super concubine

Chapter 10
"Hmph, today I, a vulgar person from a merchant's family, have only seen what is called a scholarly family style. Your Xiao family is so deceptive. I, Qiao Zheng, remember it. Let's wait and see!"

After Qiao Zheng left a harsh word, Qiao Wenxuan also asked Yuniang to walk outside Xiao's house.

Since Meng Qiuxiang admitted that the marriage between Yuniang and Xiao Hao three years ago was invalid and the marriage certificate was torn up, there is no point in staying in the Xiao's house to quarrel. It is better to take Yuniang back first, and then sue the Xiao family to the county government .

After Qiao Zheng made up his mind to pay attention, of course he left the Xiao's house without looking back. As soon as he left the Xiao's house, he bumped into Hu Yunxue.

Hu Yunxue had just heard about Yuniang's disappearance, so she planned to come over to take a look, but she didn't expect to run into Qiao Zheng and Yuniang head-on.

"Yu Niang..." Hu Yunxue shouted.

There was no light in Yuniang's eyes, and she was stunned, but when she heard Hu Yunxue's cry, she woke up and covered herself. She quickly broke free from Qiao Wenxuan, but was grabbed by Qiao Zheng, and Yuniang was caught by Qiao Zheng. Dare to resist, so he had to shout: "Ziheng!"

Qiao Zheng shouted: "Bastard, isn't that enough? Does the Xiao family have anything to do with you?"

Only then did Yu Niang wake up, yes, it turned out that she had nothing to do with the Xiao family at all!
Lowering her head in frustration, Yuniang let Qiao Wenxuan help her into the carriage, and then left Changle Town.

Hu Yunxue watched the carriage go far away, then frowned and walked into Xiao's courtyard.

The hall was very quiet, Xiao Mo's face was extremely pale, Meng Qiuxiang lowered his head and remained silent, Qiao Zheng's face was ugly, and the middle-aged man looked at Xiao Mo with interest.

Coming to Xiao Mo's side, Hu Yunxue asked with concern: "Ziheng, what happened?"

Seeing that it was Hu Yunxue, Xiao Mo shook his head and gave a wry smile.

Seeing that Xiao Mo was in distress, the middle-aged man next to Lin Chong laughed.

After the middle-aged man laughed, Lin Chong cupped his fists at him a little embarrassedly and said, "I made you laugh!"

grown ups?

Hearing what Lin Chong called the middle-aged man, Xiao Mo and Hu Yunxue looked at each other.

The middle-aged man said: "Oh? Where are you kidding me?"

Lin Chong said respectfully: "The matter of the Xiao family is indeed a bit wrong, but please forgive me, the Xiao family is a scholarly family in this town. I'm afraid it's out of righteousness, I don't want to delay other girls!"

Seeing Lin Chong speaking for the Xiao family, the middle-aged man nodded and said: "Yes, it is human nature for Xiao's mother to force her son to pay homage to the Qiao family girl out of selfishness. However, according to my opinion, this Xiao's mother tore up the marriage certificate just now, I'm afraid it's a fake!"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Xiao Mo and Lin Chong were surprised again. Lin Chong was surprised because what the middle-aged man said was true or not. If it was true, why did Xiao's mother lie just now?

But Xiao Mo was surprised by the 'I am' that the middle-aged man said!
Seeing Xiao Mo's surprised look, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "That's right, I am the county magistrate of Shen County!"

He is Li Ji, the county magistrate of Shen County?

Xiao Mo's heart was shocked, he quickly stood up with the chair on his hands, and was about to salute Li Ji.

Li Ji, the son of Li Zhun, a famous Prime Minister of the An Dynasty, is 34 years old this year. He was born as a Jinshi. But he has not been so outstanding, so every three years when he is transferred, he is always a county magistrate, and he has not been promoted!
In fact, with Li Zhun in the court, it is not difficult for Li Ji to want to be promoted, but Li Zhun has never allowed Li Ji to be promoted. On the one hand, it is true that Li Ji has not done much in these years; To raise prestige outside, in the An Dynasty, after the students reached the first degree, they would usually be sent out to serve as officials for a period of three years. The longer they stayed outside, the better their political achievements, and the higher their prestige after being transferred to the capital.

Moreover, since the war between the An Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom in the north three years ago, although the two sides finally signed a peace treaty, the treaty stipulated that the An Dynasty must pay the Liao Kingdom 60 taels of old coins every year, and call the Liao Kingdom "brother", so In the eyes of the ministers, this was an insult to the state system, and Li Zhun was dismissed because of this, and he was laid off in his hometown of Jiangning.

After returning to his hometown, Li Zhun has been keeping a low profile, preparing to spend the rest of his life in peace. As for Li Ji, he didn't bother to care about it.

Seeing that Xiao Mo was about to salute, Li Ji knew that Xiao Mo was sick, so he stopped him, and then said to Xiao Mo: "There is no need to salute, this official is a private visit in a micro-service to investigate the drought situation in Changle Town, so this Gifts can be waived!"

Xiao Mo just sat down, but Hu Yunxue is different from Xiao's mother, both of them are not sick, so they still have to greet.

But Li Ji was spared one by one. Seeing Hu Yunxue Ziheng, Li Ji was stunned for a moment, but then he returned to normal, and then said to Mother Xiao: "I don't know what I just said, but it is true?"

Xiao's mother has never left Changle Town in her life, where has she seen such a high official as the county magistrate?So I didn't dare to hide anything, so I just nodded.

