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Chapter 183

On the great day of August 15th, something big happened in the border town. Ling and Mrs. Zhao said, "It was said that the fire started last night. Such a strong wind helped the fire and burned down a street."

Zhao Changqing was a warning person and immediately said, "Sister Zheng lives in Fuzi Street, which is Ganjing Hutong where Mrs. Lin lives, and is also on Fuzi Street. Why not ask someone to inquire, but can you see that?"

Ling said, "It's very good." So he ordered the maid to send a male servant out to inquire.

After half an hour, the male servant sent back and reported, "Mrs. Lin's family is fine. Mrs. Lin said thank you for the old lady. The wife is concerned. Please rest assured. If you have time, you will come to find the old lady. The wife will talk. It is Master Zheng's family. The fire rose from that area, burned most of the streets in a row, and more than a dozen people were burned to death. Fortunately, the Zheng family's population was safe, but the family was burned up. Now the yamen surrounded the whole area. After a long time of inquiring, the villain found out that Master Zheng had temporarily placed the old and young family in a nearby inn. Old Mrs. Zheng was frightened and seemed to be not very good."

"How can this happen? There is no common method in the inn, which is not a common law." Zhao Changqing said, "It would be fine if I don't know. Now that I know, our family shouldn't sit idly by. Brother Zheng sent Sister Zheng to marry far away. Lord Zheng has always been famous, and His Majesty has praised him. Why don't I go and have a look and pick up Mrs. Zheng, and Mrs. Zheng comes to our house to live."

Ling's family has always been a simple-minded person. The Zheng family is a family of censors, and Master Zheng is also a Jinshi. Because he is a family of scholars, Ling's family is particularly respectful to those who are particularly good at studying, he said, "This is very true. Go and take a look first. I will clean up the house. Take Aning out and ask him to go to my ear room to sleep. This way, it is close to Mr. Su and it is cheap to recuperate."

Zhao Changqing changed his clothes and called Mr. Su to go in a hurry. He said to Mr. Su in the car, "I wonder if Mr. Zheng offended whom."

Mr. Su said, "No matter who you offend, the matter of ignition burning a street has also passed."

Zhao Changqing sighed, and Mr. Su said, "There are so many people in the world who are wearing human skin and don't do human affairs. I will sigh now, and there are times when I sigh in the future."

Zhao Changqing said, "I think if a person gets better, he can completely imagine what this person looks like. If a person gets worse, he really can't think of what he can do."

"It's easier to do bad people than good people." Mr. Su sighed.

Yes, it is easier for bad people to do than good people.

But, when I come to this world, how can I not cherish the time of my life and be kind to you?

The master and apprentice suddenly became aware of each other and couldn't help but smile.

It took me half an hour to arrive at the inn where the Zheng family lived.

The inn and the alley where the Zheng family are located are located are located next to Fuzi Street. When a fire broke out, many people escaped from their homes and had nowhere to go. The inn owner ordered the man to open the store and settle many people who escaped their lives.

The Zheng family has a small population. Apart from the master's family, there is only one maid and an old man guarding the door, and they are not in the house. Mrs. Zheng serves Mrs. Zheng. Mrs. Zheng is two years older than Mrs. Zhao. It is a blessing that she escapes from her life in the middle of the night. She is so cold that she can't hold on. Mrs. Zheng looks very haggard. Seeing that Zhao Changqing and Mr. Su are coming, she has no place to entertain her. She is not good at talking in the house, and she is afraid of quarreling to Mrs. Zheng, so she has to talk outside.

In fact, Mrs. Zheng and Mr. Su met at Zhao Changqing and the wedding ceremony. Zhao Changqing still introduced Mr. Su first and said, "Auntie, I heard that something happened in this area, come and take a look. Now the house is burning, what are your plans?"

Mrs. Zheng sighed, "Just just now, the prefectural office sent someone to pick us up. The master was quite angry and did not agree. Now he is investigating the case with the prefect. The old lady is not very stable. She just asked the doctor for treatment and the maid went to decoct medicine. I thought, let's settle the inn for two days, and then move over after finding the house again."

