"The fifth prince accomplished something that even the Qin family couldn't find out in two days. Is it possible that he can not only lead troops but also be an expert in breaking eucalyptus? It doesn't look like it!"
"The fifth prince didn't start the investigation from the Qin family's arson."
"Where to start?"
"Song Zhi led his men to search out 50,000 shi of grain from the Zhou Mansion, which was hoarded by Zhou Xuzhi with the help of Mrs. Zhou."
"..." He's so good at playing. Is it okay to play to death?
Cheng Xi couldn't help but applaud Zhou Xuzhi.
"His dignified eldest son, the magistrate, still cares about this little money. I'm afraid he did it behind Zhou Lesong's back. I wonder if I would be so angry that I would vomit blood if I knew my son was holding back like this?"
"Madam, Zhou Xuzhi can no longer hold back the Zhou family."
Chen Xingluo corrected her, "After all, Zhou Lesong himself committed enough crimes to be executed."
"That's right. The whole Zhou family is not very smart. So it's Zhou Lesong, the father, who tricked his son."
The son committed murder and set fire, while I colluded with bandits to steal property and kill someone who was an official of the imperial court. Obviously, the latter was more guilty.
"Qin Zheng also brought another news, I think Madam will be interested."
"What is it?"
"Zhou Xuzhi didn't know that Zhou Lesong had colluded with the bandits and paid for the Jianghu gang to do things. Coincidentally, the gang leader's sister was Zhou Lesong's wife, and she had a son and a daughter for the Zhou family."
Cheng Xi was stunned, and it took him a long time to figure out the family relationship, "So Zhou Xuzhi indirectly cheated his younger brothers and sisters?"
What's going on with the Zhou surname? Everyone is getting into trouble with the outer room?
Your family has strong genes!
Chen Xingluo thought seriously, "I don't think Zhou Xuzhi would like to see his younger brothers and sisters who suddenly appear."
Therefore, Zhou Xuzhi's operation is not considered a scam. Maybe he is lucky to have found a new family member.
"oh."
Cheng Xi didn't care much about this, "Then let me put it another way, Zhou Xuzhi cheated his father's only son who could slip through the net."
etc?
She took back what she just said. It wasn't that the father cheated his son, but the son also cheated his father!
No matter the outer room or the inner room, they are all flesh and blood of the Zhou family. If Zhou Lesong commits a crime, he will have to go to jail, and no one can escape.
Cheng Xi listened to the gossip for a while and finally brought his attention back.
"We can get revenge without taking action. Isn't your husband very happy?"
"...No upset."
Chen Xingluo actually didn't react much.
In the previous life, he spent a lot of effort to finally kill Zhou Xuzhi and bring down Zhou Lesong, which was regarded as a great revenge. When he started over in this life, he originally wanted to take revenge. However, now that I think about it, I don't know when this hatred started.
It's not that he doesn't hate the Zhou family, but... for the rest of his life, it's no longer important.
Chen Xingluo looked at the girl opposite who was holding her chin in thought, her dark eyes flashing.
Lin'an Prefecture opened a warehouse to release grain, allowing the victims to live a life of porridge.
After discussions between Mr. Jiang and several local officials, the resettlement policy for the victims was posted.
"What does this notice say?"
"Now that the weather is getting warmer day by day, and the snow in the north has almost melted, the court will naturally want to resettle the refugees."
"The notice said that refugees are encouraged to return to their hometowns to farm. With a road guide, they can go to the Yamen to receive relief grain and money."
"What if you don't go back to your hometown?"
"You can also stay in Lin'an Mansion, but the money you receive will be less. The government officials will arrange for nearby villages to receive refugees and open up wasteland for farming."
"So that's it. Master Jiang is so powerful!"
After the notice was posted, most of the victims chose to receive money and return to their hometowns. After all, it is difficult to leave their hometown. If they really can't survive, of course they will have a good home.
Only a few victims chose to stay and went to the government office to sign up and wait for allocation of a new village.
These things are not important to Shenjiacun.
They have already begun to open up wasteland under the command of Shen Manyun.
Cheng Xi occasionally went to the wasteland he bought to see the progress of land reclamation and chatted with a few aunts. Most of the rest of the time was spent teaching Shen Xingqi fighting moves at home.
And Chen Xingluo has been missing in the past two days. Sometimes he goes out for a whole day and doesn't even bring him back for lunch.
This situation lasted for five days before a new pattern emerged - he started taking people home.
On the first day, he was a thin and frail scholar with only skin and bones;
The next day was a twenty-year-old man with fierce eyes like a wild beast;
On the third day, it was a forty-year-old man with shrewd eyes;
On the fourth day... On the fourth day until midnight, Shen Xingluo and the man with fierce eyes brought back a seriously injured girl.
"hiss--"
Shen Xingqi felt that her brother was becoming more and more abnormal.
Although her reason convinced her that everything her brother did had his own reasons, she still didn't understand and began to worry about her sister-in-law.
In comparison, Cheng Xi is much calmer.
Under the anxious gaze of the fierce man, she quickly took the injured girl and placed her in the room. She bandaged the girl with gauze and medicine without saying any unnecessary words or asking any questions.
What to ask?
Given that she married a reborn man, this kind of thing is almost impossible to guess.
Fortunately, many of the wooden houses built in Shenjia Village some time ago are unused, and even if 200 more are brought back, there will still be room for them.
"This is the last one."
Chen Xingluo couldn't laugh or cry, "How about that girl following Madam in the future?"
"Follow me? What to do?"
"Mrs. Protector?"
Cheng Xi glanced at the dying girl and then at herself, "Are you sure she is protecting me?"
"...It's okay to give Madam a hand."
"Hmph." That's pretty much it.
Cheng Xi didn't ask any questions. She could see how busy Shen Xingluo was these days, and the fierce man's concern for the girl didn't escape her eyes.
It was obvious that the girl was just there for the taking and the man was the main point.
After the refugee riots in Lin'an Prefecture, another major event happened.
"What, the bandits in Qingshan Village have been taken away a long time ago?"
"What, it was actually done by people in a village outside the city!"
A fantasy!
"The gang of bandits we escorted in a few days ago were arrested before. No wonder they all look weird."
"At first I almost thought they were rioting refugees!"
The people in Fucheng felt that they had not woken up today and heard such shocking news early in the morning. They hurried to the gate of the government office to watch the excitement without even eating breakfast.
In the government office, Fu Cheng was interrogating a group of bandits in Qingshan Village.
Of course, this trial omitted a series of charges against the second master, Zhuang Kun, and listed the common things that mountain bandits did.
This is already a lot.
More than 200 bandits were held at the gate of the government office by a group of armored soldiers to receive the attention of the people in the city. After all the charges were written down, they were detained and sentenced one by one.
The boss and other dozen bandit leaders who had been stained with a lot of blood were executed, and the rest were sent to Lingbei on the same day.
