Red apricots make spring

Chapter 51 The County Magistrate Ding You
Gentle forced Xiaohuan to make an oath, and felt very uncomfortable, but now she is powerless and has a lot of things to do, it is impossible to stay by Xiaohuan's side, mourning and crying with her, so she had to come up with this bad plan. First stabilize her and get out, so that I can go out and inquire about Aunt Liu.

Fortunately, the room rented out by the old widow was fully furnished, so she could lie on the bed for a while to rest her mind, after all, Xiaohuan hadn't slept well all night.Before leaving, Ruan repeatedly told Xiaohuan not to make a sound no matter who came, but to just rest in the room, while she locked the door and hurried out.

It's easy to find out where the yamen is. Rourou randomly found a kind-hearted old man on the street, and asked him for directions. Unexpectedly, the old man stroked his beard, smacked his lips and said, "What? Yamen? You're a woman People, do you want to go to the yamen to sue?"

"I—" Rourou lowered her head and said, "Yes, I'm going to sue."

The old man shook his head in disapproval, but in the end he said: "You are unlucky to catch up, what's wrong with you, there is no way to sue!"

"What?" Wen Rou was slightly surprised.

"I heard that the magistrate of the county died a few days ago, and he rushed back to his ancestral home to guard the system. Before the new official took office, where did the people in the yamen come to settle the case?" The old man shook his head while talking, and sighed: "Speaking of which, this The county lord's luck is not very good, he had to go back to his hometown for a funeral in less than three months after taking office, this delay took another three years..."

Ruo Rou was overjoyed when she heard the words, how could she have time to listen to him nagging about the county lord's future, and hurriedly asked: "So, if you want to sue, you have to wait for the new official to take office? When will the new official take office?" ?”

"This is uncertain. We have to wait for the imperial court to dispatch. It can be as fast as one or two months, and as slow as three or four months. There is no certain number!" The old man was interrupted, and he was a little unhappy at first, but seeing Rou Rou asked anxiously, thinking that she probably really had something urgent to sue, so she patiently explained it to her.

A month or two?A month or two is fine!Finally able to buy some time, Wen Rou said happily: "Thank you, old man."

The old man wondered, didn't this woman say she wanted to sue?Why did he look happy when he heard the county lord Ding You?He shook his head and wanted to turn around and walk away, but Ruan Wen took two steps, and when he thought something was wrong, he quickly turned around to stop the old man and said, "Old man, I have another question, since the yamen No one here has settled the case, so why did I see two officials holding portraits to arrest people this morning?"

The old man raised his eyelids to look at Rou Rou and said, "Isn't there still a county lieutenant? He's in charge of law and order and robbery."

Headache!She didn't know the personnel affairs of these ancient officials at all, so she couldn't help becoming nervous again, and asked: "If someone who committed a crime is imprisoned in a prison but has not been tried, will he be executed immediately?"

"Haven't been interrogated yet? Then shut it up! When will the new official take office and re-trial, and beheaded after the trial, people can't escape!" The old man seemed a little excited, cupped his hands and said: "Today is a wise king! A decree was made a few years ago that officials from all over the country are not allowed to ignore human lives, and anyone who has committed a capital crime, as long as he is not a gangster who plots treason and murders without counting, must be thoroughly investigated before he can be executed!"

Mingjun!Rou Rou raised the amount with his hands, but still felt a little uneasy, and asked further: "So the county captain only cares about arresting people? He doesn't care about deciding cases?"

The old man nodded, and repeated carefully: "Just take the person, don't care about the case! If you take the person, throw him in the prison, regardless of life or death! After all, the feeling of being in the prison is not good. If you can't stand it, you can die It is only assumed that the prisoners have chronic diseases and cannot bear the pain, and no one dares to care about them. There are far more people who die in prisons every year than those who are executed!"

When Wen Rou heard this, the heart that had just let go was suspended again, and she cursed in her heart: What kind of Mingjun is this?Thanks to myself for praising him just now!Unexpectedly, he only sympathized with the death row prisoners who might have been wrongly sentenced, but ignored those prisoners who did not commit capital crimes but would die in prison.This, this, this is simply the way of a foolish king. He does not focus on the key points when doing things, but only pays attention to the small things that are as big as sesame seeds and mung beans!
She was just thankful that Zhao's mansion sent Sister-in-law Liu to the government instead of beating her to death directly in her own mansion. Now it seems that the capital crime can be avoided for the time being, but the living crime is inevitable!Regardless of whether Mrs. Liu was lucky enough to escape in the end, at least during the few months she was temporarily in the prison, she definitely lived a life that was not human, and it is very likely that her life would be worse than death!
Ruan's heart was in a mess, but she couldn't think carefully even standing on the street, so she had to thank the old man who was very patient but was questioned by her again, and hurried away.After thinking about it, he was still uneasy, so he stopped a few more people to inquire about the county lord Ding You, until he was sure that Madam Liu's life was not in danger for the time being, and then he dragged his weary steps back.

On the road, I saw a peddler selling honey marrow cakes, Rourou had never tasted this stuff, and remembered that Xiaohuan and herself hadn't had water or rice for a long time, so she took out a dozen copper coins, bought some cakes, and wrapped them in dried lotus leaves I took it back.

When I entered the door, I saw Xiaohuan was tired from crying, her eyelids were red and swollen, she fell asleep on the bed, she thought she was having a nightmare, her body twitched slightly, but the nightmare was also sleeping, Wen Rou couldn't bear to wake her up, so she just put the marrow cake on the table Go up, lock the door again and go out to buy rice and carry water.It wasn't until a pot of thin rice porridge was made, and seeing that the sun was about to set, she called Xiaohuan up to drink porridge and eat cakes, and told Xiaohuan what she had heard in detail, but she just hid it. What the old man said about the difficult life in prison did not want her to worry too much.

"So my mother can still be saved?" Xiaohuan's eyes revealed a gleam of hope.

"Yeah, there is still salvation, so you have to eat enough to have the energy to run around for her." While persuading her to eat more, Rou Rou said: "I thought about it, before the new official took office, we Find a way to earn some money first, and take care of the jailers so that your mother won’t suffer too much in there, and then think about how to save her.” Having said that, Wen Rou really had no idea, and she didn’t know what to do. I don't know if the Zhao Mansion will take special care of Mrs. Liu. Secondly, there were no lottery tickets to buy in ancient times. It is very difficult to earn some money to manage the jailers in a month or two. How can it be enough to manage the county magistrate?

"Well! Sister, I will help you do more work and earn enough money to rescue my mother!" Xiaohuan said, took a big bite of the marrow cake, and praised: "This cake is so delicious, plump and sweet, It must be very expensive, right? Elder sister, don’t buy such expensive things for me in the future, I’ll be satisfied if I can fill my stomach with some porridge and side dishes, save two more money, and my mother will be able to come out sooner.”

Gentlely looked at the simple-minded Xiaohuan, and suddenly felt that the cake in her hand was too hard to swallow, she sighed secretly, stroked Xiaohuan's hair, then picked up the bowl to drink the porridge, thinking to herself: For the time being It can only be this way!Take one step at a time!

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The network cable was down an hour later, sorry >.
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