Seeing that the Zheng family had no arrangements, Zhao Changqing said, "If this is the case, this inn is not a place for a long time. Besides, the old lady is so sick, and it is inconvenient to food and clothing in the inn. My sister Zheng and I have always been friends with sisters. In the past, I often went to my house to pay my respects, and my aunt also regarded me as my daughter. Before I came out, the elders at home advised me not to ask my aunt and the old lady to go to my house for two days to recover. Regardless of other things, my husband is also proficient in medical skills, which is cheap. Third, if my aunt and the old lady are safe, Uncle Zheng can be at ease as an official and ask for his orders for the people."

Mrs. Zheng was still a little hesitant, Zhao Changqing said, "If you want to say that others are worried, I have been with Sister Zheng for the past few years. My aunt knows what my family is like. If you say that my aunt is afraid of causing trouble for my family, then there is no need. Friends all have the right to help me. If I don't know, I know, and I should help you. Unless my aunt has better arrangements, please don't be polite to me, otherwise I will feel uneasy if I delay the old lady's illness in the inn."

Zhao Changqing is naturally good at thinking about others, so he talks about Mrs. Zheng's heart every sentence. Mrs. Zheng is not a scheming person, and said in a gentle voice, "I've introduced it, so I'll trouble you."

Zhao Changqing and Mr. Su came in a car, and Yuzhe brought two empty cars. The Zheng family really didn't rescue much, but they were just some of their own. Mr. Su brought back his pulse for Mrs. Zheng, read the prescription prescribed by the doctor, and wrote a new prescription, adding and removing several medicinal herbs. He said to Mrs. Zheng, "The old man is old and is shocked and cold. His symptoms are a little serious. Don't use too strong medicine for the time being."

Mrs. Zheng knew that Mr. Su was proficient in medicine and hurriedly thanked Mr. Su. Zhao Changqing said, "I will send someone to get medicine again. I will see if the old lady can move."

Mr. Su said, "Now take a dose of medicine first, and then take another dose in the afternoon. Let the heat fade in the evening. When the heat fades, please ask the old man to come over. You go home and get some clothes and bedding. I'll do it here."

"Then I will keep Yongfu behind. If there is anything wrong with my husband and aunt, I will be short of condemning her."

Zhao Changqing went downstairs to leave two taels of silver for the shopkeeper and asked the shopkeeper to add two more basins of good charcoal to the house. The shopkeeper was already very kind, and he naturally became more attentive and thoughtful when he got the money.

After Zhao Changqing and Mr. Su went there for so long, Zhao Rong also heard the letter. After listening to Ling's instructions, Bai Woman took someone to clean up the house and treat others, Zhao Rong privately said to Ling, "It's great. If no one sets fire, how can you burn that street? This is not simple, mom."

Ling said, "If someone is not careful, it is understandable. If it is really a bad person who sets fire, it is enough to make a thunder and thunder!"

Zhao Rong said, "That's right, mom, think about it, maybe the Zheng family offended someone, and they went to set fire to his house in the middle of the night."

Ling sighed, "Mr. Zheng is a good official. Many people have wronged and cannot enter the prefecture's office, so they go to Master Zheng to complain. Who doesn't know that Master Zheng is a good person! I know what you said, it's just that someone is afraid that someone will take revenge on the Zheng family. Our family will take in Mrs. Zheng and cause trouble!"

"Arong, you are a girl, and it's normal for you to be timid." Ling said earnestly, "Imagine if you are burned today, it's our relatives, if our relatives offend someone, should we help? Although the Zheng family is not a relative, they have a good relationship with our family. Previously, Miss Zheng often came to our house. A few days ago, your sister and his old lady and wife came. Besides, his family came to serve as an official from another place, and there are no other relatives around us. It's not an exaggeration to help us. I won't be the first-hand man.

I believe that someone dared to put him in our house after setting fire yesterday. This is too irrelevant to the law of the king." If Ling was to say that the Ling family had no such chivalrous heart before, it was because Zhao Yong saved Miss Song and was promoted to a hundred households a while ago. Ling family realized something. Thinking that helping others was a matter of accumulating virtue, it would be a blessing in a while. Moreover, Zheng Yan was indeed famous and had some relationship with the two families. Moreover, Zheng Yan was a serious Jinshi, which made Ling, who was born in the little Shuxiang, envious and respected him very much.

After Zhao Rong received some guidance from her mother, she was very tactful and said with a smile, "I just worried that I had offended Feng Jian before, and Aning was almost kidnapped. Now that I dared to set fire to the censor, wouldn't it be a thousand times more difficult than Feng Jian? If we hold grudges, we women don't go out much, I'm worried about our father and Aning."

