However, Yan Yu thought too much. Qin Zhuen really didn't want to make any trouble this time, so he suggested going separate purely because he was troublesome.

He was a man who had always been loose and sick. It's annoying to be in a hurry, and it's annoying to have a lot of people, so this time I only brought Sanshou out. Daifuku and Erlu were all left in Beijing to preside over affairs.

The master and servant traveled all the way west, touring the mountains and rivers, stopping and stopping, but also at ease. I don't know how many days I walked, but on this day I finally walked to Jiyang County in Luozhou.

It was nearly noon, although the sun was still good, but in the middle of winter, the two were not in a hurry, and found a clean and tidy small inn on the outskirts of the county to cook on the fire.

As soon as I entered the store, I found that this small shop called "Yuelai" was still very popular. Just because the small shop happened to be opened at the junction of the two prefectures, those who traveled through the state and the prefecture were willing to eat and rest here.

The front room is full of diners, and the backyard is full of in-house guests.

The boss here is surnamed Qiu, and he does not hire any manpower, only letting his eight or nine-year-old son work as a man, while he cooks and cooks at the same time. The store is not big, but it is clean, and the taste of the food is quite palatable.

Qin Zhuen was lazy for a while after having lunch here, so he patted his belly and thought, it is better to stay here, and it is not too late to go shopping slowly tomorrow.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise of people outside the door, and then a large group of people burst into Hulala. The leader is a beautiful woman.

In the countryside and suburbs, it is rare to meet such a beautiful woman. Although this woman was twenty-six or seventeen years old and wore a woman's hair in a bun, this did not prevent Qin Zhuen from sitting in the dark and looking at her from looking down. He was not in a hurry to stay in the hotel at this time, and sat leisurely in the same place, looking at the group of people with interest.

No, this group of people didn't eat or stay, but came to get people.

"Take it!"

As soon as the woman entered the door, she waved to the house slave behind her, and everyone immediately rushed up to hold the shopkeeper Qiu and his son.

There were a few timid customers in the store who were so frightened that they immediately ran away when they saw that something was wrong. But there were also three or three bold and curious diners left, and the tenants who heard the movement in the backyard and ran to watch the excitement with Qin Zhuen.

"You guys, what are you doing here? In broad daylight, robbers don't make it? Shopkeeper Qiu was shocked, struggling to question, while trying to turn his head to look at his son.

"Huh? Bandit? Daring minions! You stole the owner's property and fled without permission, and now you dare to accuse others of being robbers?! ”

The beautiful woman sneered, and then turned her head to look at an old man beside her: "Uncle Lizheng, I will take you on this trip today." Now our Wu family's fugitive slaves have been captured. This small shop opened by stealing the owner's property will naturally be owned by my Wu family. In the next two days, I will send someone to take over this Yuelai Inn. After all, in the realm of the uncle, I will trouble you to take care of it in the future. The little woman Wu thanked her uncle first. ”

The beauty is very gentle and polite, and her soft words are like two people when she first enters the door.

Li Zheng looked at the shopkeeper Qiu and couldn't bear it, but he still looked back and arched his hand to the woman, but before he could speak, the shopkeeper Qiu shouted:

"Fugitives? What fugitive? What kind of thief is the owner's property? This small shop is my Qiu Rongfa's hard-working and hard-working little bit of savings. Why did you belong to someone surnamed Wu! You bandits! Blatantly robbed ...... in broad daylight"

The shopkeeper Qiu struggled desperately while shouting, and his son on the side was already crying. The family members who were holding them were busy suppressing them with all their might.

"Lady of the Wu family, this ...... Is there some misunderstanding in this? Seeing this, Li Zheng became more and more unbearable, "The Qiu father and son came to the local area six years ago to open this small shop. He has always been quiet and self-respecting and kind, and on weekdays, there are poor people who are in a hurry to come to this store to ask for a cup of hot tea, and the shopkeeper Qiu never asks for money...... He said that he was a fugitive slave who stole the property of the master's family......"

