Li Ergou got up early in the morning and went to the government office, and when the government manager saw Li Ergou coming, he took Li Ergou to the office.

Li Ergou looked at the mountains of official documents in front of him, he had a headache at the time, and he could only force himself to deal with it slowly.

When the steward heard Li Ergou's call, he hurriedly ran over and asked, "The county lieutenant called the villain, what do you have to do?" ”

Li Ergou pointed to the official document divided into three piles and said, "How can this official document not be dealt with a few years ago?" Doesn't anyone care? ”

After hearing this, the steward said: "Lord County Commander, these are all things that need to be done by adults, there was no County Captain before, and they were all managed by Lord Taishou, but Lord Taishou only pays attention to military affairs, so these county government affairs can only be piled up more and more." ”

After hearing this, Li Ergou shook his head and asked him to go down, and then took out nearly three months of approval from the official documents he had divided.

At this time, it was dark, Cai Wen was looking into the distance at the door, and when she saw that Li Ergou had not appeared for a long time, she began to think crankily in her heart, thinking that Li Ergou would not let people discover her identity, and thinking that Li Ergou would not know her identity and not want me, Cai Wen thought about it, so she squatted at the door and cried.

Li Ergou was finishing official business at this time, and saw that it was dark, so he hurriedly walked out of the mansion, and on the way home, he remembered that Cai Wen's cooking skills were not good, so he bought a roast chicken on the street.

Li Ergou was carrying roast chicken, thinking that Wen'er would be very happy when she saw it, so she quickened her pace and walked home, walked not far from the door, and saw Cai Wen squatting in front of the door crying, so she hurriedly ran over in fright.

Li Ergou ran to Cai Wen and said, "Wen'er, what's wrong with you, who bullied you?" ”

Cai Wen was crying sadly, and when she heard Li Ergou's voice, she hurriedly hugged Li Ergou and cried and said: "Ergou, Wen'er is so afraid, I'm afraid that Ergou will not want me, can Ergou come back early in the future, Wen'er is really afraid!" ”

After hearing this, Li Ergou gently patted Cai Wen on the back and said, "Okay, don't be afraid, Wen'er, you must go home before dark." ”

After hearing this, Cai Wen slowly suppressed her tears and said, "Then why did you come back so late today?" Wen'er thought you were gone. ”

After hearing this, Li Ergou said: "I just went to the government office today, and I found that the pile of official documents was higher than the mountain, so I dealt with it a little late, but Wen'er, don't be angry, what do you think I brought back?" ”

Cai Wen saw Li Ergou shaking the roast chicken in his hand, so she smiled a little and said, "Seeing that you still have a little conscience, you know that Wen'er is hungry, so I will take it." ”

After Cai Wen finished speaking, she snatched the roast chicken from Li Ergou's hand, and Li Ergou said when she saw this: "Wen'er, you took it all, what should I eat?" ”

Cai Wen wiped her tears and said mischievously: "Who told you to make me cry, there are dishes I made on the table, and when it will be hot for you, you will eat the dishes I made!" ”

After Li Ergou heard this, he remembered the food Cai Wen cooked, and said in fright: "That Wen'er left some chicken butts for me, so that I can taste it." ”

After hearing this, Cai Wen turned her head and glared at Li Ergou and said, "Isn't the food I cook as good as a chicken butt?" ”

Li Ergou saw that Cai Wen was about to get angry, so he hurriedly laughed and said: "Wen'er's food is so delicious, how can it be compared with chicken butts, I think it is better than roast chicken." ”

Cai Wen said with a wicked smile on her face after hearing this: "Okay, Ergou, this is what you said, if you don't finish eating the dishes on the table today, you are not allowed to sleep." ”

Seeing this, Cai Wen pulled Li Ergou to the dining table, served a bowl of rice for him, and then gave Li Ergou a dish of food.

Li Ergou cried while eating: "It's so delicious, Wen'er's food is really delicious." ”

After hearing this, Cai Wen happily tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Li Ergou and said, "Eat, see what makes you uncomfortable, and wait until tomorrow to find someone to learn to cook." ”

After hearing this, Li Ergou took the chicken leg and said: "It's still better for Wen'er, I know that I like to eat chicken legs, but in fact, Wen'er's craftsmanship is still improving." ”

After hearing this, Cai Wen said: "Okay, the second dog finished eating the dishes today, otherwise what he just said is false." ”

Li Ergou scolded himself in his heart after hearing this, but he kept eating the dishes fed by Cai Wen, and after the two of them finished eating, they went back to the room to rest.

