Chapter 301 The Ending of Hong Deyu
Wei Fangyun agreed, "That's the truth."
Meng Changqing talked to the other party normally, but he was thinking about what he said just now. How many people come to Beishan County?
Who would put people next to her? If there is a chance, the prince will definitely send someone over, but now Zou Dujuan, the minister of official affairs, belongs to the third prince, and the attitude of the minister of official affairs is unclear. It is hard to say whether the prince can reach into the official affairs department.
On the surface, the current emperor is in his prime and the situation in the court is stable.
But this is not the case in Meng Changqing's eyes. She has to take care of not only the present, but also the future. The third prince has jumped out to fight with the prince, and the emperor has no clear attitude towards this. Who will sit on the throne in the future? It's hard to say.
Just Wei Fangyun's words made Meng Changqing think of many things. Fortunately, she was used to multitasking and had constant suspicions in her heart, but nothing showed on her face.
As for Yang Zheng, before Meng Changqing returned from the government office, he took Lai Cai as a witness and gave the account books and keys to Qi Renli.
It stands to reason that it would be inappropriate to ask Lai Cai to serve as a witness, but there are too many inappropriate places in Beishan County government at present, so this is not so strange.
Qi Renli had just returned from Dazhou. He hadn't had a good night's sleep before he was thrown into the pile of account books.
He never expected that a small Beishan County with such a small population could have so many various types of import and export accounts.
After staying up for several nights, I straightened out the account books, and finally took over the accounting of the warehouse's incoming and outgoing accounts.
Only then did he know what despair meant.
Previously, I thought it was an error in the accounts. How could the county government only have such a small amount of money? But now that I have sorted it out, I know that this pitiful figure is correct.
Then think about the debts that need to be repaid at the end of the year. As an official, he still has to ask his family for money.
Sure enough, as Mr. Meng said, making money is the most important thing in Beishan County at the moment.
On this day, he had not slept well all night again. Qi Renli got up from the bed with a tired face. Qi Rui, who was helping him comb his hair, was shocked, "Master, you didn't get a good rest at night?" He said it politely, What I was actually thinking was that there wouldn't be a goblin in this house, catching his young master sucking Yang Qi at night.
Qi Renli pressed his eyes and said, "Go and get some water."
"Master, how about you sleep a little longer?" What he wanted to ask was, how about you sleep in another room.
"Don't talk nonsense. We have to go to the mountain with Uncle Xu today. We can't waste time." Once a person doesn't get enough rest, his energy will be low, his mood will also be irritable, and his tone of voice will be different from before.
Although Qi Rui has been serving Qi Renli since he was a child, there is a distinction between master and servant. When his master gets angry, he naturally does not dare to say anything and quickly obeys his orders.
Qi Renli had a simple meal at the Yamen, then took Ma Laifu and others to the place where Boss Xu was staying temporarily.
Boss Xu is the old master who was able to release silkworms that Qi Renli brought back from Hongfu Village.
He and his old wife came to Beishan County. After a short period of adaptation, they followed the government officials to run to the mountains on the east and west sides every day to see which places in the mountains were suitable for planting tussahs.
After running around for a few days, I found a few suitable places for him. Today I am taking Mr. Qi to the mountains to see them.
"Uncle Xu, are you ready to go?"
As for what was agreed upon yesterday, Mr. Xu naturally prepared it early and was waiting for him at home.
Boss Xu followed the people from the yamen up the mountain, leaving his old wife Hua Erya at home, exploring some trivial things to pass the time.
Hua Erya was sitting on a small stool, knitting straw sandals on her hands, and was dozing off when she heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard. She craned her neck to look outside. Before she could see the people outside clearly, she heard the people outside shouting happily: "Mom!"
"Oops!" Hua Erya dropped the things in her hands and went to open the door happily, "Why are you here?"
Outside the courtyard gate, there was not only Hua Erya's daughter Xu Yang, but also her son-in-law and two familiar government officials.
"Mom." Zheng Lin greeted with a smile, "My father isn't here?"
"Your father took the adults up the mountain and won't be back until noon at the earliest." Hua Erya invited everyone to go inside.
The government officials were very sensible and sent the person to the door, then left on the pretext that they had other things to do.
Zheng Lin took out a handful of copper coins and secretly handed them to the two government officials. "I'd like to ask you two to pick us up. Please accept the hard work."
The yamen servant smiled and accepted, "No wonder Shopkeeper Zheng's business is good."
"Okay, you go in. When you leave, go to the Yamen and let us know. Then our brothers will take you back."
"Thank you! Thank you very much!"
After watching the government servants leave, Zheng Lin and Xu Yang helped their mother into the house, "Mom, are you doing well here?"
"Okay, the government here treats us very well. They said that they would learn from your father's silkworm-flying skills. They really treat your father as a teacher. Even the adults in the yamen are very polite to us." Hua Erya left as she spoke. Taking the teapot on the stove, Zheng Lin saw this and quickly picked it up himself, then took three empty bowls and brought them to the inner room.
"Why are you here?" Hua Erya asked her daughter, "Is someone giving you a hard time?"
"No. I haven't seen you for a few days, so I came to see if you are okay here." As soon as Xu Yang said this, Zheng Lin said: "No one dares to embarrass us now, the Hong family is gone.
Hong Deyu was imprisoned, and the housekeeper of his family wanted to unite with other merchants to rescue him. It would be better if he didn't rescue him. Once he was rescued, Hong Deyu committed suicide in prison. ”
When the old lady heard that the person had died, she felt a little numb in her heart. "This person has done enough evil and enjoyed enough blessings, so death is nothing. But how could someone like him commit suicide?" My wife was a little skeptical.
"It can be said that no one believes it, but the man is dead and the straw mat is thrown out." Zheng Lin continued: "The housekeeper was looking for someone to save Hong Deyu before, but in the end, he was thrown away." When he came out, he went to see it. When he opened the straw mat and saw that the person was really dead, the guy turned around and ran away
That Hong Deyu was so majestic in life, who would have thought that there would be no one to collect the body after death.
All the people from the Hong family ran away. ”
The old lady sighed, not because she felt pity for Hong Deyu, but simply because she felt that fate was playing tricks on her.
"Mom, it's a happy event that the Hong family is gone." Zheng Lin said, "The government raided the Hong family and found the Hong family's rent collection account book for verification this year. They refunded all the rent collected this year. Our family The rent paid was also returned.
Yangyang, quickly take out the money and give it to your mother. ”
Xu Yang took out the money he had always kept in his arms and stuffed it into his mother's hand.
"Take it." The old lady pushed back, "Zheng Lin has helped the family a lot over the years. The previous rent was originally given by Zheng Lin."
Zheng Lin said: "Mom, if a family doesn't speak the same language, what I have without you is all family money.
Besides, since you are far away from us now and don’t have any money left on you, Yangyang and I don’t feel at ease. ”