Queen's Development

Chapter 59 Men's Clothing
Yu Zhi was so happy that she didn't notice Lin Jia's abnormality at all. After hugging Lin Jia, she rushed over to pick up the blue servant's clothes, hat, shoes and socks, and ran out like a deer.

Lin Jia: "..."

After a cup of tea, Lin Jia heard a light cough from outside the room, and then the newly changed gauze curtain on the door was opened a crack, and Yuzhi, dressed as a servant, came in with her head looking at it with bright eyes. Lin Jia: "My lord, is it appropriate for me to dress like this?"

Lin Jia looked at Yuzhi, and saw that her black hair was combed up and tied on the top of her head with a blue ribbon. Her white and tender face was unpainted, her eyebrows were thick and her eyes were bright red, and she was clearly a very handsome servant girl. , raised his hand against the tip of his nose, and smiled slightly: "Very suitable."

After hearing Lin Jia's words, Yu Zhi was overjoyed, and immediately jumped in: "My lord, I will accompany you to the county government office!"

Seeing her so happy and jumping up and down, Lin Jia was also happy in her heart, and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay!"

Ah Qing and Ah Lan were waiting for Lin Jia at the door of the duty room, seeing Lin Jia bringing out Yu Zhi who was dressed as a servant, they all had smiles on their faces, they took a step behind, followed closely behind Yu Zhi, and then Follow Lin Jia to enter through the back door of the county government office.

After passing the road from the inner house to the county government, Yuzhi has walked it several times, but she has never been so happy as today. She feels like springs are installed on the soles of her feet, and she is jumping with joy at every step. She can't wait to sing and dance. to celebrate.

Lin Jia went to the outer study first, and sat down behind the desk.

Ah Qing was in charge of guiding Yuzhi, and explained in detail what Yuzhi should do—Yuzhi was mainly responsible for paperwork and serving tea and water.

Yuzhi had a particularly good memory, Ah Qing only said it once, and she wrote it down and repeated it to Ah Qing.

Ah Qing knew that Yuzhi was smart, but she didn't expect Yuzhi to be so smart—she only listened to so many things and remembered them all—he smiled and gave Yuzhi a thumbs up to show his appreciation.

With the help of Ah Qing, Yuzhi quickly entered the role, took a stack of files and sat down behind a small desk prepared for her in the study, and began to read the files.

Lin Jia sat behind the desk and quietly wrote the documents.

Not long after, Ah Qing walked in and reported, "My lord, someone is beating the drums to complain!"

Lin Jia didn't speak immediately, but turned to look at Yuzhi, and found that Yuzhi's eyes were shining brightly, eager to look at him, he couldn't help feeling amused, and said, "Yuzhi should go and see too!"

Yuzhi smiled all over her face, and answered "Yes" crisply.

Lin Jia sat behind the black lacquered case, with the secretary Xu Wenju sitting on his right hand, the county magistrate Hu Yingzhi and the chief secretary Shen Qiuming on his left.

Yu Zhi, who was dressed as a servant in Tsing Yi, stood beside Lin Jia, her big eyes were full of curiosity, looking at the hall.

Hu Yingzhi wore an official uniform today, which was rare, and sat in his seat.

After he sat comfortably, he raised his eyes to look at Lin Jia, but saw a young servant who had never seen Lin Jia standing beside him. .

Yuzhi found out that Hu Yingzhi recognized her, so she blinked at Hu Yingzhi and signaled Hu Yingzhi not to expose her.

Hu Yingzhi lowered his eyes, thinking silently: Lin Jia is not a person who does not distinguish between public and private, how much does he love Yuzhi, and actually brings Yuzhi to the lobby of the county government office?

At this moment, a woman's loud cry came from outside: "My lord, please let the old woman decide! The old woman's son was killed!"

The cries got closer and closer, and soon an old couple dressed as wealthy households in the countryside were ushered in by the yamen servants.

The woman stumbled in, and as soon as she entered the lobby, she knelt down with a "plop" and said, "My lord, my eldest son disappeared for no reason. It must be my bad eldest daughter-in-law who colluded with the adulterer and got me The eldest son was harmed!"

