Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Although Fengcheng is a prosperous county, it is relatively rare for a murder case to occur, especially the love entanglement in it is like a story, so this case has attracted countless people's attention.Even if the Ma family and the Chen family were quite powerful in the city, they couldn't stop the people talking about it. Some tea shops in the town even compiled this into a book, and they were talking about it with gusto.

As a murderer, Li Shuilian has the wealth of the Ma family and the Chen family. Even if her body is thrown away in a random graveyard and her family is not allowed to restrain her, no one is pitiful and unfair.The Chen family and Chen Minghao have exactly the same temperament, and they blame others for their faults, thinking that it was the Lin family who looked down on their husband and allowed him to hook up with Ma He, which caused everything to happen.

At the request of the Chen family, the yamen took Li Shuilian's body away and placed it in the morgue.

After the yamen servant brought Lin Fulingui, he took him directly to the morgue and asked the two to identify the body.Although Lin Fu was a rascal, he had never seen a dead person, let alone the familiar pillow man with his face covered in blood, and immediately backed away in fright and fell to the ground.Although Lin Gui was stronger, his face was pale and he wanted to vomit several times.

"Okay, sign it." The yamen servant handed over a piece of paper, saw Lin Gui tremblingly signing on the paper, and kindly reminded: "I also know that he is not your husband, but who made him so bold?" It's bad luck for you to kill the young master of the Ma family and the young master of the Chen family. After listening to a word of persuasion, the corpses will be buried as soon as they are brought back. Anyway, they don't need to be buried in your family's ancestral grave. Hurry up and bury them, lest the Chen family change again. Got an idea."

"Thank you." Lin Gui was full of anger at this kind of humiliation, but he could only endure it because he was helpless. This made him more aware of the benefits of wealth and made him even more desperate for his situation.

The two were brought into the city almost penniless, but they couldn't go back after receiving the corpse.The yamen doesn't care, just go to check it in two days, if it is discovered that it is fraudulent, it may lead to a prison disaster.Fortunately, at this time, Madam Lin came to find her, and while muttering angrily, she spent money to rent a car to drag Li Shuilian's body away.You must know that transporting the dead is a bad job, not to mention that Li Shuilian is still a murderer, and it took a lot of money to get someone to deliver it.

The rented scooter was very worn out, and the old man who drove it said: "The scooter is too small to fit anyone, so come up and take a guide."

No matter how cheap Lin is, she doesn't want to take this car, but someone has to lead the way... Hesitating, she pushed Lin Fu, who is not flexible with her legs and feet, into the car, and sat on the side, looking away. Look at the corpses rolled up in matting on the cart.

"I'll lead the way, my youngest son has bad legs, so he can't walk long distances." Madam Lin gave Lin Gui another ten or twenty copper coins, and said, "Ah Gui, this car is too unlucky, you should take another car back. "

Lin Gui nodded.

Originally, he didn't plan to take this car, even if he walked back.

Watching the broken scooter go away, Lin Gui stood alone for a while, and finally raised his foot.After walking numbly for a long time, he unknowingly came to a busy street. The person walking towards him was so familiar, which made Lin Gui feel as if he had passed away.

Yingzi?

Yingzi's complexion was rosy, her smile was soft, and she was full of happiness.It is no longer the haggard and dull appearance, but the appearance that touched his heart in the distant memory. However, Yingzi is no longer facing him at this time, and the people around Yingzi look like rough peasants. Being old and taking his place made him uncomfortable.

However, this is not the most important thing. When Yingzi passed by him and heard their conversation, Lin Guicai felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave——Is Yingzi pregnant? !

Lin Gui felt dizzy and dizzy, and could completely imagine how the village would talk about him when they heard about this incident.

Suddenly he heard the neighing of the horse, and when Lin Gui came back to his senses, he realized that he had fallen to the ground, with a burning pain on his forehead.It turned out that he was absent-minded and collided with the carriage. Fortunately, he only scratched his head, but was trampled by the horse's hoof.

Lin Gui felt that he had always been such a failure in his life, constantly falling...

"Are you okay?" The car window opened suddenly, revealing half of a round and fair face, those not-so-big eyes inadvertently glanced at Lin Gui who was on the ground, quickly retracted his head, but his face turned red.

Lin Gui hadn't reacted yet, but the driver seemed to have received some orders, helped him up, and asked very politely: "Did the old man fall and hurt? My son is kind, and he doesn't want to let the old man go back hurt like this. The young master invites the uncle to get in the car, and asks the doctor to give the uncle a good diagnosis and treatment."

After a brief moment of astonishment, Lin Gui quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind. After all, it will not be worse than it is now.

