In the restaurant facing the street, there is a middle-aged man wearing a royal blue brocade flower robe, a jade purse hanging from his waist, and cowhide boots.

He sat alone in a private room on the second floor and enjoyed food and wine. From time to time, he came to the railing with a wine cup, and condescendingly looked at the chaos below.

The middle-aged man saw that the prisoner car was surrounded by more and more people, and it was very difficult for him to take a step forward, and his yellow brown eyes showed a little smugness.

Returning to his seat and sitting down, his hand with a huge jade and gold ring tapped lightly on the table, humming a ridiculous little song in his mouth, raised the wine cup in his hand and drank it with a "snort".

"Happy, happy!" The middle-aged man put down the wine cup, picked up the bamboo chopstick, put some belly threads into his mouth and chewed carefully, the expression was comfortable and leisurely.

Suddenly there was a "bang" knock on the door outside the box.

"Who?" the middle-aged man asked vigilantly.

"Don't be verbose, open the door!" came an impatient whisper outside. The middle-aged man obviously heard who was coming, and his face immediately changed, and a trace of fear rose in his eyes. Hurriedly got up and opened the door of the box, and said respectfully to the people outside: "Second brother!"

The man he called the second brother looked a few years younger than him, and he was wearing an ordinary coarse cloth short jacket, but his momentum was indescribably cold.

"Shopkeeper Lu is quite good at finding a place, and he happens to be hungry and comes to you to ask for a drink. He unceremoniously entered the box and sat down at the table.

Shopkeeper Lu hurriedly closed the door of the box and returned to the table. He held the wine jug and respectfully poured wine for the second brother, and said with a smile: "The wine is thin, please don't dislike it." Otherwise, I'll ask Xiao Er to serve a few more hot dishes. ”

The second brother said lightly: "No, just stutter, these are already very good." After speaking, he took the wine cup and drank it all, and without hesitation, he reached out and tore off a fat chicken leg and gnawed it down.

Shopkeeper Lu hurriedly picked up the wine jug and refilled his wine glass, and then said with an inviting face: "Second brother, what you let me pass on, now it has been spread all over the outside." I believe that it will not be long before it will get into the ears of those officials and gentlemen in the capital. That virtuous king, I thought he had made a great contribution, but he didn't expect to cause a commotion, and he must be anxious at the moment. ”

"Well, yes, you did a good job this time. The second brother snorted, spit out a chicken bone, and said, "It's just that after today, that woman can't stay." ”

"This ......" Shopkeeper Lu's face trembled, and his eyes showed a trace of reluctance. He said tentatively: "Second brother, can't you spare her life? I can let her go away incognito, and never appear in front of people again, and it will definitely not ruin your big thing." ”

There was a soft sound of "pop", and the wine cup in the second brother's hand slammed on the table in front of him, and the spilled wine spilled all over his face.

Shopkeeper Lu couldn't help but shudder, he quickly wiped the wine foam off his face, and said sincerely: "Second brother, I have always done my best for you. Just this time, please raise your noble hand and spare her life. ”

The second brother said coldly: "Only the dead will not harm my big things." ”

Shopkeeper Lu was a little excited when he heard this, and the fear in his heart seemed to fade a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Second brother, I won't hide it from you, her three-year-old son is actually my seed." She had to commit herself to that bad old man for my sake. It was also for my sake that he showed up to block the prisoner car. I, I can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, that's too heartless. ”

"In this way, why didn't you say it earlier!" The second brother picked up the wine cup again, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, this action also perfectly covered the murderous intent that flashed in his eyes.

Putting down the cup, he wiped the foam from his lips with his sleeve. Then he patted the stiff shoulder of the shopkeeper Lu and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a younger brother and sister, so of course you can't dispose of it casually." In this way, after tonight, you will take her away and fly away, and I will help you carry it in the future. ”

"Thank you Second Brother, thank you Second Brother!" The shopkeeper Lu showed unbelievable ecstasy on his face, and hurriedly picked up the wine jug and poured wine for him happily.

Although it was only a few words of gossip, neither of them noticed that the situation outside had changed subtly.

The young woman's husband's surname was Cheng, and everyone who knew her called her a married lady. At this moment, she still wanted to draw a scoop on the gourd and tear Feng Qi again, but she didn't expect Feng Qi to be as slippery as a loach stained with oil. He seemed to take a few leisurely steps left and right to avoid her scratching.

After making trouble for so long, the married lady was already tired and panting, and her charming eyes began to flicker to find that familiar face in the crowd.

