coobybook Chapter 276 Magistrate Jiang's Bad Days
Chapter 276 Magistrate Jiang's Bad Days
Shen Desheng returned to the inn and saw his familiar fellow villagers. They hugged each other and burst into tears again. All the tears he had cried in his life were shed in one night.
Shen Nanzhi ignored them and let them vent. Men need to cry too. He went back to the room and thought about how to break the situation.
Now that Shen Nanzhi knew that County Magistrate Jiang was so disregarding the lives of the victims, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
There were indeed some cowardly and despicable people among the victims, but there were even more innocent women, children and the first to be abandoned.
You could say she was a saint or a nosy person, but Shen Nanzhi just couldn't bear to see such a tragedy in the world, and she couldn't let a despicable and shameless person like County Magistrate Jiang have an easy life.
Shen Nanzhi was so angry that she had a heart attack, but she was a chivalrous person at heart and couldn't stand seeing injustice in the world.
However, she would not come forward herself and implicate the villagers, so she would make full use of Yang Lingzhao's name.
He found the post from County Magistrate Jiang, wrote a reply, and made an appointment to meet him to see how he would deal with him, the son of a prefect.
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County Magistrate Jiang has been feeling uneasy these days. Young Master Yang has met many merchants and gentry, but he has not met the Magistrate, the father of the country. What does that mean?
The disaster victims caused trouble again last night, but fortunately they were reported and stopped in time. However, the person involved ran away, which made County Magistrate Jiang even more worried.
At this moment, Jiang's mother came, looking like she was going to accuse him, which made County Magistrate Jiang particularly annoyed. It must be about the things in the inner house again.
"Mother, it's so cold and it's so hard to be out here. If you need anything, just tell me and I'll go see you."
Jiang Mu had high cheekbones and no flesh on her cheeks. Her skin was loose and darkened with age. Her narrowed eyes were particularly shrewd. She looked particularly mean and said in a sarcastic tone, "I have to wait until you are free, too. You are so busy now. How many days have you not greeted me?"
County Magistrate Jiang said, "You also know that I am busy. What can't wait?"
"Can't wait any longer."
Mother Jiang sat down, looking determined to achieve her goal, which made Magistrate Jiang even more worried. "So what do you want?"
Jiang's mother began to complain: "Why don't you take care of your daughter-in-law? She gave birth to a grandson and didn't let me take care of him. She also said that she should feed the baby herself and didn't even need the wet nurse I arranged. What does she mean by this?
After being away for a month, the child was born. The child was premature. Can I keep him alive?
We can’t let her spoil our Jiang family’s grandson. She sent everyone she sent back. Even when I went in person, she ignored me. Does she still have me as her mother-in-law in her eyes?”
County Magistrate Jiang was not in the mood to care about these things now. "She is in confinement now. Let's talk about these things after she is done. It is unreasonable for you to find fault with her now."
He also knew that his mother was just looking for trouble, but for the sake of family harmony, he had to let Gao be patient. After all, she was his own mother.
Mother Jiang looked at her with disdain: "What's so great about confinement? What woman doesn't confine herself? The guards and maids I sent out are all gone, and even the maids were sold to her. Do you think she discovered something?"
This is what Jiang's mother was worried about. County Magistrate Jiang was suspicious, "No way? Mother, you are worrying too much. It's snowing outside and the mountains are blocked. They are able to come back because they met a group of young people to help them. Otherwise, they would be trapped outside and who knows what would happen."
Jiang's mother always focuses on different things. "A group of teenagers? What kind of teenagers? Could they be the helpers that Gao has hired? Do you believe everything she says?"
Magistrate Jiang thought of Shen Nanzhi's handsome features, young and handsome, full of vigor, and said, "No way, my son knows Gao's itinerary. There are also people with my son around her. She has no contact with the capital. The post stations are closed in the winter, so there is no way to communicate. Mother, please don't think too much.
I really have something going on here. If I get it wrong, I might even lose my job. Can you please stop making things worse for now?"
Jiang's mother was even more dissatisfied: "What's the point of marrying a daughter-in-law from a rich family? Isn't it still the same as being a poor county magistrate in this poor corner?
Your wife doesn't have you in her heart, otherwise she would help you find a good official position. You just don't understand women."
What can County Magistrate Jiang do? He can at least force Gao to run for it, right? He still has some dignity left.
Mother Jiang continued, "Gao is not right this time. She even refused to pay me. Please send more food and charcoal to Changle Lane. It's so cold, don't let the whole family get frozen."
"My son took note of it."
Changle Alley had sent messages several times asking him to come over, but County Magistrate Jiang had no time to appease them, and perhaps he could not wait any longer, so he reported the matter to the old lady.
There really is nothing that goes smoothly.
After sending Jiang's mother away, the master came in happily, took out a reply letter, and said, "Young Master Yang has replied and asked us to meet."
"When? Where is the appointment?"
County Magistrate Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. Whether he lived or died, Young Master Yang had come up with a rule. He was always hanging like this, making him unable to sleep or eat.
It's like there's a knife hanging over your head, and you don't know when it will fall.
"Tomorrow at noon, we will have dinner at Qingfenglou."
"Okay, let County Magistrate Zhao and Chief Secretary Wu go with me."
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While Shen Nanzhi made an appointment with County Magistrate Jiang, he also sent a letter to Madam Gao, visiting her and the children, and also testing her feelings. After all, County Magistrate Jiang was now her husband.
Mrs. Gao now ignores everything and concentrates on her confinement. All the housekeepers in the household go to the old lady to report. She has also taken back all the money from the public treasury and no longer takes care of the family's food and drink.
Jiang's mother sent people to question her, but she sent them away. After all, she was the legitimate daughter of the Gao family, and the servants didn't dare to do anything to her.
Jiang's mother could use filial piety to kidnap her and force her to compromise, but she didn't dare to really use violence, otherwise she would really break up with the Gao family and would not be able to explain to them.
After a few days of recuperation, Gao looked much better and was able to walk. A charcoal basin was lit in the room, making it as warm as spring. Shen Nanzhi came in and quickly took off his cloak because it was too hot.
This time she dressed up as a woman. After all, Mrs. Gao was a woman living in the inner house. If she rashly met a man from outside the house, it would give Jiang's mother the opportunity to get angry.
Madam Liu said happily, "Miss Shen, you are finally here. Our Madam and Miss have been talking about you every day."
"Thank you for your concern. How is the child?"
Gao brought the child to her and said, "He has grown a bit, thanks to the ginseng you took to nourish his body. I have enough milk now, and he looks even better. If Miss Shen wasn't a girl, I would have wanted the child to recognize you as his godmother. You saved his life."
Shen Nanzhi hugged him. He was indeed fair and pretty. His chubby appearance was so charming that it made people melt. "I can't be a godmother. I get scared when I hear the word. I don't want to be a mother to anyone other than my own child."
Madam Liu brought tea and snacks and asked, "Why is this? Miss Shen looks young, is she married?"
"It's a long story..."
Shen Nanzhi did not shy away from talking about her family's affairs, which made Mrs. Gao feel distressed. "So your life is so hard. This world is so unfair to us women. It's amazing that you are still so cheerful and kind. If it were me, I would definitely not be as good as you."
Mrs. Gao felt a little emotional. Miss Shen was a country girl, but she was so cruel as to abandon her scholar husband and return home. She didn't have the courage that Miss Shen had.