The carnival in Dongyue County lasted for three days,
Then it was moved to Linxian.
That was the food fiefdom of Uncle Zhongyong.
Therefore, after respectfully inviting the memorial tablet of Uncle Zhongyong into the ancestral hall, Linxian County was busy with great excitement for three days.
Three days later,
Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, left Linxian.
The commotion suddenly stopped.
All that was left was red confetti scattered all over the floor.
…
Everything seems to have settled.
Liu Zhiyin took Liu Linglong to bid farewell to Gu Weidao and prepared to return to Linxian County.
"There are memorial tablets and ancestral halls in Chang'an there, and someone has to go there to offer incense every day." There was no sadness or joy in Liu Zhiyin's voice.
Gu Weidao sighed softly, and Liu Zhiyin's voice revealed the meaning of despair.
Only Li Changan's ancestral hall and memorial tablets could barely hold them back.
"Go ahead and remember to come to the county town once a month."
Liu Zhiyin and Liu Linglong bowed and left.
After the two left, Gu Weidao asked Song Anmin to arrange for a few people to follow them for protection.
…
When Liu Zhiyin and Liu Linglong returned to Linxian County, they saw an ancestral hall surrounded by heavy weapons near the county government office.
It is the Zhongyongbo Ancestral Hall.
Liu Linglong subconsciously leaned against Liu Zhiyin, her eyes full of sadness, "Sister..."
Liu Zhiyin patted Liu Linglong's shoulder, "Fool, we are getting closer to Chang'an..."
The two followed the familiar streets in their memories and returned to the Li family yard.
It's only been more than two years since I left, but it seems like decades have passed.
It has been idle for a long time and has become dusty.
The excitement outside has nothing to do with this place.
After all, this is the worst place in Lin County. How could the adults from the Ministry of Rites come here?
However, not long after Liu Zhiyin and Liu Linglong entered the house, the two spy men who followed them were packing their things.
The Linxian government official opened the door and walked in.
"Miss Liu?" Behind the yamen servant, Zhu Zuobao, the leader of the strong squad, stood out from the crowd and saluted Liu Zhiyin with his fists clasped.
The two spies quickly lined up in front of Liu Zhiyin, watching Zhu Zuobao and the dozen or so government officials behind him warily.
Liu Zhiyin blocked Liu Linglong behind him and bowed to return the greeting, "I wonder what Ban Leader Zhu is here for?"
"This small courtyard is the former residence of Uncle Zhongyong. Please move here and don't disturb Uncle Zhongyong's heroic spirit..." Zhu Zuobao said with a smile,
"In addition, the county magistrate has ordered that the furnishings in Uncle Zhongyong's house should be moved intact into the ancestral hall so that the people of Linxian County can worship them."
"Please also ask the two Miss Liu to leave behind the old belongings of Uncle Zhongyong."
Before she finished speaking, Liu Linglong couldn't help but rush over to confront her, but Liu Zhiyin grabbed her.
Liu Zhiyin's eyes were full of sadness, and he suppressed the anger in his heart, "Boss Zhu, this place is also my home, why can't I move?"
The smile on Zhu Zuobao's face slowly dropped, "As far as I know, this place is the old residence of the Li family. What does it have to do with Miss Liu?"
"Please don't make mistakes, Miss Liu. Follow me to the Yamen. After returning Uncle Zhongyong's things, I will definitely let Miss Liu go."
Not far away,
When the members of the Han Dynasty's spy department saw the situation at the entrance of Li's courtyard, they immediately gathered together.
"A man returns to the county town to bring in reinforcements, but someone in Linxian County dares to have ill intentions towards the mistress."
"The remaining people are following secretly and are on standby...if anything happens, we will take action immediately."
"Even if you are a seventh-grade county magistrate, we should have no big problem with a sneak attack by a few of us eighth-grade warriors."
The six people nodded to each other, and one of them immediately rushed towards the county town.
Zhu Zuobao glanced at the two spies who were waiting, looked at Liu Zhiyin and said with a smile, "It seems that the two Miss Liu have made a lot of money outside and can afford to hire guards."
