Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

Chai Wu repeated what he said, adding:

"The official said that he will definitely come back if he finds out the news at night, and asked me to stay and help guard the door."

"Alright, you've been tired all day too, so you can rest after dinner."

A man in the family can also be courageous. Pan Jinlian knew that Chai Wu would not be short of people now, so she was relieved to let Shuangxi stay, and the three of them ate together when the Shen family's wife cooked the food.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and Chai Wu hadn't been seen yet, Pan Jinlian was still a little anxious. She looked around at an old woman and a little girl, only Shuangxi was left, and she didn't dare to ask them to go out to inquire, so she asked Ying'er He lit a lantern and hung it on the tree, and lit candles in his own room, coaxing the children while waiting for Chai Wu to return.

The old woman of the Shen family was also thinking about her family over and over again. Her family is all servants of the Chai family, but she just bought a house and divided it out, so she doesn't live in the compound of the Chai family. No more.

The two children saw this scene for the first time, and neither fell asleep. Ying'er was boiling hot water in the small kitchen, and Shuangxi squatted beside her and told her how to arrest people outside and how vicious the yamen servants were. Big eyes listened attentively.

After the third watch, Chai Wu returned home, but he was exhausted.Pan Jinlian had asked someone to prepare hot water, sent him to wash first, and brought tea before asking:

"What's going on outside?"

"The money has already been handed in. The yamen only took the three of them into custody, but they didn't convict them. They must have to wait a few days. I heard from the two yamen guards at the door that it seems that the one next to Mr. Chai Li Kui was involved with Liangshan bandits, and he killed Yin Tianxi, I am afraid that Gao Lian will frame us as bandits for revenge, this is serious."

Chai Wu was also taken aback when he heard what the two yamen servants said. This murder is a minor crime, and banditry is a major crime of rebellion. He can't even keep the iron scroll of the alchemy book. Could it be that Chai Jin really did such a thing?But he also has his own ideas:

"I don't know the reason for this matter now. I will find a way to go to the prison tomorrow to have a look."

"It would be better if you could visit the prison, but when you see the master, you must persuade him, absolutely...don't listen to people's slander, let people deceive you, the Chai family is the royal family of the previous dynasty, the late emperor can tolerate us , when the emperor is in power, we can't let us die. Only by explaining it openly can the Chai family be preserved. It is absolutely impossible for people to sway their minds when they talk about cats and dogs. "

Pan Jinlian knew that Liang Shang was about to come to rescue people, no matter what happened to Chai Jin, the master of the Chai family would die in the Chai family compound if he died, otherwise he would never be able to turn around in the future.Chai Wu stared wide-eyed, and asked calmly:

"Your words are very interesting. What's going on? Is there anything I don't know?"

"I didn't dare to say it before, but now I have to say it," Pan Jinlian rolled her eyes, and immediately made up a set of words, "I can't go out of the house these days, I just sit at home. I was sleeping in the heat that afternoon. No, but suddenly I heard someone arguing outside the wall. At first I didn’t pay attention, thinking that our place was connected to the servant’s yard and next to the corner gate, or that the servant was arguing, but I didn’t expect them to become more and more noisy , I listened carefully, it was Li Kui and another person brought by the Chai family officials."

Chai Wu was engrossed in listening, and hurriedly asked:

"What did they quarrel about? It has something to do with our Chai family?"

"Exactly, that man told Li Kui to kill Yin Tianxi so he could go back to the mountain to return to his life, but Li Kui yelled that Chai Jin would not take him out, because he couldn't see anyone. The man looked around and said that if Yin Tianxi didn't die, he couldn't." Let Chai Jin be charged with the crime, he will not be willing to go up the mountain, and the Chai family and Chai Jin's property in Cangzhou will not be in the hands of the leader, let Li Kui play by ear and do this big thing, and he will be rewarded a lot in the future."

Pan Jinlian made it up for a long time, before she said what she knew through the fabricated mouth, but Chai Wu was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice:

"Does anyone else know this?"

"I don't think I know. I know it's a big deal, and I haven't told a single person."

"That's fine, they are not benevolent, and don't blame my Chai family for being unrighteous. Since Li Kui killed the person, he is also a Liangshan bandit..."

"Then the reputation of Chai Daguan will be rotten."

It is indeed a good idea to convict Li Kui alone, but it will inevitably implicate Chai Jin, and if those people from Liangshan come down from the mountain and rush to the government office, instead they seek revenge from Li Kui to settle accounts with the Chai family. The home is still broken.Chai Wu naturally thought of this too, and scratched his hair involuntarily:

"How can this be done?"

"There is only one way, and that is to put it to death and survive."

