New widow

"The money, of course, comes from me." Yu Yulan interrupted him: "I can still afford thousands of dollars for a funeral." This sentence shocked Butler Qiu. He had eaten something he had seen before, but he was talking about thousands of silver so easily, and it was a stranger. Butler Qiu still looked at Yu Yulan in a daze: "This, this, is too expensive."

"Didn't I say that my sister died unjustly? In that case, I will let everyone in this city know that my sister was wronged." Yu Yulan's tone was calm. Chu Zhixian just looked at Yu Yulan, always feeling that something was wrong. But Chu Zhixian couldn't tell what was wrong. In fact, Chu Zhixian couldn't object. After all, Mrs. Chu was Chu Zhixian's wife. As an outsider, Chu Zhixian was willing to hold a funeral for Mrs. Chu like this. Chu Zhixian could only agree.

"In that case, thank you very much!" Chu Zhixian continued to salute Yulan. Yu Yulan did not return the gift, but accepted the gift calmly. This made Chu Zhixian a little unhappy, but Chu Zhixian did not show it on his face. Yulan said: "If you need anything else here, just tell me."

"It doesn't take much, I just need a few servants to help." Yu Yulan said with a faint smile: "After all, I don't have many people, and secondly, the people here don't know my sister's preferences during her lifetime. "

"Then let the mother-in-law and the maid obey your orders." Chu Zhixian pondered for a while and ordered the housekeeper to find the mother-in-law and the maid. The housekeeper was supposed to be, and soon the mother-in-law and the maid came in.

The mother-in-law and the maidservant were very surprised after hearing the order from the magistrate Chu. However, this was the master's order. They could only step forward and salute Yulan: "I have met my concubine."

If you want to calculate it from Mrs. Chu's side, the concubine was not wrong. Yu Yulan looked at the mother-in-law and the maid, and took out two small purses: "I have troubled you these days. What are your surnames?"

"My husband's surname is Wang!" the woman said, and the maid already said: "I don't have a good name either. When my wife is here, call me Chun'er."

"That's Mama Wang, Chun'er." Yu Yulan also called the people she brought over to identify herself. The magistrate Chu didn't want to hear any more about the affairs of the woman's back house, so he walked out with an excuse.

The housekeeper was still waiting outside. When he saw Chu Zhixian coming out, the housekeeper stepped forward and said, "Master, why do I always feel that this concubine is a little..."

"The Qiu family admits it, and you see how generous she is in her words and deeds. How could anyone use thousands of silver to tease me?" Chu Zhixian knew what the housekeeper was going to say, so he interrupted the housekeeper. The housekeeper should be, Mrs. Wang has already left Walking out of the Zen room, he said to Chu Zhixian: "Sir, my concubine said that I need to buy some cloth to make mourning clothes first, and the younger one wants to go to the silk and satin shop."

"Since this sister has shouldered all the responsibility, you don't have to go back and forth with me about these matters." Chu Zhixian had already lost his dignity and could not lose any more face. He only said this to Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang walked out in a hurry.

Butler Qiu also walked out of the Zen room and said to Chu Zhixian: "This child was originally very capable. After so many years of not seeing him, he has become more capable with experience. I feel relieved now."

Butler Qiu's words clearly showed that he and Chu Zhixian were affectionate, but Chu Zhixian was not willing to say more to Butler Qiu and only smiled. Butler Qiu also saw the weird look on Chu Zhixian's face, so Butler Qiu did not talk to him any more. Chu Zhixian said more and returned to the Zen room.

At this time, the Zen room was already busy. Chun'er was placing the things in front of Mrs. Chu's coffin, while Yu Yulan was talking to Qiu Da about how to organize the funeral.

"Sister, why are you doing this?" Qiu Da asked Yu Yulan quietly, and Yu Yulan just looked at him: "You have been cheating and deceiving all your life, but you have a good sister. "

"So, you and my sister really know each other?" Qiu Da asked in surprise. Yu Yulan just smiled. Seeing Butler Qiu come in, Yu Yulan said to Butler Qiu: "Uncle Qiu, you are planning a funeral." , your mother-in-law family will naturally be in front."

"You're too polite." Except for Chun'er, no one else is an outsider at this moment. Butler Qiu naturally doesn't have to act like he did just now to cover up. She just put her hands straight to Yulan, saying that she didn't need to be so polite.

"This is a proper courtesy." Yu Yulan just smiled and said to Butler Qiu. Butler Qiu thought of the indifference of Chu Zhixian and couldn't help but sigh: "The human heart."

"As long as Uncle Qiu remembers what you said, we will definitely handle this matter properly." Yu Yulan's words are a reminder. Butler Qiu naturally knows what he said, and of course he wants to clean up Su Qiao's body. He was wronged, so Butler Qiu nodded: "Of course I won't forget it."

Mrs. Wang went to the cloth store to buy cloth, make new mourning clothes, and buy various other things that would be used. Naturally, it soon spread to everyone that someone was going to organize a new funeral for Mrs. Chu, and it was a big one.

When the news came to the magistrate's office, the magistrate frowned when he heard it: "How did this come about?"

"It was said that a sworn sister of Mrs. Chu came here. She even took Qiu Da out of the prison and said that she wanted to recognize him. When they met, they called her sister and brother, and they were very affectionate." The housekeeper respectfully reported to the prefect, The magistrate's eyebrows grew tighter: "What kind of sworn sisters? If there really is such a sworn sister, why doesn't Magistrate Chu know about it?"

"They said they were sisters who knew each other before they got married." The steward's words made the prefect snort coldly: "Who knows if it was some kind of trap? You let people go..."

Before he finished speaking, a boy came in to report that Magistrate Chu was visiting. The magistrate swallowed the cold snort he was about to say and ordered the housekeeper to invite Magistrate Chu in.

As soon as Chu Zhixian walked in, before the magistrate said anything, Chu Zhixian said: "At this moment, I think you have heard about my family's affairs."

"This has made the entire city aware of it." There was dissatisfaction in the magistrate's words, and Chu County Magistrate also nodded: "I have been dealing with this person for a while, and I feel that although this person has no flaws, I still feel that there is something wrong with him."

"You mean, this person is from the Kuang family?" What the magistrate said made Magistrate Chu nod: "My wife passed away and I want to marry a new wife. It is inevitable that the Qiu family has resentment. This one has resentment. Who knows what his family will think of."

"What you did back then was a bit excessive." The magistrate said lightly, and Magistrate Chu sighed: "Who would want to have such a relative of a death row prisoner now in prison? Besides, the Shangshu Mansion has been defeated. ."

Wang Shangshu has been shut up for several months. Although there is no shortage of food at Wang Gongzi's place, the government officials have become more and more lax towards Wang Gongzi.