Yu Tang listened, his heart beating like a drum, and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Wei Xiaochuan asked, "They took in refugees. Can we sue them?"

The imperial court has regulations that prohibit the arbitrarily taking in refugees.

Because these refugees had no household registration and no land, they were likely to take risks and do things that harmed others in order to have enough food and clothing. Usually, when such things happened, the government would either send them back to their hometowns or register them as local residents and reward them for reclaiming wasteland and settling down.

If what Wei Xiaochuan said is true, it would be wrong for the Li family to take in refugees.

In her previous life, she seemed to have heard that the Li family had such an estate, but she didn't pay attention to it at that time. Moreover, the reason why she had an impression of this estate was because later the Li family felt that those refugees were difficult to control and wanted to drive them out of the estate. Some people were unwilling to leave, and there was a disturbance and people died. The Li family reported it to the government, and the government office intervened to settle the matter.

Lin was in a bad mood for several days because of this and even lost her temper at home. She said that people should not be too kind and that the Li family's good deed turned into a bad one. She would never take in these refugees again.

At that time, she also felt that those refugees were ungrateful... But now it seems that the situation is probably not as she understood in her previous life.

Maybe Wei Xiaochuan had hit the jackpot and accidentally discovered an important clue.

Yu Tang said, "After returning from your house, I thought about it for a long time. I felt that if the Li family did something bad, where did they find the people? After all, it was a life. If they took the evidence to the government, they would also be sued. If they want to avoid future troubles, it may be done by their own trusted stewards, or hired people from outside. I have checked the stewards of the Li family. They are all in the city. No one was absent that night. Those hired from outside who dared to do this must be gang members. I also asked around. The famous gang members in Lin'an City have been in Lin'an City these days. None of them ran away..."

Wei Xiaochuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "So, the murderer who killed my second brother might be the refugee from that farm?"

Yu Tang hummed softly.

Wei Xiaochuan said hurriedly: "Then I will take a leave and go to the farm tomorrow to have a look."

"No!" Yu Tang said, "If you are suspected, you won't be able to escape with your small body. We can't act rashly now."

"Okay!" Wei Xiaochuan said sadly, "I heard from my cousin that the people in that farm are well-dressed and well-fed, but they rarely work in the fields. There must be something fishy going on. You should be careful, don't get caught and kill people to silence them. Didn't you say that we shouldn't act on impulse?"

The Li family hired thugs to capture her and ruin her reputation. What is the difference between this and murder to silence her?

Yu Tang said: "Don't worry, I won't go by myself, I'll ask someone to help me."

Wei Xiaochuan thought about it and decided it was okay. He said, "Then I'll go first. It's my first day at the county school and the teachers will take roll call. I can't be late. If you have any news, remember to have someone send me a message."

Yu Tang couldn't keep him, so he said hurriedly, "Take my sedan chair and go over there! I'll pay the bill."

Wei Xiaochuan refused and said, "I'll go through the small road quickly. Don't worry about me. It's a pity that the people in our farm didn't see the faces of the two strangers clearly, otherwise I could bring people to identify them."

Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, the people from your farm didn't see clearly what those two people looked like. If you had just led them there, even if they recognized them, they would have been able to shirk responsibility. This matter cannot be handled so simply and directly, we have to outsmart it. Go to school quickly, I will take care of this matter."

Wei Xiaochuan just wanted to complain a few words, but after hearing this he lowered his head and walked away.

Yu Tang thought about this matter all night after returning home. When it was almost dawn, she finally made up her mind and went to find Yu Wen.

Yu Wen and Chen were sorting out all the things in the house and preparing to send them to Yu Bo's house to arrange Yu Yuan's wedding beautifully.

Yu Tang chatted with his parents for a while and winked at his father.

Yu Wen understood and said to Chen: "I remember a friend came from Meizhou two years ago and brought us a piece of Shujin. You can find that and send it to my elder brother!"

The cloth was too hard and made clothes uncomfortable to wear, but the embellishment was very beautiful. Chen had originally planned to keep it for Yu Tang, but when she heard Yu Wen say this, she hesitated for a moment, thinking that although Shu brocade was rare, it was not impossible to buy, just that it was more expensive. Fortunately, the embellishment did not require that much, so she gave it to Yu Yuan. She agreed and went to the warehouse.

Yu Wen found something for Chen to do, and then he felt relieved and went to the study with Yu Tang.

Yu Tang didn't know that the Shujin horse that originally belonged to him was gone.

She said to Yu Wen, "I met the fifth son of the Wei family when I came back yesterday. He told me that when he went to give a gift to his grandfather during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he found out that there was a farm not far from his grandfather's farm that belonged to the Li family and took in many refugees..."

"How could such a thing happen!" Yu Wen was shocked and said angrily, "If those refugees riot, people will die in Lin'an City. Doesn't the Li family know about this? No, I have to talk to Governor Tang about this."

Yu Tang held his father back and said, "Father, you can't just go to see Magistrate Tang like this."

Yu Wen was puzzled.

Yu Tang said, "Think about it, the Li family is also a family of officials. Others may not know the harm of refugees, but how could they not know? They can hire thugs to arrest me, and they can send refugees to my house to cause trouble. What I mean is, you might as well discuss it with Prefect Tang first and let him investigate in the name of the government office, saying that someone reported that the farm housed people who colluded with the Japanese. If the Li family just took in those people for charity, then it's fine. If it's not right, Prefect Tang will naturally know how to deal with it."

