11. What a female tyrant

Fan Changyu found it strange and was about to continue walking home, but the lady said in a subtle way: "People from the casino came to your house again, your husband..."

The figure in front of him flashed, and Fan Changyu picked up a shoulder pole from the wall and rushed into the alley.

The woman did not expect Fan Changyu to be so impatient, and shouted, "Your husband is not injured, it was the people in the casino who were crippled by him!"

But Fan Changyu had already run far away and didn't hear clearly.

From a distance, she saw a lot of people gathered at the door of her house to watch the excitement. Her heart suddenly tensed up, and she tightened her grip on the shoulder pole a little more and shouted, "Get out of the way!"

The onlookers saw her rushing over here with a shoulder pole and quickly moved to both sides.

Just at this moment, the small boss of the casino, Mr. Jin, came out from the gate of the Fan family, which had been demolished, leaning on a long stick and with a ferocious look on his face. When he saw the imposing Fan Changyu, he was hit by a stick and flew to the side before he could react, and fell to the ground.

Fan Changyu leaned on the ground with a shoulder pole in his hand and looked towards his yard, about to say something harsh, but he saw a group of thugs from the casino looking at him with fear on their faces, and they changed their posture of crawling out by dragging their legs to shrink inward.

But inside, sitting on the armchair under the eaves, was a stern man with a gloomy face and a cane in his hand.

The casino thugs, who were caught in a dilemma, huddled together in the yard, trembling in fear. All of them burly and strong men seemed like miserable little cabbages withered in the field.

Fan Changyu:?

She looked at the man sitting under the eaves in disbelief. Was he the one who beat all these people?

He was so badly injured that he had to rely on crutches to walk, how could he still fight?

The neighbors who were watching the excitement at the door thought that Fan Changyu wanted to beat the man again, so they quickly advised: "Changyu, stop beating him. Your husband has already beaten someone. This one's leg is broken! I don't know how much money he will have to pay for medicine!"

When Fan Changyu heard that he had to pay compensation, he hurriedly grabbed the collar of Jin Ye, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and lifted him up.

Master Jin was so frightened that his face turned pale. With two tubes of blood hanging from his nose, he begged for mercy: "Miss Fan, Miss Fan, please be magnanimous and forgive me. I will never dare to do it again!"

He put his hands in front of his face and said, "Stop fighting..."

Fan Changyu pointed at his demolished front door with a stern face and said, "You are just taking advantage of others. You demolished my front door. How can I compensate you?"

We have to settle our losses as soon as possible. It would be best if they break their legs and don't even think about asking us to pay for their medical expenses!

She glanced further inside, but found that apart from a few panic-stricken thugs from the casino huddled together in a circle, there were no bottles or jars broken in the yard!

The man under the eaves sat on the armchair. Although his face was pale, he had an intimidating aura and a strong sense of oppression. The door behind him was also intact, which showed that the people from the casino had never entered the room.

Fan Changyu could only look back and forth at the man for a few times. When she saw a little blood on his collar, she finally found the reason for her outburst and continued fiercely, "My husband is injured. You bullied him with your numbers and beat him up like this. Not to mention the external injuries, I don't know how serious the internal injuries are. How much money will it cost to see a doctor!"

Master Jin quickly reached into his clothes and took out a handful of broken silver coins and copper plates, and handed them all to Fan Changyu: "I'll pay for it! Miss Fan, please let me go!"

Fan Changyu: “…”

She just wanted to scare the people in the casino, but things seemed to be going a little wrong?

As she was distracted, she loosened her grip on Mr. Jin's collar. Mr. Jin was so frightened that he dropped the broken coins and copper coins on the ground and ran away as fast as he could.

Seeing this, the thugs who were trembling in the yard were stunned for a moment, then they took out some copper plates from their collars and put them on the ground, then dragged their lame legs and swiftly rolled out of the Fan family's gate.

The onlookers looked at Fan Changyu and her sickly and pale son-in-law as if they were freaks.

