The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong hung up his appetite and went out to cut grass. After drying the grass, he was busy chopping firewood, washing clothes, and picking vegetables in the field with a basket.Little Xiucai heard him walk to the front yard, and followed him out for a while, but he didn't make a sound, turned around and went into the house again.

Xue Yinsong endured a smile and went to the field to pick vegetables, and by the way, weeds and insects.When he came home, Father Xue also came back.

As soon as Father Xue saw him, he took the initiative to confess his crime: "I went to the matchmaker's house early in the morning, and Matchmaker Zhang agreed, and said that I would go to meet the ceremony in the afternoon." Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "Congratulations to Dad."

Father Xue blushed, and before he had time to be shy, Xue Yinsong said again: "When you marry a wife, move out. I can't live with women in this yard, otherwise the influence will be bad."

Father Xue almost choked to death: "You unfilial bastard, your father is still alive, and you are thrown outside. I really should take care of the money, otherwise I will lose everything if I lend it to you. .”

Xue Yinsong grinned and annoyed him: "Take the money and have another one, just pretend that I had never been born, then I can relax." Father Xue snorted, and pointed at his sore spots: "Little scholar What's the matter? Did I talk to you?"

Xue Yinsong snorted, "Why didn't you tell me? I told them stories early in the morning." Xue's father laughed at him and said, "You just pull it out. You tell stories when you have nothing to say. How many stories can you have? Can you still talk for 360 days? If he ignores you, he will ignore you for the rest of his life, just wait for the chicken to fly."

Xue Yinsong was very confident in himself, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it. He just asked, "It's almost the end of the year. If the little widow wants to agree, when are you going to marry her? Although the end of the year is festive, the price is also [-]% more expensive. I think you should still marry her." Let's hold a banquet in spring."

Father Xue shook his head: "Who's Suxian is holding a big banquet? Suxian is not a big deal, just set up a table for the family to eat, just do it quietly." Xue Yinsong thought about it, so he didn't mention it again, just said : "Eating can be done here, but it will be said that you are inconvenient to live in and live in a wine shop. It is indeed inconvenient for me, mainly because it will affect the reputation of a scholar."

Father Xue nodded in agreement. He didn't intend to live here at all. Of course, his son's secret must be kept.

Seeing that he was almost busy, Xue Yinsong slipped to the front yard to see the scholar, and saw that the little scholar was more serious than usual, took the book and recited silently, and wrote many banners and hung them all over the room.

Xue Yinsong took a few steps closer, and saw that Xiao Xiucai was so absorbed that he didn't even notice him. He paced back and forth in the room, and then stood by the bed with frowns frowning, flipping through a book.

The little Xiucai is not old and stature, with delicate features and a fair face, Xue Yinsong looked carefully, thinking of his crush in the previous life, and vaguely remembering that rather similar face.

That person was his deskmate. The two sat together for five years, from junior high school to high school, and finally lost contact because the other party moved suddenly.

In fact, there is nothing special about it, but Xue Yinsong unknowingly developed a crush from borrowing erasers and pencils at ordinary times, and then heated up the crush to crush.

His eyes and mouth are very similar to Xiucai's, except that Xiucai's nose bridge is not so straight, making him look younger.But Xue Yinsong was fascinated. The first time he saw a scholar, he felt that his long-cherished wish had come. Since the two people look so similar, maybe they are the same person in the past life and this life. Maybe God saw that he was pitiful in the previous life and sent him to make up for it. his.

The little scholar read it a few more times, then suddenly slammed the book and cursed: "It's fine if you don't talk, who cares to listen! Huh, you only talked halfway, and you deliberately whetted your appetite. You did it on purpose! On purpose! On purpose!"

Xue Yinsong was stunned for a moment, but before he understood, he scolded again: "You are obviously my slave, yet you dare to bully your master! Didn't you sign the deed of prostitution at the beginning? Why should I be afraid of him? Hmph! Take out the deed of prostitution and put it in front of him for him to take a good look at it! How dare you... Hmph! You can't believe it, you can't believe it! Whatever is good for me is fine! Could it be that you are not allowed to take the exam? Scholars don’t take the imperial examinations, farmers don’t tend their crops, soldiers don’t work hard to resist the enemy… all of these are against the destiny!”

"Besides, it's not that I can't pass the exam. Last time, the master said that as long as I have a stable mentality, I will definitely pass. It's just that my ranking is slightly different. It's not that I have to be in the top three... What's the matter with studying! Why do you say I'm not suitable? Being an official?! Didn’t you obviously help me with some scenario simulations, why is there such a big change again, what’s going on!” Xiao Xiucai was talking to himself, and walked around the room a few times, not paying attention at all. To the eavesdropper outside the window: "What am I worried about him for? Those bastard things he did... Which one can bear and which one can't bear! As a man, he treats me like that, which is actually worse than the He family! Take away the family property and good land, as long as you leave me alone, why worry about the future of food and clothing in the future, but he..."

