Seeing Lu Zhang being dragged away by her daughter-in-law Fang, Lu Sheng's family went back to report.

"Niu Dayi said everything you ordered word for word, which caused public outrage."

"The villagers beat Lu Zhang severely."

Lu Shengjia said this with some awe.

This is like using the ancestral tablet as a threat.

If this matter is not handled properly, Li Jinglan will be disrespectful to his ancestors.

Li Jinglan handled it easily.

First call Niu Dayi over and give him some instructions.

When Lu Zhang was making a fuss at the door, Niu Dayi's few words left Lu Zhang speechless and aroused public anger.

If Lu Shengjia had been in such a good mood, she would have beaten Lu Zhang in the yard to vent her anger.

Who would have thought that Li Jinglan didn't even touch Lu Zhangshi.

"Why would I hit her? I don't want to be accused of disrespecting my elders."

Let the villagers fight!

If Lu Zhang dared to threaten her by holding the ancestral tablets, she would have Lu Zhang beaten.

Jingzhao Prefecture was busy with official duties and Yin Zhihai could not leave for too long.

The position of Wangju County Magistrate would be vacant, and the nobles would have to fight for at least half a month to a month before they could come up with a solution.

The position of county magistrate was vacant, and all the clerks in Wangju County were waiting for the new magistrate to take office. Naturally, they had no time to take care of the affairs in the prison.

She also has a lot of room to maneuver.

In her previous life, she spent one thousand taels to save Li Fengxian and two hundred taels to save her younger brothers and sisters.

She remembered clearly the looks on Lu Zhangshi and Lu Xuande's faces when they asked her for money.

This life.

Things are changing!

After Lu Zhang returned, she was so angry that she cursed Li Jinglan.

"Bitch, you're nothing!"

"You still want to blackmail me? I would rather throw the silver into the water than give it to her!"

After listening to what Lu Zhang said, Fang understood.

It turns out that Li Jinglan can bail someone out of prison, and she is extremely anxious.

"Mom! Please calm down. Think about Xuande and Cunren. They are suffering in prison."

The daughter-in-law Fang was very angry.

Why are you trying to show off at this time?

Rescue the people first and talk later.

"Bah! I'm going to throw the silver into the water right now." Lu Zhang cursed angrily.

"Mom, do you still remember Zhang Cheng?" Fang talked about the former doorman Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng is the great-nephew of Lu Zhang.

The day after Li Jinglan's wedding, she was arrested by yamen runners.

It has been closed until now.

"Zhang Cheng's mother has offered one hundred taels of silver, but the government still won't release him." Fang sobbed as she said this.

"When I went to Wangju County, I took a hundred taels of silver with me, thinking that I could redeem one of them with a hundred taels of silver."

"But when I arrived at the government gate, they refused to let me in when they heard I was there to see Xuande and Cunren."

"I thought the prefect was in court, so I went to appeal for my injustice. But not only did the prefect not accept my complaint, he also called me a shrew..."

"I didn't even get to see Xuande after paying the hundred taels of silver, and I was even dragged out by the yamen runners." Fang burst into tears as she spoke.

The magistrate of Wangju County may not have handled other cases well, but he handled Lu Cunren's case fairly and impartially.

There were witnesses and evidence, and Lu Cunren himself confessed. Of course Yin Zhihai had to scold Fang for being a shrew and a thief.

Judging from Yin Zhihai’s character.

Even if Fang took out one thousand taels, she couldn't buy Yin Zhihai.

Hearing her daughter-in-law's crying, Mrs. Lu Zhang was at a loss for a moment.

"What should we do? What do you think we should do?" Lu Zhang murmured to herself.

Fang sobbed.

"Four years ago, we took more than two thousand taels of silver from the Lu family, but now there are less than one thousand taels left. If we deal with the furs and inventory in the warehouse, we can make up one thousand taels."

Fang started to cry, "Without a man in the family, we are orphans and widows who can be bullied by others! Think about Lu Bozhou, if someone treats us like this, will we be able to fight back?"

"Redeem Xuande first. With him here, no one dares to attack us."

"Cunren will slowly figure out a solution later."

"Then do you think Li can help us redeem the person?" Mrs. Lu Zhang was a little shaken after hearing her daughter-in-law's crying.

"Besides her, is there anyone else we can look for?" Fang knelt down at Lu Zhang's knees.

"Mom, please use the silver to save people."

"No matter how much money you have, is it as important as your son?"

Mrs. Lu Zhang stopped talking.

Li Jinglan must hate them.

Can she help save people?

But my daughter-in-law Fang is right.

They couldn't find anyone else except Li Jinglan.

"God is so cruel! Why does he bully an old woman like me?"

Lu Zhang roared to the sky.

Two days later, Fang went to Wangju County again.

This time he brought over 150 taels.

Still didn't even enter the cell.

The bailiffs outside the yamen were unwilling to even talk to her.

Yin Zhihai has dealt with several clerks in the past few days.