The old man was silent at first, but knelt down with the old woman.

Hearing the old woman's crying, he hurriedly reprimanded in a low voice: "This is the magistrate's court, don't talk nonsense!"

The old woman wiped her tears with a handkerchief, sobbing softly.

Lin Jia picked up the gavel and knocked on it, and began to ask questions.

The old lady Xu's face was full of tears, and she cried, "My lord, the eldest son of the old lady is gone! He's gone!"

Lin Jia's slender fingers tapped on the black lacquered desk.

Alan on the side said in a deep voice, "Speak well!"

Hearing this, Old Man Xu raised his hand and patted Old Madam Xu's hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Hearing what old man Xu said, Mrs. Xu was furious, and immediately said: "I have to say it! I have to say it!"

She kowtowed to Lin Jia again, took out a sweat towel from her sleeve pocket and wiped it vigorously on her face before she started talking.

It turned out that the old man and the old woman were Xu old man and Xu old lady from Xujiagou in the west of the city.

Old man Xu and Mrs. Xu have two sons. Xu Erlang died of illness last year, and Mrs. Xu remarried. Old man Xu and Mrs. Xu lived with Mr. Xu.

Unexpectedly, more than ten days ago in the middle of the night, Xu Dalang and Mrs. Xu had a quarrel, and went out angrily, but they never came back, and there is no news so far.

Mrs. Xu suspected that Mrs. Xu and her adulterer had killed her eldest son, so she dragged Mr. Xu to sue.

As soon as Yuzhi heard Mrs. Xu say that her family was from Xujiagou in the west of the city, she immediately thought that Mrs. Xu was also from Xujiagou, so she listened intently.

The more she heard it, the more wrong it became. Xu Er died, and Xu Er's wife remarried—is this the Xu family's parents-in-law who sold Xu Er's wife?
Yuzhi carefully observed Mrs. Xu and Old Man Xu, and found that Mrs. Xu was about half a hundred years old, with gold hairpins on her hair, gold earrings on her ears, and clothes made of silk and satin. The family background is good.

Old Madam Xu's eyes kept weeping. Although she kept wiping her eyes, the tears never stopped, and the handkerchief she used was also made of fine silk.

Yuzhi observed Old Man Xu again, and found that Old Man Xu looked quite decent, and looked much younger than Mrs. Xu.

When the old lady Xu was crying, the old man Xu kept his head down, as if it wasn't his own son who was missing; occasionally when he looked up, his eyes were uncertain, as if he had a guilty conscience.

Seeing this situation, Yuzhi couldn't help being suspicious.

Lin Jia's expression did not change, and her long eyes looked at the old couple kneeling in the hall with a touch of thought.

Old man Xu knelt there silently.

The old lady Xu took a step on her knees, looked at Lin Jia with tears all over her face, and hissed, "My lord, I beg you to make the decision for this old lady!"

As she spoke, she began to cry again: "My eldest son..."

Lin Jia had already asked about the situation, and said, "Take the Xu family and his wife down to have a rest. Don't go out during this period, and wait for the county government to summon you at any time!"

The old lady Xu was stunned there, and was patted on the head by the old man Xu, and then she came to her senses, knowing that the magistrate had accepted the case, she immediately kowtowed three times: "Thank you, my lord! It’s really a shining mirror!”

Old man Xu dragged Mrs. Xu away.

After returning to the study, Yuzhi brewed Mingqian Maojian for Lin Jia in a green porcelain tureen and sent it over.

Lin Jia was reading the records of the secretary Xu Wenju's questioning and answering. When she saw Yuzhi coming in with a green porcelain tureen on a tray, she pointed at the front of the desk with her slender fingers and said, "Put it here!"

Yuzhi gently placed the bisque tureen on the spot pointed by Lin Jia, but did not leave immediately.

Lin Jia glanced at her, then lowered her head and continued to read the records.

Yuzhi always felt that what she didn't say was really panicking, but when she said it, she was afraid that Lin Jia would think that she was meddling in her own business and would not take her out to play in the future, so there was a lot of conflict.