Xue Yinsong was shocked, thinking that if you think about it, you don't know what conclusion you will come up with, he coughed and asked: "Mr. Pei, are you reading? Take a break after reading it all morning, do you want to serve it to you?" A cup of tea?"

Xiao Xiucai didn't know how much he had heard, felt a little guilty in his heart, and coughed: "No need..." After thinking about it, he stopped talking and ignored him.

Xue Yinsong entered the room with a smile, looked at the scholar and turned his face away: "Why are you doing this? Could it be that we will never speak again?"

Little Xiucai was still standing facing the wall, silently reading the book, ignoring it.Xue Yinsong went over to snatch his book, and Xiao Xiucai went to the table to get another one.

Xue Yinsong sighed and said: "I thought it would be fine if you were born two days ago, but I never thought that you are petty and petty, so let's do it, isn't it just an imperial examination, and I will allow you to take it. good?"

The little scholar was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately lowered his face and said: "I know that there are people in this world who like Xiaowan, but I can't, you can't do that to me again, if you agree, I won't do anything in advance, and I still respect you Brother Xue."

"That won't work," Xue Yinsong resolutely vetoed: "There is no turning back when you start a bow, and besides, a gentleman is hard to follow. Since I like you, I must like you for a long time. It is not a gentleman to give up halfway."

The little scholar was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time, and then said after a long time: "Absurd! Really absurd!"

"Why don't you come and make a bet," Xue Yinsong thought for a while and said, "If I win the bet, you will agree to my request, and if I lose, I will agree to your request."

The little scholar said: "But you can't ask me...to ask me and you..." "That's impossible. This bet is willing to admit defeat. There are many conditions. If I win, I will make a request to you. I will lose." Now, you can also make a request, which must be fulfilled once it is said."

Little Xiucai felt quite tempting, thought for a while and gritted his teeth: "What are you betting on?"

Xue Yindao: "Don't you want to test your son to be a high official? I will test you for the easiest one, but all Jinshi and ranks are either alternates for Beijing officials or sent to county magistrates. Apart from educating the people, being a parent official is the most important thing. The important thing is to govern the place. Now there is a murder case in the county, and you are only given a few days to solve the case, what do you think?"

"Where did the murder come from?"

"Didn't I get a lawsuit recently? Now that the county magistrate has not solved the case, why don't we take a gamble on this case?"

"This... how to gamble?"

"It's very simple. If you can solve the case within five days, you will win. If you can't, then I will win." Xue Yinsong replied with a smile.

"You are... looking down on me!" Little Xiucai was a little unconvinced.

"Whether you look down or not depends on your ability. We have simulated the situation several times. If you really learn something, just let it go." Xue Yinsong replied, watching him smile, with an expression that I know you must not be able to do.

The little scholar tugged at his sleeves, hesitated for a few moments and firmly agreed: "Then the deal will be made!" Then he threw away the book and said, "I'll go to investigate the news right now, you just wait, the promise will count! And if I order you to run errands , you must not refuse."

"That's natural. Now you are the county lord and I am the yamen servant. If you have errands and other things, just order."

The little scholar tugged at his sleeves and said, "Do you have anything else to do? If you have nothing to do, go to the village with me. I want to ask Chen Liang again."

Xue Yinsong said: "Okay."

The two went out to the village, they were speechless all the way, the little scholar was a little nervous, he kept rubbing his hands and kneading the hem of his clothes.

Xue Yinsong knocked on the door, and Chen Liang came out to answer him. They both asked strangely, "Isn't everything over? Why did you come to the door?"

The little scholar paused, feeling a little guilty: "I just came...to ask."

Xue Yinsong glared at Chen Liang: "What's the knot? My beating was for nothing? If you hadn't said that you had a feud with me, why would I have been taken into prison? Now people in the village are all chattering when they see me, Talking about right and wrong behind your back, now I have to wash away my grievances, I just came to ask you today, if you refuse to answer honestly, I will tell the county magistrate that you look suspicious."

After hearing this, Chen Liang had no choice but to let them in: "What do you want to ask, ask quickly, I still have farm work to do."

The little scholar coughed and asked, "Let me ask you, do your two brothers have any problems with others?"

Chen Liang shook his head: "There is no festival."

The little scholar said: "It's a lie, I have heard from the villagers that your two brothers have injured someone, and that person died of anger after a month, because the old injury relapsed."

Chen Liang was startled, and immediately calmed down: "That was a long time ago, my brother and I have reformed long ago, and besides, there is only one woman left in that family, and they moved to a neighboring county."

