Red Dust Daqian

The night passed peacefully. The next day, after everyone finished breakfast, Zhou Sen, who was still sleeping in and avoiding everyone, was pulled out of bed.

The three courts will hold another trial. Zhou Sen sighed, why is it not over yet! Xiangcao and Madam Xiao sat in the main seats, Xiao Zhuyu sat on the side, and this time even Shen Qianrou sat on the other side. Zhao Tiechui was still eating melons at the door.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Sen wanted to run away because he thought that today's struggle session would result in death or injury. Zhou Sen begged, "Ladies, I'm hungry. Can you let me go to eat first?" Xiangcao sneered, "You have done such a dirty thing, and you still have the nerve to eat!" Xiao Zhuyu followed suit and said, "Let's eat after the matter is resolved." Madam Xiao said even more unhappily, "I didn't cook for you today." Zhao Tiechui rummaged through his pockets and sighed, "Oh my god, it was so exciting yesterday that I finished eating all the melon seeds. I can only watch it today."

Zhou Sen lamented, "What do I have to say so that you can believe me? I was really eager to save people yesterday. I took off my clothes to swim faster. The principle of artificial respiration is..." Vanilla waved her hand to interrupt Zhou Sen's speech and said, "Stop, I don't want to listen to your quibbling. I don't know who you are. I watched you grow up wearing open-crotch pants!" Zhou Sen sighed and thought: Are you looking at me? At that time, Silly Mumu couldn't control himself at all. But you and I know each other. I watched you grow up since you were a child. That's the real Vanilla.

Xiangcao did not give Zhou Sen a chance to explain and continued, "The issue we are going to discuss now is that since you took advantage of the girl, claimed that she was yours, and promised to help her break off the engagement, then tell me how you are going to help Qianrou break off the engagement."

This turn caught Zhou Sen off guard, and he defended himself by saying, "I took advantage of her because I wanted to save her life, not on purpose. I didn't say that she was mine, but her life was mine, and I did it to stop her from committing suicide. Who promised to help her break off the engagement? We are totally unrelated to this marriage and cannot interfere."

When Shen Qianrou heard Zhou Sen's irresponsible words, she burst into tears and cried, "Master Mu, you clearly bullied Qianrou and are such a shameless person. Yesterday you clearly promised Qianrou to help her break off the engagement, but now you deny it. I can't live anymore." After saying that, she pretended to hit the pillar, and Xiao Zhuyu hurriedly pulled him to stop her.

Madam Xiao looked down on Zhou Sen and said, "Shameless." Xiangcao angrily slammed the table and ordered Zhou Sen, "You have to help me today, whether you want to or not. I can't let you act like a rogue while I'm here."

Zhou Sen felt that women are so fickle. They were still at odds yesterday, but today they teamed up to make trouble for him. Are they putting on a big show? Zhou Sen muttered, "If I want to help you, I'll help you. We don't even have enough money to live on now, so how can we have the energy and time to take care of these things?" Seeing that the literary drama didn't work, Xiangcao came up with the martial arts. She got angry and grabbed Zhou Sen's ear, threatening, "Say it again, will you help me or not?" How could Zhou Sen stand the martial arts? He hurriedly replied, "Help, help, help."

Hearing Zhou Sen finally give in, Shen Qianrou rekindled hope. Shen Qianrou's mood eased a lot, and she said, "Thank you Sister Xiangcao, thank you Madam Xiao, thank you Zhuyu, and thank you Brother Zhao for your help." Even Zhao Tiechui, who was eating melons, thanked them, what about me? Zhou Sen waved his hands at Shen Qianrou in dissatisfaction, what about me? Don't you thank me? You asked me for help! Shouldn't you thank me with tears of gratitude!

Shen Qianrou ignored Zhou Sen and continued to say to everyone: "I chatted with the sisters yesterday and learned that you are busy building the glass kiln factory and are short of funds. If you can help Qianrou solve the problem of the county magistrate forcing marriage. Qianrou can help you solve the funding problem." Zhou Sen finally heard something practical and replied: "This is possible."

Xiangcao rolled her eyes at Zhou Sen. She walked up to Shen Qianrou and said, "Sister, we are short of funds, but this is different from your marriage. Whether you help us solve the funding gap or not, we will help you with your marriage. The dog-like county magistrate bullies men and women, bullies the market, and abuses his power for personal gain. I have long wanted to get rid of him."

Since it has been decided to help Shen Qianrou escape the county magistrate's forced marriage, the focus of the following discussion changed direction. Vanilla reorganized the meeting as the head of the family.

Xiangcao said to Zhao Tiechui at the door, "Zhao Tiechui, come in too, don't stand outside and watch the joke. Come in and discuss how to help Qianrou cancel this marriage." Zhao Tiechui cursed, "Damn it, I recently found that the Shangguan County Magistrate is really not a good guy. Otherwise, let's go all out, Taoist Master Xiangcao and I will go straight into the government office and beat this bastard official."

Zhou Sen angrily scolded: "Can you think about things without a thread? Not every problem can be solved simply and violently by force. That is the county government office. Do you know how many constables there are? And you openly assassinated court officials. Do you want to rebel? Or are you preparing to become a bandit and rule the mountains? What about your family? Don't you want to do that? Disrupting the county government office and killing court officials is a crime that will implicate the whole family." Zhao Tiechui seemed to have been enlightened and kept silent.

Xiao Zhuyu suggested, "Why don't we go to the capital to file a complaint?" Zhou Sen replied, "What's your reason for filing a complaint? Shangguan Wuhou legitimately offered a betrothal gift to marry Miss Shen. The Shen family also agreed. What right do you have to sue him? The prefecture government can't get it, let alone filing a complaint in the capital."

Xiangcao slammed the table angrily and said, "If the crime of forced marriage is not acceptable, then what about other crimes, such as extortion, running a black pawnshop to force purchases and sales, and using power to coerce people." Zhou Sen continued to pour cold water on him, saying, "These are not enough, and we don't have sufficient evidence! Also, do you know what the surname of the right prime minister in the capital is?" Everyone was puzzled, what does this have to do with the right prime minister in the capital. Xiangcao asked, "What's the surname? What does it have to do with us?" Zhou Sen replied, "The right prime minister in the capital is also surnamed Shangguan. Shangguan Wuhou is a distant cousin of the right prime minister of Daqian. I guess we can't do anything to him after he enters the capital."

All the plans were rejected by Zhou Sen one by one. Shen Qianrou felt very disappointed and couldn't stop crying. Madam Xiao also lamented, "Is there nothing we can do? Can we just let Miss Shen hide like this forever?"

The atmosphere in the hall became extremely depressing. Zhou Sen comforted everyone, "Don't worry, this needs to be considered carefully. There will always be a way. Let me think about it."

After a while, Zhou Sen seemed to have thought of a solution and said to everyone: "The one who tied the bell should be the one who untied it. If we want to solve the problem of the county magistrate forcing marriage, we still need to start with Shen Qianrou." Shen Qianrou was puzzled and said: "How can I start with my family? Qianrou has communicated with the family many times, and even threatened to die, saying that she does not want to marry the county magistrate. In order to survive in the business, the family has no choice but to sacrifice Qianrou to marry the county magistrate."