W Chapter 78
by VolareChapter 78: Grilled Sausage
Chapter 78: Grilled Sausage
The woman slapped her thighs and wailed, the man sat on the ground in the same posture, wiping away tears with his sleeve.
Those lining up in front of Ling Xing’s snack stall were all people with leisure and money, or servants from various households. Suddenly hearing someone shout like this, they found it novel and watched like a show.
Customers nearby looked towards Ling Xing and the Liu brothers in the stall, cheerfully saying, “Whose relatives are these? They have quite the voice.”
Liu Qingyu’s face turned pale, his whole body trembling. His mind went blank for a moment, and he looked at Ling Xing with nervousness and fear.
He explained in a trembling voice, “Boss, I really didn’t know they would come to the stall to cause trouble. I’ll drag them away right now.”
Beggars were common on Spring Rain Street, but it was rare for ordinary people in ragged clothes to come.
They were afraid of bumping into someone and suffering for nothing.
Liu Qingyu knew that his uncle and aunt were aware of his working at the stall. During this time, they had shown no signs of coming to the stall to cause trouble, also out of fear of losing more than they gained by provoking important figures.
Therefore, they were squatting in front of his courtyard, cursing at will, making a big commotion, which made the neighbors have a lot of opinions about them brothers.
Today, the uncle and aunt were uncharacteristically different, and they even brought their youngest cousins with them, deliberately wearing ragged clothes. Liu Qingyu really couldn’t understand the reason.
He wasn’t afraid of his uncle and aunt targeting him, but he was afraid of delaying the boss’s business because of his uncle and aunt.
That would be his fault.
Liu Qingye was also frightened, and like Liu Qingyu, he was afraid that Ling Xing would be unhappy. He wanted to go out and pull people away together.
Although this was a family matter of the Liu brothers, the people had already caused trouble at the stall’s door, delaying business. And the brothers were now working for the stall, so Ling Xing couldn’t really ignore it.
Moreover, the Liu brothers were both very good people, and Ling Xing liked to get along with them. He would naturally help if he could do so within his power.
“I’ll go with you.”
Liu Qingyu wanted to refuse, fearing that his uncle and aunt would become violent and hurt someone.
Ling Yue had been reading recently, and a sentence she often recited was: “Could it be fate? Accept it correctly. Therefore, those who know fate do not stand under dangerous walls.” Note1
The people outside looked weak on the surface, but in reality, they were all ruthless characters.
Ling Xing wouldn’t put himself in complete danger to help others. Before going out, he asked a familiar customer to help report to the authorities.
The customer was a servant who often went to the town to buy velvet flowers. In the past, when buying velvet flowers, someone cut in line, looking quite rich, but he didn’t dare to say anything.
When going out to do errands, it was best not to cause trouble.
Who knew that the current shopkeeper, the former stall owner, would directly tell that person not to cut in line.
Because the words were polite, and there was a strong man nearby who looked like he could beat someone to death with one punch, the other person really went to the back of the line.
He could actually have tolerated this, but someone was willing to stand up for him. When receiving the food, he also got a sentence, “Are you hungry? Take it and eat.”
The feeling in his heart was really different, like drinking warm tea in winter, wrapped in a thick quilt, watching the snow outside the window.
Comfortable, soothing, and happy.
He was very willing to run this errand for Ling Xing.
Seeing that Ling Xing had a plan, and that his and Liu Qingye’s strength was limited, and they might not be able to pull the people away, Liu Qingyu thought about it and nodded gratefully to Ling Xing. Then he took off his apron and walked towards his uncle and aunt’s family.
Liu Si and Tian Chunniang were like singing a duet, giving the customers in front of the snack stall a good show.
In a short period of time, after their crying, they understood a little.
They were all people who had seen tricks, so who would believe the two people’s crying? They all felt that they wanted to eat up the inheritance and were acting here.
But this matter had nothing to do with them, watching a show was okay, but interjecting was impossible.
It would be embarrassing.
Liu Si and his wife pretended to cry in this scene, their throats were hoarse, but they didn’t see anyone helping them speak, condemning Liu Qingyu and Liu Qingye.
The two felt that things were not quite what they thought, and they felt a little uneasy for no reason.
The couple looked at each other and looked towards the stall, both having the intention of retreating.
Then they thought of something, and their eyes became much firmer.
Tian Chunniang hugged the two children on the left and right, secretly pinching the children’s flesh with her hands. The two children cried loudly in pain.
