After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 525: Completely Pauper

Originally, he was unwilling to help his father set up the plan.

It was because he was the son of an official, one of the only three noble families in Baofu County, and he was also a good student with a bright future, so he had to marry the county magistrate's legitimate daughter.

But the Qin family’s new dye business was so popular that this business alone revitalized the entire Baofu County...the county town now had an entire street of dyeing workshops!

An entire street was created because of the Qin family's new dye.

He couldn't even imagine how much money he could make if he got this secret recipe and did the entire business by himself, from collecting the color herbs to making the color soup, to dyeing cloth, opening a cloth shop, and opening a paint shop.

It must be a monthly income of tens of thousands of dollars!

So when his father asked him to join in again to seize the Qin family, he happily agreed.

In addition to money, what he was looking forward to was Qin Shu.

When the poisonous matchmaker disturbed the Qin family last year, Qin Shu went to the county town. Although he was picked up by Old Madam Guan at the city gate, his wait was in vain.

But when the Qin family left, he deliberately hid at the city gate, and when they stopped to check on their way out of the city, he saw Qin Shu and was shocked by her beauty. Even though she smelled bad, her godly appearance was worth it for him to endure the stench and taste the saltiness!

Besides, my father said that he didn't have to live with Qin Shu for the rest of his life. He just had to endure for two years and wear down the Qin family until they were wiped out. After he got the property, he could abandon Qin Shu.

By then, he will have a huge fortune and be young, so he can go to the capital to find a lady from a noble family to marry.

"Scribbler Feng, are you dizzy again?" You Xing asked worriedly, and then said, "Your face is getting redder and redder. This may be a sign of bleeding in the head. It is a very dangerous disease. You can't be careless."

You little dog slave, how dare you curse this young master.

Feng Yushi was angry, but afraid of arousing suspicion, so he said hurriedly, "I'm fine. I just got angrier and angrier about what the Wu family did, and I got so angry that my face turned red."

After hearing this, the clerk Guan was still worried, so he asked Youxing to check Feng Yushi again. Only after making sure that he was fine did he continue on his journey.

By the time we reached the town, it was already daybreak.

The people of Wei all got up early, so when many of them saw Wu Xingzu being taken to the Silifang, they immediately stopped feeling sleepy and ran to ask about the situation.

After learning the whole story, they were all stunned and extremely puzzled: "Does Wu Xingzu have a grudge against me? He won't stop until he kills himself?"

"He was about to go to the capital and start a new life, but in the blink of an eye, he got himself into trouble again... Could he have really developed feelings for the prison in the county government office?"

"Or is it that there is a female ghost in that cell, and he desperately put himself in the cell just to continue the relationship between the human and the ghost?"

"This is an evil fate, and it cannot continue!"

"I guess that Wu Xingzu would commit suicide repeatedly because he was bewitched by a female ghost. Otherwise, what normal person would kill himself like he did?"

"Oh, Cao Laoba, you are right, it must be like this!"

Countryside rumors have always been outrageous.

So when Wu Laoer found out, he heard: "Your son fell in love with a female ghost. In order to return to his new home in the prison, he went to the ghost village and set fire. He was successfully caught by the clerk. Now your son can go back to the prison and reunite with your daughter-in-law."

Someone from his father's side congratulated him: "I hope you'll have a grandson soon!"

What is this all about? !

Wu Laoer had been busy relocating graves these past few days and had slept less than a dog. At the moment, his mind was confused and he was unable to react for a while.

The Wu clan elder quickly came to help him wake up, and hit him with his walking stick.

Bang bang bang!

"Wu Lao Er, what kind of crazy bastard did you raise? Get out! Get out of my Wu Village right now!" The Wu clan elder couldn't wait any longer and called out to the Wu family members: "Go into the house to get the things, put Wu Lao Er on the rack, and send him to the Si Li Fang. Let him get out with his son, and get out today!"

"Wu Xingzong, put Wu Xingzong on the rack as well, and don't let any of his rats stay in our village!"

"It's the village chief!" The Wu family member hurried forward and wanted to rush into the house to pack up his things, but was stopped in time by the clerk.

The clerk said: "Wu Xingzu said someone sent him a letter instigating him to set the fire. We need to search the house."

The Wu clan elder hurriedly said, "Everyone, get out of the way and let the clerk go in to search."

"Yes." The Wu family members made way.

However, the clerk and his men searched the Wu family's house for a long time but found nothing.

In the afternoon, people from the county government also arrived.

This time, the one who came was Peng Bantou... a close confidant promoted by County Magistrate Feng.

Peng Bantou, with a gloomy face, led a group of yamen runners to search the Wu family's house from top to bottom, but found nothing. He came to a conclusion: "I guess they made up a mastermind and a letter in order to shirk responsibility."

Everyone thinks so too.

In fact, apart from Wu Xingzu's own words, there is no evidence pointing to the existence of a second suspect.

Even the jar of pine oil was bought by Wu Laoer's family for relocating graves... The auspicious time for relocating graves is usually in the middle of the night or at dawn, and pine oil is needed to make torches for lighting.

However, in order to convince the public, the next morning, Peng Bantou led people to search the house for half a day. After finding nothing, he took Wu Xingzu back to the county government office at noon.

Wu Xingzu, Wu Xingzong and Wu Laoer all had bruises on their faces and were limping.

Liang Zhi hit him.

Huang Yanglong paid money to help him atone for his crime.

One put in the effort to fight, and the other paid money to settle the matter. This not only helped the Qin family vent their anger, but also made them happy. If it weren't for the relevant clerks, the three people from the Wu family would have been even worse off.

"Get out of here now and don't come back!" The people of Wujia Village shouted with great emotion. They were really badly harmed by the family of Wu Lichang.

The people in Taifeng Town also hate Wu Laoer's family, and are a little reluctant to let them go...Once Wu Laoer's family is gone, whose gossip will they read?

However, it is a good thing for everyone that the bad guy is gone.

……

County Magistrate Kang was so annoyed with the head of the Wu family that after Wu Xingzu was brought back, he was tortured directly.

After three days of fighting, Wu Xingzu admitted that it was all his idea and signed his name.

But since he didn't actually set the fire, it would be a bad idea to put Wu Xingzu in jail.

But Master Lu was a professional. After searching Wei Lu's law, he finally raised a banner and imposed heavy fines.

"If you violate the law repeatedly, you can be exiled if it's serious. Now you are only fined fifty taels of silver, which is already a mercy from the government. If your family can't bear to spend the money, then send him to Tianmang Mansion. It just so happens that they are short of people for corvée labor."

The suffering of corvée labor could cost a person's life. His grandfather was a scholar, how could he endure such suffering? !

but……

"Fifty taels is too much, can it be less?"

Bang! Master Lu slammed the table, pointed at the thick Wei Law, and said, "The laws of our dynasty do not allow you to bargain!"

Wu Laoer was so scared that he almost fell down.

Master Lu stood up and said, "In this case, I will report to the county magistrate and tell him that your family has chosen to serve the corvée."

"Pay the money, my family will pay the fine!" Wu Laoer hurriedly grabbed Master Lu, crying and sobbing. He took out ten small-denomination banknotes like cutting flesh and collected fifty taels.

After paying the fine, his family was left with only three taels and two cents from the money they earned from selling their house and land, and they completely turned from a family that looked down on the whole town as the head of the village into a pauper.

After Master Lu took the money, he quickly completed the formalities and Wu Xingzu was released from prison on the same day.

Peng Bantou rented a shabby open-topped oxcart for them. When he saw the three people from the Wu family coming out, he immediately said, "Hurry up and get on the car. You can go back to the city now."