Chapter 7: Breaking Home
Wang Liang was still replaying the scene when he looked at Li Jing just now, and Li Jing's deep gaze was like a deep well that two people couldn't see, making him understand in his heart that Li Jing must have guessed the trick behind his back. In any case, Li Jing has been sentenced to be hanged and imprisoned, and he has been imprisoned in the dungeon of the military town. At most, there is only one year left to live, and he will be hanged next fall.
But he was not happy at all in his heart, and he didn't even feel half the pleasure after revenge, but was a little unsettled by Li Jing's most distracted gaze.
Wang Liang stood alone in front of the warehouse, looking at the sergeants and civilians who came and went to carry things in front of the warehouse, pondering. At this time, the obese treasurer Zhang walked over with a swaying figure.
"Wang Er, what are you thinking, you say, can the Li family really pay to protect that kid?" Zhang Kuguan's name is Zhang Hong, and it is said that he is the elder brother of a concubine of Cui Zhenjiang, so he got such a fat gap as the warehouse.
"Oh, it's a big official." Wang Liang saw that it was his master, so he hurriedly bent down and saluted. He bowed down and took two steps back, following behind Zhang Hong.
Today, Wang Liang followed Zhang Fatzi out to buy, and happened to see Li Jing who was going out of the city with food. He hated the Li family for a long time, and when he saw Li Jing, he had the idea of humiliation, so he talked to Zhang Fatzi. Originally, he just planned to use forced buying to disgust Li Jing, but unexpectedly, he saw that Li Jing was soft and hard and didn't eat it. Originally, this matter was forgotten, but he didn't expect that later he saw a carp in the fish, and when a murderous plan came to his heart, he quietly told Zhang Fatzi that he wanted to take down Li Jing and make a sum of money. Zhang Fatzi had better be greedy for money, and when he heard that there was an opportunity to make a foreign fortune, he would let it go.
"Great official, the Li family has died three leading men over the years, and now Li Jing is the only man in the Li family. Although the Li family has been defeated, there are still 50 acres of good land in the family, and another 10 acres of mulberry fields. In order to get Li Jing out of the house, several women in the Li family must be willing to go bankrupt. Although dozens of acres of land are not much, they can be regarded as a small fortune. ”
"Not bad, not bad. Adding up to a lot, adding up to a lot. Sixty acres of land is worth a sale. If the matter is done beautifully, the official will reward you with two acres of mulberry fields. Zhang Fatzi was in a good mood and said happily. In the past few years, it is okay for him to guard the warehouse and get some oil and water, but after all, it is not as stable as buying land and running land.
It was almost dusk, and several women of the Li family did not wait for Li Jing, but waited for the king blacksmith and the little stone. Xiaoshi's father and son brought back a shocking news, and the shocked widows and girls of the Li family were like paper, crying and grabbing the ground. The Li family has lost three leading men over the years, and if even Li Jing has another accident, then this lonely widow will really not live.
The wrinkled blacksmith squatted on the ground, hanging his head and sighing. Last time, his eldest son was going to build a house next year to marry, but he took the Li brothers to thrift seaweed, which not only caused his son to die, but also brought three other young men in the same village to have an accident, leaving the three sons of the Li family to escape. It hasn't been two months since this happened, and today the youngest son took two strings of fish to Li Jing to take him down, but he was put in prison and sentenced to hanging, and the Wang family owes a lot to the Li family. In front of the women of the Li family, he didn't even dare to raise his head.
At this moment, Wang Liang took his mother and sister into the courtyard of the Li family.
"Auntie, we have also heard about San Lang's matter, don't worry, there will always be a way to do things." Wang Liang and his mother persuaded.
Han Shi had completely lost his mind at this time, and no matter how strong a woman was, it was as if her muscles and bones had been pulled out at this time, her eyes were blank and her face was dead. Hearing Wang Liang's mother's persuasion, she turned around and cried to the Liu family: "You came to see our family's jokes, look, look, now you are satisfied." My Li family man is dead, you are happy. ”
Wang Xiaomei hurriedly said: "Auntie, as soon as my brother heard about this in the town, he immediately ran home." My mother was also very anxious when she heard this, how could she come to see the joke. ”
Wang Xiaoshi suddenly rushed up, grabbed Wang Liang's collar and shouted: "I heard the townspeople say that today is the last thing you did when you stopped Brother Xiucai from buying fish." You say, "Did you make it bad?" ”
"Aren't you just running errands under the Zhang Kuguan who killed Saburo? You say, is this a bad idea from you? Blacksmith Wang also hurriedly said. Although Li Jing is not his son, but when Li Jing has an accident, he is more anxious than anyone else and feels guilty more than anyone else.
