New widow

Chapter 267

How could Steward Wang survive the torture? When he was splashed with water again and woke up, and realized that Wang Shangshu would not come to save him, Steward Wang said loudly: "I will tell you."

It was his words that everyone was waiting for. Putting the pen and paper in front of him, Manager Wang smiled bitterly: "I can't write at the moment."

The yamen officer then took away the paper and pen: "Just tell me, we'll find a document to write on."

Manager Wang sighed: "This matter has something to do with our wife."

This mason's craftsmanship is quite good, but there is only one problem: he likes to drink, and he will inevitably talk nonsense after drinking. Because of Du's relationship, the Shangshu Mansion will still look for this mason if they want to repair some courtyard walls.

Last time, the masons repaired the courtyard wall and received wine from Mrs. Du. After a few sips, he started talking nonsense, saying that Mrs. Du and Mrs. Du were originally cousins, and that he and Wang Shangshu were brothers-in-law. Naturally, he shouldn't have spoken such words, so Manager Wang ordered the boy to gag him and beat him severely.

The mason also hated Steward Wang in his heart, and he would never say a kind word to Steward Wang when he met him. Manager Wang had long wanted to teach him a lesson. Coincidentally, Steward Wang wanted to take a shortcut. When he passed by the river, he saw an injured plasterer. He was bandaging himself. Steward Wang stepped forward and taunted him. Even though the plasterer was injured, he couldn't help but argue with Steward Wang. Steward Wang I also drank some wine. Besides, the steward of Shangshu Mansion was used to running rampant on this ground. He happened to have a hand knife in his hand. He picked up the knife and stabbed the plasterer, just in time to hit his original wound. Plasterer. He shouted and ran away.

Before Manager Wang came to his senses, he saw Mrs. Du standing there with some food in her hand.

Medicinal herbs, Manager Wang simply took Mrs. Du to look for the plasterer, followed the blood trail to the ruined temple, and saw the plasterer lying in the ruined temple, with more air coming out and less air coming in.

When Manager Wang saw this, he simply ignored it and just took Mrs. Du to the Shangshu's Mansion. Mrs. Du didn't know what happened, so she could only follow Manager Wang to the Shangshu's Mansion in fear.

When they arrived at Shangshu Mansion, Manager Wang asked Grandma Wang to find Mrs. Du. After hearing the whole story, Mrs. Du wanted to put the blame on Suqiao so that Suqiao would know that she had offended Mrs. Du. On the ground, there is no good fruit to eat.

Mrs. Du threatened Mrs. Du half and half with inducements, but Mrs. Du could only agree again and again, and it wasn't until the next day that she agreed.

After the clerk finished writing the confession, he read it to Manager Wang. The officer had already said to Manager Wang: "That's all, is there anything else?"

"If there is anything else, it's not something we can ask." The clerk hurriedly reminded the yamen servant. The yamen servant came to his senses and responded repeatedly.

"I have done so many things to my wife, why doesn't my wife come to save me now?" Manager Wang shouted loudly, and the yamen officer stepped forward and blocked Manager Wang's mouth.

Manager Wang was thrown into prison, and the clerk sent the confession to the magistrate. The magistrate looked at the confession, thought about it, and ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair to visit Wang Shangshu.

This time, Wang Shangshu met the prefect in the hall outside. The prefect sent the confession wrapped in his sleeve to Wang Shangshu: "These are all true."

Wang Shangshu did not glance at the confession, but said to the magistrate: "I heard that there is a prison plague in the prison."

"Yes, these days, the lower officials are asking the medical officers to be careful in diagnosis and treatment." The prefect understood and Wang Shang

Shu held the tea bowl and scraped the tea leaves with the tea lid: "I am recuperating in the countryside, so this matter cannot be done without me. There are some medicinal materials here, you can take them."

"It is really an honor for the lower officials to bring benefits to the village." The prefect bowed respectfully to Wang Shangshu, and then Wang Shangshu put down his tea bowl and said with a smile to the prefect: "You are my parent official, how can I not remember it. "

The prefect responded repeatedly and ordered people to take the medicinal materials and return to the Yamen. Su Du originally thought that the prefect would continue to hand over the case to him for trial. Who knew that the news from the prefect was that the case would be tried by the prefect himself. This was also a common thing, so Su Du could only press his button. idea.

On the other hand, Zhang Qing sighed. Su Du couldn't help but smile when he saw him sighing: "Why, there is no case, are you still not happy?"

"Who says there is no case? Look, this family lost their chicken, and that family lost two taels of silver. They all started to make trouble and swore and swore. The quarrel was so loud that even the yamen had no peace." After Zhang Qing finished speaking, he said: "Just I’m afraid, in a few days, that steward Wang will be infected with the prison plague.”

Manager Wang is a servant of the Shangshu Mansion. If he really has to go to court, be interrogated several times, and then be taken to the Zhetai Yamen for review, and finally has to be approved by the Ministry of Punishment, this will bring shame to the Shangshu Mansion.

For Wang Shangshu, it was natural that Manager Wang was infected with prison plague and it would be best to die in prison.

"This prison plague..." Su Du only said these three words and then stopped. Zhang Qing sighed again. Su Du looked at him: "What are you sighing for?"

"I was thinking, before I became an official, my father was still the gatekeeper of the Criminal Department. At that time, I played in the Criminal Department every day, and I didn't think there was anything difficult. Later, in the Criminal Department

Although I was a low-income official, my parents were very happy to receive the salary. But now that I have been released, I know that being an official brings more experience. "

As a government servant, you will naturally see a lot of filth, but the filth you see as a yamen servant is different from the filth you see as an official. Su Du smiled: "Yes, I have a younger brother who was born as a concubine. He is only eleven this year. His father asked him to study hard, but he refused to study. He said that he could live a life of wealth and idleness, even if he could not marry a wife, he would rely on My brothers won’t starve to death.”

There are many people who want to be rich and idle, but it is really difficult to be rich and idle in this world.

"I now know why Madam Kuang left the capital." Zhang Qing couldn't help but say with emotion. Su Du lowered his eyes, yes, leaving the capital, although there are all kinds of troubles, but in Su Qiao's view, these troubles are very Simple enough to solve. And in the capital?

Just those things in the British government are giving people a headache.

"That's it, that's all. What do we want to do with this? We'd better drink and drink." Zhang Qing shouted and asked the housekeeper to buy wine. Su Du shook his head, but only asked the housekeeper to bring half a catty of wine.

"How can half a catty of wine be enough?" Zhang Qing asked, Su Du looked at him: "Don't drink all the money you spent on your wife."

"So what, I'm afraid I won't be able to marry the person I want to marry in this life." Zhang Qing murmured, and Su Du couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "When did you find the person you wanted to marry?"

Zhang Qing shook his head: "I won't tell you." Su Du also smiled. He and Zhang Qing were actually the same. He couldn't marry the person he wanted to marry. Even outside, even though there doesn't seem to be that much of a barrier between the two, but

Those barriers will appear whenever the capital is mentioned, and they will be very thick, very, very heavy.