After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 66 Why Should I Help You?
So she can't do anything against Liu Guangzong, the culprit?
Lin Xi felt a little irritated in her heart.

"Didn't Liu Yaozu get imprisoned? Did he recruit Liu Guangzong?"

Lin Wushang: "No, Liu Yaozu probably also knew that only by saving Liu Guangzong would he have a chance to get out of prison, so he refused to admit it. He only said that he suspected that the Lin family killed his father and wanted to take revenge on the Lin family."

Lin Xi: "How many years will he be imprisoned like this?"

Lin Wushang: "I can't say for sure. It depends on the county magistrate's intention. It may take a few years at most, or he may be released after a few slaps. After all, it is just a dispute between the villagers and no casualties were caused. However, the county magistrate should impose a heavy sentence." , Liu Guangzong will spend the next three years in prison."

After all, it was him, the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, who personally sent someone to report the case. Although he did not deliberately tell the county magistrate, people in the officialdom liked to speculate on the case, and the county magistrate would not let it go lightly.

Lin Xi stroked the cool and smooth chess piece in her hand. It had only been three years, so Liu Yaozu was really cheap.

Lin Wushang: "There is another news about the Liu family——"

Lin Xi: "Say."

Lin Wushang laughed. Her bossy and natural attitude made him seem like her subordinate.

But looking at her chubby profile, he didn't have any temper at all.

"Liu Guangzong wanted to attend the birthday party of Mrs. Cheng's family and needed a sum of money to get an invitation. However, he found that his family did not have much savings, so he turned to his unmarried sister Liu Hong and wanted to marry her to the town. I will take Master Zhu as my concubine so that I can get a generous bride price."

Lin Xi: "The Liu family doesn't have much savings?" This shouldn't be the case.

She had heard the Lin family mention in their chats that the Liu family had thirty acres of land, two boats, a mule, and a tofu workshop.

Of the two boats, one was originally driven by Liu Jingen to pick up passengers in the town and also helped people transport goods.The other one was rented out.

After Liu Jingen's death, both Liu's boats were rented out, with a monthly rent.

The tofu workshop is not large in scale. It is a small family-style workshop. It is run by Liu Zhaodi and his daughter-in-law and daughter, and they can make money every month.

Finally, there is the bulk of the thirty acres of land. In this era when the average family asset is only two or three acres of land, the Liu family can be said to be a real small landowner.

In rural areas, you basically don't have to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. Food and drink are all produced in your own fields, and the clothes you wear are also made by yourself.

Under such circumstances, the Liu family has no savings?
"You said you don't have much savings. Are you talking about your own wealth?"

Lin Wushang shook his head, "Liu Guangzong found Liu Zhaodi's hidden private money, and there was only less than ten taels of silver."

Lin Xi: "That's really not much. Where did the Liu family spend their money?"

Lin Wushang: "Liu Guangzong studied in the Cheng family in the county. He spent a lot of money every month on pen, ink, paper, inkstones, clothes and favors... almost all the money earned by the Liu family was spent on him."

The whole Liu family hopes that Liu Guangzong, as the name suggests, will become an official by virtue of his studies and achieve a class leap, so that the Liu family will be glorious.

So I had high hopes for him and tried my best to provide him with financial support.

No wonder.

It would not be unusual even in later generations for the entire family to support their son.

Liu Guangzong, who was supported, obviously had no self-awareness and thought that in addition to supporting him, his family also saved a lot of money.

Now that Liu Jingen and Liu Zhaodi are dead, Liu Guangzong has no old man to gnaw on, and he actually wants to take advantage of his unmarried sister.

Lin Xi: "When will Liu Hong get married?"

Lin Wushang: "Three days later."

Five days later was the birthday party for Mrs. Cheng's family. In order to squeeze in, Liu Guangzong had to use money to clear the way. In order to get the money before then, he chose the closest date and couldn't wait to sell his sister.

