hidden old spring

Chapter 20

However, the county master has already given his verdict, and it is useless no matter how hard the man struggles.

As for Su Chang'an, Pan Songyan asked her about her situation and learned that she ran away because she couldn't stand the treatment at home. The donkey and the blanket she was wearing were given by well-wishers. He looked at Su Chang'an with a meaningful look. Deep and long.

Look at the strong donkey, and look at the snow-white felt she was wearing. Pan Songyan didn't say much, but after the verdict, he said he would take Su Chang'an to see her 'compensation'.

"The master agreed with your statement, so he awarded you all Zhao Ergou's things. Zhao Ergou's parents are dead, he has no relatives, and he has no wife. He has a yard on West Street, and the master has adopted that yard into his house. In your name."

After saying so, Pan Songyan even gave her a pamphlet.

Su Changan took the booklet, opened it, and saw a piece of paper first. He unfolded the paper, and there were words on it that Su Changan didn't recognize.

Fortunately, the subsystem was very helpful and explained it to her, letting her know that it was a land deed.

That pamphlet was Su Changan's household registration, settled in Anping County, and his name was 'Su Changan'.

This name was written by Pan Songyan after asking. Su Changan was still a little confused with this household registration.

She could re-register her household registration so easily?Isn't it a bit sloppy?

Little did he know that she was being suspected of being a spy at the moment. The reason why things went smoothly was just to put her under their noses for observation.

Su Changan didn't know this, but she looked at Pan Songyan with gratitude.

"Thank you."

The little girl was skinny and looked like she was malnourished and abused, but her voice was nice and gentle, and she sounded like she was well-educated.

Pan Songyan bared his teeth and smiled, as if he didn't see the violation. He just raised his chin at Su Changan, indicating that she could leave.

But at this time, Su Changan looked at the aunt who had been holding her hand.

The aunt never let go of her hand since she held her in her arms. When she came to the Yamen, she kept holding her hand and looking straight at her.

Su Changan instinctively noticed that something was wrong with her aunt. Just as she was about to talk to her, a young man in Tsing Yi came in outside the yamen.

The young man looked very anxious. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the aunt, and then hurriedly ran over and pulled the aunt's sleeve.

"Mom, why did you come here?"

When the aunt heard someone calling her 'mother', she subconsciously looked back. When she saw the young man, she had no reaction at first. After five or six seconds, tears started to fall down her face.

"Zhuo'er, come and see, I found my daughter."

The young man frowned and glanced at Su Changan, who had been led by his aunt, and said impatiently.

"Mom, she is not a little sister."

The aunt shook her head and wanted to say something else, but was pulled away by the young man.

"Mom, come home with me quickly. If you don't go back, my father will scold you again!"

The aunt didn't want to leave, but she was dragged away by the young man.

The aunt turned back to see Su Changan step by step. After the aunt was pulled out of the government office by her son and disappeared, Su Changan looked at Pan Songyan and asked about his aunt's situation with his eyes.Pan Songyan raised his feet and motioned for her to talk while walking.

What happened to this aunt is not a secret.

This aunt's name is Cuigu. She has excellent embroidery skills. When she was young, she married a family of scholars. Her husband was also very successful. She became a scholar at the age of 25. However, she failed to take the exams several times and was never updated. further.

She didn't get anything good in the scientific examination, but on the way to take the exam, she met an orphan girl who sold her body to bury her father. After bringing her back, she insisted on marrying her as an equal wife.

There was no such thing as marrying an equal wife in this dynasty. This was just something the people themselves created, and the yamen did not recognize it.

Cuigu was not crazy at that time, and all the family expenses were paid for by her embroidery. She disagreed and threatened that if he dared to marry an equal wife, she would go to the government.

Later, her husband took the woman as his concubine. In the same year, the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a boy. Cuigu's two children were abducted by traffickers the next month after they were given birth in the concubine's room.

There were two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was the young man named Zhao Qingzhuo. He was ten years old at the time and later ran back on his own.

The girl was six years old at the time. According to Zhao Qingzhuo, they were separated after being abducted. He did not know the whereabouts of his sister.

Since then, Cui Gu has been acting abnormally.

She is usually better, and there is nothing unusual except for being mentally depressed and likes to be in a daze, but if she goes crazy, even her husband would dare to beat her.

If it weren't for the laws of this dynasty, Cui Gu's husband's family would not be able to abandon her in this situation. In addition, Cui Gu could also embroider to supplement the family income when she was normal, she might have 'died' of illness.

Pan Songyan was telling Su Chang'an about Cuigu's family along the way. The key point he said was that Cuigu's husband was a scholar in the county. He had some friendship with the county magistrate and would get together regularly.

And all Su Changan heard was Cuigu's misery and the scholar's lack of integrity. But now she couldn't protect herself. No matter how angry she was, she could only clench her fists and lie on the donkey's side without saying a word. on the back.

Pan Songyan followed the donkey and stared at Su Chang'an from the corner of his eye. She seemed to be very angry. It was not clear whether she was pretending to look like this or whether she sympathized with Cui Gu.

West Street soon arrived, and the courtyard that originally belonged to Zhao Ergou and now belonged to Su Changan also arrived.

The location of this courtyard is quite good. It is located at the entrance and exit of the residential area of ​​ordinary people on West Street, facing the street.

It's just that the yard is not big, and it can be seen that the yard has been divided. A wall was built in the middle of the original yard, and the original large yard was divided into two yards, one large and one small.

Su Changan's donkey and Xiao Huang were very eye-catching, and their group attracted a lot of attention when they came over. Fortunately, Pan Songyan, as a yamen servant, has a strong intimidation effect. Even if someone is covetous of the donkey, No one really came along.

Pan Songyan stood at the door of the courtyard and glanced around. Those who were probing their heads retracted their heads. Only then did Pan Songyan take out the key and unlock the courtyard door.

When he opened the door and saw the mess in the yard, Pan Songyan wrinkled his nose and looked disgusted.

"Zhao Ergou doesn't have any relatives. Don't worry, no one will come to trouble you if you stay here."

After thinking for a while, Pan Songyan added.

"Every day at dawn, a truck comes to collect the night incense, which costs one cent a bucket. If you can't catch up, you can only pour the night incense into the sewer outside the city. There are people guarding it, and you pay two cents a time."

The smell in this yard is not pleasant. You can distinguish the night fragrance that has not been disposed of, the smell of vomit, and the smell of rancid food.

(End of this chapter)