Struggle small peasant girl happy in the mountains and forests

Chapter 29 The Lesson of Blood

Lin Chun, the village chief and others walked to the door of their own house, saw that Shi Wen had controlled the scene, and nodded to him, Shi Wen made a gesture, Lin Chun knew everything was under his control when he saw it, the corner of his mouth slightly hooked, and entered up the yard.

When the village head saw that the officials and adults from the county had come, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. He also saw a few people lying on the ground and Erniang Liu who was being guarded by the officials and who was still cursing, sweating profusely. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the fire in my heart was instantly aroused by these people. Looking at old man Lin and others, their eyes were enlarged and their eyes were like arrows. Old man Lin and others shrank their necks in fear. She shrank her head like a partridge, and didn't dare to breathe, but Shi Wen was here in official uniform, and Lin Tianliang didn't dare to show too much or interfere, so he could only be careful to accompany him.Lin Dafu got Lin Chun's wink and left quietly with a yamen servant, one went to old man Lin's house, and the other ran to the only intersection leading to the town.Everyone was paying attention to the situation in the yard of Lin Chun's family, and they didn't pay attention to the departure of these two people.

It is said that the daughter-in-law Ruhua brought home by Lin Erlang was terrified when she saw thick smoke billowing in the direction of Lin Chun's house, so she quickly found an excuse to deceive Mrs. Lin, went back to the house, packed up the things, and went into the forest again. The old lady's main house stole the money hidden by old lady Lin and old man Lin, rolled up her luggage and left old man Lin's house, and fled to the town. Because Dashan came late, she happened to miss Ruhua with her, but Ruhua was caught by her. The yamen servant guarding the intersection to the town caught him right away. The yamen servant didn't show any mercy, and directly pressed Ruhua to Lin Chun's house. Shi Wen saw that his subordinate had a slightly protruding lower abdomen, a pitiful and innocent face, and When the woman with the burden came over, she guessed that this was Lin Erlang's daughter-in-law, Ruhua.

Sure enough, when Lin Erlang and Old Man Lin saw Ruhua being pushed over by the yamen servants, they wanted to beg for mercy, but when they saw the burden on her shoulders, they all cursed, "You bitch, I will provide you with good food and drink at my house. Now that my father and I are in trouble, you want to run away, you are indeed a lowly woman from a lowly place, I will kill you, kill you..." Lin Erlang looked fierce and wanted to get up from the ground to teach Ruhua, but he didn't When I stood up, I was kicked by a yamen servant, "Be honest, my lord is here, your crimes will be judged by your lord, please lie down for me, otherwise..." The yamen servant shouted righteously, and said " With a bang, he pulled out the saber from his waist, and Lin Erlang and old man Lin immediately shrank their heads obediently and continued to be partridges in fright.But Lin Erlang and Old Man Lin's needle-like eyes kept shooting at Ruhua, and Ruhua's heart skipped a beat.It's just that Ruhua turned her head around, and thought about it because she didn't participate in this matter, and it had nothing to do with her, so she didn't care about the eyes of Lin Erlang and Old Man Lin, and just stayed on the sidelines with peace of mind.

Lin Chun saw that everyone who was supposed to be there was here, so he walked forward, Datou and Erya were waiting for Aunt Cuihua and Xiaoshan at the gate of the courtyard. A dog barks, destroying Lin Chun's plan to catch the thief. Datou and Erya reluctantly leave Guaiguai and Dudu at Uncle Dashan's house for an afternoon, and it is estimated that Aunt Cuihua and Xiaoshan will bring them over soon.Datou and Erya looked forward to it.

"Grandfather of the village chief, who is this lord?" Lin Chun had agreed with Shi Wen in advance not to reveal their relationship with each other and to keep strangers, lest the villagers look at his three siblings with strange eyes in the future. After all, those who know the facts will tell the truth , but there is no guarantee that there will not be so many gossips who like to add fuel to the story and like to tarnish others' reputations.Besides, if everyone knows that they have a close relationship with Shi Wen, and if the punishment of old man Lin and Liu Erniang is too severe, it will make people think that Shi Wen is doing favoritism, so as to avenge his righteous daughter.Such words will also damage Shi Wen's reputation. These are not what Lin Chun wants to see, so it's best to pretend that he doesn't know them.

