Scholar and old attack

"What happened to A Yuan." Xu Shuizhou hurried over when he heard the news. Seeing Jiang Jingyuan's cold face, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"The fish in the fields were all poisoned to death."

Jiang Jingyuan said coldly. As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xiuxiu rushed over after hearing the sound, with deep eyes.

Xu Shuizhou gritted his teeth, the fish in the paddy field, he spent almost ten taels of silver to save up.

The ten liang of silver was just in vain like this, and no one would be angry.

Jiang Dazhuang and Jiang Chengzhu were drinking happily. The police officers knocked on the door for a long time, but they couldn't see it, so they forced their way in.

Without talking too much, he directly arrested the two of them.

When Jiang Dazhuang saw that the person was wearing an official uniform, he suddenly sobered up from the wine, and asked anxiously, "Dare to ask the official, what are you doing?"

"Hmph, what to do, you will know what to do when you get to the place." Qin Chujiu, who was arresting him, snorted coldly without explaining.

Jiang Dazhuang was terrified, maybe the poisoned fish was discovered by someone.

Jiang Chengzhu was also a little scared now, usually no one would dare to sue the police for petty theft, at most he would be beaten up if he was caught.

But this time it got into a lawsuit.

Jiang Chengzhu thought about it, maybe Jiang Jingyuan didn't know that he was the one who poisoned him, as long as he bites him to death and doesn't let go, there is no evidence, what can he do.

Jiang Chengzhu gave Jiang Dazhuang winks several times, hoping that he would stop talking nonsense later, but Jiang Dazhuang was completely frightened and did not see Jiang Chengzhu's winks.

Soon all five of them were brought before Jiang Jingyuan.

When Jiang Dazhuang saw Jiang Jingyuan, his face turned pale, and his legs began to tremble unconsciously.

Jiang Jingyuan asked coldly, "You guys can honestly explain who drugged my field last night, maybe you can get a lighter punishment."

The five were silent for a moment, and all shook their heads.

"Jing Yuan, don't be afraid that the paddy field is not suitable for raising fish in clear water, and that's why the fish died. My Chengzhu family would never do this." Jiang Chengzhu's mother stood up to speak for Jiang Chengzhu.

"Will it be clear later." Jiang Jingyuan sneered at her.

If the clear water fish were not suitable for the paddy fields, they would have died a few days ago, and not all of them would have died in one fell swoop.

"Anyway, it's definitely not my son who did it." Jiang Chengzhu's mother said with affirmation on his face.

Jiang Jingyuan glanced at her lightly, did not speak, turned his gaze back, and stared at the five of them closely.

"If you admit it voluntarily, you can pay the money. If no one admits it, the five of you will go to the county government to eat together." Jiang Jingyuan has made up his mind to show the poisoner a little bit, so that these villagers Let's see if Jiang Jingyuan is made of mud.

"Why, how can you admit it if you haven't done it." Jiang Chengzhu refused to admit it, and planned to be a hob.

"It's just why, we didn't do anything, and you threw him into the county government for no reason. No matter how capable you are, Jiang Jingyuan, you can't do things so overbearing."

The other three were not convinced either, they were really baffled.

Even if the fish was stolen and the rice was damaged the day before yesterday, wouldn't that be a loss of money?

"My grandson is not capable, so am I qualified enough?" Chen Yuhong watched the group of people beaten to death and refused to admit it, and stood up to speak for Jiang Jingyuan.

"Master Chen!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone was in an uproar.

When Chen Yuhong came to Jiangyu Village before, he was not the boss, but now his status is different.

It's useless even if the elders of the clan go out today.

"What's wrong with Master Bo, can Master Bo use his power to bully others?" All the villagers were still unconvinced, especially the families of the five people.

Chen Yuhong smiled, "Yes, it's a pity that Master Bo is bullying others. If you are not convinced, you can kill me. I, Chen Yuhong, will sit in the county office and wait."