She had already completed the task assigned by her concubine, and she was afraid that she would make too much trouble, so the virtuous king simply arrested her and punished her. At this moment, she needs someone to build a ladder, and she will go down the steps.

However, Hua Lianyue began to be troubled at this moment, she unceremoniously waved her rolling pin and called at Feng Qi's shoulder, and said loudly: "Madam, don't worry, I'll help you!"

The rolling pin came with the sound of the wind, Feng Qi was startled and instinctively ducked back, but exposed the lady of the family who was standing opposite him.

The rolling pin was in full view of everyone, and it smashed towards the door of the married lady. If it is smashed this time, I am afraid that a few front teeth in her mouth will be lost.

The married lady screamed, and subconsciously stretched out her hand to protect her. Hua Lianyue pursed a sneer on her lips, the rolling pin in her hand changed direction slightly, and she smashed the warm jade bracelet on her wrist without hesitation.

After a slight crisp sound, the tears of the lady holding her wrist fell, and she couldn't help screaming: "Blind your eyes, where to smash it!"

The shattered sound naturally couldn't escape Hua Lianyue's ears, she threw away the rolling pin in her hand with satisfaction, stepped forward to hold the arm of the married lady, and said with a guilty face: "Madam, how are you? I didn't mean to hurt you." ”

With a secret force in her hand, the warm jade bracelet that had been hit hard immediately turned into several pieces of broken jade and fell out of the cuffs of the married lady.

Hua Lianyue sighed, bent down to pick up the broken jade, and said more and more guiltily: "Look at my rough hands, madam, take a look, can this bracelet still be repaired?"

"My bracelet!" exclaimed the married lady, not caring about the pain in her wrist. She hurriedly took the broken jade, and screamed like scratching her heart: "My bracelet, you, you, you said that it can still be repaired if it is broken like this?"

The pointed nails of the married lady almost poked the tip of Hua Liyue's nose, her silver teeth were clenched, and her face, which was originally gentle and beautiful, looked sour and mean at the moment.

Hua Lianyue cautiously took a step back, and said with a smile: "Madam, don't I want to help you, so as not to be bullied by those stinky men? I didn't expect to break your bracelet, otherwise, if you say a price, I can't pay for it?"

After speaking, she tore off the purse around her waist, poured out a few pieces of broken silver horns, and handed them to the married lady.

The lady of the family glanced contemptuously at the silver horns in her hand that could be blown away by the wind, and said angrily: "This little bit of broken silver wants to exchange for my warm jade bracelet, you are dreaming!"

Hua Lianyue withdrew her hand with a wry smile, and said in a good voice: "Then how much silver do you say, Mrs., I admit it, I will pay it!"

The lady of the family sneered and put a finger as slender as a green onion root in front of Hua Lianyue, and said, "It's not much, it's just this number." ”

Hua Lianyue scratched the back of her head and pretended to be stupid: "It's so expensive, it costs ten taels of silver." She bit her lip, stomped her foot and said hatefully: "Who made me nosy, but I didn't have any sense of proportion, ten taels will be ten taels!"

She stuffed the silver horns and empty purse in her hand into the hands of the lady of the family, sat on the ground again, took off the rotten shoes with wet mud on her feet, and deducted a dirty silver ticket from it.

"Here, this is the silver I pressed at the bottom of the box, exactly ten taels, all for you. Hua Lianyue didn't care about the ugly face of the married lady, and proudly slapped the silver ticket in her delicate palm.

"Ten taels of silver, you want to pay for my jade bracelet, do your spring and autumn dreams!" The lady of the family was full of disgust, she shook her hand, and the silver ticket fell on the muddy ground like a dead leaf shot down by the rainstorm.

Hua Lianyue hurriedly picked it up, and while wiping the sewage stained on the silver ticket with her cuffs, she shouted: "Madam, what are you doing, isn't it enough? Today I am here to help you, even if I break your bracelet, it is an unintentional mistake, I am willing to compensate, why are you so rude." In that case, I will not be with you......"

Hua Liyue stuffed the silver ticket into her sleeve pocket, lowered her head and squeezed into the crowd on the side.

The married lady was damaged by her, how could she give up, and immediately twisted her waist and chased after her.

Those onlookers originally sympathized with the married woman and husband in prison, and the orphans and widows in the family had no livelihood. Seeing that Hua Lianyue broke other people's things but wanted to sneak away, it was inevitable to be indignant. So a few familiar neighbors deliberately reached out to stop Hua Lianyue.

