Chapter 227 Caught
The thunder was loud and the raindrops were light. After searching around and finding nothing, Xia Zihan ordered to forget it. It was just a ginseng, and she was not short of money.
Smelling the little county master's tone, the Wang family's wife, who had been anxious all day, breathed a sigh of relief and asked someone to call Zhu Da.
With his head wrapped in gauze, Zhu Da came to Chu's house to visit his sister.
The lamp that hit Xia Zihan was not serious, it just made a hole in his head, and he was able to get out of bed after two days.
After receiving the message from Mrs. Wang's trustee, Zhu Da knew that he had succeeded again, so he became excited without even thinking about it.
When the siblings met, the wife of the Wang family was shocked and said, "Brother, what's wrong with your head?"
Zhu Da touched the gauze on his head and cursed, "Don't mention it, people are unlucky, anything can happen to them. Whoever is doing well at night will be smashed by a falling lamp."
The wife of the Wang family spat and cursed angrily, "You deserve it. Who told you not to put it down? It's your fate that didn't let you be burned to death."
She has never liked this brother very much. He is lazy and spends money lavishly. But now she wants to make more money. Without this brother who cooperates with her inside and outside, she really can't do it alone.
In the past ten months, she and Zhu Da have taken out the Chu family's things to sell, and they can sell them for at least three or four taels of silver a month. Each of their siblings has half of it. Together with her monthly income, she now earns three or four taels of silver every month. They can all save two taels of silver.
At present, she has saved eighteen taels of silver. If she saves more, she can go to the village to buy land for rent. According to Manager Zhang, being a land renter will give her money to spend every day when she is idle.
Ginseng was put into Zhu Da's arms and was about to be taken away from Chu's house.
Unfortunately, the Chu family, which used to be unimpeded for Zhu Da, was stopped by two guards as soon as he reached the back door today.
The guard, who had already received the order, searched Zhu Da's body without saying a word.
Zhu Da was so frightened that his heart trembled, and he said with a playful smile, "Brother, you see, we are old acquaintances, and I have never heard of anyone searching me every time I come and go. Isn't this a slap in my face to your brother?"< br>
He cleverly took out two small pieces of silver and stuffed them into the hands of the two doormen. "Brother, I only have these. If there is something missing, I will make up for it next time." He planned to fool him out.
"No, we don't dare to ask for your money. The Chu family's family rules have changed. Anyone coming from outside must be searched before leaving. If you don't let us search you, have you got something from the Chu family and want to take it out?"< br>
The guard waved his hand away, staring suspiciously at Zhu Da's arms, and stretched out his hand...
When Zhu Da was anxious, he waved away his hand and was about to run away. He Donglin, who had been hiding aside, grabbed him and pushed him to the ground.
In an instant, more than twenty guards rushed out, surrounding Zhu Da.
The ginseng in his arms was also exposed.
Catch thieves and catch dirty things. This time, Zhu Da was caught in a trick. He was also seen by Ma Bao who was delivering something. Ma Bao laughed and said, "This thief is too bold. He wants to do it in broad daylight." If something belonging to the Chu family is stolen, such people must be handed over to the government for punishment.”
"Come on, I'll go with you. It's great to go to the Yamen to testify for you." Ma Baoxing said hurriedly.
Soon, the Wang family's wife was also arrested, and she screamed that she was wronged. However, when she saw Zhu Da, the Wang family's wife suddenly withered.
Zhu Da and the Wang family's wife were sent to the government, and both the people and the stolen goods were taken away. The yamen quickly sentenced them.
Mrs. Wang and Zhu Da repeatedly stole the property of the Chu family and repaid them with kindness. They were punished and sentenced each of them to thirty taels of silver. Each of them had to pay thirty taels of silver to compensate the Chu family for their losses. They also had to pay a fine of two hundred taels of silver. To the government.
Not to mention the fine of two hundred taels of silver, even the Zhu family couldn't afford thirty taels of silver.
Zhu Da's money was all gone, and he didn't even have the money to buy medicine for his injuries. As for the Wang family's wife, after she was arrested, Chu Fei led people into her house to search around and gave her eighteen taels of silver. and three hundred and forty-two coins were found.
The wife of the Wang family was kicked out of Chu's house and became homeless.
But because she and Zhu Da couldn't come up with money to compensate the Chu family and pay the fine, the government sealed the Zhu family's house.
The Zhu family's house is not big, just a dilapidated small courtyard and three adobe houses. It is located on North Street, the cheapest street in the capital, and is not worth a few dollars.
The government came forward and sold two hundred and seventy taels of silver. In addition to paying the fine and compensating the Chu family, the extra ten taels of silver were returned to Zhu Da, which was just enough to treat the injuries of the two siblings and live with them for a few days. Money for food and drinks at the inn.
And all of this was behind Xia Zihan's instigation.
When the officer took sixty taels of silver and wanted to give it to Xia Zihan, Xia Zihan didn't accept it. She smiled and said, "I've been lucky enough these days, so I think this money is the money I give you to buy wine." ”
"This, this is a small responsibility. I can't afford to be a favor to the county master." The officials said a few polite words and put away the money.