It would be foolish to have the power not to use it. Chen Yuhong believed that all the people present today might be better at bullying others than him.

Now no one dares to speak anymore, they are just peasants who can't even read, let alone be a boss, they can't even read books, they can kill Chen Yuhong in his next life.

"Since you don't say anything, I would like to ask some big brothers to put them into prison together. I remember deliberately damaging other people's property, stealing, and sentenced to beheading, [-] lashes, and three years in prison."

Jiang Jingyuan's eyes were deep, since the five of them were all so angry, why not be punished together, anyway, it is a fact that they stole their own fish.

"Jing Yuan, I had a long talk with my wife last night, and I didn't leave the house all night. If you don't believe me, you can ask my wife." One of the five people panicked, especially when they heard that they were going to cut off their hands.

"Yes, my husband is home all night, and my children can also testify." A coarse cloth woman explained with her face pale with fright.

Behind her were three children who looked at Jiang Jingyuan timidly, "I, my father stayed at home all night."

"Okay, the suspicion of your family can be resolved." Jiang Jingyuan looked at him for a moment, seeing that he was calm, he let him go.

Jiang Dazhuang was scared out of his wits at this moment, he didn't expect that he would cut off his hands just by putting a pack of medicine, and what life would he have in the future without hands.

Thinking of what Jiang Jingyuan said before, as long as he confesses now, he can be punished lightly, Jiang Dazhuang hesitated.

"What about you, where were you last night?" After Jiang Jingyuan asked the previous few, he came to Jiang Dazhuang.

He had long noticed Jiang Dazhuang, who had no master.

Jiang Jingyuan's voice fell into Jiang Dazhuang's ears like a devil, making him tremble uncontrollably.

"I..." Jiang Dazhuang hesitated whether to tell the truth.

"If the explanation is not clear and there are no witnesses, both hands will be cut off. Think about how you will live without your hands for the rest of your life."

Although Jiang Jingyuan's words were soft, they fell into Jiang Dazhuang's ears like an ice cave, and his whole body was icy cold.

"I, I'm sorry for you, Jing Yuan, I didn't mean it." Qin Dazhuang finally couldn't hold back his begging for mercy, "Jiang Chengzhu asked me to do this. I didn't mean it. Don't cut off my hand, okay?"

Jiang Chengzhu was so angry that this person who had accomplished more than failed, quickly retorted loudly, "Jiang Dazhuang, when did I let you do this? You are the one who did it, and you are still slandering me."

Jiang Chengzhu's mother also jumped out at this time, "Jiang Dazhuang, don't talk nonsense, our family Chengzhu stayed at home all night last night, when did you go out, don't slander good people."

Jiang Dazhuang was dumbfounded, since Jiang Chengzhu went with him last night, why is it said that he never left the house?

It's just that he's not very flexible in his mind, but he's not a fool either. This Jiang Chengzhu was tricking him, picking himself clean, and he wasn't the only one who was punished in the end.

Jiang Dazhuang yelled, "Jiang Chengzhu, don't think that your mother can testify against you. I know where you bought the poison from Liu Xiaoer in the next village. As long as you find out Liu Xiaoer and treat it, you will be able to get rid of it." Can't run away."

"You're talking nonsense..." Jiang Chengzhu was stunned, how did he know the poison he bought from Liu Xiao's second-hand shop.

Jiang Dazhuang was extremely shrewd at this time. Fortunately, he secretly followed Jiang Chengzhu yesterday and watched him go to buy medicine, otherwise he would not be able to tell why today, and he probably would have been fooled by Jiang Chengzhu.

Soon Liu Xiaoer from the next village was found. When Liu Xiaoer saw a few officials, he was frightened and took the initiative to recruit them.

Only then did Jiang Chengzhu have nothing to say, and his mother felt a little resentful, and stopped shouting, and the villagers looked at them strangely.

Holding the whip, Jiang Jingyuan looked at Jiang Chengzhu and Jiang Dazhuang coldly, "Jiang Dazhuang received [-] lashes and half a year in prison. If you make up the money I lost, half a year in prison may be fine. Do you have any objections?"