Yu Wen thought about it and felt that this idea was better than going directly to see Prefect Tang.

You know, he didn't know that someone under his rule was taking in refugees. If nothing went wrong, it would be fine. If something went wrong, his three years of political achievements would be over. Even if he was not dismissed, his promotion would be affected. Moreover, the Yu family and the Li family were already at loggerheads. Even if the Li family knew that he was the one who reported it, what would it matter? If he didn't report it to the Li family, would the Li family let the Yu family go?

Yu Wen said, "I know what to say. Go and accompany your mother! The weather is getting colder and colder. I heard that Doctor Yang Yu will come to check the pulse of the eldest wife of the Pei family in a few days. I want to ask him to come and check on your mother. You keep an eye on your mother and don't let her catch a cold. If she catches a cold, you have to wait until she recovers before prescribing tonic medicine. Doctor Yang Yu may not be able to wait until then."

Ever since taking Yang Douxing's medicine, Chen has never been sick. Yu Wen's confidence in Yang Douxing's medical skills has greatly increased. He feels that as long as Yang Douxing can continue to see the patient, Chen's health will never be in trouble.

Yu Tang nodded repeatedly.

Yu Wen went to the yamen.

Yu Tang accompanied Chen to pack up the things that were to be sent to his great uncle's house, and when Yu Wen came back, they went to his great uncle's house together.

On the way, Yu Tang asked his father, "What did Magistrate Tang say?"

Yu Wen said, "Governor Tang thought our family wanted to take revenge on the Li family. Although he agreed to investigate, I didn't think he was very active. I suddenly had an idea and told him that I would go to the Pei family to ask Dr. Yang Yu to help me with my illness. He immediately changed." At this point, he sighed and said, "I owe the Pei family a favor again. I don't know when I can repay it."

The main reason is that I have no way to pay it back.

Yu Tang couldn't think of what Pei Yan was missing.

Especially Pei Yan always felt that she had evil intentions and had ulterior motives in everything she did, and he looked down on her very much.

Thinking of this, Yu Tang sighed a little depressed.

Forget it, she can only repay the Pei family’s kindness in the next life.

What if she still has an afterlife?

After just a few words, they arrived at Yu Bo's house and the matter ended there.

Yu Tang asked Ah Tiao to give some change to Ah Liu, who sold pears in Xiaomei Creek, and asked him to keep an eye on the Li family.

Within a few days, people in Lin'an City started to spread the rumor that the Li family had taken in a lot of refugees out of kindness, but the prefect Tang found out about it and sent people to check if the refugees had committed any crimes. However, the refugees were guilty, and when the people from the yamen went in to check, they clashed with the refugees, and two yamen runners died.

The Li family was shocked and regretted taking these people in out of kindness. The eldest son of the Li family personally dealt with the matter. Not only did he appease the farmers of the surrounding farms, he also took out money to bury the two yamen runners and gave them a large pension.

Yu Tang sneered.

She just didn't believe that her trick of luring the snake out of its hole would fail.

But if those two people showed up, how would she catch them?

Yu Tang was thinking about who to ask for help.

If only she had more brothers!

While she was sighing there, Magistrate Tang suddenly came to visit Yu Wen.

Yu Tang asked Shuang Tao to eavesdrop on what was going on while serving tea to Magistrate Tang.

Shuang Tao came to tell her, "Prefect Tang came to apologize to our old man. He said that the last time, the eldest son of the Li family came to ask him in person, and he couldn't keep it secret, so he told the eldest son of the Li family what happened. Fortunately, the eldest son of the Li family is a reasonable person, and he said that he was sorry to our old man. He also said that when the matter was settled, he would come to apologize in person, and asked the old man not to mention this matter when he went to the Pei family." After that, she squinted her big eyes and asked Yu Tang curiously, "Miss, what happened? Why did Prefect Tang come in person to apologize to our old man?"

"Don't mind your own business." Yu Tang dismissed Shuang Tao perfunctorily, but in his heart he despised Magistrate Tang.

He didn't come to apologize to her father, but to tell her father that the Li family knew that it was her father who reported the matter, and he came to inform her father for the sake of the Pei family. He also told her father that Li Duan had already intervened in this matter, and if there was any rift between the Yu and Li families, it was none of his business.

No wonder Governor Tang served as the local official in Lin'an for nine years before being transferred. With such a cowardly attitude of trying to keep things quiet, please both sides and not daring to take responsibility, there is no way he can become a high-ranking official!

Yu Wen had already prepared to break off relations with the Li family, so he naturally did not care about what Governor Tang said. He warmly entertained Governor Tang, talked about poetry and songs with him, and made an appointment to go climb a mountain to appreciate chrysanthemums during the Double Ninth Festival. He did not mention the conflict with the Li family at all.

Governor Tang originally made this trip for the sake of the Pei family. If the Pei family continued to protect the Yu family, the Li family would not be able to do anything even if they knew about it. If the Pei family did not care, the Yu family would be like an egg against a rock, and he would at most sigh.

He just needs to clear himself out of the matter. As for the others, he doesn't want to offend anyone and he doesn't have the ability to control them.