However, the magistrate asked her directly, and she had to give her a hard answer.
Say it's her daughter-in-law?
Let's not say whether the magistrate believes it or not. If it's all right, let her family go back, and her restless third daughter-in-law will not be able to ride on her head.
In her heart, no matter how hard her daughter-in-law works for the family, it's an outsider. She doesn't have the same heart with the Lin family.
The magistrate looked at master Lin again. Master Lin had been scared for a long time. He didn't care who came out, as long as he didn't bother him.
He looked over and nodded busily.
"In that case, you can tell me how to compensate for the damage to the official ship. Don't blame my official for not reminding me. If you collide with the official without any reason, you'll have to add third class to the crime." The magistrate squinted slightly and calculated.
Officer ship, officer!
The magistrate bullied four people!
"What's more, it's a felony that you've caused the noble people from the capital to fall into the water and never wake up."
"Plop!" Lin Fang's legs softened and fell on the deck.
In the eyes of the magistrate, there was a trace of brilliance. As soon as the wind of words changed, there was a tone of quite a few plans: "in fact, I am the most considerate of the people. I am not the kind of person with black heart and black lung. The more I do things, the less I can make sense of it."
"Yes, yes, yes, master Qingtian, it's really none of my family's business. My daughter-in-law, the broom star, is to blame. She had to get up early in the morning to ask my son to go to the back to prop a boat. Because of the fog, I couldn't see the front, so she hit the old man's official boat."
Lin Fang's first thought was not to get into trouble. It needed Liu Sanniang, who had nothing to do with her family.
Liu Sanniang stood there terrified, she really did not expect, some people's heart, is how to cover all cover not hot.
Hate!
Master Lin glanced at the silent Lin Shunhe and Liu Sanniang, and then said, "these three daughters-in-law of my family are evil spirits. Adults are kind-hearted. They don't know what to do about it. The grass people let adults decide."
When he said this, his eyes went to Liu Sanniang quietly.
After half an hour, no one in Lin's family put themselves in Liu Sanniang's shoes. They were all wet and their clothes were close to each other. They let the accompanying officials look at them without fear.
Liu Sanniang wants to commit suicide in the river, but the old couple of the Lin family only want to tell her how to carry the black pot.
Lin Shunhe, whom she thought she depended on, could only timidly bow her head to the side of the boat and dare not look at Liu Sanniang.
The magistrate laughed straight, which made Lin Fang and master Lin feel guilty.
"It's really a small people."
The magistrate chuckled and shook his head. Then he said, "come on, count the loss of the official ship for these people."
At this time, from behind him came a thin, bearded, short middle-aged man with a new account book under his arm.
He opened the account book, looked at the Lin family, coughed softly, took the account book and read: "Twelve oars were damaged, the side of the boat was damaged, and there was water in it. All the silks and satins in the cabin were soaked in water, and the expensive childe spent a lot of money on diagnosis, medicine and recuperation. He also needed a lot of money to buy ginseng 。”
"Bang!" There was a sound of heavy objects falling on the deck.
People follow the voice to see in the past, unexpectedly is the old man Lin is this "high debt" to frighten fainted.
The magistrate stood there with his hands folded and gloated.
Lin Shunhe hurried to call his father anxiously.
Liu Sanniang sarcastically looked at the scene in front of her, indifferent.
Lin Fang's secretly cut her a hard eye, heart hate Liu Sanniang is not familiar with the head feed white eyed wolf, his father-in-law are stunned, she still like nothing in general standing there motionless.
Lin Fang's family climbed over, reached out and hugged Mr. Lin and cried. He also complained to Lin Shunhe in a low voice: "son, it's not for my mother's bad heart. Look at your mother-in-law. Her heart is colder and harder than the stones under the river. Your father is in an emergency. You see, she doesn't even look at it."
Lin Shunhe did not dare to look back. She was not to blame for the cause.
"Niang, don't push everything on her. It's not her fault."
Lin Fang stares at him fiercely and scolds him in a low voice: "you are so stupid that you can look for your mother-in-law when she's gone. It's a big deal. She deceives her mother's family to say that she fell into the river and was washed away by the water. No one found out at that time. Afterwards, you went down to the river to look for him for a long time. You didn't see anyone alive, you didn't see a corpse when you died, and there was no proof. What can her family do with you?"
Sure enough, ginger is old and spicy.
Lin Fang didn't mention a word. The reason why he collided with the official ship was because Lin Shunhe knew there was fog and he kept the ship fast. Could he not collide?
Lin Shunhe bowed his head and said nothing. He knew very well that in the morning, if his mother hadn't urged them to pull up the silk screen earlier, this would not have happened.
The magistrate stood on one side, looking at the three of the Lin family crying. After waiting for a long time, he still saw Lin Fang howling, but no one said how to deal with it."Come on, I'm very upset."
The magistrate waved his hand and said, "I pity you for your poverty. I don't want to pursue too much responsibility. When you howl in front of me, do you think my life is too long to hinder your eyes?"
However, the other three members of the Lin family were all silly.
