"Tell me how he could swallow up all the subsidies given to the village by the court without saying a word? If you couldn't explain it clearly, people would think it was your father!"
Aunt Xia slapped her thigh hard, her annoyance obvious.
"Okay, okay." Aunt Xia waved her hand: "It's useless to talk to a child like you about these things. Go to bed quickly. Mom will have to go to town again tomorrow morning."
"Then, when will dad come back?" Gu Cheng then asked.
"Who knows? That beast Gu Wensheng is in the city. The Yamen has sent people to find him. If he can't be brought back tomorrow, then this matter won't be over tomorrow."
Aunt Xia was so angry that she couldn't eat. She cursed and walked to the main house. She even took the time to look back and let Gu Jiu and Gu Cheng go to sleep.
Looking at it this way, it’s a bit embarrassing to send out silkworm cocoons tomorrow!
"Why are you going?" Gu Jiuzheng was thinking when he suddenly saw Gu Cheng running out of the yard and subconsciously stopped him.
"I'll send dad some food!"
Gu Jiu: "...You are just adding to the chaos now. Do you really think that my aunt will be able to see Uncle Li Zheng when she goes back tomorrow? In order to avoid a miscarriage of justice due to the same caliber, the Yamen will not let them have casual contact with anyone before the case is finalized. ! You can't see them at all, and since Uncle Li Zheng has been the village chief for so many years, everyone in the yamen will know each other more or less, so there is no chance of starvation. "
"But, what if?"
"The fact that Auntie is back today is enough to show that Uncle Li Zheng still has a certain say in it!"
Hearing this, Gu Cheng also calmed down. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Jiu: "How did mother know that Gu Wensheng did that?"
"I suspect that this matter has something to do with Gu Zheqi. He probably knows some people, so he wanted to find out Uncle Zheng's fault to confuse the matter of his mother's poisoning and murder, but he didn't expect that his father was accidentally betrayed. The trouble right now is that if Gu Wensheng was able to get that subsidy quietly at that time, he must have known some people."
Gu Jiu breathed out a hot breath and continued his analysis: "Now it depends on which side the adults in the yamen believe. But don't worry, there are only a few villages in our ten miles and eight townships, and Uncle Li Zheng is the head of a village. , the yamen doesn’t dare to show favoritism.”
"And Gu Wensheng will be more anxious than us after receiving the news! As long as we don't make any mistakes, we won't face any bad results."
Gu Cheng was silent for a while and nodded.
On the second day, Aunt Xia got up early, finished her meal hastily, and then went out to call the people from yesterday to go to town together.
"I don't know if that wicked Gu Wensheng has come back. At that time, the people in the village were starving to death, but he was still cruel enough to steal it for himself!"
"Who says it isn't? Moreover, this matter was only investigated last year, but think about what happened last year and he still dared to embezzle it. If it were a good year, he would have embezzled more!"
Several people passed by the door one by one, and their chattering voices made Gu Cheng, who was already worried, start to quarrel. After waking up, Gu Cheng ran out without even having time to put on his clothes.
"mother!"
When he opened the door of the main room, he saw only Gu Jiu.
"Where's my mother?"
"Already going out. Do me a favor, here is the list, and this is the cocoon." As he said this, Gu Jiu put a piece of paper and a small bundle into Gu Cheng's hand.
"I'll go to town to have a look. After noon, you can help me deliver these cocoons to everyone one by one. Remember, you have to deliver them to Grandma Bu's house first, don't let her make another trip."
"Can't you send it again tomorrow?"
Gu Jiu glanced at Gu Cheng and naturally knew what he meant: "Brother Cheng, you had a fever last night, you know, right? Auntie said you can't go anywhere today."
Gu Cheng was stunned. He seemed to feel uncomfortable yesterday...
"Okay, it's almost time, I should go. Oh, by the way." Gu Jiu paused and turned around and added: "Auntie asked you to remember to eat, and if the fever starts again, remember to take medicine. The medicine is on the left side of the cabinet in your room. The second layer of the drawer, if nothing else happens, my aunt will come back tonight just like last night, so don’t think too much about it.”
By the time Gu Jiu went out, Aunt Xia and others had already left the village.
When they arrived in the town, Gu Jiu saw Gu Wensheng being brought back from a distance. He heard that the village chief knew the exact address and he happened to be at home when the people from the Yamen arrived, so he brought him back overnight.
"Stop! Who is it?"
Before Gu Jiu could get closer, the yamen's administrative officer scolded Gu Jiu.
"People from Gujia Village."
"He's from Gujiacun..." The uncle looked Gu Jiu up and down, raised his chin, and gestured to the way behind Gu Jiu: "Why do you, a child, have to do anything with adults? Go back, you can't help if you stay here. What are you doing?"
Hearing this, Gu Jiu nodded obediently, turned around and walked away, disappearing from the uncle's sight at the entrance of an alley.
After the door administrator left, Gu Jiu stuck his head out again, walked around and stared quietly in the direction of the Yamen.
After a while, Gu Zheqi appeared and went in.
After that, there was a long period of calm, and the light disappeared like this. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the village chief and his party walked out of it.
"Bah! That Gu Wensheng is really nothing. He actually relied on Wang's amnesia to blame everything on Wang."
"That's right. He swallowed something that belonged to us. Logically speaking, he should have vomited it out. Now that he's done, he let us go and asked for it from Mr. Wang. Tell us about a person who has lost his memory. We can ask for it. What?"
"Not only has she lost her memory, but Wang received thirty strokes, it's one thing when she will recover."
The village chief walked in front and remained silent. After leaving the house, he walked straight back.
