Chapter Ninety-Eight: Killing Diao Nu in Anger
"I've already told her about it, and she's very grateful to you for it." Xiao Fan gently stroked Zhao Paner's face and said gently.
"And what does she plan to do in the future? What are you going to live on when you leave the country?" Although Zhao Paner and Wei Xingshou are not familiar with each other, she is still very happy to be able to help such a woman who has the same disease as her to get out of her nationality.
"After leaving the country, she plans to find a business like you." Xiao Fan said,
In fact, this is also the path that most official prostitutes choose after their marriage, after all, they also saved a lot of money when they were registered and had the capital to do business.
So Zhao Pan'er was not too surprised, so she asked, "Then what business is she going to do?"
"She hasn't thought about this yet, let's help her staff after she leaves the country."
"That's true, as an Oiran in Suzhou, she should have saved a lot of money, much better than me at the beginning."
After speaking, Zhao Paner got up and pulled Xiao Fan to the bedside, and then the whole person lay on the bed: "I ran this trip to Sangpozhuang today, dozens of miles back and forth, and I was tired to death. Fan Lang, you help me press and loosen my bones."
Xiao Fan smiled slightly, he was very handy and skilled in helping Zhao Paner massage.
"Hmm-" Zhao Pan'er let out a comfortable moan, Xiao Fan's technique was still as good as ever, and then patted his hand back, which became a little restless: "Don't be weird, press it well."
"This Sangpo Village has made you so tired, then you have to go to Heishi Village farther away another day, what are you going to do?" Xiao Fan asked with a smile while massaging.
"What else can I do? When the time comes, we will rest in the village at night." Zhao Pan'er came up sleepy and said a little confused.
"Okay, I'll go with you then, or bring some more men."
Xiao Fan, who didn't wait for a reply, looked down and found that Zhao Pan'er had closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Looking at Zhao Paner, who was so tired that she fell asleep, she sighed distressedly, Xiao Fan pressed the rub, carefully took off her coat for her, and then turned off the lights and hugged her to sleep.
"Fan Langโ" Zhao Pan'er hugged Xiao Fan in her sleep and called him like a dream.
When Xiao Fan heard this, he kissed her forehead dotingly, then hugged her, let her head rest on her arm, and began to rest with her head next to her head.
"So, you're going to go by yourself today? Don't you need me to follow?" After breakfast, Xiao Fan confirmed to Zhao Paner again.
"Well, didn't I say that? Since I'm the housekeeper, I can't rely on you all the time, right? When there is something that can't be solved, let our Xiao Daguan come out." Zhao Paner said while sorting out Xiao Fan's clothes.
"Moreover, aren't you going to help Wei Xingshou get out of his nationality today?"
"That's okay, then you bring more manpower, pay attention to safety, I specially asked Xiao Wu to come over, and let him go with you when the time comes." Saying that, Xiao Fan beckoned to Xiao Wu who was not far away and asked him to come over.
"Xiao Wu, this time you went to inspect the Grange with the eldest lady, you must take care of the group, you know?"
Regarding Xiao Fan's explanation, Xiao Wu patted his chest on the spot and promised: "Don't worry, the official, with me, I will never let the eldest lady lose a single hair."
"Then there's Brother Lao Wu!" Zhao Paner said.
"The eldest lady is polite!" Xiao Wuhan said with a smile.
"Then the security side will be left to you." Xiao Fan lightly punched Xiao Wu in the chest.
"Don't worry." Xiao Wu nodded.
After Zhao Paner took Xiao Wu and the others away, Xiao Fan went to disassociate Wei Xingshou.
With Xiao Qinyan's handwriting, Le Ying will naturally act according to the order, and will handle the matter of Wei Xingshou's resignation on the spot.
After everything was done, it was already afternoon, looking at the absent-minded Xiao Fan, Wei Xing immediately said, "Does Xiao Guanren have something to do?" Now that I've got my business done, if you have something to do, you can go ahead and get busy."
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that Pan'er went to Zhuangzi outside the city to inspect, the road is far away, and he can't come back tonight, so I'm a little worried." Xiao Fan said.
Wei Xingshou smiled when he heard this, "Look at your soul, you still can't give up."
Hurry up, you don't have to worry about me, I'll take care of it. When Ming'er Zhao comes back, I'll visit you."
"Alright, I'll go first."
After Xiao Fan finished speaking, he instructed the little guy on the side to go back and report the news, saying that he would go to Heishizhuang outside the city and not go back tonight.
By the time Xiao Fan arrived at Heishi Village, it was already nightfall.
When he found Zhao Paner, he found that she was in the room, sitting on a chair coldly, her chest was constantly rising and falling, obviously angry.
"What's wrong? Who bullied our lady Zhao?" Xiao Fan, who pushed the door in, laughed after seeing the situation in the house.
"Huh? What are you doing here? It's so late, and it's so far away." Looking at Xiao Fan who walked in, Zhao Paner was very surprised and a little happy.
