The next day, Ah Chun brought Li Muyan's reply.
Above is a shop decoration drawing that Li Muyan redrawn based on Gu Nian's ideas, and the rest of the words are just nonsense in Gu Nian's opinion.
Therefore, Gu Nian did not reply to the letter, but directly asked Ah Chun to send a message back, saying that the decoration should be done according to this blueprint.
After Ah Chun left, Gu Xin ran home and pulled Gu Nian, saying, "Sister, come on, let's go see what's going on!"
Gu Nian asked, "What's all the excitement about? It's been raining for so long, the roads outside are impassable, and people are still making a fuss about it?"
Gu Xin chuckled and said, "It's really lively! Zhang Yunyun's older brother has been arrested by the government officials!"
Gu Nian was taken aback: "What? Isn't Zhang Yunyun's older brother a scholar? A Xiucai, no less. What did he do to get arrested?"
Gu Xin: "I don't know either! Sister Huihui and Sister Sisi have already gone, let's go too."
Gu Nian had a premonition that this commotion was definitely orchestrated by her father.
Last time, the Zhang family women came and beat her mother. Gu Nian and the younger girls went to avenge her, but it was only a small amount and didn't punish them at all.
She thought her father was holding back his actions until after the imperial examination, waiting to make his move after the examination!
It seems that her father is secretly doing something again.
The two sisters stepped into the mud and arrived at the Zhang family's house.
At this moment, the Zhang family was still surrounded by people, but the county government officials had already taken Zhang Yunfu away.
Zhang Yunfu is the eldest son of Zhang Lizheng and Xu Shi, and the elder brother of Zhang Yungui and Zhang Yunyun. He passed the county-level imperial examination two years ago, but failed to pass the provincial-level imperial examination that year. He has been studying in the county for the past two years.
He married the only daughter of the oil mill owner in the county town, and they already had two sons. The family of four lived in a small courtyard in the county town and rarely came back. Gu Nian had only seen him once and didn't have much of an impression of him.
Zhang Yunfu was envied by the villagers because he had passed the imperial examination at the county level, had a village head as his father, and his wife's family was also quite wealthy. They all wanted to curry favor with him.
So, when he got into trouble, wouldn't there be a lot of people rushing to see what was going on?
Unfortunately, Gu Xin and Gu Nian arrived too late. They could only see the departing carriage of the yamen and the old lady Zhang and Madam Xu sitting on the bluestone floor, crying loudly despite the wet ground.
Gu Xin, with her sharp eyes, spotted Gu Hui and Gu Si under the tree in front of the Zhang family's house. She pulled Gu Nian over and asked, "Sister Huihui, what's going on?"
Gu Hui said, "Kill him."
Gu Xin: "!"
Gu Nian asked curiously, "Who did you kill? It's been raining these past few days, hasn't it? He seemed to have been home the previous few days!"
Gu Si: "It's because he killed someone and ran back to the village to hide. The net of justice is vast and its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it. Even after so many days of rain, it hasn't washed away the evidence. Our Lord Yan is discerning and observant. Ah, sisters, let's go to the yamen to watch the trial!"
Gu Xin: "Okay, okay! Let Brother Yuanyuan take us. We need to buy things to prepare food for the Mid-Autumn Festival anyway."
The sisters had made their arrangements and were about to go find Lu Zheng when Zhang Yunyun rushed over, her eyes red, and stopped them: "You're not allowed to go! It must be you! It must be you! How could my brother kill someone? You must be the ones who did it!"
Gu Hui crossed her arms: "Zhang Yunyun, if you have a problem with your brain, go see a doctor. Coming to us is useless!"
Zhang Yunyun glared fiercely at the four sisters: "It must be you! Because our two families fought last time, and your family has a good relationship with Magistrate Xin. Even Magistrate Xin's wife came last time, so he must have helped you. My eldest brother is a scholar, how could he kill someone! It must be you!"
Gu Xin glared at Zhang Yunyun: "You really think highly of our family, even getting the county magistrate to help you cheat and frame your brother for murder! Do you know what murder is? It's a capital offense! Don't spout nonsense when you don't know anything! You're just jealous that our family is doing well. Now that your family is in trouble, you're trying to pin it on us and make us suffer the same fate as you? Let me tell you, that's impossible! We're upright and honest! I'm just here to see your brother on trial! Humph!"
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