When the queen mother heard this, she turned around and slapped Wang Liang in the face. The Wang family and the Li family did have a holiday, but it was only a private holiday. If because of this, she made a conspiracy against the three boys of the Li family and let people die, she would never forgive such a thing. If this is the case, then the Wang family will not want to gain a foothold here in the future.
"A-Niang, others don't believe me, don't you even believe in your son? Today, I pulled the third brother to buy fish first, but I bought the fish to give money, and I had negotiated with San Lang to buy a string of fish. Later, Zhang Kuguan suddenly asked for two strings, and only gave one Mo money. It was the third brother who refused, so the treasurer turned his face and took advantage of the carp incident to pull the third brother to the yamen. I had been begging for a long time with Treasurer Zhang, and only after saying that I had moved Treasurer Zhang to release the third brother, I didn't even have time to drink my saliva, so I ran back to report the news. ”
As soon as Han heard that he was willing to let Li Jing go, he suddenly became excited, grabbed Wang Liang's hand and hurriedly asked, "Is the town willing to let San Lang come back?" So why haven't they seen anyone yet? ”
"Auntie, although Treasury Officer Zhang agreed to let the third brother go, he had a request." Wang Liang had a straight face on his face, but in his heart, he was walking step by step according to the plan he had thought about earlier.
"If you have any requirements, just say, no matter what, we will find a way."
Wang Liang deliberately wanted to speak for a long time before he said: "Everyone knows that the magistrate in the town has already sentenced the third brother to hang the marquis, and after waiting for the official document in the town to be sent to the Yamen of the Imperial Court Department for review, it will be a certainty, and he will be sentenced as soon as the autumn queen arrives." Now the official document is still in the town and has not been submitted, but there is not much time left. Zhang Kuguan's brother-in-law is Cui Zhenjiang, and he has the final say in everything in the town. As long as it is taken out and sold before the official document is submitted to the imperial court, then the person can be released directly. ”
Speaking of this, Wang Liang stopped talking.
Although he stopped talking, everyone understood the meaning of the follow. Zhang Kuguan first sent people to prison, and now if he wants to release people, he must not let them go in vain.
Han bit his lip and said, "How much does it cost to release Treasurer Zhang?" ”
"One hundred acres of fertile land."
Everyone exclaimed, the Li family only has a total of 50 acres of land, even if you count the ten acres of mulberry fields, there is still a gap of 140 acres. When the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, the land was valuable, and one acre of fertile land could be sold for hundreds of times. However, in the Tang Dynasty today, the heavier the land endowment, the land price has declined. But an acre of good land costs at least ten dollars. Forty acres of land is 400,000 yuan, and if it is exchanged for rice, it is 2,000 buckets of rice. Not to mention that in a year of famine like this, even the Li family had to break down when it was at its peak.
The Li family is smashing pots and selling iron, and they can't make so much money even if they sell the house.
"Sister-in-law of the Li family, this is all to blame on the old man. If the old man hadn't asked him to take the fish, there would have been no trouble. My family still has 20 acres of land, so my sister-in-law will take them. "The blacksmith Wang has been out to make iron for many years, and his family has also bought twenty acres of land.
"No, you all rely on these twenty acres of land for food. Without land, how can your family live? Han shook his head and refused.
Wang Liang's mother gritted her teeth and said, "Sister-in-law, my family also has twenty acres of land, you can take it and rescue San Lang first." ”
"Plus these are just a hundred acres of land." Wang Liang said on the side.
Han gritted his teeth: "Uncle Wang, you know a lot of acquaintances in the town, see if you can help ask, is anyone willing to buy my yard." As long as you are willing to show up for money, you will sell it. ”
The Li family's seagrass courtyard has only been built for 50 years, and the seagrass house is no better than an ordinary thatched or brick house. A house like the Li family, as long as it is well delivered, can be passed down to the family for two hundred years. Such a nine-room triple courtyard house is only 50 years old, and the original price is quite a lot. At the beginning, the Li family built this house, and it took almost 200,000 yuan to connect the land. 200,000 yuan is 200 yuan, which is worth 20 acres of land. But now it's on sale, and it's the best if it can be sold for 70,000 or 80,000 yuan.
"Auntie, this house is the ancestral property of the Li family, and the ancestral land can be bought back in the future after it is sold, but where do you live after the ancestral house is sold? Auntie, let's get together, there are also 100 acres of land. Let's go and save the third brother first, so as not to have more complications in the long night. I'll talk about the rest later. Wang Liang said with a look of urgency and justice.
The Han family didn't want to accept the land of the Wang blacksmith and Wang Liang's family, but at this time, they were worried about their son, but the family couldn't come up with more money. had to nod helplessly, but she didn't know that the Li family was falling into Wang Liang's hand step by step.
PS: Come and see, the seaweed courtyard in Shanghao is only sold for one recommended ticket!