Ling's face was indeed slightly stern. Thinking that what her little daughter said made sense, no matter how important the outsiders are, they are not as important as their own family. After thinking for a moment, she had no good idea, and then said, "Your sister has already gone to pick up the person. Forget it, take the person first and wait for your father to come back, let's discuss it."

Zhao Rong finally had nothing to say.

After Zhao Changqing came back, he told Ling about the clothes and bedding, "I saw that the Zheng family didn't steal anything. Old Mrs. Zheng was sick on the bed. The gentleman prescribed a prescription and said that he would pick them up when the old Mrs. Zheng faded out the heat in the evening. My mother packed two thicker quilts for me. The bedding in the inn was really thin. Take another set of grandmother's cotton coat and a set of your mother's cotton coat. I'll take it for Old Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng first. Don't be frozen in this cold day."

Ling is a person with no idea. He can manage his family regularly. If there is any accident, his IQ will not be enough. She knows that her eldest daughter is always independent. She told Zhao Rong's concerns first and asked worriedly, "We won't get angry, right?"

Zhao Changqing raised his eyebrows slightly, and didn't even look at Zhao Rong. He said to Ling, "It's not a trivial matter to burn half of the street with a fire, and even the people burned more than a dozen people to death. The magistrate is afraid of being difficult, and the yamen is not going to investigate. At night, even the inn on the opposite street heard the letter and opened the door in the middle of the night to invite those families who caught fire to go in and avoid it. Isn't the inn afraid of getting angry? Besides, Zheng Jingshi is now working with the magistrate and the magistrates to investigate the case. Don't be afraid of wolves and tigers in front of you, but the officialdom is in conflict. Who would burn half of the street directly to take care of human life? When I came out of the inn, I saw that Mr. Wang had taken a car over there, and this matter would not be good."

Ling's side felt relieved, "That's good, that's good! This kind of turtle that should be thundering is not easy to spare! Take clothes and bedding, right? I'm asking people to prepare."

Zhao Changqing said, "Don't forget to burn the kang in Aning's house."

Ling smiled, "You don't have to say this. I'll ask someone to bring out two more pieces of material and let the maids hurry up and come out with their clothes."

Zhao Rong secretly pinched the handkerchief and smiled, "Mom, Yihua is good at needlework, please ask Yihua to do it."

Zhao Changqing didn't say much and went to the old lady's courtyard. When the old lady heard about the Zheng family, she recited the Buddha a few times and said, "Good it's safe." She told Liu'er to take her clothes. Old lady Zhao said, "Get another cloak and take the thick collar with Changqing. You have to be careful when the wind and cold. Old Mrs. Zheng is old, so don't catch the wind anymore." She said to Zhao Changqing again, "Take the clothes and bedding first, and I'll cook a pot of hot millet porridge under the kitchen, make a few light side dishes, and I'll send it to you later."

Zhao Changqing responded with a smile and hurried to the inn with clothes, bedding, hands, stove, and feet.

Mr. Wang had the habit of going out for a walk every morning to eat breakfast. The fire was very big. The stall where he ate breakfast was quite close to the land where the fire broke out. He had not eaten breakfast at all, so he hurriedly took a bus over to see what was going on.

Lizi also sold buns nearby. When she heard that it had been burning half a street, she asked the guy to look at the stall and went to see it. After asking for a while, Lizi ran back to the breakfast stall and said, "Don't sell them except these customers. Fuzi Street has been burned halfway, and many neighbors have no food to eat after they escaped. How can they live in such a cold weather? I won't sell these buns today. I'll push them all for the neighbors to eat."

At that moment, some people who ate breakfast praised, "Brother Zhao is really kind and righteous!" Someone followed the words of praise from Lizi. Lizi bowed and said modestly, "It's just for the best of his ability, it's not worth it." He left a stall and took a boy to push the buns to do good deeds.

When Mr. Wang arrived at the place where the fire broke out, he saw Zheng Yan and the prefect were at the fire scene. He learned that Zheng Yan's family had also burned it. Mr. Wang asked how to resettle the family back to the Zheng family. Master Zheng said, "My mother is temporarily staying in the inn, and the old man is worried if he is in trouble."

Mr. Wang sighed, "How can I live in an inn in such a cold day? I still have a few rooms at home, so why not ask the women to live there for the time being."

