Chapter 238 Connection
Mr. Bai widened his eyes in surprise.
Liu said, "I roughly know why they came. The Jianwei Weir has burst, but the Jianwei Weir needs to be repaired every year, not to mention the first year of Dazhen, when the court allocated a large-scale repair for the Jianwei Weir, which cost a whopping 800,000 taels. How could it burst this year, and with such force and severity?"
Mr. Bai's hands and feet were cold. He opened his mouth and wanted to talk about the heavy rain that lasted for more than half a month.
Liu said, "Even if it was a heavy rain, even if there was a flood, it shouldn't be this serious. Don't you know that only one in ten people living under the Jianwei Weir survived?"
Mr. Bai's throat was dry. He asked, "How could Aunt know so much?"
How do you know?
Of course, we kept sending people to watch and listen!
For the wealthy Liu family, this was not difficult.
Mr. Bai also thought of this and changed the question, "Is Ziqi doing this for the Jianwei Weir?"
"Yes, he once wrote in a letter home that the repair of the Jianwei Weir was not going smoothly." Liu didn't say more details, but this was enough for Mr. Bai.
In other words, Bai Qi died of murder, and it was related to the Jianwei Weir.
What else could it have to do with a large-scale water conservancy project?
It's nothing more than corruption, bribery, and selling inferior products as good ones.
Mr. Bai was silent for a long time before asking, "So what does this have to do with Zhou Yin?"
Liu's eyes were deep. "Qi'er met a couple who helped him when he was escaping. I've been looking for them. Although Qi'er didn't survive in the end, I always wanted to be grateful to them. I didn't expect that they would die too."
In order to conceal the truth from the officials, the people of Qili Village naturally gritted their teeth and answered no matter who asked. Zhou Yin sold himself into slavery and never returned.
In such a remote and poor place, apart from the villagers of Qili Village, only Qian's brothers from her mother's side knew about this. Even Zhou Yin's uncle's family didn't know about it.
Fortunately, he had only been back for two days and was planning to live in his hometown permanently. At that time, all his energy was devoted to his family and village, and he had not had time to inform relatives and friends in other villages, so the matter was kept secret.
If it wasn't Liu who was questioning today, Mr. Bai would not have said anything.
Because of this, even Old Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai, who had been living here, didn't know about it.
Liu wanted to ask someone to investigate, but naturally found nothing.
Mr. Bai knew that Liu must have not told him many things, but this matter was so big that he himself was not sure whether he wanted to know.
Because knowing too much is obviously a danger.
Liu said, "Don't tell anyone about this. We just need to keep it to ourselves."
"Yes, I won't tell Mother either." Mr. Bai asked, "What do you want to do with those people, Aunt?"
Liu was silent.
Mr. Bai had a bad feeling and said quickly, "Aunt, keeping someone like this around is a disaster. You can't think of keeping him here as evidence."
"Then kill him?"
Mr. Bai's face turned pale.
Liu's face also looked unhappy.
None of them had ever killed anyone, nor had they ever seen anyone being killed.
Even though Liu had seen a lot of secrets, it had never involved human lives. Those were three lives at stake. Even if she knew they came for them, she couldn't kill them if she really wanted to.
Mr. Bai was silent for a long time before he said, "How about breaking his limbs, poisoning him and making him mute, and then finding a small farm to keep him?"
Liu: ...
This idea is really not very good.
She lowered her eyes and said after a while, "How about we hand the person over to Lord Wei?"
Mr. Bai was stunned.
Liu looked at the teacup in her hand, unconsciously moving it, and whispered, "The Jianwei Weir breach is such a serious matter. Lord Wei is not here just to provide disaster relief, right?"
Mr. Bai asked, "Aunt, do you have any other evidence?"
Liu shook her head. "No more. None of the people who followed Qi'er back then are alive. You should have seen Zhou Yin being carried back. Didn't you say they had nothing on them?"
"Yes, no."
Liu nodded thoughtfully.
But handing the person over to Wei Zhi...
Mr. Bai gritted his teeth and said softly, "Aunt, I have to think about this matter."
"I have to think about it. I have to think about it too."
"Grandma, grandma——"
Bai Shanbao's voice came closer from afar. Liu looked towards the door, but it was obvious that someone was stopped. The voice of the nanny came from outside, "Young Master, the old lady is talking to the master."
"Let him in."
The nanny heard the old lady's voice and let them go.
Bai Shanbao ran in, bowed to his grandmother and uncle, then stepped forward, hugged Liu's arm and said, "Grandma, I want to go look for Manbao. A lot of tiles fell from her room last night."
"You want to join in the fun, right?"
"No, you won't let me go to school, so let me go see her. Besides, her father is injured, and her brothers are injured too. Didn't you say that we should help each other as neighbors? I have to go and help them."
"Okay," Liu said after a moment's thought, "There are many injured people in their family. Let Daji bring some medicine."
Then he said to the nanny, "Send someone to get some silver. Forget it, let's use copper coins. Give some to every family that was hurt yesterday. Zhou Jin's family suffered the most, so give them five taels of silver. For the other families, give them two hundred coins each."
It’s not much, just enough for medical treatment and medicine, but it is also a little thought from her.
She could feel that the three people who came were not only looking for Zhou Yin, but also for them. She sensed danger from them.
But there was one thing she didn't tell anyone, including her daughter-in-law Zheng.
The Zhou family was also talking about money.
This is different from Liu who could easily provide financial assistance.
It was Qian from the Zhou family who took out the box containing the money first. After taking a look at the copper coins inside, Old Zhou knew that it was not enough, and of course everyone else knew it too.
So Xiao Qian went back to her room and took out her private money.
Seeing this, the second and third wives also took out their private money, and Fang also took Zhou Silang back to get the money.
When Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang saw each other, they slipped away to find Manbao and asked, "Where is the money we saved?"
If we were to ask who is the richest in the family, it would definitely be Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang.
Manbao gave them their money box. The two were reluctant to leave, but still carried it to the main room.
Manbao also brought his own money box.
A little bit adds up to a lot. Seeing so much money, especially the savings of the fifth and sixth brothers, not only Old Zhou but also Mrs. Qian couldn't help but widen their eyes.
Old Zhou looked at it, and then looked at it again. Finally, he couldn't help but slap Zhou Wulang on the head and said, "You are so good! You actually saved so much money. How did you save it?"
You know, he would check the two children's private money from time to time, and he would often take money from them. He knew that the two children had money deposited with Manbao, but he didn't expect it to be so much.
By the way, didn’t they spend a lot when building the new house last year?
Zhou Wulang touched his head and shouted, "This is the money I will use to marry my wife."
(End of this chapter)
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