"The farmer had no money to repay the debt, so he had to use his land to pay off the debt. The farmer became He Jinbao's long-term worker, but He Jinbao was a black-hearted villain and actually asked the long-term worker to hand over 70% of the grain to him!"
At this point, Chen Gui was so angry that he slapped his thigh and became furious.
"Landlord?" Jiang Hexi blurted out.
"Sister Xi, what is a landlord?" Li Tiezhu asked curiously after hearing this unfamiliar word.
Jiang Hexi smiled awkwardly, and when she saw the three people looking at her in confusion, she hesitated: "Nothing, it's just people like He Jinbao who don't care about the life and death of farmers, they only care about squeezing farmers, and they also stockpile a lot of
Land, isn’t it the landlord?”
"That's right! These people are just beasts!" Chen Gui gritted his teeth as he couldn't help but think of the land his family had lost during the previous famine years, which turned him into a profligate rich family.
"Sister Xi, what should we do? Such a rich family has such a big business, how can we defeat him!" Li Tieniu said worriedly.
Jiang Hexi waved her hand towards him, indicating that there was no need to worry, then looked at Chen Gui and asked, "What's going on with Li Shuixian?"
"Most of the long-term workers in He Jinbao's hands are cotton farmers. He Jinbao's cloth shop has always relied on its own cotton to make cloth, but shopkeeper Lin's new knitting work is almost half the price of cotton clothes.
! Naturally, the common people have gone to patronize Shopkeeper Lin. The business of He's Cloth Shop has been very bleak recently!"
As he spoke, Chen Gui smiled happily and continued: "This He Jinbao has always been a man who does all kinds of evil. How could he tolerate shopkeeper Lin taking away his business? But shopkeeper Lin is the cousin of the county magistrate's wife. How could He Jinbao dare to touch him?"
she."
Hearing this, Jiang Hexi was quite surprised. She didn't expect Shopkeeper Lin to have such a relationship. However, she was relieved after thinking that if a woman could gain a foothold in Ling County, she must have her own backers.
Chen Gui continued: "So, He Jinbao set his sights on Miss Jiang. He Jinbao sent people to Pingan Village to inquire about the news. He found that Li Shuixian had long been resentful of Miss Jiang, so he spent twenty taels of silver.
Let Li Shuixian go to Miss Jiang's house and set fire to the pile of goods."
"But Li Shuixian is very smart. She was afraid of being caught, so she encouraged Li Dabao to do this. The person who committed the crime with Li Dabao two nights ago was his dog-legged thin monkey. I have already taught him a lesson.
, he doesn’t dare to tell me about me looking for him, so don’t worry, Miss Jiang.”
Jiang Hexi nodded and said seriously: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Chen." Then he turned to Liu Ying and nodded.
Liu Ying understood, took out a purse and handed it to Chen Gui.
"Miss Jiang, you don't have to be like this, I don't want any money." Chen Gui immediately rejected her like a hot potato.
"Brother Chen, just accept it! You found out so quickly, and you must have wasted a lot of favors and money. You deserve this. Besides, you can't let your brothers work in vain, so just accept it!"
"Jiang Hexi advised softly.
When Chen Gui thought of the people waiting anxiously outside the door, he stopped resisting and silently accepted the purse.
"Girl, since you already know the murderer, let me go and kill him!" Liuying pretended to slap his neck with his hand and said with a stern look.
Jiang Hexi was startled and hurriedly stopped her: "No! We have to use civilized methods, but we can't get ourselves involved for this kind of scum!"
"Sister Xi, what should we do?" Li Tieniu asked humbly.
Jiang Hexi said slowly: "This He Jinbao has done all kinds of evil, and there must be many reasons for it, but no one has touched him before. As long as we make a little inquiry, we will definitely find evidence that he has done bad things!"
"Brother Chen, this matter will trouble you." Jiang Hexi turned to Chen Gui and said seriously.
"Don't worry, Miss Jiang, I will definitely help you handle this matter." Chen Gui immediately agreed.
Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Jiang Hexi smiled and said, "Brother Chen, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly. You don't have to be polite."
Chen Gui took a deep breath and said with concern: "Miss Jiang, my brothers are all outside, can you meet me?"
"Okay!" Jiang Hexi agreed with a smile.
In the corner outside Jiang's courtyard, several grown men chattered non-stop.
"Uncle Xie, do you think Miss Jiang can ask us to do something?" a young man asked with a wrinkled face.
"I don't know, but if Takako dares to let us come, it proves that there is still hope." The middle-aged man pondered.
"Never mind her! Anyway, a dead horse is a living horse doctor, and you won't die if you give it a try." The thin man pretended to be calm.
"Ma Quan, I didn't expect you to be able to sit still!" The tall bearded man on the side patted Ma Quan on the back and said heroically.
"Zhao Dahai! You are trying to murder me!" Ma Quan choked and lowered his voice and said viciously.
Zhao Dahai touched his big head and smiled honestly, causing Ma Quan to silently roll his eyes.
"Okay, stop making trouble." The handsome man leaning against the wall whispered to stop him.
As soon as the two of them heard that he had made a sound, they immediately calmed down and stopped making any sound.
At this time, Chen Gui strode over.