"In that case, please leave here quickly. This is Li's Residence, not Liu's Residence."
"Come on, hurry up and move Uncle Zhongyong's belongings away from here. The other two Miss Liu may have accidentally brought Uncle Zhongyong's belongings with them, so they must take them away too!"
A dozen government officials immediately rushed into the house,
Soon there was a "crash" sound inside.
The wine jar was smashed and the table was roughly torn into several pieces.
Zhu Zuobao looked at Liu Zhiyin and Liu Linglong who were blocked by two members of the spy department, with a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes.
Without Li Changan's protection, he is nothing more than a duckweed without roots.
I don’t know what the county magistrate is worried about.
"Don't touch our things!"
"Don't touch brother's desk!"
Liu Linglong shouted hurriedly, reaching out desperately to grab it.
Liu Zhiyin hugged Liu Linglong and gritted her teeth tightly, "Linglong, don't be impulsive."
The small yard was quickly smashed to pieces.
Zhu Zuobao turned his gaze to Liu Zhiyin and said with a smile, "Miss Liu, please hand over Uncle Zhongyong's things. This will save us a fight."
The two spies immediately stood in front of Liu Zhiyin.
The county magistrate's face suddenly changed to his usual majestic look, "Miss Liu, are you going to use force against me?"
"To use force against me is to attack the government. Even if I kill you, no one will say anything wrong."
Liu Zhiyin suppressed the anger in her voice and gritted her teeth, "Zhu Bantou, you have taken away everything in this room. Isn't that enough?"
"Uncle Zhongyong is good at poetry, scripts, calligraphy and painting." Zhu Zuobao stretched out his hand and said, "Take out Uncle Zhongyong's relics. The county magistrate will hang them in the ancestral hall to pray for Uncle Zhongyong."
Liu Zhiyin and Liu Linglong's expressions changed suddenly.
Zhu Zuobao showed a smile that was true, "Take it out, my squad leader will spare your life regardless of your crime of collision!"
Liu Zhiyin was filled with grief. She blocked Liu Linglong behind her and said angrily, "This is the only thing Chang'an has left for our sisters. I will never let you take it away!"
"Miss Liu, you have nothing to do with Uncle Zhongyong, so why are you seeking death?" Zhu Zuobao became impatient, "If you continue to resist like this, in the end, Miss Liu will only be asking for trouble!"
"I am Li Changan's wife, of course it matters!"
"Li Changan's wife?" Zhu Zuobao smiled, "Uncle Zhongyong is not married, so how can he have wives and concubines? Even in the imperial edict, there is no reward for the wife of Uncle Zhongyong!"
"Miss Liu, I'm still trying to reason with you now. If you don't understand your point of view, don't blame me for being rude next time!"
"I have three books as proof!" Liu Zhiyin mustered up all his courage and confronted Zhu Zuobao.
"Three books?" Zhu Zuobao narrowed his eyes, "Miss Liu, everyone in the neighborhood knows that you claimed to be married to the eldest son of the Li family, so how could you marry Uncle Zhongyong?"
"If you try to climb up to the dragon and follow the phoenix, you will only be guilty of an extra level of sin!"
"The one I married from the beginning to the end was the second son of the Li family!"
Liu Zhiyin hugged Liu Linglong, who was crying bitterly, and gently patted Liu Linglong's back, her eyes gentle but tough.
…
An hour later,
Zhu Zuobao slipped into the county government office and said, "Sir."
"Did you get the things?" County Magistrate Yu Xifeng asked as he walked out of the study.
Zhu Zuobao hesitated for a moment, then took two more steps forward and said in a low voice, "Something has changed."
"What can happen to two weak women with only two domestic slaves?" Yu Xifeng frowned.
"Then Liu Zhiyin took out three letters from five years ago, saying that she had been married to the second son of the Li family from beginning to end, not the eldest son of the Li family!" Zhu Zuobao said.
Yu Xifeng frowned, "Don't all the neighbors say that Liu Zhiyin is the widow of the eldest son of the Li family?"
