In the past few days, Ms. Liu went to town again and again, talking to Mrs. Cheng and going out together.
Li Qiu Sui had already guessed what was going on. Xia He came over and asked her, "Sui Sui, mother is in such a hurry. What have you been doing all day?"
Li Qiu Sui smiled with bright eyes, "Sister, you should know in two days! It's always a good thing to see my mother so happy."
Xia He guessed that Sui Sui must have known the truth and was trying to keep her away from her on purpose, so he came over and tickled her, "Are you going to tell me? Are you going to tell me? If you don't tell me, let's see how I deal with you!"
Li Qiusui was most afraid of people tickling her, and her sister couldn't slap her away, so she had to tell her guess.
"You mean... Miss Dachu might become our sister-in-law?"
Li Qiu Sui hurriedly covered Xia He's mouth, "I haven't said anything about this yet, it's just my guess. Sister, we can't yell too loudly!"
Xia He hurriedly covered his mouth, leaned towards Li Qiu Sui and whispered, "Don't worry, I know that I can't tell anyone about this before it happens. We only know it, and I won't tell anyone."
Li Qiu Sui nodded, and Xia He leaned closer to her ear, "I think this is most likely to happen, and it will only happen in these two days. Yesterday, my mother asked the aunt of Zhou Ping's family to cut clothes for my eldest brother. This is my third body, and I think it’s 80% likely that we’re going to see each other. I wonder if we can go together then?”
"Who knows? Mom is so focused on finding a wife for her eldest son right now! If we go, people might think we are in the way. Anyway, go if you are allowed to go, and rest at home if you are not allowed to go."
Xia He tapped Suisui's forehead, "Be careful, my mother will slap you when she gets home!"
Li Qiusui didn't think so. How could Madam Liu have the time to take care of her. Most of the time, the county seat is out of reach. Both of them know Miss Dachu, so it would be awkward to meet her when they are seeing each other. You said that after this matter is settled, it is still possible for them to come to your door.
Zhao Da came to see Li Qiu Sui. Xia He knew that he was the housekeeper of Sui Sui, so he came over because he had something to do and took the initiative to say goodbye.
Zhao Da guessed that Xia He had gone far away, so he lowered his voice and said, "Girl, we have bought a house. It is near the Fourth Young Master's academy."
Li Qiusui nodded.
Zhao Da whispered again and told the situation of the man who led Li Sizhu to the gambling house, "...My family's surname is Zhao. I have an uncle who works as a scribe in the county government. He is a native of Linshan County. They live in Linshan." The county seat, the family is in the villages and towns on the edge of Linshan County."
Li Qiu Sui knew some of these things before, so Zhao Da continued, "The scribe named Zhao heard that his ancestor was a clerk, and he had friends from all three religions and nine schools, so he was willing to sell his family some face. The current county magistrate has just come to Lashan County. Yes, we all have to rely on their family’s power.”
The name of the founding of this dynasty was great, and the county magistrates who served as chief officials were all formal Jinshi scholars in the imperial court, and were uniformly appointed to the local areas to serve as local parent officials. The minor officials in such places are not appointed by the court, and are usually held by local people. Because it is a local force, especially a family whose ancestors have produced officials. Several generations of people have been running the business. They have three religions and nine streams, five elements and eight works, all of which give them a bit of face. Even the newly appointed county magistrates appointed by the court are sometimes dismissed. Their control and execution of orders all rely on their power.
This is the so-called local snake.
What a local snake!
Li Qiu Sui rubbed his fingers and looked at Zhao Da with a half-smile but not a smile, "The whole family surnamed Zhao are all good people who obey the rules and observe etiquette?"
Zhao Da wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. His words just now seemed to make him more powerful. The girl was getting impatient.
No way!
Not to mention others, it is Zhao Ning who works as a clerk in the county government. He is in his forties or fifties and is quite a womanizer. His family has twenty or thirty rooms for concubines, and the youngest newcomer is only fifteen. Six years old.