Seeing that the ladies of the family rushed over panting, they also said with merit: "Don't worry, the ladies of the Cheng family, this stinky girl can't run." ”

"Let go of me, why are you unreasonable, I paid her ten taels of silver, which she didn't want. Hua Lianyue shouted loudly, her voice attracted more and more people's attention, and there was no family lady on the other side of the prisoner car, but no one continued to pay attention.

The lady of the family eagerly parted the crowd, grabbed Hua Lianyue's arm, and sneered: "If you want to leave, you have to pay enough money." Ten taels of silver is definitely not enough, I am a high-grade warm jade bracelet, at least I have to pay a thousand taels of silver. ”

Hua Lianyue screamed, and she said in horror: "One thousand taels, I said this lady, even if I don't know the goods, you can't take the opportunity to slander people! Although your bracelet is in good condition, it can't be worth one thousand taels!"

The lady of the family was afraid that she would run away, so she grabbed her sleeve tightly and shouted sharply: "That bracelet is the last family of our orphans and widows, if you don't take the silver out to compensate, don't think about leaving." ”

Hua Lianyue struggled a few times, and the married lady simply hugged her arm and cried. scolded King Xian for bullying people for a while, cried for a while and couldn't live the days ahead, and scolded Hua Lianyue for being nosy......

Hua Lianyue's ears were almost deaf by her crying, and seeing that more and more people were attracted by the cry of the married lady, she finally spoke:

"Don't cry, I really only have this silver on me, but my brother has been doing business in the ancient town of Erna for many years, so he should be able to come up with a sum of silver. But it's impossible for you to just ask for a thousand taels. Unless, you can prove the value of the bracelet. ”

The married lady stopped crying. "Evidence? How do I know what evidence?" Anyway, when the master gave me the bracelet, he said that this bracelet came from the Western Regions, and it was an extremely precious and rare warm jade, worth at least 1,000 taels. ”

She didn't tell a lie, and she didn't want to take the opportunity to scold more money, she just wanted to leave the place as soon as possible after getting the compensation, but the old man in her mouth was not the fourth child.

"Your master?" Hua Lianyue clasped her hands around her chest and sneered: "Your lord even dares to steal and sell the military food in the granary, how can you believe what he says." ”

There was a sudden boo in the crowd watching the excitement around, and the lady of the family said angrily: "You don't want to talk nonsense, my master is just a small clerk, how can he have the ability to steal and sell military rations." ”

After a pause, she said again: "We're talking about this warm jade bracelet now, don't think about changing the topic." ”

Hua Lianyue said coldly: "Okay, I'll tell you about this warm jade bracelet, or a word, unless you can come up with evidence to prove its value, I can only compensate you ten taels of silver." ”

Feng Qi, who was mixed in the crowd, also understood Hua Lianyue's plan at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart.

At this time, a master beside him who didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement said loudly: "Hey, a married lady." The shopkeeper of the pawnshop is here, you might as well ask him to help with the palm. After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper Dou, who was some years old, walked out of the crowd.

The eyes of the married lady lit up, and she hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Dou, please give me the palm of your eyes!"

The shopkeeper Dou pinched the three strands of beard on his chin, looked back a few times, and muttered secretly in his heart: Which rabbit cub is so strong, he pushed me out with one hand, and he is not afraid of falling my old bones.

But he has already stood in front of people, and there is no reason to retreat. Shopkeeper Dou paced small square steps and came to Hua Lianyue and the lady of the family.

The lady of the family hurriedly handed over the broken jade piece that she had been holding tightly into his hand, and said softly: "Please take a closer look, lest those wild girls who have never seen the world say that I slandered her." ”

Shopkeeper Dou coughed lightly, and was about to speak, but Hua Lianyue spoke: "No, you are acquaintances, he will definitely help you, I don't believe his words." ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what are you going to do?" said the married lady unceremoniously: "Don't think that you can deny the past in this way." ”

"I don't want to deny it, but you can't say everything. Hua Lianyue rolled her eyes and said, "Since you have found someone to identify, then I will also find someone to appraise." ”

"Who?" said the married lady impatiently.

Hua Lianyue hooked her lips and smiled, raised her finger to the right front, and said slowly: "In addition to the pawnshop, there is naturally the shopkeeper of the jewelry store who knows the best about the goods." If the shopkeeper of that jewelry shop said that this warm jade bracelet was worth a thousand taels, I would consider it unlucky. ”

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed, and several shining gold-lettered signboards of "Fengxiang Gold Shop" appeared in front of everyone. 21010