Marry a powerful minister and remain a widow?I’m done with the book-wearing female role!

The man is gone and Lanhua has made up her mind to leave the Zhang family without any worries.

Thinking of the missing sisters she had been friends with in the past, Lanhua said even more firmly: "Old Mrs. Zhang is making dirty money. Otherwise, if her family only has two acres of land to support a dozen people, how can she have any spare money to support scholars?"

For a moment, the people watching were silent.

Everyone looked at what Mrs. Zhang was wearing and believed Lanhua's words to the tune of seventy-eight percent.

The barbarians and the people of Daqi have sworn hatred. How much hatred can be required to send people to the barbarians?

Those women who were trafficked had no choice but to die in a foreign country.

"You are damned by God!"

After hearing this, the people looked at Mrs. Zhang with hateful eyes.

Mrs. Zhang was frightened in her heart, and she denied it: "It's nonsense, and you are spitting blood!"

In the beginning, she was just responsible for connecting the gangsters, and received a favor fee of 20 taels of silver.

Seeing that there was a profit to be made, Mrs. Zhang was greedy and fell deeper into the trap step by step.

You can make more money by kidnapping a daughter-in-law from the same village to a barbarian tribe.

There's money to be made, why not?

As for the consequences, Mrs. Zhang had thought about it. After her daughter-in-law arrived at Manzi, there was basically no chance of her coming back. Even if she escaped and Mrs. Zhang asked her questions, nothing would happen to her.

"Old Mrs. Zhang, your silver hairpin is worth at least a few taels of silver!"

Someone with good intentions caught Old Mrs. Zhang's hand and asked in front of everyone.

Mrs. Zhang choked up when asked, and after a long while she said: "That's because my son works and he is a filial man. Why did he buy me the silver hairpin? You hate the rich!"

"Your son works as a waiter in a restaurant and earns two hundred taels a month, plus tips, which is less than half a tael. But as a chef, I earn at least [-] taels a month."

Lanhua exposed Mrs. Zhang's lie, and her last thoughts about the Zhang family were gone.

"Old Mrs. Zhang, you keep saying that I am unfilial, then whose money did you spend?"

Orchids were blocking both sides, blocking Old Mrs. Zhang's path.

Since Mrs. Zhang does not admit that women are trafficked, she must acknowledge Lanhua's contribution to the Zhang family.

"So what? I am your mother-in-law. Isn't it natural for you to serve me?"

Mrs. Zhang stretched her head and felt confident. She made up her mind to use her status as an elder to suppress others.

It's a pity that Mrs. Zhang was wrong and her words were not convincing, and the onlookers quickly found the loophole.

"Old Mrs. Zhang, you sucked the blood of your son and wife, and you did this to your granddaughter?"

"You have money to buy silver jewelry but you can't even give it to your granddaughter an old cotton coat. What a sin!"

"The money Zhang Yaozu spent studying was also paid for by Lanhua!"

Everyone denounced Mrs. Zhang, and Mrs. Zhang immediately lowered her face and cursed: "It's none of your business to just eat carrots and worry about nothing!"

The common people couldn't stand it, so some people simply helped Lanhua and went to the Yamen to complain.

As a result, before the scolding war between the two parties ended, the police arrested Mrs. Zhang.

"Lord, I didn't do anything wrong!"

Mrs. Zhang was so frightened that she trembled all over and stumbled for a long time before she could say a word.

The official said with a cold face: "It's not up to you whether you commit a crime or not. Go to the Yamen to reason!"

Lanhua has handed over the gold and silver hidden by Mrs. Zhang to the Yamen and is willing to testify.

If there is stolen goods, it will be easy to find.

"Let me go, I'm a scholar!"

Zhang Yaozu stood up to intercept, and when he was arrested, he pinched his arm, which made him scream in pain, "I will take the first prize in the exam and become a high official. I will punish you and chop off your heads!"

Even if he was arrested, Zhang Yaozu still spoke out without shame, adding more jokes to the onlookers.

