New widow

But the magistrate still had to accept the petition, and after receiving the petition, he had to go to the study to invite the magistrate Chu to come over.

When Chu County Magistrate heard that the Qiu family had come to sue him for poisoning Mrs. Chu, his expression suddenly turned ugly. Su Du smiled instead: "At this moment, Mr. Chu, are others talking nonsense too?"

"Shut up!" Chu Zhixian only said this to Su Du coldly, and hurried out. His face was very anxious, but he still forced himself to be calm. If he hadn't tripped over the threshold, he would have been fine. .

Su Du let out a long breath. It seemed that he had passed the test today, so Su Du walked outside the door and said to Brother Zhou, "Let's go back together."

"Thank you, Su Tongpan!" Brother Zhou knelt down to salute again, but was stopped by Su Du, and the two hurriedly walked out.

At this time, the hall was already very lively. Butler Qiu knelt down and kept saying that he would poison Mrs. Chu to death. No one except Chu Zhi County would do this. Chu Zhixian sat aside, his face was ashen, but he could not say a word.

"What an honest and upright magistrate!" Yu Yulan stood aside, holding her hands in front of her, her words full of ridicule. The magistrate looked up at her and felt that Yu Yulan's voice was very harsh. How could anyone do this?

"Both parties insist on their own opinions. Let's retreat today!" At this time, the prefect knew that there was nothing more he could say, so he could only say this loudly.

Retreat first? Yu Yulan smiled coldly again: "At this point, what else do you want to discuss? When you want others to be scapegoats, it's no longer possible."

Not working anymore? These three words made Chu Zhixian feel sour. He looked at Yu Yulan: "Are you here for her?"

Who is she? Does she refer to Su Qiao or Mrs. Chu? At this time, Yu Yulan did not distinguish. Yu Yulan just smiled: "She is not the one who did the wrong thing. She should not die."

Yu Yulan didn't say who she was, but in Chu Zhixian's ears, she also referred to two people, so Chu Zhixian said softly: "She is just a woman, she was supposed to..."

"What should she have done in the first place? She didn't feel sorry for you. She gave you a generous dowry. After she got married, she took care of the housework, gave birth to children, and provided money for you to study. She did nothing wrong." She did nothing wrong, but she still died. , died at the hands of her husband.

"The person who poisoned her to death was the Kuang family!" Chu Zhi County only said this, and Yu Yulan sneered: "This sentence can only lie to yourself."

All the arrangements were made well, why is it now all in chaos? Chu Zhixian was thinking in confusion, but Yu Yulan had already said to Butler Qiu: "Let's go back, and we have to hold a funeral properly, so that people can see that men don't just say what they want, and what they want to do Just do whatever you want.”

Hold a funeral. This funeral belongs to Mrs. Chu, not the one held for her by Magistrate Chu. It is deserted and deserted, with no one burning incense.

Butler Qiu stood up, glanced at Chu Zhixian, sighed and walked out. Chu Zhixian looked at Butler Qiu's back and felt bitter in his mouth. How could things have reached this point?

The magistrate also looked at Magistrate Chu: "There is something fishy about this matter."

"We can only wait for Lord Kuang to come." The only one who can change the situation now is Lord Kuang. Counting the days, he will arrive in two or three days. After all, he is Suqiao's father, and this is a fact that no matter what Suqiao says, he can't change it.

When Su Du and Brother Zhou returned to Suqiao's place, the government servants had already eaten and were sitting there talking. When they saw the two men walking in, everyone stood up hurriedly.

"Uncle Zhou, what's going on?" An impatient government servant asked first. Brother Zhou smiled and said, "I'll let you make this trip in vain today. Let's go back first."

"Sure enough, Brother Zhou has the face to ask Su Tong to vouch for it." A yamen servant said something witty, and Su Du just smiled. This is the first level, and there are many more to pass.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Wan Dequan took the money and dismissed the officials, then walked up to Su Du and saluted.

Su Du hurriedly helped Wan Dequan up: "Everyone has thought of a solution for this matter, especially," "What is it in particular?" Su Du thought of the person playing the drum. Although he didn't know who it was, he must have arranged it here.

"I also need you, Su Tongsheng, to come forward." Wan Dequan wiped the sweat from his forehead. In any case, the success of today's incident depends on everyone.

"Today, we are at loggerheads. I'm afraid the magistrate and Chu magistrate may have other tricks up their sleeves." Su Du also knew what Wan Dequan was thinking and hurriedly warned him.

Wan Dequan's expression changed, and then Wan Dequan nodded: "I know, I know."

"I won't go in. Please tell Madam Kuang to be careful in everything." Su Du glanced at the main room, where the curtain was hung, and he didn't know what Su Qiao was doing.

"We will all be careful." Wan Dequan said and sent Su Du out. Su Du walked out of the door. The sun had already set. If he didn't go back quickly, he would not be able to enter the city.

All in all, it was only a short time to serve as an official here, but more things happened in these days than in Su Du's previous twenty years combined.

Su Du surrendered to Wan Dequan, then mounted his horse and left.

Wan Dequan stood at the gate and watched Su Du leave. Wan Dequan's eyebrows frowned more and more. Be careful. You are facing the prefect and the largest official in the city. How can you be careful?

"What happened today really makes people don't know what to say." Listening to the silence outside, Mrs. Song Wu sighed, and Zhou Le also nodded: "Yes, I originally read it in a book Yes, what I heard is different from what I see here."

"Otherwise, why would you say that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books." Suqiao started to speak, and Zhou Le had already reached out to hold her hand: "What I admire most about my sister is that she remains calm and collected no matter what. .”

"Yes, I admire her for that too." Mrs. Song Wu looked at Su Qiao. Although Mrs. Song Wu knew that things would eventually be resolved, she still felt uneasy, uneasy, and thought about all the worst outcomes.

"Okay, now it's time to have dinner." Su Qiao knew the meaning of their words, but Su Qiao was unwilling to continue talking about this matter. She only called Sister Song and asked her to tell Xiao Wu Sister-in-law, it’s time to arrange dinner.

It was only then that Sister Song said: "Sister-in-law Xiao Wu has been worried all day, and she even used sugar as salt. The scrambled eggs for the government officials are sweet."

Suqiao couldn't help but smile: "Fortunately, Sister-in-law Wu is in the kitchen every day, and she even puts sugar as salt."