dressed as a scholar

"Go, go, who is it? If you want to inquire, you can inquire. This is a yamen, not a vegetable market!"

Fang Yu rushed to the county yamen to look for the gatekeepers, and wanted to ask Qiao Xinnian whether he had been arrested for interrogation, or whether he had been put in prison. .

"I would like to ask the official to make it easier. The family members were suddenly taken away. We juniors are very worried, and we don't know what we have committed. It is good to have a bottom of mind. I hope the official will understand."

"Since he was caught in the Yamen, there is a place for him to be arrested." The Yamen guard looked Fang Yu up and down, and said with a snort: "What is it, you merchants are just relying on how much money you have. Do something outrageous and unreasonable. Walk around, we don’t know anything, if you delay official duties here, don’t blame us for being rude.”

Fang Yu saw that he couldn't find anything after asking, so he stretched out his hand and tore off the gold-inlaid scholar's seal on his waist, and lowered his voice: "I'll ask you two about the location of the merchant brought back from the yamen!"

The yamen servant standing in front of Fang Yu squinted his eyes slightly and leaned in front of the seal of the scholar's registration. After seeing the engraving on it clearly, his attitude immediately turned 360 degrees, and he quickly apologized with a smile: "It's actually Mr. Xie Yuan, it's the little blind dog!" Eyes, master Xie Yuan, don't be angry with the little one."

The yamen servant repeatedly apologized: "It's really a matter of great importance. The county magistrate asked us to be more strict, so we don't dare to talk casually with others. But since Master Xie Yuan wanted to inquire, the younger one must know everything..."

The yamen servant told Fang Yu everything he knew in detail, and when he learned what was going on, he frowned, and asked the yamen servant to lead him to the prison. When he saw the leader of the prison yamen servant, he stuffed some banknotes Get through the relationship.

"Well, Master Qiao didn't miss a piece of skin when he came in."

The leading yacha led Fang Yu down the stairs into the dungeon, but when he reached the end of the slope-like stairs, he was greeted with a cold air. Even though it was broad daylight, the prison was still so dark that it needed to be lit with candles to fully illuminate it.

The iron-cage-like cells only had some hay on the floor, and occasionally a cell had a window on an unattainable height, making it easy for people to distinguish day from night, but most of them were like meticulous dead cages.

Walking inside, Fang Yu felt the oppressive air-conditioning scattered around, and could hear the icy sound of iron chains rubbing against each other from time to time. In such an environment, it is easy to catch cold and get sick, not to mention people with low psychological quality. Then you might go crazy.

"Master Qiao is in the cell at the front. Fang Jieyuan, please don't go there. This is a repeat offender. Don't come close. You can't visit without an adult's warrant. I am thinking of Master Xie Yuan's filial piety. I also tied my head to my trousers." I just took you to take a look at the belt, and you will feel at ease seeing that Master Qiao is well, and please understand that Master Yuan and us servants are considerate of each other."

Fang Yu cupped his hands: "Thank you, sir, for being considerate."

He looked at Qiao Xinnian from a distance, wearing a white gown and prison uniform, his meticulously combed hair in the past was a little messy now, and he was squatting on the hay in the cell at this time, what a handsome old man in the past, but now Down is also very down and out.

Fortunately, he was the one who came today. If Qiao's mother and Xiao Qiao came, he might be so sad.

Xu Shi noticed that there was a gaze on him all the time, and Qiao Xinnian also looked towards him. Seeing the person standing in the distance, he opened his eyes slightly, and quickly stood up and walked to the edge of the cell, getting as close to Fang as possible. Yu some.

Fang Yu didn't speak, Qiao Xinnian opened his mouth but didn't utter a word, and his eyes seemed to have said a lot. Seeing Fang Yu's firm gaze, Qiao Xinnian's eyes flashed with tears. The man nodded emphatically.

"Fang Jieyuan, rest assured, as long as I am the leader here for a day, Master Qiao will definitely not suffer a little bit of flesh and blood, and the food and drinks that should be served on weekdays will be delivered on time and in the right amount. We will also see you today. Now, let's go back and report a letter to the family earlier, so that the family will not be worried, right?"

Fang Yu knew what Yachai meant: "Thank you, Yachai, my father-in-law will ask the official."

"Hey, it's easy to say."

When Fang Yu returned to the house, it was already dusk. Qiao Hezhi had already looked at the gate again and again. When he saw the person coming back, he felt a little more at ease, and hurried to meet him: "Ziruo..."

Before he could finish the question, his eyes turned red again.

Fang Yu threw the reins to the servants, took Qiao Hezhi in his arms, and he hugged Qiao Hezhi in front of his chest: "Father-in-law is fine, I have already settled the relationship, don't worry."