When Jiang Dazhuang heard that he had saved his hand, he quickly shook his head, expressing that he had no objection.

Jiang Jingyuan turned his head and said softly to Xu Shuizhou, "Close your eyes."

Xu Shuizhou closed it obediently, his heartbeat slightly stagnant, A Yuan was afraid that he would be afraid.

He is not afraid.

No matter how cruel A Yuan is, he will not be afraid.

Xu Shuizhou opened his eyes again after thinking about it, he wanted to watch A Yuan execute his sentence.

Jiang Jingyuan held the whip in his slender hand, and with a little force on his arm, the tail of the whip was thrown out and hit Jiang Dazhuang's body.

"Anthracene—"

There was a muffled sound, Jiang Dazhuang's face turned pale, his facial features were all wrinkled together, and he grinned in pain.

But this is the first whip.

Jiang Jingyuan did not sympathize with Jiang Dazhuang.

Second whip.

The third whip.

If you fall down one after another, you should accept the punishment if you make a mistake. If you let it go easily this time, next time he will remember that you can bypass it this time, and then continue to make mistakes.

With twenty lashes, Jiang Dazhuang's skin was ripped open, blood was mutilated, he kept screaming, and rolled on the ground, blood not only stained his whole body, but also the ground.

The villagers present were extremely trembling, and some timid brothers and women couldn't bear to look directly at them. Seeing Jiang Jingyuan was like watching a demon from hell.

The children were even pale with fright, hiding in their parents' arms and forgetting to cry.

When Jiang Dazhuang's parents received the news, they rushed here and saw their son being beaten in such a miserable state, they were so frightened that they fainted.

At this moment, Jiang Chengzhu was also shocked. He thought that Jiang Jingyuan was weak and had little ability, but he didn't expect to strike so hard.

If I knew Jiang Jingyuan was so difficult to provoke, I wouldn't provoke him if I killed him, but now it's too late to say anything.

Jiang Jingyuan glanced at Jiang Chengzhu indifferently, and handed the whip to Qin Chujiu, "Brother Jiu, come and execute."

Holding the whip, Qin Chujiu glanced at Jiang Chengzhu with a strange smile. Their strong squad has always only had the right to arrest, not to execute. Today, with Jiang Jingyuan's light, they can still have a good time.

"Damn Jiang Jingyuan, you dare to try to touch my son." Jiang Chengzhu's mother also reacted at this moment, protecting Jiang Chengzhu.

"Execution." Jiang Jingyuan had no sympathy for her. If it wasn't for her indulgence, Jiang Chengzhu would not be what he is today.

The child does not teach, the father too.

Even more, Qin Chujiu would not sympathize with a village woman. Since Jiang Chengzhu's mother wanted to protect her, it would be a good deal.

"Ah! Killed."

The first whip fell on Jiang Chengzhu's mother, she screamed in pain, but unfortunately no one stood up to speak for her, and she dared not protect her son anymore.

Jiang Chengzhu was not as resistant to beatings as Jiang Dazhuang. He passed out before he could finish ten lashes.

After the beating, Jiang Jingyuan's anger also came out, watching the policemen carry the two away like dead people.

When Jiang Jingyuan dragged Xu Shuizhou through the crowd, everyone silently moved out of the way, not even having the courage to look at him.

Holding Xu Shuizhou's warm little hand in his palm, Jiang Jingyuan felt a little warmth, "Aren't you afraid?"

Xu Shuizhou shook his head, and hugged Jiang Jingyuan's waist from behind, giving Jiang Jingyuan more warmth, "A Yuan, no matter what happens, I will always stand behind you."

"Ah."

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On the way back, passing by Chen Hongmei's house, Chen Hongmei was carrying a basket of yellow apricots, saw Jiang Jingyuan and said happily, "Jing Yuan."