Here, Lin Gui left in a wealthy carriage, but Madam Lin waited at home, waiting for no one to see anyone. She had no choice but to ask the clan for help, find someone to dig a hole on the mountain, and take Li Shuilian away. Hastily buried.In order to deal with the yamen and the Chen family, he had to bear the urge to respond, and asked a literate person in the village to write a wooden monument, stating that the person who erected the monument was Li Shuilian's husband.

Just finished this unlucky thing, Lin Fu came to make a fuss about marrying his new husband before Mrs. Lin could recover.

"This Li Shuilian just had an accident. You are going to get married soon, and the Chen family will not be happy. Wait a little longer." Mother Lin has no ability to marry him, so she can only find an excuse first.

Lin Fu was also afraid of the Chen family, afraid of being thrown into prison like Grandma Jin, so he grabbed the wine bottle and drank in silence.

When Madam Lin was worried about Lin Gui, Lin Gui came back the next day, and he seemed to be the same as before.

Qiao Mo's house had a visitor at this time.

When Fang Jinnian came to the door again, his mood was completely different, as if a certain shackle had been removed from his heart.

The fact is exactly the same. For so many years, the Fang family seems to have a good time, but the old man is a shrewd person, and he never thought of changing the status of the big house. Supporting the second and third houses is just an illusion to encourage the big house. It is ridiculous for the big house to see do not wear.He didn't want to be someone else's whetstone all the time, and this time he finally got the chance to use external forces to force the old man to separate the family. Even if the family property he got was very small, he would be happy with it.

He has benefited from Qiao Mo, and now he is managing business for the Ministry of Accounting, and is expected to become the new royal merchant of the Ministry of Accounting in the next year or two.

Thinking about what happened this year, Qiao Mo is indeed the noble person he was destined for.

"Boss Fang has a happy event?" Seeing that he was in a good mood, Qiao Mo relaxed a little.

"This is still in the honor of Mr. Qiao." Knowing Qiao Mo's background, and being attached to the Qi family, Fang Jinnian really couldn't call him "Little Qiao".

"What happened in the county?" Qiao Mo knew what he meant, it was just Qi Yun giving him some convenience.

Fang Jinnian smiled slightly, but he didn't seem nervous: "Ma Shangcai really couldn't hold back his desire to do something to you, but even if he bribes the county magistrate, the county magistrate can't open his eyes and tell nonsense and fabricate the facts about your connection to the murder case. I guess Well, the county magistrate will definitely find an excuse to close your shop, and the Ma family will use this to suppress you and secretly link you to the murder case. If the county magistrate has evidence, he can take you into custody even if it is just a rumor. If you don’t give it to me, you won’t be able to get it out for a day.”

Qiao Mo guessed the same way. Although he was worried, he was not afraid. What could happen with his back against the mountains.

"What are you going to do?" Fang Jinnian knew that he knew what to do when he saw his calm expression.

Qiao Mo asked without answering: "Didn't you find someone to help Ma Shangcai with work? I don't think it's enough. His thoughts are too much to use up. Why don't you add more fire."

"...Draw the bottom of the pot? Good idea!" Fang Jinnian nodded with a smile.

Qiao Mo entrusted the matter to Fang Jinnian. After all, Fang Jinnian knew the Ma family better, and the manpower was more convenient. Besides, Fang Jinnian believed that he had benefited a lot from him now, so he must be thinking of repaying a favor. Isn't it a good time now? Chance.

Sure enough, Fang Jinnian didn't refuse, he had a meal, and before leaving, he gave him the share of the briquette machine from last time.

This matter is also cooperated with the Ministry of Household Affairs. At first, they sold machines, which were not cheap, and most of them were bought by dignitaries to show their status.Later, the Ministry of Households changed its mind. After all, coal is not affordable for ordinary people. In order to generate income, the Ministry of Households stopped selling machines and switched to selling finished briquettes and special coal stoves. It quickly became popular in the capital, and everything was a little rich. Everyone buys one, mainly because it is convenient and fresh.

When the business was good, Qiao Mo got a lot of money, a full 500 taels.

Qiao Mo took the money and understood that it was his uncle who took special care of him, otherwise the [-]% of the profit... Not to mention anything else, what he was talking about at the beginning was selling machines, but now the machines have stopped long ago, and the money given to him There must be a profit from selling coal.But the coal belongs to the imperial court, even if Qi Yun is his own uncle, he will not take the money from the state to subsidize his nephew, at most it will increase the profit from selling the machine to him.