Zheng Yan sighed, "I don't know how many people have lost their place to stay tonight, and my heart is cut off. The lord is kind, and the lord is grateful. The lord has already asked someone to find another place to live, and I will be able to move there soon."

Mr. Wang knew that he was not very slick, so that was the meaning of refusal. He asked the prefect how to resettle the affected population and took a bus back. Mrs. Wang said to Mr. Wang, "I don't know which bastard is a bastard who has no law, and does such a bad thing!"

Old Mrs. Wang asked, "Since Zheng's family was burned, what about his female family?"

"This Zheng Boyan is also a stone-headed person. I originally wanted to invite his old lady to live in our house, but he refused. Could it be that I suspected that the fire was released by me!"

Old Mrs. Wang sighed and advised, "It is common for us to move around the Zheng family, and it is reasonable for Lord Zheng to refuse. Since the Zheng family was burned, it would be better to get some things to send them over. The old lady of his family is a little older."

Mr. Wang said, "You see what you want to arrange."

The servants and maids of the Wang family were so energetic. Not only did they send the things, but they also found out a lot of things and came back. They reported in a lot of reports, "Old Mrs. Zheng was a little cold. Now she has asked the doctor to prescribe the prescription and take the medicine to rest. Mrs. Zheng also looked a little haggard. The eldest girl of the Zhao family was there, saying that she would take the person home to condition when the old Mrs. Zheng faded away at night. Mrs. Zheng said that the old Mrs. Xie gave her things, please don't worry about it. When the family affairs were settled, she would come to pay her respects to the old woman."

"Grandma Zhao family? Is it Changqing?" Old Mrs. Wang also knew that Zheng Ying and Zhao Changqing had a good relationship, and Zheng Ying and Zhao Changqing were also praised by Zhao Changqing.

The wife in charge laughed, "It's this Miss Zhao, the cousin of our third young grandmother's cousin."

Old Mrs. Wang nodded, "I understand, you go."

Mr. Wang asked, "What cousin's cousin's family?"

Old Mrs. Wang said, "It is the eldest girl who saved Miss Song and promoted to Baihu, Zhao Baihu's family, and the child who had previously married the Chu family."

The old Shangshu Wang then thought of Zhao Changqing and said, "They have a good relationship with the Zheng family? There are few people who can match Zheng Boyan's personality."

Old Mrs. Wang said, "Miss Zhao has a good relationship with the eldest girl from the Zheng Jingshi's family. This is because she heard the letter."

Mr. Wang praised, "Miss Zhao can take care of a handkerchief between a girl, which shows that she is indeed a kind and righteous person."

Old Mrs. Wang smiled, "Miss Zhao has been a good girl. A few days ago, her brother Zhuo's daughter-in-law took Ah Xia with her."

"If you are dating friends, it is better to have such a relationship." said Mr. Wang.

Mrs. Wang talked about ancient times, "The year we just came back, a lighthouse was set up on the Lantern Festival. Mrs. Chu and the prefect invited me to go. Didn't I go? I wrote the couplet hanging in your study, "Justice is only white hair." Many little girls were right, but they all had their own unsatisfactory points. Only Miss Zhao was the most accurate, and she was right, "The spring breeze is not the world's love." At that time, she was only in her teens. She said that she was a very spiritual girl, but her fortune was a little worse. She was married to the Chu family first, and whoever didn't envy her will know that the Chu family would be bad."

Mr. Wang stroked his beard and said, "This shows that Miss Zhao is lucky. If she had married into the Chu family early, she would have paid for her in vain." He asked again, "Do you think this girl is good?"

Old Mrs. Wang said, "Apart from being a little bit lacking in her background, she can be said to be full of all corners, especially her generous and calmness, which is very rare, and it is not inferior to the imperial capital."

Mr. Wang thought for a moment and asked, "My second family, Chun Ge'er, isn't she seventeen?"

Old Mrs. Wang understood what her husband meant, but she was a little hesitant and said, "I wonder if the second child and his wife are willing to do it? I'm afraid that I'll despise the Zhao family's background, but it's a pity that the other person's good girl."

Mr. Wang said, "Write a letter and ask, if you don't want to, it's Brother Chun who is not lucky."

Old Mrs. Wang agreed.