Following the children’s cries, Tian Chunniang began to curse.
“Liu Qingyu! Liu Qingye! You two brothers are ungrateful wretches! In order to give you more food, I, as your aunt, didn’t even feed my own children! You don’t know how to repay kindness, but instead drive us away…”
“Stop shouting.” Ling Xing frowned and interrupted, Liu Qingyu brothers immediately stepped forward to stop Tian Chunniang, letting her not shout anymore.
Ling Xing said, “I have already sent someone to report to the authorities, you still have time to shut up and leave now.”
Hearing “report to the authorities,” Liu Si and Tian Chunniang were only stunned for a moment, and then they reacted.
Seeing Ling Xing come over, their eyes flashed with a light, more excited than seeing Liu Qingyu and Liu Qingye.
Liu Si, who had been silent all the time, at this time looked fierce, spitting on the ground, “Bah! I said that our Liu family’s ge’er are not the kind of ungrateful people, it’s all taught by you, the bad-hearted boss!”
Ling Xing’s brow furrowed slightly, displeased with Liu Si’s words, and also strange with their attitude.
Ordinary people, when they hear the words “report to the authorities,” no matter what, they would show some fear.
How come these two were not only not afraid, but even…
Ling Xing observed carefully, and could even see some excitement?
If things are abnormal, there must be a reason. Ling Xing called out to Liu Qingyu and Liu Qingye, “Don’t get too close to them.”
The brothers stopped in time, their faces showing anger, shouting at Liu Si couple, “You’re talking nonsense!”
Seeing that the people were still a distance away, Tian Chunniang looked at the stall before standing up, hands on her hips, full of momentum.
“Who’s talking nonsense? If it weren’t for him, would you be such ungrateful wretches? Report to the authorities, afraid of you?” Tian Chunniang was not afraid at all, “Reporting to the authorities is good, I want to see how many strokes will be given, how many years in prison will be sentenced to the ungrateful uncle and aunt who raised them!”
Greater Yu valued filial piety.
Ling Xing’s face also became not so good. This situation was indeed unfavorable to the Liu brothers.
Regardless of whether there was evidence to prove that Tian Chunniang’s words were true or false, as long as the elders in the clan said it was, then it was.
For this reason, there were also several cases of wrongful convictions, and many were left without descendants, with all the family’s fields and properties belonging to the people in the clan.
The law had biases and injustices, but it continued for hundreds of years. It had been so long that everyone had deep-rooted ideas, and it was impossible to change it.
Ling Xing was not adapted to such an environment, and felt a sense of oppression in his heart, making it difficult to breathe.
His voice became sharp, “One thing is one thing, it is one thing for you to punish the Liu brothers for being unfilial, it is another thing for me to punish you for causing trouble, disturbing public order, and obstructing my stall’s business.”
“Not only will you be beaten, but you will also have to compensate me for all the profits my stall has lost today because of you. You want to cause trouble? Then cause trouble, do whatever you want, anyway, I won’t suffer.”
Liu Si and his wife were both stunned, never expecting that there was such a thing?
They looked towards the stall again, their faces becoming paler.
Ling Xing noticed their gaze and looked back, not finding anything different.
Over here, Liu Si trembled and tried to support himself, “Then you’re also instigating Yu brother and Ye brother to be unfilial!”
Ling Xing didn’t know why they wanted to pin the blame on him. Was there really no other garbage can to put on his head?
“Do you have evidence? Even if you have evidence, I haven’t heard that instigating unfilial piety is a crime. But I have a lot of witnesses, saying that you are making false accusations.”
Ling Xing pointed to the customers who were still gathering to watch the show, getting their nods of approval. Liu Si and his wife looked even more uneasy.
Tian Chunniang gritted her teeth and pushed the ge’er next to her, the child with a blank face, suddenly ran towards Ling Xing.
At this time, the light was very good, the sun poured down, shining people warm, even producing light sweat.
Ling Xing noticed a weak reflection.
Realizing something was wrong, his body reacted faster than his brain, and immediately stepped back.
The child didn’t expect Ling Xing to notice, and didn’t stop. At a place two steps away from them, he used all his strength to insert the dagger in his hand into his stomach.
Fresh blood gushed out, the child’s body stiffened for a moment, and soon fell to the ground.
The customers instantly put away their expressions of watching the show, some in a panic.
Someone died!
