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Chapter 104 If you don't revenge your father, you will be a woman in vain (4)
Xu Che said: "It's too little, I still have 500 taels from Xu Zongde, you can use it."

Xianglai said: "It's yours, you can keep it as your wife, it won't help much, I will think of a way."

Xu Che said: "You bought me for only five taels, but now you pay me 500 taels, you are at a loss."

Xianglai turned her head to look at him and smiled, and said: "The value of a person is not measured by money. If you think so, then use it to buy me another hundred of you!"

After speaking, he got on his horse and left first.

Xu Che looked at her back and muttered, "Good idea!"

After finishing speaking, they also got on the horse to chase Xianglai, and the two went out of Songning and returned to Yanjiang Village together.

After returning home, she told the second aunt and Tianlai that the lawsuit was about to be settled. After hearing this, the second aunt covered her face and cried bitterly, crying, "Father, your revenge is finally coming, finally!"

Xianglai knew that her father's revenge was the top priority in the hearts of her second aunt and her own mother, and her mother never forgot it before she died, and she should be happy that her father's revenge was about to be avenged, but she was a little worried.

If she hadn't been sure that it was the murderer, and she had watched the execution with her own eyes, she wouldn't be completely at ease.

Although it is still in the first month, Xianglai and Xu Che have been busy again since this day, not to mention whether the money for spring plowing this year is enough, it will take a lot of time just to take over the tens of thousands of acres of farms all over Songning County .

During the process of taking over the farm, Xianglai learned about the operation method, and then made a new budget. She estimated that her ten thousand taels of silver should barely be enough, because she found that the Hengyuan farm has always been operated in a way that is not settled until the end of the year. The wages of long-term and short-term laborers, and most of the landowners leased to tenant farmers to grow, only need to go to collect grain in autumn and come back.

This gave her a lot of peace of mind, and she calculated that as long as she persisted until autumn, she would be victorious, and when the grain was harvested, she would have everything.

Suddenly taking over such a large industry, Xianglai was in short supply of manpower.

Now Guifang and Shunzi have become her chief stewards, helping her with all kinds of manors from far and near.As for the nearby affairs, Dachang led Xiufang to take care of them. Dachang was simple and honest, and Xiufang was clever and clever. The two cooperated tacitly.

Tianlai can also handle some other miscellaneous things. Although Tianlai is only 11 years old, a child without a father starts early. In the past two years, Tianlai has been involved in expanding the field, and he handles things in an orderly manner.

And the second aunt's niece, Li Huiling, was a little girl and didn't know anyone in the village well, so Xianglai took her with her and asked her to help manage some trivial matters, such as keeping miscellaneous accounts and passing on messages. Yes, it's quite powerful to use.

After a little work, the first month passed, and Xianglai was always thinking about meeting the murderer who killed his father. Every time he sent people to Songning to buy goods, he would send them to the county government to ask.

Seeing that February was about to pass, one day Chen Changzhi finally sent a messenger to deliver a letter, telling Xianglai that he could go to see the murderer tomorrow morning.

Xianglai was a little surprised. She sent someone to ask Chen Changzhi just to let Chen Changzhi know that she hadn't forgotten about it. She didn't expect the result to come so soon, so she set off early the next day and arrived in Songning County with Xu Che in the morning.

This time it was not Chen Changzhi who received her at the county government office, but Master Qi.

Xiang Lai asked strangely: "Master Qi, where is Mr. Chen? He said he would take me to see the murderer who killed my father, but why did he disappear?"

Master Qi said: "It was my lord who asked me to wait for Miss Shen here, and I will take you to see the murderer."

As he spoke, he took Xianglai and Xu Che out of the yamen and walked towards the downtown.

Xiang Lai asked strangely: "Master Qi, shouldn't the murderer be in a big prison? Where are you taking me?"

Master Qi said: "Oh, the murderer is not in the prison at this time, he has already been taken to the execution ground. Your Excellency asked you to come in the morning because he was worried that you would not see the living, so he specially reminded you."

"The court?!"

Xianglai was taken aback at the time, and said: "Isn't the execution of the prisoner to be done after the autumn? Why are you sent to the execution ground now?"

Master Qi said: "It's not always like this. Some criminals who have committed the most heinous crimes are executed as soon as possible after they are sentenced to death!"

Xianglai's heart sank as she listened to him. She said before that she would not file a case if she died, but now she will be executed if she files a case. How can she not make people feel suspicious in such a hurry.

Thinking of this, she and Xu Che quickened their pace behind Master Qi, wanting to see the so-called two murderers earlier.

Song Ning City's court was built next to the crossroads in the center of the city.

When Master Qi arrived with Xiang Lai and Xu Che, the place was already full of people, as noisy and lively as a festival.

The three separated from the crowd and came to the execution ground.

Because Master Qi was leading the way, the three officers and soldiers guarding the law field were easily let in.

At this moment, Chen Changzhi was sitting behind the execution stage. Seeing Xianglai and Xu Che coming, he got up, pointed to the two prisoners tied up on the execution stage, and said, "Miss Shen, these are the two prisoners who killed your father." The murderer is going to be executed today, and I specially notified you to come and see him."

Xianglai stood there with gloomy eyes and said, "Why didn't you let me come to see you until before the execution?"

Chen Changzhi twitched his face and said: "I don't want to be in such a hurry, but the official document came back slowly. I arrived at my side the day before yesterday, and the day before the approval was yesterday. I delayed it by an extra day just to let you see them." It's..."

He is full of nonsense, it is really hard for Xianglai to believe it.

Xianglai turned her head to look at the two people on the guillotine, saw that they were just tied there, and there was no gag, so she walked up to one of them and asked, "What crime did you commit?"

The man was dry and thin, with a sallow complexion, pale lips, and a demented and numb expression.It took a long time to move his eyes after hearing her words, and slowly moved to Xianglai's face, flapped his dry lips and said hoarsely: "Killed, I'm dead."

"Who did you kill?"

"Shen... Wanlu."

"Where was he killed?"

"Gold, gold mines."

Even though this person said this, Xianglai still didn't want to believe it, so she approached another person and asked, "What crime did you commit?"

This person's condition is better than that person just now, his skin is a little more glossy, his body is also stronger, but he looks a bit like a treacherous person.

Hearing Xiang Lai's question, the man stared at her sullenly for a long time before saying: "I killed someone."

Xianglai stood opposite him, looked him in the eyes, and said, "How did you kill him?"

The man tilted his head and gestured to the side, and said, "I beat him to death at the edge of the gold mine together with him."

"Who was killed?"

"A farmer."

"What does it look like?"

The man rolled his eyes and said, "I don't remember."

"Then what clothes is he wearing?"

"It's been too long, I don't remember everything..."

(End of this chapter)