This guy really only uses people forward and not backward. Yang Jinyu rubbed his forehead and began to feel a headache for his master!
Last year was his mother's 50th birthday. His father was angry that he didn't want to join the Hanlin Academy and insisted on returning to his hometown to study medicine with his grandfather. The father and son always had unpleasant arguments when they met. So when he returned to Beijing, he didn't stay at home, but went to stay with Huo Jincheng for a few days. He had a deep understanding of Miss A'man.
That's a living ancestor!
The carriage entered the town and stopped in front of Pu Ren Tang. Yang Jinyu and Huo Jincheng got out of the carriage. They were about to walk into the store when they suddenly saw a commotion on the street ahead.
A group of sword-wielding constables came with several prisoners who were tied up. One of them was a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar. He was covered in blood and looked extremely miserable. Some people threw rotten vegetable leaves at them. How could he be a good person when he was being escorted by the police?
Huo Jincheng recognized the scholar at a glance as a scoundrel recruited by Prince Yong's palace, the notorious flower thief Luo Junxian, also known as the Jade-faced Snake King. He was an expert in preparing various snake venoms, and the venom on the arrow that had poisoned him the previous time had come from this man.
He quickly slipped into the carriage. Seeing this, Yang Jinyu stood by the carriage without moving, and told Xiao Si not to rush to drive the carriage. Xiao Si didn't notice Huo Jincheng got back into the carriage, and just thought his son wanted to watch the fun, so he happily followed along for a while.
The constable leading the charge was Ma Fuquan. It was he who killed the Jade-faced Snake King. He arrived at the yamen early this morning to report for duty. As soon as he arrived, he felt the atmosphere was depressing. After asking around, he learned that a number of young women had disappeared in the town in recent days.
For fear of causing panic among the people, the town lord temporarily blocked the news. On the one hand, he sent people to the county government to report and request support, and on the other hand, he ordered the chief constable to lead several of his detectives to investigate secretly.
Ma Fuquan suggested that the captain go to the homes of the people who reported the crime to investigate the scene again. The captain had always relied on him, so he took him to one of the homes again. The woman in that household had been abducted in the middle of the night. He conducted a thorough search of the scene but found no clues.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, wishing that the scent tracking device he used before was still there. As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, a tracker appeared in his hand, just like last time.
He asked the woman's family for a handkerchief that she often used. When he came out, he happened to meet people sent by the county government. Relying on the scent tracker, he led his people to an abandoned house outside the town, surrounded the Jade-faced Snake King and several of his disciples, and caught them all in one fell swoop!
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Dingjia Village.
The old Ding family is holding another family meeting. The topic of this meeting is to discuss whether to take back the old house and drive the fourth family out of Dingjia Village.
The first one to speak was still Mrs. Meng. She hugged Ding Gui, who was missing two front teeth, and went off topic after just a few words. She cursed the fourth family, repeating the same few words over and over again. Mrs. Gao became impatient and felt that she could not grasp the main point every time and would only lead everyone astray.
What's the point of cursing? The fourth room won't lose a piece of meat. She couldn't help but say, "Mom! Aren't we discussing whether to take back the old house? Why don't we vote by raising our hands? Those who agree to take it back raise their hands. The minority obeys the majority."
As she spoke, she glanced at the second-old couple sitting in the corner.
The second son, Ding Youliang, was a man who would not fart even if beaten with three sticks, but his wife, Fang, was a person with her own ideas. Before, Meng had secretly sent someone to tell the couple to come back without telling the old man Ding, but she forced the second son to stay with her father for seven days and send him up the mountain before returning home.
On the day the couple returned, Meng forced them to go to Jian Ning and Ding Youtian to ask for the secret water. Fang, along with the second son, never mentioned the matter. On the way, she warned the second son not to mention it, as it would be useless to do so.
Fang knew that if she could give it, her fourth brother's wife would have given it long ago. There was no need to wait for them to come back and ask for it. If she didn't give it, it would be useless for them to ask for it.
I went to the old house and witnessed the changes in my fourth brother's wife and the life of the fourth branch. These days, Fang has been urging the second brother to ask my parents to separate the family. The second brother refused to give in.
While his parents were still alive, it was extremely unfilial to mention dividing the family property. He could agree to Fang's wishes in other matters, except for the matter of dividing the family property. Fang was so angry that she had been mad at him for the past few days. Although the couple was sitting in a corner at this moment, neither of them paid any attention to each other.
Seeing Gao glance in her direction, Fang said, "Dad and Mom split up the fourth branch, and our second branch wasn't home. Dad and Mom didn't ask for our opinions, so whether Dad and Mom take back the old house or not, our second branch has no say. Everything is up to Dad and Mom, but..."
She changed the subject and continued, "My fourth brother's wife is very popular in the village now. There are more than twenty carriages coming to pick up goods today. If we really drive them away, it will cut off the income of the entire village. Wouldn't they hate us to death? If the whole village hates us, how can we live a good life in the future? Parents should think carefully."
"It's not your son who had his front teeth knocked out. You don't feel sorry, so you're just making sarcastic remarks." Gao glared at Fang. "When they were feasting on meat, did they ever think of giving their parents some soup? They would rather help strangers in the village than their own brothers. They can celebrate on the first day of the month but not us on the fifteenth? The villagers can say whatever they want. Can they talk about it every day, every month, and every year? At most, they will talk about it for a month or so and then slowly stop. What's there to be afraid of? Who doesn't have trouble that people talk about?"
Mrs. Meng said, "That's right. The third elder is right. Who can keep talking about rumors from the beginning of the year to the end of the year? Now that they are gone, our family will still live in the village. After a long time, no one will talk about us anymore."
Old Ding, who had been smoking silently, also showed some emotion. Gao's words touched his heart. They were eating meat without even thinking of giving him a mouthful of soup! He had previously thought that the wine they brewed would not sell for much money, and might even end up in a mess, so he had always watched with indifference. Even when the second son's wife came back and told him that the fourth brother's wife resented her mother-in-law for deafening the third daughter and refused to give them the secret water, he never thought of taking back the house.
But things were different now. Now that they had become powerful and wealthy, yet they refused to give even a fraction of the benefits to their own family, he wanted to ask the Fourth Brothers and the villagers: why, as a father, should he let these unfilial sons, who looked down on their fathers and mothers, live in his house for free? Why did he, the villager, hate them even though he had driven them away?
Having made up his mind, he tapped the cigarette holder hard, rolled up the pipe, and stood up.
"I won't say anything more, and you don't even need to raise your hands to vote. The house is mine, and if he doesn't respect me, I'll take it back! Aren't they rich? If they have the guts, they can go buy a house in town. I'll give them credit for their ability!"
At a command from Old Ding, the whole family went out. He put his hands behind his back and kept a stern face as he led more than 20 people towards the old house.
On the way, a villager saw the whole family heading towards the back mountain. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he guessed it was not a good thing, so he ran to inform the village head.
The old house of the Ding family.
The distillation was in full swing. Old Ding walked in first, followed by a large crowd of people. The fifth old man, Ding Youli, was the first to attack as soon as he entered the yard, shouting, "Fourth old man! I'm going to take this house back. Get out of here with your whole family!"
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