Ling Xing looked at the child’s bloody appearance, his mind confused, his legs also weakening.
He subconsciously wanted to go forward to check, Tian Chunniang’s sharp cry made him clear.
“Ah ah ah ah ah! My Que brother! You murderous thing, you actually killed my child!”
Tian Chunniang glared fiercely at Ling Xing, Liu Si also rushed over, wanting to attack Ling Xing.
Stopped by Liu Qingyu and Liu Qingye.
Ling Xing looked at them, not moving anymore. He finally knew what was wrong.
From the beginning, these two were coming for him.
They planned to use a child’s life to frame him.
But why did they do this? He didn’t even know them.
The customers were strange to hear Tian Chunniang’s words.
It was now a critical juncture, and she was still yelling there, not looking at the child’s situation.
Moreover, they saw it clearly, Shopkeeper Ling was at a distance, how could it be Shopkeeper Ling who did it!
It was clear that the child stabbed himself.
“Why don’t you quickly take the child to the medical clinic to save his life, what nonsense are you talking about here?”
“That’s right, I saw with both eyes, it was that child who suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed himself.”
“Shopkeeper Ling was two steps away from the child, he had nothing in his hand, could he have some kind of magic to control your child?”
“Quickly take the child to see a doctor, there may still be a chance to save him.”
The customers’ words left Liu Si and his wife dumbfounded.
They were watching from behind, and were also panicked, not noticing that there was still a distance?
The two stared at the unconscious child on the ground with disgust and annoyance, blaming him for not doing even this little thing well. The seamless plan had all failed!
Knowing that it was impossible to frame him, the couple couldn’t help but look towards the stall again. Ling Xing said in a cold voice, “Who are you looking at?”
From this angle, the only things visible were his snack stall and the cloth shop next door.
There was no one in the snack stall, so naturally they weren’t looking there.
That could only be the cloth shop.
“In the cloth shop, is there someone behind the scenes instructing you to do this?”
Although it was a question, Ling Xing was already certain in his heart. The couple looked there more than once, and all the reactions were very abnormal.
Liu Si and Tian Chunniang froze in place, not daring to look anymore.
The two were very stubborn, “What cloth shop, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Liu Si pulled Tian Chunniang, “Quick, quick, take Que brother to see a doctor.”
Only then did the couple act, picking up the child from the ground.
“Make way, make way, officials are handling a case, all irrelevant people step aside!”
The officials arrived in time, and when Liu Si and Tian Chunniang saw them, sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they were so frightened that they dropped the child on the ground again and turned to run.
If they didn’t run, it wouldn’t be anything, but running completely attracted the attention of the officials, who chased after them with knives. The couple were quickly pinned down with knives.
The team was led by Wang Tuan, a familiar face who knew that something had happened at Ling Xing’s snack stall, and specially switched shifts to come over.
“Is Shopkeeper Ling alright?”
Ling Xing shook his head, “Please, official, send someone to the medical clinic with the child.”
If they didn’t go, it was feared that it really wouldn’t be possible.
Wang Tuan called someone over, gave a few instructions, and the other person left with the child in his arms.
Ling Xing was the one who reported the crime, and needed to go to the yamen to explain.
Since it involved the Liu brothers, they also had to go.
The stall couldn’t open today, so he could only apologize to the customers, then quickly put out the fire, closed the stall, and went to the yamen together.
Before leaving, Ling Xing looked at the cloth shop. There were only two shop assistants inside.
The matter in front of the snack stall was under the jurisdiction of Dian Shi Zuo Mingchen.
People were sent to inquire separately.
Ling Xing and the Liu brothers truthfully informed him, Zuo Mingchen looked at several confessions, his brows tightly furrowed.
This matter was strange in every way.
He read Ling Xing’s account of Liu Que rushing over with the dagger carefully many times, and then compared it with the confessions of Liu Si and his wife.
According to what they said, it was Liu Que, a child, who hated Ling Xing for instigating his cousins not to want them, and not giving them money to repay their kindness.
They hadn’t eaten for several days, and they were about to starve to death, which was why he had this resentment.
The child’s appearance had been described to him by the clerk, a six- or seven-year-old ge’er, as thin as a bone. After not eating for a few more days, would he have the strength to rush over and kill someone?
Even if he had the strength, the hidden weapon was still made of pure iron. It looked new and valuable.