Pan Jinlian held Chai Wu's hand and said word by word,

"They will definitely make a big fuss under the banner of coming to rescue Chai Jin, so that Chai Jin will never be able to stand up again. We can only circle the yamen and try to delay the time, while sending people to Beijing immediately to ask for an interview with the iron scroll of the Dan book. The current Holy Majesty explained that we have nothing to do with the bandits, even Chai Jin was deceived, and asked for an imperial decree to forgive him. Although the current Holy Majesty favors Gao Qiu, he will not kill our Chai family. If we kill the Chi family , it will inevitably be recorded in the history books, and he must be unwilling. And if those bandits really came and rushed to the government office, as long as the master insisted on not leaving his homeland, those people would look at Chai Jin It won’t do anything to us in terms of face, at most it’s just a search for some property.”

"As long as you can save your life, you are lucky. What about property? Don't you need to spend money in the yamen?"

Chai Wu sighed and nodded:

"That's the only way, so I'll check in tomorrow."

70 jailbreak

After the two discussed it, Chai Wu nodded and said:

"In this case, we must report to Madam first."

"It's natural, the big and small affairs of the family are still decided by the madam."

Early the next morning, Chai Wu found the shops in Chai's city and walked around to spend money. The yamen did not seal all the shops, but all the doors and windows were closed.When the shopkeepers saw Chai Wu, they also asked for news. Chai Wu picked and said, and then said a few words of comfort, asking them to send all the cash to Chai and Li, and the shop assistants should take care of it, and wait for the news. That's all.

After walking around for half a day, Chai Wu went to Chai Li's courtyard. At this time, all the servants in the family had dispersed, and only Chai and Li's consort women were left frowning outside the courtyard, some decocting medicine and some tidying up the courtyard.Seeing Chai Wu, the members of the Zhou family went in to report, and without caring about the defenses of men and women, they directly raised the curtain to let him in. The Chai Wang family and the Chai Lin family who were waiting inside were also looking forward to the news, and did not hide. Just stare at eating Chai Wu.

Chai Wu greeted a few times first, and Chai and Li sighed:

"It's just waiting to die. What's the matter with the master? There is only one man in the house now, so you have to make some appearances."

"Exactly. I have cleared the relationship in Japan a few days ago. Who knew that Li Kui, who was in front of the senior official Chai Jin, was suspected of collaborating with bandits. Things are much more difficult. I have asked the housekeeper to arrange the relationship. I will visit him in the prison this afternoon. Masters and the others, let’s see the situation. I was thinking that instead of giving money to the county government for nothing, I might as well send someone to the capital, if I can convince the senior officials in the capital to help..."

"You're right, that's exactly what happened. At the beginning, I asked the master to go to Beijing to file a complaint. He just couldn't face it." Mrs. Chai and Li coughed a few times, and said quickly, "It's just that you must explain clearly to others, we The family has nothing to do with the bandits on the beams, even Chai Jin, a senior official, may be deceived. He is a son of a phoenix and a dragon, and he is eating the salary of the imperial court, so why should he provoke bandits? It's just that Li Kui deceived the big man Officers, make trouble like this!"

He coughed again as he spoke, his face turned purple, and he couldn't speak. The Zhou family mother-in-law hurried up and patted her back to persuade:

"Ma'am, don't worry, the master and the others are lucky, they will definitely be able to come out safely, isn't there still a fifth master?"

Chai Wu also hurriedly saluted and said:

"Madam, take care of yourself, I will definitely rescue the master from prison."

Mrs. Chai and Li nodded slightly, and then pointed to her dressing table. The Zhou family quickly brought a sandalwood box over, opened it and took out a few yellowed pages:

"This is the land deed that Madam found out yesterday. It is the dowry that Madam married in the past. Let Wu Ye take the pawn to save people."

Chai Wu took it over and saw that it was indeed a few land deeds for paddy fields. They looked old, so he handed them back to the Zhou family:

"I've asked all the shopkeepers in the city to send over all the cash in the shop. Madam, I'd better keep the land deed. If it's not enough, I'll ask Madam for it."

As he said that, the shopkeepers hurried in through the corner gate with the money. Chai Wu counted the money in front of Mrs. Chai and Li, wrapped it into several bags, wrote down the number clearly, and handed half of it to the most experienced person in public. , It was also a shopkeeper named Li Tai, a younger brother of the Chai Li clan, who entrusted him with money to go to Beijing for activities.Then Li Tai is also a person who has seen the world with the master of the Chai family. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed. Chai and Li couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw it. He asked a few words, and then said with tears:

"Our Chai family is looking after you, brother, take care of yourself, and clear the wrongs of the Chai family. The Chai family will never forget your great kindness."

Then Li Tai naturally shed a few drops of old tears, and said solemnly:

"Of course I will do my best, otherwise I won't come back to see my wife!"

Then Li Tai's family has lived in the city for several generations, and they are a rich family, so they would not take the money and abscond, Chai and Li's family finished the drama with him, so they naturally let him go to Beijing.Chai Wu also had a quick lunch here, and didn't even bother to look at Pan Jinlian.