This woman was just paid to do things, so she couldn't find any useful information. And although she took action, she didn't succeed.

Finally, Mr. Ban said that he would continue to track down the real culprit, sentenced the woman to 20 taels of fine, and compensated Chen Qingyun with the 100 taels of silver that the woman took out, thus settling the case.

In fact, everyone knows that nothing can be found in this situation.

Dongming Ziyu and the others did not embarrass Mr. Ban and were quite satisfied with the result.

Mrs. Qian collected the banknotes and said loudly: "My family feels uncomfortable with this kind of silver! I decided to buy rice, noodles and winter clothes with one hundred taels of silver and give them to the beggars in the city."

He looked at Dongming Ziyu and Chen Qingyun and asked: "Si'er, grandson-in-law, what do you think?"

Dongming Ziyu smiled gently, "What mother said is that she is wise and always listens to her."

He didn't expect that Mrs. Qian had always regarded money as her life, calculated carefully and lived frugally. She wanted to break a copper coin in half and spend it, but now she didn't accept the one hundred taels of silver.

Chen Qingyun certainly agreed, "It all depends on my grandmother."

Mrs. Qian handed the banknotes to Chen Qingyun, "Take someone to handle it and distribute it near the government office."

Chen Qingyun took the banknote and nodded firmly: "Yes!"

There were several beggars in the crowd. After hearing this, they immediately cheered and knelt down to Mrs. Qian, "Thank you, old lady, thank you so much, thank you so much, young master! I wish you continuous blessings, great wealth, and luxuriant branches..."

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They beg for a living and can say a lot of auspicious words.

Lord Ban actually looked down on Mrs. Qian, a vulgar old lady from the countryside, but now he looked up to her. Although this old lady had a rustic smell and was tough and didn't know etiquette, she was very shrewd.

The onlookers didn't think so. Looking at this family, they wondered that Dong Zhuangyuan, who was as handsome as a god, could have such a...simple mother, and several more simple and brave sisters-in-law.

Others were whispering, guessing who paid off a prostitute to harm them. One hundred taels, followed by another two hundred taels. This was a large amount of money, not something ordinary people could afford.

"Not long after they came to the capital, who did they make enemies with?"

"I'm afraid Dong Zhuangyuan is blocking other people's way."

"I feel that the person behind it must be an official."

"Dong Zhuangyuan is on duty in the Hanlin Academy. Isn't it because of those noble Hanlin officials?"

Dongming Ziyu also guessed in his heart that this method was too inferior and not like what the Lin family and Prince Shun's palace could do, so who could it be?

After something like this happened, it was too late for them to leave the city and climb up. They lost interest and went straight back home.

Shuan Zhu didn't go out. His mother was in poor health and couldn't climb the mountain. He stayed at home with her to celebrate the festival. Hearing from his servants that Dongming Ziyu and the others were back, they thought something had happened.

He rushed out and supported Old Man Dong, "Uncle, why are you back so early?"

"Oh! Don't mention it!" Mrs. Qian sighed and walked into the yard, talking about the matter again.

Shuan Zhu looked at Dongming Ziyu and asked, "Do you want people to keep an eye on the prostitute?"

Dongming Ziyu said: "The person behind it shouldn't be stupid enough to look for her again. It's a waste of manpower to keep an eye on her."

Shuan Zhu smiled and said: "There is no need to use our people for this matter. I will just ask Xie Wangcai to use a few meat buns to keep a few old beggars' attention."

Dongming Ziyu nodded, "That's fine."

Shangguan Ruoli ordered the kitchen: "Ah, cook more good dishes. Today we will eat in the pavilion on the rockery, which can be regarded as climbing high."

Wulang cheered, "Mom, can you add roasted venison?"

Shangguan Ruoli said with a smile: "Okay, let the kitchen marinate some more chicken wings, chicken hearts, beef and mutton, and skewer some vegetables. Then you can grill them by yourself."

The children all cheered, and even the father smiled like a child.

Shiro and Liuro kept holding Sun's hand, a little apologetic and a little scared. His mother had been divorced. If she got into trouble today, would she be disliked?

Shangguan Ruoli touched Liulang's head and said, "Thank you to your mother today for taking the initiative and giving that woman a head start. Otherwise, if she started talking nonsense, it would be even worse."

Ms. Liu also said: "I didn't expect the third brother and sister to react so quickly. It's all thanks to her."

Mrs. Qian said angrily: "What are you talking about? This is how a family should be. Whoever bullies us, we all come together and scratch his face! Let's all drink a few more glasses of chrysanthemum wine today!"

Higashi Arita took the lead and said loudly: "Okay!"

Dong Youliang smiled and said: "Today reminds me of what happened when we were on the road to escape from the desert."
Chapter completed!