The imperial court strictly controlled ironware. Liu Si stated that he didn’t know of the existence of the dagger. The making of this item would have detailed records in the ironware shop, who bought it and what it was used for would be recorded clearly.
He wouldn’t dare to lie on this matter.
Excluding the possibility of an adult buying it, it couldn’t be Liu Que buying it himself.
Where would a child get the money to buy it?
If it was picked up, then the original owner who lost the ironware would need to report it in a timely manner.
Otherwise, if there was a problem, the original owner would be held accountable.
Zuo Mingchen ordered someone to look through the files of reported lost ironware, but there was no dagger that matched.
A dagger that appeared out of thin air with no origin was even more unusual.
Zuo Mingchen put Ling Xing’s statement together with the blood-stained dagger, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt.
Liu Si’s family was probably using the pretense of eating up the inheritance as a cover, the target from the beginning was Ling Xing.
When questioning, he had looked at Liu Si and his wife, not looking down on them, but their brains and courage really couldn’t have planned this.
Moreover, to be honest, they didn’t have the motive to target Ling Xing.
Everything today was just a forced act.
It was the plot of the person behind the scenes, they were just a knife.
Or, the person behind the scenes wasn’t targeting Ling Xing.
The snack stall was Ling Xing’s best asset. It made money, but it also had certain limitations. It wasn’t necessary to harm a life and get involved in a murder case for a stall, which was a different nature.
With such a costly plan, the real target should be someone else…
Zuo Mingchen tapped the table with his index finger, his mind quickly going over Ling Xing’s interpersonal relationships.
Ling Xing’s interpersonal relationships were not complicated. Although there were many people he knew, apart from his family, the people he had a relationship with could be counted on two hands.
Among them, Lin County Magistrate had the highest status, followed by Tu Hai.
Zuo Mingchen had two candidates in his heart. With his years of experience in solving cases, after further reasoning, he was more inclined towards Lin County Magistrate.
No matter how powerful Tu Hai was, his current height was the highest he could reach.
Who would bother trying to kill a person who runs a gambling house and is in the town?
Lin County Magistrate was different.
It was heard that the Lin family had been reused again, and Lin County Magistrate, who had been stagnant in Yunshui County, could finally let go and move up. In order to have a reason, the county magistrate had recently taken action.
He even went so far as to use the strength of his family to form a fleet. The county magistrate himself acted as guarantor, first transporting goods, and after earning money, the yamen would have income and then give the fleet money.
The beginning was difficult, but with Lin County Magistrate acting as a guarantor, it would be easy to get a good start, and it would be much easier to operate in the future.
Seeing that the merchant ship was about to load goods and set sail, if something happened to the county magistrate at this juncture, the fleet would not be able to leave.
Zuo Mingchen thought that Yunshui County could be better. He fully agreed with Lin County Magistrate’s plan and gave his full assistance.
Even if Lin County Magistrate’s original intention was to rely on driving the economy of Yunshui County to make his political achievements pass, he could be promoted smoothly.
But it was undeniable that the people of Yunshui County benefited from this matter.
Without the wealthy and powerful Lin family to rely on, the county couldn’t even form a fleet.
It was true that Lin County Magistrate had selfish motives, but the benefits received by the county were also real.
Zuo Mingchen’s face darkened at the appearance of people trying to obstruct this good thing that could be developed for a long time.
Rather kill by mistake than let go, Zuo Mingchen directly got up after having doubts and wanted to personally interrogate Liu Si and his wife.
He looked upright, but he wasn’t scary at all. He was just a cold, expressionless official, especially when he had a cold face with no expression.
Zuo Mingchen tied Liu Si couple to the torture rack together, and without saying a word, he directly burned the iron branding iron in front of them.
The couple, who thought they had deceived him, were frightened, their eyes staring at the iron brand in the charcoal basin.
Zuo Mingchen saw that the iron brand was almost burned, and said concisely, “Tell the truth, you don’t have to suffer. If you don’t tell, you’ll be scalded and put in a water prison.”
Liu Si and Tian Chunniang couldn’t help but shiver.
When they were escorted here, they passed by the water prison.
Because of the foul smell, a stench, they glanced at it.
The water in the water prison was dirty, and there were corpses of rats and bugs, and even filth floating.
Soaking a body with wounds in it, wasn’t that killing someone!
The two cried and begged for mercy, but Zuo Mingchen sat still and didn’t react when he heard it.
The more this happened, the more panicked the couple became.