"After dealing with Wei Xingshou's matter, I can't rest assured that you can't be relieved, so I'll rush over to accompany you." Xiao Fan smiled and asked, "I just saw that you were so angry, who provoked you?"
"It's not that Wu Yang yet? I don't know this, but I have only found out that compared to this Black Stone Village, the money manager of that Sangpo Village is simply a good person." Zhao Paner said angrily.
"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Fan asked.
Then Zhao Paner began to tell Xiao Fan about what she learned when she came to Heishizhuang.
At first, as before, she brought people over with great fanfare, and then sent two clever disguised merchants into the village to inquire about the situation.
As a result, as soon as I entered Zhuangzi, I met Wu Yang, the head of the village, standing at the door of Zhuangzi with a bunch of strong men, all holding sticks in their hands.
said that he caught two bandit spies, and he was defending against the bandits, which was regarded as giving her a dismount.
After entering Zhuangzi, Zhao Paner found out that the so-called bandit spies were two people he sent to inquire about the situation.
But they were arrested by this Wu Zhuang leader, and then tortured to ask them about the purpose of their coming.
Zhao Paner had no choice but to say that it was all a misunderstanding, and then rescued the two people who were beaten and injured.
When she began to check the accounts, she found that there was nothing wrong with the fish scale account books and account books sent by Wu Yang on the surface, at least most of them were correct.
"And how did you break the game?" Xiao Fan asked.
"I told him at the time that I would give money to the tenant farmers like Sangpozhuang, and he actually told me that it would be troublesome to gather manpower, so I would give them a few stewards with the money, and let them take it and distribute it." Zhao Paner sneered.
"They think it's beautiful, they think I'm a woman, and I'm easy to bully."
"That can't be, is that an ordinary woman from our lady Zhao?" Xiao Fan acted as a qualified compliment on the side.
"That's!" Zhao Pan'er glanced at Xiao Fan charmingly, and continued: "Of course I don't agree, just let Brother Wu call someone with people, and guess what?"
"What's wrong?" Xiao Fan cooperated with Zhao Pan'er and asked curiously.
"We found out that this Wu Yang actually sent thugs to guard the door of the tenants, so that they would not come to us to complain." Zhao Pan'er said: "If this is just checking the account books like ordinary inspections, maybe he will really be fooled."
"And what did he do to make you so angry? I just saw you blowing up." Xiao Fan asked curiously.
"You don't know how crazy this head is, it's all your fault, you haven't asked for so many years."
Zhao Paner blamed Xiao Fan when she said it, but Xiao Fan didn't speak, just waited for Zhao Paner to continue.
"He concealed his land and kept tenant farmers privately, not to mention, the key is that he and other stewards have raised a group of thugs, and whoever dares to disobey him will be punched and kicked."
"You don't know what miserable life the tenants here live."
The louder he spoke, the more angry Zhao Pan'er saw that Xiao Fan had not spoken, and then saw him looking at himself with an admiring face.
"What are you looking at? Did you hear me speak?" Zhao Paner didn't have a good airway.
"You're pretty!" Xiao Fan pulled Zhao Pan'er over, let her sit next to him, and hugged her in his arms: "I've never seen you dance like this,
The look of righteous indignation, this is my hope."
"I'm so angry that you're still making fun of me." Zhao Pan'er snorted, gave him a blank look and said.
"I'm telling the truth, I like you like this, don't tie your heart by marrying me." Xiao Fan said.
"What is it that makes you angry like this, you tell me, I see how to punish that Wu Yang."
Zhao Pan'er said sadly when she heard this: "Have you ever seen those tenant farmers, obviously the rent in our village is not high, and in recent years, it has been smooth, but they are all yellow and thin, and their clothes are all tattered."
"It's because of that Wu Yang that he not only enslaved the tenants in the village, but also asked for people during the New Year's holidays, and when he was a little unsatisfied, he found various reasons to increase the rent, making the rent of this Zhuangzi two or three percent higher than that of other Zhuangzi."
"And those few stewards are all lustful, and they have ruined the daughters of many tenants in the village, even the slightly younger and better-looking women."
"Because the rent is too heavy, even in a good year, there is not much surplus food, and the old people are reluctant to eat, and several people have starved to death in these years."
"In the cold winter, those tenants have no rice or firewood, and many children starve to death and freeze to death, and his thugs look at the tenants' doors to death, and they can't get out of Zhuangzi if they want to complain, so they can only be enslaved by them."
Originally, Xiao Fan didn't care too much, the head of the village in the Zhuangzi, the big deal is just greedy for some money, it is actually not a big deal for him, when the time comes, the silver money of these stewards will be confiscated, and then sold with the domestic slaves of Sangpo Village before.
It's just that I didn't expect this Wu Yang to be so mad, he actually ruined the woman, and forced the tenants to starve to death and freeze to death Many old and young, I didn't expect this Wu Yang to be such an inhuman person.
After all, there was a lot of money handed over by this Black Stone Village before, and the accounts were fine, but I didn't expect the problem here to be much more serious than that of Sangpo Village.
