It is impossible to have official duties again today. Before the dinner, Zhuang Rou returned to the courtyard next to Chu Xia’s residence. She originally had an identity like her, but Ma Dezheng dared not make such a arrangement.

Fortunately, Chu Xia has not gotten married yet, otherwise she would have to make the wife of the prefect suspicious of her so that she could not sleep at night.

Seeing that she was back, Liu struggled to sit up, but Zhuang Rou waved her hand to persuade her.

Seeing the girl sensiblely helping Liu up and leaning on him, Zhuang Rou told her about the matter in the lobby. When she heard that Xu Tianfu was fined 1,000 taels of silver, Liu subconsciously covered her mouth, his heart full of horror.

One thousand taels!

There was only one thought in her mind, why were these officials so greedy and so much money taken away? Usually, it is said that the yamen is the gate of hell, and if there is no money, there is no entry or exit. It is indeed true!

I don’t know how much I can leave after this lawsuit, maybe even the belt bones will be gnawed. Thinking of this, her tears couldn’t stop flowing out, which made her daughter hurriedly hugged her and comforted her: “Mom, stop crying.”

Zhuang Rou looked at her for no reason. Isn’t it a happy thing to be fined for Xu Tianfu?

"Why are you crying? I feel that the punishment is too much. I can't bear to pay the money for the Xu family and want to help them pay the money?" she asked bluntly.

Liu stopped crying and quickly shook his head and said, "No, the civilian woman is not thinking about this. She is worried about her future life. As long as she has a place to sit, she can have a meal to eat. It's just that my son is suffering, and I'm afraid that the Xu family will not let her follow me. Even if she is with me, the civilian woman will not let her live a good life."

Zhuang Rou asked curiously: "Your parents' home should be here, and they also agreed to drown you?"

When Liu mentioned this, his expression was a little ugly and said in a low voice: "The family of the civilian woman is from Changlou County, Taide Prefecture. At that time, the deceased husband was doing business there and met my father. The family thought he was a good person and his family was in good condition, so he betrothed me to him."

"The family was pretty good back then, but later the business was not good, so it failed. Most of the business was sold out, leaving only a grocery store to make a living. When the deceased husband found out, he refused to let me interact with the family, and could only secretly communicate with him."

Zhuang Rou asked, "You'll take your daughter back to your parents' home. Anyway, your husband has passed away, so why are you staying here?"

Liu looked at her in a daze. How could such a thing be possible? "The Xu family will not agree to let us leave, and the daughter is also a member of the Xu family, so they will definitely stop it."

"As long as you are willing to go back, you will leave the matter here to me. I saved your life, so naturally you won't let you lose it again." Zhuang Rou lowered her face and asked cautiously, "I'll ask you again, is it really innocent?"

"I swear, if a private woman says half a lie, she will be struck by lightning!" Liu raised her hand and sweared.

After staring at her face for a while, Zhuang Rou took back her gaze, "You live here for the time being, I will ask someone to send you some food. If you want to cook, I will bring you food and rice back tomorrow."

She had to find out. Although the widow could remarry in some places, it was not enough to have an affair before getting married, but she could not kill the person. This matter was one by one. If there was such a man, she would arrest him and ask him to marry the person back.

Liu was not afraid of investigation. Thinking about the fact that although the family fortune belonged to her family, she would not be inherited by her son and would be taken away by the Xu family sooner or later. It would be better to save a little bit for herself and her daughter.

Thinking of this, she said to Zhuang Rou: "Official, the civilian woman is willing to donate her family wealth to the government, just to make my mother and daughter live a safe life. She has a place to eat enough, but her daughter has nothing to ask for when she has a pen to marry her."

Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Liu was a smart person, but she didn't expect the Xu family to be so cruel and just wanted to kill her.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not let you lose your time in the rest of your life. My master is a good official."

After receiving her promise, Liu could only believe her. Just because she dared to save herself, it was much more trustworthy than those men who despise her if they didn't save her.

After a few words of explanation, Zhuang Rou took out a small lacquer box from her arms and handed it to Liu's daughter. This was the candy she came from Chu Xia's room, and then she went out again.

She first went to find Ma Dezheng and asked him to arrange for someone to send some food to his yard, and then went to the prison guard to see his people.

Although her classics were given temporarily, Zhuang Rou consciously attributed Ma Dezheng and the others to her name. Anyway, Ma Dezheng wanted to follow her. As soon as she walked out of the inner court, she saw Chen Mufeng leaning bored against the wall, counting when the sun was going to come to the dinner.

When Zhuang Rou saw him, he remembered that he had forgotten the young master just now, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Why are you standing here? Go and see the people with me? I am now a dictionary, so you can be my deputy."

"Sister Zhuang, why are you just coming out now? I was following the little prince, but who knew that many people always squeezed me backwards, and I got lost as I walked. When I found the little prince, he was already resting. I don't know where you live, so I could only wait at the inner yamen." Chen Mufeng preached aggrievedly. There were too many people flattering me, and others didn't know who he was, and they didn't look like the four guards, so they squeezed behind.