"I don't know how humble my position is." Zhu Zuobao said with a tearful face,
"When I asked the neighbors, they all said that I was marrying the eldest son of the Li family."
"But the wedding was held in a hurry. The Li family was poor and had few relatives, so they didn't invite anyone. The next day, the eldest son of the Li family went to war with his father."
"I don't know if there is something in this... I don't even know if I am humble..."
Yu Xifeng narrowed his eyes slightly and scolded, "Trash! Why don't you go check it out quickly?"
"Who wrote the three books? Who is the matchmaker?"
Zhu Zuobao nodded hurriedly, "Sir, what should I do with Liu Zhiyin?"
"Where is she?"
"Already in the county government lobby."
"Take him to prison and interrogate him!" Yu Xifeng waved his hand impatiently, "Remember, two confessions!"
"clear."
…
night falls,
Zhu Zuobao hurried to the county government office with two confessions.
"grown ups."
"Come in." Yu Xifeng's voice came from the study.
"Did you recruit?"
"Here we go!" Zhu Zuobao carefully handed over the two confessions, "One is a confession written by someone pretending to be the wife of Uncle Zhongyong, and it has been fingerprinted."
"The other is the truth."
Yu Xifeng took the confession letter and read it back and forth. He couldn't help but frowned, "Have you found the person who wrote the three letters? Where is the matchmaker?"
Zhu Zuobao nodded, "We have found it. They say it is the second son of the Li family who is getting married."
Yu Xifeng moved his index finger slightly, "So, it's Li Changan's father, Li Shan, and Li Changshun, the eldest son of the Li family, who want to marry Li Changan before they go north to serve?"
"You not only want to provide a successor for the Li family, but you also want to celebrate Li Changan's happiness?"
Zhu Zuobao twitched his lips and replied, "Yes."
"After Li Changan saw the conscription order, he wanted to replace Li Changshun and join the army on his brother's behalf, so he first went to the reserve army barracks to participate in the verification. As a result, he fainted because of his weak body."
"Li Shan was so anxious at that time that he gave half of his family's money to the matchmaker, and then he found Liu Zhiyin."
"I wanted to get married and have a wife for the Li family in the future."
"As a result, Li Changan was unconscious for six days. At that time, Li Shan and Li Changshun were about to go north and couldn't afford to wait, so they hastily married Li Changan."
"Li Changan only woke up on the third day after getting married, so he didn't know what happened from beginning to end."
After Yu Xifeng read the confession, "Where is that bully Lin Yuanwai? Have you found him?"
Zhu Zuobao shrank his neck, "Looking for... found it."
"At that time, Lin Yuanwai had long been eyeing Liu Zhiyin. When Liu Zhiyin married in Linxian County, he thought that he would not be coveted by Lin Yuanwai anymore because he was separated by a county."
"On the second day after the wedding, Lin Yuanwai and a few of his thugs chased me."
"At that time, Liu Zhiyin was worried that Lin Yuanwai would vent his anger on the unconscious Li Chang'an, so he lied and claimed that she was marrying the eldest son of the Li family and that they had already married, completely killing Lin Yuanwai's thoughts."
"There were government officials nearby at the time, so Lin Yuan didn't make any more fuss. He just cursed and left."
Yu Xifeng put the confession letter on the flame, "So... Liu Zhiyin did not hesitate to taint himself and treated himself as uncle and sister-in-law for five years, just to protect Li Changan?"
Zhu Zuobao smiled and nodded, "Yes...that's it!"
Yu Xifeng sneered, "It's really interesting. It seems that there is still true love in the world..."
"The person who wrote the three books and the matchmaker, are their families still alive?"
Zhu Zuobao was stunned for a moment, then said immediately, "The matchmaker lives alone now. The person who wrote the three books is a ninth-grade scribe. He is quite old. His son and daughter-in-law live in two places with him."
Yu Xifeng put the confession letter pretending to be the wife of Uncle Zhongyong on the table, "Kill those two people!"
"This pledge will come true."
"Hurry up and settle this case, and then someone will die without any evidence!"