In Yongshun City, the prefect Li planned to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and forced the gentry to report a few people who were leading the trouble, but the gentry ignored this. ()

Li Deng was a little angry and embarrassed. Since he could not catch someone, he ordered people to take the inner locks of the four city gates and go to court to question them. There was no way to argue. Each of them slapped dozens of times to demonstrate the authority of the government and his own authority. He would never allow the people to despise them.

Among them, a clever inner chief cried and shouted, "Sir, please spare my life, the young man is really wronged! When the trouble was caused that day, from the adults, officials, divisions, yamen runners, guards, soldiers, and many people were all on the streets? When the people were causing trouble, how could the young man suppress such many people?"

Li Deng became more angry after hearing this. Didn’t he slap him in the face in person? He criticized Sang and teased himself for changing clothes and running for life? He really didn’t open any pot and cursed: “What a bastard, who is willing to ridicule this mansion, is that so great?”

As a result, everyone beat 80 times, but he doubled it and was beaten 160 times. He was so beaten that he couldn't move. Two people limped to the hall and knelt down again.

The prefect Li scolded the emperor with great power and finally lost his face. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly appeared, claiming to be the editor-in-chief of Hunan Newspaper, who wanted to take away the scholars who were locked in prison and the group of people in front of him.

As the trend of publishing newspapers was in full swing, newspapers were qualified as uncrowned kings. The scholars themselves had the tradition of criticizing current affairs, and the court also deliberately indulged in this, so scholars who wrote articles became increasingly unscrupulous.

Even though Xu Hao did not like the "prostitutes" in later generations, supervising the government through public opinion is the only feasible way nowadays. He doesn't know whether it is useful or not in the future. Anyway, it's pretty good now. Every year, officials are impeached for the exposure of newspapers. The first thing the censors do when inspecting local areas is to read newspapers.

In this era, you will definitely lose money when publishing newspapers. Even if advertisements were born, it was just like the ancients who liked to publish books at their own expense. Some colleges and literary clubs were scrambling to do it, while others were willing to pay for sponsorships. No one thought about making money.

The editor-in-chief of the newspapers are all great figures, at least famous scholars or Jinshi. Although Li Deng is not afraid of people coming, he is worried that his superiors will ask questions at that time; he wants to let others go, but he is afraid that once people come, he will turn against him. Not to mention publicly, he will not be able to bear to write a letter to the governor and the officials. The most feared thing is that he asks a newspaper in Beijing to reprint it. It will be a great deal at that time.

Therefore, he was in a dilemma and was unable to make up his mind for a moment. Xunsi Xunsi brought all the scholars out, with the intention of turning around. After all, there was no definite evidence of the alliance and there was no appropriate excuse for long-term detention.

Unexpectedly, they were locked up one by one. The editor-in-chief, who meddled with other people, was furious. He was confident that he had served as the Minister of the Sixth Ministry. After retirement, he was invited to go out of the mountain to shine and heat. He was not allowed to be interrogated at the moment, so he forced the yamen runners to loosen the torture instruments. He actually took them away.

Li Deng, who had a ghost in his heart, couldn't do anything to him. He was frightened and stared at them with two eyes as big as soybeans, staring at them and leaving. Even the shadow disappeared, and he was still sitting in the court, so angry that he couldn't say a word.

After a moment of silence, Li Deng stood up listlessly and said, "Get out."

In the stilt house, Cuicui eavesdropped on the conversation between others, and the fat woman asked, "Who is watching? Who is watching?"

"Yo! You don't understand yet! Wang Baihu's family wants to fight the in-laws with Xiang's family."

The fat woman said oh and asked enthusiastically: "Who does that girl want to give? Is it the eldest or the second? "

Local customs, for children of people with status, they are called the eldest, second, third, and third. In the first place, it is a local slang habit, and the ship households have been engaged in low-class careers for generations. Even if the dynasty is no longer despised, they are still not qualified to be called the young master. Just like the children of the people will not be called the young master. Only those with scholarly families are qualified.

"You said it's the big boss, you'll watch the show later. He will go upstairs to see his future mother-in-law."

Another woman interrupted, "If it is done, it will be very good. They have a new mill for dowry, and the Wang family is the most decent nobleman in the teahouse."

For a moment, the women around him were intrigued, and someone asked: "How is Xiang Yun? Do you agree?"

The fat woman said, "You can't agree to the good things that you can't even ask for, but you can't agree to? Look at that big girl, she looks good and has a little shy."

Someone suddenly said softly: "The boss has already said that there is no need to read it. He doesn't want to be the owner of the mill!"

Everyone was shocked and asked, "Did the old man say it in person?"

The woman said, "I heard from others and said that the eldest son likes a daughter who supports a ferry."

The fat woman shouted, "Are he stupid? Don't you want to have a ferry?"

"Who knows! Everybody is fried with beef and leeks. Everyone loves it in their hearts. They only look at what they love in their hearts. Besides, the ferry is not as good as a mill, it is half a family member."

Hearing this, Cuicui's face was burning, she hurriedly walked to the other side quietly, and heard two people talking about this matter. One said, "Everything has been arranged long ago, just a word from the old man."

