idle mistress

Chapter 32 Finding a Needle in a Haystack
He scanned the surroundings out of the corner of his eyes, and there were indeed torture sticks on the wooden fences on both sides. The size of the torture sticks was different, and there were about twenty sticks in total by visual inspection.

Even the smallest one seemed to be several times thicker than his own pole, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he would be crippled.

After another two sticks of incense time, he finally couldn't restrain himself, and asked in a low voice to the officer next to him: "This official, I don't know what you mean by bringing us up in court."

The officer glanced at him lightly with downcast eyes, but said nothing.

Yu San still wanted to ask more questions, but Aunt Yu stretched out her hand and pulled him to signal him to stop talking, so Yu San had no choice but to give up.

The family of three knelt on the ground in the same posture. They knelt for about half an hour, and finally a few people walked in when the two sons were complaining.

Yu San heard the footsteps and looked up, seeing that the leader was not the county magistrate but a young man who was not a few years older than his son, he couldn't help being startled.

The young man did not wear official robes, but the luxurious robes did not look like ordinary ordinary people.

Seeing him raising his head to look at himself, the young man glanced at him coldly with his long and narrow eyes, his eyes were not angry and pretentious, Yu San was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head.

Zhao Yan's eyes skipped over the two people kowtowing in front, and his eyes settled on the young man behind him, then he frowned, turned his head to the errand not far away and asked, "I asked you to find Yu Xin, where is he?" ?”

Yu Xin at the bottom heard him call his name, and knelt a step forward falteringly: "Little...little Yu Xin."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan narrowed his eyes, and he took two steps forward to come to the strange boy, bent down and looked at him: "You said you are Yu Xin?"

Yu Xin nodded repeatedly.

"Yes Yes……"

"It's wrong...it's wrong..." Zhao Yan yelled twice, and the official who was on duty for him heard the words, so he stepped forward and asked, "Master Zhao, Yu Xin is in the roster, and the subordinates don't know what's wrong. where?"

When Zhao Yan heard this, a dangerous look flashed across his black eyes, and he kicked Yu Xin who was in front of him to the ground as soon as he lifted his foot, followed by another kick.

Yu Xin was so frightened that he cried for his father and mother, and Aunt Yu was eager to protect her son, she rushed up to block her son and kept kowtowing to Zhao Yan, begging for mercy: "My lord, please spare my life, this child is young and ignorant, please beg my lord to spare my life."

Zhao Yan stared at her and asked, "Then tell me, if he is Yu Xin, then who is Yu Xin from the ancient Huangshan Mountain?"

Only then did Aunt Yu suddenly realize that she dared to commit a crime by the girl who replaced her son in the mountain to serve in the corvee.Finding an impostor to replace her would be a punishment. For a while, Aunt Yu couldn't make up her mind how to deal with it, and secretly looked at her husband.

Zhao Yan had already lost his patience, seeing the two flirtatiously, he couldn't help being furious, he threatened with a sullen face:

"Don't say yes, come, someone, pull this kid down and give him twenty sticks."

The two servants strode forward and dragged Yu Xin away without saying a word, Yu Xin screamed in fright.

When she heard that her son was going to be sentenced, Aunt Yu was so frightened that she could not speak coherently on the spot: "My lord...I...have mercy, I said, my lord, I said..."

Zhao Yan made a gesture, and the two executioners let go of their hands.

Aunt Yu glanced at her son, covered her face and began to cry:
"My lord, we don't want to. Originally, it was the father of the child who went up to serve in the mountain. But after the conscript arrived at our house, he saw my man with a lame leg and asked my son to go up the mountain by name. Unfortunately, my son has just turned 14 years old, or The only seedling of our old Yu family's three generations; later... the child's father heard from somewhere that someone went to Guhuang Mountain and died there. Here, the money is exhausted, and someone is sick and needs money urgently, I discussed it with the child's father, and spent money to find their family to replace him."

Zhao Yan stared at her and asked, "Is there no male in their family? Why did they let a female go up the mountain?"

Meng Qi, who was standing not far away, couldn't help showing surprise when he heard his words. This Zhao Fu is actually a woman?

"Yes, there is one. Yu Xin is the same age as my family, but he is also the only son in their family. I'm afraid I can't bear it, so I have to let my daughter replace him."

Zhao Yan frowned: "Who is this family's name, and where is it now?"

Aunt Yu reported the truth: "The younger one only knows that it is from a family surnamed Xu. There are six people in their family. After the daughter went to the mountain, the other five stayed in our village for half a month and then left. I heard that they went to Mozhou to join relatives." , other than these, the other villains don’t know anything about it.”

The authentic Yu Xin was as timid as a mouse, and he kept crying while his mother was talking. Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Zhao Yan took a look at Yu Xin and waved his hand impatiently: "Drag on, This man was rewarded with ten boards, and after the beating, the three of them will be locked up together, and they will be punished as crimes."

The executioner responded and dragged Yu San, who was the parent, down.

"The child's father...the child's father...My lord, we are wronged, my lord..." Aunt Yu cried and cried out Qu.

Zhao Yan was annoyed by the noise, so he turned around and walked inside. While walking, he turned to Meng Qi who was behind him and confessed: "You heard it all, go, and find me the person based on the information."

Thinking of Zhao Fu's girl, Zhao Yan, made his teeth itch. He vowed to find this dog slave and tear her to pieces with his own hands.

After Meng Qi heard the order, he was very embarrassed: "My lord, Mozhou said that he was not big, but he was not small. Finding someone with just one surname is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan glanced over and said harsh words at him: "Is there any difficulty that I can use you? Find it for me, if you can't find it, I will bring your head to see it."

"Yes, this subordinate understands!"

Meng Qi had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept this thankless job...
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In the evening, villager Tie Zhu carried a load of firewood to his second uncle's house. Halfway there, he saw Li Damao and Huzi from the same village chatting at the bridgehead. He greeted them from a distance and left.

After he sent the firewood to the second old uncle's house in the neighboring village and returned, the two hadn't left yet, so he went over to chat with them.

Knowing that it was the matchmaker Haogu who told Li Damao about a marriage, the two stood guard at the bridge and wanted to secretly see what the girl looked like.

Tie Zhu's curiosity was aroused, and he immediately decided to stay and give his brother a hand. You must know that this Li Damao is a well-known bachelor in their Jiutou Village. He is in his twenties, and his wife has not yet married. I don't know what's wrong with the horoscope, so I can't say that a marriage can't be made.

I am several years younger than him, and my son can buy soy sauce.All young people in the village who are not short of arms or legs are the only ones who have not yet married at the age of 25.

(End of this chapter)