Farming and reading family

Today, Li Banxian taught him a new method of cultivation. He thought this method of cultivation was good, but who knew that it would attract the government.

"Li Bandao, do you admit your guilt?" Cao Geng scolded.

"I know my crime." Li Bandao confessed fluently.

"Speak." Cao Geng asked the bailiff to wrap up the woman on the bed.

"I shouldn't use fake medicine to deceive people..." Li Bandao quickly recounted what he had done.

After hearing this, Chen Fansheng looked at Li Bandao angrily. He was not angry because he was cheated out of money, but because the medicine was fake.

As soon as Li Bandao finished speaking, several strong men rushed in from outside.

A few strong men came in and immediately wanted to leave when they saw government officials.

"Capture them too." Cao Geng ordered.

"Your Excellency, we are innocent. We are just passing by." The leading strong man pleaded.

Cao Geng looked them over and said, "Confess sooner rather than later and you can avoid physical pain."

When the sturdy man heard this, he told them that Li Bandao had hired them to capture Jian. Anyway, it hadn't been done yet, so nothing should happen.

Li Bandao lowered his head and said nothing.

The main reason was that he had cheated Chen Fansheng out of a lot of money, and he was worried that Chen Fansheng would realize it and report him to the authorities, so he came up with the idea of ​​a honey trap. By then, even if Chen Fansheng realized it, he would be helpless.

As a result, he was arrested by the government before he could even jump.

Chen Fansheng was still a little confused, and just thought that he could not become an immortal.

Cao Geng brought these people back to the yamen and sent yamen runners to notify the Chen family to come.

The person who came from the Chen family was Chen Jie. He was in He County, which was nearby.

Chen Fansheng also asked Chen Jie for money recently. Chen Jie didn't give much, and Lei was difficult to talk to, so Chen Fansheng had to ask Chen Ke for it.

As for Chen Qing's money, he had already emptied it.

Now Chen Jie knew what was going on and started to scold his father. Chen Fan had actually given Li Bandao more than three hundred taels of silver during his lifetime.

Fortunately, Li Bandao is also a stingy person and the money has not been spent yet.

Li Bandao and his men confessed, the case was closed quickly, and most of the money they had cheated Chen Fansheng of was returned, but Chen Fansheng was still dejected.

Chen Jie went to find a carriage to take his father home, but Lu Qingluo had already gone home to tell Gao E about this.

"Is your father-in-law looking for a second wife?" Lu Qingluo smiled happily.

Gao E was not as gloating as Lu Qingluo: "Who is that woman Li Bandao is looking for?"

Lu Qingluo paused and said, "Anyway, she's not a decent person. She's old and ugly. I don't know how your father-in-law could bring himself to do that."

After Gao E knew about this, she did not make it public. At dusk, Chen Jie came back and brought Chen Ke back.

The three brothers sat around their father in the main room, and Chen Jie angrily recounted what had happened today.

"Fortunately, the government caught the swindler, otherwise we would never be able to recover the money." Chen Jie started to scold again.

Chen Fansheng remained silent.

Chen Qing and Chen Ke looked at his father helplessly. How could he do such a thing at this age?

"Dad? Why don't you discuss it with us?" Chen Qing asked in a low voice.

Chen Fansheng then looked up: "I don't want to live a few more years so as not to affect the second son's exam. What if I die with your mother in two years, and the second son has to wait another three years to pass the exam? What will happen to his life?"

"We have good food and drink at home, what else can Dad be dissatisfied with? He wants to find a liar." Chen Jie started to complain again, "I heard that taking too much of the liar's medicine is bad for your health."

"Fortunately, our family's financial situation has improved in the past two years. If it were like before, even if we sold everything at home, we still wouldn't be able to raise so much money." Chen Jie became angrier as he spoke.

Everyone in the village envies their family's current life, but the eldest sister-in-law angered his mother to death, and Chen Jie couldn't say anything about his father being cheated like this.

"If your second brother had passed the exam smoothly and became an official, would I have to do this?" Chen Fansheng was also very angry.

"Dad, you can't say that about my second brother..." Chen Qing tried to reason.

"Why can't I say anything about my son?" Chen Fansheng interrupted Chen Qing. "And you, if your wife hadn't pissed off your mother to death, your second brother would have been able to pass the exam next year."

Chen Jie wants to ask his second brother, will he be able to pass the exam if he takes it?

But he didn't dare say it.

Chen Qing was silent for a moment, but still didn't mention that he had divorced Yang.

If he told her, Dad would definitely kick Yang out.

Finally, Chen Fansheng slammed the table and left, leaving the three brothers in the main room.

"Brother, don't take Dad's words to heart." Chen Ke comforted Chen Qing, "Even if I take the exam, I may not pass."

"That's right." Chen Jie agreed subconsciously.

Chen Qing glanced at Chen Jie and said, "I'm fine."

The three brothers comforted each other, divided the money and went their separate ways.

Chen Ke took the silver back to give to Gao E, and Chen Jie followed.

After Chen Ke gave the silver to Gao E, he left. Instead, Chen Jie pulled his second sister-in-law aside and told her everything that had happened today.

"Mom just passed away and Dad caused such a trouble. If the villagers knew about this, I wonder how he would face people." Chen Jie said angrily.

"You seldom come back to He County now, so you don't have to worry too much about this matter." Gao E saw that Chen Jie was so angry.

"That's over three hundred taels." Chen Jie felt a pang of pain just thinking about it. "My husband and I work hard from dawn to dusk, and we'd be happy if we could earn a few dozen taels a year."

Gao E nodded: "We should pay more attention in the future so that we can detect any abnormalities early."

Chen Jie really didn't know what to say.

After another round of complaints, he went back to rest.

The three brothers of the Chen family did not tell anyone about this matter, but it was reported to the government after all. Two days later, many villagers knew about it and went to comfort Chen Fansheng.

This consolation made Chen Fansheng even more embarrassed to face people.

More than a month has passed since the gathering, and frost has begun to form on the ground. After finishing their winter work, everyone has started looking for other work to do.

Nowadays, some families in Baotou Village have started using honeycomb coal. They have calculated that the time saved from chopping firewood can be used to work, and the money they earn can be used to buy honeycomb coal, which can burn longer than the firewood they chop.

Of course, not all families calculate in this way and agree with this point of view, so some people still go to chop wood.

It was very windy that night. Gao E sent the children to bed early, closed the door and checked the accounts. Then there was a knock on the door.

After a while, Lu Qingluo came in with Jin Ruyi and others.

"Lord Xu?" Gao E looked at Xu Boyan in surprise.

Xu Boyan nodded: "Your new house is nice."

"Have you eaten?" Gao E asked with a smile.

"No." Xu Boyan sat casually beside the brazier.

Gao E asked the kitchen to prepare some food and took out some dried fruits and candied fruits herself.

Jin Ruyi and Jin Chao also sat down.

Gao E thought Jin Chao would be depressed, but now it seems that he is in better condition than his mother.

"Why did you come back together?" Gao E sat down and talked to them.

"The emperor ordered me to investigate the cheating in the imperial examination in Qinzhou City." Xu Boyan said with a smile.

I always feel relaxed here at Gao'e.

"Have you finished the investigation?" Gao E was not surprised.

"It hasn't started yet." Xu Boyan saw that Gao E was not surprised. "I have something to ask you."