Among them, there are those rewarded by superior officials, gifts from colleagues, and those from below who are looking for them after flattery.
Not to mention the former. When a county magistrate takes office in a place where he is not familiar with the place, he gives women as a reward to his subordinates. This is the fastest and most conventional way to win over his subordinates. Generally, women who are afraid of getting into trouble will not rob women and hand them over to others.
The second type is for colleagues to give gifts to each other. They are considered to be figures on the stage in the place. They need to show some respect. There are many places like Renyazi Office or Hualou. This can be solved by spending a little money. They can also give each other their own concubines. As an elegant thing.
This third type is well-known. The official named Zhao is good at this, and the people below him use all kinds of dirty tricks to curry favor with his superiors. It is the most exquisite way to lure people who do not value girls and send them to their doorstep. Also, if they are interested in it and they don't want it, they will use various means to force them to send it to their door. The methods are a bit disgraceful.
Zhao Da went to Wang Maoyi and asked about the situation of the family named Zhao. He told them everything he could and could not tell, both in front of his face and behind his back.
"The family named Zhao has gathered thousands of acres of fertile land around Linshan County. Many of them were extorted from their neighbors, and the excuses they used were quite heartless. They were living a hard life and lacked money. Why did they marry My daughter-in-law is short of money to give birth to a child. Wang Mao whispered to me that those who sold land to the Zhao family were all famous families. There was a family named Chen whose family was relatively well off and could not afford to sell the land to make a living. Because the man surnamed Zhao wanted his farmland to be connected into a large area, and his family’s field was in the middle, he had to cut off the canal to prevent people from using water, so they would not be able to grow rice. He also wanted to prevent people from passing by his land, so the family hired someone to go to Zhao. The family talked about it, but who would have expected that without waiting for someone to come to the door, they would break the legs of the man who is the head of the family."
Li Qiusui knew that some local officials were not good people, but it was still rare for them to be so blatant and not offline.
"No one goes to the government office..."
Li Qiu Sui himself laughed before he finished speaking. It was not necessary for someone named Zhao to do this kind of thing himself, it could be done by his subordinates or people who wanted to please him. If the county government pursues the case, the most it can do is to personally block it, and the subsequent retaliation will probably be even more severe.
After going back and forth, who dares to go to the county government to file a complaint?
It cannot be said that the county magistrate knows nothing about this kind of thing. The main reason is that he does not want to offend such an entrenched official, so he chooses to turn a blind eye.
Li Qiu Sui had no intention of getting rid of harm for the people. The main reason was that Li Si Zhu's incident happened too suddenly and he realized that someone was targeting his family. Changshun was temporarily restrained by her. The main reason was that if the culprit was not solved, it would be bad if he was caught off guard and suddenly jumped out to cause trouble.
Just when Li Qiu Sui wanted to explain something to Zhao Da, Zhou Ping came over to look for her. Zhou Ping has been following Li Sanzhu. There are fruits ripening on the mountain top. Hu Hai came to visit several times. Zheng Fu from the Zheng family in Fucheng also came a few days ago.
It was not surprising that Zhou Ping saw Zhao Da here. Zhao Da was in charge of the girl's private property, so it was normal for him to come and reply. There was something else he wanted to say, and he originally wanted to discuss it with Zhao Da.
"Girl, a group of people just came to the house. The leader said that he is from the Zhao family in the county. He told us not to sell this year's fruit in a hurry. He said that someone in the county will pay a high price to collect it in two days. His attitude was very arrogant."
Zhou Ping came to Li Qiu Sui with Li Sanzhu on his back, "Girl, do you think you would like me or Brother Zhao to go to Fucheng?"
He wanted to go to the Zheng family to find someone to help.
Zhao Dachao looked at Li Qiu Sui, obviously he agreed with Zhou Ping's idea.
In his opinion, it was no big deal that Li Qiu Sui, a teenage girl, could scare the people of Changshun. The family named Zhao was obviously ruthless and evil, so it was better to find the Zheng family to arrest them. Good at scaring.
(End of chapter)
