Li Mo and Song Dashan stayed in the Captain's Mansion for another night, and packed up their things and prepared to go home early the next morning.
The scene was so serious when they were taken away that day. Meizi and the two children must have been frightened to death. They haven’t been home for two days. They haven’t heard from them. They don’t know what to worry about. They can’t stay any longer. They have to hurry up go back.
Song Dashan drove the donkey cart, carrying Li Mo, back home, and behind him, Sima Haoran followed with a group of people.
Li Mo reckoned that this was going to trouble the county magistrate, and sure enough, after arriving in the town, Sima Haoran went directly to the county government office with his troops, and only asked Song Dashan to wait for his news.
Song Dashan and Sima Haoran agreed, and drove Li Mo back home in a donkey cart.
The courtyard door of the house was open, and Song Dashan drove the donkey cart back into the courtyard.
Guessing that she heard the sound from the yard, Meizi was the first to rush out, and when she saw Li Mo and Song Dashan, she opened her eyes wide and burst into tears, as if she couldn't believe it and shouted: "Brother , Sister-in-law, it’s you, you’re back!”
Little Treasure who ran out following Meizi didn't say anything, just rushed to Li Mo like a small cannonball, hugged Li Mo's leg tightly, and said with a choked voice, "Mother, mother, mother... "
Li Mo's tears flowed from Xiao Bao's calling his mother over and over again, and she quickly hugged Xiao Bao into her arms and kissed his face to comfort him, "Good boy, mother and father are back, everything is fine, don't be afraid Already."
But Xiao Bao still hugged Li Mo's neck firmly, as if he was going to lose it in a second.
Li Mo's heartache was unbearable, this time, she really scared the child.
Meizi and Tiezi ran up to Xiaoshu with their arms in their arms, both of them looked haggard.
Meizi looked at Li Mo and then at Song Dashan, making sure that they had come back intact, and said in a trembling voice, "Sister-in-law, you really came back safely! We couldn't find you anyway, and we really don't know if you will come back or not." What should we do, we are going crazy!"
Song Dashan patted Meizi and Tiezi on the shoulders, "It's okay, we are back, everything will be fine in the future, don't worry." He said, leading a few people into the house, "Come on, let's go into the house Say more."
Several people entered the room and sat around the table. Only then did Song Dashan tell the whole story of the past two days.
The children didn't understand, but Meizi and Tiezi felt ups and downs when they heard it.
After Song Dashan finished speaking, Meizi slammed down the table angrily, "This county magistrate is really too bad. If my brother didn't know the newly appointed Captain, our family would have been really miserable this time."
Tie Zi blamed himself very much, "We really scared us to death this time. It's all because I was not at home at the time. Otherwise, brother would not have been injured so badly by himself, and sister-in-law would not have been taken away so easily."
Li Mo said: "Okay, okay, don't blame yourself, this time is considered a blessing in misfortune, the most important thing is that the family is safe and sound together, don't say anything, let's cook a few dishes to celebrate at noon Let’s get rid of bad luck for our family.”
Meizi immediately stood up, "That's the reason, I'm going to prepare the dishes right now, sister-in-law, you and your brother have a good rest, it's fine for me and Tiezi to come, we must celebrate at noon today."
Meizi and Tiezi went to the back to prepare meals, Li Mo asked Song Dashan about Sima Haoran, "Dashan, what is Sima planning to do with the county magistrate? He should not have the right to move the county magistrate, if he insists , will it bring trouble to Sima?"
It stands to reason that this matter is not a big mistake for the county magistrate. In the eyes of the people above, it is probably a small mistake worth mentioning. Even if it is reported to the court, it will not be punished. Even if it is punished, It is not under the supervision of the captain, because Li Mo is afraid that Sima's forcible management of this matter will cause him trouble.
Song Dashan took Li Mo's hand and said: "If this matter is done in a formal manner, it is indeed not a big deal, and the county magistrate will not be punished, but Sima's family background is unusual. To ordinary people like us, the county magistrate is above all. He is a senior official who can control our life and death, but for Sima, it is very easy to punish him. Sima has no plans to do anything to Nazhi County today, just to scare him, and the real punishment will come later." Said, He smiled heavily, "The magistrate will never want to be promoted in this life, and don't even want to be here in front of his comfortable parents. At that time, there will be a good place for him to go. I'm afraid he won't be able to succeed at that time." His majesty."