Yin Zhihai was very kind to the people, but when it came to clerks and yamen runners committing crimes, he would "knowingly break the law, which is an even more serious crime."

Small sins become big sins.

Serious crimes were turned into exile.

Two clerks from the Household and Prison Departments had already been exiled three thousand miles away.

Who dares to take the money at this time?

Isn't this just an excuse for Yin Zhihai to kill them?

No matter how much silver Fang brought, they dared not accept it.

Your life is more important than money.

After Fang came back, she begged Lu Zhang for several days.

One morning.

Lu Zhang and Fang came to Li Jinglan with one thousand taels of silver.

More than seventy kilograms of silver was a small amount but very heavy, and the two women could not carry it at all.

It took Lu Zhang and Fang two trips to move all the 1,200 taels of silver.

After the last box of silver was moved in, Lu Zhang said coldly: "When will Xuande be released?"

Li Jinglan glanced at Lu Zhangshi, "Where is the shop?"

"The managers of the two shops are on their way." Fang replied.

Li Jinglan picked up a silver cake and observed: "In a few days."

"How many days will it be? You have to give me a definite answer." Mrs. Lu Zhang said with a serious face.

Li Jinglan threw the silver cake back into the silver box and dusted off her hands: "Little Grandmother, is this your attitude when asking someone to do something for you?"

Lu Zhang snorted.

Fang hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Mom, please speak properly."

Why are you still pretending to be strong?

Only then did Mrs. Lu hold back her breath and said, "Excuse me, when will Lu Xuande be released?"

Li Jinglan smiled and said, "It will take some time to smooth over the relationship."

She thought for a moment and said, "About ten days."

After getting the confirmation, Lu Zhang left angrily.

After leaving the Lu family, Mrs. Lu Zhang angrily scolded her daughter-in-law: "What if she lied to us?"

Fang was exhausted, "Mom! Be quiet, we can't beat her, I just want Xuande to come back."

He took the silver and asked Lu Guanyu to put it into the account.

Li Jinglan sent someone to find the head of the yamen runners.

The head of the yamen runners knew that Li Jinglan was looking for him to make money again, so he came happily.

"I want Lu Bozhou to go to Wangju County to pick up Lu Xuande from prison. How should I do this?"

Li Jinglan stated her intention directly.

Let Lu Bozhou go to Wangju County to pick up Lu Xuande from prison?

Even though the head of the yamen runners was so smart, he was still confused.

Don’t these two families have a deep hatred?

The head of the yamen thought for a moment and said, "Let the chief judge of the case go to Magistrate Xu first, and have Magistrate Xu write a letter to inquire about the case in Wangju County. After all, Lu Xuande is from our Nanli County, so it is natural for Magistrate Xu to ask."

"If Wangju County agrees to release him, we can go pick him up."

It is indeed a good idea to use an official letter, Li Jinglan nodded with a smile.

"If Lu Bozhou goes to pick someone up, can we ask the team leader to send someone to escort him?"

Come to life!

The head of the yamen runners bowed and said, "How dare I disobey your order."

Li Jinglan smiled and took out fifty taels of silver: "Please ask the team leader to take care of everything for me. If there is any shortage, please pay it in advance and I will make up for it when I come back."

"Okay, okay." The head of the yamen runners took the silver with a smile.

The head of the yamen runners went out with a smile.

Li Jinglan smiled gently.

These people are neither liked by officials nor respected by the people, but they have enormous power.

If you have good relations with these people, you can easily exploit many small loopholes.

No one dared to accept the silver from Fang because no one introduced her.

If Fang had an insider to introduce her, she would have met Lu Xuande long ago.

Now that I have money, I should buy some farmland, real estate and shops for Aunt Zhao so that she can live without worries in her later years.

In the afternoon, the managers of the two shops came to the Lu family to handle the handover.

Li Jinglan specially called Lu Sheng over from the workshop.

The two shops were almost emptied by the Fang family, and there was nothing left.

After the handover was completed, Li Jinglan directly told the two shopkeepers to let everyone go home.

The two big shopkeepers already knew that Li Jinglan would not use them, so they accepted it calmly.

He also sent Lu Sheng and Zhao Zhengyi to the capital to change the locks of the two shops and contacted the Chamber of Commerce in the capital to change the owners of the shops.

After these matters were dealt with, Magistrate Xu's official letter was sent to Wangju County.

Wangju County believed that Lu Xuande was indeed unaware of the imperial examination frame-up case and agreed to release him.

Lu Bozhou prepared to set out to pick up Lu Xuande.

Farewell to Lu Bozhou.

Li Jinglan just returned home.

Received a visiting card from the Xia family.

"Li Fengxian is coming to see me?"

What the hell is going on?

When did Li Fengxian learn to hand out visiting cards so politely?

Isn’t it possible to just come when you say so, and to just go ahead when you say so?

After thinking for a while, Li Jinglan replied, "Welcome to visit."

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