When he felt a small piece of paper in his hand, Han Zimo subconsciously clenched his fist. When he heard Jiujiu's words, he quickly nodded, "I know. Sister-in-law, please wait for a moment. I'll be back soon."
Han Zimo quickly left after he finished speaking.
Without the letter, they naturally had to take a break.
Because of Aunt Wang's words yesterday, the old couple from the Lu family felt that Jiujiu's matter was in the bag. Therefore, when they looked at Jiujiu, their eyes did not have the concern of their parents and the pretense of friendliness yesterday. Instead, they returned to their previous attitude of superiority.
Even Jiujiu's mother was still nagging in her ears, "Xiu 'an, listen to me. That Philanthropist Li has countless treasures and is kind enough to marry you. You should marry him."
Her words sounded as if Jiujiu was climbing up the social ladder by marrying Li Gui.
However, in the eyes of the old couple from the Lu family, she was now a widow with a reputation of bringing misfortune to her husband. Her only use was marrying Li Gui.
Marrying Li Gui in exchange for money was definitely climbing up the social ladder. After all, in their hearts, money was much more valuable than Jiujiu, their money-losing daughter.
Jiujiu sneered, "Since that Great Philanthropist Li is so good, why don't Mother remarry to him? I think that Great Philanthropist Li is kind-hearted and will definitely not dislike Mother's withered appearance and not be older than him."
Lu Xiu's mother looked at Jiujiu with an ugly expression. She shut her mouth and did not speak to her anymore.
In her opinion, Jiujiu was already a grasshopper in autumn. She would not be able to jump around for a few more days. It did not matter if she was allowed to be arrogant for a while more.
After a while, Han Zimo arrived. To Jiujiu's surprise, not only did Han Zimo come alone, but he also brought a middle-aged man in a black robe.
The middle-aged man was of average height and appearance. However, there was a sense of righteousness in him. He looked more like an official than the county magistrate who was sitting at the top.
The moment he saw the middle-aged man, the county magistrate, who had been sitting calmly in the court, turned pale. He hurriedly walked down the court and bowed, shouting, "Greetings, magistrate."
"No need for formalities, no need for formalities." With a kind smile on his face, the magistrate hurriedly raised his hand to signal for the county magistrate to stand up. Then, he said to Han Zimo who was standing beside him, "I'm here to visit incognito. You can continue with the case."
The bad feeling that he had when he saw Han Zimo came true once again. The county magistrate was still thinking about how to change the document to be invalid. At this moment, when he saw the magistrate opening the document and looking at it carefully, the county magistrate knew that he would not be able to do it today.
After the prefectural magistrate finished reading, he asked someone to pass the document to the county magistrate so that he could read it clearly.
With the document, no matter how eloquent the Lu couple was, it would be useless. It was written clearly in black and white, not to mention the bright red handprint. No matter what they said, it would be useless.
The magistrate stood at the side and watched. Even if the county magistrate had the guts, he wouldn't dare to twist the facts. He could only declare Jiujiu innocent. On the other hand, the old couple from the Lu family was fined three coins of silver because they were spouting nonsense.
If they could get their hands on Jiujiu's marriage rights, they would be willing to pay three taels of silver, let alone three coins of silver.
However, the problem was that they went for wool and came home shorn. They did not get their hands on Jiujiu's marriage rights before they got married. Instead, they were fined silver.
Three coins of silver was not a lot, but for the Lu couple who loved money as much as their life, it was like a bolt from the blue. They did not expect that they would change their mind in such a short time. Not only was Jiujiu not in the wrong, but they were also fined silver.
After it was over, Jiujiu casually stuffed the letter into her sleeve. Thanks to the two elders of the Lu family, everyone in Ling 'an town knew that she had the letter. As long as she did not want to get married, she could be alone for the rest of her life. Therefore, there was no point in having the letter. However.
Jiujiu looked at Han Zimo and thanked him sincerely, "Thank you."
Han Zimo raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said softly, "Sister-in-law, you are too polite."
He helped Jiujiu because Jiujiu was a smart woman. He could not bear to let her fall into the hands of the Lu couple. Secondly, he still needed Jiujiu to help him stabilize the people's hearts. Therefore, now that Jiujiu could not return to the Lu family, he went to the magistrate and said that he was helping Jiujiu. It was better to say that he was helping himself.
Jiujiu naturally knew why Han Zimo would help her, but at the end of the day, Han Zimo had helped her.
However, after making such a scene with the Lu family in the court today, she could not stay here any longer. Jiujiu sighed and said to Han Zimo, "I can't stay here any longer. I don't know when brother will go to Bianzhou?"
"Sister-in-law, you agree to go to Bianzhou with me?" Han Zimo thought that it would take a few days to persuade Jiujiu to go to Bianzhou. He did not expect it to be so fast. He could not help but show some joy on his face and quickly said, "If you are in a hurry, we will set off in three days, okay?"
Jiujiu naturally nodded and agreed without any objection.
Back home, before Jiujiu could start to pack up, the door was knocked again. When Jiujiu opened the door, she saw the three members of the Lu family with ugly faces.
Yesterday, in order to make this case more convincing, the Lu couple did not hesitate to hurt the leg of their precious Lu Quanan. In order to make the effect more realistic, they did not call a doctor for Lu Quanan yesterday and let him be in pain all night.
However, now Jiujiu's marriage rights were not in their hands and they were fined money. In order to treat Lu Quanan's leg, they also spent a lot of money. The most important thing was that Jiujiu could not marry Li Gui in exchange for the money. When the Lu couple thought of this, they felt particularly pained.
The more they thought about it, the angrier they got. They directly came here to find Jiujiu to settle the score.
Father Lu's face was ugly and aggressive: "Lu Xiuan, you actually colluded with another man to do such a thing. Tell me, what is your relationship with him?
Father Lu did not believe that Han Zimo was really Li Chungang's sworn brother. If they were really sworn brothers, why did he know when Li Chungang died? If they were really sworn brothers, why did Han Zimo not come when Li Chungang got married? If they were really sworn brothers, why did Han Zimo only come when Li Chungang was about to die? Thinking of this, the more Father Lu looked at Jiujiu and Han Zimo, the more suspicious he felt. Thinking of this, he felt that when Jiujiu asked him and Mother Lu to sign the divorce agreement, it was all for today.
The three members of the Lu family did not come with good intentions. Father Lu's face was ashen and his questioning was aggressive. Although he was questioning, in his heart, he had already determined that Jiujiu was related to Han Zimo. He only asked this to confirm it.
Jiujiu did not expect that Father Lu would say such words to ruin her reputation when he could not get her marriage rights.
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