After leaving the prison, Lu Bozhou remained silent.

After getting on the ox cart, he grabbed Li Jinglan's hand.

Shaken heavily.

It was as if everything he wanted to say was contained in this flash.

Li Jinglan smiled suddenly and ordered the driver to drive.

On the day after the Lu Ming Banquet, many scholars and servants from nearby officials came.

Not only did they give away fields and land, they also gave away silver and houses.

Some people also sent beautiful women and servants.

No matter what was given, Lu Bozhou refused it all.

"I still have cases to deal with and have no time to deal with these," he said.

After Shopkeeper Zhang confessed, the yamen began to arrest people based on his confession.

As a result, I searched almost the entire county, but still couldn't find the person with the surname Li.

In a rage, County Magistrate Xu issued an arrest notice and posted it everywhere in the county.

At the same time, this method was also used to clear Lu Bozhou of the arson charge.

If the person cannot be caught, the case cannot be tried.

The case just remains hanging there.

The case may be suspended, but the neighbors’ livelihoods must go on.

Magistrate Xu called all the victims over and distributed some of the one hundred taels of silver that had been seized from Manager Zhang's house to each of them.

County Magistrate Xu said, "Once we find the culprit, we will make him compensate you all."

"The New Year is coming soon. We run a grocery store and we're counting on making some money before the New Year." A neighbor muttered in a low voice.

Some neighbors insisted that it was the Lu family who set the fire, but they pushed the blame onto Shopkeeper Zhang and spoke up for him.

But no matter how noisy it was, September passed quickly.

The first day of October is the Winter Clothes Festival.

Fine snowflakes were floating in the sky.

Lu Bozhou took Li Jinglan and his younger brothers and sisters to visit their parents' graves and deliver winter clothes.

My parents’ graves have been renovated and are now much taller.

Lu Bozhou knelt in front of the grave and shed tears: "If you were still here, it would be great to see me pass the imperial examination."

Lu Bozhou's good friend Zhou Jin also kowtowed behind him.

After Li Jinglan kowtowed, she and Lu Bozhou walked back.

On the way, she whispered: "Father and mother will definitely be pleased."

Lu Bozhou turned around and smiled: "Yes, that must be the case."

After sending Li Jinglan to the gate, Lu Bozhou got on the carriage and said, "Today, Zhou Jin and I are going back to the capital to send winter clothes to my uncle and aunt. If it's too late, we won't be back at night and will stay in the Wang family courtyard in the capital."

Zhou Jin kowtowed to Lu Bozhou's parents and sent them winter clothes, which was a good friendship between the two families.

Lu Bozhou should also kowtow to Zhou Jin's parents.

In the end, Zhou Jin did not accept his uncle and aunt's kindness.

Refuse to return to Beijing.

At the beginning, some people gave land and silver to the Zhou family.

But later, seeing that Zhou Jin didn't even go home, gradually no one went to visit Zhou's house anymore.

Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou were extremely anxious and came to the Lu family several times to try to get Zhou Jin to go back.

Zhou Jin didn't even bother to meet the person, but just asked his cousin Zhou Tuanjin to receive him.

Perhaps in order to win over this nephew who was a scholar, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou did not ask Zhou Tuanjin to go home.

Zhou Tuanjin has been living in Lu Guanyu's courtyard.

After watching Lu Bozhou and Zhou Jin's carriage go away, Li Jinglan was about to turn around and go into the yard.

I heard someone shouting not far away: "It's a fortune! Ten cents a time."

Li Jinglan turned her head and saw a Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin and walking on the road with empty hands.

Following behind was a middle-aged Taoist priest with an unhappy face, carrying a banner with the words "Iron Mouth and Straight Forward" on it, and following behind reluctantly.

When the two Taoists were about to reach the gate of the Lu family, Lu Zhang happened to pass by.

The Taoist wearing the Ziwu hairpin's eyes lit up, and called out to Lu Zhangshi: "You old woman, oh no, old lady, I see you look rich and noble!"

