Chapter 47 Within Three Days (Part 1)
It was almost dusk when Li Ling walked out of the Yamen. After the sun set, the north wind became stronger and the winter became colder. The originally lively Yaqian Street became deserted at this time. There were no stalls, only a few shops were still open.
After thinking for a while, he decided not to go home first, and asked Gu Yuezi to help him, and asked him to send a clerk to the Zheng family to stay at Lin Lie so that he could talk to him. After all, he had to fulfill his promise. Thinking of this, Li Ling only took two steps faster, but he took a drunken step and came out of a small tavern and happened to be in a collision with him.
Moreover, this person was still very unstable. When he hit Li Ling, he slipped to the ground, which made him stagger. He quickly reached out to support him, but he pulled the wound on his back and almost exhaled the pain. But after seeing the drunk man in front of him clearly, he didn't care about the pain and shouted unexpectedly: "Catcher Lin, why are you..."
"You... are you Li Ling?" Lin Lie was not completely drunk, and he immediately stabilized himself, looked up and recognized the person after he laughed, "Why are you here?"
"Shouldn't I ask you this? Why are you drinking here?" Li Ling asked back, and in awe, he really suppressed the other party, which made Lin Lie stunned. Then he squirted and said, "Li Ling, I'm sorry for you. I shouldn't have lied in the hall yesterday, and you were beaten..."
Li Ling's eyes lit up. This guy was much easier to talk when he was drunk than when he was sober. Why not take the opportunity to ask some key things? But before he could think of how to ask, the other party suddenly burped and changed his tone: "But you are not right. I have warned you not to do anything randomly, and he had to refuse to listen, and he actually beat the drum and complained about the wrongs. Can the county government make the decision for you? Now you know it is amazing?
"Stop talking about you, it's me. I'm looking at the captain. In the county government and at home, I'm not nothing, I have to listen to them in everything..." Perhaps it's because I've been suppressed for too long. Under the influence of alcohol, Lin Lie seemed very presumptuous at the moment, and his voice was even more light. Fortunately, there were no people on the street at this moment, otherwise they would have attracted attention.
Li Ling felt his aggrievance and resentment and suddenly said, "It seems that you are drunk today because of this? Is it because you have suffered a lot of grievances as the son-in-law of the Zheng family, or because of the people from Liuye Lane?"
The last question was like Han Bing slapped Lin Lie on the chest, which made his consciousness suddenly clear, his face suddenly changed, his drunkenness decreased significantly by five points, and his eyes lit up: "You, what did you say?"
"I said what is hidden in Liuye Lane, which can make you so uneasy. Even if you go to the court, you will suddenly change your words!" Li Ling looked at him and asked again. If he was only five points before, then now he is eight or nine points confident that there must be some key secrets hidden in Liuye Lane, so Lin Lie's reaction was so excited.
Lin Lie was silent, and his eyes became clear: "I don't know what you are talking about, what Liuye Lane is from, my home is in Baihe Lane." As he said that, he turned around and wanted to leave. But just as he took a step, Li Ling's voice sounded again: "Then let me guess. A hero like Captain Lin will never do a criminal offense. If there is any business there, it is not a shameful thing, so it's an outside house?" After this, Lin Lie's movements stopped immediately, but the person did not turn around.
Li Ling's words continued: "You are the son-in-law of the Zheng family, but you have raised people outside. They will definitely not be happy, and they may even use your future as a threat. After all, Zheng Gen is a county magistrate and has a close relationship with your immediate boss Zhuang Hong. It's a matter of one word to deal with you.
"They also give you the position of captain now. This should be the condition for you to marry into the Zheng family. But as a son-in-law, you are very unhappy at home and the relationship between husband and wife is not good, so you think about finding another caring person outside. After all, men, who likes to be suppressed by their wife and cannot be promoted everywhere..."
"Enough!" Lin Lie stopped shouting and interrupted Li Ling's words, "What do you want to say?"
Li Ling looked at him seriously: "It is because Zhuang Hong took control of this matter that you were asked to lie in court? You don't care about yourself, but that woman, do you?"
Seeing that he agreed, he said, "But have you ever thought about it? Did Zheng Gen really not know that this happened? Or even if he is kept in the dark now, what if he can? Things will always be exposed one day. Have you thought about how to deal with it, how to protect yourself and protect the woman who loves you?"
In fact, Lin Lie had these questions in his heart, but he had been avoiding them all the time. But now, Li Ling asked them in person, and they hit him like guns, making him completely unaware of what to do. His body began to tremble, and even sweated on his forehead.
What should I do? Is there any way to protect her and our children? Should I take her away secretly? The first thing I thought of was to escape.