Lin Xi: "Do me a favor. On the day of Liu Hong's wedding, use a straw man to trick her out and find a way out for her."

Liu Guangzong wants to sell his sister for money?dream.

Of course, there was another reason why she did this. She was grateful to Liu Hong for protecting Cuiniang that day.

The Liu family is full of bad people, but this girl is a good bamboo shoot among a bunch of bad bamboos.

Lin Wushang: "Why should I help you?" Lin Xi: "Use the hexagram chip."

Lin Wushang frowned, "For Liu Hong, are you going to use the hexagram chip I gave you?"

Does she know the weight of that hexagram chip?

Lin Xi: "No? Does this matter violate your principles?"

Lin Wushang: "No."

Lin Xi naturally knew the weight of Gua Chuo, but in her heart, Lin Wushang would die in her hands sooner or later. Of course, she would use the promise given by a dying person as soon as possible.

Once he's dead, the promise will be of no use.

Three days later, Lin Wushang came to Lin's house and gave some lotus flowers to Lin Xi.

The lotus flowers are beautiful in white, delicate in pink, and exude a delicate fragrance, which is refreshing to smell.

However, Lin Xi's aesthetics had already been crushed to pieces by the ten years of struggle in the last days. When she saw the beautiful lotus in front of her, her first reaction was——

Can eat.

Fried lotus, lotus cake, lotus soup...

Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

Then her saliva really started to flow.

Lin Xi: "..." This uncontrollable physiological reaction is really annoying.

Lin Wushang couldn't help but smile and wiped her saliva with a handkerchief.

Cuiniang took the lotus, trimmed the rhizome, and inserted it into a clay pot filled with water.

Suddenly, the house is filled with the fragrance of lotus, which makes people feel like they are wandering in the lotus pond even if they don't go out.

At this time, a burst of festive music could be heard, and Lin Xi and Lin Wushang looked at each other, presumably it was Mr. Zhu who had come to welcome the bride.

Mr. Zhu is the shopkeeper of Deyuelou in the town. In addition to his wife, there are two concubines in the family. Liu Hong is the third concubine after she marries him.

Naturally, taking a concubine was not as grand as marrying a wife. Mr. Zhu himself did not show up, but only sent a team to welcome the bride. The sedan chair used to receive the bride was not bright red, but water red.

Water red is also very beautiful, but the meaning it represents is not so pleasant.

Cao Ying pushed open the door and went to her sister-in-law's room. Liu Hong, who had been given Rujinsan and couldn't move her whole body, changed into a water-red wedding dress.

Seeing her sister-in-law glaring at her, Cao Ying sighed, "Ahong, sister-in-law has no choice but to do it, don't blame me.

"Now that my parents are gone, your eldest brother is in charge of the family. The eldest brother is like the father. He wants to marry you to Mr. Zhu. What can I say? You also know what kind of life my sister-in-law is living in this family. I also advise I’m over your eldest brother, but your eldest brother doesn’t listen to me at all.”

Liu Hong knew that her sister-in-law was telling the truth, but she still couldn't help but hate her because she was the one who delivered a bowl of drugged soup to her hand.

After she drank it, she became weak and could only be at her mercy.

It was only then that she realized that the eldest brother she had always respected had sold herself to a man old enough to be her father.

Brother, how could he do this!They are brothers and sisters!How long ago did my parents pass away...

She cried and begged, but her eldest brother was indifferent and said: "The Zhu family is a wealthy family in the town. You can only live a good life after you get married. Why are you crying? Serve Mr. Zhu well and give him a son as soon as possible. From now on, the Zhu family will All property is yours.

"The life at home is not as good as before. The family has raised you for so many years, and it's time for you to repay the family. Be sensible and don't let me worry about you."

At that moment, her heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave, and she was completely cold.

She looked at the eldest brother in front of her, as if she had only opened her eyes today and saw him clearly for the first time.

(End of this chapter)