A poor family counterattacks, she is beautiful and sassy on the way to the imperial examination

Chapter 149 Chapter 149

After Chen Xiancheng crushed the cornbread, he was still angry, looked at the woman with a gloomy face and said, "What did you use to make the cornbread, why is it so hard to swallow, do you intend to murder the officials on purpose. "

This is a serious crime. The old woman was so frightened that she knelt on the ground trembling.

With a choked voice, he said: "I am wronged! My lord, this is the food that Caomin's family usually eats.

No matter how many grass people there are, they don't know that the adults will come to Cao Min's house for dinner today.

Because after paying the grain tax, there is not much food left in the family, and it is even more difficult to pay some other miscellaneous taxes.

Normally, my family would not have lunch at noon, but Cao Min's wife is sick these days, and there is a young grandson at home.

Originally, these steamed buns mixed with wild vegetables and fruits were intended to nourish their bodies at noon, but I didn't expect them to eat rice for you.

My old woman was also charged with murdering an official, which is really wronged. "

"..." You lied to a ghost!Who uses this thing to replenish the body.

You are sure that the more you mend, the weaker your body will become. No wonder this family's skinny bones are all made up in this way, Mr. Gou thought to himself.

But when he saw the county magistrate who was gnawing on the cornbread with a calm face, he didn't dare to say what he was thinking.

Chen Xiancheng also knew that this old woman could not have the intention of murdering him, because at that time he also saw smoke coming from the chimney by accident, so he brought people to this house.

These words were only said by him in a moment of anger, but how could he, an eighth-rank county magistrate, admit his mistake to a grassroots man, so he was about to throw up his sleeves and leave.

At this time, behind him, a faint voice said: "Chen Xiancheng, since you brought us here for dinner, why don't you leave without paying for the meal?"

Chen Xiancheng suddenly turned his head and glared at him. An Chu, who was still gnawing on the cornbread with a natural expression, realized it instantly.

If he didn't pay for this special meal today, he might encounter something worse than starvation next time.

Thinking that there would always be a time to clean her up, Chen Xiancheng threw a piece of silver at the woman before leaving, but he didn't want to give so much food money, unfortunately his family is too rich.

When you go out, you will never have copper plates in your money bag, so you have to find one, the smallest five taels of silver ingot, and throw it over.

People in the village seldom see silver, and the woman picked up the silver ingot from the ground without feeling dirty, bit it hard on her teeth, and smiled happily when she saw the tooth marks.

Seeing the old lady's expression, Master Gou showed disdain, and followed her out.

An Chuxia felt that it was normal for an old peasant woman to show such a look when she saw Yinzi, just like someone who won the 500 million lottery in the previous life would show a happy expression and kiss Grandpa Mao.

According to An Chuxia's instructions in the morning, Zuo Wang hired several carriages to pull goods and came to Yuande Village in the afternoon. After the taxes were collected, the villagers helped to load the grain into the carriages, and a group of people and carts returned to the county town in a mighty manner.

Chen Xiancheng and Master Gou were so hungry that they didn't even get out of the carriage, so they hurried home to find something to eat.

It didn't matter if they were negligent, An Chuxia caught them again.

After the paid tax and grain were put into the warehouse, An Chuxia asked casually how much old grain was left in the warehouse, Yu Li Changping, who was in charge of the warehouse.

Yu Li, who was in charge of the warehouse, faltered and couldn't say a word for a long time. This expression immediately caught An Chuxia's attention.

"Come on, take me to Changping warehouse!" An Chuxia's tone could not refuse.

Seeing that things were not going well, Yu Li wanted to run away.

Seeing that Yu Li wanted to escape, An Chuxia immediately ordered Zuo Wang and Zhu Tiehua beside him, "Catch him!"

The official Yu from the granary didn't run very far before he was arrested by Zuo Wang and Zhu Tiehua with the yamen servants.

He escorted him and led the people to the warehouse where Changping's grain was stored.

Changping grain is the grain that the imperial court allows the counties to keep food prices stable every year in case of disasters, and it is also a life-saving grain for the people.

Zuo Wang tore off a bunch of keys from Yu Li's waist, opened the Changping granary after confirmation, and everyone was dumbfounded after entering.

The Changping granary, which was supposed to store about 20 jin, is now empty, and even a few grains for sparrows have to be searched carefully.

Everyone walked around the warehouse, the empty granary was really clean.

This is due to the fact that there is not much Changping grain in Wei Xiao County in their county. If the Changping grain in the big county is stable and the grain price is stable in the disaster year, it will have to store 30 catties.

However, the large population in the county town also pays more food taxes, and there are more people who need to be rescued in disaster years, so it is reasonable to store more Changping grain.

An Chuxia looked at Yu Li who was trembling and his legs were already unsteady, and couldn't help but sneered, "Tell me about the food, where did it go?"

"Big...adult, small...little..."

Yu Li, who was looking at the warehouse, trembled his lips, unable to tell where the grain had gone.

"Bantou Zhu, take him and bring me the account books of the granary."

An Chuxia looked at Yu Li with sharp eyes, and said in a solemn tone: "You'd better hand over to me the real account books of all the granaries coming in and going out.

You are afraid that if you hand over the account books, those who take away the food will make it difficult for you.

But you also think about this matter has been exposed, whether they will push you out and let you take the blame.

With so much official food lost, it would not be an exaggeration to cut off your head. "

Every word An Chuxia said pierced the heart of Yu Li, who was watching the warehouse. His face turned pale with fright at this moment, so he didn't know the consequences.

But he was just a clerk who took care of the warehouse. At that time, Chen Xiancheng, who was in charge of the county's affairs, sent people to take the grain away, and he couldn't stop it at all.

In addition, regardless of his willingness to accept it, when the person who brought the food was about to leave, he was given a hush money of 20 taels of silver.

Even if he said that he was coerced, who would believe it? He, who has already received a hush money, can't say anything now.

An Chuxia saw that Yu Li was a cowardly person, and he should have been a passive pawn in the conspiracy.

However, you have to be responsible for what you have done, but the degree of guilt you have to bear is different, An Chuxia's voice softened, and said: "If you can prove that you were forced to do meritorious service!

Maybe the judge will think that you are not subjective, and if you do such a thing, you will be sentenced again in the end! "

Hearing this, Yu Li's eyes lit up, but slowly dimmed again. Thinking of Chen Xiancheng's secret hegemony in Wei County for so many years, can this newly appointed female county magistrate really be able to deal with him?
"You just have to trust me now!
Because I can be sure that if you are taken for interrogation now, you will either be killed in prison, creating the illusion of committing suicide in fear of crime, or you will be finally pushed out to take the blame. "

Yu Li is just timid, he is not a fool after all, he knows that if he does not hand over the real account book, he will cooperate with him to trip up the culprit.

In the end, his result will be as the county magistrate said, there is only one dead end.

(End of this chapter)