There is already a little summer in the air. Early summer in Fengyang Prefecture is coming. The fragrance and soft warmth are flashing everywhere on the earth. The sky is so blue and the sun is so bright. Willow catkins explode and velvet flowers fly up and down in the air. The heat dances on the gradually yellowing wheat tips. There are bright smiles in the farmland everywhere. The Ming Dynasty in June of the 23rd year of Hongwu is about to usher in a harvest season.

That afternoon, a carriage bypassed Yuanbao Mountain and drove quickly on the wide official road. From Peking to Fengyang, Li Weizheng and the other two returned home with a good journey. They walked thousands of miles in just twenty days and entered the Fengyang territory. There were many acquaintances here, so Ye Zitong placed the horse in the horse shop in Fengyang and rented a carriage home.

Li Wei was riding on the horse and looking at the wheat waves that were undulating with the wind, and his heart was filled with relief. After half a year, he finally returned home and returned to his hometown in Linhuai County. He was preparing to rest at home for three days, and then set off for the capital. There was also a mute girl, so he also wanted to ask someone to take her back.

Contrary to Li Weizheng's joy, the sooner Ye Zitong arrived in Fengyang, the more melancholy she felt. It was finally time to break up with her lover. Lijia Village and Ye Zitong's hometown Yejiazhuang were very close, only three miles apart. She saw that the carriage could not get off the path of Lijia Village, but continued to walk forward, and then she knew what Li Weizheng meant.

"Dalang, come here." Ye Zitong waved at the window.

Li Wei was slowly dismounting and walking with her. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong, he looked unhappy."

"I don't want to go back to my hometown, so you can send me back to Hanyang again!"

Although it was Ye Zitong's decision to leave Baoding when she left Hanyang, she now regretted it a little. When she left Hanyang, she said that she would go back to her hometown with Li Weizheng, but it was just an excuse for her to elope with Li Weizheng. Her parents, grandmother, brothers and sisters were all in Hanyang, and there was only her second uncle's family here. What's the point of living here alone?

Of course, Li Weizheng understood that she wanted to stay with him for more time, but he also felt that Ye Zitong should still go back to her hometown in Fengyang, so that there would be a buffer between her and her father, which could reduce the consequences of her elopement from home.

"Tongtong, we will be together for a long time in the future. You are obedient and write a letter to your parents after you get home to reassure them. I will come to your father as soon as possible."

Ye Zitong had no choice but to sigh secretly. At this moment, she suddenly saw a familiar back and was shocked. She shouted, "Brother!"

A man riding a horse in front stopped. He turned around in surprise. It was Ye Zitong's brother Ye Rutang. He returned to his hometown to participate in the provincial examination this autumn, but he did not expect to meet his sister here. Ye Rutang saw Li Weizheng at first sight and his face immediately became dark. This man was bold and dared to kidnap his eldest sister. If his father hadn't allowed him to be troublesome, he would have reported to the official position.

"Do you still have the face to come back?" Ye Rutang couldn't help but feel angry. He angrily scolded Ye Zitong and said, "You have lost all the faces of our Ye family."

"Brother Ye, things are not what you think. We were chased and killed in Wudang Mountain, and we almost died." Li Wei explained on the side.

Ye Rutang glanced at him and said coldly: "Li Weizheng, this is my Ye family's business and it has nothing to do with you. If nothing happens, you can leave."

"I will go to Hanyang to explain this to Uncle Ye."

"You'll let it go!" Ye Rutang snorted again and said disdainfully: "Let me tell you the truth! My father is no longer the prefect of Hanyang. He has now been promoted to the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the court. He has long been disappointed with you. I think you should stop thinking about your marriage with my little sister."

"It turns out that Uncle Ye is in the capital, so that's the best. I will explain this to Uncle Ye as soon as possible."

Li Weizheng bowed to Ye Zitong again and said, "Zitong, then I'll leave first. You have a good rest. After you arrive in the capital, I will definitely come to see you."

After saying that, he rode his horse and galloped towards the official road. Ye Zitong silently looked at his back and walked away, his heart full of infinite melancholy.

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The Ye family's attitude was as expected by Li Weizheng, and he did not feel unhappy. However, what surprised him was that Ye Tianming was transferred to the court and promoted from a small Hanyang prefect to a Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Although he was only promoted to half a level, he entered the center of power of the Ming Dynasty, which shows how much Zhu Yuanzhang valued him.

Li Wei is full of expectations for himself, and I don’t know what his performance in the past few months can bring him?

When he entered the village, he felt a strange feeling. The old and young people in the village didn't say hello to him with a smile: "Da Lang is back?"

‘Dalang, where have you been doing these months?’

There is no such thing, but every household is closed, and there is still a faint cry. When I saw someone, I limped with a cane. When I saw Li Weizheng, I shook my head and sighed. When several laundry women saw Li Weizheng, they couldn't help but become jealous. They wiped their tears, talked all over, but couldn't say anything clearly.

Li Weizheng was shocked and rushed to home faster. What he was most worried about was that his father was implicated by himself.

As soon as he ran to the front of the house, the butler Li Fu happened to come out of the door. He saw Li Weizheng at a glance and came up excitedly and said, "Young Master, you are finally back. The master has been beaten and injured."

"What!" Li Wei was extremely shocked. He quickly walked into the door a few steps, suddenly stopped again, and turned around and asked, "What happened?"

"Does the young master still remember Jiang Min'er, the bully of Jiang Dun? He came back two months ago. Twenty days ago, gathered a group of people to forcibly occupy the five hectares of land on the other side of our Lijia Village River. The master was the village chief. He went to him to discuss the argument on our Lijia Village, but unexpectedly he was injured by them. Not only that, the bully also led hundreds of people into our Lijia Village, injured hundreds of people, and stole the land deeds of many families."

