Han Xiufeng asked: "What happens next?"

"They were all misunderstood by the officials of the Ministry of Punishment as being frivolous. Zhili didn't want to argue with the Ministry of Punishments anymore, so they changed the sentence to exile according to the refutation of the Ministry of Punishments and sent people to Beijing to take care of it. As a result, the gentlemen of the Ministry of Punishments changed their minds again and said

As the supervisor said, Mr. Chen should be sentenced to death in prison. He also said that in the first month of the eleventh year of Qianlong's reign, the emperor gave a general amnesty to the whole world, and his sentence should be commuted to exile. He also said that Ma Er's place of origin was unknown, but Mr. Chen had an old mother and was an only son.

, according to the law, he should be kept as an adoptive relative."

"After all the hard work, this is the verdict?" Han Xiufeng couldn't help but laugh.

Wang Jianxiao smiled bitterly and said: "So you can't offend the master of the Ministry of Punishment. You don't even think about where the Ministry of Punishment is. The Ministry of Punishment is the collection of punishment names in the world. There are so many laws in this dynasty, some of which are even contradictory. If they want to make things difficult for you, why don't they?

easy."

…

The two of them were lamenting how difficult it was for the officials in the Sixth Department and the subordinates below. A scholar from the Hanlin Academy walked into the courtyard with a family member he had never seen before. As soon as he walked around the screen wall, he shouted from a distance:

"Zhixing, congratulations, congratulations on your birth to Lin'er..."

"Master Ao, are you saying that my wife gave birth to a boy?" Han Xiufeng stood up subconsciously.

"I just heard it from my family, Ao Zhong, tell Mr. Han."

"Mr. Han, I went to your house before I came here. Your wife just gave birth to the little boy. He is fat and white. I don't know how cute he is. Your wife is fine, your father-in-law is fine, and everything in your family is fine.

." The Ao family, who had just arrived in the capital from their hometown, took out a letter from their arms and respectfully presented it with both hands.

Han Xiufeng felt as if he was in a dream and was extremely excited.

Ao Tongchen smiled and said hello to Wang Jianxiao who stood up to greet him, and then joked: "Zhixing, this great news is brought by me. You can't live without this drink, and you should also hold a banquet to celebrate."

.”

"It should be, it should be," Han Xiufeng calmed down and hurriedly asked him to sit down and drink tea. Then he impatiently opened his father-in-law's letter in front of the two of them and read it carefully from beginning to end twice.

After confirming that Qin'er had given birth and gave birth to a boy, she was so excited that she shouted incoherently: "Changsheng, Datou, your sister-in-law has given birth to a boy for me, and I, Han Si, are pregnant! Hurry up and buy food and drinks. Hurry up."

Please invite Mr. Ji, Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Wang!"

"What, my sister-in-law gave birth to a boy!" Datou was the first to run in.

"Yeah, boy, hahaha." Han Xiufeng didn't care whether he would be laughed at if he called Big Tou and the others brothers, and said excitedly: "Mother and son are safe, it's really a blessing from the Bodhisattva. I will go to the temple early tomorrow morning to fulfill my vow. Before

I also want to go to the Earth Temple that I pass by every day.”

"Okay, everyone goes."

Pan Er ran in to find out what was going on, and also helped Gao Xing, saying quickly: "Master Ao, Master Wang, you two have tea, the younger one will prepare it first."

"Go on, go on, buy more wine, it's such a big happy event, I must get drunk with your young master tonight!"

…

Congratulations to Lin'er, this is a great event!

Han Xiufeng looked forward to the stars and the moon and finally got this good news. Naturally, he was not stingy. Not only did he invite Ji Yunfei, Ao Tongxian, Jiang Haoxuan, Wang Zhirong, He Heng and other officials in Beijing and candidates waiting to take the exam next year, he also invited shopkeeper Wen.

Shopkeeper Chu and other Sichuan fellows who are doing business in Beijing are good friends with Director Zhang of the Provincial Office and now they have jointly invested in the side tea business, so they also need to be invited.