Zuo Mingchen waited for them to cry and wail, then said lightly, “Whoever speaks first, let go.”
Hearing this, the couple completely quieted down. After being together for so long, they knew each other’s temperament well.
The other would definitely speak first to save their life!
They were not people with strong will, afraid of hardship, pain, and fatigue, and even more afraid that the only chance to not suffer would be taken by the other party.
Therefore, the iron brand hadn’t even been raised, and the two were rushing to say everything, you one word, I one word.
The original plan was even more heinous than what had happened.
According to the two people’s account, their initial plan was to have a conflict with Ling Xing or the Liu brothers. Drag it out until the officials came, and then let Liu Que find a way to crash and die under the official’s knife, and then have Liu Si couple cry, saying that the official killed people in the street.
If they couldn’t find a chance, they would take advantage of the chaos when the officials were there, approach Ling Xing, and have Liu Que stab himself with a dagger, framing him.
This way, Ling Xing wouldn’t be able to escape. As long as they insisted that it was Ling Xing who hurt the person, even if there was no evidence in the end, with so many people watching, there would always be those who didn’t see the whole thing and would believe it.
Liu Si and Tian Chunniang said, and said it annoyed, who knew that Ling Xing was so vigilant, not getting close to them, and not letting Liu Qingyu and Liu Qingye get close.
When Liu Que was approaching, he reacted quickly and stepped back. The surroundings were not chaotic, and everyone saw clearly that when Liu Que fell, he was still a distance away from Ling Xing.
They failed to frame him.
It was also Liu Que’s fault for being stupid, not knowing to go a little further forward, a silly thing, very unlucky.
In the end, they blamed themselves for being anxious, and being disrupted by those words from Ling Xing, otherwise, this thing would definitely have been successful.
Zuo Mingchen learned the truth. Although the two didn’t mention the county magistrate, it was not difficult to see from the framing of the officials that it was coming for Lin County Magistrate.
Everything else was just a medium.
He was calm on the surface, but he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, he didn’t know whether to say that Shopkeeper Ling was unlucky or lucky.
What was unlucky was being implicated, what was lucky was encountering two stupid people who took action, and being unharmed.
Liu Si and Tian Chunniang were taken into custody, and Zuo Mingchen immediately reported all the causes and consequences to Lin County Magistrate.
A spear is easy to dodge, but a hidden arrow is hard to guard against. Lin Qingyu pinched his brow, accepting the result of no more leisure days, and starting political infighting.
When he opened his eyes again, the usual casual look in his eyes hid a few edges, “Since the other party has taken action, it is natural that they will not have only this means. The matter of sausage transportation needs to be temporarily suspended. The yamen is not clean, and all the officials who were going to escort the ship before will be withdrawn, and more suitable manpower will be found.”
Zuo Mingchen was a little anxious, the sooner the sausages were sold and exchanged for money, the sooner the people could live a little better.
He was angry in his heart, but he had no choice.
If they rashly set sail now, and “accidentally” sank the ship, it was feared that the loss would be even greater.
Lin Qingyu said again, “Let Shopkeeper Ling come to see me.”
Zuo Mingchen nodded and went to call Ling Xing.
Soon, Ling Xing knew the cause and effect of the matter.
He thought that Liu Si and Tian Chunniang had been looking in the direction of the cloth shop. When asking before, he didn’t say these related things, after all, it was just his guess.
Now that he knew that the guess was correct, he told Lin Qingyu.
Lin Qingyu pondered for a moment, “Logically speaking, the person behind the scenes would not let Liu Si and them know their identity. But they frequently looked over, which is indeed a problem.”
Lin Qingyu immediately called someone over and instructed, “Let Lord Zuo ask Liu Si couple whether this matter is related to the people in the cloth shop.”
After explaining to the clerk, he smiled and asked Ling Xing to eat more.
At this time, in front of Ling Xing was a table of expensive snacks.
Lin Qingyu said, “If you can’t finish it, take it away, they are all snacks from the capital, and they are different from those in Yunshui County. It can be regarded as my apology for involving you for no reason.”
“Later, I will send personal guards around the stall, so you won’t really get hurt, don’t worry.”
Ling Xing didn’t decline, and agreed to everything.
I have to say that the pastries in the capital are really good, gorgeous, exquisite and delicious.
With one bite, there are several different textures.
The ingredients are also good, sweet but not greasy.
After eating and drinking half full, the clerk finally came back with a reply.