After waiting for a while, Gu Zheqi and the other two people also came out. Wang was clearly beaten and could not move clearly, even if she was supported by two people, she walked very slowly.
But after coming out, they did not go in the direction of the village, but chose a road in the opposite direction.
Gu Jiu stood up and left, cutting into the road and stopping the village chief and his party.
"Xiaojiu, are you saying that Gu Wensheng planned to let Wang die unexpectedly?" the village chief asked in shock. To be honest, he didn't really believe it. After all, Wang had been his wife for more than 20 years.
"I saw them walking in the other direction, and I was a little suspicious, because I remembered that there was a big river in that direction. Although there is no water in the river bed now, it was more than two meters high after all. With my aunt's current physical condition, There is still a high chance of death if you fall."
The village chief was startled: "Ms. Wang took the blame for him, is there any benefit for him to do this now?"
"Oh, he doesn't want to give you anything, right? Then let us ask for it from the dead!" Aunt Xia suddenly reacted.
After hearing this, everyone who was originally angry and unwilling to care about Wang's life and death immediately became anxious.
"That's not okay. No matter how small a fly is, it's still meat. I can give you a little... No, no, no, it's a human life. After all, it's from our Gujia Village. Village Chief, why don't we go back and take a look? Don't be serious. Something happened!"
Everyone who reacted wanted to rush back immediately to see what was going on. Although Wang lost his memory, he was still alive after all, and his parents' family and husband's family were there. As long as they were diligent, they could get something no matter how hard they searched. of.
But it's different when you die, then you really can't get anything!
The village chief didn't intend to believe it. After all, she was his wife for more than 20 years, not to mention that Gu Zheqi was also there. She was his mother, so he couldn't ignore her! But they couldn't help but everyone wanted to take a look, so they nodded in agreement.
The group of people walked towards the river with a clear purpose. When they reached the river, people were coming and going, but no sign of Gu Zheqi and Gu Wensheng could be seen.
"Xiao Jiu, let me just say it's impossible. After all, that's..."
"Village chief, do you think there is someone there?"
Before the village chief could finish speaking, a sharp-eyed man pointed at a small group of black shadows under the bridge and asked.
Everyone followed the sound and saw a small group of shadows.
"I'll go down and take a look."
One of the people jumped in first. Although there was little water in the river bed, there was a lot of silt. It would be difficult to get out if he got stuck.
"It's Zheqi's mother!"
Following the shouting, the village chief felt his heart beating hard. They actually, actually did such a thing!
"There is mud ahead. It's difficult to walk. Zheqi's mother, don't run away. We are here to save you!"
Wang was running in waves, and because she had just been injured and had no strength, she fell into the mud within a few steps.
"Quick, go nearby and buy a strong rope!" The village chief ordered Aunt Xia, and asked everyone to take off their clothes first to prevent the villagers who went down from actually sinking.
Gu Jiu stood on the bridge and looked at the expectant and uneasy Wang, and could roughly guess their conversation at that time.
After many twists and turns, when more and more people gathered on the bridge, almost filling the entire bridge, Wang was finally rescued.
Looking at the crowd of people, Wang didn't know what she was thinking of. She sat on the ground and burst into tears.
She didn't lose her memory, Gu Jiu knew it, the people in Gujia Village knew it, and she herself knew it.
When they were almost done crying, the village chief asked Aunt Xia to come forward and pat her, and then they took her back to Gujia Village.
After returning to Gujiacun, Wang suddenly looked like a person who had lost his memory. To be precise, he should have lost his soul. He did not speak or move, but just found a corner to sit by himself with an expressionless face.
But these have nothing to do with Gu Jiu.
The next day, Gu Jiu said goodbye to the village chief and others, and got on the carriage back to the city on time. But she was not the only one who returned, Gu Zheqi and Gu Wensheng also came back.
At this moment, the two of them were making a fuss at "Jiuyang Book Shop".
"I can tell you that I am the fiancé of the Shi family. Do you know this? You dare to touch me today!"
According to the previous agreement, the Madam of Hongxiang Pavilion did send someone over when "Jiuyang Book Store" was smashed. But upon hearing Gu Zheqi's words, the thugs were stunned and subconsciously looked in the direction of the Madam. .
The madam frowned, twisting her eyebrows into a rare twist.
"Still haven't found that girl?"
"No."
"Ten minutes. If you still can't find anyone in ten minutes, just ask our people to withdraw and leave it alone."
"Okay Madam."
She said that as long as Gu Jiu didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, she would give him a guarantee, but the current situation was unclear, so that was not her business.
Ling Yang recognized the thugs in front of her as people from Hongxiang Pavilion, but she didn't know why they just stood there, neither driving Gu Zheqi and Gu Wensheng away nor letting them get close.
Time passed by minute by second. Ling Yang stood in front of the book store. She thought that Gu Zheqi and the two would leave when they got tired of scolding, but she didn't expect that before Gu Zheqi and the two left, the thugs who came to help came first. One step to go.
Seeing the thugs leaving, Gu Zheqi's face immediately showed a proud smile.
"Girl, there's nothing more you can do!"
Ling Yang looked at the thugs who were leaving, then looked at the locked bookstore, and took a deep breath: She didn't believe it. When the fight started, there would be no one to help.
"Everyone, I am Gu Zheqi, not only the fiancé of the Shi family, but also a disciple trained by the academy. This is really a personal grudge. I hope all my colleagues will not interfere! Otherwise, it will hurt the harmony between us!" Gu Zheqi Kai held his fists in front of everyone and looked at Ling Yang like a villain.
That way seems to say: Look, you are going to be finished soon!