The little scholar said again: "What else is there to hide?"

Chen Liang replied helplessly: "I even broke someone's legs and feet, and I have already paid money and two acres of land. All grievances and grievances have been settled."

The little scholar opened his mouth and didn't know how to ask, so he could only look at Xue Yinsong with pleading eyes. After all, he had never experienced it before, and now his eyes were darkened, and he didn't know where to go.

Xue Yinsong took the hint and turned to lie to him: "I heard that your brother has a quarrel, and the reason is because of the unequal distribution of family wealth. Your brother has been living at home, right?"

Chen Liang suddenly looked at the two in surprise, but he argued in his mouth: "When my father divided the family property back then, he gave each of my brothers a share. My second brother was lazy and lost all the family property, so he had to come and vote for me. I kindly took him in. He lives, don't wrong a good man!"

Xiao Xiucai was very surprised, and looked at Xue Yinsong again.

"Oh? Then, can you tell me what you got and what your brother got?"

Chen Liang calmed down for a moment and said, "This house is divided between me. I also have 11 mu of land on the mountain and 2 mu of orchard. My brother's land is at the foot of the mountain, with a total of 20 mu, all of which are high-quality land."

Xue Yinsong checked his expression and felt something was wrong, so he nodded and said: "So that's the case, it seems that we have wronged you too. So let's leave."

After going out for a short distance, the little scholar tugged at his sleeve and said, "Brother Xue, there must be something wrong with Chen Liang, and the division of parents' families is usually equal to each other's good and bad. Elder brother, give the good land under the mountain to younger brother?"

Xue Yinsong nodded and said: "Although there are doubts, but no witnesses can be found, we must ask an elder of the Chen family." The little scholar said, "Isn't Lizheng this Chen Liang's uncle? Maybe he knows something inside."

Xue Yinsong hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go to Lizheng's house now." The two of them walked quickly to the north of the village to visit Lizheng.

It happened that Li was sitting in the yard when he saw two people coming to sit down with a smile and asked, "Why do you want to come to my place together?"

Xiao Xiucai had to look at Xue Yinsong again, Xue Yinsong smiled and replied: "It's bad luck to be caught in a prison last time, now I'm going to study the case to see if I can solve it."

"Oh?" Li Zheng was a little surprised: "I didn't know that a scholar had such abilities. Now the county magistrate is having a headache. If he can solve the case quickly, it will be a great achievement."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "That's natural, so I thought to ask Mr. Li Zheng if he could know some old things about Chen Liang's family?"

"Well, these two brothers have always acted improperly. After his parents died, the two brothers lost their restraints. They fought more and caused troubles, took prostitutes and gambled, and lost all their property within a year or two." Li Zheng sighed: "Later I Seeing their hardships, I remembered that his mother had a dowry with me back then. There were 11 acres of Susukida and 2 acres of orchards and yards. I took them back and gave them strict instructions. Brothers make do with each other, now that Chen Liang has married, I can rest assured when Chen Shan also gets married in two years."

Xiao Xiucai nodded and looked to the side, and sure enough, he saw Xue Yinsong's eyebrows brightened, obviously he had found something suspicious.

Xue Yinsong thought for a moment and asked: "Isn't Chen Shan young? Why doesn't he marry a wife?" Li Zheng said: "I don't like him. People who can like him despise him for being poor. If they are willing to marry into his family, he will marry him." I don’t think he’s pretty, this kid was doted on by his parents before, he’s the most picky about everything, he only likes pretty girls.”

Xue Yinsong nodded and smiled and said, "That's true. No one can tire of looking at beauties, but his family's yard is too small. If Chen Shan wants to marry a wife, it won't be easy. If he wants to separate the family, the two brothers must have suspicions. "

Lizheng nodded: "Chen Shan came to me last time and asked me to support him in separating the family. She said that my sister-in-law disliked him for working and eating less. I didn't agree. Chen Shan has always been cunning, and he must be too lazy to make his sister-in-law dislike him. Chen Liang always had to be more reserved, so I was relieved to let him keep his younger brother. I told him that if you don’t marry a wife, you can’t divide the family property, but he still slammed the door and left.”

The two thanked each other and went out, when the little scholar was about to speak, Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "Aren't you the county magistrate? I'm the yamen servant. Now I've done everything you should do. How can you solve the case?"

The scholar was at a loss for words for a while, Xue Yinsong said again: "I probably already know the facts of the case. If I can solve the case in five days, I can ask you." you!"

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Then I asked about the case today, and it's not your credit." Xiao Xiucai was impatient, and at the same time felt very wronged, and looked at him helplessly without saying a word.

Seeing his appearance, Xue Yinsong softened his heart again: "Okay, okay, as long as you can deduce it, you will win."