Chapter 12: The Widow Qing
Song Qing immediately stood up and said to Steward Yu: "Uncle Yu, what will happen if we say that Chaoyang fell off the cliff and fell to his death?" Will they still be punished by joint sitting? β
"Yes, not only us, but also the neighbors, who do not report it, will be punished." Steward Yu's tone was heavy, "The old man has always been very prestigious during his lifetime, and he was friendly with the county order, and the government has not sent anyone to come yet, probably hoping that our Qin Mansion can hand over the young master." β
"Uncle Yu, hurry up and send someone to the government to report the case, just say that Chaoyang killed someone, and we have already sent someone to chase it." Song Qing had an idea, and hurriedly said to Steward Yu.
"Qing'er, do you want the government to arrest Chaoyang away?" Xiu'er couldn't help but be a little angry when she heard Song Qing's words.
"Xiu'er, don't be bored! What the young lady means is that the young master's whereabouts are unknown now, and it is best to protect the people in the mansion first. Steward Yu immediately understood what Song Qing meant, and shouted softly to Xiu'er.
"I have to trouble Uncle Yu to go to this matter in person, explain the situation in our house, and the government must take care of it." Song Qing considered the seriousness of the matter, carefully instructed Steward Yu, and then said to Mama Yu: "Mama Yu, the victim family wants you to go and see if they have any requirements, as long as they are willing not to pursue this matter anymore, even if all the wealth of the Qin Mansion is dispersed." β
"Qing'er, this ......" Yu's mother was trying to dissuade her, but was interrupted by Song Qing:
"If the money is gone, you can make it again, but if the people are gone, you can't live anymore."
Steward Yu and his wife made a gesture to Song Qing, immediately went out, and acted separately according to the explanation. Song Qing told the Qin brothers to go back and talk to everyone well, and after sending Xiu'er away, he walked into Qin Zidu's room alone.
Things happened one after another, everyone was busy going back and forth like a spinning top, and Qin Zidu's remains were still in his bedroom. The weather in Layue is very cold, from early morning to now for half a day, the body has not decomposed, Qin Zidui is lying on the bed, looking like he is asleep. Maybe it was because he saw so many dead corpses on the first day of the crossing, maybe it was because Qin Ziwan was very kind to Song Qing before his death, but now that he saw the corpses, Song Qing was not afraid at all, but was full of sadness. The mood that had been tense for a long time just now relaxed and finally couldn't help but lie on the side of the bed and cry bitterly. I was tired of crying, so I fell asleep in a daze.
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After dark, Xiu'er found Song Qing in Qin Zidu's room and informed her that Uncle Yu and Aunt Yu had returned home. After Song Qing heard this, he immediately got up and went to the study.
Both brought good news. Qin Ziwan was friendly with the county order before his death, and the cause of this incident was that someone else provoked first, and it was a mistake, and after Uncle Yu's investigation, the county order agreed to relax the limit on this matter. It was said that the Qin Mansion came to report the case as soon as possible, and sent someone to hunt down Qin Chaoyang, and tomorrow let the Qin brothers take people to look for it the same way, and finally determined that Qin Chaoyang died unexpectedly, and some property needs to be confiscated. Song Qing immediately breathed a long sigh when he heard this, and the lives of the people in the whole house were finally saved.
The victim's family was not very good, and after a long time of persuasion by Yu's mother, she also agreed to receive some money, after all, people cannot be resurrected after death, and the living still need to continue to live. It's just that the requirements of that family are a little too high, so that Yu's mother can't make up her mind, she just says that she can't be the master, and she needs to come back to discuss it and give a reply tomorrow.
"What does his family want?" Song Qing asked.
"It was said that it was five Yi gold and two shops, isn't this taking advantage of the fire to rob it!" Yu's mother was a little angry.
"Hmph, this matter was originally caused by people from his family who said bad things about us behind their backs, which provoked Chaoyang to do it, but it doesn't cost a lot of gold to buy a person, it's really shameless!" Xiu'er scolded hatefully.
Song Qing didn't know how much property the Qin family had, but looking at the attitudes of Yu's mother and Xiu'er, the family seemed to want the entire Qin Mansion, so he had to turn his head and ask Steward Yu: "Uncle Yu, how much property does our family have?" β
"Young lady, our family has always relied on the dansha cave opened by the ancestor, originally by selling dansha, and then the old man took charge of the house, and began to do dye, rouge and mercury business. Now there is a placer mine in the lower house, five Yi gold, three shops, and some jewelry. Steward Yu took the account book and explained to Song Qing one by one.
Song Qing frowned after hearing this, that family is really black-hearted, doesn't this almost ask for all the property of the Qin Mansion. I can't be good-natured and follow them, the county order has already been taken care of, and I can slowly bargain with them, and I can't give away all Qin Zidui's property in vain.
After thinking about it, Song Qing said to Steward Yu: "Uncle Yu, tomorrow I will trouble you to go to that house to negotiate, at most we can only give Sanyi Gold and a shop." Yu's mother will take care of the master's aftermath tomorrow, the New Year will be over soon, and this corpse is always at home. β
Steward Yu hesitated for a moment and said to Song Qing: "Young lady, I'm afraid I will have to go to the government tomorrow to prepare a case for you and the young master to get married, so that I can send the master to be buried." β
Song Qing looked at Steward Yu with some confusion and asked, "Why?" β
Steward Yu explained: "The young lady doesn't know, there are still some clansmen in the master's hometown, if you don't go through the filing today, I'm afraid they will accuse the young lady of the name is not right, and when the time comes, the Qin family will change hands, I'm afraid we won't have the face to see the lord under Jiuquan." If the record is done and the lady changes the surname Qin again, then even if it is reported that the young master fell off the cliff and died, the position of the head of the family will not be moved. β
Song Qing thought about it again and again, so he had to nod his head and respond, this is good, before he got married, he became a widow directly, and even changed his surname.
Wait, during the Warring States Period, the widow of Bashu, the Dansha acupoint on the ancestor, and the mercury business were like a thread connected, which made Song Qing suddenly wake up in his mind. Widow Qing, it turns out that she is the famous widow Qing in history!
Song Qing sent everyone out, and sat alone in front of the bookcase, desperately recalling the information he knew in his previous life, but found that there were very few, only a few obscure words in the history books, and some hearsay deeds. I remember going to Huaiqingtai with my classmates when I was in college, and I heard that this earliest wealthy female businessman was a family that sold mercury, and her biggest customer was Qin Shi Huang. I guess now that this tyrant has been born, I just want to go to him? Whether to guard Master Qin's family background, live in peace, or conform to history, Song Qing was a little undecided. During the Warring States Period, although the treatment of women was not as feudal as in later generations, after all, it was a society in which men were superior to women, and women had no status. Song Qing suddenly felt that it was not bad for him to be a widow, at least he would not have so many constraints when he walked outside in business in the future.
How can you really want to keep the industry of the Qin Mansion, I'm afraid that finding a big tree to enjoy the shade is the best strategy!
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This chapter is to make up for Sunday.,Even wrong.,Even if I want to make up for today's three watches.,It didn't make up for it.,55555~~~~ Even apologize.,Friday's chapter will definitely be made up tomorrow.,Forgive me!