Gently forced Xiaohuan to make an oath, and her heart was also very uncomfortable, but she was now powerless, and she still had a bunch of things to do, so it was impossible to stay by Xiaohuan's side and mourn and cry with her.

Fortunately, the old widow rented a room with all the everything, you can lie down in bed for a while to recuperate, after all, Xiaohuan has not slept well all night. Before leaving, she gently told Xiaohuan again and again not to make a noise no matter who came, and only rested in the house, while she herself locked the door and hurried out.

It is easy to inquire where the yamen is, Wen Rou found a kind old man on the street at random, and asked him for directions, who knew that the old man stroked his beard, smacked his mouth and said, "What? Yamen? You are a woman, do you want to go to the yamen to complain? ”

"I-" Gently bowed her head and said, "yes, I'm going to sue." ”

The old man shook his head disapprovingly, but finally said, "You are in a hurry, you can't sue you in this situation!" ”

"How?" Gentle and slightly surprised.

"I heard that the county lord died a few days ago, and he rushed back to his ancestral hometown to guard the system. The old man shook his head as he spoke, and sighed: "Speaking of which, the luck of this county lord is not very good, he has just been in office for less than three months, and he has to go back to his hometown to mourn, and this delay is another three years......"

Wen Wen Yan was already overjoyed in his heart, how could he have time to listen to him nagging about the future of the county master, and hurriedly asked: "So, if you want to sue, you have to wait for the new official to take office?" So when will the new officials take office? ”

"This is not accurate, you always have to wait for the imperial court to dispatch, as fast as one or two months, as slow as three or four months, there is no accurate number!" The old man was interrupted, and he was originally a little unhappy, but seeing that Wen Wen asked in a hurry, he thought that she probably had something urgent to sue, so he patiently explained it for her.

A month or two? A month or two is fine! I was finally able to buy a little time, and said softly and happily: "Thank you, old man." ”

The old man wondered, didn't this woman say that she wanted to sue? Why did you hear that the county lord Ding was worried, but he was happy? However, he didn't have time to take care of the passers-by's gossip, shook his head and wanted to turn around and walk away, who knew that he took two steps gently, and when he thought it was wrong, he hurriedly turned around and stopped the old man and said: "Boss, ask about it again, since there is no one in the yamen to solve the case, then why did I see two officials holding portraits and taking people this morning?" ”

The old man raised his eyelids and looked at him gently, "Isn't there still a county lieutenant?" Specializing in public security and anti-theft. ”

Headache! She didn't know anything about the personnel of these ancient officials, so she couldn't help but get nervous again, and asked, "If there is a person who has committed a crime and is imprisoned in a prison, but has not yet been tried, will he be directly executed?" ”

"Haven't been tried yet? Then keep it shut! When the new official takes office and is retried, and after the trial, he will be beheaded, and people will not be able to escape! The old man seemed a little excited, and arched his hand and said, "Today is a Ming Jun!" Only a few years ago, an order was issued that officials in various localities were not allowed to disregard human life, and anyone who committed a capital crime, as long as he was not a rebel and a traitor who had no calculation for murder, must be thoroughly examined before he can be executed! ”

Mingjun! Gently increased the amount with his hand, but he was still a little uneasy, and asked carefully: "So this county lieutenant only takes people?" Regardless of the verdict? ”

The old man nodded and repeated cautiously: "Just take people, don't care about the case!" If you take someone, you will throw them in prison, whether you live or die! Having said that, the taste of this prison is not pleasant, if you can't stand it, even if you die, it will only push the prisoner to have a chronic illness, and no one dares to care about it. There are many more people who die in prison every year than they are beheaded! ”

As soon as Wen Rou heard this, the heart that he had just put down hung up again, and he cursed in his heart: What kind of Mingjun is this? I was sorry that I just praised him! Unexpectedly, he only sympathized with those death row prisoners who might have been wrongly convicted, but ignored those prisoners who did not commit capital crimes, but had to die in prison. This, this, this is simply the practice of the faint king, do not grasp the key points in doing things, and only pay attention to the small parts of the sesame mung bean!

She was also glad that the Zhao Mansion sent Sister-in-law Liu to the official and did not directly kill her in her own mansion, now it seems that the capital crime can be avoided temporarily, but the living crime is difficult to escape! Don't care if Sister-in-law Liu has the luck to escape in the end, at least the few months she has been in prison for a few months will definitely not be a human life, and it is very likely that life is better than death!

Gentleness was in a mess, and she couldn't think carefully just standing on the street, so she had to thank the old man who was very patient again, but was suspiciously asked by her, and hurried away. Thinking about it, he still didn't feel at ease, and stopped a few more people to inquire about the county lord's worries, until he was sure that Sister-in-law Liu's life was not in danger for the time being, so she dragged her tired steps back.

On the road, I saw a small seller of honey cakes, Wen Wen had never tasted this thing, and remembered that Xiaohuan and himself had not entered the water and rice for most of the day, so he took out a dozen copper coins, bought some cakes, wrapped them in dried lotus leaves and brought them back.

When I entered the door, I saw Xiaohuan crying tired, sleeping on the bed with red and swollen eyelids, thinking that she was having a nightmare, and her body twitched slightly, but she was also sleeping with a nightmare, and she couldn't bear to wake her up, so she only put the pith cake on the table, and locked the door and went out to buy rice and carry water. It wasn't until she boiled out a thin pot of rice porridge and saw that the sun was about to set, that she called Xiaohuan up to drink porridge and eat cakes, and told Xiaohuan what she had heard in detail, but she hid what the old man said about the difficult days in prison, and didn't want her to worry too much.

"So my mother can still be saved?" There was a glimmer of hope in Xiaohuan's eyes.

"Yes, there is still salvation, so you have to eat enough to have the strength to run for her." While persuading her to eat more, Wen Wen said: "I have thought about it, in the days before the new official takes office, let's first think of earning some money and beating the jailers, so that your mother will not have too much trouble in it, and then think about what way to save her." "That being said, I don't know if the Zhao Mansion will take special care of Sister-in-law Liu, and secondly, there is no lottery ticket to buy in ancient times, and in a month or two, it is already very difficult to earn some money to fight the jailers, where is enough to play the county order?

"Hmmm! Sister, I will definitely help you do more work, earn enough money, and save my mother! Xiaohuan said, took a big bite of the pith cake, and praised: "This cake is so delicious, fat and sweet, it must be very expensive, right?" My sister don't buy such expensive things for me to eat in the future, I will be very satisfied if I can fill my stomach with some porridge and side dishes, save two more dollars, and my mother will be able to come out as soon as possible. ”

Gently looked at the simple-minded Xiaohuan, and suddenly felt that the cake in her hand was really difficult to swallow, she sighed secretly, stroked Xiaohuan's hair, and then picked up the bowl and drank porridge, thinking to herself: For the time being, it can only be like this! Let's take one step at a time!

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The network cable was broken for an hour and even later, sorry >. <