According to the law of the Great Yuan, murder pays for life.

In the case of Song Zhihe's murder of Du Jiaojiao, it was inevitable that he would be sentenced to be hanged.

Lin Boqin sorted out the case files and put them in the warehouse, ordered someone to send the confession case files to the government office, and then the Chen Governor's Mansion handed them over to the capital, and waited until August when the Criminal Department would review them with Dali Temple and issue a verdict based on the facts. During this period, Song Zhihe was imprisoned in the county government prison and was sent down later.

However, Chu Cheng's heart was heavy.

Because Lin Boqin said that Wen Lanxin's was indeed a suicide, and there was no case to judge. Even if a violent person is found, according to the law, it is only a hundred and seven rods, and the sin is not unto death.

Justice could not be served, and Chu Cheng lowered her eyes and was silent.

The flower thief didn't violate Wen Lanxin, and Song Zhihe didn't either, so who could it be? Is the person who sneakily followed her that night the murderer of Wen Lanxin?

Chu Hui's mind at this time was like a bean spilled on the ground, she picked it up, picked it up, but it still missed one.

She raised her hand and knocked her head vigorously, and Xidui and Mobi on the side were so frightened that they hurriedly grabbed her wrist: "Madam, what are you doing here?" ”

"It's fine."

Chu Cheng waved her hand.

She pushed open the window and looked at the courtyard wall, in a bad mood.

was lying on the window frame sighing, and heard the "creak" sound of the door next door, but it was Lin Boqin who walked out in a light brown coarse linen suit.

When Chu Ji saw him dressed like this, she couldn't help but stop him: "Where are you?" ”

Lin Boqin turned his head and said lightly: "The government has allocated a batch of peach tree saplings, and I will ask people to plant Pingshan in the suburbs and go over to have a look." ”

Chu Cheng twitched the corner of her mouth: "Planting peach trees in summer?" ”

Lin Boqin frowned, obviously helpless: "It's all left over from the government, it's a pity to throw it away." ”

Chu Cheng tilted her head and thought about it: "I'll go too." ”

"What are you going to do? It's just some farm work of pruning and beating leaves, loosening the soil and moving the soil. ”

Chu Cheng was bored in the house, so she listened to Lin Boqin's words, and climbed out with her hands on the window frame.

Lin Boqin's temples jumped: "Li Siniang, are you a woman?" ”

Chu Ji deliberately pulled the placket of her clothes and smiled smugly at him: "Do you want to see it?" ”

“……”

Lin Boqin turned around and left.

He has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and he is a person who abides by etiquette and respects the way in his bones, but this Li Siniang's behavior is becoming more and more shameful day by day, which is simply eye-opening.

Lin Boqin even doubted that her previous three husbands would all be angry with her!

Hu Yu was already waiting outside the door of Lin's house with the horse, and when he saw Chu Cheng coming, the corners of his mouth bent, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth: "Mrs. Lin is also going?" It just so happens that the horse I am pulling has a fast distance and great strength, and you and Lord Lin will not be able to ride together......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Boqin: "She won't go." ”

"Who says I won't go?"

Chu Cheng naturally didn't want to ride a horse with Lin Boqin.

She leaned close to Lin Boqin's ear and whispered, "If you don't want to ride with me, then hire a carriage." ”

"Don't think about it." Lin Boqin's face was very bad.

Chu Cheng snorted, threatening in a bad tone: "If you don't let me go, I will embarrass you in front of Hu Yu." ”

"What do you seem to be talking about?"

Chu Ji had already howled in her throat: "Oh, husband, you are so bad, you have tossed for a night last night, and you have to ......"

"Hu Yu!" Lin Boqin couldn't listen anymore, his face was slightly hot, and he turned around and shouted, "Go and hire a carriage!" ”

Hu Yu vaguely heard a few charming words, looked at his own county magistrate, and then looked at Chu Hui, who had a shy face, and suddenly understood. I hurriedly went to Niuzikou to lead the carriage and asked Chu Cheng to go up.