When he thought about working with so many intrigues and flattering people, he felt a little numb. He really didn't know if he would become a guy that everyone hates.

Zhuang Rou looked at him and smiled, "I live in the small courtyard next to the adults. If you want to come together, Ma Dezheng doesn't know. I guess he is busy arranging a room for you now. Just because of your father's identity, he won't make a broken house for you."

"Don't call the prince, please follow us and call the master. Sometimes he should also want to be low-key. Let's go and check out where you will stay in the future."

Chen Mufeng followed her and said in surprise: "I really didn't expect that you actually live in the county... Next door to the adults. Sister Zhuang, are they all men who should be arrested? So there are so many advantages for a woman to take?"

"What you said is so ugly. Who can take advantage of it? I want me to make money from the money that will destroy Hongzhou Prefecture? Isn't this clearly making things difficult for me?" Zhuang Rou glanced at this indifferent guy and felt that she had taken advantage of it.

Chen Mufeng had no way to make money. He asked curiously: "Jie Zhuang, how do you make money? Are you learning what other things you should arrest, and blocking people everywhere on the street?"

Zhuang Rou gave him a blank look, "You think I am a robber or a beggar, how could I rob it in the street? Of course, it must be done with legitimate reasons."

"What should I do?" Chen Mufeng scratched his scalp, and could not think of a small arrester who could support the entire Hongzhou Prefecture?

"You can just follow me then. I will tell you when you encounter opportunities to make money." Zhuang Rou took him to the prison guards and came to the prison guards.

The prison guards are just a large courtyard with spacious rooms on all sides. Except for the two that are handled by officials, the rest were all distributed by several captains.

Before Zhuang Rou could walk in, she heard laughter coming from inside, "Hurry up, take your hat off and take you to the dinner, otherwise you will eat cold steamed buns in the yamen yourself!"

As soon as I heard these voices, I knew who was bullied. It was really like this when I got there. She walked in mutteringly, trying to see who was so unlucky. If no one wanted it, she would receive her own errands.

She likes to do such a timely help, and maybe she can receive a good follower, so she can avoid being able to steal people from other heads-in-chiefs and offend people.

Chen Mufeng naturally heard it, but he thought it was nothing strange, he was just having fun, "It's probably a newcomer, he's been teased, hahaha."

Zhuang Rou glanced at him and then strode into the prison guard. When she saw the scene inside, she was immediately furious.

Niu Dayong was standing under a tree in the yard, dragging his fat body and jumping, wanting to take the cap on the tree. But he was too fat and could only jump a little higher. Not only could he not get the cap, but the flesh in his body was still shaking like waves.

There were more than a dozen arrestees and yamen runners in the yard, looking at him with their hands in their arms, and the laughter just now was from them.

Niu Dayong looked very funny. He would make everyone laugh once when he danced, but he was so tired that he was sweating profusely, and his clothes on his chest and back were soaked.

"Hahaha! It's so funny, Sister Zhuang, look at him." Chen Mufeng was also amused. This fat man was so funny. He hadn't been to the Douhu County Government several times. He didn't pay much attention to the arrested person except the flattery Ma Dezheng, so he naturally couldn't remember Niu Dayong.

Zhuang Rou shouted at them: "What are you doing!"

Chen Mufeng was startled by her, and his smile froze on his face. The rest of the yard were also stunned by her roar and all looked over. Niu Dayong was gasping for breath, holding his knees weakly, and responded weakly, "Sister Zhuang..."

"Who hangs his hat on the tree?" Zhuang Rou strode into the yard and asked, pointing at the hat on the tree.

At this time, a tall archer, hugged his hands and said with a laugh: "It's me, you should be arrested like someone you should be arrested. Look at how he is so fat, how can he run and catch the criminal. This is to let him exercise more and remove the fat on his body, all for his own good."

"You put it on?" Zhuang Rou looked him up and down, and then confirmed again.

"It's me." The arrestee smiled disapprovingly.

"Okay." Zhuang Rou nodded, pulled out the iron stick at her waist, jumped up and unexpectedly pointed at the person.

Unexpectedly, the captain made a joke in the yamen. Someone even made a ruthless move. He was beaten to the ground without dodging and was beaten violently.

"You dare to bully my people, and don't ask who I am? I'm a man from Zhuang Rou! Is it fun to take a hat? I don't want to deal with the case, and I don't want to collect the money. I don't want to take a good bath and rub the mud so idle, so I won't be embarrassed at the dinner!"

"Roll up the tree and take off your hat, otherwise I will pull you all over and hang it on the tree and let others see it. Is this fun?" Zhuang Rou hit him with a head-on face, and stood next to him with an iron stick in his hand and scolded him. The arresters reacted.
Chapter completed!