With red eyes and an old face, Lin Fang asked, "my Lord, didn't the grass people answer just now? It's her, that slut, who blames her. If it wasn't for her, the boat of Caomin's family wouldn't have hit the official boat of adults, and it wouldn't have caused so many disasters. "
The magistrate looked in the direction of her fingers, squinting and smiling.
Liu Sanniang suddenly felt scared. She clasped her arms tightly to hide some shame. Her ears were filled with the laughter of the officials. She wanted to find a crack to get in.
With her head down, a pair of clean official boots appeared in her field of vision, her heart suddenly tightened.
The magistrate stood about two or three steps away from her and said with a smile, "little fisherman, your mother-in-law means to pay your debt."
Liu Sanniang reluctantly stepped back two steps.
The magistrate was not annoyed. He turned back and said to Lin Fangshi, "my patience is limited. After you have discussed with me, you can find me again. Either you can take ten thousand Liang snow silver to pay off the debt, or you can let her pay off the debt. That noble young man has a lot to do. If you are unhappy, you can't speak better than me. If you don't, you will die What's the use of keeping other thoughts? "
Lin Shunhe was shocked and angry, but he did not dare to rush up to argue with the magistrate.
Lin Fang didn't even think about it. He immediately replied, "naturally, I'll take her to pay off the debt."
Later, he said to Liu Sanniang, "be honest with me. Don't forget. If you really want the whole family to take their lives to fill in, the two little ones you gave birth to can't escape this disaster."
Finally, Liu Sanniang raised her head and looked at Lin Shunhe without thinking.
Lin Shunhe was ashamed and did not dare to look at her. He quickly lowered his head again.
Liu Sanniang sneered in her heart and turned her head to ask the magistrate, "I don't know how the magistrate wants the people to pay their debts?"
The magistrate replied with a smile: "it's not difficult, it's not difficult. Although your family has made a big mess, you can be regarded as the benefactor of your son's life-saving, and there's nothing else. You can only serve him closely in this month."
"What?" Liu Sanniang was surprised and asked, "just be a girl for a month?"
The magistrate replied vaguely, "well, at least you are also a benefactor."
He had a clear mind. The young gentleman was afraid that he would take a fancy to the little fisherman, and he was not willing to lower himself. Duan admitted that he intended to make a man of beauty and please the elders behind him. Needless to say, he would certainly be able to move away from the position of magistrate who had been waiting for several years.
The magistrate had his own calculation and said, "just rest assured that you will not be killed."
On the other side, Lin Fang's eyes dribbled, and let Lin Shunhe help him. He nodded and bowed himself. He stepped forward with a flattering face and asked, "magistrate, can the grassroots ask us if we can go now?"
"Well?" The magistrate looked at her discontentedly, then looked at master Lin and Lin Shunhe behind her, and replied with a sneer: "go, come here in a month and take your daughter-in-law back. If it's not for your daughter-in-law's sake, it can't be spared."
Lin Fang gasped. It was just a false alarm.
She completely forgot Liu Sanniang's existence and turned to ask her son to carry his Laozi.
Lin Shunhe left for Liu Sanniang to see, his face full of guilt.
Liu Sanniang didn't understand, but he understood the implicit meaning of the adult's words.
It's just that...
"what are you looking at? What are you looking at? I'll carry your old man back to the boat. Hurry back to the shore and find the doctor. Old man, you can't die. What can I do if you die?"
Lin Fang started to howl again.
The magistrate signaled to his subordinates for help to send Mr. Lin to the boat, and let them loosen the rope.
Liu Sanniang's heart at this time was like falling into an ice cave. She never knew that in her mother-in-law's heart, she was a broken thing that could be discarded at any time.
In the early morning, the sky was bluer than ever, the river was clear, the reed wadding was like snow, the small wooden oar swung out of the water, stirred up ripples, and the boat gradually went away...
Liu Sanniang suddenly felt that from beginning to end, she was an outsider in the eyes of the Lin family.
"Little fisherman, this way, please."
The magistrate had a good attitude and motioned her to follow her into the cabin.
"Yes, my Lord." Liu Sanniang thought that if she behaved obediently, she could save her life. She could not die here. She had two children waiting for her to go back.
She didn't want to take advantage of Lin Shunhe and find a stepmother for her children.
The magistrate led her into the cabin and asked, "what's the name of little fisherman?"Liu Sanniang didn't understand.
The magistrate asked, "what's your name?"
Liu Sanniang wanted to tell the truth, but later she thought about it. Today's incident is a disgrace. She doesn't want to be known by the villagers.
"Ginger flower."
The magistrate laughed and didn't ask why she was called Jianghua.
Liu Sanniang's heart is shocked, soft as water, and very elegant hanging yarn, exquisite paper lamps, painted tables and chairs, thick red carpet on the boat board, strange good-looking.
The magistrate called the little girl and asked her to lead Liu Sanniang to comb and gargle. At the same time, his hand came down to look for it, saying that Wei Sheng Chengwen had woken up.