Hearing what Song Dashan said, Li Mo could roughly guess what Sima was going to do to the county magistrate, and only felt a bad breath.
As a result, not long after the family had dinner, Sima Haoran brought his troops over. What was even more unexpected was that the magistrate also followed, and was thrown into the house by Sima Haoran with his collar.
Before the county magistrate could stand still, he immediately knelt down with a "plop", and before Li Mo and Song Dashan could react, they kowtowed hard several times.
"Song Xianggong, Song Lady, I'm sorry, it's my fault, it's all my fault, I'm just a parent's official in vain, please forgive me a lot, I'm willing to make it up to you."
Li Mo was a little dazed, she couldn't react to the sudden cowardly look of the person who was bullying them before. A dignified parent official kneels down and kowtows to ordinary people like them to admit their mistakes, without any regard for face, what kind of frightened person is this
Looking at the county magistrate who was still kneeling on the ground, and Sima Haoran who was leisurely drinking tea, it was the first time that Li Mo experienced the great benefits brought by power and status under the ancient feudal system.
This is power, this is status. In front of people who are more powerful than you, you have to hide, you have to let go of your dignity, and you have to be manipulated by others. They used to be at the bottom. When faced with the magistrate's power, they could only succumb and be hurt. But in the face of a higher power, those who hurt them also bowed their heads and were also powerless.
This is the cruel feudal system.
After letting the county magistrate repent and admit his mistakes for a while, Sima Haoran said, "Okay, stop kneeling, any more kneeling will not make up for the harm you have caused the common people, get up."
The magistrate looked at Sima Haoran in fear, and stood up tremblingly when he heard the words, "Yes, yes, what your lord said is yes, I will make up for my mistakes. This is my compensation to Song Xianggong's family." He said from his arms He took out a stack of silver bills and handed them to Song Dashan tremblingly, "Mr. Song, it's all my fault that I was confused for a moment, and then I did such a wrong thing, which caused you and your wife to suffer. This is what I give to you." Compensation, you must accept it."
Li Mo looked at the stack of bank notes in front of her, and looked carefully at them curiously. This is the first time she has seen what a bank note looks like when she comes here. There is an amount on it, and each bank note is one hundred taels.
This is too much money. For an ordinary peasant family, all the savings of a family can add up to only a few dozen taels at most. Seeing so many banknotes at once is really a big shock. I had a lot of money, so I didn't feel anything special.
Song Dashan looked at the bank note that the magistrate insisted on handing over, but did not accept it, but looked at Sima Haoran.
This money is too much, even if compensation is needed, it doesn’t need to be so much, medical expenses plus other compensation, at most twenty taels, if this is so much money from the magistrate, it feels like accepting a bribe from him, when the time comes Can Sima punish the magistrate again
As if he knew Song Dashan's concerns, Sima Haoran smiled and said: "Dashan, this is the compensation you should get, you were beaten so badly by his men, and your sister-in-law was also injured, how can you pay for it?" You just need to take a good rest, shouldn’t the county magistrate compensate for this loss? Are you right, magistrate?”
The magistrate's face was dripping with sweat, and he didn't have time to wipe it off, so he nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, yes, I should compensate, I must compensate, please accept the money, if I don't accept it, I will have trouble sleeping and eating."
"This..." Song Dashan looked at Li Mo.
Li Mo is not the Holy Mother. The whole family was scared to death by this incident. Song Dashan was beaten to the point of being injured all over. She will not be able to recover within a few months. She hated the magistrate to the core, and even It is impossible to refuse the so-called compensation, which should have been given to their family.
But Li Mo knows that the real punishment is yet to come. Sima Haoran is going to give the county magistrate the biggest punishment in his official position. There will be no good fruit behind the magistrate. Therefore, the hatred in her heart can be calmed down. There is no such thing as taking money to get rid of hatred, so this compensation should be taken, but she will only take what she deserves.
According to the modern compensation method, the medical expenses plus the subsequent nutrition expenses plus the loss of work plus the family's mental damage expenses do not exceed one hundred taels, and they only need to accept a bank note.
Li Mo said to Song Dashan: "Dashan, we deserve the compensation, but we don't need so much, just accept one."
Song Dashan fully supported Li Mo, and as expected, he only accepted one bank note, and said to the county magistrate, "We deserve this money, take back the extra money, we can't bear it."
