"Good boy, is that your biological brother?"
The old man looked at Xu Ping walking away and kept praising him, "I didn't expect that you don't look very smart, but you have a thoughtful younger brother who looks much smarter than you."
Xu Ling, who would have capsized if not for the reminder from his younger brothers and sisters, gave him a resentful look.
The past and present are different. How could Fang Shiqing know that the soul in this body would be a silly Baitian who had never experienced darkness and grew up in the sun.
Whether you have seen it or not is one thing, but whether you have experienced it is another thing.
Just like in the previous life, when fraud was promoted with great fanfare, those tricks were broken down and told to the public, but some people would still be deceived.
It's nothing more than arrogance, thinking that he is a little smart and has the ability to judge.
The same goes for Xu Ling.
He thought that no matter how useless he was, he was at least a modern person with a higher education and was bombarded by information.
Who would have known that it would be a honey trap, a fairy dance, and even be involved in a murder case.
Thinking of Liu Niang's tragic death, Xu Ling felt even more guilty.
He is really stupid!
Xu Ling handed the old man a piece of donkey meat pie and said, "Stop talking. I will definitely have a better memory in the future and will never make any mistakes again."
He took a vicious bite of the cake, wishing that all the food he ate would turn into evil.
The murderer across from him had only gotten up occasionally in the past few days to eat from the floor or go to the toilet. Now he actually sat up cross-legged.
"Hey, pretty boy, give me one of your cakes."
The man's voice was hoarse, like a toad's skin that had been burned in a frying pan and was mottled.
It makes me sick to hear it.
Xu Ling looked at his appearance again and saw that his face was covered in burns, his nose and eyes were all melted into a ball, and he was terribly ugly.
Xu Ling's stomach turned when he saw it, not to mention that this man was a murderer.
He didn't dare to provoke the God of Death, so he pretended not to hear and sat closer to the old man.
"Baby face, if you want to go out, give me one quickly. Grandpa, I'm happy. Maybe I can save your life!"
Fang Shiqing pretended to be deaf and mute and ate the cake with his back to Xu Ling. He had not eaten such delicious food for a long time. He chewed it slowly, as if he was savoring some delicacy.
Xu Ling shrank again and again.
The man chuckled: "Are you afraid of me? How dare you, and you still want to be the first rich man in the world? What a useless man."
Xu Ling stared at him. This man was a wild boar, and he was also a wild boar in a cage.
What is he afraid of!
"You are really unreasonable. You just want bread. We are neighbors. If you say something nice and beg me, will I not give it to you? You insult me and you expect me to give you bread?"
"What a shame! Like a woman! Are you going to give it or not!"
Hey, he's getting more aggressive.
Xu Ling hesitated for a while. Old Man Fang ate half of the cake, wrapped the remaining cake in his arms, licked his lips and said, "You'd better give him a piece. He will be on the execution ground in two or three days. Let's go." If he was a dead ghost before his death, it would be considered as your doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."
Xu Ling then threw over a piece of cake.
The man was really like a hungry beast. He swooped over to grab the cake and ate it in two or two mouthfuls without even leaving a single piece of meat behind.
He licked his fingers contentedly, saw Xu Ling sizing him up secretly, sneered, and fell to sleep with his clothes on.
The next few days were the most difficult time for Xu Ling. Xu Ping was outside and asked the jailer to send him messages and some food every day.
Fortunately, Xu Ling had a little money and was able to bribe the jailer so that his life in prison would not be so difficult, and he would still have enough money to feed his two neighbors.
But he was anxious because he only had more than forty taels of silver in total. Before the pears he bought could be made into autumn pear paste, Xu Ping sold all the pears to raise money.
What if the money is not enough?
After another day, Xu Ling estimated that it was already the first day of October, and finally someone came from home.
Xu An took the boat back along the long way without wasting any time. When he returned home, his shoes were gone and his hair was scattered. He told Xu's mother that Xu Ling was unjustly imprisoned. At that time, Xu's mother screamed and fainted.
Gu Tao was also frightened and turned pale. He quickly took Xu An to find his brother and asked Xu An what happened.
After Gu Daliang found out about this, he did not scold Xu Ling for being stupid, but he was in a dilemma.
Gu Tuo's mother and sister-in-law also cried, feeling worthless for Xu Ling, but no one in the family could cause trouble.
Xu Ling was imprisoned unjustly, and what he committed was a murder. How to reverse the case? They are all ordinary people, and they usually stay away from the government if they can. When something like this happens, their first reaction is that Xu Ling is finished.
Gu Tao said, however, that she would rather waste her family wealth than find a way to rescue Xu Ling. If Gu Daliang didn't go, she would go alone.
Gu Daliang couldn't decide what was going on. He hesitated at home for a day before going to town to find his father, Gu Litian.
His father scolded: "You fool! If he really did such a bad thing, you can just let him die! Let your sister go back to her parents' house, and people will only pity her and not scold her!" Now you know clearly that Xu Ling was wrongly accused, but you still stop him from going, what a bastard!"
Gu Daliang was scolded by his father, so he no longer hesitated, went home and asked his mother for all the family property, less than six taels of silver, and hurried to Lingbao Town with Gu Tao and Xu An.
"Gu Tao is here too?" Xu Ling asked Gu Daliang quickly.
Gu Daliang glared at him: "I advised her not to come. She insists on coming to see you."
Xu Ling felt like crying again.
Although he is unlucky to be a poor man, he really has a good family.
Xu Ling called Gu Daliang aside, and with an official on his back, handed all the money he had to Gu Daliang and whispered in his ear.
He had forty-four taels of silver hidden in the space, and with the money Gu Daliang had on him, he could barely make up fifty taels.
It is not uncommon to buy a property in the city.
He asked Gu Daliang to find a way to open the joints and go to the county magistrate to plead for mercy. He also told him that Wang Zhu had committed a murder in Jiangnan, and maybe there was a record of it.
After handing over all the backup plans to Gu Daliang, Xu Ling held his hand and said, "Brother, thank you for your hard work."
Gu Daliang was impatient with the coquettishness of his little daughter and brushed his hand away.
Said: "If you treat my sister better in the future, it will not be in vain for my family to treat you like this!"
After that, he hurriedly left the prison with the things Xu Ling gave him.
Xu Ling's body went limp and he sat down. After a few days in prison, he was covered in stench and no longer cared about how bad the surrounding environment was.
Seeing his steady look, Fang Shiqing chuckled and said, "Aren't you afraid that your uncle will take your money and fly away?"
Xu Ling glanced at him and felt that the old man was really pitiful. There is no light in his heart and he thinks of everyone as a bad image.
But he is different.
There are old people above him and young people below, all waiting for him to go back!
Xu Ling secretly prayed to Bodhisattva in his heart to bless him to return home smoothly.
But the next day, a piece of bad news came——
I asked for fifty taels of silver to see the county magistrate and the chief registrar, but I didn't even see the county magistrate!
