"Zhang!"
Song Che turned his head and shouted, making mother and son tremble in fright.
"You said you are from Lu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi. That's good! I will immediately send people and spend a lot of money to invite all the villagers in your hometown. We will go to the Suzhou government office to confront you. You... How dare you!"
"Mom, mother, I don't recognize this father anymore, wuwuwu..." The child was so frightened that he cried loudly.
The young woman couldn't stop sobbing even while holding her son.
If we continue to ask more questions, I'm afraid that the mother and child will have their secrets exposed. I don't pity the life and death of this cunning woman, but pity the child in her arms.
Song Che slowed down his tone and asked, "Of course, there are many people with similar looks and the same name in this world. Are you just mistaken?"
The young woman recognized the interest and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I remembered. My Mr. Song has a mole between his eyebrows, but you don't have one on your face. You are not my Mr. Song. It was my mother and son who made a mistake..."
Song Che sighed secretly, turned around and asked for a gift from He Qiu: "Master He, in my opinion this is just a farce, why not——"
"farce?"
He Qiu said coldly: "I think this is not a farce, but this cunning woman wants to climb high and flatter the city."
He whispered the order: "Come here, take this mother and son into custody, throw them into the government dungeon, and punish them."
"Sir, have mercy! Someone instructed me to do this! I am innocent!" The young woman quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Whether you are innocent or not, I will judge on my own, so there is no need to waste time complaining about injustice," He Qiu glanced at the yamen officer, "What are you still doing? Why don't you take them away quickly?"
The government officials tied up the mother and son and dragged them out of the crowd.
Song Che wanted to offer some words of advice, but He Qiu spoke first, "Sister Song, I have always adhered to the eight words 'the law will not be merciful and the face will be impartial'. This mother and son deserve what they deserve."
Song Che frowned and said nothing.
"let's go."
He Qiu rode forward, still as high-spirited as ever.
Chen Rencai was holding the horse, still as arrogant as ever.
Song Che secretly grabbed Xu Xiao, took a piece of silver, put it into his hand, and whispered: "Take these coins to punish the jailers. Don't let the mother and son suffer in prison."
Xu Xiao said: "She poured dirty water on you, but you still want to help her? All the Buddhas in the Mahavira Hall will give up their seats to you."
Song Che shook his head and said: "From the Huainan accents of this mother and son, most likely they were found from the homeless. They are pitiful people more than hateful. They are not only mothers but also sons."
Xu Xiao instead pushed the money back into Song Che's hand, "You can be the central hall in the palace, and I can also be the side hall. Let's be good people together."
Song Che smiled secretly, looked at He Qiu's leaving figure, and reminded: "The newly appointed boy must be a poisonous snake. You should be careful when working under him."
Xu Xiao nodded, clasped his fists and left.
When Song Che returned to the shop, Shen Wenjun was still frightened, "I was really scared to death just now. I really thought that mother and son were your wife and son."
"Then what would you do if they were really my wife and children?"
"Look at what you said, a couple's love lasts for a night. Of course, if you love someone, you can't care about his past. Even if they are really your wife and children... I can at most make a pig cage and drag you to the Suzhou River to sink. , I won’t parade you through the streets or force you to commit suicide.”
"My wife is really...reasonable, tolerant, and considerate of others!"
…
When a new official takes office, Song Che is the first to be burned.
The Suzhou government ordered to rectify the city appearance and did not allow stalls and performers to be set up on streets with huge crowds. This was obviously an attempt to curb the street stall business of Yunshuifang.
Anyway, the weather was hot, and many field workers suffered from heatstroke, so Song Che simply stopped setting up street stalls. With the Shen family's current business of several shops and workshops, the loss of this income is not painful.
The second fire was directed at the "stick gang" outside Suzhou.
The corpses of those who died of starvation could not be properly disposed of, and the plague spread wildly outside the city. Under the threat of death and starvation, a large number of refugees began to resist.
The "Gang Gang" is the largest of the refugee groups. As the name suggests, they use sticks as weapons. It is said that there are three to five hundred people gathered together. They not only rob business travelers everywhere, but also target villages and towns in Suzhou.
The Suzhou government did not adopt a policy of appeasement, but sent troops to suppress them with force. However, there were at least 40,000 to 50,000 refugees outside the city. These people were going to starve to death sooner or later, so why not take up arms and fight?
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. The greater the pressure, the stronger the resistance.
There were only about two thousand officers and soldiers in Suzhou City, and their combat effectiveness was extremely weak. They made several attacks to clear out the stick gang, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small. There was no winner or lose in the battle, but many lives were lost.
The conflict outside the city of Suzhou is intensifying, and people in the city are also panicking. Everyone is afraid that one day the Stick Gang will grow stronger and attack the city like the Feiyun Gang did before. If the trouble really gets to that point, a "rebellion" is probably not far away.
Shen Mansion.
patio.
"Dingle bell..." The bell tied to the microphone cord suddenly rang.
Song Che held his beloved wife in his arms, played on the swing, and ate grapes, pretending not to hear anything.
"Your phone is ringing." Shen Wenjun reminded intentionally.
Song Che said: "Next time, put two pieces of cotton in the bell, so as not to disturb my wife and I's love and happiness."
Shen Wenjun said, "Is there really something urgent? Otherwise Fu'er wouldn't ring the bell."
Song Che smiled and said, "I guess Xu Dutou came here again. He always wants me to do some thankless things for him."
"Recently, the Gang Gang incident has caused unrest in Suzhou City. I heard from Qin Ruo that many doctors in the city were called to the military camp, and many people were killed or injured." Shen Wenjun pushed Song Che, "Husband, you just Give them some advice, even if it's not for the officials, it should be for the people of Suzhou City."
Song Che wanted to help, but the strategy he advocated was to appease the refugees, while Lord He used force to suppress them.
He is a businessman and should not be involved in politics. Furthermore, He Qiu, despite his young age, was cruel and vicious in his methods. All the members of the Gang Gang who were captured were hanged for rebellion, and their bodies were hung along the way in the woods on the outskirts of the city, killing chickens for monkeys to see.
It's better to stay away from such ruthless officials.
"Can't help, can't help..."
"Jingle Bell……"
The bell rang again.
Shen Wenjun sighed softly, got off the swing, picked up the phone and pulled it back twice to get the connection. Then he put the phone against his ear, and his expression became more and more nervous the more he listened:
"What! This happened, why didn't you come and tell me earlier?"
"Yes...my uncle said that no one is allowed to enter the courtyard without an order...finished...finished!"
"You're done!"
Shen Wenjun dropped the microphone and looked at Song Che anxiously, "Someone from Yunshuifang came to report that the field clerk who went to buy sericulture outside the city was detained by the Gang!"
Song Che sat up in shock, but the next moment he was confused: "The Gang is usually active in the north of Suzhou. Lao Zhang and the others went to the west of Suzhou. How can they be detained?"
"Oh, let's go check out the situation first. Those refugees are hungry, but they can eat people!"
