Stingy Husband Farming

Song Bai opened the makeup box and purse in front of everyone, inside were some ordinary hairpins, rings and pearls, all of which were very rough and worthless, presumably they belonged to the row of maidservants in the back.

It's just that among these servants' objects, there are some loose agate beads mixed in, some have only one, and some have more, two or three.Obviously, these beads came from the same bracelet, but for some unknown reason, the beading rope broke and the beads were divided up by these servants.

Song Bai picked up two of the beads, and the words "Song" and "樰" were engraved on them, and the handwriting was crooked and ugly... Song Bai himself carved them.

Song Xiaomei immediately rolled up a part of her sleeves, revealing the same style she was wearing on her snow-white arms.

The word "Song Luo" is engraved on her.

"A piece of green gold satin can't be used as evidence, but this bead is finally conclusive evidence, right?"

Xue Hai stared fiercely at the row of servants and maids: "Don't you hurry up and confess! Where did this thing come from, and where is the owner of it?!"

"My lord is wronged, we picked these... these beads!" The maids and servant girls were all terrified, but they didn't know the details, they just thought it was expensive, and the government suspected that they stole it , quickly knelt down and kowtowed, all the words were recruited.

These people are all doing rough work in other courtyards and responsible for cleaning, the little maids are in charge of the house, and the older women are in charge of the yard.They found these beads while cleaning. They thought that the master had lost them, or that the owner had missed one or two beads when picking them up, so they took them as their own with a fluke mentality.

These servants were also illiterate, so they didn't know that Song Xie's name was engraved on it.Everyone even thought that they were the unique lucky ones, and kept this matter to themselves. Before today's incident, they didn't even know that others had picked it up.

One of the servant girls trembled the most, because she picked it up from the corner of the room, unlike other people who picked it up in the grass or corridors.The things in the house should have belonged to the owner's family, and her behavior was considered stealing.

Song Bai and Song Xiaomei looked at each other and asked, "Which room did you find it?"

The servant girl tremblingly took them to the room where Song Xiaomei found the green and gold satin.

"Who lived in this room before?"

The eyes of the two stewards wandered away, while the other servants lowered their heads and remained silent.

Xue Hai didn't have the patience to watch them play riddles: "Don't tell me, right? If you don't tell now, just go and talk to the county magistrate." Then he ordered his soldiers to tie him up and send him to the yamen. "Let's play [-] boards one by one, and let's see whose mouth is so tough."

The two stewards were still able to hold on, but the ordinary servants below were frightened and knelt down and kowtowed: "We say, we say!"

But what they know is limited: "A few months ago, the servants in the mansion brought a little brother here. The master and the housekeeper have visited several times in person, and they didn't let us come to serve. No...all the servants transferred from the mansion are serving them. After not staying for long, the little brother suddenly disappeared in about half a month, and the people in the mansion also withdrew!"

At that time they were still chewing their tongues in private, thinking that the little brother was a concubine raised by the master, and his wife would not allow him, so he was sent to their most remote courtyard.

They were terrified and at a loss for people from the government to come to their door today.

Does that brother have another background, their master forced her into prostitution? ?

Song Bai could tell what dirty things these people were thinking at a glance: "You guys had better not gossip about this matter, don't talk about what you shouldn't, or I'll let you into the yamen and you won't be able to get out again!"

A few people trembled, and quickly pressed down their gossip thoughts.

People from the inspection department stepped forward and tied up these people one by one and sent them to the Yamen.There is no need to type the board, but the confession still needs to be recorded.As for those two hard-talking stewards, Xue Hai felt that they should suffer a little bit.

At five o'clock, the clapper rang, it was dawn, and the gates of the city opened.

It was the second time that Master Mei was pulled out of his concubine's room, but this time, he had no chance to go back.

Not only Master Mei, but also the big housekeeper who was confessed, and the servants of Mei's mansion who had taken care of Song Xie, all of them were sent to prison.

And with the dawn, the search of the city last night was also discussed enthusiastically by the people.When the servants of the Mei family's other courtyard and Master Mei were taken away, many people saw it, and within half a day the rumors spread all over the city.

And the wealthy households in the city were also dissatisfied with the county magistrate and the Song family because of the search at the beginning, and turned into dissatisfaction with Master Mei.

I thought it was the county magistrate taking the official power, and the Song family was bullying others to find trouble, but I didn't expect it to be true, and the evidence was found!It's all the fault of the Mei family's evil, otherwise what happened last night would not have happened, and I was forced to come to the Song family.

Comparing your heart with your heart, whose child is not in a hurry to lose it?

At this time, the county magistrate also learned of last night's search results, and ordered people to torture the servants of Mei's mansion, and Mr. Mei tortured them severely.

