Du Zhongxiao heard his father's words inside and said to Han Lian beside him: "It's my father's call outside, Dad Han, you heard it. Even if you relax, the county does not care about this matter, and the state. We have not violated the law and prohibitions, who can be wronged!"

Han Lian smiled bitterly: "Nephew, you think about everything for good. Oh, think about it the other way around. Doesn't it mean that no one in the county should take care of this? The Wu family is a local wealthy family and is used to being rampant and domineering. Isn't it easy to deal with?"

Du Zhongxiao remained silent. He was still a little unfamiliar with this world. His father was a Juren, and his status was so different from that of the ancient Juren in his previous life, and it was difficult to compare. In his previous life, scholars in ancient times were superior, and people dared to offend anyone in the Juren area? Only when he really came to this world did he realize that no matter when, scholars were nothing in front of money and power.

Han Lian said it well, his father could only shout loudly outside, at least to make a point that no one in Linying County was in charge of this matter. He held him here, neither brought him to the court nor followed the official procedures, and was illegal everywhere. So what? The Wu family is a wealthy family in the county. As long as he handled a few public officials from the lower class, he could do whatever he wanted.

We waited until noon, and no one came in to see Du Zhongxiao and Han Lian. They were so hungry that they were rants.

With a little swaying heart, Du Zhongxiao said to Han Lian: "How far is the city of Zhou? I wonder when my father will come back."

Han Lian said: "It's only fifty or sixty miles away. If there is a fast horse, it will be back in one or two days. - But, fast horses are not easy to borrow."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head and smiled bitterly. Not to mention a fast horse, it is difficult to borrow an ordinary horse. In the small county of Linying, how many families have horses in their families? Only those rich and powerful families like the Wu family can ride horses.

The two sat for a while, and Han Lian couldn't stand the hunger in his stomach and said, "I don't know what Yue Niang is outside? I hope there is nothing wrong."

Du Zhongxiao didn't say anything. Wu Kejiu made so many famous things just for Yue Niang. In his opinion, it was a great blessing for the Han family to fall in love with Yue Niang. Who knew that he was rejected, but he also forced them to make a new wine with Du Zhongxiao. How did he speak out? He is a person who is used to rampant in the countryside, and he is so simple and rude in doing things. If you catch someone, you will see what you do.

At this moment, the door outside suddenly rang. With the sound of footsteps, a woman heard: "How are you raising your family?"

Han Lian heard the voice of his wife, and hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "We are just locked up here, but we have never suffered. But from early morning to now, a grain of rice and a drop of water has not been in our mouths, and we are a little hungry."

Before he finished speaking, a big man brought Han Lian’s wife into the room and said viciously: “The kindness of the festival is that you are starving to death here and will cause him to implicate him. I would like to ask your family to bring some food. You two, hurry up and wait for the festival to come and interrogate!"

Seeing her husband's appearance, Han Lian's wife just cried. She stepped forward and put down the basket, two bowls of rice and two large pieces of meat.

When the big man went out, Han Lian and Du Zhongxiao stepped forward, picked up the bowl, and asked his wife in a low voice: "We were caught here, how was Yue Niang in front of the restaurant? Did that Wu family puppy go and quarrel again?"

"Oh, don't say it. When you were caught, he would pester Yue Niang endlessly. If someone hadn't stopped him, he would have robbed him to be a maid and a concubine. Now he locked Yue Niang at home and asked me to come and take a look. When he went back, he told Yue Niang to let her leave the Wu family's servant."

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but say: "The world is clear and bright, are they still the king's way to force women from good families like this?"

Han Lian sighed: "Of course, there is a Wang Fa, but I just can't take care of us. The current county magistrate is a cruel man with a bad temper. He has always been friendly with the Wu family, so he has not let them do whatever he wants. He is not friendly with the county magistrate, how could Chen Jieshi so hard to curry favor with the Wu family's young official? Now I just hope that Du Xiucai will go well in the state, otherwise, we will only have to peel off this lawsuit."

Du Zhongxiao was speechless. When he decided to sell trash, he thought carefully that according to the current laws and regulations, selling alcohol was not prohibited. Unexpectedly, Wu Kejiu did not play according to the rules at all, and he didn't care about any illegal things.

If the national law is not in his eyes, what else do you have? Comparing money and power is not the opponent of others at all.

Money and status, everything must be rich first. But money is so easy to make? I finally came up with such a way, and then I caused such a disaster. If I can't get through this level, it will be even more difficult in the future.

After dinner, before his wife returned, Han Lian said to her: "You go back and watch Yue Niang, don't agree to the Wu family puppy! If we follow his wishes, wouldn't this suffering be in vain? After all, Du Xiucai is a juren who has been relieved. Many officials in the state know his name. As long as you find the right person, it will not be difficult to turn over the case. No matter what, let's talk about it after these days!"