The thugs in the casino not only collected gambling debts, but also often roamed the streets collecting various protection fees. This was the first time someone took money from them.

Fan Changyu was also a little confused.

After the crowd dispersed, she pointed at the door that looked like it had been kicked off its hinges and was tilted inward and asked, "Did they tear down this door?"

The person under the eaves nodded, and Fan Changyu breathed a sigh of relief.

At least no one was wrongly accused!

She picked up the broken silver and copper coins on the ground with a delicate mood, walked over and asked, "I see the gauze on your body is soaked with blood. Is the wound open again?"

Xie Zheng said nothing.

Fan Changyu thought of the people in the casino who were all limping, "You are injured. If you encounter something like this again in the future, just bear with it and try to wait for me to come back and deal with it..."

The other party still didn't say anything. Fan Changyu was also a little embarrassed. After all, all these troubles were caused by her. She said: "The wound keeps opening again and again, and you are the one who suffers."

Xie Zheng finally spoke up: "They are too noisy."

The sunlight shone obliquely, with his nose bridge as the dividing line. The upper half of his face was shrouded in the shadow under the eaves, while the lower half of his face reflected the sunlight. Because of its paleness, it appeared somewhat transparent like ice and snow, cold and distant. It was really a very handsome face.

But his temper is not really good.

When Fan Changyu heard his reasons, he was speechless for a moment.

Xie Zheng didn't seem to want to say more, so he got up and went back to his room.

Little Changning timidly poked half of her head out of the kitchen and called Fan Changyu: "Sister."

Fan Changyu walked over and touched his sister's head, and asked, "Are you scared?"

Chang Ning nodded and shook his head, saying, "Big brother...my brother-in-law is so awesome!"

Fan Changyu was stunned when she heard her address the man. She guessed that it was Aunt Zhao who taught her to call him that. She asked, "You're good at beating up bad guys?"

Little Changning nodded: "Those people said that my brother-in-law was a gigolo and called him a cripple, but my brother-in-law broke their legs!"

When Xiao Changning talked about this, her eyes sparkled. "Sister, what does 'little white face' mean? Does it mean that my brother-in-law has a very white face?"

Fan Changyu thought of what she had just said, and her mood suddenly became complicated. She said to her sister, "These are insulting words. Ning Niang is not allowed to say them. Do you understand?"

Little Changning nodded obediently.

Fan Changyu gave her the bag of maltose he had bought, and told her to play in the yard and not to run too far. He went to find the medicine that was always available at home, walked to Xie Zheng's door, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?" A man's cold and attractive voice came from inside.

Fan Changyu said, "I got you some medicine."

There was no movement inside for a while.

Fan Changyu pursed his lips, and finally said: "I'm sorry, I should have thought of it earlier. If you marry me, they will definitely say a lot of unpleasant things..."

The door suddenly opened and Fan Changyu's voice stopped abruptly.

The other party seemed to be treating a wound just now. At this moment, the outer robe was draped over his shoulders, and only the lower laces of the inner garment were tied. The top laces were not tied in time, revealing a beautiful collarbone and a small part of a muscular chest. On that beautiful and extremely aggressive face, the expression was not very good: "Do you think breaking one of their legs is not enough?"

Fan Changyu shook his head quickly.

Xie Zheng half-raised his eyelids and said, "I wouldn't take the words of a few scumbags to heart. I told you, they are just too noisy."

He turned and went into the house. Fan Changyu followed him in and asked subconsciously, "Do you need my help?"

The man suddenly turned his head and gave her a meaningful look, then tied the last tie of his shirt: "It's done."

Fan Changyu: “…”

It was as if she was giving him medicine to get something from him!

She was holding a newly bought headband in her hand. Giving it to him now seemed like she really had some improper thoughts about him. When he looked at her, she tied it to her high ponytail with a blank expression, "This is a headband I bought for myself."

Dark blue is not a color suitable for women, but she looks surprisingly heroic after putting it on.