The kidnapping of women is not a small case. The yamen is investigating the case, and Lanhua and her daughter go to the yamen together.

Jiang Yuzhu pointed at Hongli, who was probing his head with a gossipy face, and said, "Hongli, go watch the fun."

"Okay, ma'am, I'll go first!"

The red carp followed happily, just wanting to see Mrs. Zhang beaten by the official.

As soon as the person left, the onlookers did not disperse. Instead, they spontaneously formed a huge team and went to the Yamen to continue watching.

By afternoon, the sky was getting dark.

After going out, Jiang Yuzhu did not forget the purpose of going out.

Separating from Mo Yan and Shen Zhilan, Jiang Yuzhu took the maid to the market.

As soon as the carriage drove out, Chongyang, the young man, came in a hurry from the opposite side on horseback.

"Master, I have asked you to find out. Today there is a group of family members of a criminal who came to exile from the south."

The official's family was exiled from the south of the Yangtze River. They contracted malaria halfway through the journey and the weak ones were all gone.

The only ones left were the steward and a few able-bodied maids.

"These are all criminal slaves. The government is too lazy to arrange their whereabouts, so they plan to sell them off."

Previously, it was Chongyang who made the decision to choose the servants in the house. He thought it was safe to choose the people who took root in the border town, but unexpectedly, the master was almost tricked.

After the miss, Chongyang was very careful about his selection.

Even the servants of Sasuo need to know the basics.

"The servants of the guilty minister's family in the south at least know the rules. When the time comes to sign the death contract, the master will be equivalent to saving them from fire and water."

Chongyang asked Jiang Yuzhu for his opinion, so that the servants could get started directly without any training.

However, after being exiled for a long time, these servants may have hidden diseases, so they need to ask Dr. Yan to check their pulse.

"Okay, Chongyang, you lead the way, let's go take a look."

Beidi is not the capital. Jiang Yuzhu's conditions for his servants are not strict, but they need to be strong and able to work.

If a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people expect to stay healthy by eating and drinking in the house, Jiang Yuzhu refuses because the house is not a charity hall.

Due to delays due to orchids, the group of people arrived at the market a little late, and it was almost time for the market to close.

There are only a few people in the entire market.

There was a man who didn't sell his servants, so he sighed. Seeing a carriage approaching, everyone came forward again, with a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Chongyang held a booklet in his hand and reported back: "Master, our house still needs a few maids and women responsible for cleaning, two concierges, and two young men to deliver messages and run errands..."

In addition, there is also a need for drivers to drive the carts, strong laborers to clear snow, chop firewood, and do odd jobs. There are always at least a dozen people.

Sin slaves are not innocent, and they all have masters.

Many wealthy people who came to buy people heard that sin slaves came from the south, and they were worried that they would not be able to withstand the cold, and that they would be infected with cold when they bought them. It would also cost a lot of money to pay a doctor to see a doctor and take medicine.

This calculation is not cost-effective, causing most people to give up the idea.

"Master, we don't have such worries. Doctor Yan said he would like to live in his house."

Yan Langzhong and his servant Xiaowu repaid their kindness with a very thick skin, and were extremely proud of the food and accommodation in their house. Chongyang sometimes felt in a daze that he was the one who came to visit.

Since Mr. Yan refuses to leave, he can use it if he can.

"Chongyang, you are right."

Jiang Yuzhu took advantage of the doctor who came to her door.

There were seven or eight members of the guilty minister's family, standing shivering in the cold wind, which was particularly desolate.

Seeing the beautiful woman walking over with her maid, everyone was attracted to her and suddenly had an impossible thought in their hearts.

Could it be that there are really people who don’t dislike them?

In fact, after the master's family died of malaria, they were disheartened and had the thought of giving up. However, they persisted in reaching the border town of the North.

"Madam, the younger one used to be a steward, literate, knows how to calculate accounts, and can speak and write."

Among the sin slaves, a middle-aged man stepped forward and actively promoted himself.