"Cousin Hongmei." Jiang Jingyuan also greeted with a smile. The bookstore has four days off every month, and it happens that Chen Hongmei is at home today.

"Uncle ~ Uncle." Jiang Chunya greeted Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou sweetly.

"The apricots on the apricot tree at home are all ripe, and I'm worried, so you guys are here to help share some." Chen Hongmei smiled and handed the basket to Xu Shuizhou.

"Thank you cousin." Xu Shuizhou took it with a smile.

This is the case in the village. When the fruit on the tree is ripe, it will be distributed to the neighbors, which also seems to be close.

"When the jujube tree at home is ripe, I will also send it to my cousin." Xu Shuizhou thought for a while, there is a jujube tree in Jiang's house for many years, and when it bears fruit in autumn, he should return a basket to his cousin.

"That's a good relationship. I got a good deal. This date is more expensive than apricot." Chen Hongmei said with a smile.

"That's not necessarily the case. The cousin gave it ready-made, and there is no sign of our jujube." Jiang Jingyuan also joked with a smile, sweeping away the gloom just now.

"Okay, I won't disturb your young couple's intimacy, and I have to pick all the apricots in this book, or the birds will be pecked up." Chen Hongmei greeted with a smile, and went back to continue picking apricots .

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou took the apricots to the stream to wash them.

Freshly picked apricots have a layer of fluff on the outside. If you touch them with your hands, people who are not used to them will feel very itchy.

When washing the apricots, Xu Shuizhou did it all by himself, and Jiang Jingyuan was resolutely not allowed to touch it.

Jiang Jingyuan looked at Xu Shuizhou's strength and doting on his husband, feeling a little helpless.

"Ah Zhou, let me wash something for you, okay?" Jiang Jingyuan suddenly said with an idea.

Xu Shuizhou, "What to wash, I don't agree with washing apricots!"

"like you."

As soon as Xu Shuizhou finished speaking, Jiang Jingyuan blurted out.

The brook was murmuring, the breeze was blowing, and there was silence around the wash, Xu Shuizhou also stopped washing the apricots, and his delicate face with his back to Jiang Jingyuan was already blushing.

Even the heart was beating non-stop, as if it was about to jump out of his mouth.

Seeing that Xu Shuizhou didn't respond, Jiang Jingyuan's eyes were slightly disappointed, and then he thought that the ancients probably didn't understand the meaning of liking.

"A Zhou, liking means pleasing your heart, and it can also be understood as admiration."

Standing behind Xu Shuizhou, Jiang Jingyuan explained solemnly.

It was fine if Jiang Jingyuan didn't explain, but Xu Shuizhou's face turned even redder when he explained it, his head was lowered, and his whole body was very hot.

"Well, I like, like you too." Xu Shuizhou hid himself, almost buried his head in the water, and then replied in a low voice.

In broad daylight, I suddenly heard A Yuan's confession, how embarrassing.

Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise others would laugh at him when they saw his embarrassment.

"Ah."

Xu Shuizhou's voice was very soft, but Jiang Jingyuan could hear it clearly.

The clear and slightly shy voice fell gently on Jiang Jingyuan's heart, as if fluff was gently tugging at his heartstrings.

Xu Shuizhou carefully washed every apricot, and shyly stuffed it into Jiang Jingyuan's biggest one, "Here, eat the apricot."

Jiang Jingyuan took a small bite with a smile, it was so sweet, the sweetness entered his heart, but his face was deliberately stern, "It's so sour."

Xu Shuizhou saw Jiang Jingyuan's complexion changed drastically, and hurriedly snatched the apricot from his hand, and took a bite himself, "It's obviously very sweet, why is it so sour."

Jiang Jingyuan showed a smug smile.

Seeing his smug face, Xu Shuizhou knew that he had been cheated, but his heart was still sweet.

A Yuan said this on purpose to let me eat the biggest and sweetest one.

She lowered her head sweetly, biting the apricot in small bites, reluctant to finish it.

