In Yongshun City, Governor Li planned to kill chickens and monkeys, forcing the squires to report a few people who took the lead in making trouble, but the squires ignored it.

Li Deng was a little annoyed and angry, and since he couldn't catch anyone, he ordered someone to take the lock of the lieutenant of the four city gates, and he was promoted to the court to ask for guilt, and there was no room for argument, and each person was beaten dozens of times on the buttocks, so as to demonstrate the authority of the government and his own official authority, and never allow the people to despise it.

One of them, a clever lieutenant, cried and shouted, "The adults spare their lives, but the little ones are really wronged!" When there was trouble that day, starting from the adults, how many people were on the streets, including officials, masters, officials, personal guards, elders, and soldiers? The people are making trouble, so how can the little ones suppress these many people? ”

Li Deng became more and more angry after hearing this, didn't he slap him in the face in person? Referring to Sang scolding Huai's move to change his clothes and flee for his life? It's really a pot that doesn't open which pot, and scolded: "What a bastard bastard, you have the heart to ridicule this mansion, is this worth it?" ”

As a result, everyone else was beaten eighty times, but he doubled it, and was beaten with one hundred and sixty boards, and his skin was so broken that he couldn't move, and he limped up to the hall by two people, and knelt down again.

Governor Li's martial arts reprimanded him and finally made a fool of himself, but who knew that a person suddenly appeared, claiming to be the editor-in-chief of the Hunan Newspaper, who wanted to take away the scholars who were in prison, and also took away the group of people in front of him.

With the rise of the trend of running newspapers, the newspaper has the qualifications of an uncrowned king, and Shilin itself has a tradition of criticizing current affairs, and the imperial court also deliberately connived at this, and the readers who write articles have become more and more unscrupulous.

Even if Xu Hao does not want to see the 'prostitutes' of later generations, but supervising the government through public opinion is the only feasible way at the moment, he doesn't know if it will work in the future, anyway, it is very good now, every year there will be officials impeached for the exposure of the newspaper, and the first thing the imperial historians do when they inspect the place is to read the newspaper.

In this day and age. Running a newspaper will definitely lose money, even if advertising is born, but just like the ancients liked to publish books at their own expense, some academies and literary societies rushed to do it, and some were sponsored by the financiers willingly, and no one thought about making money.

The editors-in-chief of the newspaper are all big people, at least they are famous Confucians or Jinshi, although Li Deng is not afraid of coming, but he is worried that his boss will ask him when the time comes; I want not to let people go, but I am afraid that once someone comes, I will turn my face. Not to mention that it was published publicly, and I couldn't bear it when I wrote a letter to the political envoy, and what I was most afraid of was asking a newspaper in Beijing to reprint it, which was enough at that time.

Therefore, he was in a dilemma, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he brought out all the scholars after thinking about it, and turned around on both sides, after all, there was no evidence of the exact alliance, and there was no suitable excuse for long-term detention.

Unexpectedly, they were locked up one by one. The nosy editor-in-chief was furious, and the confidence of the people was that he was an official to the sixth department, and after retirement, he was invited out of the mountain to shine. There was no room for interrogation at the moment, forcing the officials to loosen the torture equipment. I took it with me and left.

Li Deng, who had a ghost in his heart, couldn't help it, he was scared in his heart, stared at two soybean-sized eyes, and watched them go away. Not even a shadow was gone, and he was still sitting in the courtroom, so angry that he couldn't say a word.

I was stunned for half an hour. Just after waking up, Li Deng got up listlessly and said, "Retreat." ”

In the stilted building, Cuicui eavesdropped on the conversation of others, and the fat woman asked, "Who are you looking at?" Who is watching? ”

"Yo! You still don't understand! Wang Baihu's family wants to fight with Xiang's family. ”

The fat woman sighed and asked with great interest, "Who is that girl going to be rationed to?" Is it the eldest elder, or the second elder? ”

Local customs, for the children of people with status, to the eldest and second and third elders are called, one is the local slang habits, but also the boat owners for generations to operate the cheap business, even if the change of dynasty is no longer despised, still not qualified to be called the young master, just like the children of the common people will not be called the young master, only the scholarly family is qualified.

"Say it's the elder, you can watch the show later, he will go upstairs to see his future mother-in-law."

Another woman interjected: "If it is done, it is very good, the family has a new mill as a dowry, and the Wang family is the most decent nobleman in the tea castle." ”

For a while, the surrounding women were interested, and someone asked, "How is Xiang Yun?" Agreed? ”

The fat woman said, "Can you agree to a good thing that you can't ask for?" Look at the big girl, the best appearance and character, but she is a little too shy. ”

Someone suddenly said softly: "The boss has already said, don't look at it, he doesn't want to be the owner of the mill!" ”

Everyone was shocked and asked, "Did the elder say it himself?" ”

The woman said, "I have heard from others, and they say that the elder likes a girl who supports the ferry. ”

The fat woman exclaimed, "Is he stupid?" Don't grind the mill, can't you get a ferry? ”

"Then who knows! Horizontal and vertical is beef fried leeks, everyone loves it, just look at what everyone loves in their hearts to eat, and the ferry is not as good as the mill, that is half of the family. ”

Hearing this, Cuicui's face burned like fire, and she hurriedly walked to the other side, and heard two people talking about this matter, one said: "One qiqi has already been arranged, just one word from the elder." ”

The other said: "Just look at Yun Yun's strength today, it can be seen that this strength was brought to him by the yellow flower girl on the shore, Hehe!" ”

The question is, who is the girl who inspires him? Cuicui's heart couldn't help but be chaotic.