Seeing Mother Xiao nodding, Lin Chong asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you doing this, why are you telling such a lie?"

Xiao's mother just shook her head and said nothing, but Li Ji said: "In my opinion, I'm afraid Madam thinks that the Xiao family is in decline and doesn't want to delay the girl of the Qiao family, but the girl of the Qiao family is also a loyal person, and she refuses to leave Xiao. That's why I came up with such a bad plan to make Qiao Yuniang give up!"

It was only then that Lin Chong and Xiao Mo suddenly realized, and understood Xiao's mother's intentions, and Hu Yunxue also realized why Yuniang became listless and depressed just now.

At this time, Li Ji said again: "Ma'am is really kind, and I don't want to delay Qiao Yuniang, but if this happens, the Qiao family will not give up, I'm afraid they will go to my county government office to file a complaint tomorrow."

"Ah?" Hu Yunxue was surprised when she heard the words, and then asked: "Then what should I do?"

After all, Hu Yunxue looked at Xiao Mo worriedly, and upon hearing Hu Yunxue's question, Li Ji pointed at Hu Yunxue and asked, "Who is this girl?"

Hu Yunxue bowed to Li Ji, and said: "Hu Yunxue, a civilian girl, is the daughter of Hu Langzhong in Changle Town!"

Li Ji nodded, not knowing what he was thinking about, and said after a while: "So it's Miss Hu, what Miss Hu said just now, don't worry at all, since I know what the Xiao family did, it's out of conscience, It will not make a judgment against the Xiao family, but there is a question, I want to ask Ziheng."

Xiao Mo is a scholar, he can be exempted from courtesy when meeting officials, and in order to show the imperial court's preferential treatment for students, so ordinary officials always address scholars by words when they see scholars.

Xiao Mo said: "My lord, just ask!"

Li Jidao: "I don't know how Ziheng wants me to handle the matter between you and the Qiao family?"

Hearing this, Xiao Mo glanced at Li Ji, wondering what Li Ji meant by asking.

Obviously, if Li Ji wants to help the Xiao family, then he will settle the case in a peaceful manner in the courtroom in the future, so as not to let the Xiao family suffer, so what is he asking in front of everyone? mean?
wrong!Xiao Mo seemed to have thought of something, and his mind was spinning rapidly.

With Li Ji's wisdom, if he can see that Xiao's mother is lying, then he must also be able to see Yuniang's affection for him, so he asked this question!
Thinking of this, Xiao Mo said to Li Ji: "It's up to the adults to decide, even if the adults want to punish the students, or even serve in the military and be punished, the students will never complain!"

Hearing this, Li Ji asked, "I just said that the Xiao family didn't make any serious mistakes, so why did Ziheng want to be punished in such a hurry?"

Xiao Modao: "Yu Niang has suffered a lot of grievances in the Xiao family for three years, and she has also given me and my mother a kindness. It is my Xiao family who is ashamed of Yu Niang and deserves to be punished!"

Only then did Li Ji chuckle, and said to Lin Chong: "Lin Lizheng, the person you recommended to me is really interesting, but I don't know if Ziheng can solve the crisis in Changle Town as Liang An said. !"

It turns out that the real purpose of Li Ji's visit to Xiao's house tonight is this!
Then Lin Chong said to Xiao Mo: "Nephew, don't blame me, my lord and I were at home earlier, when we met that useless boy in our family, I realized that Ziheng had already woken up, and there was still a way to drain Feishui, so... ...Hehe, Ziheng, since the affairs of the Qiao family are in the hands of adults, there is no need to worry, let me tell you, how can the drought in this town be resolved?"

This is to discuss business matters with Xiao Mo, Hu Yunxue is ice smart, seeing Lin Chong and Li Ji's serious expressions, she helped Xiao's mother and said to the three of them: "Auntie is not feeling well, I will accompany her back to the room first!"

After Hu Yunxue and Mother Xiao left, Xiao Mo said, "Your Excellency is not only here for the town of Changle, is it?"

Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Lin Chong and Li Ji looked at each other and smiled. Xiao Mo's words showed that Xiao Mo really had a way!
However, it is difficult to say whether the method will work. After all, Xiao Mo has been lying on the bed for three years, and he is recovering from a serious illness. Condition.

There has been no rain for three years. All the fields in Shen County, except for a few towns with low terrain that have been successfully diverted from the Feishui River, can barely cultivate some crops. Others include Changle Town, Qiao'an Town, and the northwest of Huaji Town. In a large area, not only the fields could not be cropped, but even the weeds were dead!

Two and a half towns account for [-]% of Shen County's population and land. If there is no harvest this year, the entire Shen County may suffer from famine. After three years of severe drought, Shen County has long been short of food, and now it is at the end of its battle.

Even if Li Ji could persuade those big families in Shen County to take out the food they had hoarded, he probably wouldn't be able to supply the county's large population for long.

But these are not the key point. The key point is whether Xiao Mo can divert the Fei water up. If the Fei water can really be diverted to Changle Town, and then to Qiao'an Town and Huaji Town, then Li Ji is risking his life. The world is so bad that it will force those big households to spit out the food they have hoarded.

Once the problem of water source can be solved, then the drought can be easily solved. It will not only allow Shen County to grow food in disaster years, but also solve the crisis of famine in the whole county. It can be said to be a very great political achievement!

Political achievements are exactly what Li Ji needs now, because next year will be the year when Li Ji's term in Shen County will expire. Licheng was transferred to the capital to work locally.

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