Pan Er, Datou, Xiao Shandong and the old carpenter worked hard all afternoon and helped set up two large tables of wine and food.

I used to worry that drinking would cause trouble, but I was so happy tonight that I actually got drunk while drinking. I couldn’t remember what I said in the night or when the guests left the next morning, until Pan Er handed over a stack of silver.

When the ticket was placed on the desk, Han Xiufeng realized that everyone had given them gifts and they were not free to eat and drink.

"Mr. Ji, Mr. Jiang, they all gave away 10 taels, just like Yue. Shopkeeper Wen and Shopkeeper Chu also gave 20 taels as a gift. Director Zhang gave the most, fifty taels in one hand.

!These two taels are my thoughts. They belong to Uncle Yu and Datou, and they belong to Xiao Shandong and the old carpenter."

"Why are you joining in the fun?" Han Xiufeng couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, this is a big happy event, so I have to express my feelings no matter what." Pan Er said with a smile while helping to keep the accounts: "Master Ji and the others will definitely have to repay this favor in the future, and it is easy to repay these favors.

They all have a family and they have to celebrate birthdays at least a few times a year, so they can just go back when the time comes."

"Well, help me remember it clearly so I can't make a mistake."

"Don't worry when I do the work." Pan Er smiled and continued: "You don't have to pay back the big head, and the same goes for Uncle Yu. Xiao Shandong will find a reason to reward him with these two taels of silver later, and his father will give him to us.

We may not take advantage of him."

"Forget it about the reward. Even though he is not big, he is actually very smart. He would be unhappy if the reward was given back." Han Xiufeng murmured while putting on his clothes: "Today's money is becoming less and less valuable.

The provincial office gave the guys some processing money last month, and our government office should also give some extra money to everyone. Starting from this month, each person will receive one to two to five yuan per month."

Pan Er almost forgot why he didn't use the money from the public account to repay the favor. He couldn't help laughing and said: "That's fine. They will be very happy to know that they need to process the money."

Han Xiufeng didn't know what he was thinking, so he took out his father-in-law's letter and read it again, then put down the letter and said: "Brother Pan, my father-in-law mentioned Ren He in the letter, saying that Ren He wanted to marry the daughter of the guest director of the Fujian Guild Hall.

"

"Just marry him. What does it have to do with us if he marries his wife?"

"Huang Zhongyin, you remember, right? He is the censor of Huguang Province who returned to Beijing some time ago."

"Remember, he seems to be from Fujian too."

"Not only is he from Fujian, he is also the cousin of Ren He's fiancée."

"Ah!" Pan Er realized the seriousness of the problem, because no matter the censors of Huguang Province or Jiangnan Province, they could not only supervise the officials of their own provinces, but also impeach officials from other places and even Beijing officials. He never expected that Ren He

He actually climbed up the high branch and said with a sad face: "Fourth brother, you have nothing to worry about if you haven't filled the gap. What if he wants to take revenge on you when you fill the gap?"

Han Xiufeng said solemnly: "That turtle son is very petty, so I have to be careful."

"How to defend yourself? It's not that you can't defend against being targeted by the censor, but it's useless to defend against him. If Huang really wants to help him vent his anger, he can just find any excuse and trample us to death like ants."

"It's not that easy to trample me to death!" Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and muttered: "You can go to the Fujian Guild Hall later to inquire and see if Huang Zhongyin is still in the capital. If you are in the capital, tell him that our guild hall has been renovated.

Invite him to come and have a look and ask if he would like to move back."

Pan Er reacted: "He may not know that Ren He is going to marry his cousin right now!"

"This is called first-come-first-serve. Since we have better information than Ren He, we cannot give Ren He the opportunity to complain first."

"It would be best if this marriage could be disturbed. Fourth brother, think about it, if Huang Yushi knew what kind of person Ren He was, would he still agree to this marriage? Although he is only a cousin, not an elder, but

He is the censor, and the elders in my hometown will definitely write to him and ask what he means."

"Isn't this bad?"
Chapter completed!