Chapter 46 Why do I feel like there’s a ghost?

Chapter 46 Why do I feel like there’s a ghost?

Uncle Mei pulled his wife and knelt down reluctantly in front of Chu Li.

"Your Highness, our family will not move!"

Chu Li looked at him calmly, "Didn't you hear what I said just now? If you don't want to move, you can write a document and put your fingerprints on it. I will never force you to do anything!"

When Chu Li saw the mean look on this family's faces, he thought of Mei Renpin. It's true that people of the same family resemble each other.

It just so happened that she didn't want these stinky rat shits to spoil the good pot of soup.

Chu Li turned and left, and went to the abandoned manor with Ye Hanting.

Ye Hanting was still aloof as always. He would either stay in the carriage reading a book or enjoying the scenery.

Chu Li was busy running around, and she found that the people were still smiling brightly even in their shabby houses.

Kong Wu knew in his heart that the prince probably gave two bags of rice to every household in order to appease the people.

So everyone felt closer to Chu Li.

An old man who was frail and lived alone, burst into tears when he saw the rice, flour and oil that the prince had specially sent to the house.

As soon as Chu Li came over, she saw the old man trembling as he tried to kowtow to her.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration!"

"Get up quickly!"

Kong Wu immediately helped the man up.

Chu Li reminded him, "Old man, take a good rest. If you have any problems, ask Mei Maobing for help."

The old man's turbid eyes were filled with tears, his hands were trembling, but there was a smile on his face.

Kong Wu explained: "Mr. Zhang has been deaf for many years and can't hear what Your Highness says."

Chu Li looked at the old man's ears. It seemed that his ears had been severely injured and even she couldn't save them.

Kong Wu continued, "It is said that Mr. Zhang's son and daughter-in-law made a fortune doing business outside, and then they were robbed and killed on the way back to the village. Not long after, Mr. Zhang also became deaf."

Chu Li frowned. It was an old man sending off a young man. Mr. Zhang was also a pitiful man.

"Who investigated the case of Mr. Zhang's son and daughter-in-law?"

"It was Prefect Zhang who investigated the case. Later, the murderer was taken away by the Dali Temple. The killer was Liu Chuang, a famous bandit at the time. After the Dali Temple made a decision on the case, Prefect Zhang wrote letters to clear Liu Chuang's name for half a month, but they were all rejected due to insufficient evidence!"

Chu Li's eyes darkened. The Dali Temple Minister wanted to take Wu Cheng and Mei Renpin away from Jingzhao Prefecture this time. She was already suspicious and thought there must be something wrong with this person.

Maybe the Chief Justice of Dali Temple is on the side of the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince.

Zhang Zhilong argued for Liu Chuang's case, but there might be problems.

So she asked, "How many years has that man named Liu Chuang been imprisoned?"

Kong Wu thought for a moment, "It seems like it's been ten years. The Dali Temple originally sentenced Liu Chuang to death, but at that time many people beat the drum to plead for Liu Chuang, so the death penalty was not imposed, but life imprisonment instead."

Chu Li was thoughtful, "If a bandit can make the people beat the drum to report him, he might be a chivalrous man."

Kong Wu nodded, "That's right. It is said that Liu Chuang has many friends all over the world. He is very loyal and robs the rich to help the poor. He only robs ill-gotten gains and has no motive to attack ordinary people!"

Chu Li sighed, if it was a wrongful case, then Liu Chuang had indeed suffered a lot of injustice in the past ten years.

If he is really a righteous man, he cannot be used by her.

But for now, she had to settle the people first, and then do other things one by one.

Chu Li knew that since she had moved Xiaomei Manor here, there must be someone who wanted to take advantage of the situation and make something of it.

She wants to take care of every detail and must not let anything go wrong.

After Chu Li inspected the farm, he reminded Kong Wu, "Keep an eye on the new farm these days. I'm worried that someone will take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble."

Kong Wu nodded, "I understand."

After Chu Li and his men left, Kong Wu indeed discovered that some people dressed as hunters had come into the manor.

Although their clothes were worn out, their faces were clean and fair, and they did not look like they had been tortured by the mountain wind and sun.

He immediately followed a few people.

Just after Kong Wu left, Uncle Mei and Aunt Mei came.

Mei Maobing was helping the villagers move when he suddenly saw them.

He didn't like this family in the first place, so it was a good thing they didn't move in.

However, if they had thought it through, he couldn't stop them from moving in, so he asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you write a letter and sign a pledge to resolutely not move? Have you thought it through?"

Second Aunt snorted coldly, "Why can't we come? Let's see if this house is habitable!"

Mei Maobing had no choice but to let them look at the house next to Mr. Zhang's.

The two picked and chose along the way, "Do you see if this is where people live?"

Aunt Mei covered her nose in disgust. "Why is there a strange smell? There are spider webs everywhere. There won't be rats at night!"

"Let's go to the next house and have a look!"

Mei Maobing was too lazy to bother with the two of them. "Just take your time to watch. I'm leaving now."

As soon as the two saw Mei Maobing leave, they immediately ran to Mr. Zhang's yard.

The second aunt of the Mei family stared at the rice, flour and oil in the house, "Hey, old man, your house is nice, but you have no teeth anymore, how can you eat?"

Uncle Zhang could only see Second Aunt Mei's mouth opening and closing, but he couldn't hear what she said.

Aunt Mei pushed Old Man Zhang out and said, "Go away, old man, don't get in the way here!"

She pushed people to go out, but Mr. Zhang was not as strong as her, so she took him away.

Uncle Mei immediately called the two masked men into the house. The three men in the house were sneaking around and destroying the main beam in Uncle Zhang's house. There had been heavy rain and thunder recently, and if the mountain wind blew at night, the house would surely collapse.

The masked man asked, "Is that the old man living in this house?"

Uncle Mei smiled and said, "Don't worry, that old man has no children, even if he dies, no one will redress his grievances!"

The masked man nodded and said, "You guys stay here tonight. Make sure you keep a close eye on him and make sure this old man is crushed to death in there."

Uncle Mei nodded heavily, "Okay, okay, don't worry."

The man in black took out two silver bills from his pocket and handed them to Uncle Mei.

Uncle Mei accepted it with a smile.

After the two left, Uncle Mei immediately went to call Aunt Mei to bring Uncle Zhang back.

After Aunt Mei took the banknote, she hid it and stared at Uncle Zhang, "Old man, you are going to die soon anyway, so why not do some good deeds to help the living!"

Uncle Mei signaled his wife to be quiet. He felt as if he had seen a figure just now, but it disappeared in an instant.

"Why do I feel like there's a ghost?" He leaned his head out to look.

"Ah, don't scare me." Aunt Mei shuddered with fear. "But this farm has been abandoned for a long time. Maybe there really are ghosts. I tell you, whoever moves here will be unlucky!"

Uncle Mei bravely stood up and went to the source of the sound.

Suddenly, he saw a man knocking on the ground with a wooden stick.

He breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be the blind woman Mao Yueru.

Second Aunt Mei also breathed a sigh of relief. The two of them looked at Mao Yueru gloomily as she walked past them, banging on the ground.

Suddenly, Uncle Mei’s eyes darkened, and his hand suddenly appeared in front of Mao Yueru.