what they said, so he shouted and scolded: "Nonsense! This is the hall of the county government, where is the place for you to play around. Say that there is nothing to do, why is there a dead man on the board, and if you dare to lie to me, you will serve on the board! ”

When Ma Dezheng heard this, he hurriedly picked up the worn-out killing sticks, stood on both sides of the lobby, and shouted together: "Wei...... Military! ”

It's just that they are half-wet, there are still some traces of egg liquid, and the clothes have not yet been purchased new, so they look like a group of people who are asking for food are playing.

Liu Zizhi was speechless for a while, and suddenly thought of eighteen thousand taels of silver, as long as he gave two or three hundred taels to this classic, he should stand on his side. Look at this broken place, the Taishi chair doesn't even have a backrest, and he is so poor that a little silver can send away this kind of poor official.

So, he bowed deeply and said: "My lord, the villain is Liu Zizhi of the Liu family in Huamianfang, I want to go to the lake to play on the street today, I don't want the horse to suddenly be startled and kill the daughters of these two old men." The villain is willing to compensate with all her might, just hoping that this will allow her parents to rely on in the future. ”

"If someone is killed, then the officer of this case will have to investigate it carefully." Zhu Fenggong nodded and said, with some sighs in his heart, Zhuang Rou, he could still pull the case back after going out. Most of these accidents are discussed in private, and then they are resolved, and there are too few people who are pulled into the government just after an accident.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zizhi said it well just now, and when he arrived here, he immediately reported to the official, Lin Laicai immediately threw himself on the ground and cried bitterly, "My lord, please give my daughter justice, she is going to get married soon, but she was killed by this villain who rode a horse here, it is really eyeless!" ”

When Lin saw it, he also knelt on the ground and cried, and the court was suddenly filled with cries one after another. This voice made Zhu Fenggong feel happy, he hadn't heard this voice for a long time, and it was really good to be an official.

Seeing that the two sides turned their faces and began to tear up, Zhuang Rou, who was hiding at the door and watching quietly, retreated, I am afraid that this case will not end for a while and a half, and Zhu Fenggong still has to pick up money here.

She came out and stood at the door of the broken ya, leaning against the wall and tilting her head to look at the people coming and going in the street. I always felt that something was wrong with this matter, that girl really deliberately hit the carriage, whether it was suicide or money is hard to say.

It stands to reason that she is such a bride-to-be, and she must have someone to accompany her when she comes out. But he tried to hit the carriage three times, and his family did not follow him.

But all of them appeared when they were hit and killed, but judging from their net worth, they didn't see anything wrong.

After thinking about it, she left the yamen and went directly to a cloth shop on the street, bought ready-to-wear clothes and brought them back to the small courtyard that Zhuang Xuewen gave her.

By this time, the courtyard had been cleaned, and the broken windows had been repaired, and there was no one in the courtyard. She went upstairs to her room, and after a while she came out dressed in a light blue dress with broken flowers, and her hair was combed again, and she was back to her original loveliness.

When she went downstairs, she found an empty donkey cart, paid 200 yuan and rented it, and asked the donkey cart to take her to Beimen County to run errands.

The driver was an old man in his sixties, and when he saw that Zhuang Rou was alone, he chattered while driving the donkey cart, "That Beimen County is very chaotic, most of them are merchants and porters, there are too many rough people, and the girl didn't even bring anyone, it's too dangerous." ”

Zhuang Rou smiled and asked, "The old man's surname, where is he from, can you catch a car here, is it from this Douhu County?" ”

"The villain's surname is Lin, where can poor people like us afford to live in this kind of place, in fact, I also live in Beimen County, some businessmen are idle and bored there, and they will take a car to the lake to see, and some wonder if they can meet some dignitaries and nobles to please some relations." The old man said.

"The surname is Lin, there are many people surnamed Lin in Beimen County." Zhuang Rou thought that there were big surnames in many places, and some entire villages were surnamed Lin, maybe he and Lin Laicai were still together.

Father Lin smiled: "Yes, there are more than a dozen villages in Beimen County with the surname Lin, which is the local surname." ”

Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Daddy Lin, I'm going to Dachi Village in Beimen County, do you know the way?" ”

"Oikemura? On the road to the village where I live, is the girl going to visit relatives? Father Lin said very enthusiastically, the clothes Zhuang Rou bought were just worn by ordinary people, not silk and satin, so he was mistaken for a girl who went to visit relatives, so he didn't have so many restraints.

"My cousin has a good family and has a small business, and his mother wants to find him a good family. I heard that there is a daughter of the Lin family in Dachi Village who is very well raised, so I want to take a look, but I am too busy to have time, and I am afraid that it will be too rude to disturb the other party. Zhuang Rou opened her mouth and made it up, saying it as if it was true.

"So I'm going to inquire first, and if it's good, I'll go back and tell my aunt, and I'll be considered a meritorious service."

Father Lin was stunned and asked curiously, "But Lin is a wealthy family?" ”

Zhuang Rou sat up immediately, and said with shining eyes: "Father Lin has heard of the daughter of Lin Lai's wealthy family? Is it really like the legend, everyone is knowledgeable, gentle and kind? ”

"I heard that his family has invited many gentlemen to teach their daughters, all of whom are very good, but many people with good conditions in the county have proposed marriage, and they refuse to marry." Father Lin has naturally heard of this family, which is very famous in the local area, and his daughter is excellent in choosing a son-in-law.