“Liu Si and Tian Chunniang said that the people who were looking for them did not show their faces, but they remembered the body characteristics. Today, they accidentally saw the shop assistant in the cloth shop and the body looked familiar, so they couldn’t help but look twice.”
“Lord Zuo has already taken people to the cloth shop, and according to what Liu Si said, he will take people to the yamen for questioning.”
Lin Qingyu nodded and let the clerk go down.
If it was really the people from the cloth shop who took action, then he guessed who the ghost in the yamen was.
The ge’er of the cloth shop owner’s family was Liu Yuansheng’s concubine, and Liu Yuansheng was the wife’s younger brother of County Deputy Magistrate Zhou Tuo.
If asked who hated him the most in the county, it would definitely be Zhou Tuo.
After all, if it weren’t for him, Zhou Tuo would now be the Yunshui County Magistrate.
This plan was indeed meticulous, and if the people arranged had brains, he might really have taken a tumble.
It could only be said that it was time, luck.
It just so happened that Liu Si couple didn’t have the courage, and they just happened to see the body problem, and Ling Xing discovered it.
It was fortunate that Ling Xing didn’t say it when he was questioned in front, otherwise he would definitely startle the snake.
It seemed that he, Lin Qingyu, also had some luck on his body.
But it was still one step late, and Zhou Tuo had also made full preparations.
That shop assistant was dead.
When the clerk went, the cloth shop owner Wan Fu’an said that the person was feeling unwell and went home.
When the clerk arrived at the shop assistant’s house, he saw him hanging on the beam.
The person was gone, the clues were cut off.
It was impossible to convict Zhou Tuo based on conjecture alone, but it was enough to determine that this matter was Zhou Tuo’s doing.
Lin Qingyu also found that there were more informants in the yamen than he thought.
After all, he had accumulated it in the yamen for decades, and it really opened his eyes today.
Who was standing behind Zhou Tuo?
Lin Qingyu’s face was calm, but he was irritable, and some excited. Conflicting emotions interlocked.
When sending Ling Xing away, he didn’t forget to remind Ling Xing to pay attention to the Liu family’s restaurant.
Ling Xing was carrying a big food box, “Thank you for the reminder.”
“By the way, sir, the injured child, he could have continued to approach me two steps before taking action. But he didn’t, but stopped directly. When stabbing himself, he said ‘sorry’ to me. I learned lip-reading with Erlang for a while, and such simple things will not be mistaken.”
After thinking again and again, Ling Xing followed his heart and begged, “When sentencing, can the adults consider this?”
If Liu Que hadn’t deliberately stopped, leaving loopholes for the diners to see clearly, I am afraid that even Lin County Magistrate would be made a mess by Liu Si and them.
Ling Xing didn’t want to say a word about it, as long as Liu Si and them paid the price.
Lin Qingyu didn’t respond, but he didn’t refuse.
The Liu brothers had already been released, so Ling Xing took the food box and went home first.
When he got home, it was a little late. As soon as he put down the food box, the yard door was pushed open violently, followed by rapid breathing.
The moment Ling Xing turned his head, a big hand pressed his head and pressed him into his arms.
Thump thump thump——
The strong heartbeat was rapid and loud, Ling Xing’s forehead could feel the muscular chest rising and falling together.
Ling Xing knew it was Shen Hui, and his whole body relaxed a lot, and then realized that their posture was not right, and reached out to push him.
Halfway up, Ling Xing stopped.
Shen Hui was shaking.
Did he know about the things in front of the stall?
He should know.
Every day after school, Erlang and Yue would go to the store to help for a while, and then leave together after closing the store.
Ling Xing put down his hand and said softly, “Erlang, I’m fine.”
“I went to the stall and saw blood on the ground. Someone told me that something had happened to the stall and you had been taken to the yamen by the officials. I ran to the yamen, but Wang Tuan said you weren’t there, and should have gone home.”
Shen Hui’s voice was trembling, fortunately the person was really at home.
If he couldn’t see anyone again, he would go crazy.
“You’re okay.” Shen Hui looked down and laughed thankfully, “That’s great, you’re okay.”
Ling Xing liked men, being hugged by such a good-looking man with a good figure who was also very good to him, even wood would react.
He could clearly feel his heartbeat accelerating, and his face was getting hot.
He wanted to ask Shen Hui, what did he mean.