Jiang Jingyuan helped Xu Shuizhou carry a basket of apricots, watched him pecking at the apricots that had been eaten for a long time, and only wanted to hug him and kiss him.

His husband is too cute.

Until he stepped into the door of the house, Xu Shuizhou still pinched the apricot core reluctantly.

Jiang Jingyuan pulled out a small shovel with a funny face.

"If you are reluctant, let's plant it, maybe it will grow back into an apricot tree in a few years."

"Okay." Xu Shuizhou looked at the apricot pit in his hand that he had gnawed clean, blushed slightly, and agreed to Jiang Jingyuan's proposal.

The two of them worked for a while before planting the apricot pit. As for whether it can grow into a tree, it can only be left to fate.

After washing their hands, the two of them went to the living room to eat apricots one after another.

"How do you feel, it's not as sweet as the first one." Xu Shuizhou frowned, seeing that the one in his hand was similar to the first one, and murmured slightly.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and whispered, "Really, give me a taste."

"Here." Xu Shuizhou handed the apricot in his hand to Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't go to the apricot in Xu Shuizhou's hand, but turned his head and licked his lips lightly, "Well~ I think it's very sweet."

!!!

Xu Shuizhou blushed, how could he eat like this!

"Try it now, is it still sweet?" Jiang Jingyuan pushed the apricot in Xu Shuizhou's hand back to him.

Xu Shuizhou bowed his head obediently, took a bite, and his eyes rolled with a smile, "Sweet."

Seeing that Xu Shuizhou ate four or five in a short while, Jiang Jingyuan hurriedly stopped him, "Eat less, you can't eat too much apricot."

"Oh." Xu Shuizhou obediently put down the apricots in his hand, looked at the big basket that hadn't been eaten, and sighed, "It's a pity, if you don't eat it, it will go bad tomorrow."

"If only the fruit wine making workshop was still there, at least a catty of apricots can be sold for a penny."

Jiang Jingyuan frowned, "One penny, is it so cheap?"

Jiang Jingyuan secretly blamed himself for not caring too much about the prices of this era, and did not expect fruits to be so cheap.

Xu Shuizhou shook his head amusedly, "In our Wutong County, basically every household grows apricots, which is why they are so cheap, and the winemaking workshops don't need to harvest too well."

Jiang Jingyuan said, "That's also very cheap. According to what you said, the workshop should be very profitable. Why not anymore."

Xu Shuizhou said, "Fruit wine is bitter and astringent. Only countrymen and coolies buy it and drink it. The cheapest fruit wine is only ten cents a catty. Naturally, there is no profit. Earn hard money. Later, the shopkeeper’s son had an accident and needed money urgently, so the shopkeeper sold the workshop.”

The Ming Dynasty did not allow private wine making, that is, grain wine, koji, etc. were monopolized by the government. Ordinary people wanted to drink and make money, so they could only sell fruit wine that was spontaneously fermented without koji.

However, as Xu Shuizhou said, fruit wine is bitter and astringent. Except for ordinary people, people who are a little bit richer will not drink it.

That is, earn hard money.

An idea flashed in Jiang Jingyuan's mind, fruit wine is bitter and astringent?

Hasn't the tannin been removed by brewing it directly?

That's right, the taste is mellow only if you don't need to remove tannins when making wine, but if you switch to other fruit wines without removing tannins, the fruit wine will become bitter and astringent.

The method of removing tannins is also very simple, add glycerin.

Glycerin can not only remove the bitterness of fruit wine, but also improve the quality of wine, so that the taste of fruit wine can be improved several degrees at once.

Jiang Jingyuan was worried about what to use to support the people in a workshop, now that he had this fruit wine, he didn't have to worry about earning money.

People in the Ming Dynasty loved to drink, and those who had a little spare money at home would go to the government-designated wine shop, buy a catty, and drink slowly when they came back.

But there are more people who can't stand without money.

As long as Jiang Jingyuan improves the taste of this fruit wine, He Chou will have no market.

Pig, you are really a treasure!

