"Auntie, I'd like to know what crime those three men committed?" Old Lady Liu asked the old lady who was arranging the pancakes.

"What did you say?" The old lady selling sesame cakes didn't hear clearly, so she squinted her eyes and listened towards Old Lady Liu.

Old Mrs. Liu: This is a person with poor hearing.

"Nothing." Old Mrs. Liu waved her hand and walked decisively towards the younger-looking middle-aged man selling noodle soup.

"Young man, what did those three men do wrong? Why were they kicked out by the innkeeper?"

When the noodle soup boss heard Old Lady Liu calling him "young man", he was very happy. He straightened his uneven black and white hair, looked around and smiled brightly before telling Old Lady Liu the cause of the incident.

"Hey, it's because he offended someone. At that time, Governor Jiang was impressed by that man's talent and asked him to marry his eldest sister who couldn't get married."

The middle-aged man pointed at Yuan Laosi with admiration in his eyes.

Old Lady Liu looked at Yuan Laosi who was arguing with the shopkeeper, and a feeling of pride arose spontaneously.

He has red lips, white teeth, a handsome face, and wears a green robe with bamboo patterns. He looks like a talented scholar.

It's normal to be noticed by others.

"Then why doesn't he marry her? She is the eldest sister of Governor Jiang. If he marries Governor Jiang's eldest sister, wealth and glory will come to him without a doubt." Old Lady Liu asked this deliberately, leading the noodle soup boss to continue speaking.

When the noodle soup vendor heard Old Lady Liu ask this, he had a look of disgust on his face and bared his teeth as he said, "Who in the city doesn't know that Magistrate Jiang's eldest sister is an extremely ugly and horrible woman?

Not only does he have buck teeth and a rugged face, but the key is that he weighs over 200 pounds, which is fatter than the pig I raise at home.

The most important thing is that Magistrate Jiang's eldest sister would take any good-looking man home with her. This month she has already taken ten scholars who came to take the imperial examination home."

Old Lady Liu's eyes widened after hearing this. "This is lawless! Didn't you report it to the police?"

"Report to the police? In the provincial capital, Magistrate Jiang is the boss. In Magistrate Jiang's view, this is his own family matter, and there is no point in reporting to the police." The noodle soup seller looked at Old Lady Liu as if to say, "Are you kidding me?" Suddenly, he patted his head.

"It's not like no one has reported the case to the authorities, but that family ended up in a terrible state. They lost their home and are now beggars in the capital. Seeing what happened to that family, who would dare to report the case to the authorities now?"

"Is it so miserable?" Old Mrs. Liu was surprised.

"Yes, just because that man refused to marry Magistrate Jiang's eldest sister, the angry Magistrate Jiang directly raised the prices of all the inns and food and clothing in the entire city just for the three of them, in order to force the scholar to agree." said the boss who sells noodle soup.

Old Lady Liu thought of what Shen Chulan said about giving them enough money, and then asked, "How much is the increase?"

"This is the number." The noodle soup seller held up five fingers.

"Five taels?" Old Lady Liu guessed.

Five taels is okay, it’s enough.

"Fifty taels."

The noodle soup seller said this number.

Old Lady Liu's eyes widened as she shouted, "What? Fifty taels for one night?"

Yuan Laosi, who was arguing with the innkeeper, heard the sound, looked towards the source, and saw two carriages parked on the side of the street.

He stopped arguing with the shopkeeper and turned to signal Yuan Lao Er, Yuan Lao Tou, and Yuan Lao San.

The three people's first reaction when they saw the carriage was not joy, but worry.

"Yes, everything is fifty taels." The noodle soup vendor nodded. "No matter how rich you are, you can't afford to spend like this."

"That scholar even said that he had a lover, which really annoyed and irritated Prefect Jiang." The noodle soup owner continued to tell Old Lady Liu what he knew.

Old Lady Liu was so angry that she didn't even react when the noodle soup vendor told her that Yuan Laosi had a lover...

The last person who made her so angry was the county magistrate.

He forced a smile and said to the noodle soup vendor, "Young man, give me four bowls of noodle soup with more meat. I'll take it away."

"Yeah, great." The noodle soup seller was very happy. He not only told gossip to people but also did business. He gave more noodles when making them.

Old Mrs. Liu paid the money and got on the carriage with the noodle soup.

They all heard what the noodle soup seller said.

Yaoyao lifted the car curtain and happened to meet the eyes of Old Man Yuan and the others. She gave them a sweet smile, looking very adorable.

Pointed in a direction towards them.

The four nodded.

Two carriages drove towards the outside of the city.

..........................

outside the city.

Old Lady Liu looked at the four people in front of her who were obviously thinner and asked, "How long have you been hungry?"

Old Man Yuan's face was expressionless, but his eyes were filled with embarrassment. "One...one day."

Old Lady Liu clearly didn't believe it. "One day?"

"Dad, we have been hungry for three days, not just one day." Yuan Laosan looked at Yuan Old Man and said honestly that they had been hungry for a few days.

Old Man Yuan glanced at Old Third Yuan: You are a brainless thing.

Just wait for your mother to get angry.

Just as Old Man Yuan guessed, Old Lady Liu got furious on the spot.

"Three days? You won't send a letter back to ask for money? What are your hands for? For decoration, right?

If I hadn't felt uneasy a few days ago, I would have brought my family here to see you. Are you planning to starve to death in the capital city?"

Yuan Lao Si replied weakly, "This happened because of me. We don't want you to worry."

His family gave him so much money, and he wrote to them to ask for more money in such a short time. So there are only two possibilities.

The first one is definitely gambling.

The second is that something big happened.

No matter which of these two things happens, the family will definitely be worried.

So they chose to keep it secret.................

Old Lady Liu glared at the four of them and said unhappily, "Eat this noodle soup."

She knew that Old Lady Yuan and the others must be starving, so she didn't ask any more questions about it.

No matter what happens, eat first...................

Yaoyao drank the milk, licked the milk stains at the corner of her mouth, and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Governor Jiang, no matter how much money you have embezzled, I want you to pay it back a thousand times over.

Xiao Hei, a tuft of white hair, when the green snake saw Yaoyao showing this expression, it knew that something was going to happen tonight.

Gathered in a corner and started to plan...

It was another dark and windy night, a good night for work.

The breeze is slightly cool.

Yaoyao looked at the shy moon in the sky, squinted her eyes, and showed a sinister smile.

Xiao Hei, with a tuft of white hair, the green snake also showed a sinister smile when he saw this.

Guoan even hid the poison he had just made last night in his arms.

The candidate for the experiment has been found, isn't he here?

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