A few bundles of firewood were neatly piled up in the corner of Wen Yu's kitchen, which she sorted out yesterday.

After breakfast, she threw the bowls and chopsticks into the big iron pot, picked up the loofah hanging on the side to finish brushing, her eyes were fixed on a fixed corner of the kitchen counter, and she stood there in a daze.

A remorseful expression suddenly appeared on her face, why was she so active, she put away all the soap in the kitchen.How come forgot to use it to wash pots and dishes for meals these days!

Two days ago, she cleaned the entire small courtyard, and put all the things that should be sorted together. Now she put all the soaps for cleaning the pots and bowls at the bottom of the wooden box, and she couldn't get them out of them if she wanted to.The pile of things on her was taken out.

At this time, it was not compared to modern times. Although soap had been mass-produced and soap had begun to take shape, compared with natural saponins and almost free plant ash, the price was too extravagant.These soaps and soaps at home were gifts from Mr. Wu Ge at the beginning of the move, and she used them very carefully.

It's not the time for saponins to mature yet, and she doesn't have any in stock.

Wen Yu thought of the pancreas that had been put into the wooden box, forget it, just follow the old method that the original master taught her, and it can be regarded as adapting to life in the hometown in advance.

The raw materials of plant ash are easy to obtain and the production process is very convenient. Just dry a part of the plant and then burn it.This is almost a zero-cost material for cleaning tableware, without spending any time, energy and money.So it is an optimal material for poor farmers.

The firewood burned on weekdays is also a kind of plant ash after being turned into charcoal.

Wen Yu held her breath, and carefully took out a piece of burnt firewood from the boiler with iron tongs.But as if he was specifically against her, his right hand was unsteady, and the whole piece of charcoal fell to the ground. The black charcoal dust flew up, and Wen Yu sneezed loudly.

Wipe his face casually, no surprise, a thin layer of dust.

Wen Yu laughed foolishly, amused by herself.

I am used to using soap in Capital City, but now it is really strange to use this method to get plant ash.It's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal, honestly don't lie to me.

It was a blessing in disguise, the ash scattered on the ground was exactly what she wanted.

After washing the pots and bowls, Wen Yu stretched her waist, intending to wash her face, change clothes and go to the Imperial Academy to ask for leave and return home.Today, the results of the imperial examination came out, and the list of all the scholars of the Imperial Academy was finalized. She went to the Imperial Academy to find the head of the academy to go through the formalities, and she could go home the day after tomorrow at the earliest.

Wen Yu was humming a ditty, and her thoughts had already rushed back to the country road she often walked in Yongshui Village.

As soon as she got dressed, a heart-piercing woman cried out for help.

Liu Bifu, this is the woman who sells stir-fried fruit, chicken and rice.

Wen Yu looked pale, and hurried to the gate, opened the valve behind the gate, and welcomed her in.

When the woman surnamed Liu saw Wen Yu, she immediately threw herself on her side and knelt down as if she had seen the backbone, and began to kowtow continuously.

Liu Bifu cried in a hoarse voice, and the sadness in it made people's hearts throbbing just hearing it: "Brother Wen, you must save my son, you must save my son!"

"Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu, get up, get up quickly!"

Wen Yu took her arm, "You stand up first, let's go back to the room and sit down and talk slowly."

Liu Bifu grabbed Wen Yu's clothes, fell to the ground, and burst into tears, "Master Wen, I know I shouldn't be here. But I can't help it, my son is dying."

She knelt down to Wen Yu again, her eyes were bloodshot and blue, obviously she hadn't slept all night: "You promise me first, you, as long as you promise me, I will get up."

Wen Yu smiled helplessly, Yu Shusi, Yu Shusi, your mouth is really open!

"Aunt Liu, I'm just a humble scholar without any official position, and I really can't afford such a big gift from you." Wen Yu knew that she was soft-hearted, but she was not stupid.Help as much as she can, but for things beyond her own ability, she is not kind enough to hit a stone with a pebble for the sake of irrelevant people.