Jiang Jingyuan was excited, and lowered his head to kiss Xu Shuizhou's cheek.

Xu Shuizhou was attacked by Jiang Jingyuan, his face was ashamed and red, and his cheeks felt hot and burning.

"Ah Zhou, can I still buy some jars of fruit wine now?" Jiang Jingyuan asked.

Xu Shuizhou blushed and nodded, "Some people in the village brew a little by themselves, but the taste is extremely bad, much worse than the ones from the original brewing workshop."

"Okay Ah Zhou, let's go buy two jars and come back."

Jiang Jingyuan put his arms around Xu Shuizhou and inadvertently acted coquettishly.

Xu Shuizhou had no resistance at all in the face of Jiang Jingyuan like this. He agreed with everything Jiang Jingyuan said, and was led by Jiang Jingyuan the whole way.

It wasn't until he brought Jiang Jingyuan to the house of the farmer who bought the wine that he realized that he had been foolish along the way.

Covering his face, he couldn't even look directly at Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Erma is a very fond of drinking. When he was very young, he was beaten a lot for stealing his father's wine. Later, when he was a little older, he simply learned to make fruit wine from the old people in the village.

Although the taste is not good, it can relieve his greed.

When Jiang Jingyuan came to visit, he was still a little apprehensive. He hadn't forgotten the scene where Jiang Jingyuan beat someone today.

Jiang Erma asked softly with apprehension and awe, "Jing Yuan, is there something wrong?"

Jiang Jingyuan said, "Buy some fruit wine from my second brother."

Jiang Erma was relieved now, he was still a little happy when he heard Jiang Jingyuan calling him second brother, knowing that calling him Brother Erma didn't sound good to Brother Ma.

Sure enough, people who have read the book are different.

He happily bought two jars of fruit wine for Jiang Jingyuan. He didn't want to take money at first, but Jiang Jingyuan forced him to pay him twenty coins, which made Jiang Erma smile happily.

When he got home, Jiang Jingyuan took out the glycerin that he had collected last time, and added it to the two jars of fruit wine according to the proportion.

As night fell, Xu Shuizhou prepared the meal, and Jiang Jingyuan took out the wine and poured it.

Xu Shuizhou was surprised, "A Yuan, don't you don't drink?"

"This wine is different, try it." Jiang Jingyuan poured Xu Shuizhou a bowl and pushed it over.

Xu Shuizhou took a sip lightly, squinting his eyes to enjoy it, this wine is sweet, mellow, neither bitter nor astringent and smooth, and most importantly, it has a fruity fragrance.

"It's delicious." Xu Shuizhou sipped two dimples and said sweetly.

Looking at the two wine jars, he said in surprise, "Second brother still has this skill?"

"No, I added something to it to make it like this." Jiang Jingyuan shook his head. When he came back, he tasted it with chopsticks, and the taste was really indescribable.

It's different now.

Jiang Jingyuan picked up the bowl and lowered his head to take a sip. It was sweet and not intoxicating, so it was just right for drinking.

The two sat and drank under the moonlight with a few small dishes, and the days were peaceful and beautiful.

"A Yuan, is that what you are happy about during the day?" Xu Shuizhou suddenly asked in the middle of eating.

"Well, Ah Zhou, you said if we open such a brewery, the business will be good." Jiang Jingyuan asked.

"It's definitely good. I would like to drink this kind of wine every day. After drinking this kind of wine, I will drink the original bitter and astringent one. I am not used to it at all. A Yuan, you are amazing."

Xu Shuizhou couldn't even imagine that the wine he was drinking now evolved from that kind of bitter and astringent wine, so he admired Jiang Jingyuan even more, as if no matter what kind of things came into his hands, he could turn waste into treasure.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled slightly, looked up at the stars in the sky, "Azhou, do you know the biggest difference between you and the stars?"

"Where?"

The author has something to say: I changed the cover today, I hope the cuties don’t miss it, I can’t help but find that my cover is all green, it gives me a feeling of being green.