"Catch grasshoppers, trade grasshoppers, catch grasshoppers, catch grasshoppers, get eggs …"
It was drizzling. A woman with a tired face, but her eyes were filled with joy as she led her two children across the bridge over the Luo River.
She held a large new umbrella, covering her eight year old son. Her ten year old eldest son held the umbrella for himself.
The younger son held a bunch of grasshoppers strung with grass and sang a nursery rhyme.
The eldest son was reciting the contents of the Analects of Confucius, something like, 'A gentleman is circumspect but not circumspect, a villain is circumspect but not circumspect.'
As the woman listened to the nursery rhyme, she seemed to recall something. "It's been four years. Back then, he came to solve the locust plague in Shandong. Now, locusts are hard to find. Today, he came back to relieve my husband of his imprisonment. "
Plop! A fish jumped out of the water and dove back in.
"Mother! Can my brother and I go to school next year? "The older child reciting the Analects of Confucius tilted his umbrella to the side and turned his head to ask his mother.
Without waiting for the woman to answer, Huang Bai spoke first. "Yes. Let the school know and take down the two lecturers. When you go back, no one will dare say anything about you. "
"Many thanks to Li Dongzhu." The woman hurriedly expressed her thanks.
Her husband was imprisoned, and the children were attacked by the other children in school. The lecturers should have disciplined them, but they tacitly allowed it.
Even if the children's father pushed someone else's cow down a hill to its death, he should have paid compensation, and he should have been sentenced.
It was not a crime of being implicated, so how could he be implicated?
As a result, the two lecturers were disciplined, and the other students who spoke ill of the two children were beaten. If they were not convinced, they were forced to withdraw from school.
"Is my husband well?" The woman thought of the suffering her children had suffered in school, and also worried about whether her husband had suffered.
"He'll be able to go home in a few days. Today, Dongzhu invited you to eat crabs together." Ge Yan did not directly answer.
In the middle of the night, he had been beaten like a tiger. His fingers had been fractured, and there were still stitched wounds on his body.
When the family of four met, the two children cried out "Father", tears streaming down their faces.
The woman saw that her husband's body was wrapped in gauze in more than ten places. He sat there laughing foolishly. Her tears rolled back, but she forced them back.
"Many people beat you up?" The woman recognized plaster casts. It was written in medical books that doctors in Luoyang would apply plaster casts on people with fractures.
"I couldn't talk them out of it at night. I thought about it, and I didn't want them to sleep, so I roared and scared them. Hehe! "
If the man wasn't afraid now, who would dare to hit her? He was going to work for Li Dongzhu in the future.
"Dad, did you learn to bark like Dumb Insect again?" The child wiped his tears. Seeing that his father's condition seemed to be fine, he was relieved.
"In the future, you two will practice with me. Li Dongzhu wants to use this ability. Eat the crabs, hurry up and eat the crabs. "
The man was in a good mood when he saw his wife and child, even though he was in so much pain that he was numb.
The pain of the wound was not as bad as stitches. After the stitches, the wound would swell and the dressing had to be changed.
It would take a while for the fractured finger to recover.
Fortunately, the weather was cool, so it wasn't that bad.
"Silly boy, aren't you going to eat?" The man's wife looked around and found a basin. She brought the child over to wash his hands.
"If you don't let me eat it, I can't say that I'm eating crabs.
In the future, you can do easy work at home and rent out the land. Don't ask for rent.
Li Dongzhu started to pay me 20 yuan a month. He told me to practice the sounds of animals. "
The silly boy was called Zhang Han, just like his name.
With money, his body didn't hurt as much anymore!
"Why is he paid 20 yuan?" Zhang Han's wife couldn't figure it out. Her family didn't have much money. Otherwise, why would they borrow a cow from someone else?
"I don't know. Anyway, Li Dongzhu wants me." Zhang Han shook his head.
Then, he suddenly remembered something. "Li Dongzhu wants the cow. He said that if we lost the cow, he would pay us back. The cow is his. He asked where the dead cow went."
"The cow was taken away by the yamen. How can he give it to us? We can't give Li Dongzhu the cow. What should we do? "The woman began to worry.
"It's okay. My Dongzhu will personally ask the yamen for the cow. My Prime Minister Dongzhu is magnanimous. He wins people over with virtue and is easy to talk to."
Huang Bai knew that someone was going to be unlucky. The dead cow could be sold for meat and hide.
The yamen took it away and it would be divided. As for Zhang Han, what could he do?
Try to change it to Chang An? If he dared to do that, there would be students who would help the people fight a lawsuit.
… …
"Brother Yang, you've worked hard for the people. Take a seat. We haven't seen each other in a while. Also, brothers."
Li Yi saw an old friend. It was Yang Li, the secretary he met the first time he came to Luoyang and the people he brought with him.
Now that Yang Li had become the deputy district magistrate, his treatment had improved.
"Doctor Li is the one who serves the country and the people." Yang Li sat down nervously. Li Yi was a fourth-rank official back then.
Now, it wasn't a matter of rank. Li Yi's words were the most effective in the imperial court.
The people of Shannan East Road were indebted to Li Yi. The locust plague had turned into a great harvest.
It was not easy to find a grasshopper now. The children could exchange a hundred grasshoppers for a coin.
It was a pity to feed chickens and ducks.
"Eat crabs. There will be more crabs in the future. When the time comes, we can bring them home for our brothers."
Li Yi was almost done eating. If he didn't eat, how would the others eat?
Due to the difference in status, everyone tried their best to relax. They started eating crabs and drinking wine in small mouthfuls for fear of getting drunk.
After each person had eaten about three crabs, Li Yi asked, "Who is responsible for the death of a cow?"
"Cow? Doctor Li wants to eat cow? "Yang Li reacted quickly.
"No, I found a new person. He said that he pushed someone else's cow down the hill and asked for money as compensation. I helped him pay back the money. The cow should be mine."
Li Yi said slowly. He looked at Yang Li. If Yang Li took the cow, he would give him a warning. He was not allowed to cheat the people.
"Zhang Han?" Yang Li said his name.
"Brother Yang, you know him?" Li Yi nodded slightly.
"That cow … Everyone will share it. The county magistrate will take care of it. He will take the lion's share. The rest will be cooked by everyone. He can't drink it alone."
Yang Li's face changed. He lowered his voice. He wanted to give up his brother first.
"Compensate the cow. 101 cows. Those who want to eat them have to pay. As for the rest of you, forget about it. You are worth a cow. I will take a hundred. "
Li Yi did not force the other party to hand over a dead cow. He also stripped them of their positions. The other party was indeed familiar with the local situation.
Since he needed a general amnesty, he could use this as an excuse to punish them lightly. If they ate a dead cow, they would return a hundred.
"Doctor Li, do you want a dead cow or a live cow?" One of the bailiffs asked.
"Of course a live cow. How can there be a hundred dead cows? The cows are alive and well. How can they die because of my words? "Li Yi smiled and said.
He wanted to make these people lose a lot of money. If not, they would be charged with theft. It would be considered an organized crime.
After stealing, they would be charged with dereliction of duty and other crimes.
"Thank you Doctor Li. Doctor Li, we won't dare to do it again."
The other bailiff was afraid and relieved. Luckily, he had met Li Yi and did not offend him.
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