Li Ling smiled at his entangled look: "Actually, you don't have to feel embarrassed at all, Captain Lin. There is a chance to completely solve the problem, it depends on whether you have the courage."
"You...what do you mean?"
"Wei County Magistrate is here. As the saying goes, the new official takes office for three fires. It is a great opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate Zhuang Hong and other party members. For you, it is also an excellent opportunity to turn things around! As long as Zhuang Hong is defeated, Zheng Gen will inevitably be dismissed, and you will become the real captain of the county magistrate. At that time, you can directly divorce them and live your own life with your beloved person. You can also take the lead in the Zheng family. It is not a matter of one word to marry an extra concubine. How can you be as sneaky as you are today? "
After saying this, Lin Lie was stunned. After a while, he realized: "Are you here to be a lobbyist for the county master?"
Li Ling smiled and didn't take it back: "This is the best opportunity to turn things around in front of you. It is precisely because Captain Lin, you are quite upright and have never harmed the people in the past that the county master will give you such an opportunity. I am not afraid to tell you the truth. Within three days, there will inevitably be changes in the county government. By then, those guys who are still standing on Zhuang Hong's side, thinking of opposing the county master or thinking about having a rat on both sides will face a disaster. So you'd better take the initiative now and contribute to the county master.
"Whether it is for the future or for the family, this is the best choice for you. I hope you will think carefully and not let down the good intentions of the county magistrate!" After saying this, Li Ling did not wait for the other party to react and then took a big stride. He had already said what he should say, and he had already pointed out the questions he should point out. What choices he finally made depends on Lin Lie's own courage.
Although this person is not a crooked dragon king, as long as a man with some blood, he will not be willing to be a son-in-law who can only be a puppet and respond!
Li Ling left, but Lin Lie was alone in the cold wind. He didn't move any movement for a long time, as if he had been cast by someone. The chaotic scene of returning to the yard in Liuye Lane last night flashed in his mind again - the gentle woman fell to the ground with tears in tears, her home was broken, her two-year-old son sat on the head of the bed and cried bitterly - and she had been called around like a slave for years, and she would beat her and scold her if she was not satisfied...
It was not until a long time later that he slowly exhaled a large breath of turbid air, and his fists suddenly clenched, and his originally confused gaze suddenly became firm!
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"Brother, the wound on your back has cracked again..." When Li Ling returned home with satisfaction, Yue'er screamed in pain when she saw it, her eyes turned red. It was not until this time that Li Ling also felt that the pain in her back was indeed stronger than before, and it was bursts of hot, obviously the wound had collapsed.
"It's okay, it's just that something happened just now and I bumped into someone." Li Ling quickly said to comfort his sister, "It's just a small injury, just apply some medicine. Why don't you give me some medicine?"
"Well, brother, you can't get hurt like this again, otherwise it would hurt so much." Yue'er stepped forward and helped her brother take off her top slowly. Fortunately, two stoves were born in the house, which was still hot enough, otherwise she wouldn't be able to take off her clothes. Then the little girl carefully took out the medicine left by the doctor and carefully took care of Li Ling's wounds. While she was busy, she kept muttering in her mouth, asking him not to go out again.
Although he was nagging, Li Ling didn't feel bored at all. Instead, he felt a warm feeling in his heart. This is the way to get along with his relatives and the feeling of home.
However, Yue'er is destined to be disappointed next, because there are too many things that Li Ling needs to help Wei Zhixian deal with.
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The long night passed and it was a brand new day.
Unlike yesterday's sunshine, this morning, thick clouds covered the sky, the north wind was stronger and the temperature was colder. This made the people in the small county town rise later, and it was not until around Siyu that the streets in Yaqian became lively again.
At this time, a young man took a huge piece of paper and paste and walked out of the county government gate. After a few swishes, he posted a large list of documents on the wall in front of the county government gate, and then greeted him: "All the villagers and elders come and take a look. This is the decision of the county government..." After shouting three times, he saw that many people came up to him, so he turned around and went back.
Soon, dozens of people surrounded the list of articles, and everyone was really curious about this. Because generally speaking, the county government has any list of articles that are used to posting on the screen wall inside, and only extremely important news will be posted outside. Sometimes, some people are standing next to explain it to everyone. After all, the literacy rate is still not very high now.
Although the county government did not send a dedicated person, there were still enthusiastic people who had read books to help explain one or two. At this time, a middle-aged man looked at the list and explained loudly to everyone: "What the list says is that the county magistrate has a life, so that the officials and servants in the county government who have never appeared recently will return to the yamen before noon tomorrow. Otherwise, they will be rebelled and others will be recruited to work as office workers in the county government..."
Chapter completed!