In the next few days, Li Ergou returned home before dark, and Cai Wen's cooking skills also improved every day, and the two began a dull life.

On this day, Li Ergou came to the palace as usual, and saw many people surrounding the door, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What are you waiting for around the court?" ”

Seeing Li Ergou coming, the steward hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Wang San in the east of the city was burned to death in his own firewood house, and the neighbor next door said that Wang San's daughter-in-law was murdered, so he sent Wang San's daughter-in-law to the government and waited for the adults to deal with it." ”

After hearing this, Li Ergou said: "Bring people into the court, and I will go in and change into official clothes and come out for trial." ”

After hearing this, the steward hurriedly asked the people not to make noise, and then took the relevant personnel of the case into the court.

Li Ergou came to the hall after changing his clothes and sat down, looked at everyone and asked, "If you have any grievances, even if you say it, this official will definitely give everyone justice!" ”

After hearing this, the man at the bottom said, "My lord, this woman did not obey women's morals, murdered her husband, and lied to deceive everyone. ”

After hearing this, the woman kneeling next to her hurriedly cried and shouted: "My lord, I am wronged, last night my husband and king drank too much wine, and quarreled with the slave family for a few words, so I went to sleep in the firewood room alone. ”

The man next to him scolded after hearing this, and the woman also argued on the basis of reason, and spit in the court for a while.

Seeing this, Li Ergou hurriedly shouted a few times to stop the quarrel, and then said to the few people below: "Since what everyone said makes sense, let this official give everyone justice!" ”

After Li Ergou finished speaking, he beckoned the steward to come, and then whispered in his ear, and after the steward heard it, he hurriedly ran to prepare.

It didn't take long to see the steward return to the court, looking at Li Ergou and nodding, after Li Ergou saw it, he said to everyone: "Everyone please come with me, whether Wang San killed him or burned him to death, we will know immediately." ”

After Li Ergou finished speaking, he led everyone out of the yamen, only to see a grass shed set up on a vacant lot, surrounded by firewood.

After Li Ergou brought people over, he ordered people to light a fire, and then let people throw in a tied live chicken and a dead sheep.

After Li Ergou finished speaking, he led everyone to wait on the side, and it didn't take long for the fire to burn the grass shed clean, and Li Ergou saw that he asked people to pick up the corpses of chickens and sheep, and then asked the steward to come forward and open the mouths of chickens and sheep for the people present to see.

Everyone saw that the chicken's mouth was full of soot, and the mouth of the dead sheep was clean, and after the steward saw it, he immediately understood what Li Ergou meant, so he brought the burned unrecognizable body of Wang San, and then pried open Wang San's chin in front of everyone.

Li Ergou saw that some people still didn't understand what to do, so he said: "When a live chicken enters the burning grass shed, it will definitely struggle, so it will inhale a lot of soot in its mouth, and the dead sheep is dead before this, so it doesn't breathe, and naturally there is no soot in its mouth." ”

After hearing this, Wang's third daughter-in-law fainted with black eyes, and Li Ergou saw this and asked the steward to come forward and wake up.

Wang San's daughter-in-law woke up crying and said: "The adult slave family doesn't want to, but every time Wang San drinks wine, he beats the slave family, and takes the family's money to go to the cockfight, there is no money in the family, after Wang San has Hu Huo many times, the family is even more in debt, just last night, Wang San got drunk and asked me for money, but the slave family had money to him, Wang San heard that he started to beat the slave on it, the slave family was angry for a while, so he pushed it, but that thought that Wang San's head hit the corner of the wall, and he died, so the slave family was afraid, moved Wang San's body to the firewood room, and then set fire to the firewood room, in an attempt to create a false suicide. ”

After everyone heard this, they all took pity on Wang's third daughter-in-law, Li Ergou saw this and said: "Okay, since this case has been revealed, then I will announce the result now, Wang's mistake to kill her husband should have been executed, but it can be remembered that he was beaten by Wang San, and now Wang's filial piety is now sentenced to be his filial piety for three years, and he will bear all the living expenses of his husband's family within three years, and he can return to his freedom after three years." ”

After Li Ergou said, the daughter-in-law of the Wang family hurriedly knelt down and said: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, the slave family will definitely take good care of the people of the husband's family and will never remarry." ”

After hearing this, the people all clapped their hands and praised, and the wind of reporting officials on a whim in Changsha went down to the hens laying eggs, and up to the discord between the in-laws, which made Li Ergou busy for a while.