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The first snow in winter fell without warning, and it fell overnight, the temperature dropped suddenly, and Bai Zhi felt that the house was cold and cold when she covered the brocade quilt at night, and her body unconsciously drilled into the quilt.

There is also snow in the south of the Yangtze River, but it has a completely different feeling from the snow in the north, it is cold and cold, and the cold seems to drill through the clothes into the cracks of the bones.

Early the next morning, Bai Zhi got up early in the morning, yawning while listening to the two sweeping maids in front of the door.

"Winter is coming so early this year."

"No, I shivered from the cold last night."

"Hey, I don't know if anyone will freeze to death outside."

"Don't think about it so much, no one has frozen to death or starved to death in any year, we just have to eat ourselves, where can we care about other people."

"Hey."

As he spoke, the snow in the courtyard had almost cleared, and the two maids went to the outer courtyard, Bai Zhi looked at the gray color of the sky, and thought that there would be heavy snow on this day.

A sudden snowfall, there were indeed more than a dozen families outside the city had an accident, the old man could not stand the cold at night and froze to death, the children cried, and the matter passed in the end. After all, it is not a new thing for poor people to freeze to death and starve to death, and how to live their lives after a sigh.

In recent years, the year has not been very good, and there are many people who do not have enough to eat, and the people below have roughly calculated that at least 5,000 households are still struggling on the verge of not having enough to eat.

A cotton jacket costs at least two taels of silver, but some people's family income is only three or five taels of silver a year, so it is impossible for them to take out two taels to buy a cotton jacket. Therefore, every winter, it is common to see snow outside and people walking outside wearing only thin clothes and shoes with open toes.

Lu Zhiyuan was also worried when he heard about this, it was just winter, and when it was cold, it was still to come, and when it was winter, wouldn't more people die.

While he was worried about this, someone gave him a good suggestion.

A few years ago, the imperial court customized a batch of winter cotton jackets for the border soldiers, using the best cotton, and the merchants sewed 10,000 pieces, but they didn't want the court to have a temporary accident, and the whole batch of cotton jackets was not wanted. Now those padded jackets are backlogged in my hands. The merchants were in a hurry to sell the padded jackets for silver, and were looking for a buyer, because the price was much cheaper than the market price.

When Lu Zhiyuan heard that this was a good idea, he hurriedly asked the merchants to inquire about the specific situation, and sure enough, the results he got were the same as what he had heard, and now those merchants really have a batch of cotton jackets backlogged in their hands and the price is very cheap.

A cotton jacket on the market costs two taels of silver, and it is second-class aged cotton, and if it is new cotton, it will be two and a half. The price of these cotton jackets, which were originally for the army, was only one tael, and the merchants said that if they could buy them all, the price could be lower.

Because it was a winter cotton jacket customized by the imperial court for the army, the quality must be of high quality, so Lu Zhiyuan didn't think too much about it, estimated the amount of silver needed, gave a part of it himself, and called on local officials and merchants to act together to donate the silver.

The 10,000 taels of silver were finally scrapped, and the padded jacket was bought.

10,000 cotton jackets were delivered to the people in less than half a month, and almost everyone was given a cotton coat for the winter.

This is a good thing, Lu Zhiyuan is not a person who takes credit alone, although he gave the most money this time, but it is still in the name of the officials and businessmen who contributed money.

Two more months have passed in a blink of an eye, the days are getting colder and colder, and Bai Zhi's clothes are thicker than before, but something strange happened in the yamen that has been calm for more than two months.

The incident was that the mother-in-law sued her son-in-law for murdering his wife.

There is a small couple in Linhua Town, which is less than five miles away from Jinling City, and the husband and wife run a breakfast shop, and their small life is also moisturizing.

But the good times didn't last long, the man was obsessed with a Qinglou woman a few years ago, and for the sake of the Pomeranian smile, he shot a few generous shots, not only dressed the Qinglou woman in gold and silver, but also married the woman into the door as a concubine. A few days ago, even the shop that the husband and wife relied on for survival was sold, and they were bent on redeeming the Qinglou woman.

The woman was pregnant with Liujia, with a big belly, watching her husband become more and more disagreeable, and she cried and made trouble at first, but she was completely dead in the back, and she only tossed by herself. Other women can ignore it, but the shop was the property left by the woman's father before his death, which would be sold by the man so secretly, and he couldn't help it at that time, and the two quarreled.

According to the neighbors, the two people quarreled from the beginning to the smashing at the back, and finally seemed to hear the man hit the woman, and some even heard the man threatening to divorce his wife.

It was a family matter, but no one expected that after this woman slept all night, she would die the next day.

The man went to the Qinglou woman for a private meeting early the next morning, where would he care about his wife, the woman's body was found by a neighbor's sister-in-law who was usually familiar with the woman.