In fact, the abducted nurses and housekeepers couldn't bear the punishment, so they confessed Master Mei's crimes not long after, together with the fact that he bribed the bandits to kill Song Bai in the first place.

Only then did the Song family know that Song Bai was intercepted and killed by bandits, and later he was exiled on the mountain where Shen Mu was, it was not an accident, but man-made.Mr. Mei actually wanted to kill the Song family so early...

Not long after, even Master Mei himself did not carry it, so he recruited.

He has always lived a life of wealth and comfort, half of his life was lost after a meal, and he lay on the ground dying and looked at the Song family: "Yes, I ordered people to do it, but it's too late for you to find out now ...Hahaha, now his body is probably all turned into bones, right?"

"When you rob my Mei family's business, you should have thought of such a day!"

"You have already occupied the grain business in Xing'an County, why are you still not satisfied? Our Mei family has been in business for generations, and the cloth business in Xing'an County belongs to our family, and no one else can get involved..."

The Song family was not in the mood to listen to his resentment. Xue Bai passed out on the spot when he heard that Song Mao had died.Xue Hai viciously ordered his subordinates: "Don't beat him anymore, don't let him sleep, if you see him close his eyes, pour some salt water on the wound to wake him up, be careful not to kill him."

Mr. Mei wanted to kill someone more than once, and killing him easily, on the contrary, made it easier for him.

At the same time, Xue Hai regretted endlessly in his heart. If he knew that Master Mei was so cruel, he shouldn't have cared about his reputation and innocence. The most important thing is to live.

It turned out that it was the first day he surrounded Mei Mansion, and Song Xie was sent out of the city that night.If I had been more decisive at the time, or if I hadn't threatened the snake...

But it's too late to say that.

"I don't believe it." Song Bai clenched his teeth. "As the saying goes, if you want to live, you need to see people and if you die, you need to see corpses... I didn't die back then, and Xiaoxi must be fine." Not only did he not die back then, but he also had another adventure. A marriage.

"Let the steward of the Mei Mansion go outside the city to look for those people on the road, and you must ask clearly...I won't recognize the body if I don't see it!"

......

Wulipo outside the city, in the stockade.

"Brother, there's someone from the Mei family." A minion came over with some trepidation.

They said they belonged to the underworld, but it was actually a small organization with only seven or eight members.It's a stockade, but it's better to say it's hiding on the mountain and looking for a place to stay. When you lack money, you go to the city to steal and pick up jobs.

The man known as the big brother frowned: "Why, is there another business? Or..."

The tone is a little guilty.

"What are you afraid of, brother, if he wants to inspect the goods, let's just throw them into the mountains and let the wolves eat them." A man next to him suggested. "I don't believe that rich masters like them dare to go to the mountains and see for themselves."

"It's true, it's been several months, maybe it's something else..." The man settled down and followed the minions out.

The butler of the Mei Mansion stood leaning against a tree.He was also beaten, his body hurt so much, he was forcibly put on clothes by Xue Hai's subordinates and carried out, now he is shaking all over.

The eldest brother was walking towards the housekeeper with a few brothers, and just as he came to the front, countless officers and soldiers suddenly surrounded them, surrounding them.

Bandits: "!!!"

The leader glanced at the butler angrily, the damn thing, he set them up!He stretched out his hand and strangled the butler's neck: "Don't come here! Otherwise, I'll kill him!"

The soldiers were unmoved, "Whatever, his life is worthless."

The butler was originally a slave and was involved in a case. Whether he died or not only depended on the mood of the Song family.Maybe Master Mei can use money to entrust relationships to operate. As a slave, he is absolutely inexcusable.

......

A village with less than ten people was surrounded by a hundred people, and it was almost easy to catch.

When those gangsters were tied up, they were still cursing, cursing the housekeeper, cursing Mr. Mei.

Obviously they came to ask them to do things on their own initiative, but now they set up a trap to harm them.

"Okay, don't scold." The group was escorted to the foot of the mountain, where the Song family and Xue Hai had been waiting there, "Did the Mei family send out a little brother to let you..." Song Bai I just felt that the words were stuck in my throat and it was difficult to say, but I had to say: "Let you kill me?"

The bandits looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to say anything.

Murder is a serious crime. If you admit it, you will be decapitated.

"Master Mei couldn't bear the punishment, so he has already been recruited. The evidence is so convincing that you cannot deny it. But if you tell the whereabouts of that brother..." Song Bai closed his eyes, and put the "corpse" in two pieces. The words were vague, "Perhaps I can leave you a whole body without involving your family."

Just now the soldiers went to the stockade to search, there were still a few women and children living in the stockade, they probably had something to do with these bandits.

The big brother's eyes lit up among the bandits.

He thought it was the Mei family who did things unethically, and cooperated with the government to set up a trap to arrest them.According to this, Master Mei was also punished?Could it be the official reported by the brother's family?

