Husband is a soft girl

After Ms. Sun on the bed didn't move, Ruan Xuan was startled, and took a moment to sniff with trembling hands.

died.

With eyes open and tears in his eyes, he died after bitterly cursing "dog officer".

Frozen in place, Ruan Xuan's mind was filled with Ms. Sun's dying reprimands, his body was stiff, and his thoughts were in a mess.And Xu Yuning, who was looking at Ruan Xuan's back, raised his head and tiptoed worriedly, and saw clearly that Ms. Sun on the bed was dead with her crooked head and hands hanging down, while Ruan Xuan was stuck there as if she had lost her soul.

Xu Yuning hesitated for a while, put down the things lightly, walked over step by step, and called softly, "Ruan Xuan?"

Staring fixedly at Miss Sun's corpse, Ruan Xuan didn't answer.

Thinking that Ruan Xuan was scared, Xu Yuning stretched out his hand to close Miss Sun's eyes.Unexpectedly, Miss Sun closed her eyes, and the originally silent Ruan Xuan suddenly said: "No matter how much I lie to myself, Miss Sun will never die."

"Huh?" Xu Yuning was taken aback.

Ruan Xuan stood up suddenly, and ran out with a straight face.Not caring about other things for a while, Xu Yuning hurriedly followed, asking "where to go" but got no response, only to see that Ruan Xuan's steps became more and more urgent, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Slow down!" Xu Yuning was startled when he saw Ruan Xuan almost fell over the threshold.

After Ruan Xuan stood firm, she really stopped as she wished, and looked ahead without saying a word.

At the entrance of the deserted alley in that direction, there was a burst of drunken singing, up and down out of tune.As the song approached, the red-faced Zheng Butou appeared, holding a small wine jar in his right hand, and gnawed a big chicken leg in his left hand, with a greasy mouth, slightly squinted eyes, swaying from side to side like a drunk.

"Hi'er!" Catcher Zheng walked up to them before noticing Ruan Xuan, who had a livid face, and said casually, "I'm done with the investigation? Oh... I'm going back!"

Xu Yuning couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to step forward to beat Zheng Butou soberly, but Ruan Xuan stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Captain Zheng, you are drunk." Ruan Xuan spoke calmly.

Catcher Zheng chuckled, "Fortunately, if I can walk, I'm not drunk... Oh, you mean I forgot to salute, right? See my lord!" As he said, he put the wine jar by his feet, took the chicken legs in his mouth, and stretched his knees Kneeling down, a big gift came, but the glib words in his mouth did not have the slightest respect at all.

The soft-tempered Ruan Xuan, always panicked and said no need when others bowed, but now he looked calm, watching Zheng Butou shaking his head, and asked, "I ask you, did Miss Sun's family come to the Yamen a few days ago?" Complaint?"

"That's right." Catcher Zheng chewed on the chicken leg meat, babbled, "Beating the drums and handing over the papers, what did you say... being bullied, being bullied by the husband-in-law who was engaged... Hahaha, saying that the prince chased you away." Even if you can't drive me away, you still go to the tavern with Lan Fang to block me. I'm not a matchmaker. I want to take care of the couple's affairs? It's not bad that the prince is willing to ask her! If I reason with you, when the time comes...why will the bridal chamber come to me? Do it, something is wrong!"

Xu Yunning frowned, Ruan Xuan trembled all over, and his voice changed, "You mean, she called you several times, but you ignored her and didn't tell me."

"You are busy! You are the county magistrate, how can I bother you!" Zheng Butou felt wronged.

"You said she played the drums? Why didn't I hear it?"

"Oh," Catcher Zheng scratched his head, "Close the door and keep far away, how can adults hear..."

Ruan Xuan took a deep breath, and it took a long time before he could speak, "I said that something must be reported, don't you remember?"

"What's the matter?" Jiu was so courageous, Zheng Butou saw that Ruan Xuan and Xu Yuning's faces were not good-looking, so he didn't care at all, and he was talking nonsense, "The young couple said bullying when they quarreled, really I thought I was a young miss..."

boom!

Ruan Xuan suddenly grabbed Zheng Butou's wine jar, and threw it to the ground forcefully, staring at Zheng Butou with bloodshot eyes.

"My lord," Zheng Butou sobered up, "what's the matter?"

Ruan Xuan didn't answer, his shoulders were shaking.

"Ruan Xuan." Xu Yuning quit watching, stepped forward to pat her, "Don't worry, do the funeral first, and take your time."

