"Sneak attacks from behind and people who do things in the dark are indeed real. This is the first time I've seen a thief shouting "Catch the thief!"
After saying that, he walked out of the screen at the back and took out the paper man shot down by Su Youting yesterday and the scarecrow he picked up under the window. A Yamen servant came forward and handed it over to Mr. Yan in the lobby.
As soon as his stern eyes looked over, Ling Yun added, "Sir, this is something that someone pretended to be a ghost and used evil magic to scare us yesterday. I broke it and brought it out. There is a tuft of hair on it, which is inside the body of this straw man." .”
Yan Zheng opened the straw and saw a tuft of black hair inside, but he did not believe that this tuft of hair plus a paper man and a handful of straw could control evil. It was unheard of.
Upon seeing this, Master You hurriedly argued, "Sir, don't listen to this cunning woman's nonsense. How can she prove that this is our thing?"
Ling Yun made a slight blessing to Yan Zheng, "A folk girl once had the opportunity to learn some alchemy skills, and she happened to know this little trick to make the scarecrow scare people. The hair or fingernails of the performer must not be far away in order to do this. The hair must belong to one of the three of them, and it can be proven by burning it in a fire.”
What she threw into the fire yesterday was actually a ball of rags. Ling Yun kept this idiot just to teach Master You a lesson. Unexpectedly, it played a key role in the court today.
Although Yan Zheng didn't believe it in his heart, he still asked someone to bring up the brazier and threw the scarecrow in in front of everyone. During the process, a disciple next to Master You was sweating on his head and turned pale.
The moment the scarecrow touched the flames, he fell to the ground and started screaming in pain.
In my heart, I hate that the master insisted on treating him with his own hair yesterday, but now, it is almost killing him, and his whole body is as hot as a sea of fire, burning and painful.
There is nothing unexplainable about this, the truth is already before our eyes.
Master You still has a bit of a teacher's heart. Seeing that his apprentice couldn't bear the pain, he knocked over the brazier in front of him. Only then did the young apprentice's cry for help stop. Master You knelt down and kowtowed, "I won't sue, I won't sue." ”
Yan Zheng was shocked and scolded, "Nonsense, what kind of place is this court? If you want to sue, you can sue. If you don't, don't sue. I have said that false accusations will be severely punished. Come on, bring this bold teacher to justice." The three disciples were escorted down and each of them hit ten big wooden boards as a warning to others!"
While he was dragging the person down with the killing stick, Yan Zheng remembered that he had thrown the scarecrow into the brazier with his own hands, and had made the apprentice suffer a lot. He had no choice but to give the order again, "The little apprentice I’ll spare you the stick and ask the master to do it for you!”
The sounds of crackling flesh and screams coming from below became the background sound. At this time, Secretary Huang handed over the house deed to the new owner of the household, and Yan Zheng stamped it with his official seal without saying a word!
It was done, and now Ling Yun and the others already have the deeds of two large houses in their hands. It is not an exaggeration to say that they belong to a wealthy family.
Yan Zheng even invited the couple into the back office for a chat.
"Brothers and sisters, congratulations to you, both of these two houses are quite spacious! I just wonder if you have any plans to take action?"
Ling Yun heard this question and said, "My mother-in-law has no plans to move. She is used to living in the village. Naturally, she is ready to sell this house at the right time."
"I have a fellow villager who is about to settle down in Anyuan City when his term of office is over. He asked me to look at a suitable house. I don't know what price you are willing to pay for the house in your hand?"
Ling Yun was not evil-hearted. Now he had obtained Su Zipo's abandoned house to increase his income. It was time to do good deeds, otherwise he would start to suffer misfortune again, so he made a surprising price, "I originally paid one hundred taels of silver." Since your friend, Master Yan, wants it, the price is only five hundred taels!"
Five hundred taels sounds like a lot at first, but based on the current price of similar houses in Anyuan City, the big house is really not expensive at all. What’s more, it used to be known as a haunted house, but it’s different now. Knowing Su This brother’s wife is an expert in alchemy, and if the house is passed through her hands, there will be no problems.
"It's just..." Yan Zheng pondered a little. What he was thinking was that there were still many beggars in the house, all of them poor homeless people. If he asked them to leave now, then he, the county magistrate, would really All for nothing.
Ling Yun had already made a plan in his heart, "As for those beggars, I still have something to ask of you, Lord Yan."
"Brothers and sisters, although I have made it clear, I will not refuse within my ability." The beggars in the city were resettled. Although they could not pick up their belongings on the street and keep their homes closed at night, it was already a great political achievement that there were no beggars in the city.
"Sir Yan, the daughter of the people is willing to use all the money from selling the house to build a homeless shelter on the wasteland outside the city, and it will be managed by the county government. The homeless who are able to work can be self-reliant, and those who are incapable can live there for the rest of their lives. It is called Is it okay for all of us in Anyuan City to have enough food and clothing?"
Ling Yun was actually trying to pass the blame. Mr. Shen had sent Aunt Chang to help manage his big house. He was suitable for running the country, but not for managing miscellaneous things in the house. Now he was leaving it to the government to achieve three goals with one stone. Not even better, it was sold to Yan Zheng as a big favor.
Yan Zheng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he could see that he was very satisfied with the proposal. He looked at Su Youting. The Su family was not having an easy life, but he didn't seem to object to his wife spending a huge sum of five hundred taels in one go. Even if a wealthy family takes out the money, it will break their muscles and bones.
Su Youting raised his head to meet Yan Zheng's gaze, "My family, Ling Yun, makes the decision."
"Okay, Mrs. Su, let's do this. Yan once again reminded the beggars to thank Mrs. Su for her generosity!"
The chat between the few became more and more speculative, and in the end Yan Lishuang couldn't help but pester Ling Yun to make clothes before he gave up. Ling Yun and the others bid farewell to Yan Zheng's brother and sister and left the county government, directly leaving the foundation of the stockade in the city to them.
The hands-off shopkeeper was so thorough that he didn't even want to worry about it.
Instead, I thought about buying some candies and other snacks for my two children at the market, and then returned to the village.
On the way back, without Ling Yun asking, Su Youting talked about his experience of serving as a centurion in the army with his late father, and how he would still go into battle if the country was in trouble.
I originally thought that Ling Yun would cry like other women after hearing this, but I didn't expect Ling Yun to have a heroic look on his face. He patted Su Youting on the shoulder and said, "A good man should be passionate, defend the family and the country, and shed blood with his head. I support it." you!"
Now it was Su Youting who felt awkward and drove the car in silence. He was almost entering the village before he asked, "Are you not worried about anything happening to me? Do you really have no feelings for me? Not at all?"
Ling Yun immediately understood that the grown man was petty, so he walked out of the carriage and sat beside the carriage, "You are my husband-in-law. What good can I do if something happens to you? I am worried at home. Do you want to see me rolling around in the car and crying?" If you are not shy, I am still shy, and others will treat you as your eldest daughter-in-law when they hear it!"
"No, I will never hit you in my whole life! I will only protect you and love you!"
His face turned red at the sudden words of love. Ling Yun poked Su Youting's forehead with his hand and said, "Slick."
Su Youting touched the forehead that had been touched by his little hand, and his heart was beating hard. He wanted to ask Ling Yun to poke him a few more times, but he also knew that this matter should not be done too hastily, as it would frighten his wife. He could take his time, and sooner or later it would happen. You can make your wife's heart and eyes full of him for one day.