Fang Jinnian also talked about the production of candy. Everything is ready in the capital, but there was a delay due to the busy business. It will definitely be listed by the end of the year at the latest. The emperor is still waiting for a big profit to fill the treasury.

Inform him of this matter, one is to inform the progress, and the other is to express that the distribution of candies will have to wait until the end of the year or a year later.

Two days later, it was another sunny day.

Qiao Mo moved out the round bamboo sofa that he had made earlier and placed it in the yard, spread out soft cushions, and sat on it, feeling so comfortable that he wanted to sleep.Just as he was about to fall asleep in the warm sun, someone suddenly opened the door and ran in, whistling while running.

"Brother Qiao! Brother Qiao! It's a big event, it's a big event!" It was Li Xue who asked for leave yesterday and said that she would not come to work today and would go to the city with Lin Daqing.But now he came running in a panic, looking at his bright eyes and flushed cheeks, it didn't seem like a bad thing.

"What happened? Didn't you go to the city?" Although Li Xue loves to gossip, it's rare to see him like this.

Li Xue took a breather, and said gossipingly, "I just came back, but when I first entered the village, I saw a rare thing. There was a matchmaker who came to propose marriage to Lin Gui. The person he was talking to was really good. I heard it was The big country gentleman has quite a fortune, and there is only one young brother in the family."

"Is there such a thing?" Qiao Mo was also surprised.

"That's right, I asked the matchmaker specifically. It was said that the big squire lived in the city, and because he only had one brother under his knees, he was very precious. He was afraid that his husband would treat him badly, so he did not decide on a marriage for a long time. Otherwise, it won't be Lin Gui's turn."

Qiao Mo sneered and said, "You also know that it's not Lin Gui's turn to do good things, so according to what you said, that brother's conditions are so good, how did you choose Lin Gui? Lin Gui can't read a book now, so it can be said that he has a future. What's the point of ruining everything?"

Unexpectedly, Li Xue looked at him and laughed out loud: "Brother Qiao, you are so stupid! Since he is so rich and only has one brother, what else can he do? What should I do if the person who made a confession was elected and became an official, but I don’t want my brother? It’s better to find someone like Lin Gui. Although Lin Gui has no future, there is one thing, he looks good. The matchmaker said, My brother just took a fancy to Lin Gui's character and appearance."

Qiao Mo still felt it was weird, that Lin Gui might not be so good-looking, but he just looked at the white and gentle, with the appearance of a scholar.Maybe... that brother loves this kind of thing?

"Since there is only one brother and he has a lot of money, why don't you recruit someone?" Qiao Mo asked again.

Li Xue shook his head: "I haven't heard of this, it seems that there is no such requirement. I heard from the matchmaker that the brother was raised very expensive since he was a child, and he was afraid that he would not be able to endure the hardships in the countryside. The master of the family hoped that they would live in the city after they got married. Go, it's better to be closer to your own house. Now that you've said that, it shouldn't be recruiting."

Qiao Mo didn't expect that Lin Gui could still "turn around", and he was afraid that if he had money, he would rekindle his aspirations for success.

If it is really as close as the matchmaker said, Qiao Mo's guess is not too much, but the truth is not known to outsiders.

The matchmaker came to the Lin family's door, and Lin Gui agreed without any accident.

Old Mama Lin was very proud, all the previous bad luck was swept away, and she wished to have a day of firecrackers in front of her house.Lin Gui couldn't see it, so he reminded him that the Chen family was watching, if the ostentation was too much, maybe the Chen family would make trouble again, that's all for Mrs. Lin.

Even though she had given up on this thought, Old Mama Lin still walked around the village, telling everyone how good her son was, which attracted the squire to agree with him as a brother.He also said that the squire gave his brother a lot of dowry, respected his own wishes in everything, and there was no better in-law than this, etc., which aroused the envy of many people in the village.

The marriage was decided very urgently, so she picked a day for the wedding at the end of the month, and Mrs. Lin said to the public that she was worried about Father Lin's health and wanted to use the happy event to rush.

Qiao Mo didn't have the time to pay attention to Lin Gui's happy event for the time being. As he and Fang Jinnian guessed before, the county magistrate found an excuse to close Qiao's shop.It was said that it was the interrogation of Grandma Jin, and Grandma Jin confessed that Li Shuilian lived in the backyard of Qiaoji shop temporarily when she was in the city. I am afraid that she is also involved in this case, so Li Liang and the other three were interrogated for this reason.Li Liang and the others naturally denied it, but they were considered to be deliberately covering up, and they were about to hit the board with an order.

"Wait!" The voice was not too loud, but the county magistrate was full of surprise when he saw the visitor, and he felt that the visitor might be related to this case.