Zhao Changqing brought the Zheng family to live at home. Old Mrs. Zheng lost heat that day and Mrs. Zheng fell ill again. Fortunately, Mrs. Su was taking the pulse and taking medicine, and serving the hot soup and vegetables under the kitchen, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became safe in two days. Old Mrs. Zheng went to talk to Mrs. Zhao, and she was quite grateful in words, "If it weren't for your family's care, our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law wouldn't know what happened now."

Mrs. Zhao said, "Just take the initiative. Master Zheng's reputation is known to me as a woman who sits at home every day. Besides, the girls in our two families are as good as sisters. Master Zheng is a filial son, and he can only be at ease to become an official after you have to do it."

Old Mrs. Zheng sighed, "I never expected it anymore. Although we had encountered difficulties in Jiangnan in the past, we never did this again."

"This kind of bad species that is thundering thunder will never end well!"

The person who did such conscience was either someone else, or the brother-in-law of the prefect, the guy who took 100 taels to Chu Yu's yard and later resold 600 taels to Zhao Changqing.

The reason why Censor Zheng forced the prefect's brother-in-law to the point of being anxious was because Censor Zheng had been secretly investigating the Chu family's real estate being sold at a low price. No matter what, Censor Zheng had confiscated the house, and the antique artifacts, Censor Zheng didn't take a look at them, and he didn't know how much oil and water it was taken away. However, the real estate was recorded in the government. How could a house worth 500 taels be sold at 100 taels? The one sold was not someone else, but your prefect's brother-in-law?

Of course, this house is just a drop in the bucket, and it also involves many large-scale real estate transactions, which are quite tricky.

Zheng Jingshi worked as a part-time detective, and he was still ruthless. He was also a selfless person, and he did not enter the world except the truth. The prefect's brother-in-law was afraid of implicating his brother-in-law. He thought about not doing anything, so he simply burned the Zheng surname to death to death.

I didn't want to burn the fire too much, and the fire took advantage of the wind and burned most of the streets.

The prefect found out that his brother-in-law was on his head, and he also fell into silence.

Regardless of the matters of the government, the selfless Lord Zheng has a good impression of the Zhao family. It is not only because Zhao Changqing has a good relationship with Zheng Ying, but because the Zhao family has arranged old lady Zheng and Mrs. Zheng, but because Zhao Yong saved Miss Song. This girl Song has a father like a god, Song Rong and Song Zixi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Song Rong and Zheng Yan have a good relationship with Zheng Yan, but Zheng Yan travels around the world, and has a low position, so he cannot be compared with Song Rong. However, friendship is friendship. Zheng Yan doesn't say it, and he is very grateful for Zhao Yong's rescue of Song Rong's daughter, so he accepted the kindness of the Zhao family.

Nowadays, both mother and daughter-in-law are recuperating in the Zhao family. Although Zheng Jingshi is busy with the case, he often meets Zhao Yong. Zhao Yong may not be as good as Zheng Jingshi, but he is born with a good temperament and a martial artist, and he is very straightforward. The two of them are both literary and military, but they are unexpectedly able to talk about it.

?#~@ In the east wing, I also met Zhao Changning and Zhao Changyu. I felt that the Zhao family was not bad. Especially the most changed were the Li Zi and Li Guo brothers. Zheng Jingshi knew the case of Li Huaer clearly. For nothing else, Zhao Changqing and Zheng Ying were familiar with him. He went to the Zheng family to save the country and talked about how hard Li Huaer was when he was young and how he had to force him to do so.

However, in the opinion of Zheng Jingshi, no matter how forced Li Zi, he could kill his father and uncle three lives, Xiao Li Huaer herself was definitely not a good person. When he saw Li Zi, Zheng Jingshi was shocked and said, "Aren't you the boy who gives people free buns?" When he knew Li Zi was actually Xiao Li Huaer's younger brother, Zheng Jingshi had to sigh inwardly, "This pair of siblings is very different, and cannot be compared."

What a good person Zhao Lizi is? This boy went out to make a living when he was young. He was the most observant person. When he saw Zheng Jingshi's appearance, he could guess five or six out of ten. However, Lizi did not defend his sister's affairs, but instead said with the flow, "The boy often sells buns to make a living, and is often taken care of by his neighbors. The neighbors suffered such a disaster. Even if the boy could do so, he would be too heartless if he ignored him."

Jingshi Zheng immediately looked at Zhao Lizi with admiration and encouraged him a few words, which was another surprise.

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