"Brother Gui, how's it going?" As soon as the half-grown boy saw the familiar figure, he immediately stood up straight and looked at him expectantly.
The rest of the people stared at him nervously, and even the handsome man who had always been casual looked at Chen Gui intently.
Chen Gui smiled heartily and said: "Miss Jiang agreed to see you, but you must be more steady and don't act like before."
As he said that, Chen Gui glanced at Ma Quan with a solemn expression.
Ma Quan twisted his body uncomfortably, rubbed his neck and said, "Brother, don't worry, I won't cause any trouble!"
"Miss Jiang is a sensible and generous woman. She is not like ordinary harem women. As long as you tell the truth, I can guarantee that she will not dislike you." Seeing that several people still looked a little worried, Chen Gui reassured.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and followed Chen Gui in with a relaxed expression.
A large group of people walked into the Jiang family courtyard.
"Miss Jiang, this is my sworn brother Xie Liang, this is his nephew Xie Yan, this is Ma Quan, this is Zhao Dahai, and this is Chen Shuanzi." Chen Gui introduced several people in detail.
"Hello, Miss Jiang!" Several people rarely said in unison.
Jiang Hexi smiled brightly and nodded.
"Miss Jiang, I will tell you the truth. My eldest brother used to be the chief escort of the Xuzhou Escort Bureau, but because he refused to help the local wealthy family sell illicit salt, he was accused of selling illicit salt by their escort bureau. The whole family was
He was exiled to Jingzhou. After these years of hard labor, many people in the escort agency were killed and injured, and only he and his nephew Xie Yan were left." Chen Gui smiled bitterly and said slowly.
"Miss Jiang, if you mind, we'll leave now." Xie Liang was silent for a moment and said bluntly.
Jiang Hexi took a closer look at Xie's uncle and nephew and found that their eyes were pure and honest, neither humble nor overbearing. She nodded secretly and said with a smile: "Brother Xie and Young Master Xie are both innocent people. This little girl admires them so much, how can she dislike them!"
Hearing this, Xie Yan stared at the smiling woman in front of him with unclear meaning, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.
"Thank you so much, Miss Jiang!" Xie Liang bowed with emotion.
Jiang Hexi hurriedly helped him up, but smiled and said nothing.
"Hello, Sister Jiang! I am Chen Shuanzi, the little beggar that your brother picked up. When I was eight years old, I was so hungry that I couldn't help but steal steamed buns from Wang Xiucai's house. But after that, I never did it again.
It’s a bad thing! Brother Gui said that a good boy shouldn’t do bad things, so I changed it!”
Chen Shuanzi hurriedly explained a lot, and then asked with an anxious look: "Sister Jiang, do you want to accept me?"
Jiang Hexi smiled and nodded.
This made Chen Shuanzi jump up and down with joy. Li Tieniu, who had been watching the show for a long time, curled his lips and muttered, "Flattery."
"Hello, Miss Jiang, I am Ma Quan. I am usually a libertine. I am the only one left in the family. I used to be a thief, but later I changed my mind through your brother's guidance. Now I am an unemployed vagrant." Ma Quan saw that Jiang Hexi really didn't care.
If you care about something, just confess it directly.
Jiang Hexi smiled and said nothing. Instead, she looked at Zhao Dahai who had been silent and asked, "What about this big brother?"
Zhao Dahai scratched his hair in embarrassment and stammered: "I am Zhao Dahai. I was a bandit before, but my lair was wiped out by General Huo. General Huo spared me because he thought I was just a firebrand.
I left the mountain, but everyone in the county knew where I was coming from and didn't dare to hire me to work, so I had no choice but to follow Ma Quan."
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Hexi uneasily, fearing that she would despise him like the people in the county.
"Brother Chen, I don't have a place to live here. From now on, I will take care of everyone's three meals a day and a salary of forty cents a day. Do you think this is okay?" Jiang Hexi turned his head, not looking at the nervous two people.
Looked at Chen Guidao.
Hearing this, Ma Quan's heart dropped, and he felt so nervous that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Okay, thank you Miss Jiang!" Chen Gui first looked around at the people and saw that none of them had any objections, so he hurriedly agreed.
Several people hurriedly thanked him, and a warm atmosphere filled the Jiang family courtyard.
On the wide flat land at the end of Ping'an Village, a group of people are busy laying bricks and building houses.
"Sister Xi, my uncle is back and said he found some useful information." Li Tieniu ran to Jiang Hexi's side, carefully looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then whispered in his ear to remind him.
"I understand. You can help me share these meals later. If anything happens, come and tell me." Jiang Hexi pointed to the trolley filled with meals and whispered.
Seeing Li Tieniu agreeing loudly, Jiang Hexi walked slowly towards Jiang's house.
Meeting many villagers along the way, Jiang Hexi was even in a mood to say hello to them all leisurely, seemingly not in a hurry.
"Girl, do we really want to do it ourselves?" Liu Ying bit her lip and hesitated.
"Of course, do it yourself and have enough food and clothing." Of course Jiang Hexi knew the unfinished meaning of Liu Ying's words and said directly.
Seeing her unswerving look, Liu Ying silently swallowed the words that had reached her throat.
When the two returned to the Jiang family yard, Chen Gui had been waiting for a long time.