Chapter 229 229. What is your look like?
“Oh, that wild boar is old and fat. It is said that it weighs three to four hundred pounds!”
“So heavy? It should be an adult.”
“No, I My son won it all by himself!"
"."So you don't think I'm bored at home, but you're showing off that my son is here?
When they arrived at the ancestral hall, there was a lively discussion inside. Two wild boars were tied up in the middle, groaning, and many villagers were standing around them.
“Why are there so many people?”
Hey guys, half the village is here, right?
We usually hunt a lot of game, but everyone is not so enthusiastic.
“The village hasn’t been so lively for a long time. As time goes by, everyone has become panicked. Of course, if there is a happy event after all, we must join in!”
"What Auntie said makes sense."
Cheng Xi sighed secretly, so whether it is modern or ancient times, it is human nature to like fun and cannot be changed.
"By the way, your family's grandson is really amazing. He can actually dig out treasures from the mountains."
"Auntie is so complimentary. My husband is very lucky."
"The ten acres of potatoes planted yesterday are now very popular. I saw many people wandering in the fields this morning."
"Everyone is just trying to create a novelty. After the harvest, we will plant it next season so that no one will look at it again."
Cheng Xi paused, "Now everyone knows about potatoes?"
< br>Although I plan to promote potatoes, it seems a bit uncomfortable if the matter becomes too big.
Now the entire city of Lin'an has been invaded by the cold current, and the people are all miserable. Wouldn't it be extraordinary if only Shenjiacun was happy?
It’s easy to be hated.
Aunt Cuihua covered her mouth and snickered, "Don't worry, Uncle Six asked the head of the family to tell us yesterday to keep our mouths shut as soon as we leave the village and we won't spread the word."
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The problem is that aunts are hard to believe.
Cheng Xi felt that this matter was unreliable, but he couldn't think of a better way at the moment. Ten acres of land was too small, so even if word spread, it wouldn't attract much attention.
“Oops it’s about to start, look, look, look!”
In front of them, Lian Hu and others were already sharpening their knives and preparing to kill pigs. Aunt Cuihua quickly pulled Cheng Xi back. When she saw many village women gathered not far away, she immediately blended in.
"Killing pigs is not a good look, let's stay away."
"."Wait, we are just here to see the pigs being killed!
Cheng Xi turned around inexplicably and saw the aunts and girls covering their faces and eyes in unison, and she was immediately speechless.
So it’s fake to watch pigs being killed, but it’s actually just to find a reason to get together and talk, right?
What's the difference between going to a bar and just chatting without drinking?
The two wild boars add up to a lot of meat, and one family can get several kilograms of meat if divided. Cheng Xi stood there in a daze when Aunt Cuihua stuffed several kilograms of meat into her hands.
"Here, I tied it up with a straw rope. Take it home and cook something delicious at night."
"Thank you, Auntie."
"It's easy. ”
The two of them stayed in the ancestral hall for an hour. It was already evening when the pork was divided, so they simply carried the meat and went home together.
Cheng Xi bid farewell to Aunt Cuihua and opened the door of her house, and saw Fuguang standing in the yard reporting work to Shen Xingluo.
She looked up at the sky and then remembered that today was the day of Zhou Lesong's execution.
"What happened again in Fucheng today?"
"How could Madam ask that?"
"Fuguang won't come because there is no big deal. I'll know it when I see his figure."
Shen Xingluo chuckled lightly, "Then Madam, you might as well take a guess." "Is there someone robbing the execution ground?"
As soon as Cheng Xi finished speaking, he saw the person opposite had a strange expression, "What is that look in your eyes?"
It looked like you were looking at a mentally retarded person, okay?
Although I did just say it casually, I couldn't look like "Are you stupid?" as it would dampen enthusiasm.
Shen Xingluo sighed, "At this point, no one wants Zhou Lesong to live."
"That's right."
Cheng Xi thinks about it and it does make sense. , "No matter what he confessed, there must be many people who want his life."
There are not so many emotional ties in this world, especially in the officialdom. Since Zhou Lesong must die, he is a useless chess piece.
If he confesses a lot of information, then people with interests tied to him will definitely not let him live. If there is no confession, there is no need to keep it.
Kill and silence.
“So what happened today?”
“Someone broke into the government office and stole Zhou Lesong’s confession.”
“It seems that someone couldn’t sit still. .”
Cheng Xi understood that what the people would know in the first few days of the trial would not be all the confessions, and some things would definitely have to be covered up.
People who have interests in Zhou Lesong will definitely be interested in this confession.
What if they are mentioned in it?
"But didn't you say last time that the news from Lin'an Prefecture did not spread back to the capital so quickly? Who would want to steal the confession? Could it be someone from Lin'an Prefecture?"
" Madam is smart.”
Shen Xingluo nodded, "Prime Minister Zhou doesn't completely trust Zhou Lesong. He has to leave a few people in the city to watch for him. Others who interact with Zhou Lesong will naturally think so. Previously, the fifth prince blocked the prison and they had no chance to communicate with each other. Message."
"So wait After the Zhou family was sentenced, they became anxious."
Cheng Xi couldn't help but sigh, "Sure enough, the officialdom is like a battlefield. There is no family relationship between father and son, and there is no proper entanglement of interests."
< br>Even his own father is on guard against him, what good outcome can Zhou Lesong have?
“Did they succeed?”
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Shen Xingluo was silent.
Seeing that he was silent and didn't say anything, Cheng Xi thought to himself for a moment before speaking uncertainly, "Isn't the Fifth Prince fishing?"
Fu Chenglan and Mr. Jiang gathered together When we are together, we would not expect someone from Lin'an Mansion to be involved, so what these people can see when they break into the government office is open to question.
Maybe what they saw was what Fu Chenglan wanted them to see.
Huh——
“You’re worried about this before you even go to Beijing for the scientific examination. Who was this blind person who offended you in your previous life?”
Shen Xingluo was startled. Then he shook his head and said, "Just be prepared. "That's all."
The only enemy he remembers in his past life is Zhou Xu. After he was disfigured and injured, his health became worse and worse due to the lack of food due to the snowstorm and the delay in treatment. In the past few years, he could only stay in Shen. Raised in the village.
Fortunately, maintaining his body did not prevent him from using his brain, so he took advantage of the people around him and the Hongwei Escort Bureau to collect information and accumulate strength. On the other hand, Zhou Xuzhi rose rapidly through the imperial examinations, and when he discovered that he was still alive and well, he assassinated and poisoned him in every possible way.
Although Zhou Xuzhi was killed by him within a few years, Shen Xingluo undoubtedly hated him for ruining his future and health. As for the rest of the Zhou family, they can only be regarded as accomplices.
Now that Zhou Xuzhi had committed suicide in advance, he felt that the past was over, and his future path was completely different from his previous life.
But the idea of planning everything has been engraved in my bones, and I can't change it even if I want to.
Of course, he didn’t want to change it.
(End of this chapter)