Xie Zheng looked a little subtle.

Fan Changyu thought she had saved face. She was not a person who would get angry easily. After putting the medicine bottle on the table, she talked about her visit to the government office today: "Uncle Wang told me that Fan Da submitted a complaint to the county government office. I cannot transfer the property until the case is closed. I think the casino is also resentful of the loss of face last time. After informing Fan Da, they want to force you out in this way."

In the eyes of the people in the casino, he was a stranger who was unfamiliar with Lin'an Town and was injured, so he was hard to control.

After all, ordinary people would be scared out of their wits if they were threatened like this.

Once her son-in-law runs away, all her efforts to recruit money will be in vain, and the real estate will eventually belong to Mr. Fan.

The person who seemed to not care about what she said suddenly said: "The Great Yin Code has an article about establishing a female household, and we should add another one that orphans can also establish a female household."

Fan Changyu knew that a widowed woman could set up her own household, but it was unheard of for an orphan to set up her own household.

For people like her whose parents have both passed away, usually their houses and properties are taken away by their relatives, who then raise them until they are ready to get married.

But how to raise the orphan depends on whether the clan members have a conscience. Those who have no conscience may directly sell the girl to a brothel. Most of the time, they will order the orphan girl around like a slave. When she reaches marriageable age, they will sell her like an animal and marry her to whoever can afford the money.

When her parents had just passed away, Mr. and Mrs. Fan came to her house and said they wanted to take her and Changning away and raise them as their own daughters. Fan Changyu knew what kind of people they were and refused to do so no matter what she said. That's why Mr. Fan came to her house again and again to snatch the land deeds.

She obviously didn't take the other person's words seriously. "The laws are made by those high-ranking officials in the capital. Who of those officials doesn't have three wives and four concubines and many children? It's not their turn to be exterminated. Even if a family is in trouble and there is only an orphan left, the relatives who live with them are also well-known people, and they have enough food and clothing. The officials don't know what kind of life the orphans live in, so how can they make laws for them?"

Xie Zheng remained silent. Before he fell into trouble, he had never even heard of any orphan girls among the people.

Seeing that he was silent, Fan Changyu thought that he had scolded him too harshly. He scratched his hair and tried to make amends: "But if there are officials who know the plight of orphans and are willing to propose legislation for them, that would be a good thing."

Xie Zheng was considering the feasibility of orphans setting up female households: "The court has reduced corvée and taxes for female households. If orphans can set up their own households, they should be treated the same as female households. However, if orphans get married or marry, and a male child is born into the family, they will no longer be exempt from corvée and taxes, and the paperwork is quite complicated."

Fan Changyu was confused when he heard this: "You know so much about the Great Yin Law?"

Xie Zheng knew he had said too much, so he closed his eyes and said, "I'll just travel around and see more."

Fan Changyu did not doubt anything and took out the household registration document from his buttoned pocket: "By the way, your household registration document has been processed. The county officials now arrest vagrants and beggars, and foreigners who enter the city without a household registration pass will be thrown into prison. It is not easy to re-register your household registration nowadays. Uncle Wang also asked for a favor to help you get it done."

Xie Zheng's eyes darkened when he heard this: "Are the police arresting refugees?"

Fan Changyu nodded: "I saw it with my own eyes when I came back. I heard that the Northwest Jiedushi was replaced and he issued the order because he was afraid that bandits and robbers would rob people during the New Year."

As she spoke, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Xie Zheng: "I also heard that Wu'an Hou died on the battlefield in Chongzhou. You fled from Chongzhou. Do you know if this is true?"

“I don’t know.”

Fan Changyu sighed: "It would be a pity if Marquis Wu'an really died."

A hint of mocking smile appeared on the other person's pale face, and he asked, "What's the pity?"

The author has something to say:

Changyu (calculating the losses): It is impossible to compensate for the loss! They demolished my front door and beat up my weak and incapable husband! (Super vicious)

Even later, 100 red envelopes will be given out in this chapter~