I wanted to see what he looked like at this time, but Cuicui was a little shorter, and I couldn't see the situation in the river behind everyone, but I could only hear the drums getting more and more agitated, and the cheers on the shore came from far and near, and I knew that his boat was passing downstairs.

The people in the building shouted, mixed with the clouds to the clouds, and suddenly the wife of the Wang family shouted in surprise, and many people rushed out.

Cuicui was at a loss and didn't know what was going on, and she was a little confused, not knowing whether to go back to her original seat or just stand stupidly.

Someone brought a tray in, filled a large plate of fine snacks, and invited the mother and daughter of the Wang family to taste it, Cuicui was embarrassed to pass, thinking about squeezing out the gate to the river to have a look.

As soon as he came out, he was met by a group of people, and he came with a red cloth on his head. It turned out that Xiang Yun had fallen into the water just now and swam up from the water, soaking wet all over his body.

Although Cuicui flashed aside, because the stairs were too narrow, it was inevitable that there would be some physical contact, which made her blush.

Xiang Yun stopped and asked, "Cuicui, you're here." Is Grandpa here too? ”

Cuicui knew that her face must be the same color as his head, and she lowered her head and didn't make a sound, thinking to herself where the big yellow dog had gone?

Xiang Yun said again: "Why don't you go upstairs to see it?" I've got you a good seat. ”

Cuicui still lowered her head, and said in her heart that it was really a strange thing to marry in the mill.

In front of people, Xiang Yun couldn't force Cuicui to go back, so he had to walk away helplessly. Cuicui went downstairs step by step, her heart filled with something indescribable.

Is it a worry? No, it's sorrow, it's not! Is it happiness? There seems to be no reason to be happy. In fact, Cuicui knows that she is angry, and she is arranged to be judged by more than two girls, like watching monkeys juggle, who will be happy?

However, Cuicui is not angry with anyone, but she feels that she is angry with someone, and she seems to be angry with herself. Like every girl of this age, don't guess the complicated and tangled feelings, because they don't know what to think.

There were so many people on the riverside, on the docks, in the boats. Even on the pillars of the stilted building, there are no people.

Cuicui said to herself: "There are so many people, what three-legged cat is good-looking?" ”

Unable to find her grandfather and Uncle Xu anywhere, Cuicui's gaze searched aimlessly everywhere. The big yellow dog that saw himself at a glance was lying next to a long-term worker of the Xiang family, watching the excitement on the boat a few feet away from the shore.

Cuicui was inexplicably very angry and screamed twice. The yellow dog opened his ears and looked around, and swooped into the water, swimming in the direction of Cuicui.

Arrived at Cuicui's side. Jumping happily to shake the water out, Cuicui hurriedly hid to the side to avoid being affected by the splash, and said angrily: "Come on, what are you pretending to be crazy, eating inside and out, do you still have any backbone?" ”

He went to find his grandfather with the spineless rhubarb, and met someone in a wooden shop on River Street.

The old man said: "Cuicui, I took Xu Gongzi to see a good mill, the mill is new, the waterwheel is new, the straw on the house is also new, the dam released a slip of water, rushed down, and the waterwheel of the pumping gate turned like a spinning top. ”

With a hint of contrivedness, Cuicui asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's the king of the tea castle." The old man smacked his lips, and couldn't help but regret that he couldn't give his granddaughter a dowry, "I heard that people said that they would be used as a daughter's dowry, it's really magnanimous, and the contractor is two hundred taels of silver, and he doesn't care about the windmill or the family." ”

Cuicui stared at her grandfather and asked, "Who is going to ask for that family's daughter?" ”

The old man looked at her and smiled dryly: "Cuicui, the big fish bites you, the big fish bites you." ”

Xu Hao looked at Cuicui's reaction with interest, it was impossible for her not to understand in her heart, but she pretended not to understand as always, and asked, "Grandpa, who will get that mill?" ”

"Elder Xiang." The old man's tone was relaxed, teasing his granddaughter, "Some people envy Xiang Yun for getting the mill, but some people envy the mill for getting Xiang Yun." ”

Cuicui seemed a little unhappy, squinted her eyes and asked, "Who envy it?" “

"Can I envy it?" The old man saw that his granddaughter was faintly annoyed and angry, and he didn't dare to tease her anymore.

Cuicui said, "Grandpa, you're drunk. ”

"I'm a little drunk." The old man raised the wine gourd and took a sip of wine, "But the elder praised you for your beauty." Xu Gongzi, do you think Cuicui is good-looking? ”

Xu Hao immediately smiled and said: "The beauty is natural, like a piece of jade, and it must be a first-class little beauty after blooming; Well-behaved and sensible, diligent and cute, she is a rare good wife. ”

"Well said, well said, my family's Cuicui is like this." The old man's wrinkled face smiled like a flower.

Cuicui stomped her feet vigorously and said, "Grandpa, Uncle Xu, you two are drunk and crazy." ”

The old man laughed and said, "We're not drunk or crazy, let's go, let's go to the river and watch them release the ducks." "I just wanted to continue to say that if Xiang Yunruo catches a duck, he will definitely give it to us, but before he can say it, the person has already come.

He stood in front of Cuicui and smiled, Cuicui also smiled, Xu Hao also smiled, and finally everyone smiled and walked to the river together. (To be continued......)