The neighbor Wang's sister-in-law knew that the man was unreliable, and he thought that the woman was pregnant and had difficulty moving, so she went to help cook a meal or two when she had time, and today was because she heard the woman and the man quarreling fiercely last night, and she was afraid that she would sulk and hurt her body, so she came early in the morning to try to persuade her, but no one expected that no one would persuade her, and she saw the woman's body directly.

A scream startled the snow on the roof and fell, the alley was not big, one by one, and a shout could be heard about something, this would kill people Such a big thing, naturally spread quickly, and someone went to the yamen to report to the official.

It stands to reason that the official wants to go to the local yamen, but maybe it's because most of the local officials have not done anything in recent years, or because Lu Zhiyuan has really done a few good things for the people since he took office, so they subconsciously want to trust him, so as soon as the case appeared this time, someone went to the yamen of the salt administration department to complain.

After Lu Zhiyuan received the news, he also considered the problem of overstepping, and immediately sent someone to notify the prefect, but the prefect had contracted a cold in the past few days, and the high fever had not subsided when he was sent, and he was already unconscious, so he had no energy to ask the case at all. Considering that the homicide case could not be delayed, Lu Zhiyuan took the case.

The deceased woman's name was Li Hongxing, 28 years old, and her husband's name was Zhang Decai, 30 years old. The two have been married for many years, and have been childless, in the middle of this year, Li was found to be pregnant, and this fetus was sentenced for many years to look forward to it, and it is naturally very precious, and the child in the belly of Li died was already six months old.

He came back soon after going to examine the body, and the cause of death was not complicated, it can be said that it was very simple, that is, he froze to death.

If ordinary people are frozen to death, it is still excusable, but Li and Zhang Decai are doing small business, although they are not as good as before, they will not fall to the point of freezing to death.

The night before Li's accident, many neighbors heard the quarrel between her and Zhang Decai, and Zhang Decai not only threatened to divorce his wife, but also scolded Li to die. As a result, something really happened the next day in the blink of an eye, and no one could help but talk about it.

Li's mother, Zhao Li, who lived in the town next door, heard the news that her daughter was frozen to death, cried several times and fainted, and finally rushed to the yamen with strong spirits, beating drums and shouting grievances.

sued his son-in-law Zhang Decai for murdering his daughter Li Hongxing.

Lu Zhiyuan took the paper, and sent a messenger to arrest Zhang Decai to interrogate.

Zhang Decai went out early in the morning, and he was lying on the bed of the good-looking Qinglou woman, turning clouds and rain, and coldly rushed into the gang of yacha, which scared Zhang Decai a little, and the things in his lower body were so useless. He didn't know what was going on, and he was escorted away by the officials while trembling and begging for mercy.

In the yamen, Lu Zhiyuan was dressed in an official robe, sat on the chair majestically, stretched out his hand and patted the shocked wood, and said, "Who is kneeling in the hall?" ”

Zhang Decai is a small businessman, and the biggest official he has seen over the years is the official who is in charge of their area, and he usually gives a little wine money, so he doesn't bother them in the store. The first time he saw the real big man, he was majestic, and he was already afraid before he could speak, "Little, villain Zhang Decai, see, I've seen the big man." ”

Lu Zhiyuan's face was gloomy, and he said to Zhang Decai, "Do you recognize this dead woman?" ”

Zhang Decai showed a confused look, he reached out and lifted the white cloth covering the corpse, and the moment the white cloth was lifted, the woman with a defeated face inside was revealed. He screamed in fright, "Ah! Hell! ”

This cry made the woman who had been kneeling on the ground and hanging her head on the ground raise her head, this person was the plaintiff in this case, the deceased's mother Zhao Li, Zhao Li's scarlet eyes stared at Zhang Decai, as if he was going to be eaten alive.

"You black-hearted, you pay my daughter!"

Zhao Li's voice startled Zhang Decai, and when he looked at the person with messy hair and red and swollen eyes in front of him, he just wanted to ask why Zhao Li was here, and as soon as he looked down, he saw the face of the woman who didn't have time to cover it just now because he was afraid, and the whole person screamed again.

The first time he was completely scared, this time he was scared and surprised.

"How did the red apricot become like this?" Zhang Decai asked with a pale face.

"You and the murderer, what are you pretending to be confused, my daughter was killed by you, and you came with my daughter's life." Zhao Li wailed as he threw himself at Zhang Decai, and reached out to greet him with two handprints on his face.

Zhang Decai didn't dodge, he was probably frightened, and when he reacted, he suddenly pushed Zhao Li away with an ugly face, and said angrily, "What are you doing to beat me, what does it have to do with me if she dies!" ”

At first glance, Zhang De was shocked by Li's corpse, after all, Li was still shouting at him last night, and it was unbelievable that he suddenly died. But when he calmed down, he felt that Li's death was good, Li's people are now old, and the whole thing is a yellow-faced woman, he looks at it and loses his appetite, where is there a knowledgeable and gentle little peach will serve people. As soon as he thought that without the bantam of the Li family, he could marry Xiao Taohong into the door, and he couldn't help but burst into joy, and even the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.