Hearing about the funeral, Catcher Zheng took a look at the deserted Sun's mansion, understood a little bit, and then saw the gloomy face of the easy-talking county magistrate in the past. The attitude said, "Yes, yes, I'm going to buy a shroud and coffin and ask someone to help."

Zheng catcher went away, Ruan Xuan stayed for a moment, then squatted down to pick up the pieces of the wine jar at the gate of Sun's house.Seeing this, Xu Yuning also helped, thinking that Ruan Xuan would lose his mind and cut his fingers, but Ruan Xuan's movements were very steady and fast, so she didn't have to worry about it at all.

"Are you okay?" Xu Yuning was worried.

Ruan Xuan nodded, his expression still in a daze, "Yunning..."

"Ok?"

"I want to bury Miss Sun and Lan Fang honorably."

-

Ruan Xuan was begging Xu Yuning.

A splendid burial is not a small expense. The folks in this county are simple but poor and white, there is little oil and water, and there are fewer people sent by the imperial court. Only Zheng Butou and Ruan Xuan eat the imperial food.In order to be able to do things smoothly, Ruan Xuan wanted to invite yamen servants and jailers. He asked for instructions many times and only a little money was allocated. The yamen’s treasury was empty, and occasionally he had to pay in advance, and deducted the wages of the people in Ruan’s mansion. There was no savings left at all. .

"Okay." Xu Yuning thought for a while, and not only took out the silver, but also thoughtfully said, "If it's not enough, I can pawn the jewelry."

Ruan Xuan shook his head, "No need, it's my fault that I didn't know how to save money before..."

"The past is over." Xu Yuning was also very concerned about Miss Sun's death, but she was afraid that Ruan Xuan would think wildly, so she comforted, "Just do it well in the future."

Ruan Xuan sighed, and said quietly, "I'm not suitable to be an official."

"You want to resign?" Xu Yuning asked.

"It's not that easy." Ruan Xuan held his chin, frowning, "I have to ask for instructions, and I have to wait for someone to take over... It won't take a year or so, so I can't just let it go."

"That……"

Ruan Xuan rubbed the center of his eyebrows, weakly, "One thing at a time."

Ruan Xuan didn't know how to organize funerals, and acted according to the local customs that Zheng Butou said.The last time Ruan Xuan had a bad complexion and even fell off the wine jar, and afterwards he was expressionless, even when he smiled with sarcasm, Zheng Butou felt that something was wrong, and he obeyed very honestly, doing what he was told to do, even Help scold the lazy fat servants and thin servants.

After the body was collected, a date had to be chosen for burial. Ruan Xuan couldn't just focus on this and ignore other things.Zheng Butou didn't drink or take a nap, and waited together. The fat yamen servant was a gangster, and he still had a heart to catch people, otherwise he wouldn't have put Xu Yuning, who was known as "I'm a fake and let you catch me", into the county yamen , Seeing that the county magistrate and the head catcher are very motivated, they also help.

"There won't be any." The thin yamen servant was hungover and lacked a brain, thinking that Mr. Zheng's work so hard was to scare the county magistrate's wife, so he said indifferently, "Who will sue the magistrate again after being kicked out so many times?" ?”

Catcher Zheng raised his hand and slapped the thin Yamen servant with the scabbard.

"Ouch..." The skinny yamen servant was not afraid of Ruan Xuan, but he had scruples about Boss Zheng, so he obeyed for the time being, and smacked his lips to reminisce about the wine he drank the night before.

Ruan Xuan listened to the broken words just now, and suddenly realized after pondering for a while: It is true, she has been here for so long, except for the pile of papers received when she first took office, people who came later were afraid of Zheng Butou, and never expected the government to be the master. .

If they don't come, she will investigate!

"Captain Zheng." Ruan Xuan looked at those old cases and was unable to track them down, so he decided to follow his own method, "Change into casual clothes and come with me to patrol to see what the common people have to appeal for grievances."

"Ah? Just go...but why do you need to change clothes?" Zheng Butou wondered.

Ruan Xuan showed that mocking expression again.

"Yes, don't disturb the people, don't play the official role." Zheng Butou replied, muttering in his heart: After all, there are so many families, even if you read them all, can you remember them?

Since he couldn't hear Zheng catcher's head-to-head slander, Ruan Xuan then told the fat yamen servant to go to the East Village to watch the couple farming, and the skinny yamen servant to guard the yamen.