"This..." Seeing that Song Dashan refused to accept all of it, the magistrate immediately looked at Sima Haoran in fear, not knowing what to do now.
Sima Haoran looked at Li Mo, with a flash of appreciation in his eyes, and nodded to the magistrate, "Since my brother and sister-in-law only charge so much, you can take back the rest."
Hearing what Sima Haoran said, the county magistrate heaved a sigh of relief, took back the remaining bank notes, guessing that the matter was almost over, looked at Sima Haoran expectantly, and said flatteringly: "My lord, this matter is over." Right? You won't pursue it any further?"
Sima Haoran raised his eyelids and glanced at the county magistrate, smiled inexplicably, and waved his hands, "You don't need to stay here anymore, go back, I have my own arrangements later."
The magistrate didn't get a clear answer, feeling uneasy, and couldn't help asking: "This... my lord..."
Sima Haoran sharpened his eyebrows and stared straight at the magistrate, making him tremble in fright, he didn't dare to say any more, and immediately turned around and ran away.
It wasn't until the county magistrate disappeared that Song Dashan sat down with a smile and patted Sima Haoran on the shoulder, "Sima, you really helped me with this matter, thank you."
Li Mo also gave a blessing to Sima Haoran, "Sima, thank you, we are very grateful."
Seeing that both brother and sister-in-law expressed their thanks, Meizi and Tiezi hurriedly followed suit.
Sima Haoran frowned, and said impatiently: "Don't do this, I'm most annoyed by this, if you continue to do this, I will be angry."
Song Dashan understood Sima Haoran's temper, and said with a smile: "Okay, no thanks, no thanks, but we have nothing to entertain you when you come here, you can stay and have a meal, when you arrive at my house, no matter what Can't skip a meal."
Sima Haoran nodded readily this time, "Okay, of course you can eat."
Hearing this, Li Mo immediately recruited Tie Zi, "Tie Zi, you can also drive a car, you can go to the town now, buy some meat, buy two fish, and bring back some big jars of wine. A few of my subordinates want to eat too."
Tie Zi nodded, "Sister-in-law, I know, don't worry if you leave it to me."
Tiezi went to the town, Li Mo asked Song Dashan to take Sima Haoran to the flower garden behind to talk by the way, and she took Meizi to Aunt Zhao's house, borrowed enough tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks, and asked Aunt Lanhua to come over by the way Help, there are too many people at night, and I have to cook two tables of dishes. If there are fewer people, I will be too busy.
After going to Aunt Zhao's house, the Zhao family naturally greeted Li Mo. The incident was so big that day that the whole village knew about it, but they didn't know what was going on. Some people speculated that Li Mo's family had offended a big shot.
The Zhao family was also worried for several days because of this.
Li Mo explained as simply as possible, only saying that the nobleman helped to escape the danger, but did not specify Sima Haoran's identity.
Aunt Zhao learned that Li Mo and Song Dashan were fine, and she was going to entertain the distinguished guests tonight, so she naturally tried her best to help, took out all the good dishes and chopsticks at home, asked Zhao Changbang to send the tables and chairs directly, and asked the two daughters-in-law to help .
With the help of the two sister-in-laws, the work was very busy, and the two tables of sumptuous meals were prepared before dark.
Li Mo's family sat at the same table with Sima Haoran, and Sima Haoran's subordinates sat at the same table.
Song Dashan filled Sima Haoran with wine, "Brother, thank you for your kindness, I respect you for this bowl of wine!" He raised his head and drank it.
Sima Haoran laughed, and followed suit to drink a bowl, "Okay, have fun! We used to drink like this when we were in the barracks."
Song Dashan smiled, then poured wine for Sima Haoran, "Then let's drink well today, and we won't go home if we don't get drunk."
"Okay, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home."
At the end of the meal, both Song Dashan and Sima Haoran blushed from drinking, having a great time.
Li Mo originally wanted to stay with them for one night, but Sima Haoran shook his head and refused, "I still have work to do tomorrow, so don't delay, I have to go back to the city tonight, thank you sister-in-law for your kindness, I will come again next time I am free Drink with Dashan."
After speaking, he hugged Song Dashan and told him to look for him next time he went to the city.
Li Mo didn't want to keep him anymore, and together with Song Dashan sent Sima Haoran out of the village. In the night, he watched a group of people leave the village and gradually disappeared from sight.
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