Han Lian's wife agreed, wiping her tears and carrying a basket out of the door.

After sitting for a while, Du Zhongxiao said to Han Lian: "Dad Han, do you think my father is going to the state and he is very sure of turning over the case?"

Han Lian said: "There are no more officials than the county. As long as the magistrate is not confused, it is not difficult to overturn the case. I have been to the state before. I have been to the state for such cases. I can also take charge of the military and the judge, let alone the magistrate. Du Xiucai issued an explanation last year. There are several of these officials he has seen. As long as he finds someone and makes it clear, it will be almost done."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said in a deep voice: "As long as the case is turned over, I will not let Wu Kejiu go! Relying on the wealth of the family, I oppress Liangxiang, not only arrested us for no reason, cut off our livelihoods, but also forced the good wife to be a maid and a concubine. It's simply outrageous!"

Han Lian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That's the future, so why care about so much? As long as we are safe, everything is fine. - Nephew, if you really have this intention, you will study hard after you go out, and like your father, you will be taught in Beijing to take the imperial examination. If you pass the Jinshi and become an official in the court, what is the Wu family? If Du Xiucai had a high school Jinshi this time, he would have scared the Wu family to death with one sentence, how dare he do this!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Okay, that's it. There are still two years left before the next time I will be able to study hard when I go out. I will go to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam in two years! When I am in high school, the first thing I do is to uproot the Wu family! Do such a villain stay in the countryside and the people?"

"It's good if your nephew has this ambition. Your family is a family that has been passed down through farming and studying, and has a family history. How many families are there in the county? I heard that you have been very good at studying since childhood. It was only because Du Xiucai failed, that the family had stopped thinking about continuing the imperial examination. After this great disaster, being able to pick up the books and read them again will not suffer in vain."

Du Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly.

There was no Daxing school at this time, and there were very few places in the world where there were prefectures and counties. Most of them were based on their own strength to study and take the imperial examinations. They were passed down from family and continued poetry and books. Don’t underestimate the tradition of the Du family. If not, where did Du Zhongxiao go to take the imperial examinations? Linying’s small place, he couldn’t even get a person to ask for advice. The imperial examinations talked about many skills, but it was not enough to just study.

In the Hanjiajiajiao shop, Wu Kejiu and Cao Jucheng sat face to face, with a pot of wine and two dishes on the table.

After drinking a glass of wine, Wu Kejiu said: "The wine here is so powerful, and I don't know how the thief from the Du family made it."

Cao Jucheng smiled and said, "What's the difficulty? When it's afternoon or tomorrow, we will go to the first trial of the thief. We are so cruel that we can ask for it. We still ask it as soon as we ask. My cousin runs a restaurant at home. With this method, we can make this kind of wine openly."

Wu Kejiu nodded repeatedly, and he had this idea in his mind. He made things so big that Wu Kejiu wanted to kill all of them. One was to set rules for the owners of his restaurant, so that he would not go against his own wishes in the future. The other was naturally for Han Yueniang, and this charming little lady was always a little unwilling to accept her. The last one also wanted to get Du Zhongxiao's method to make wine.

Wu Kejiu holds the hand in his hand and will never have any accidents. The new county magistrate Shi is old and stupid and doesn't care about everything. County magistrate Xu, who is in charge of the prison and alcohol, has been in contact with his family for many years and is very filial to him in daily life, so he will definitely stand on his side. As for others, what is important? He doesn't even have to work to the county magistrate and county magistrate. He only needs one quarter level and a few archers to get things done.

Wu Kejiu didn't think about what to do after Du Xun sued the state. The high-ranking officials in the state had no time to listen to a failed juren yelling, and the county magistrate didn't care. What did they care about? The Wu family was used to being domineering in Linying County and had always been very confident.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Wu Kejiu said to Han Yueniang behind the counter: "Well, how could that little lady be so squeamish! Come here and drink a few glasses of wine with me happily. I am happy. The county will say a few good words for your father, and it will be put back."

Han Yueniang snorted coldly, turned her head and said, "I am a good family, you have found the wrong person! My family is innocent and has never committed crimes. So what if you collude with the county and arrest my father? He was not guilty."

"Ha, it's up to you, a little girl?" Cao Kecheng said intimidating. "The government door is so easy to enter? Tell you that as long as you go in, you will have to peel off a layer of skin if you don't die! Come and drink with my cousin. He is in a good mood. Take you home. It's better to have silk and satin! Why is it just a elm head, and you don't know what it is!"

Han Yueniang said: "Good and evil will be rewarded! I don't believe it. If you do such evil things, you will be rewarded!"
Chapter completed!