Seeing Yuzhi standing quietly in front of the desk for a while, then walking away; coming back and standing there for a while, then walking away again, Lin Jia was angry and funny, and looked up at Yuzhi: "Speak up if you have something to say!"

Hearing this, Yu Zhi trotted over to Lin Jia's desk, clasped her hands together and her eyes lit up: "My lord, then I really said it!"

Lin Jia glanced at her: "Speak!"

If Yu Zhi was not allowed to say it, Yu Zhi would walk back and forth over and over again without dazzled his eyes!
Yu Zhi supported the edge of the desk with both hands, and said seriously: "My lord, the old couple named Xu just now seem to be the in-laws of our cook, Mrs. Xu!"

Lin Jia raised her eyes to look at Yuzhi when she heard that, "Is that the cook you bought back?"

"It's her," Yuzhi nodded, and said, "I went to Mrs. Renyazi Wu Yuhui's house, and saw Mrs. Xu's mother and daughter being sold by their parents-in-law. Seeing how pitiful they are, I bought them back!"

There was a hint of deep thought in her big eyes: "My lord, Mrs. Xu's life experience is very consistent with the situation described by the old man Xu and Mrs. Xu. If Mrs. Xu is really the second daughter-in-law of the old man and Mrs. Xu, we Seeing that the Xu family's old couple are dressed as wealthy households, since they are wealthy households, why would they sell their widowed daughter-in-law and granddaughter?"

Lin Jia observed the expressions of the old man Xu and the old lady Xu in the courtroom, and felt that the case was tricky, so after hearing Yuzhi's words, she said, "Go and bring Mrs. Xu and her mother and daughter over for questioning!"

Yuzhi answered "yes" and hurried out.

Lin Jia couldn't help laughing as she looked at Yu Zhi's leaving back.

When Yuzhi was wearing women's clothes, she was clearly a daughter with a gentle manner, but as soon as she changed into a servant girl, she immediately transformed into a servant girl, and she lost all her girlishness, and even walked much faster than before, it was like a gust of wind generally.

He took a sip of the tea made by Yuzhi, and felt that the taste of the tea was very pleasant, neither strong nor weak, and the tea was fragrant, so he couldn't help smiling——Jade Zhi is really his treasure!
Mrs. Xu Er was taking Jin'er to dry the freshly washed clothes in the backyard, when she heard Yu Zhi calling her, she hurriedly went up to meet her, and said with a smile: "Miss Yu Zhi, my servant is here!"

Seeing Yuzhi dressed as a servant, she couldn't help but shyly smiled.

Jin'er watched from the side, also smiling with squinted eyes.

Yuzhi stepped forward to hold Second Lady Xu's hand, and found it was a little cold, so she quickly warmed her with her own hand, and then said in a low voice: "Second Lady, today I am going to work in the county government with your lord, there is a couple from Xu Old Mrs. Xu from Jiagou came to report to the police, saying that their eldest son Xu Shaozong had disappeared, and it was suspected that Mrs. Xu and her adulterer had killed him..."

She was talking, but her eyes were on Mrs. Xu, observing her reaction.

Xu Erniang's body shook, and she almost fell to the ground.

Yuzhi hurriedly hugged her.

Jin'er's face was pale, and she stepped forward and grabbed Mrs. Xu's skirt.

Mrs. Xu Er's face was sallow, her lips were white, her whole body was trembling, and her voice was full of fear: "Xu Shaozong is the eldest uncle of the slave family, and the husband of the slave family who died is Xu Er, whose name is Xu Lizong!"

Seeing that Mrs. Xu was like this, Yuzhi knew that there must be something inside, so she helped Mrs. Xu to sit down on a wooden stool beside her, and she herself sat down next to Mrs. Xu.

Second Lady Xu burst into tears at some point.

Yu Zhi put her arms around her, and said softly: "Don't worry, it's me, and we adults are the ones to make the decisions for you. If you have any grievances, tell them all!"

(End of this chapter)