When Lu Zhang saw the Taoist wearing the Ziwu hairpin, her eyes lit up as well, "Old thief!"

He rushed up with his fist clenched, "What I hate most is people like you who are neither monks nor Taoists and blindly tell fortunes. More than ten years ago, a great monk passed by my house and said that there was purple energy in my house. As a result, more than ten years later, my grandson went to jail and my property was robbed!"

"I'll beat you to death, you fortune teller who's cheating people out of their money."

Throw a punch.

The Taoist priest wearing the Ziwu hairpin dodged to the side lightly.

Although the Taoist wearing the Ziwu hairpin dodged, the Taoist carrying the banner was so frightened that he dropped it, threw it to the ground, and rushed towards Lu Zhangshi with his feet on it.

He stretched out his hand and strangled Lu Zhang's neck.

He cursed, "If you dare to point your chicken claws at me again, I will chop off your hands and feet and stuff them into your mouth."

The Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin only stared at the flag on the ground that was covered with footprints. He was so angry that he fell to the ground: "You bastard! How dare you step on the guy who made me eat?"

Then he muttered, "This shouldn't be the case. If I knew my family had purple energy, I should study hard and serve the court. Why did I end up in jail?"

He shook his head and recited a poem: "The whole court is full of scholars. Knowledge is acquired through diligence, and thousands of books are read by the firefly."

"This shows that the atmosphere in Nanli County is not good! County Magistrate Xu deserves to die!!!" sighed the Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin.

After watching the farce, Li Jinglan prepared to enter the hospital.

Perhaps he noticed someone was looking at him, the Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin turned his head and saw Li Jinglan who was about to enter the courtyard.

Li Jinglan wore a veiled hat, and at first glance she looked like a lady from a wealthy family.

The Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin stepped forward and said, "Young lady, please stay. Can I have a fortune-teller?"

Hearing the Taoist priest calling Li Jinglan, people from Lu Sheng's family and Zhao Zhengyi's family protected Li Jinglan together.

Li Jinglan pretended not to hear and walked straight into the courtyard.

The Taoist priest wearing a Ziwu hairpin sighed, "I told you, you've trampled on my business, so I won't have any business today."

The middle-aged Taoist priest let go of the cursing Lu Zhangshi and bent down to pick up the fortune-telling banner. "Why not just change it?"

Seeing that Lu Zhang was still cursing, the Taoist priest was so angry that he stopped picking up the banner and slapped Lu Zhang in the face, "Shut up!"

This is simply using the idiom "extremely outrageous" to the extreme.

This slap made Lu Zhang dizzy and she felt extremely wronged: "You, you have no law? You hit people in broad daylight."

"What's so great about a poor fortune teller like you? How dare you hit me? Come with me to see the county magistrate."

Lu Zhang rolled up her sleeves.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Go and ask who is the champion of Nanli County this year. We can ask for some wine and food." The Taoist wearing a Ziwu hairpin instructed the Taoist priest.

The middle-aged Taoist priest went to ask for directions without complaint.

Lu Zhang followed behind him, cursing all the way.

When passing a tree, Lu Zhang suddenly disappeared.

After a while, the middle-aged Taoist priest came back alone.

"Master Taoist, this is the one." The middle-aged Taoist pointed to the tall courtyard opposite.

"Is this Lu Jieyuan's home?" The Taoist wearing a Ziwu hairpin narrowed his eyes, "Let's go and get some wine and food."

"Today is the Cold Clothes Festival, my Lord. Who would prepare wine and food? Last time you made a fuss, the guards who had just set up camp came to rescue you. When they returned to the camp, they found that almost all the things had been stolen."

As if to echo the middle-aged Taoist priest's words, Lu Zhang's screams rang out from afar: "Help! He's stripping my pants, he's doing bad things to me."

The middle-aged Taoist sighed, bent down, picked up the banner and went to knock on the door.

"Open the door, open the door, fortune teller, we are fortune tellers."

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