Lin Boqin gritted his teeth and said to Hu Yu embarrassedly: "Don't think about it. ”

"Humble duty understands, understands."

When Lin Boqin looked at him, he knew that he had misunderstood, and wanted to explain but didn't know how to speak. This Hu Yu is a notoriously loose mouth, so he had to tell in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense with Yang La and others." ”

Hu Yu continued to nod: "I understand, understand." ”

“…… Never mind. ”

Chu Cheng sat in the carriage and tossed tears of sympathy for Lin Boqin.

She didn't deliberately pester Lin Boqin, but she was really bored in the Lin family, and even the servants were all virtuous with their masters, and they were so dull. Although Xi Dusk Mobi can speak, but in the end, they are two little girls, and they are speechless when they chat. Now that Wen Lanxin has died, Chu Hui's only joy is to make Lin Boqin angry, and only by watching him get angry will he feel better.

There's still a long way to go to the suburbs.

Chu Cheng lifted the curtain, only to find that the driver was actually a child about ten years old.

He was dressed in a short coat of arrowroot cloth and covered his head with cloth, but his appearance was clear and beautiful. Holding the reins in one hand and wielding the whip in the other, he looked very skillful.

"Can you drive at a young age? Who taught you? ”

Chu Cheng simply sat on the wheel and talked with him.

The boy saw that he was a fairy-like beautiful figure, and his face was a little red, so he bit his lip and replied, "Back to Mrs., I watched people drive in Niuzikou when I was five years old, and then I learned from others, so my mother sold the two cows in the family and bought me horses for business." Chu Ji saw a wisp of tweeting in the back of his head, which was very funny, and subconsciously asked, "What about your father?" Don't you farm at home? ”

The child's tone was a little low: "My father died a long time ago, and my mother and I depend on each other for our lives." My mother's health is not good, and she is weak about the two acres of thin land at home, so she calls to large families, and now occasionally makes some silk flowers and sells them for money......"

Chu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

Her Nine Emperor Brothers are the same age as this child, but they don't have the same fate. Because I miss my younger brother, I feel more and more distressed with the children in front of me, the house and the Wu.

The two chatted all the way, and when they arrived at the destination, she also found out the child's life experience.

Chu Cheng got out of the carriage and immediately stepped forward and said to Lin Boqin: "The little coachman who drove just now is named Su Yu, and he is only ten years old!" He died his father just after he was born, and his background is pitiful. Like these poor families, your county government should help a lot. ”

Lin Boqin was bending down to talk to a few fruit farmers, and when he heard what Chu Cheng said, he couldn't help but glance at her: "Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the county government will open a porridge shed for three days to distribute rice and noodles. ”

Chu Cheng nodded: "That's good." ”

"There are countless poor people in the world, and doing this is just a drop in the bucket." Lin Boqin raised his hand to break off the dead branches and leaves on the peach tree, and said in a deep voice, "The royal family and nobles can use it for a day, and it can meet the needs of ordinary people in their lives." If today's saints are frugal in food and clothing, and more sympathetic to the people's livelihood, how can a child like Su Yu come out to drive? ”

Chu Cheng didn't expect him to pull his own family.

However, they are indeed extravagant, such as the "Four Clouds Zhenghui" that their father loves to eat, and they want to use muntjac, deer, roe deer, bear paws and lotus root to stew together, and the lotus root must be the first ripe new lotus root in Dangtang, and the four wild games can not be tender, can not be fat, and the work is extremely troublesome. Sometimes I just throw it away if I can't finish it, but now that I think about it, it's really a waste.

Regarding Lin Boqin's words, Chu Cheng couldn't refute it.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves in front of them trampled, and Chu Cheng and Lin Boqin looked up, but it was Fang Shuangping who came from the horse. He looked tired, his beard was unkempt, and his gray-white robe was loosely dressed, and he looked like he hadn't slept well in a long time.

