The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

   Chapter 186 187 Trial

  Ruyi said to Zhou Jia: "Master, don't waste your time, it seems that he wants to taste the taste of washing, so let's prepare!"

   "Don't," Steward Ouyang begged: "I'm really here to deliver, please let me go!"

Zhou Jia patted Steward Ouyang's cheek, and said negatively: "It seems that you really want to taste the taste of iron brushed meat! Look at your poor appearance, I will give you a reminder, your surname is Ouyang, and you are from Qingzhou. If you come here, even if you don't tell me, I will send someone to check to see who you are helping, Ruyi! He will leave it to you!"

   After listening to Steward Ouyang, his heart seemed to be crushed by an invisible boulder, his mouth kept shaking, and his mind went blank.

   Zhou Jia said coldly: "Speak! As long as you speak honestly, Lord will let you live. If you don't say it, Lord has a way, so that you can't survive or die!"

   Steward Ouyang was terrified, came back to his senses, and said, "I said, you really won't kill me? And my family is in Qingzhou, can you keep them safe?"

   Zhou Jia warmly said: "Don't worry, as long as what you say is the truth, Lord will let someone go to Qingzhou to protect your family, provided that you are telling the truth and not adulterated."

Steward Ouyang shook his head and said, "Don't dare to adulterate, you will know as soon as you check, the youngest is called Ouyang Yongchun, who came from Qingzhou Mansion, and is the chief steward of the grain store of General Huang's family. He was ordered to come here to collect the grain. Those who went to Hutouzhai were robbed by you."

Zhou Jia looked at Steward Ouyang angrily, "It seems that in the past years, Qingchuan's bandits were also under General Huang's subordinates, right?" Steward Ouyang nodded nervously, and Zhou Jia pointed at Steward Ouyang angrily, "You know, for your own selfish interests, You have harmed the people of Qingchuan, and where is the account book for you all these years in collusion with the mountain bandits to loot the people's food?"

"Master, the ledger in the shop is in General Huang's house, but I also have a private ledger that I keep with my daughter-in-law. I have a key on my body. Take it to my daughter-in-law, and she will give you the ledger. ! Uncle! I am a servant, I can only follow orders, I have said everything you want to know, and I beg you to do what you want, and help me get my family out. If the general knows that I betrayed him, my family will be lost. life is over."

   "Where did the people from Hutouzhai meet you?"

   "Tomorrow, they will pick me up at the Sitong Inn in town."

   Zhou Jia asked Steward Ouyang to put his handprint on, and said to Ruyi, "Untie him, take him to wash, and give him some food."

Ruyi nodded and untied Steward Ouyang, Steward Ouyang glanced at Zhou Jia and a few, lowered his head and took a key from his neck and handed it to Zhou Jia, "Sir, I'll give you the key, please get my wife and child out. Zhou Jia took the key, nodded, and asked Ruyi to bring Steward Ouyang.

  The couple returned to the main room, and Zhou Jia said to Li Yu, "Yu'er, I'll have Xu Dong set off immediately to send a letter to the Four Seas Bank, to get evidence of General Huang's connection with the bandits, and to protect the family of Steward Ouyang."

   "Okay, I'll have someone prepare food and salute for him immediately, and let him set off immediately."

Zhou Jia explained the situation, put it in a bamboo tube, and asked Steward Ouyang to write a letter and bring it to his family. He called Xu Dong and said to him: "Master Xu, please send this to Qingzhou immediately and hand it over to Chu. Shopkeeper, tell him to be in a hurry."

  Xu Dong nodded and said: "Master Zhou, don't worry, leave it to me, I will never miss it."

  Xu Dong took the luggage from Li Yu's hand, went out and galloped away.

Ruyi brought Steward Ouyang to the main room, and Zhou Jia said to him: "Don't worry, I have sent someone to pick up your family, and you also know that General Huang and the mountain bandits conspired to rob and pay taxes, and they committed the crime of looting and destroying the family. , as long as you do things well, I will save your life."

  Ouyang Steward realized that he had no way out after he made the move truthfully. With a plop, he knelt down in front of Zhou Jia and kowtowed: "Thank you sir, the little one must do well, thank you sir for not killing!"

   Zhou Jia said cheerfully: "Get up! I will let Ruyi protect you to go to Hutouzhai together. In order not to arouse suspicion from the people in Hutouzhai, you and Ruyi go back to the inn!"

   Steward Ouyang got up, bowed and said, "Don't worry, sir, the little one will cooperate well."

   Ruyi and Steward Ouyang went out from the back door and walked towards Sitong Inn.

Zhou Jia returned to the room, saw Li Yu combing her hair in front of the bronze mirror, took the comb in Li Yu's hand, helped her comb her hair, and after telling Li Yu about Shijia Village, she said, "So I We were worried about our lack of manpower, but now that we have caught Steward Ouyang, there is no need for us to go to Shijia Village anymore. After the mountain bandits hand over the grain to Steward Ouyang, we can bring the grain back to the villagers."

   "You have to make it clear to the old Shizu first. Also, I want to buy a piece of wasteland, hire people to open up the wasteland after the busy farming season, and repair the city wall, you have to hurry up, or it will be too late after winter."

"Okay, I'll post a notice tomorrow and hire someone to repair the city wall," Zhou Jia squatted down and smiled at Li Yu's ingratiating smile, "Yu'er, I'll discuss with you, first get some money from our house to pay the wages, it's OK?"

  Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia's ingratiating manner, hooked Zhou Jia's chin and teased, "As long as Lord Zhou serves Mrs. Ben well, Mrs. Ben will allow you."

   Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu, her eyes were burning with raging fire, she hugged Li Yu and whispered in her ear, "Xiaoxi will take good care of Mrs."

Zhou Jia got up with a face full of spring breeze. After eating, he let Tie Zhu carry the family's money and called Mr. Qian and Tu Dianshi to the ruined yamen. Tie Zhu put the silver and gold in the bag, and the The silver and jewelry collected from the bandit were placed on the table.

  Tu Dianshi stared at the silver coins in his bag with glowing eyes, and said to himself: I can't think of Master Zhou's young family so rich.

   "This is the first time this old man has seen so much money. Master Zhou brought this money, wouldn't he be showing off?"

Mr. Qian also looked at Zhou Jia with a puzzled face, Zhou Jia smiled and said: "These silver coins are all brought by my wife, the gold is rewarded by Your Majesty, and the silver is saved by my wife's hard work, let me take it. Come, repair the city wall first, and make it clear first! It's not for us to use it for nothing, and when the county government has money, it has to be returned to her."

  Tu Dianshi looked at Yinzi with red eyes, oh my god! We Qingchuan finally have a parent who loves the people like a child! Tu Dianshi bowed to Zhou Jiayi to the end and saluted: "Master Zhou, I thank you and my wife, thank you!"

   Zhou Jia picked up Tu Dianshi and said: "Tu Dianshi doesn't have to do this. This official is the parental official of Qingchuan County, and doing these things should be done."

  Tu Dianshi wiped away his tears and said, "I'm going to gather the people in the city right now, and let everyone who has the money contribute money, and do their best to repair our Qingchuan city wall!"

Zhou Jia looked at Tu Dianshi and said sternly: "Tu Dianshi, you should make it clear to the people that the working people don't have much wages, ten cents a day. If they run out of money, I will send them an IOU. The ya will not default."

   Tu Dianshi replied respectfully, "Yes, my lord."

   (end of this chapter)