Qiao Hezhi didn't want to be annoyed by crying, and Fang Yu had been busy for a whole day today, but when he thought of his father being locked up in a dark cell, he couldn't help crying: "What the hell is going on?" What's going on, why do you want to take Daddy away?"

"It's windy and cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

After entering the house, Fang Yu found out that Qiao's mother had already come, presumably the mother and son were worried about it in the afternoon, so he didn't hold back the two of them, and said directly: "There are a large number of sick people in the city. It has been confirmed that they have been poisoned to varying degrees, and people in the city are panicking, and the yamen came out to suppress it after hearing the news."

"We already know about this matter, but, but what does this have to do with our master?"

Fang Yu frowned and sighed: "A large number of people have been poisoned, not only the people in the city, but also many people in the villages outside the city. Because they don't know the cause of the disease, some people went to sue the father-in-law. It is said that these symptoms began to appear after receiving alms from the Qiao family. For a while, many people who suffered from the disease also confessed that they had received alms from the Qiao family. The people in the yamen did not have a clue for a while. There was a mess, fearing that someone was urgently needed to help stabilize people's hearts, so I went to Qiao's house in a panic to arrest someone."

"This is a clear injustice! What good is it for us to deceive the common people? Isn't it just for the sake of the common people to hold alms? If it hurts them, who would do such a thing?"

When Qiao's mother heard the reason for Qiao Xinnian's arrest, she couldn't help crying, feeling very wronged.

"I know that this matter is quite suspicious. At present, there are only a few witnesses, all of whom happened to be donated by the Qiao family. The Qiao family has no motive for committing a crime, and there is no other evidence that the Qiao family did it. The Yamen can't do it. Not convicted. Tomorrow morning I will send someone to invite the best lawyer in the city to write a complaint. There are not only a few people who received charity that day. Worry hurts the body."

Qiao's mother and Qiao Hezhi saw that Fang Yu's analysis was clear and sound, and they had already prepared some countermeasures. Now that they had the backbone, their panic and uneasiness subsided a lot.

"Xianxu, you have to work hard on this matter, and Hezhi's father's life is in your hands." After saying that, Qiao's mother wanted to make a big gift with Fang Yu: "If you really love Hezhi, you must To save his father."

Fang Yu was startled, and hurried to help Qiao's mother: "Mother-in-law, what are you talking about? He Zhi and I are husband and wife. Now that Qiao's family is in trouble, how can I stay out of it? I must do my best to save it. What do the family say?" Start a conversation between the two."

Mother Qiao wiped her eyes: "With Xianxu's words, I feel relieved."

Fang Yu touched the back of Xiao Qiao's head who had been red-eyed and didn't speak much: "He Zhi, you should take your mother down to rest first, after so many hours of frightening, you must be tired."

Qiao Hezhi pursed his lips and nodded.

Seeing the mother and son go out so sad, Fang Yu felt mixed emotions. In the book, Qiao's family was framed by someone, and they went downhill step by step, and finally the family was ruined. Thinking that He Zhi died in pain, he There was a sharp pain in his heart, absolutely, he would never allow the tragedy in the book to happen again!

He took a sip of strong tea, tried to calm himself down, sat alone in front of the desk for a while, and was about to pick up his pen to write another complaint, when the door knocked softly.

He turned his head and glanced, and Qiao Hezhi was standing at the door with his head down: "Why are you back? Why don't you come in?"

Qiao Hezhi walked in slowly, the tip of his nose was still red, his eyes were like spring rain today, never dried out for a moment, always wet, his whole body was like a broken old kite In this way, one step at a time, it feels like you are about to be blown by the wind and fall down at any time, which makes people feel distressed.

"Mother has servants to take care of her, and she has already rested."

"But, but I'm... still scared."

Fang Yu took Qiao Hezhi's hand, it was cold and there was no warmth, he pulled the person in front of him and let him sit on his lap, a person who is usually not big, now he is like someone whose hair was wet by the rain Like a kitten, only smaller.

After all, he is a young man who has never experienced big storms. He is incomparable to Qiao's mother's decades of life experience. How can he not be afraid when encountering such a thing? Wrapped in his arms, like holding a small animal.

"Husband knows that you are afraid, and anyone would feel uneasy about such a big matter."

"But my father-in-law has been doing good deeds for so many years in business, and he has done things properly. It will be fine when the misunderstanding is resolved. Even if there is something to take a step back, good people are rewarded with good things. With my support, I will definitely not let you be without a father."

"If you want to cry, cry it out, don't hold it back all the time, it will hurt your body."

Fang Yu kept comforting and coaxing, Qiao Hezhi cried softly for a while in his arms, crying and crying, then fell silent, and fell asleep in his arms very unsteadily.Seeing that the sleeping person was still frowning, he sighed and gently soothed the person: "Everything will be fine."