Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Xu Lichang bowed his head and said humbly, "Xia Yan was a scholar of Dade five years ago. He used to live in Songhua Lane, but there were many people in Songhua Lane. I only know that he died in the second year of Dazhen, and he had only one daughter and son-in-law at home. I don't know about the rest."

The magistrate of Zhai asked, "Does he have other relatives?"

"Of course there is. He is a member of the Xia clan in Hongtian Village, and he seems to be buried in Hongtian Village after his death."

The magistrate of Zhai finally understood why Zhou Man came to him, and Xu Lichang was dishonest.

As the chief, the hundred households under his control will not only know very well about them, but also the relationship between the households and the clan behind them.

Otherwise, why did he become the chief?

The rior is not a person of high moral character, or a person with a strong family, whose ancestors all lived here, how could he not understand the people under his rule?

They only know more and more details than his magistrate.

Magistrate Zhai didn't come to Shangzhou, so he naturally knew Xu Lichang and the twists and turns here.

He snorted coldly in the bottom of his heart, looked at Zhou Man and Bai Shan who kept their eyes calm, and raised the corners of his mouth lightly, and asked, "Then who lives at No. 23 Songhua Lane now?"

Xu Lichang stiffened, bowed and said, "The head of the household is called Xia Yi. By the way, he is also from the Xia clan in Hongtian Village, so he should be a relative of Xia Yan."

"Is the house his? Or who rented it to him?"

Xu Lichang glanced at Zhou Man and said, "It should be his, but I didn't hear it was rented."

The magistrate of Zhai slid his cup and said with a smile: "Xu Lichang is so unfamiliar with the rule? He doesn't even know if he is a tenant? Remember that the county has to check the population every spring, right?"

The population of tenants and the population of householders are not counted together, which are two separate feats.

The sweat brush on Xu Lichang's forehead slid down, and he didn't know if it was hot.

The three of Man Bao sat quietly by the side, and no one spoke.

After a while, when Xu Lichang was hesitating whether to speak, the magistrate Zhai raised his head and said, "Someone, go to Songhua Alley and invite Mr. Du and Mr. Zhu, and then ask someone to call Xia Yi, um, Ben. The county remembers that Xia Xia in Daxi Alley next to Songhua Alley, the county remembers that his family is also from Hongtian Village? Go and invite him too."

Man Bao and Bai Shan pursed their lips. Sure enough, they still had to find the county magistrate. Can there be a more powerful local snake in this world than the magistrate?

Ahem, of course, they are not saying that the magistrate of Zhai is a local snake.

Xu Lichang swallowed and hurriedly said, "Xia Xia seems to be seriously ill, and I'm afraid he won't be able to get up."

County magistrate Zhai said indifferently, "Go ahead and invite Xia Rui if you don't come."

Man Bao asked, "Who is Xia Rui?"

Magistrate Zhai: "Oh, he is the son of Xia Xia."

Man Bao nodded and waited quietly.

Sitting on the next stool, Xu Lichang wanted to open his mouth to speak several times, but he couldn't help himself. The main thing was too unexpected for him. Zhou Man appeared suddenly and didn't say anything, and he was able to find the county magistrate in such a short time. Come, let the county magistrate stand up for her.

Xu Li's long thumb pressed on the knuckle of his index finger, his fist tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened, and finally opened his mouth to start the topic again, "I remember, Xia Yi's family has a deed, so it's not a tenant."

County magistrate Zhai glanced at Zhou Man and saw that she had no response, so he said to the house deed that his subordinates had been pressing: "It's a coincidence that Mr. Zhou also has a house deed in his hand. Under the circumstance that the original house deed has not been invalidated, how did he do it? Did you get a new house deed from the county government?"

Xu Lichang stared at the house deed for a while and was speechless.

The magistrate of Zhai has already instructed to go on, "Let the household check it out."

He glanced at Zhou Man and said, "Check the records from fourteen years ago to ten years ago. Let's start from fourteen years ago."

The officer complied and stepped back.

So everyone turned to look at Xu Lichang together, and the magistrate Zhai said, "Xu Lichang, you shouldn't be ignorant about this, right? You need the mayor's signature to buy and sell a house."

Like Manbao, if they want to enclose land in the village or buy land to build a house, they all need to report to the ri chief, and even if they go to the county town to buy a shop, they have to tell the ri chief.

Because property and population are important conditions for assessing household goods, and household goods determination involves paying taxes, the taxes paid by upper and lower households are quite different.

Every ri chief has an account in his hand or in his heart, and the magistrate of Zhai sneered when he said he didn't know whether the Xia Yi family was the tenant or the head of the household, but etiquette restrained him.

Li Chang sighed, got up and knelt down and confessed his guilt, knowing that he had gone wrong and that he should be more frank as soon as he entered the county office.

Xu Li said: "Xia Yi's house should have lived twelve years ago, and the Xia clan decided to give it to him."

He said: "Sir, Xia Yan has no heir. After his death, the clan has the right to take back his land and redistribute the property. Xia Yi's family is Xia Yan's closest relative."

That's true, but why did he hide it?

The magistrate of Zhai looked at Zhou Man.

Zhou Man slid his cup and said lightly, "My father is a married man, and those fields and properties belong to my parents."

Magistrate Zhai's teacup almost fell, is he in the family?

Xu Lichang had long expected that she would say this, and his expression did not change much: "It seems that the Xia clan didn't come back after seeing Zhou Yin and Xia Xin leaving, and the tombs of the Xia clan and his wife were not swept up, so no one came back. It was decided that they would not come back, so the family property was divided."

Zhou Man sat up slightly and asked, "Where are my grandparents' tombs?"

Xu Lichang didn't expect that she was asking this question, and thought she wanted to distinguish between her parents. When she was at his house, she only said that her parents died early, but did not say the reason.

Xu Li paused for a while, and finally said, "It's on Da'an Mountain not far from the city."

He didn't say that before.

The three of Man Bao glanced at him, but they didn't care, but asked carefully: "Where is it in Da'an Mountain?"

"On the east side of the mountainside, your parents erected a monument back then, you can find it."

Man Bao frowned and asked, "Why not be buried in Hongtian Village?"

The fallen leaves return to their roots and are usually buried in the village.

Xu Lichang didn't speak, but the magistrate of Zhai comforted: "Da'an Mountain is also a good place. Many virtuous and talented people from our Shangzhou are buried there."

Man Bao nodded.

Just as they were talking, the yamen who went out to invite people came back one after another. To Man Bao's surprise, another person was carried in while lying on a rattan chair.

The magistrate of Zhai also got up in surprise, and introduced the three of them to Man Bao: "This is Xia Xia, he is a famous silversmith in our Shangzhou, and many dignitaries are holding a hundred gold to ask for a silver ornament. ."

When the talent came to him, Xia Xia had already squinted his eyes and looked around, but just a circle of eyes fixed on Zhou Man, pointed at her and asked, "You, are you the eldest lady of the Xia family?"

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