"You don't have to kneel to me like this. I'm not a heartless person. Aunt Liu, you'd better tell me about your son from the beginning to the end. I know you only have this son, and I can understand your current situation."Mood. But I still don’t know what happened, and rashly agreeing to your request is not only irresponsible to myself, but also irresponsible to you, and I can’t help your son at all.”

Liu Fubi, these things are a complete waste of time.

Wen Yu spoke for a long time, her tone was very calm and even a little cold.

This made Liu Fubi, whose brain was dizzy and hypoxic due to grief, sober up a little. She raised her eyes tremblingly, the fine lines on her forehead and the corners of her eyes were very conspicuous, seeing that Wen Yu's expression was not as gentle as before, she felt a chill in her heart.

Standing up quickly, her attitude was no less respectful than just now. She now understands that it is better to explain her son's situation clearly than to seek sympathy. Wen Yu is not the soft-hearted person she thought, nor is she like herThe appearance is generally soft-hearted.

But even so, she still sensed a kindness in Wen Yu, which was different from those officers and soldiers working in the yamen.

The Liu family begged their grandpa to sue their grandma to reverse the case for their son, but ordinary people, how could a roadside vendor know someone in power, she could only ask Wen Yu.

Liu Fubi stood up, with a few tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes: "Master Wen, it's the women who are rude, so I'll tell you the actual situation."

Time to go back to four days ago.

The daughter of Liu Dashun and Liu Fubi, Liu Yungu, came home suddenly the day before yesterday with scars all over her body. Although the Liu family is patriarchal, they treat their daughters well.Seeing this kind of thing happen to their daughter now, the husband and wife are of course extremely angry.

But how did the two of them ask their daughter what was going on with the injury on her body? Liu Yungu kept silent at first, and then shed tears.The couple had to vacate a room for their daughter to live in first.

Liu Baishuan was only thirteen years old this year, a lively and aggressive age, he couldn't see his sister being sad, so he rolled his eyes up and down, ignoring the couple's obstruction, he sneaked to his brother-in-law's house at dusk, intending to find out what happened.

But he just happened to see his brother-in-law having an affair with a strange woman behind the walled courtyard. In a panic, he rushed out from the pile of straw next to him, clenched his fist and swung at Zhao Manglang.

One is a thirteen-year-old boy who hasn't grown up yet, and the other is a man in his twenties.

One can imagine the result.

Zhao Manglang was protecting the woman, his expression was a little flustered at first, but after he figured out something, his eyes changed, he grabbed Liu Baishuan's wrist, kicked him on the ground and started beating him until he fell unconsciouspersonnel.

Then Liu Baishuan sued Nankang Mansion in the name of stealing fifty taels of silver.

Under his statement, Liu Baishuan was portrayed as an ignorant little bastard who sneaked around all day long, and Zhao Manglang himself was a heartbroken brother-in-law who couldn't bear to look down on him.

Occupying the principle of killing relatives with righteousness, the neighbors around him still think that he is a supreme and righteous person, but Liu Dashun's family is in a terrible situation, drowned by the spittle of the people around him, and the only son is still in prisonIn a coma waiting to die.

A yamen servant in Nankang Mansion collected a few taels of silver from Liu's family, saying it was Liu Baishuan's medical expenses, but after visiting several times, Liu Baishuan's condition did not show any sign of improvement, but one was a citizen, the other was an official, and the Liu familyIt is completely indisputable.

Sneaky, caught on the spot, Zhao Manglang even found a few witnesses.If it continues like this, not only will the case be settled, but Liu Baishuan will die of illness in prison.

Speaking of this, Liu Bifu's eyes were bloodshot, and he was choked with sobs and could no longer speak.

Wen Yu didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, so he frowned slightly: "Aunt Liu, since your son is unconscious, how do you know that Liu Baishuan was not beaten for stealing things, but Zhao Manglang was caught cheating on him??”

Liu Bifu's black hair a few days ago was now mixed with silver strands.

