latelenovela Chapter 183 Li Meier is chosen as the Dragon King's Bride
Chapter 183 Li Meier is chosen as the Dragon King's Bride
Cai Junyi advised: "Cousin, don't act on impulse at this time, otherwise the efforts of my aunt and the others will be in vain. They all said that you are not here. If you show up at this time, it will be disadvantageous. What's more, the villagers are here, and the yamen runners will think twice before acting."
In the end, the two of them listened to Cai Junyi's advice and hid in the cellar.
The cellar was in the corner of the kitchen and was very hidden. Cai Junyi moved a table over to cover the cellar lid. He was still worried, so he placed a few baskets next to it.
The village chief approached the leading yamen runner and slipped a tael of silver into the man's hand through his sleeve.
"Sir! Please be kind. Perhaps this is a mistake."
The man took the silver and pushed the village chief away. "If you dare to interfere again, you will have to go to the county jail with me."
Li Yuer and Li Erlang went to the town today. The bluestone has already been laid on the dock and the project is progressing smoothly. Because Master Du took kickbacks, the government officials did not cause trouble, but many people came to watch the fun.
As soon as Li Yu'er and his sister arrived at the village entrance, they met the house sparrow who was running breathlessly. The house sparrow briefly told them what had happened.
Li Yuer immediately came to the conclusion and said, "It seems that they came prepared, otherwise they would not know that we are in the Cai family. Sister Mei'er probably didn't know when they were targeting her. We can't let them take Sister Mei'er away today, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
Li Erlang thought of a person and said, "Why don't we go find Young Master Jing?"
Li Yuer shook his head. "It's hard to say what's going on in the officialdom. Officials and businessmen have been colluding since ancient times. We don't know what the relationship between the Wan family and Wu Bapi is. Besides, why would they help us for no reason? Or are they against Wu Bapi?"
"What should I do?"
At this time, they had approached the crowd, and Li Yuer saw the horse butt tied to the old locust tree.
"See? Those horses must be the mounts of the yamen runners."
Li Yuer whispered a few words to Li Erlang, who nodded and quickly ran away.
He went around to the Cai family's backyard, climbed over the wall with his bare hands, entered the backyard, opened the back door and let Li Yuer in.
Li Yuer returned to his room, while Li Erlang quickly went into the kitchen.
Cai Junyi, who had just hidden someone, was suddenly shocked when he saw a figure coming in and raised the kitchen knife in his hand.
"Cousin, it's me!"
Seeing that the person coming was Li Erlang, Cai Junyi breathed a sigh of relief and put down the knife in his hand.
"Second cousin, what's going on outside..."
"I know everything. Go to the upper room and find Yu Bao'er. She is looking for you."
Cai Junyi knew that Li Yuer was smart and would never cause trouble at a time like this, so he hurried upstairs.
Li Yuer found the oil paper and started making Kongming lanterns.
The door was not closed. Cai Junyi saw from outside that Li Yuer was not inconvenienced, so he walked in.
"Cousin, did you call me here to help you with something?"
Li Yuer didn't look up and continued with his quick movements.
"Well, it happened suddenly, so we can only act according to circumstances. Cousin, please grind the ink quickly. I need colored ones so that you can help me paint later."
Cai Junyi knew that the matter was urgent, so he did not hesitate. He chose to trust Li Yuer and do it quickly.
Li Yuer's fingers flew, and a Kongming lantern half a person's height took shape in her hands.
This was also due to the ready-made materials on hand. When they were making lanterns on the 15th day of the Lantern Festival, Li Yuer originally planned to make Kongming lanterns, but was afraid that Kongming lanterns would cause sky fires, destroy the natural environment or cause fires in residential areas, so he gave up in the end.
But she had prepared a lot of materials, which were just right for emergency use.
Cai Junyi looked at the thing that was half a person's height and looked like a lamp but was not a lamp, and was amazed.
"What is this?"
Li Yuer tied the last knot and said, "This is a flying lantern."
There is no Kong Ming here, so Li Yuer made up a name at random.
"Flying lantern? Can this lantern really fly?"
"That's right, cousin. Hurry up and paint the image of the Dragon King on the lampshade. Quickly! It doesn't have to be detailed, as long as it can be seen that it is the Dragon King. The bigger the better, as long as it includes the entire lantern."
Li Yuer could also draw, but she didn't know what the dragon god of this dynasty looked like.
But as a resident of the coastal area, Li Yuer guessed that even if his cousin had never painted it, he had at least seen the portrait of the Dragon King.
Cai Junyi quickly picked up his brush and began to paint. Relying on his memory, he quickly splashed ink and wrote, and soon the image of the Dragon King appeared on the paper.
"On both sides of the opposite side, there are pictures of the Dragon King. On both sides, there are words written. Just write, 'This King does not need to marry. Do not use this King's name to do evil.'"
The villagers and the yamen runners were in a stalemate for a long time, and the sun was about to set.
The bailiffs were becoming more and more anxious; their patience had reached its limit. When they came out, Master Du gave a death order that Li Meir must be captured alive, and the others came second.
They originally thought that this would be an easy job. In the past, when they collected rent or made some money, they only needed to intimidate the peasants a little and they would be frightened into submission.
But this time, things seemed different. The villagers of Fushui Village were unusually united, and there were also several old students who were literate.
When it came to reasoning, they could quote from classics, make their arguments coherently, and even cite relevant government decrees and laws. For a while, they were unable to refute them.
The leading yamen runner had a ferocious look on his face, and during the argument, he swung the long knife in his hand at Old Man Li's arm.
"Clang!" In a flash, a hatchet took the place of the yamen runner's sword.
It turned out to be the person that Ma Daqiang rescued.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Ma Daqiang turned to Old Man Li and said, "If it wasn't for your granddaughter saving Shanzai'er last time, Shanzai'er would have died. Shanzai'er told me everything. I, Ma Daqiang, hate to owe favors to others."
He turned to the yamen runner and said, "If you want to take the granddaughter of the Li family away, you have to get past me, Ma Daqiang."
Although Shanzai'er lied last time, he was threatened by Ma Wu. When Ma Wu visited a brothel, he learned that Bihe was a prostitute in Qunfanglou. He used this to threaten Shanzai'er, saying that if he dared to tell the truth, he would spread the news that his mother was a prostitute and make their family unable to stay in Fushui Village.
Seeing the unusually burly Ma Daqiang standing in front, the other villagers followed suit and picked up their weapons, and the several constables were suddenly at a loss what to do.
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang, accompanied by the terrified neighing of horses, and everyone's eyes turned to the old locust tree not far away.
A large charred pit was blown out under the old locust tree, with thick smoke billowing out of the pit. The nearest horse was injured and fell to the ground. Another horse broke free from the rope and ran wildly out of the village.
“Thunder from the sky! It’s thunder from the sky! The goddess Mazu has appeared again!”
A villager who had seen the explosion in the town shouted in surprise.
As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers seemed to be in an uproar.
"The goddess Mazu has appeared! Let's see if they dare to do evil again!"
A villager who was beaten for setting up a stall during the Spring Festival knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Goddess Mazu, I kowtow to you and pray that you will bless the people so that they will no longer suffer."
Then, many people knelt down.
Ordinary people usually rely on selling things at the big market to supplement their family income. Now the stall fees collected by the government are too high, and they are often taken for free. If a girl or young wife is good-looking, she may be forcibly abducted by people from the gamblers, and the government does not care, resulting in many people not daring to go to the big market to sell things.
Some people who don't have land have even lost their livelihood.