"Ah, this is Mrs. Shi, the magistrate of the county, and also the parent official of the entire Yuxiang Town. A few decades ago, the west mountain of our village was on fire, and the fire was raging. Now... the government attaches great importance to this matter, so...you Don't say too much on the side, now your kitchen is burned by Liu Erniang, and this old man Lin and others were personally caught by the yamen servants to steal things from your house. This is no longer something that my father, the village head, and the elders in the village can manage. Shi My lord will definitely uphold justice for you three brothers and sisters!" Lin Dafu, who came back at an unknown time, explained to Lin Chun standing behind the village chief.

"Yes, Da Ya, today is New Year's Eve. People in this village go to Dongshan to worship their ancestors. After returning home, they usually stay at home to watch the new year. If Liu Erniang hadn't set fire to your kitchen today, your three brothers and sisters would have come back to worship their ancestors." , I will catch them right away, but if only you three children find them, you don’t know what crazy evil things they will do?! You don’t care about today’s affairs, go home later and check the house. It’s good to have a lot less things.” Uncle Dashan knew Lin Chun’s plan, so he took Xiaoshan to Dongshan early in the afternoon, and after returning home, he came to Lin Chun’s house to meet Shi Wen.

"Well, I got it." Lin Chun responded obediently, and only waited for Aunt Cuihua to come to the house to check after a while. Since she was acting, she had to act enough.

"It turns out that this girl is the owner of this house. I wanted to take advantage of the New Year's Eve to go out and see the situation of the New Year in each village. I didn't expect to find this Xishan when I walked to the Sanchakou between your village and Chenjia Village. The fire was soaring into the sky, and the smoke was billowing. At first, I thought someone set the fire on purpose. Unexpectedly, when I arrived, I saw the villagers carrying basins and buckets to put out the fire. The kitchen was on fire, and there were people howling in this room. I didn't expect people to enter the room to see that the things in the room were turned upside down and scattered all over the floor. These people were lying on the ground and caught by the mousetrap in the room I couldn't move." Shi Wen said in an official tone, making the surrounding villagers understand the incident more clearly.

"It's just that I'm very confused about many things, and I want to ask the village head and villagers of Lin Family Village to tell me..." Shi Wen frowned.

"Your Excellency, please ask directly. The village chief will answer truthfully. Everyone in the village generally knows and can testify." Seeing Shi Wen's words, Lin Tianliang hurried forward to answer.

"Oh, since that's the case, I want to ask Village Chief Lin, just now I heard that several people on the ground are relatives of this big girl, but why did they come to her house to set fire to the house and still do this stealing thing?" Hearing Shi Wen's question, the back was sweating coldly, but he didn't dare to hide it, so he had to explain clearly the relationship between Lin Chun, old man Lin, and Liu Erniang's family, and of course Lin Chun had severed ties with old man Lin's family, etc. Wait, it's just that Lin Tianliang didn't know much about the house burning and theft, so he didn't dare to say more, but people in the village talked about Lin Chun's family encountering a nobleman.

After listening to the words of the village chief and the villagers, Shi Wen felt a little distressed. Although he already knew it, he still... "It turns out that this is the case, then this old man Lin and Lin Erlang, as well as this Liu Erniang and Lin Dazhuan took advantage of the third sister of the big girl. My brother went to Dongshan to worship his ancestors, and he was not at home. It is reasonable to come to Da Ya's house to steal. After all, no one knows how much property the nobleman met in Da Ya's house. Before Lin Dashan from Linjia Village and the shopkeeper of Qian Fuyuan came to the county government to handle documents. I’m still thinking about this! I originally planned to send a few yamen servants to help look at the mountain, but later I heard that someone has been found, so I gave up, I didn’t expect it?..."

(End of this chapter)