Farming Happiness: Husband, Come and Plough the Fields

In the early morning of the second day, an official came to deliver the meal. Each person had a black-faced bun, the size of a fist, and the cabbage slices were boiled in clear water, which seemed to have no appetite.

"Can't be poisoned here?"

Li Haitang didn't eat, so she had to be on guard, in case she died and couldn't see her husband and younger brother, Xiao Taohong didn't have to pay her the ten thousand taels of silver she owed.

The saddest thing in the world is that people die and money is not spent.

Arriving in a hurry, Li Haitang only grabbed two broken pieces of silver, she handed one to the officer, and said softly, "Master, when can we see the magistrate?"

There was a lot of noise last night, and the Jiangyang robbers were wanted throughout the city. Li Haitang knew in his heart that they were doomed to catch no one.

"After you have eaten, someone will naturally take you out."

There was only one Jiangyang thief, and the three of them looked outrageous. Someone at the door shouted for injustice, and even said that he would go to the capital to file an imperial lawsuit. My lord was devastated by this.

"You are Li Haitang, you come with me first."

Someone was giving money outside, and the officer had a good attitude towards Li Haitang. She thought to herself, this little lady really doesn't know the food in the cell. Under normal circumstances, there is no rough noodles. How many people can't afford it!

Liu Daniu heard that it was not poisonous, so he asked for Li Haitang's share, and after he went out, he reheated it and saved it for his wife.

The prison is dark, probably because of the winter, and the smell is not bad. The narrow passage, with dim kerosene lamps inlaid on the walls, is eerie.

On one wall of the cell, there are rusty instruments of torture, leather whips, tiger stools, and handcuffs. The whip has barbs on it, and the bright red blood has already dried up. What kind of blood and flesh will be on the skin.

No matter how courageous Li Haitang was, his calves would turn into cramps. This is Daqi, the magistrate can decide her life and death with a single word, so carelessly ignore human life? It is not good to feel that life and death are in the hands of others if you just place a crime and just fool it.

"My lord, Li Haitang brought it here."

The prefect Zhang Zheng sat in the torture room with a bowl of tea in front of him. He lowered his eyes and snorted, raised his head, and stared sharply at Li Haitang.

Influenced by the TV series, Li Haitang thought that the magistrate was an old man over half a century old, but when she saw him, she was startled. The magistrate was only 30 years old.

"Minister Li Haitang, I have met the magistrate."

Li Haitang knelt down without much hope, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, she paralyzes herself, kneeling is a kind of etiquette, don't take it too seriously.

"Well, Li Haitang, are you convicted?"

Zhang Zhifu's expression didn't change, but his tone was cold, "Can you be convicted of harboring Jiangyang robbers?"

"ah?"

Li Haitang felt a chill in her heart, couldn't she, Xiao Taohong was caught? That guy is more cunning than a fox. In order to protect him, she managed to send herself to prison, and Xiao Taohong was caught. That was really a pity for her.

Li Haitang was almost a conditioned reflex. She raised her head and saw the magistrate staring at her with sharp eyes like an eagle. She thought to herself, it's another old fox!

Playing psychological tactics to defraud her?

"My lord, this charge does not seem right."

As a doctor, Li Haitang has studied psychology, and immediately knew how to deal with the prefect. Her eyes were confused, "Isn't the crime of a civilian girl just a gangster? How did you become an accomplice?"

"Bold!"

The officer next to him slapped the table vigorously. He gave Li Haitang a wink just now, and his eyes were about to cramp.

At any rate, he collected the money and sent the person away quickly.

This daring little lady, talking to the magistrate like this, is completely unreasonable!

Zhang Zheng also knew that all the detainees were innocent, and his original intention was to find a substitute, announce to the outside world that he had found Jiang Yang's bandit, and then use this to lower his vigilance and conduct another city-wide search.

The interrogation of Li Haitang was just a formality. The wound on her body lasted at least ten days, and it must not have been threatened by Jiang Yang.

Li Haitang's rhetorical question stunned him for a moment, and then he laughed out loud. This little lady is too real.

"Then how do you explain the wound on your body?"

Zhang Zheng coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, and asked with a serious face, "But Jiang Yang threatened you..."

"My lord, this girl really can't speak."

Li Haitang bowed her head, what did she say, the injury was caused by Li Qiuju, and then, Li Qiuju died, she couldn't say.

"explain."

Zhang Zheng just had one word, which was concise and powerful. As an official, he carried an official authority, which made Li Haitang feel depressed.

"It's the daughter of the people who quarreled with the husband, the husband..."

Li Haitang covered her face and cried out loudly, looking like a miserable little girl who was abused by the family, but she was apologizing in her heart, "Husband, I'm sorry, I insulted you again."

"I can sentence you to reconcile."

Zhang Zheng felt that he was really a good official who loved the people like a son, and he actually had the mood to meddle in his own business.

"You don't have to, my lord, it's also a girl's life, alas..."

Li Haitang complained about herself, and dragged the magistrate to talk about family affairs. In the end, Zhang Zhifu, who couldn't stand it anymore, sent an official to throw him out through the back door!

"Haitang, are you alright!"

Upon receiving the news, Second Uncle Chen was driving the carriage, and Second Aunt Chen was waiting at the back door with hot soup and jacket.

Li Haitang fell all over the place, lying on the snow ground and unable to get up, raised his middle finger to the sky with his hands.

In short, spending a whole night in prison is not considered suffering, she just wants to go home quickly to ask for money, and find Xiao Taohong to settle the score by the way!

Snowflakes swirled one after another, reaching ankle depth overnight. Because the whole city arrested the Jiangyang robbers, the common people followed in fear, and even the number of people who took the goods was much less.

There were only a few people sporadically on the street, coming and going in a hurry.

"Haitang, you have suffered a lot this night."

Second Aunt Chen prepared hot tea and pastries, and asked her to pad her stomach. On the stove at home, an old hen was stewed, and she asked Da Ya to watch the fire.

"That's the chicken that lays the most eggs, and its legs were trampled by the officials."

Speaking of the old hen, Second Aunt Chen was very distressed. The house was in a mess, and she was busy most of the night before tidying it up.

The person who built the greenhouse at home also came. Second Aunt Chen asked Da Ya to watch, and gave all the money. If there is a problem, the couple will go out before dawn to pick up Li Haitang.

"I didn't suffer much, the cell was too cold."

Li Haitang yawned, he didn't want to bring up such a shameful thing.

Second Aunt Chen thought she was frightened, so she thoughtfully stopped the topic, and talked about the greenhouse at home. The soil was frozen, and the soil had to be loosened. About the day after tomorrow, the first crop of vegetables would be planted, and dumplings stuffed with leeks would be eaten in the Chinese New Year.

Li Haitang was dizzy. She felt dizzy and stuffy nose, which was a sign of a cold. When she returned home, she drank a large bowl of ginger and brown sugar water.

Xiao Taohong had long since disappeared, leaving her a letter and ten banknotes of one thousand taels of silver under the pillow. The general meaning of the letter is that they will meet each other eventually. I believe that they will meet in Kyoto in the near future.