Steward Li faced the two of them, and his expression was quite arrogant: "Don't wait, your family Qiao Hong will be pressed to the county government prison when he waits, if you want to lead someone, go to the county government to lead someone, don't look for it at my door." ”

Xiao Qing's heart tightened, Qiao Hong really had an accident.

Her face sank: "Why do you want to go to the county government to get people?" What happened to my Qiao Hong and he was going to be put in prison? ”

Zhang Mu interjected: "What's the matter?" You still dare to come to lead people, your Qiao Hong actually went to my master's study to steal books, and he happened to be caught by my master, oh...... I understand now, he went to steal books at noon, and you came to collect people in the afternoon, because he wanted to steal things and leave, should your family be a habitual offender, stealing books and wanting to sell them for money? A thief! ”

"Nonsense, Brother Hong doesn't steal other people's things, it's true that he likes to read, but he will never steal books, let alone steal books and sell them for money!" Qiao Erjing retorted loudly.

Xiao Qing finally heard the reason, his mind turned a thousand times, and he almost guessed the seriousness of this matter, but he didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, and he couldn't stop the two of them immediately, maybe these two people were framing Qiao Hong, and she was cautious.

She faced Steward Li and Zhang Mu, she did not rush to defend Qiao Hong, but smiled: "Then the steward, please take us to see Qiao Hong, I am his stepmother, I sold him at the beginning, this child loves to read, but the family is poor where can he not afford to buy books, I am afraid he will not steal books and sell them for money, I think he should steal books to read, since I have done this in Master Li's house, I have to teach him a lesson in person, let him kneel down and kowtow to our Master Li to compensate, and then compensate a few adults. If you go to the prison again and don't get in the way of the eyes of a few adults, okay? If I had known that he was this kind of person, I wouldn't have come to redeem him, it's a shame! Just let me meet him and say a few words to him? ”

Steward Li saw that Xiao Qing was very sensible, knew who could be offended, and who could not be offended, so he was less angry in his heart, and he would see each other when he saw him, and he couldn't play any tricks with them.

"You can see Qiao Hong, but our master is not what you want to see!" Steward Li said arrogantly.

Xiao Qing smiled, stepped forward, took two coins of silver from his pocket and quietly handed it to Steward Li: "Lord Steward, our family is poor and doesn't have much money, this is the only one in the family, you see that it is convenient, report to Master Li, and say that Qiao Hong's stepmother came to make amends for him!" My family doesn't have a name in Yaoshan, and this time I offended Master Li, how should I live in the future! You can do it, let me kowtow to the adults, don't you? ”

Steward Li touched the two coins of silver she handed over, thinking that what she said was the truth, she had offended the master in Yaoshan, what would happen in the future, and it was really impossible to get out of the yamen.

The corner of his mouth smiled triumphantly: "Okay, then you guys will wait here!" ”

Xiao Qing smiled and watched him go back to the house.

After Steward Li left, Qiao Erjing quietly asked in Xiao Qing's ear: "Mother, did you say that on purpose just now?" ”

Xiao Qing glared at him, asked him to look at the little guy at the door, and whispered, "Well, shhh Don't talk after you go in, in short, no matter who wants to harm Qiao Hong, my mother will make him pay a hundred times the price! ”

Qiao Erjing gritted his teeth, that's right, whoever dares to touch his brother, he will risk his life to seek justice!

After a cup of tea, Steward Li walked out of the house.

He looked at the fat and thin two people at the door slowly, his eyes were contemptuous and proud: "Go in, my master is kind-hearted, and he can't bear Qiao Hong to see an official like this, so you go in and kowtow to him a few times, teach Qiao Hong a lesson, and let you take people to see the official yourself!" ”

Xiao Qing smiled and nodded: "Okay, thank you Lord Steward, I'll go in and kowtow to the Lord to admit my mistakes, and I will definitely teach that rabbit cub a good lesson!" ”

Steward Li took the two of them around and around to the side hall of Li's house.

As soon as he walked to the side hall, Xiao Qing saw Qiao Hong kneeling in the hall, and Li Xuan, who had an elegant face, was teaching him a lesson.

"I don't want to send you to see the official, you like to read earlier, if you go to prison, you will be charged with a crime in the future, and the county academy will not recommend you to go to Kaoenke, you are really confused! In this way, you go to the government with your mother and say that you will stay in prison for a few days, and I will intercede with the county magistrate when I come, and if you come out of prison, don't do this again! Li Xuanhu persuaded heartily.

It's just that Qiao Hong on the ground is still silent, and he refuses to defend himself in half a sentence, he has already said it, and no one believes it.

Li Xuan saw the fat woman and the thin black man at the door bring in together, and he said, "Your mother and your brother are here!" ”

Xiao Qing knows Li Xuan's family background, the Li family is a scholarly family, although several generations have done the work of the main book, but the family is all scholars, but the highest Enke exam, he has the best test for several generations, and he is the only one who lifts people.

When she first heard these words, it was their preference for scholars.

"Hello Master Li!" Xiao Qingdao.

"You're just in time!" Li Xuan said: "You don't have to kowtow to me and apologize, I will definitely send this indictment to the county government, otherwise he will go to someone's house in the future, and his hands and feet will not be clean, let him remember this lesson, and he will not dare in the future!" ”

Xiao Qing asked suspiciously: "My lord, can you ask, what did my Qiao Hong commit, and do you want this indictment to be sent to the yamen?" ”

Li Xuan didn't want to talk to her, so he asked Steward Li to take him to him.

After Steward Li told the ins and outs, Xiao Qing knew it in his heart.

She said: "My lord, this indictment will be sent to the Yamen, and my family Qiao Hong will not be able to take the Enke exam again in his life." ”

Li Xuan snorted and laughed: "When he stole the book, he should have thought about the consequences of this incident!" ”

Qiao Hong on the ground was already silent, he said a lot of wrongs, he didn't do it, it was a villain who deliberately harmed him.

Xiao Qing asked unhurriedly: "My lord, can you lend the book he stole to the little woman to see, I want to see what kind of book makes him lose to the point of stealing." ”

As soon as Li Xuan raised his hand, Steward Li took the book from the table to Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing opened it and looked at it, and after making sure that it was the one he bought, he smiled.

"My lord, can I allow the little woman to ask the adults a few questions?"

It was the first time Li Xuan had seen such a peasant woman, and he was not afraid of him, but neither humble nor arrogant, with a little sincere smile on his face, which made you not refuse.

"What do you say, you say!"

Xiao Qing asked: "My lord, the little woman wants to ask the adults how many books are there in the university?" ”

Li Xuan thought for a while: "There are about three or four copies!" ”

"It seems that adults love college books very much!" Xiao Qing asked again: "The three or four books in the adult's house must be handwritten in the early years, and each of them is golden!" ”

(End of chapter)