Another said: "Just looking at Yun's strength today, it can be seen that this strength was brought to him by the yellow girl on the shore, and it was awesome!"

The question is who inspired him? Cuicui couldn't help but feel confused.

I wanted to see how he looked at this moment, but Cuicui was a little shorter and could not see the river behind everyone. I could only hear the sound of drums getting more and more intense. The cheers on the shore were getting closer and closer, and I knew that his boat was passing downstairs.

The people in the building shouted, mixed with Xiang Yun, and suddenly Mrs. Wang shouted in surprise, and many people rushed out.

Cuicui was confused and didn't know what was wrong. She was a little confused. She didn't know whether to return to her original seat or just stand so stupidly.

Someone took a tray and put a large plate of fine snacks in it. He asked the Wang family's mother and daughter to taste it. Cuicui was embarrassed to go over and thought of squeezing out of the gate and going to the river to take a look.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he came to meet a group of people surrounded by red cloth. It turned out that Xiang Yun had just fallen into the water and swam up from the water, and his whole body was soaked.

Although Cuicui flashed by, because the stairs were too narrow, she inevitably had some physical contact, which made her blush.

Xiang Yun stopped and asked, "Cuicui, you are here. Is Grandpa here too?"

Cuicui knew that her face must be as red as the same color as his head, so she lowered her head and didn't say anything, thinking where did the big yellow dog go?

Xiang Yun said again: "Why can't you see it upstairs? I've got you a good seat."

Cuicui still lowered her head, thinking that it was a strange thing to marry a mill shop.

In front of the people, Xiang Yun could not force Cui Cui to go back, so he had to walk away helplessly. Cui Cui went downstairs step by step, her heart filled with something that could not be explained clearly.

Is it a trouble? No, it is sadness, nor is it! Is it happiness? It seems that there is no reason to be happy. In fact, Cuicui knows that she is angry and has been arranged to judge more than two girls. Like watching a monkey juggling, who would be happy?

However, Cuicui was not angry with anyone, but she felt that she was angry with someone, and she was angry with herself. Just like every girl of this age, don’t guess her complicated and entangled mood, because they don’t know what they would think.

There are too many people by the river, and there are all people on the docks, in boats, and even on the pillars of the stilt house.

Cuicui said to herself: "There are so many people, what three-legged cats that look good?"

Grandfather and Uncle Xu were not found everywhere, and Cuicui's eyes were aimlessly searching everywhere. She saw her big yellow dog lying beside a long-time worker in Xiang's family, watching the fun on a boat several feet away from the shore.

Cuicui was inexplicably very angry and screamed twice. The yellow dog opened his ears and looked around, rushed into the water, swimming towards Cuicui.

When he arrived at Cuicui, he jumped happily and shook the water out. Cuicui hurriedly hid aside to avoid being affected by the splashes. He said angrily: "Come on, why are you pretending to be crazy? Do you still have the backbone of being scammered?"

I went to find my grandfather with the backless Dahuang and met someone in a wooden shop on the river street.

The old man said, "Cuicui, I took Mr. Xu to see a good mill. The mill is new, the water wheel is new, and the straw on the house is new. A dam releases a slip of water and rushes down quickly. The water wheel at the pumping gate is spinning like a top."

Cuicui asked with a hint of artificiality, "Who belongs to?"

"It's from the hundred households of the Tea Castle King." The old man smacked his lips and couldn't help but regret not being able to give his granddaughter a dowry. "I heard that it was a wealthy property for my daughter to dowry. I contracted two hundred taels of silver, and I didn't care about the windmill or the housekeeper."

Cuicui stared at her grandfather and asked, "Who is asking for that daughter?"

The old man looked at her and smiled dryly, "Cuicui, the big fish bites you, the big fish bites you."

Xu Hao looked at Cui Cui's reaction with interest. She couldn't understand it in her heart, but as usual, she pretended not to understand at all, and asked, "Grandpa, who would get that mill?"

"The eldest elder of the Xiang family." The old man said with a relaxed tone and teased his granddaughter. "Some people envy Xiang Yun for getting the mill, but some people envied that the mill had got the mill."

Cuicui seemed a little unhappy and asked with her eyes narrowed, "Who is envious?"

"Can I envy her?" The old man saw that his granddaughter was vaguely angry and did not dare to tease her anymore.

Cuicui said, "Grandpa, you are drunk."

"I'm a little drunk." The old man raised the wine gourd and sipped a sip of the wine, "But the old man praises you for being beautiful. Mr. Xu, do you think Cuicui looks good?"

Xu Hao immediately smiled with a whisper, "The beauty is natural, like a piece of uncensored jade. After it blooms, it must be a first-class little beauty; it is a good wife who is well-behaved, sensible, diligent and cute, and is a rare good wife."

"Well, well, Cuicui in my family is like this." The old man's wrinkled face smiled like a flower.

Cuicui stomped her feet hard and said, "Grandpa, Uncle Xu, you two are crazy drunk."

The old man laughed and said, "We are not drunk or crazy. Let's go to the river to see them put the ducks." He was about to continue saying that Xiang Yunruo caught the ducks and would definitely give them to us. Without saying a word, the person had already arrived.
Chapter completed!