"It can't be the same as before." The fat yamen servant worked like a chicken blood, Zheng Butou followed her, Ruan Xuan felt relieved, and only specially instructed the thin yamen servant.

The thin yamen servant nodded and bowed to send her away.

In the evening, Ruan Xuan planned to go to Sun's house to set up a mourning hall, but he didn't go door-to-door. He chose a few of them, and then went to another street to look.

Catcher Zheng changed his clothes, felt uncomfortable, followed behind and rolled his eyes quietly: There are so many families, and the few people in the family can't remember. He even asked who's name, what's the problem, and he made it clear!

After two days, the decoration of the Sun family mourning hall was completed, the date of burial was chosen, and Ruan Xuan traveled almost everywhere except remote places.Zheng Butou followed behind, unable to keep up his spirits. If Ruan Xuan didn't ask a question about local customs from time to time, he would probably fall asleep.

Not to mention how many people Ruan Xuan asked and what those people said.

So, Ruan Xuan went back and sorted out the priorities and prepared to handle the case, but the first thing he did was to take the thin yamen servant under his knife.

"Only this one?" Ruan Xuan pinched the only pleading paper, "And it says, the owner of the restaurant bullies the customers?"

The thin yamen servant had a stern face and said bravely, "Yes, there is no complaint."

Ruan Xuan sneered, "Mazi from Beixiang told me personally that yesterday he asked someone to write a pleading paper and handed it over, and Aunt Hong from Third Street asked me what happened to what I told you the day before yesterday, and... the handwriting on this paper, you need Shall I compare it with the IOU you wrote?"

Being speechless, the thin yamen servant looked at Zheng Butou for help.

"My lord, did you remember wrongly?" Zheng Butou's favorite thin yamen servant, who served him drinks, helped to speak, "Or those people have misremembered."

Ruan Xuan squinted at him, "Why don't you confront them? The third room at the end of Beicun, the corner of the second alley from the west of the third street, from the county government office, the fastest time to go back and forth is more than an hour, oh , and the owner of the tavern said that he goes to the clinic for acupuncture every day, and we can meet him when we go, and by the way, let’s talk about the bullying of the shop, let’s go.”

Dumbfounded, Catcher Zheng first glanced at Ruan Xuan, then at the same sluggish, skinny yamen servant, gritted his teeth and cursed angrily, "Is it difficult to receive a warrant! Do you want to do it!"

"He doesn't need to do it." Ruan Xuan slowly crumpled up the forged paper in his hand, "There is a young man in Nanxiang who has passed the military examination. He looks honest. I have heard that he has a good reputation and he intends to work for the Yamen."

Zheng Butou squeezed his sweat and shut up.

Seeing that something was wrong, the thin yamen servant plopped down on his knees, begging Ruan Xuan, "Master, I was wrong, I don't dare to do it anymore, I have seniors and juniors..."

This is sure that she is soft-hearted.

Ruan Xuan recalled his previous ignorance, and angrily scolded, "You have a fart! Dad died early, mother remarried, and is a bachelor!"

"My lord...don't...I'm miserable...I was confused for a while..." The thin yamen servant sniffed, hugged her shoes and continued to cry.

Ruan Xuan dodged and counted the favors received by the thin yamen servant one by one, "Uncle Wang's three coins for peace, Liu Erniang's [-] coins for filial piety and snacks for her son in prison..."

"I, I don't." The thin yamen servant panicked.

Catcher Zheng couldn't stand it anymore, and patted him, "Stop talking, if this goes on like this, my lord will even tell you the time."

"I won't go!" The thin yamen servant sat down on the ground when he saw that he was too soft to be tough.

Xu Yuning, who was eavesdropping, almost jumped out.

Unexpectedly, without Xu Yuning making a move, Ruan Xuan glanced at Zheng Butou, and the corners of his lips were slightly pursed showing displeasure.

Zheng Butou seemed to see all kinds of criminal evidence unfolding in front of him, and he also seemed to foresee that the hard-hearted county magistrate would report to the magistrate to let him be completely dismissed, and fight him to the death... He really has old and young, and he can't be provoked. !

"Get out!" Zheng Butou winked at the fat yamen servant, and pushed the thin yamen servant out from left to right.

And Ruan Xuan watched them go, he had just kicked out a scrupulous rogue yamen servant, but he still looked so calm and indifferent...

Xu Yuning, who was hiding behind the door, smiled.

Really grown up.