"I said, I said!" The eldest brother swallowed: "You let my wife, siblings and children go, I said it all! We didn't kill anyone, and that brother didn't die!"

It turned out that they saw that Song Xie was good-looking, and thought that instead of killing him, it would be better to sell him to a distant valley, where he could be served as a servant or sold to a man who could not get a wife, so that he could make another fortune.

Besides, their main job is to steal, and no matter how much they do, they are robbery.Killing or something... just bragging and pretending outside, not really a vicious person.It's just that if you are messing around in the Tao, if you don't say that you have killed someone, others will not accept you.

The Mei family actually took it seriously, and asked them to kill Song Xie.

These bandits didn't want to do anything, so they simply took Song Xie out of the city and sold him to a kidnapper.The kidnapper promised to sell him to a far away place, and he would never let him have the opportunity to return to Xing'an County.

It has been several months since Song Xie was taken away, and now no one knows where he was sold.Even the bandits met the kidnapper by chance, and they didn't know where the kidnapper would go.

But for the Song family, as long as people are alive, it is more important than anything else.The Song family looked at those bandits, and even contained some gratitude: "As long as you identify the evil deeds of the Mei family, you didn't really kill people. The crime is not worthy of death, and your family will not be implicated. .”

Compared to Mr. Mei, these bandits can be regarded as good people, they only do small evils, and they don't want to kill people easily.

There really is no harm in comparison.

The Song family spent huge sums of money and entrusted many people to find Song Xie's whereabouts.Xue Hai's comrades in arms, whether they are stationed in the local army or run an escort agency, all have a portrait of Song Xie.

Song Bai's caravan, which traveled all over the world in previous years, was also entrusted.A lot of money was poured out, but Song Bai didn't feel sorry anymore.

In this way, he searched for another two months, during which Song Bai went back to Fengshui County. In addition to missing Shen Mu, he also needed to entrust Song Xie's portrait to the contacts in Fengshui County and mobilize everyone to help find him.

Over the past few days, Shen Mu has managed the workshop at home in an orderly manner, and now he is able to weave cloth that is not inferior to that produced in Nanping Prefecture.

"It's also thanks to the three sisters of the Zheng family." Shen Mu was referring to the three girls who were tattooed on their faces. "They not only taught the villagers how to weave, but also improved their skills and studied new pattern weaving methods in their spare time." Mu led Song Bai to the Zheng sisters' work station, and showed him half of the cloth that Zheng Sanniang had woven.

Song Bai has been anxious since he came back, always frowning, Shen Mu is naturally also worried about Song Xie's disappearance, but seeing Song Bai gradually haggard, his heart is also distressed, so he wants to lead him to do something else, to divert his attention force.

"Sorry, Xiao Mu, I..." Song Bai naturally knew what Shen Mu meant, but he really couldn't control himself.Although I know that the person is still alive, but according to what the bandits said, I don't know how much suffering I will suffer if I sell it to a ravine to be a wife.

Kidnapping and selling people was also illegal in ancient times. It was called plundering and selling. It is different from serious parents selling their children and selling themselves.Therefore, those who are plundered and sold are usually really sold to the ravine where it is difficult to escape, instead of being sold to other houses as slaves and handmaids like ordinary people.

And decent big families are also unwilling to buy people who have been looted and sold, which will only increase trouble.

Being sold into the mountains without even being able to find a way out, that's why it's really unresponsive every day, and the land is not working.

Zheng Sanniang, who was weaving next to me, heard this, and couldn't help interjecting: "Boss, I suggest you go to the southernmost end to look for it."

Zheng Sanniang and the others worked under Shen Mu, and they also knew that the boss was kind-hearted and had no airs, and they got along quite happily with Shen Mu, so they boldly interjected: "Our sisters were originally exiled in Yazhou. There are really many people who have been looted and sold."

The sisters have been bought and sold many times and have traveled to many places, but Yazhou still left a deep impression on them: "It is too poor there, and most families will drown when they give birth to daughters and elder brothers in order to save their labor force." , only raise males. But when males grow up, they will not be able to marry wives if they don’t have girls of the same age around them. Many people choose to marry brothers, but a family must have one to marry and carry on the family line..." Zheng Sanniang glanced at Song Bai's expression, and said, "Just buy the girl and brother from outside."

"Some families don't like brotherhood, and some brothers in a family jointly buy a daughter-in-law to carry on the family line." Zheng Sanniang still feels terrible when she thinks of the situation: "Not only Yazhou, but all the states and counties in that area have such Situation, the owner may search more in the south, it may be easier to find someone."

After all, the market base is large and the demand is large. Instead of looking for individual customers, it is more convenient for those kidnappers to sell them to Yazhou and other places.

It's just that Song Bai and Shen Mu couldn't help but feel a little more depressed after hearing this situation.