"Your Excellency." Fang Shuangping turned over and dismounted, saw Chu Cheng standing on the side, and nodded, "Madam." ”

Chu Cheng bowed her head, thinking of Wen Lanxin, her eyes were gloomy: "Hasn't Lanxin's funeral started yet?" ”

Fang Shuangping lowered his eyes: "I have discussed it with my family, and I will return to Yinzhou tomorrow for burial." It is where she grew up since she was a child, and she must be able to find someone she knows under the Nine Springs, and she will not be desolate. ”

The Great Yuan Dynasty paid attention to the return of fallen leaves to the roots, even if it was a woman who had married outside, as long as the husband agreed, she could go back to her hometown for burial.

Speaking of this, Fang Shuangping raised his head and looked at Chu Hui: "Mrs. Lin and her sister-in-law have met once, and they are very affectionate, if you don't mind, can you come to send the spirit out of the city tomorrow?" ”

Chu Cheng replied, "That's what I mean. ”

Fang Shuangping walked up to Lin Boqin and took out a letter from his sleeve: "Lord Lin, my subordinates are preparing to hang up the crown and return to their hometown, this is a resignation." ”

Lin Boqin frowned and said, "Shuangping, why are you doing this?" ”

Fang Shuangping's eyes suddenly turned red, and he muttered: "Law Cloud, there are officials and guards, and if they can't do their jobs, they will go; Those who have a word of responsibility will go if they can't say it...... In the case of the flower picking thief, the negligence of his subordinates will cause the sister to die unjustly, which is really ashamed of the people of Qingyuan County, and even more ashamed of himself...... I hope you will understand! ”

"I don't blame you for this matter, I'm afraid that Governor Chen will not agree to the resignation."

Fang Shuangping smiled bitterly: "My lord, you don't have to say it, your subordinates have already made up their minds." You and I both understand that Governor Chen doesn't care about these trivial matters, as long as he hands in his resignation, he will approve it. ”

Lin Boqin looked firm when he saw him, and he didn't stop him, and it took a while to put the resignation in his sleeve.

"That's it, I'll go back to the county government to seal it later."

"Thank you, sir, please hurry up." Fang Shuangping saluted respectfully to Lin Boqin, "My subordinates are going back to keep the spirit, so as not to disturb the adults and their wives to get along." ”

After saying goodbye, he left.

When Lin Boqin heard this, he glanced at Chu Cheng and distanced himself from her.

It seems that I don't want to get along with her.

Chu Cheng couldn't help but get angry when she saw his movements, turned around and kicked into the carriage.

She poked Su Yu's shoulder angrily: "Go back!" ”

Su Yu scratched his head and asked, "Isn't Madam waiting for the county master to come along?" ”

"Don't wait!"

Lin Boqin didn't want to care about her, but when he thought of the flower thief, he couldn't help but feel at ease.

So he said to Su Yu: "Don't listen to her, wait for these peach trees to be planted and go back together." ”

Su Yu looked at Chu Cheng and then at Lin Boqin, and after weighing, he probably felt that the latter was more reliable, so he didn't act.

Chu Cheng snorted and twisted her head to the side.

After sitting for a while, she couldn't bear it anymore and asked Su Yu: "Will you turn over the flower rope?" ”

Su Yu was stunned, stretched out his hand and said, "Yes." ”

His hands were covered with thin calluses, and his fingers were cracked and broken, and they were very rough.

Seeing that he was the same age as his imperial brother, Chu Xi was even more distressed, and couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his head.

Peach trees were soon planted on the slopes of Pingshan.

Lin Boqin didn't know if he could survive, this batch of peach trees was transported from Liuzhou to Wangzhou, and I heard that it cost a lot of silver, and it was a waste to throw them away in vain. He wiped the sweat soaked from the tip of his nose, turned his head to look, but happened to see Chu Cheng and Su Yu turning over the flower rope, the two didn't know what to say, and laughed together.

Looking at this scene, Lin Boqin was filled with a strange feeling.

Yunzhou Li Siniang, is she really twenty-seven years old?