"Although my son doesn't like to study and doesn't know a few big characters, he is definitely not a sneaky person. I understand my child!" Liu Bifu is a person with a firm heart, and what she did just now was just for her to better understand her son.It's a strategy that he came up with to win Wen Yu.

Wen Yu sighed, "The law of Daqi stipulates that the crime of stealing fifty taels of silver is a felony, and the minimum is six years in prison, and the maximum is ten years. Even if your son has never stolen anything, but heI am unconscious, in this kind of witness-"

Liu Fubi couldn't breathe when she heard this, she clutched her chest tightly with her hands, opened her mouth to breathe in and out, and said a few times silently, "I, I——cough cough, my daughter, Gu Yun said Zhao ManglangThat dog has an affair with another woman."

Wen Yu became more and more pessimistic: "Even if Zhao Manglang had an affair with other women, there is no regulation on this in Daqi's law, even if it is proven, the case will not be overturned."

Cheating is wrong for both men and women.But in ancient times, men were superior to women.

Wen Yu thought of the laws and punishments recorded in the thick Daqi law.For a woman who cheated, she would be sentenced to three years in prison, or official punishment. Among them, riding a wooden donkey and claustrophobia, the names sounded mediocre, but after she really knew how to practice it, those words appeared in Wen Yu's mind,I shudder.

But for a man, if he cheated, he would lose some face if it was spread out at most, and it was even just a romantic affair.

Tracing back to the previous dynasties, at most men would be convicted of adultery, and this time limit was no more than two years.

There was a hint of mockery in Wen Yu's eyes.

A spark suddenly lit up in Liu Bifu's eyes: "I, my daughter was injured by him. Brother Wen, I know, I know. Husbands are punished for beating their wives, right?"

Wen Yu was dumbfounded, she opened her mouth, and a sense of powerlessness came over her.

According to the law, if a husband and wife do not beat someone to death, they will only be fined and announced to the public as a warning.

"Aunt Liu, it's not like this—"

Wen Yu pinched her own hand, suppressed her emotions and said, "Aunt Liu, these are all your one-sided claims, even guesses. The governor of Nankang Mansion should have said that these cannot be used as evidence."

Liu Bifu just said reflexively: "Gu Yun told me later that after she bumped into him once, Zhao Manglang's son-in-law would beat him whenever he got drunk. And every single day, after dusk, the two would meetMeet privately in the house."

Liu Fubi: "And my son, my son was so seriously injured, the government said that the thief was found to be allowed to be lynched, is this correct? Zhao Manglang almost beat my son to death!"

Wen Yu pursed her lips and didn't say anything, but her eyes were covered with a layer of drowsy mist, as if she could speak.

At this moment, there is no sound in the house, only the spring breeze whistling wantonly in my ears.

The flames in Liu Bifu's eyes were extinguished, and his whole body was visibly withered to the naked eye, and he aged dozens of years in an instant.

Wen Yu desperately warned herself that she was going back to her hometown soon, and this matter had nothing to do with her, and she couldn't help her, as long as her attitude was tougher now, this matter would be fine.

But after all, she couldn't calm down, Wen Yu scolded herself for being a fool in her heart.

To put it bluntly, the old woman was crying, her relatives were separated, and it was a coincidence that this happened today when the results of the imperial examination came out.

It's not that she didn't find out that Liu Bifu's words were full of loopholes, she even knew and considered that this matter might be someone else's design, so she was waiting to find out.

But—forget it, just be stupid.

The situation in the capital is complicated, even if the Imperial Academy cannot go, it is a good choice to let it go outside.

The worry in Wen Yu's eyebrows was drawn away, and she didn't hesitate anymore, she patted Liu Bifu's slightly bent back: "Aunt Liu, can I go see your daughter Liu Yungu? Maybe I will find something."

At the same time, Xu Mansion.

Xu Lingru stood in the study with a beautiful posture, "Father, you said that Lu Youzhi might be arrested."

Xu Miaochang wrote the last word, sealed the letter, and said calmly, "Song Duan is coming back too."

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