"Uncle Lizheng is kind-hearted, and it's normal for him to be unbearable." Wu smiled coquettishly, very pleasing, "But I also showed you the deed of sale written by Qiu Rongfa." According to our Great Qi Law, the slave is the property of the master's family and can be bought and sold at will. How can they have any inheritance? Naturally, this shop will belong to the Lord's house......"

"What deed of sale?! I've never written a deed of sale! Before Wu finished speaking, the shopkeeper Qiu roared. He turned his head to stare at Li Zheng, his eyes were about to split, "Uncle Qu, how can you be gullible about this?!" ”

Li Zheng was even more embarrassed, looking at the shopkeeper Qiu who couldn't bear it, and said, "Rongfa, I didn't believe it originally." But this lady Wu took your deed of sale and showed it to me. I checked the tax account book that you signed with me before, and the handwriting was ...... Indeed, they are exactly the same......

"I think there may have been some misunderstanding in this. You might as well go back to the Lord's house and explain it well, the misunderstanding will be solved, and it will be fine......"

"Nope! No way! The shopkeeper Qiu tried his best to push away the suppression, but he was kicked down by the house slave behind him, and touched the ground with his face, so that several strong men were pressed to the ground.

The son next to him was too noisy because of crying, and he had already been stuffed with a rag in his mouth, and at this moment his snot and tears flowed down his face, but he couldn't make any sound, and he was almost out of breath.

"Is there any reason for this? I, Qiu Rongfa, am honest and honest, and never hurt nature and reason! You bandits! Bandit! ”

Shopkeeper Qiu's eyes were so red that he almost wanted to drop blood, his face was full of dust, and he scolded. In a hurry, he struggled to look around, and happened to see Qin Zhuen who was watching the excitement next to him. Gorgeous clothes, extraordinary bearing, perhaps, is a character......

"This lord! Accumulate virtue and do good, good people will be rewarded! Save the little man and the child......"

"It's so noisy! Gagged and dragged away! Wu frowned in disgust and reprimanded.

"Wait!" The Wu family's house slave was just about to step forward, but he overheard the brocade-clothed boy who was the shopkeeper Qiu asking for help to stop him.

Qin Zhuen was originally a nosy master, and he usually had to mix in trivial matters, not to mention that there was already such a big battle today. Sanshou didn't stop any of them, so he rushed out and stood in front of these two groups of people.

"I've heard a lot here, too. Since you want to catch the father and son back as slaves, and you have to take over other people's shops, you have to tell the ins and outs, right? Otherwise, it is said that the father and son are not convinced, even those of us who watch the excitement also have a shadow of doubt in our hearts. Then it's better for everyone to go to the lobby of Jiyang County together and ask the county master to break it. ”

The Wu family originally wanted to forcibly take the Qiu family and his son away, and he didn't care about others. Anyway, he had already said hello to Lizheng, who was in charge of tax security, so the others naturally didn't have to pay attention.

But when she raised her eyes at this moment, she was facing the smiling peach blossom eyes of Lord Qin, and she couldn't say how soul-grabbing. Seeing that this person is dressed luxuriously and magnificently, although he is dusty, he can hardly hide his noble atmosphere, and he can't help but think in his heart, this person is not good, but he is really a character who is involved with the government.

So he endured the unhappiness in his heart, forced a smile, and said in a coquettish voice: "What Childe said is very true." The little woman explained one or two here, and solved the doubts of the villagers.

The little woman's surname is Wu, the family lives in Wujiazhuang, Jiutian County, and her father is Wu Wanguan, a local family, because she is the only daughter in the family and has no brothers to support her, so when she was fifteen years old, her father was the master and recruited a son-in-law into the Wu family.

"But it can be said that the little woman's life is miserable, and her husband died in the seventeenth year. Since then, if everyone's business is supported by me, a weak woman, the hard work cannot be done by outsiders. Wu Shi seemed to feel a feeling when he said this, and suddenly became sad, stretched out his handkerchief and pressed the corner of his eye.

turned out to be a hard-working woman who was treated poorly by God! Qin Zhuen couldn't help but be slightly moved. This is falling in the eyes of the mourning Wu family.