Looking at Xiao Fan, who was gritting his teeth, Zhao Pan'er asked, "What do you do with these people? Do you want to send it to the official?"
"No, gather all the tenants of Blackstone Village early tomorrow morning, and then beat these people to death directly in front of them, and if those tenants want to take revenge, they can also let them do it." Xiao Fan said hatefully.
"No, according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, even if a guilty slave is killed, then you must go to the government office to report it first, otherwise the master will be beaten." Zhao Paner said.
"Our father is Zhizhou, and he will report ......" Facing Zhao Paner's unyielding eyes, Xiao Fan had no choice but to change his words: "That's okay, then go to the government office to report first, and then beat him to death in public, do you have no opinion?"
"Yes!" Zhao Paner nodded in agreement, of course she didn't disagree with the execution of these wicked stewards, after all, they were all innocent.
She just didn't want Xiao Fan to become an official in the future because of such a trivial matter, and be used as a stain after being known. After all, these are just small things, and the left and right are just a trip for people.
"By the way, where are the few of them now, Wu Yang?" Xiao Fan asked
"I asked Brother Wu to lead someone to lock them up in the firewood room."
"It's still thoughtful, then let people go to the government office tomorrow to report, and then deal with them." Xiao Fan said.
"By the way, let's not talk about that, you came here so late, and you haven't had dinner yet, right?" Zhao Paner said distressedly: "I asked people to prepare food and bath water, you are sweating so much, you will take a bath after eating for a while."
After dinner, under Zhao Paner's personal service, Xiao Fan lay in the bathtub and enjoyed her helping him bathe.
Early the next morning, Xiao Fan asked Xiao Wu to go back to the city and report to the government that he wanted to kill the errant slave in the family with a cane.
It wasn't until near noon that Xiao Wu returned with a duke, who was sent by the government to witness.
After lunch, Xiao Fan asked the guards to go door to door to call the tenants in the village to come to the barnyard.
The tenants were also curious about what was going on, and yesterday the eldest lady newly married by the lord came to the Zhuangzi, called everyone over, and not only arrested the head of the village and the steward who had oppressed them before, but also gave them a reward.
now
Heaven let them pass again, and I don't know what good things are going on this time.
When all the tenants in the village had arrived, they found that on the side of the grain field, the stewards of the village who had been arrested yesterday were all tightly tied up and kneeling on the ground.
Everyone looked at each other strangely, not knowing what this was going to do. Just when everyone was surprised, they saw that the strong man who led people to subdue the thugs yesterday and took them to see the eldest lady stood up.
Xiao Wu stood in front of the crowd and said loudly, "Do you see these people in front of you? The eldest lady listened to your grievances yesterday and learned of their crimes. and I know how much you have suffered under their oppression."
"Therefore, it has been decided to put all these stewards who have taken the lead in front of you to administer justice for you! In addition, if you want to take revenge for a while, you can come forward and do it yourself. And this matter has already been reported to the government, don't worry about turning over the law, this is the public sent by the government to witness it."
"You can take revenge if you have a grudge for a while, and you can take revenge if you have a grudge, Mrs. Zhao has already reported, you can do it!" The duke also stood up and shouted to the tenants below.
In his opinion, this is just a means to buy people's hearts, and Xiao Fan is Xiao Qinyan's son, so he naturally has to do his best to cooperate and hug his thighs.
As the public servant's words fell, the tenants below slowly turned from whispering at the beginning to being excited.
At first, the crowd was a little overwhelmed, and finally a group of people rushed forward with red eyes, led by a tenant whose wife and daughter had all been ruined.
"Hmm!! Uh-" The gagged gaze at the tenants who rushed up eager to eat their flesh, his eyes widened in horror and he struggled desperately.
But to no avail, the tenants, who were full of hatred, rushed up and kept punching and kicking. And Wu Yang was in the chaos, and was hugged by a woman he had spoiled before, buried her head, and bit desperately at his neck.
After the crazy crowd calmed down, they found that Wu Yang and the others were no longer human.
And the woman who bit Wu Yang to death before was full of blood at this time, looking at the sky with a dull smile, and there seemed to be something delicious in her mouth that she was chewing and reluctant to swallow.
Zhao Pan'er looked at these people who were killed, suppressed her feeling of nausea, stepped forward, and shouted, "I believe everyone should know me."
"Yes, you are the eldest lady, not only did you give us so much reward money as soon as you came, but also administer justice for us" An elderly man took the lead and knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Thank you for saving me!"
"Thank you, lady, for saving me!" Under the leadership of the old man, everyone else also knelt down to thank him.
"You don't have to be like this, there is such a slave in the family, and I and the lord are also responsible for negligence." Zhao Pan'er said loudly, "So my lord and I have decided to waive your rent for one year."
"Next, we will send trustworthy people to preside over the affairs of the village, and we will definitely make your life better, so that you can be fed and clothed."
"Thank you, big lady, big lady Wanfu Jin'an!"
Looking at the heartfelt thanks of the tenants below, Zhao Paner leaked a bright smile at Xiao Fan, it feels good to help others change their fate in this kind of situation.