Hope for luck

Chapter 18
"What? He arrested Du Xiangming? And put him in prison?"

Earlier, Yin Weian, who came back with Gao Pan, came to Zhou Zhengxin to report as soon as he returned to the county government office.

Zhou Zhengwen said, his eyes widened, and he looked at Yin Weian in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe it was true.

"It's absolutely true, Mr. Du let the humble official spread the word that if anything happens to Mr. Du, our entire county government will be buried with him!"

Yin Weian said anxiously and affirmatively.

"Killer... I'm not afraid of death, and I'm going to be buried with him... Tell me, why did he arrest Du Xiangming?"

Zhou Zheng said with gritted teeth.

"I heard it was because of two children who lost their parents, and one of them was a thief..."

Yin Weian also quickly talked about what he had seen and heard today, without daring to hide anything.

After Zhou Zhengxin heard this, his face became even more gloomy. Gao Pan actually arrested Du Xiangming on the grounds of lending loan sharks!
But this matter has basically become a public matter, everyone knows it well, no one will mention it!

Because, including Zhou Zhengxin, all gentry families will participate in such things to some extent.

If it is pushed back five or sixty years, when the imperial court is strict, the people are indeed not allowed to release usury.

But now, who cares about it?Who dares to care about this matter?
More than [-]% of the rich and wealthy country gentry would lend money to the poor people at high interest rates, because many times, when the people were struggling to make ends meet, they naturally needed to borrow money to live on.

And for such things, it happens to be an excellent means for rich squires to collect money. Today, the imperial court no longer restricts such things.

After all, people can survive by borrowing money, but if they cannot borrow money and cannot survive, the only way left is to rebel!

Zhou Zhengxin never expected that Gao Pan would use such a reason to imprison Du Xiangming.

If Du Xiangming was really judged in this way, it would be against most of the country gentlemen!
However, Zhou Zhengxin couldn't stay out of this matter, because he also had a share of the Du family's usury!
"No, you have to let him go immediately, otherwise, our county government will have no peace in the future!"

After thinking about it, Zhou Zhengxin decided to release Du Xiangming immediately, so as to prevent the current 'disaster'.

"No, don't say that he issued a death order to make Mr. Du die, and Mr. Du also said that he has his own plans for this matter. He insisted that Gao Pan be sentenced to Mr. Du. My lord, what is going on here? What's going on?"

Yin Weian couldn't figure it out, staring at Zhou Zhengxin and said.

"This old slicker wants Gao Pan to die sooner, but he doesn't want to get his hands dirty. He's really vile..."

However, Zhou Zhengxin's eyes flickered, and he looked outside the door with a flash of light in his eyes.

Hearing this, Yin Weian understood a little bit, and his heart skipped a beat. If this is the case, then the officials of the county government will suffer in the end!

"Since that's the case, I feel like I might as well secretly take Mr. Du out of prison?"

Yin Weian thought for a while, and said quickly.

Zhou Zhengxin frowned and began to think, he was not in a hurry to answer, and started walking back and forth in the room.

After a while, Zhou Zhengxin stopped in his tracks, with a hint of sternness in his eyes, and said slowly:
"No, we might as well watch from the other side first. If Gao Pan really doesn't know the severity and sentenced Du Xiangming severely, I don't think Du Xiangjun can just watch Du Xiangming be punished!"

After Yin Weian heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he said doubtfully:
"But if he blames the adults for not stopping, what should we do?"

"Hmph, how can there be such a good thing in the world, good or bad, he has the final say, how can this work, if we obey him this time, our county government will really be useless in the future, and we will all follow his instructions!"

Zhou Zhengxin patted the table, said gloomyly, then turned his head to look at Yin Wei'an and said:
"Let's leave it at that for now. I won't say it until tomorrow when Gao Pan really wants to judge. Du Xiangjun is willing to let Du Xiangming be punished. He will definitely come and make a fuss in the county government. We'll just watch the fire from the other side!"

After hearing this, Yin Weian was a little horrified, but he said flatteringly:
"Your Excellency is wise, in this way, the contradiction is grafted onto them, and we will be safe and sound!"

After Zhou Zhengxin heard this, he stopped talking, sat down, and looked at the documents on the table. Seeing this, Yin Weian bowed and stepped back.

……

In the backyard of the county government office, at this moment, Gao Pan and Lu Rong wanted to sit opposite each other, having dinner happily and relaxedly.

Originally, Lu Rong and Peng Lanshu were unwilling to sit down and eat with Gao Pan.

It's just that Peng Ming was not as complicated as they thought. When Gao Pan yelled, he sat down.

Gao Pan quickly persuaded the two to sit down together, and there was no need to say too many rules in front of him.

Seeing this, Peng Lanshu felt more aware of Gao Pan, while Lu Rong was very moved.

It can be seen that Gao Pan still values ​​Lu Rong in his heart, which makes Lu Rong feel very satisfied.

While eating, Gao Pan asked about the previous situation of Peng Lanshu's family.

Although Peng Lanshu had already mentioned her family background when she was in a broken house outside the city, but she only talked about it roughly.

Now, at the dinner table, Gao Pan became curious.

Seeing that Gao Pan cared so much about her, Peng Lanshu slowly talked about her family situation.

Although their siblings were named Peng, they did not follow their father's surname, but their mother's.

Ever since Peng Lanshu was born, she didn't have much memory of her father. When she was three years old, after her younger brother Peng Ming was born, she never heard her mother mention their father.

Their mother kept telling them that it would be fine as long as their father was dead, no need to ask!
In Peng Lanshu's memory, they seemed to have moved once and traveled a long distance. At that time, they were young, and Peng Lanshu couldn't remember where they moved from.

Later, when they returned to their original Peng family in Dantang County, everyone around them pointed at their mother and scolded her, saying that she was not a woman, shameless, and ruined the reputation of the Peng family.

He also scolded the Peng Lanshu siblings, saying that they were bastards without a father to discipline them, which caused the Peng Lanshu siblings to suffer a lot of cold eyes since they were young!
And the most bitter thing is their mother, people from the Peng family do not accept them, and even ridicule them.

Peng Lanshu's mother had no choice but to live alone with her two siblings, but she was just a weak woman after all, and it was very difficult to raise the two children, not to mention that this was an era when women were not allowed to show their faces easily.

Peng Lanshu's mother also persisted for 12 years, and she was already so tired that her whole body was covered with diseases. Finally, she died last year due to a sudden serious illness for which there was no cure.

While talking, Peng Lanshu choked up a little, and Peng Ming did the same. The food on the dinner table also didn't taste good at the moment, and she couldn't eat it anymore.

After Gao Pan heard this, he was also full of emotion. If he hadn't met them by chance, the fateful siblings, I am afraid their final ending would have been very miserable.

(End of this chapter)