She said that her life experience did have the intention of winning sympathy, but she didn't expect to be crooked, and met a Qin Zhuen who both pity the fragrance and cherish the jade and always sympathize with the widow.

Wu Shi picked the corners of his mouth imperceptibly, and continued: "This dog Qiu Rongfa sold himself to my Wu family thirteen years ago because his family was poor and couldn't survive. In my small country place, I have always been honest, so I gave him ten taels of silver to sell his body, and then accepted the deed of this dog, which was considered to be the purchase of this person. But our small households in the countryside have always been afraid of dealing with the government, so they are not in a hurry to go to the yamen for the record. This dog has just started to be considered his duty, but who knew that in the year I lost my husband, he took advantage of the chaos at home, stole his property and escaped privately! I don't know where I went to marry a wife and have children, but I came here again to open an inn.

"Qiu Rongfa is a foreigner who came here with his son six years ago to make a living. But I didn't know that he was originally a fugitive slave from my Wu Wanguan's family in Jiutian County, Luozhou Prefecture. It's just to avoid the pursuit of the master's family, so he fled to Jiyang, Linxian County to make a living......"

"Nonsense! Sling the bull! Nonsense! Shopkeeper Qiu trembled like chaff, and tried his best to roar and refute, but his body couldn't move.

"Huh! Am I talking nonsense? I have your dog here, Qiu Rongfa's handwritten deed of sale thirteen years ago! Can there be fake? If you don't believe it, you can come to the pair. ”

Saying that, Wu Shi made a look, and immediately a house slave ran to the counter and rummaged through, found the account book of Qiu's shopkeeper's flat diary and respectfully presented it.

Wu Shi stretched out his hand and flipped through it a few times, smiled slightly, and then took out a deed of sale from the barrel and swung it next to the account book.

"Look, the words on this deed of sale are not exactly the same as the words he usually writes on the books?! Even if you really go to the county hall, I'm not afraid! ”

Qin Zhuen poked his head over. Sure enough, the deed of sale was the same as the handwriting on the account book.

Other guests who watched the excitement also came over to take a look. Even if you can't read, you have to come and have a good time.

"Childe, did you believe the little woman's words this time?" Wu looked at Qin Zhuen with a smile, his eyes flowing, like rippling autumn water.

Lord Qin's heart was suffocated, and then he was a little embarrassed: "This ...... Mrs. Wu is right, and the evidence is conclusive......"

As soon as these words came out, the shopkeeper Qiu on the ground immediately howled heartbreakingly, but was gagged by the house slave next to him.

"But ......" Qin Zhuen looked at the Qiu family and his son hesitantly. The children of the Qiu family were already fainted and collapsed on the ground. Shopkeeper Qiu was pressed by several house slaves at this time, and his face was blurred on the side of the ground.

This...... Qin Zhuen was a little unbearable, so it was better to buy Qiu's father and son and this small inn from the hands of this Wu Niangzi, which could be regarded as a way to let people live.

But before he could speak, he suddenly heard a clear voice suddenly interject:

"This lady Wu, can the deed of sale give Xiaosheng a look?"

Qin Zhuen looked up and saw that it was also a diner who had just eaten here, a dark-skinned, thin boy who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

The little boy clasped his fist at Wu and smiled, although his dark face was not very pleasing, but he was better than his delicate facial features and sparse eyebrows.

Wu's brows furrowed, and he became more and more impatient, but when he thought about the purpose of this trip, he didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he forced his temperament and waved his hand to throw the deed of sale in the young man's face.

The little boy was not angry, he took the deed with a smile on the corner of his mouth, looked at it carefully, and slowly the smile on his face became stronger, and finally it was like a flower, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked:

"Bold Wu! Dare to forge a deed of identity and deceive and forcibly occupy it! Are you guilty?! ”