Hearing him say this, Zhuang Rou frowned and worried, "How can this be, then my cousin doesn't have no chance at all." ”

"Although his daughters are very good, they are all adopted, and he is also a great good person on our side. But there are only a few dozen acres of land in the family, and if you really want to marry in business, you should marry a businesswoman. Seeing her sad face, Father Lin said.

Zhuang Rou looked at him in surprise, "All of them are adopted, don't they have any children of their own?" ”

Father Lin shook his whip and said, "I don't know, I just heard about this, and the people in their village know it." ”

"Oh, it's already here anyway, so let's go check it out. Maybe if I don't do it, I will agree to marry my daughter and give one to my cousin. Zhuang Rou pursed her lips and said.

"Okay, anyway, after receiving the girl's money, I have to send you back and forth." Father Lin has already collected the money, and he doesn't care if she wants to go or not, but if she leaves, he can pick up some businessmen who returned late to Beimen County when he sends her back.

Adopted ......

Zhuang Rou sat in the donkey cart with a smile on her lips, which was really interesting. Suddenly thinking that Lin Laicai's family was still in the yamen, she probed and said, "Daddy Lin, when I go to Beimen County to find a better dim sum shop, I want to buy some candy and dim sum." ”

"No problem, there is a Hongxiangzhuang in Beimen County, the dim sum is delicious, and my two grandsons like the red date cake in it the most. There are also mille-feuille crisps and hemp candy strips, which are good things for gifts, from the elderly to children, they love to eat, and if you bite into such a bite, you will have to get rid of the crispy dregs of your body......" Daddy Lin talked about eating, and he frothed at the mouth and said endlessly, those dim sum were extremely delicious by him.

Zhuang Rou was dumbfounded when she heard this, so she decided to wrap one for him later and give it to his two grandsons to eat.

The donkey cart did not run fast, although it was not as good as the horse, but it still arrived in Beimen County smoothly, and there were indeed many more people here than Douhu County. The streets are full of inns, restaurants and warehouses, and in addition to the main road, there is also a small river, and the wharf is full of boats pulling goods.

In addition to merchants and hawkers, there are all kinds of porters and handymen and helpers on the street, which is very messy, but fortunately no one fights or troubles.

Zhuang Rou didn't stay here, but was pulled to Hongxiangzhuang by Daddy Lin and took out the money to let him buy two dim sums. After getting it to the car, he gave him a share, which made Daddy Lin happy again and again, such a big bag of dim sum had to cost nearly 100 yuan, and he was reluctant to buy so much at once.

After thanking him, Father Lin took Zhuang Rou to Dachi Village, it was already afternoon Shen Shi, and it wouldn't be long before dinner, and it would be dark when he didn't go back quickly.

Fortunately, the village of Oike is not too far away, and the donkey cart drove along the dirt road for a while, and a large pond dam appeared in front of it, surrounded by a lot of farmland, and the house in the distance was the destination.

The donkey cart stopped at the entrance of the village, and at this time everyone was busy cleaning up and waiting for dinner, and there were not many people chatting around the trees in the village. asked Father Lin to wait here, and Zhuang Rou walked into the village with a dim sum bag.

Lin Laicai's house could be seen at a glance, and the largest house in the village was, but she didn't go there, but walked along the road in the village.

Suddenly she saw a group of runny children on the side of the road, so she sat down on a stone not far from them, opened the paper bag outside the snack, took out a mille-feuille cake and bit it.

The crisp and crisp sound immediately attracted the attention of the children, and several daring ones immediately came over, eating dirty fingers and staring at the snack in her hand.

Zhuang Rou smiled, picked up the snack and said, "Give it to you, I came to find Lin Laicai's family, but I didn't expect them to be at home, so I couldn't send this snack." ”

Originally, a few older children were still pulling others to prevent her from being a kidnapper, but now when I heard that she came to Lin Laicai's family, wouldn't she be a good person. After glancing at each other, the seven or eight children rushed over, and one of them grabbed a handful of candy and stood aside to eat it.

This candy is so delicious, they are very happy to eat it, and Zhuang Rou is not in a hurry, just looked at them and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there is still something here, everyone eat slowly." ”

"Sister, you're so nice." A little fat man ate the scum all over his face and said vaguely.

Zhuang Rou smiled and said: "Fortunately, I met you, if I met that aunt, I am afraid that these snacks will be snatched by her." ”

When he said this, everyone laughed at the little fat man and said, "Big pile, this is talking about your mother, who loves to take advantage of small things!" ”

The big pile said nonchalantly: "My mother said, don't take advantage of the cheapness." ”

"Hmph, if your mother chews her tongue again, we won't play with you anymore!" A child said unconvinced.

"Just eat candy, who wants to play with you!" The big pile suddenly snatched the dim sum paper bag in Zhuang Rou's hand, and ran to the village.

Zhuang Rou stood up and said to the other children, "Ah, he snatched all the snacks, I have to go and chase them back, it's not good to do this." With that, she hurried in the direction of the pile running away.

The children said with a worried and disappointed face: "If this candy doesn't come back, the mother of the big pile is afraid that she will murder this sister." ”

"Yes, I only took four pieces of dim sum, I would have grabbed a little more if I knew it."

"I've got eight, hahahaha."

"You're so cunning, give me some points!" A few children stood on the side of the road, fighting over the pieces of candy.