After Mr. Chai left, Xia Zihan ordered He Donglin to send two guards to take the Wang family's wife's son, who was less than two years old, to the royal father and queen mother.
"If they ask, tell the truth."
This matter went through the government, and the Chu family stood firm. They owed nothing to the Wang family, let alone the Wang family's wife and Zhu Da.
It is their own fault that their siblings will end up homeless today, and they deserve it.
The grandson of the Wang family was sent away.
After Zhu Da and the Wang family's wife recovered from their injuries, they wanted to go to the Wang family. They thought of the two hundred taels of silver that the king's father and queen mother had taken away, as well as the twenty acres of land purchased by the Chu family. However, after leaving the city, the two siblings suddenly discovered that they did not know where the royal father and queen mother were staying.
There are tens of thousands of villages in Dasheng Dynasty, so how can they find them?
And their interpersonal relationships were not good. When they asked people they knew before, they ignored them. In the end, they had no choice but to use the remaining dozens of pennies to buy a dozen dry steamed buns to eat on the road, and went to seek refuge with three people. Sister.
After they went to their sister's house, they still didn't dare to do anything. They were too lazy to eat and had to be served by their sister and brother-in-law. Finally, the three brothers-in-law, who couldn't bear it anymore, teamed up to drive them away.
Zhu Da and Wang's wife became members of the Beggar Gang in the Dasheng Dynasty from then on.
After what happened to the Chu family, Xia Zihan hid it from the Zeng family at first. Later, when he became an official, he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
When Mrs. Zeng learned about it, the case was over. She was very disappointed with Mrs. Wang. She held Xia Zihan's hand and sighed, "A moment of kindness actually attracted a blood-sucking insect. If you hadn't discovered it earlier, you would have pointed out later." Maybe she dares to steal anything.”
And this kind of thing, in a wealthy family, once it starts, there will be two, three, four...
When the time comes, she closes her eyes and walks away, leaving Yu Niang alone. Isn't this Chu House going to be robbed by everyone?
Zeng shivered violently, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
She suddenly summoned Manager Lu and Butler Cui, and ordered them, along with Mama Su, Hongmei and a dozen of her close associates, to check all the warehouses in the front and inner courtyards of the mansion one by one.
Otherwise, some people would go behind her back and act duplicitously, and the warehouse would be moved clean, and neither her grandson nor her mother would know.
Zeng's decision made everyone in the Chu family busy.
The Chu family is busy, and the Song family is also busy.
The news that little Zeng was seriously ill reached Dou's ears. Dou was worried that little Zeng would really be unable to wake up one day, and Song Huai would have to stay in mourning. In three years, Shi Wenting would be seventeen. .
Seventeen years old is actually not too old. There are many girls who wait until they are eighteen or nineteen to get married in order to mourn.
But Shi Wenting was different. She loved Song Huai so much that she lost her mind. She was worried that her daughter wouldn't be able to wait so long. If she went crazy thinking about it day and night, would Song Huai still want her?
Three years later, Song Huai was only seventeen years old. The boy was seventeen years old, which was an easy age to find a wife.
Thinking of this, Ms. Dou became anxious and went to the Song family in person to talk to Ms. Pei about the marriage between Shi Wenting and Song Huai. She wanted to advance the wedding date, preferably within a month.
This was a troubled time for the Song family. All the dowry belongings of the young Zeng family, which brought a lot of profits, were sold by Song Baiqing. The rest were the property of the Song family's father-in-law. The income was mediocre and could not support the Song family's daily expenses.
If this continues, there is no guarantee that the Song family will become worse and worse day by day.
Mrs. Pei is worried that this matter will be known to the Shi family. Once the Shi family has any thoughts, it will not be easy for Song Huai, who has already broken off the engagement twice, to marry a girl worthy of the Song family title. .
No girl would want to marry a noble family that can't even support their daily life.
Unless you marry a wife from a similarly down-to-earth family.
But Mr. Pei looked down upon such a family.
Mrs. Dou came to talk to her about bringing forward the wedding date, and Mrs. Pei was in agreement. In this way, Song Huai, who was supposed to have a wedding next spring, was moved forward to August 12th.
"I still want to keep Wen Ting at home for the last Mid-Autumn Festival. From now on, she will be the daughter-in-law of the Song family. She can no longer accompany me and her father for a reunion dinner during the New Year and the holidays." Mrs. Dou felt a little bit about this day. hesitate.
But the recent good days are only August 12 and September 26.
September 26th was too long, and she was worried that little Zeng might not survive until that time.
And the daughter of the family is like a demon, thinking about Song Huai day and night, looking forward to it...
With my daughter like this, it's better to get her married to Song Huai as soon as possible.
Dou gritted his teeth and agreed.
The two families began to prepare for the marriage of Song Huai and Shi Wenting.
As soon as Mrs. Dou left, Mrs. Pei publicized Song Huai's wedding date, hoping that Song Baiqing would come back as soon as possible after hearing the news.
When my son gets married, I can't hide and not show up, right?
No matter how angry she was with Song Boqing, she had to meet the person first before talking.
As for women, well, she has plenty of means to deal with her.
While the Song family and the Shi family were preparing for their marriage, the official route to Beijing was finally opened in the evening of that day.
(End of chapter)