“Has our land been taken away?”

"Our home land was not occupied, but their wife's money box was snatched away in the chaos."

Anger burned rapidly in Li Weizheng's heart, but he did not lose his mind. He calmly asked, "Have you reported to the official?"

"I reported it, but the new Magistrate Luo just appeased the villagers and the master, but he didn't dare to provoke Jiang Min'er."

"Why?" Li Weizheng's heart suddenly became alert and asked quickly: "What is the background of that person?"

Li Fu sighed and said, "This person has been a tyrant in the village since he was a child. A few years ago, he went to Dingyuan County. He heard that he had become one of the thirteen tigers of the Lan family. He has been away from the village in the past few years and has been calm for a few years. As a result, he suddenly returned to his hometown two months ago and bullied men and women. It is said that many people in the same village were beaten and injured by him. They are all people who have had grudges with their Jiang family in recent years. Alas, who dares to provoke the Lan family in the government?"

Li Wei was walking into the house with a gloomy face. Lan Yu, it was him again! A ghostly figure, no wonder Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill him, without self-knowledge or sense of crisis, he was too domineering.

When she walked into the yard, she met the worried Yang Ying. When she saw Li Weizheng, a surprise flashed in her eyes, "Dalang, you are back, your father was still thinking of you just now!"

"I just met Li Fu, and the situation has been known. How is my father now?" Li Weizheng asked in a deep voice.

"He broke a rib, but it's much better now."

Yang Ying wanted to say something, but was stopped by Li Weizheng, "I'll go and see my father first!"

He walked into his father's room, and there was a strong smell of medicine. Mr. Li, who was lying in front of the bed, saw his son suddenly appear. He was surprised and happy and struggled to sit up. Li Wei was stepping forward and holding him, "Dad, be careful."

Yang Ying put a few pillows on her husband's back, and Mr. Li sat up and smiled, "I just told your stepmother that you were here."

Li Wei was looking at his father up and down, and seeing that he had obviously lost weight and looked haggard, he comforted him and said, "Dad, please don't worry, I will definitely give the village an explanation about this."

Mr. Li was startled and his head shook like a rattle, "No! No! No! Don't be reckless about this matter. Jiang Min'er has a big shot to support him. It is extraordinary. Even Magistrate Luo dared not provoke them..."

"According to your words, we can only endure this matter!"

Yang Ying, who was silent on the side, finally broke out. Mr. Li was a timid and afraid of trouble. He could not bear to have any anger, but she couldn't bear to say that he was so cowardly. Not only that, their Li family also suffered unprecedented losses. She said extremely angrily: "Dalang, that Jiang Min'er not only snatched everyone's land deeds, but also the 1,000 taels of silver that your father had finally exchanged was snatched away by them in the chaos. Do you think this can be tolerated?"

"Ying Niang!"

Mr. Li looked at his wife complainingly. Didn’t they have already agreed? If she didn’t tell her son about this, why did she regret it now? Although she was afraid of her wife, it was related to her son’s life safety. Mr. Li couldn’t help but say, “Have you forgotten? Mr. Jiang’s old man Jiang’s old man couldn’t help but find someone to teach the thief a lesson because he couldn’t help but! Mr. Jiang’s home was also taken away by the evil thief and had hundreds of people. He had no life and no evidence. Isn’t this matter finally left it? Although he stole everyone’s land deeds, didn’t everyone agree? When Mr. Lan comes back, he will go to him.”

"Master, you said it simply. If a dog bites a person, do you still expect the dog owner to apologize? Does that Master Lan have robbed less land over the years? You guys always think so naively, and you have to follow me. All the villagers go to the capital to sue the emperor."

Yang Ying tried her best to restrain the anger in her heart and gave her husband face in front of Li Wei, but she was stolen from 1,000 taels of silver, and she must not give up on this matter.

Mr. Li was sweating profusely and argued with her: "Ying Niang, the people don't fight with the officials, don't say that the county is not allowed. Even if the emperor helps us now, what should we settle the accounts after the autumn? What should we do then?"

"Don't argue, I'll solve this matter."

Li Weizheng was not anxious. Just now, he suddenly remembered something. When he took over the investigation of the Lan family's letter loss case, the prince once promised him that he would send someone to protect his parents, but if the Li family had such a big deal, where was the person he sent to protect?

"Father, I want to ask if there are any strange strange men who often appear near our house in the past few months."

"A strange strange man?" Mr. Li frowned and thought for a while. He had no impression, but Yang Ying next to him reminded him: "Da Lang was talking about the rice vendor."

A sentence reminded Mr. Li, and he quickly said to Li Wei: "There is such a person who appears about February and has been setting up a stall opposite our door to collect rice. I also asked him that he should at least come back after the harvest in summer. Now who can sell the rice to him, but he just smiled and didn't answer. Dalang is probably referring to this person."

"Then is he still here?" Li Weizheng asked again.

"He left, and the day after the evil man entered the village to cause trouble, he disappeared."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Weizheng couldn't help asking: "Did he react when his father was beaten?"

"It's thanks to him," Mr. Li sighed, "If he hadn't pulled me away in time, I would have been beaten to death long ago. And your stepmother, she would have been holding the money box to death. If it weren't for his dissuasion, your stepmother would have been unable to escape the evil move. Alas! He had not had time to thank others, he left."

After hearing his father say this, Li Weizheng had completely calmed down. The prince must have known about this matter, but he has not solved it for a long time. He is using this to test himself. Perhaps this is simply the situation set by the prince. Li Weizheng pondered for a moment and said to his father: "Don't worry, father and stepmother. Within a month, I will let Jiang Min'er come to the door with her broken leg and kowtowed to the whole village to apologize!"

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Chapter completed!