In the next moment, Shen Hui let go of him and said firmly, “I will pass the Provincial Graduate exam.”
Ling Xing’s heart instantly cooled down.
Yes, Shen Hui was going to take the imperial exam to become an official, and they were not allowed to be together under the laws of Greater Yu.
Unless Shen Hui didn’t become an official.
But if he didn’t become an official, why would he work so hard to take the imperial exam?
Ling Xing let himself sober up, thinking that Shen Hui had been very good to him from the beginning. At that time, he had asked Shen Hui the reason, and he said it was because of his brother’s last words.
It seemed that people should have no other meaning, it really was just worry.
Ling Xing quickly adjusted his mood, “Erlang will definitely get his wish. By the way, why isn’t Yue here?”
Shen Hui’s sight fell on Ling Xing’s face, feeling that the other party’s mood was not high, and was probably scared by today’s incident.
He said, “He was left to write poetry by Master Qin.”
Knowing where Ling Yue was, Ling Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
“Erlang, I’m a little tired, I want to go back and rest.”
Ling Xing finished speaking and left. Shen Hui looked at his back, thoughtfully.
……
Two days later, the sentence of Liu Si and Tian Chunniang came out.
Ling Xing had sued them for causing trouble and disrupting business that day in the yamen. Later, a series of things were found. Although these two were not guilty of death, they could not get out.
They were directly pulled to repair the city walls and repair roads, and they would not be able to get out for the rest of their lives.
As for their children, they were raised by the Liu family clan.
Although life in the clan would not be good, it would not be worse than following the couple.
Liu Que was seriously injured. Lin Qingyu personally took money out to treat him, and he saved his life anyway.
He was the youngest ge’er in Liu Si’s family, not valued or liked.
Otherwise, Liu Si couple would not have picked him out to send to death.
Lin Qingyu heard what Ling Xing said and went to see the child. He was a good child.
Knowing that he had spent money to save him, he bowed his head to thank him regardless of the pain. Crying and admitting his mistake, saying that he should not have listened to his parents and wronged people.
At that time, Liu Que really didn’t want to live.
The entire dagger was inserted, it hurt, it really hurt.
But the other thought was that after the pain he would be free, and he was happy again.
When he was happy, he regretted it again. He still wanted to live. His cousins’ lives had gradually improved because they were alive. What if he could get better in the future?
Who will save him?
Who will save him?
He kept praying to the gods, and fortunately there really was a god who heard him and was willing to give him another chance to live.
Lin Qingyu asked Liu Que why he stopped at the time and didn’t continue to move forward.
Liu Que’s reaction didn’t seem like a fake. He chose to stop at that time.
“If I do that, I will kill people.”
Fortunately, he didn’t do that, so the gods were willing to save him.
Lin Qingyu had a decision in his heart.
In order to prevent the Liu Qingyu family from being maliciously criticized for filial piety in the future, Lin Qingyu asked them to raise Liu Que for six years.
Since Liu Si said that he wanted Liu Qingyu and them to repay the favor, then raise their children for six years, which could be regarded as fulfilling the favor of the year.
Liu Que could also have a better place to go than to live in the clan.
With Ling Xing around, the Liu brothers were not people who could not distinguish right from wrong, and this child was pure in heart. In their hands, they would not suffer again in the future.
The matter of the Liu family was completely resolved when Liu Que went to Liu Qingyu’s home to recuperate.
Lin Qingyu was not short of that little money, he had a big-hearted sympathy for the child, and gave enough medical expenses, as long as the Liu family went to the medical clinic to get medicine every day.
Ling Xing also sent a lot of food, clothes and other things. The child’s kindness also saved him from a greater disaster.
The Liu brothers knew that Liu Que was not hurting people, but saving people, and they were also very concerned about the child.
In addition, Liu Que was well-behaved and obedient, sensible and heartwarming, and got along well with the Liu brothers.
With an extra younger brother to raise at home, Liu Qingyu and Liu Qingye worked harder.
Ling Xing taught them how to make soup dumplings, and they learned more seriously than each other, and soon got started.
After they got started, Ling Xing directly hired a waiter who specialized in running the hall from the tooth shop.
Ling Xing, who was much more relaxed, was thinking about bringing new products.
It just so happened that the volcanic stone brought by the caravan had also arrived.
This stone was not difficult to find, but Yunshui County did not have it.
He went to the sausage shop opened by the yamen to buy sausages.
There were also many people buying outside the